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Relax
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Sid Tepper/ Roy C. BennettRelax, kick your shoes off baby
Relax, here we are alone
Relax, if the phone rings, let it
Just forget it, we're not at home
Cut loose, let your hair down honey
Unwind, turn the lights down low
Relax, let's uncork the stopper
Come to papa, come on let's go
Defrost, your charms
There's only the two of us here
Come in my arms
And make yourself comfortable dear
Relax, let's get cozy baby
Come on, let your concrete crack
Cut loose, when the knock's invited
Don't you fight it, come on relax
Defrost, your charms
There's only the two of us here
Come in my arms
And make yourself comfortable dear
Relax, let's get cozy baby
Come on, let your concrete crack
Cut loose, life is worth the livin'
When you're givin', come on relax
Relax.....mmmmm....let loose...mmmm...defrost....mmmmm... Recorded:
1962/08/30, first released on
It Happened at the World's FairReactions
The guitar don't sound like Moore, so it's either Billy Strange or Tiny Timbrell. It's jazzy. The bass is played by Ray Siegel. Drums by either Fontana or Frank Carlson. The piano is played by Dudley Brooks. Don't know who does the fingersnipping on this great track, but it all works.
Very much in the Fever mould, it was indeed one of the best recordngs on the album. Not sure whether it would have been a hit single or not, but deserves to be better known.
Probably the best song on the LP , a poor soundtrack lasting about 25 minutes. Now, it felt like ELvis was taking us for granted knowing we would buy & see anything with his name on it. The movie? Better than Harum Scarum is about the best I can say. At least it was shot on location. Hollywood Elvis had taken over. Slick & souless.
A slow seductive song with a "Fever-esque" feel to it recorded for Elvis 12th movie, "It Happened At The World's Fair". The song was used very effectively as he seduces the lovely Yvonne Craig and on record it is pleasant. This was anything but a bad movie and even most critics today say it is one of Elvis' better movies. This ranks in my top 5 of Elvis' movies.
the only recording on the Lp that was good enough to be a single.
Sure, it is a bit of a re-write of "Fever", but I think this is a very cool song and even prefer it to "Fever". Elvis is doing a great job with the seductive nature of the vocal. It was a bad movie and not a great soundtrack--but this song, to me, is pretty great!
I kinda like this, dont know why but I do. I didnt like most of the soundtrack LP except for the single, but I kinda like this. I guess it was different and the lyrics & guitar riffs were sort of cool.
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