Red Elvises / 30 Greatest Hits
Album: | 30 Greatest Hits | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Red Elvises | Added: | Mar 2009 | |
Label: | Shooba-Doobah Records |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2009-05-24 | Pull Date: | 2009-07-26 |
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Week Ending: | Jul 12 | Jul 5 | Jun 28 | Jun 21 | Jun 14 | Jun 7 | May 31 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jul 09, 2010: | Leland Lives!
200 Lb Of Pure Love |
4. | Jul 09, 2009: | Happy Hour
Winter Reggae |
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2. | Sep 03, 2009: | Happy Hour
Gypsy Heart |
5. | Jul 03, 2009: | Connecting Dots
I Wanna See You Bellydance |
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3. | Aug 27, 2009: | Happy Hour
Strip Joint Is Closed |
6. | Jun 27, 2009: | Deep Fried & Sanctified
Boogie On The Beach |
Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2009-05-26
Reviewed 2009-05-26
Rock/Surf/Rockabilly/Reggae by Santa Monica based Russian American band. Bit parts in and performed the soundtrack for Six String Samurai. The Elvis portion came from their hero and the Red came from their homeland the former Soviet Union. All tracks are very good.
FCCs CD #1
***1: 5:05 fast percussion intro (almost Brazilian batucada) then mid east sound then cool rock with male vocals
2: 3:57 male opera vocal then mid tempo rock, very cool big full sound
3: 4:37 mid tempo, flamenco/gypsy guitar work, pounding drum kit
4: 3:48 old fashion Rock & roll GREAT LYRICS "I got a condom in my pocket" "we will rock this joint till we sound like Pink Floyd"
5: 3:14 fast string plucking, male vocal, horns " I am a rocket man"
6: 3:31 slower to mid male vocal, GREAT LYRICS, whistling, cool chorus
7: 2:49 fast, cool vocal sound ( like through a megaphone), surf/Link Wray sound
8: 3:43 fast sound, mid vocals big sound nice brass, great guitars,( to me a U2 sound )
FCC****9: 4:39 great dance number, cool lyrics about Venice CA. FCC @1:11 + 2:06 + 3:35 + 3:53 "talking bullshit on the phone" & scat style vocals
10: 5:03 slower to mid male vocal, cool chorus
11: 4:04 pounding rhythm, brass, male vocal
12: 3:52 cool Reggae
***13: 4:32 fast pounding Disco number, female chorus "Everybody disco, like boys in San Francisco!"
***14: 3:11 mid to faster "a Kegga beer and potato chips"
15: 2:42 slow, French accordion, slow male vocal D Farrell 05/2009
FCCs CD #2
***1: 4:08 mid tempo, male vocal, big rock number, soulful sax
2: 3:53 mid tempo, male vocal, softer, Surf sound
***3: 3:40 mid to faster, surf sound
4: 3:32 slower song about Siberia, cool chorus, surf sound
***5: 2:17 fast pounding Rockabilly" Jerry's got a squeeze box"
6: 3:25 slower to mid love song to Harriett, cool chorus harmonizing
FCC ***7: 4:18 fast "Sad Cowboy Song" nice drum solo, FCC @0:38 "bullshit"
FCC ***8: 3:43 slow to mid crying in your beer vocal FCC @ 4:10 "Fucking loud", big deep speaker rattling Bass
9: 3:43 mid to fast pounding Rockabilly " My Darling Lorraine" cool lyrics
***10: 4:18 Tom Waits style vocal, "Tom Waits on the juke box" soulful sax, great picking
***11: 4:01 surf sound
FCC***12: 4:23 FCC @ 0:49 "Fuck" mid tempo crying in your beer vocal very cool sound, lyrics
FCC ***13: 3:52 rock FCC @1:00,1:07, 1:56, 2:03, 3:20 3:22, 3:34 to the end, multiple "where the fuck are you"
***14: 3:46 mid tempo vocal Tango
15: 4:59 slow to mid vocal D Farrell 05/2009
FCCs CD #1
***1: 5:05 fast percussion intro (almost Brazilian batucada) then mid east sound then cool rock with male vocals
2: 3:57 male opera vocal then mid tempo rock, very cool big full sound
3: 4:37 mid tempo, flamenco/gypsy guitar work, pounding drum kit
4: 3:48 old fashion Rock & roll GREAT LYRICS "I got a condom in my pocket" "we will rock this joint till we sound like Pink Floyd"
5: 3:14 fast string plucking, male vocal, horns " I am a rocket man"
6: 3:31 slower to mid male vocal, GREAT LYRICS, whistling, cool chorus
7: 2:49 fast, cool vocal sound ( like through a megaphone), surf/Link Wray sound
8: 3:43 fast sound, mid vocals big sound nice brass, great guitars,( to me a U2 sound )
FCC****9: 4:39 great dance number, cool lyrics about Venice CA. FCC @1:11 + 2:06 + 3:35 + 3:53 "talking bullshit on the phone" & scat style vocals
10: 5:03 slower to mid male vocal, cool chorus
11: 4:04 pounding rhythm, brass, male vocal
12: 3:52 cool Reggae
***13: 4:32 fast pounding Disco number, female chorus "Everybody disco, like boys in San Francisco!"
***14: 3:11 mid to faster "a Kegga beer and potato chips"
15: 2:42 slow, French accordion, slow male vocal D Farrell 05/2009
FCCs CD #2
***1: 4:08 mid tempo, male vocal, big rock number, soulful sax
2: 3:53 mid tempo, male vocal, softer, Surf sound
***3: 3:40 mid to faster, surf sound
4: 3:32 slower song about Siberia, cool chorus, surf sound
***5: 2:17 fast pounding Rockabilly" Jerry's got a squeeze box"
6: 3:25 slower to mid love song to Harriett, cool chorus harmonizing
FCC ***7: 4:18 fast "Sad Cowboy Song" nice drum solo, FCC @0:38 "bullshit"
FCC ***8: 3:43 slow to mid crying in your beer vocal FCC @ 4:10 "Fucking loud", big deep speaker rattling Bass
9: 3:43 mid to fast pounding Rockabilly " My Darling Lorraine" cool lyrics
***10: 4:18 Tom Waits style vocal, "Tom Waits on the juke box" soulful sax, great picking
***11: 4:01 surf sound
FCC***12: 4:23 FCC @ 0:49 "Fuck" mid tempo crying in your beer vocal very cool sound, lyrics
FCC ***13: 3:52 rock FCC @1:00,1:07, 1:56, 2:03, 3:20 3:22, 3:34 to the end, multiple "where the fuck are you"
***14: 3:46 mid tempo vocal Tango
15: 4:59 slow to mid vocal D Farrell 05/2009
Track Listing
1. | I Wanna See You Bellydance | 16. | Hanky Panky Kind Of Love | |||
2. | Closet Disco Dancer | 17. | Don't Stop The Dance | |||
3. | Gypsy Heart | 18. | 200 Flying Girls | |||
4. | Love Rocket | 19. | Siberia | |||
5. | Rocketman | 20. | Jerry's Got A Squeeze Box | |||
6. | Sex In Paradise | 21. | Harriett | |||
7. | Boogie On The Beach | 22. | Sad Cowboy Song | |||
8. | Million Miles | 23. | My Love Is Killing Me | |||
9. | Venice Usa | 24. | My Darling Lorraine | |||
10. | All I Wanna Do | 25. | Strip Joint Is Closed | |||
11. | 200 Lb Of Pure Love | 26. | Ticket To Japan | |||
12. | Winter Reggae | 27. | I'm Not That Kind Of Guy | |||
13. | Everybody Disco | 28. | Juliet | |||
14. | Kegga Beer | 29. | Tango | |||
15. | Memoirs Of A Phuket Geisha | 30. | Good Guys |