Listen To Elvis Presley Covering AC/DC

by Jordan Runtagh 4/23/2015

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Elvis Presley passed away in August 1977, just after the release of AC/DC’s landmark album, Let There Be Rock. Had he lived longer, who knows—perhaps the King would have slid in some of these great metal cuts into his setlist alongside “Blue Suede Shoes” and other early rock classics.

But thanks to an audio/video genius, we now have a tantalizing look at what might have been. Footage of Elvis’ legendary Vegas sets have been mashed up with the vocal talents of Elvis impersonator James Brown. This tune comes to us from his 1997 album, Gravelands, which also boasted a Presley-fied version of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Watch the clip and imagine the possibilities had the King made it through to the grunge era. Instead, we had to deal with Paul Anka’s cover…

Jordan Runtagh

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