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My Desert Serenade

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Words & Music: Stanley Gelber
Come here my serenade, my desert serenade
A lover's melody, to bring you close to me
It's a tender lullaby, born of golden sand and sky
The song is new, and it's calling you

Tonight beside the desert palms
Come let me take you in my arms

Come here my serenade, my desert serenade
Wherever lovers dwell, it weaves it's magic spell
Soon a thousand dreams will start,
And romance will fill your heart
My lips conceal, love that's warm and real

Give me a chance to hold you near
You'll see a brand new world appear
So come and hear, my desert serenade, my desert serenade,
My desert serenade
Recorded: 1965/02/25, first released on Harum Scarum
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KingKreole (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 10, 2010report abuse
I like this song and a lot of the songs from this movie. I hate the movie and have a hard time sitting through it, but I liked the soundtrack. Maybe this Elvis soundtrack, with its use of mid-eastern instruments and sounds influenced the Beatles to create their Sgt Pepper album 2 years later? (Yeah, that's a ridiculous claim and I am not serious, BUT I really do think the tremendous variety of types of music Elvis did on the 60s soundtracks is dismissed too easily. If the movies never existed, but Elvis albums of the 60s remained the same they'd be considered "really far out".)
Lou A (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 10, 2010report abuse
I like the song and album as well. We all know the movies not great, but it can be fun to watch , just like some of those Jon Hall Arabian Night pictures from the 1940's. And it's true that this music pales in comparison to some of the revoulutionary pop from 65-66, but this is what Elvis recorded, so either you like it or you don't. No harm in either opinion.
Great Dane (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 9, 2010report abuse
Well i guess i am one of the few who like this LP. Off course it's in no way coming close to his best, but still i like it.
bluesboy (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 9, 2010report abuse
I hate to say this but the demo (by a guy named Kenny Karen, but he sounds like PJ Proby to me) is better than Elvis' interpretation. It's still a mediocre song but at least you can listen to it a few times without getting bored, which cannot be said of what the King made of it.
Steve V (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 9, 2010report abuse
Oh well, its 1965 a year of one the greatest music explosions in pop history and this is what we get from Elvis. Depressing man. The King was no longer leading the way and thats what hurt the most.
old shep (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 9, 2010report abuse
The intro of the song sounds good, and has not dated at all. But then Elvis vocal swings into action and the whole thing goes flat. I don't blame Elvis for this, it's the song, which is hardly inspiring just so run of the mill. I listened to both the recording from the soundtrack and an outtake and I think the outtake is slightly better.
shoesuedeblues (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 9, 2010report abuse
Harem Holiday was perhaps the worst of all the Elvis movies and that goes for the soundtrack too. Elvis seems to sing flat on this track.
luciano77 (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 9, 2010report abuse
It was 1984 when I discovered Harem Scarum at the Record store. Made in Japan, and at the time very expensive 30.-$. And it took my long time to convince my mother to buy me the LP. And folks let me tell ya, I love the Harem Scarum LP, yes sir. !!
Deano1 (profile/ contact) wrote on Feb 25, 2010report abuse
The 2nd song from the movie and soundtrack LP "Harum Scarum" is about the same as the first ("Harem Holiday"), mediocre and forgettable. Elvis sounds good on this one, but that insipid "Asian" music and drums makes it almost unlistenable.
dgirl (profile/ contact) wrote on Sep 11, 2009report abuse
It is slightly better than the rest of the soundtrack, but again, thats faint praise. Basically the movie and soundtrack were way below Elvis' talents. People were beginning to think this was all Elvis was capable of in the mid-60's while the rest of the music world was making great strides.
MJB63 (profile/ contact) wrote on Sep 6, 2009report abuse
One of the better songs from Harum Scarum.Not great but i can listen to it.

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