Elvis Presley has entered the 21st century and it will be up to his huge fan base to decide whether he will be welcomed or not.<\/p>\n
Viva Elvis<\/i> is the newest show by Cirque du Soleil. It is currently being performed at the 1800-seat theater at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. This tribute to the career of Elvis will eventually go out on tour around the world.<\/p>\n
The music of Elvis has been re-imagined for the show. This is not as bad as it sounds as the basics remain intact. Modern technology has enabled the songs to have new arrangements and additional instruments added in places. The tone of his voice is changed at times through the combining of hundreds of sound bytes taken from his vast catalogue of songs.<\/p>\n
The show is really an Elvis biography, and the disc reflects that theme. Comments by Elvis, Ed Sullivan, Bill Black, Milton Berle, and others are interspersed among the music, which are a nice touch and an effective connector.<\/p>\n
The disc begins with his usual theme music from \u201cThus Spoke Zarathustra (2001)\u201d with the requisite screaming by his fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cBlue Suede Shoes\u201d has some enhanced drums and harp. Ed Sullivan and Milton Berle make some appropriate comments. \u201cHeartbreak Hotel\u201d has Elvis\u2019 famous \u201cWell, Well, Well,\u201d and the addition of some extra harp and bass. \u201cLove Me Tender\u201d is presented as a duet with Dea Norbert, who is a member of the performing troupe.<\/p>\n
The second half of the CD features \u201cKing Creole\u201d in a slowed down mode. \u201cBossa Nova Baby\u201d comes with in studio comments by Elvis to producer Hall Wallis. \u201cCan\u2019t Help Falling In Love\u201d is another duet, this time with Sherry St. Germain.<\/p>\n
The main negative is the album\u2019s length. The Las Vegas production is 90 minutes long, while the album clocks in at just fewer than 40. That means there is a lot of material left off the release, including \u201cReturn To Sender,\u201d \u201cHound Dog,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s Now Or Never,\u201d and \u201cViva Las Vegas,\u201d which are all part of the stage show. Additional material could have easily been included.<\/p>\n
Whether Viva Elvis: The Album<\/i> is sacrilege or brilliant will be up to the individual listener. I personally found it imaginative and while I still prefer the originals, these updated versions are a fun listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":30535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6914],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-42202","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-elvis-presley","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42202"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}