First. Again.

Maybe Warner can steal one from Carolina , like the loss @ home when he was a Ram vs Carolina, Steve Smith slant ? running by Jason Sehorn.

Man that still stings, did Wilkins miss a 50 yarder ?

I absolutely agree with your thoughts on Tebow. That young man has something that many NFL QB’s lack…desire. He may not look particularly good in some aspects of quarterbacking, but he sure gets results.

Tim Tebow can do anything he sets his mind to. He has the type of fire/spirit that a team like the Lions could desperately needs.

The “anti-Bulger”? I couldn’t have said it better myself Bernie.

I am an old fat man, but I like the younger thin Elvis, due to memories.
Also,anti Bulger, pretty slick writing. Re Haslett,you appear to know something.

How do you eat 9 banana splits and get sick?
Maybe 12 or something, but not 9!

Gotta go with “In the Ghetto” as the best Elvis song, especially because it was penned by Mac Davis.

When touring Graceland, where you see the various Elvis exhibits including his stage outfits, you’ll see not only that Elvis was quite athletic but also that his later jumpsuits are surprisingly trim. He may have been puffed and paunched from the meds and the diet, especially in the face, but he was not as fat as we remember him.

“Suspicious Minds”; great song. High on my list also are “Jailhouse Rock,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” and “It’s Now or Never.” But for pure, simple beauty, I’ll take “Love Me Tender.”

Long live the King!

Tim Tebow won’t QB a down in the NFL. He has way too many issues to be even a serviceable backup in the pros. Yet another overrated Florida QB.

Bernie,

Enjoy your thoughts on music. A good top 3 for ‘Comeback Elvis’, although I think Jailhouse Rock was his best.

How about a top 3 of your musical thoughts with each blog?

Elvis..It’s not his best song but one I have a lot of fun with…Clam bake!

“Hey listen world you’ve gotta know
I’m cuttin loose and lettin’ go
Who needs the worry and the strife
Life can be a ball now just followin’ my life
clambake, gonna have a clambake
clambake, gonna have a clambake”

Can’t get any better lyrics than that!

Bernie,
Ditto on Tebow…he is a winner, a gamer, a balls to the walls, no nonsense, in your face SOB that just knows what it takes to beat you. He is a rare athlete that does not come along very often…I hope he gets a chance to play at the NFL level as I think he will surprise a lot of people.

I hope the Rams coaching search has generated a lot of interest because of the opportunity and not because they are looking for any warm body….so far it sounds like everyone and anyone has thrown their hat in the ring…when is Billy Devaney going to narrow down his choices?

Linked in? Welcome to the club…I made that mistake two years ago…I have more links than Hillshire Farms!

The upside to Perez closing in 2009 may be the fact that he came up mid year last season, so it may still take some time for opposing hitters to get a feel for him…the real challenge for him closing games may come in 2010 if still has not developed a decent wrinkle pitch.

Carolina should have no trouble taking care of business…they are a good team not challenged with as many “what if’s” as Arizona.

I get sick thinking about eating nine banana splits…
Had the King been on an all day “bender” that day with Boog Powell and John Mackey, then munchies ensued? Why nine banana splits? Why couldn’t he have got sick eating nine crab cakes instead? Or were the banana splits dessert?

Great songs by Elvis? I got nothing…..

Over and out

I like Tim Tebow but after listening to numerous sports analysts say that he probably won’t be drafted as an NFL quarterback it makes me wonder if he is the next Eric Crouch.

sorry Bernie, you are leading with your heart, not your head on this one. Did you see the replay of the play where Tebow was intercepted by the Dlineman who dropped back in Zone coverage? Tebow is a great kid, but doesn’t have the skill set to plaly qb in NFL. It’s a different position than in college. Prime example, Vince Young, who wouldn’t have said he was the greatest competitor after Champ gave vs. USC. He singlehandedly carried UT to victory. Look at what his skill set has brought to the NFL>.

Tebow’s outstanding leadership and play at the highest college level has earned him due recognition as a great “college” QB. Is not that where NFL teams get most of there players from in the draft? The NFL would be foolish to pass him up. Tebow has the kind of leadership skills that make common men heroes. By that I mean no one thinks to much of the guy until the guy leads them to victory fight after fight.

I liked the younger, trimmer Elvis. He had an innocence and a style about him that appealed to the young people in away that was dreamy. He was fresh and he was Kool and for a while Elvis lived the American dream. He was crowned King and that is why the King still lives.

Regarding LinkedIn: I had the same experience with Facebook. For the first month, I was pleasantly surprised every other day to get a note from a long-lost friend or classmate that had found me. Then, a bunch of strangers and people I’d rather forget wanted to be friends.
I got very comfortable with the IGNORE button, and soon enough, the dopey requests stopped.
Sorry, prefer the skinny Elvis in a hip-shaking contest with Ann-Margret in “Viva Las Vegas.”

Yep. Tebow is a leader. A true winner. He makes his team better. He “inspires belief and confidence”. All great points that contain a lot of truth to them.

Does that make him a great QB at the next level? I think all the points listed above are part of the equation, but not all of it. I don’t see him as an NFL QB. However, I do think there will be other options at the next level for Tebow, because he is such a great athlete. Having the heart and passion to win is important, but mechanics, footwork, and accuracy are an important part of the equation, as well.

I agree with you on Perez. From what I saw of him towards the end of last season, it would appear though that he had gained some confidence in his slider. I felt that towards the end of the year he made some major strides from where he was when he was first called up.

I think the same can be said about Jason Motte. If he is going to stick in the big leagues, and be a force coming out of the pen for TLR this season he is going to have to develop a second pitch.

Yo Bernie,

Tim Tebow has heart, too bad heart doesn’t always make it in the NFL. As for Elvis, I think all of his songs sucked. He and the rest of the Sun Records lot just ripped off black music. I must admit I just watched a video of Muddy waters, Buddy Guy, and Junior Wells from The Montreaux Jazz fest in 1974, so I have a biased opinion. Selling millions does not make it good!

Bernie amen on Tebow as a gamer and a good QB prospect. What are these scouts on? He has size, a strong arm, he can run, he shows passion and emotion. He can side up with me in a battle foxhole anytime. Id rather have Tim at the helm rather than the pitiful, lifeless, expression with his chinstrap covering his mouth, excuse of a QB we have here in Bulger. If we could land this kid in the 3 round or so what a deal. He will make someone someday glad they did!

Despite being a ‘honk’ for the SEC (particularly Alabama) all I can say is, how can you not respect what Tebow does on the field and off? You hit it on the head yesterday my friend when you said the key word when describing him - WINNER! That is one thing no one can teach. People also need to realize when he is on the field he talks trash and is one of the most competitive players in the college game today. I can remember his freshman year when he tried scoring one last touchdown in the closing seconds with the game well at hand against the Tide. The year prior Bama threw a bomb for a TD with under 2 minutes to go and a 24-7 lead over the Gators. Don’t forget, his final two college choices were Florida and….Alabama. He is the player you hate to play against, but would love to have as your teammate.

Elvis songs:

1) Suspicious Minds
2) (you’re so square) Baby I Don’t Care
3) Bossa Nova Baby/It’s Now Or Never/Jailhouse Rock (tie)

I don’t know. I guess I am a sucker for some of the songs he performed in his movies. Who wears a sweater by the pool and sings????? There was only one….

Bernie,
I’ve been in the minority in my support of Mo so far. But hearing the BoSox sign Saito for about 1.5m makes me scratch my head. I am definitely not for signing a 41 year old Hoffman, but Saito seemed to have a good upside. Even if he had an injury.

Thanks B!

I got to see Elvis a few times back when he and I both were young. He was about 3 months older I. I was raised in West TN, after finishing high school in 1953, I moved to Memphis to attend an electronics school. Because of finances, I soon went to work for a company in Memphis and that ended the schooling.
They were playing Elvis’s songs on Memphis radio quite a bit by late 1954. One day I heard on the radio that he and his band, Bill Black and Scotty Moore, would be performing at the grand opening of a strip mall in East Memphis.
I went to it, they were using a flat bed truck for a stage out on the parking lot. There really wasn’t that many people watching the performance. I drove my 1953 Ford Victoria hardtop right up close to the truck and watched them. If only I had had a camera.
The company transferred me to Little Rock soon after that, we had a contract at the Little Rock Air Force Base that was being build at that time. In the late summer of 1955, Elvis and his band came to L.R. for a show. That was his first time here. They played to a big crowd this time at the Robinson Auditorium. His career had skyrocked my then.
I bought two tickets to the show as I had just started dating my future wife. Back then, kids got their parent’s permission for things, she asked and that was a mistake. Her dad said no way, they had heard the “bad” things about Elvis and “his kind” of music. I don’t think she ever forgot that he caused her to miss her only chance to see Elvis.
My son that’s almost 50, has played music since he was a teen, I just told him this story a couple weeks ago. He could hardly believe that I had never told him before about an important event like that.
But Elvis wasn’t the only one, I saw lots of the early Rockers around Memphis in the mid 1950’s.
Sorry about the long reminiscing from an old dude.lol

I remember the Elvis story from your radio show, as an Elvis fan I was…well, something.
It was entertaining though.

I prefer the 70’s Elvis.
He sang as a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders, he had problems and he really tried to mean something with his songs (in fact he didnt care for a lot of the earlier songs, thinking they were kiddy or something). and he sang like a motherf@#*&r. He was always a great singer but by the 70’s he was in a whole ‘nother world.
I just relate to this guy more, he wasnt the guy that everything went his way, he wasnt the supercool guy but he was still great.
I do think he was only really fat for like two or three years near the end though.

I also like 50’s elvis, but I tend to dislike movie era elvis.

obviously check out the 68′ comeback special and the DVD “thats the way it is” both are awesome, and both are pre fattness.

You want to see something crazy though?
watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E32SCqI_3sE

Im pretty sure its from the tour you see in Graceland or one of the places right outside it.
Look at him, hes not even him. If you look hard enough you can see him in there, hes a beaten, broken man physically. The world is bearing down on him, he looks likes hes dead already, but listen to him, the only life thats left is in his voice, but man what a voice

“Elvis songs:

1) Suspicious Minds
2) (you’re so square) Baby I Don’t Care
3) Bossa Nova Baby/It’s Now Or Never/Jailhouse Rock (tie)

I don’t know. I guess I am a sucker for some of the songs he performed in his movies. Who wears a sweater by the pool and sings????? There was only one….”

bwahaha… so true on that last part.

I could talk about Elvis all freaking day, but I wont because I dont want to spam up the site (more than I already do).

I had completely forgotten about the “baby your so square song”

and Bossa Nova Baby is a great song. I mean its cheesy but still good.
Ive actually been contemplating doing an “Elvis hour” or maybe a full Elvis show with my band as a side thing.
I was listening to 2nd to none the other day and I actually wrote out a list of like 40 something songs that would be a blast to learn.

another great song he did was “Such a night”
its the way he sings it, its like a juggler or something. He doesnt sing the words, he plays with them. Its almost too easy and effortless.

and I have a soft spot for the Berry penned Promised Land. Ive always wanted to do that one.

In the Ghetto…way to slick and over-produced. Suspicious Minds is not far behind in that category.

Bernie…

Preach on about Tebow… this guy ins’t Chris Leak or Danny Wuerrfel.

Will you joined my linked in network.. I clean portapotties for a living and I understand you occasionally have to use the restroom.

9 Banana splits! As a fat guy myself that’s impressive and even more impressive women dying to get backstage despite the girth and gluttony. But wow talk about thumbing your nose at Charm City, he could have at least been courteous enough to get sick after eating 9 or more crab cakes.

Tebow never plays a down. Really???? Even Danny “no arm” Wuerffel played several years in the NFL, abeit poorly. And, overrated where? Clearly not in college football.

Tebow is overrated by anyone who rates him as one of the top QB’s in college. If he played for a less talented team, nobody would even know who he was.

Question is what NFL team can re-align their offensive line and playbook for a southpaw QB?

O-Lines and playbooks are built around which way the QB throws.

No doubt on Tebow as a gamer. Zorn, Stabler, Brunell, Esiason, and Steve Young come to mind. But, teams with righty QBs would have to move some of their schemes around, and personnel. For one player, perhaps Tebow is worth the shift.

I don’t know. But, it’s gotta come into play. Why is a left tackle protecting a blindside rush on a righty QB such a prized commodity in the NFL?

And TheGeneral, LOL. Again.

If Tebow is the anti-Bulger, then he is exactly what the Rams need, but when will he be in the draft, this year or next?

Aren’t they talking about Chris Carpenter closing? If so, maybe this would give Perez time to develop another pitch.

My favorite Elvis songs are “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Love Me Tender”, and “Don’t Be Cruel.” I liked the thin early Elvis the best. I saw him at Kiel Auditorium in 1957 when I was in 8th grade. Two of my friends and I took the bus down town to see him. He wore a shiny gold suit. The thing about Elvis that made him different from a lot of other teen idols that followed him is that he really had a good voice. The link from one of the other posts of him singing “Unchained Melody” really brings this out. He deserves to be called the King. But I really don’t know why people give that name to Kevin Slaten. He seems more boorish than royal.

Bernie,
Who knew Arizona was going to dominate Carolina? My bad and apologies to Kurt and Company….I guess I ate too many banana splits…
BTW, I thought Bill Bidwell looked very cute on the sideline with his bow tie and baseball hat on…Some people just don’t look the part no matter how hard they try.

Over and out

1. (You’re the) Devil in Disguise
2. A Little Less Conversation
3. Suspicious Minds (… but really so many choices that could make the list ….)

Re: “A Little Less Conversation.” I have the JXL Radio Remix version off of the “Elvis Presley - History” CD. Yeah its dubbed, remixed and dancy. But it does rock and every time I listen to it I think, “What a great lead in to The Roll Home.”

Bernie, Next time you open a segment on the Cardinal off-season how about…
“… A little less conversation, a little more action please
All this aggravation ain’t satisfactioning me …”

In fairness, a “Suspicious Minds” lead-in works to describe a whole slice of Cardinal Nation.

1. Suspicious Minds
2. Devil In Disguise
3. Kentucky Rain

I just listened to the JXL Radio Edit Remix of “A Little Less Conversation” again and guess what?

“I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription… is more cowbell!”

We used to do that Version of A little less conversation, but dont anymore

anyway If you like that on the 2nd to none album there is a remix version of Rubberneckin’ thats pretty good too. Its not as good but decent

Bernie:

Sorry this is late, but my favorite Elvis titles are:

–You’re Right, I’m Left, She’s Gone
–I Forgot to Remember to Forget