It should have been a single...

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:11 pm

have we played this one yet....can't recall it

What EC album track or b side shoudl have been a single ?

i always thought that The World and his Wife would have been a great single...

...also Men Called Uncle

any others?

LessThanZero · Post by **LessThanZero** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:07 pm

I second World and his wife!!

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:15 pm

pip_52 · Post by **pip_52** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:38 pm

Almost Blue

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:16 pm

Heathen Town
Big Tears

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:40 pm

When I Was Cruel No.2. It should have been the opening single of WIWC, bringing attention the album.

The BY singles: Just About Glad, My Science Fiction Twin, Still Too Soon To Know and All The Rage. BY would have been huge.

Punishing Kiss or Passionate Fight, both which he gave to Ute Lemper for her album Punishing Kiss... wasted opportunities.

Impatience. It could have caused some controversy... "Hey, that sounds nothing like North! And how come we don't get it in the States??". He could say, "Well stay tuned, that might be my new direction. Enjoy North in the meantime".

girl out of time · Post by **girl out of time** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 7:51 pm

big tears, the world of broken hearts, when i was cruel n° 1

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 10:11 pm

Clean Money. Should have been an A-Side single.

Shallow Grave

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 7:04 am

Jack of all parades
Daddy can I turn this?
The Invisible Man

Watching_Detectives · Post by **Watching_Detectives** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:12 am

When I Was Cruel Number 1 for sure.

John · Post by **John** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:46 pm

King Horse
Shipbuilding
Still

cbartal · Post by **cbartal** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:09 pm

Taking My Life in Your Hands.

In a perfect world, this would have been Number One with a bullet for weeks.

LessThanZero · Post by **LessThanZero** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:12 pm

Gloomy Sunday!

Death never sounded so agreeable!

or did it?

"Dreamin...I was o-only dreamin..."

Misha · Post by **Misha** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 11:14 pm

Just About Glad

&

Episode of Blonde

How did they miss these?

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 5:11 pm

did i miss something or wasnt 'Still' a single?

Sour Milk Cow · Post by **Sour Milk Cow** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:28 pm

My Little Blue Window from WIWC
The Sweetest Punch from PFM
The Other End of the Telescope from ATUB
You Tripped At Every Step from BY
Satelite from Spike
Crimes of Paris and I Hope You're Happy Now from B&C
Jack of All Parades and Brilliant Mistake from KoA

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:04 pm

No clue whether this might have actually been singles, but definitely "Toledo", "Blue Chair", "Hand in Hand"...

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:58 pm

Toledo was a single release....best song on the album IMHO.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 4:55 am

Jackson Doofster wrote:did i miss something or wasnt 'Still' a single?

I think Still was only a promo single for radio use etc. It wasn't commercially available.

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:08 pm

45 should have been the lead single off WIWC. Daft mistake, he used up all the publicity window (TV and radio appearances and the like) with Doll, Revolution which, although a fantastic song, was never gonna be a hit with its lo-fi subversion. The video for 45, when it did come out as a '45' didn't exactly do it any heavy rotation favours either.

Likewise Sulky Girl could have been massive, if it wasn't for the hoarsely shouted chorus, stalling as it did in the lower reaches of the Top 30 in the UK. It needed something a bit more seductive, but as his producer of the time, Mitchell Froom, said 'Nobody produces Elvis, except him' and love him as I do, he's not infallibly the best self editor. I know he'd be pissed off at any comments, but he does often say he wants to reach the widest audience possible and I think he plays it wrong sometimes.

Elvis has often spoken about how the popular reaction to Veronica's success stunned him out of his cynicism that people could understand him in a more populist form. Well he's gone backinto his cynicism since.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:40 pm

"So Like Candy" wasn't a single, was it? It definitely should have been. In any sane era this would have been a monster hit. (It always struck me as something that could have been past off as a left over song from "Revolver" or "Rubber Soul.")

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:56 pm

So like Candy was a single and so was The Other Side Of Summer. I don't know how they did.

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:35 pm

Neither SLC nor Other side... were hit singles in the UK. Of all Elvis's singles, I never undertsood why the latter was not a big hit. My kids love it....esp the "mad man standing by the side of the road" and "yeah(yeah),yeah(yeah).." bits. Its one of his most catchy numbers and sticks in your head after a single listen.

for those that are interested....

So Like Candy failed to chart in the UK
Other Side of Summer reached the dizzy heights of number 43
Must have been the beard...

I hope You're Happy Now was a B side ('I Want You') - failed to chart

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:28 pm

'You tripped...' was definitely a single.

A stiff one but definitely a single....it failed to chart. Interestingly, the follow up (London's Brilliant Parade) peaked at number 48. Not many follow up singles improve on chart postions for Elvis.

It was backed by 'You've Got to Hide Your Love Away', 'Step Inside Love' and 'Sticks and Stones' - all taken from the TV series 'Family'.

A great singles package IMHO

Unless someone can prove me wrong, Elvis's last self-penned top forty hit was 'Sulky Girl' which reached 22 in the UK.

I'll shut up now....

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 10:02 am

Doof, don't shut up-- it's nice to have you back here!