Même après sa disparition, Elvis Presley continue de résonner dans la musique moderne. Du rock au hip-hop, de la pop à l’électro, son influence traverse les styles, les générations et les époques. Artistes qui reprennent ses chansons, samples de sa voix, références dans les paroles ou hommages assumés sur scène : le King reste une source d’inspiration incontournable. Son image, son attitude et son énergie ont façonné l’histoire du rock’n’roll et continuent d’alimenter la culture musicale mondiale. Cette page rassemble ces échos d’Elvis dans la musique, des références les plus célèbres aux clins d’œil les plus inattendus.
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La chanteuse Goldie Boutilier – Auteure/compositrice/interprète canadienne – qui déclare son amour pour Elvis avec un costume ressemblant furieusement à un jumpsuit.
Paroles
We got married in Memphis
‘Cause you know I love Elvis
We were broke and romantic, yes, we were
Cut-off T-shirt and tuxedo pants
Honkytonk for a slow dance
You were everything I didn’t know I needed
We’re both animals no one could tame
You were on the run, so you took my last name
There’s no stars in the sky
They’re all in our eyes
Neon nuptials
The whole world feels right
When you’re by my side
Ooh, neon nuptials
My heart is beating like a panther
Ask again, ’cause the answer
I give will always be « I do »
And all the wedding bells
Saved me from myself
And I know they did the same for you
We’re both animals no one could tame
You were on the run, so you took my last name
There’s no stars in the sky
They’re all in our eyes
Neon nuptials
The whole world feels right
When you’re by my side
Ooh, neon nuptials
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Na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na
Na-na-na
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He Was the King · Neil Young / Album Prairie Wind
Paroles
The last time I saw Elvis
He was shootin’ at a color TV
The phones were ringin’ in the pink motel
And the rest is history
He was the king
The last time I saw Elvis
He was singin’ a gospel song
You could tell he had the feelin’
And the whole world sang along
He was the king
(He was the king)
The last time I saw Elvis
He was up on the silver screen
Pushin’ a plow in a black and white movie
And everybody started to scream
‘Cause he was the king
The last time I saw Elvis
It was some kind of Vegas dream
Spotlights flashed on a silver cape
And a blue-haired lady screamed
He was the king
The last time I saw Elvis
He was frontin’ a three-piece band
Rockin’ on the back of a flatbed truck
With an old guitar in his hand
He was the king
The last time I saw Elvis
He was ridin’ in a pink Cadillac
Wind was blowin’ through his hair
And he never did look back
He was the king
Thank you very much
The last time I saw Elvis
He was singin’ that gospel song
You could tell that he had the feelin’
And the whole world sang along
He was the king
(He was the king)
He was the king
He was the king
Gillian Welch and partner/Producer David Rawlings perform at St Lukes for the BBC Four Sessions in 2007. This song was written by Welch/Rawlings for their 2001 album Time (The Relevator).