In the Ghetto

[ericadawn16]

It used to be that you were raised on Elvis, but now it's a lot more complicated. While as a song, Presley's version of "In the Ghetto" is pretty, I think it might be too romantic. It helps people focus more on his singing and less on what he's singing about.

Whereas Sammy Davis Jr. keeps a right amount of harmony and discordance that seems apt for the "ghetto" itself. His version forces the listener to really focus on the lyrics and the lyrics, for being fifty years old, are horribly modern and contemporary. They could have been written yesterday and that's an incredibly sad commentary on our society.

Presley' version was recorded ten months before Davis Jr.'s.

Please disregard the visual. It has very little to do with the audio.

Comments

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I love Elvis's version. It pulls a my heart stings every time. :o
Hugs, Jon

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

I really like Elvis's version :)