I see a change is coming to our livesIt's not the same as it used to beAnd it's not too late to realise our mistakeWe're just not right for each otherLove has slipped away left us only friendsWe almost seem like strangersAll that's left between us are the memories we sharedOf times we thought we cared for each otherThere's nothing left to do but go our separate waysAnd pick up all the pieces left behind usAnd maybe someday, somewhere along the wayAnother love will find usSome day when she's older, maybe she will understandWhy her mom and dad are not togetherThe tears that she will cry when I have to say goodbyeWill tear at my heart foreverThere's nothing left to do but go our separate waysAnd pick up all the pieces left behind usAnd maybe someday, somewhere along the wayAnother love will find us
Lyrics Separate Ways – Elvis Presley
"Separate Ways," released as a single in 1972 shortly after the couple legally separated, is by no means unknown to Elvis fans at large; it was certified gold in the United States for sales of 500,000 copies. However, it's the B-side of that single which became a better-known Elvis hit: the country ballad "Always on My Mind."
Elvis Presley will always be remembered as the King of Rock and Roll. But since his untimely death, it\u2019s become clear he lived with pain. Although fans loved him, he often felt alone.\n\n\n\nOne of his biggest hits was the emotional ballad \u201cAre You Lonesome Tonight.\u201d And whenever he sang it live, he ran into an unusual problem. He couldn\u2019t sing certain words correctly. Some experts think they know why that part of the song seemed impossible for him to sing.\u00a0\n\n\n\nAnd the reason is even sadder than the song itself.\u00a0\n\n\n\nElvis Presley\u2019s legendary career\n\n\n\nElvis Presley Don Cravens\/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\nThough Presley grew up in a poor home, he went on to change the music world. According to Biography, his mother gave him his first guitar for his 11th birthday. His musical talent was obvious even then, and within a few years, he won his high school talent show.\u00a0\n\n\n\nIt didn\u2019t take long for his music to capture people\u2019s attention, and he recorded his first single, \u201cThat\u2019s All Right,\u201d at only 19 years old. His music soon dominated the charts. Eventually, he moved into acting, appearing in movies such as Blue Hawaii\u00a0and\u00a0Viva Las Vegas.\u00a0\n\n\n\n\n\u201cI could act like a gentleman if I wanted to.\u201d \u2013 #ElvisPresley #DressedUp #King #RockNRoll #Style pic.twitter.com\/2r0Ev3g10r\u2014 Elvis Presley (@ElvisPresley) February 4, 2021\n\n\n\n\nBy the time of his death in 1977, Presley had released more than 20 albums topping the Billboard charts and 35 number-one singles. But even when he seemed to have the music world in the palm of his hand, he still couldn\u2019t master one of his most popular songs.\u00a0\n\n\n\n\u2018Are You Lonesome Tonight\u2019 was too hard for Elvis to sing\n\n\n\n\n\u201cI wish, I just wish, that everybody could know this same kind of happiness I\u2019ve known from all this. I wish that, more than anything, with all my heart.\u201d \u2013 #ElvisPresley \u2764\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/AyBbBSJW6N\u2014 Elvis Presley (@ElvisPresley) December 27, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of Presley\u2019s biggest hits was the melancholy tune \u201cAre You Lonesome Tonight.\u201d but according to 710 Keel, he couldn\u2019t sing it correctly in a live performance. In about 12 recordings of him in concert, he makes significant mistakes in the same part of the song.\u00a0\n\n\n\nThe troublesome portion Presley couldn\u2019t manage was the spoken bridge, where the lyrics shift from the person the song is about to the singer himself. As Presley tried to sing lines like \u201choney, you lied when you said that you loved me,\u201d he fumbled the words and lost his composure. Sometimes he started laughing, and other times he even cried.\u00a0\n\n\n\nBut why did he struggle with this song? The reason may be because of his emotional reaction to the lyrics.\u00a0\n\n\n\nDid he suffer from parapraxis?\n\n\n\n\nTo this day, Elvis continues to be a fashion icon.#ElvisPresley #RockNRoll #King #Jumpsuit #Fashion #Style #Icon pic.twitter.com\/NAnqBQkGSG\u2014 Elvis Presley (@ElvisPresley) February 25, 2021\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tRelated\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tAn Astonishing Number of People Watched Elvis Presley\u2019s First Performance on \u2018The Ed Sullivan Show\u2019\t\t\n\t\n\nIn an episode of the podcast\u00a0Revisionist History, host Malcolm Gladwell delved into Presley\u2019s puzzling reaction to the song. Gladwell, drawing on experts\u2019 work, believes the problem was a psychological condition called parapraxis.\u00a0\n\n\n\nParapraxis is when a person has trouble saying something because of an unconscious desire or idea. The theory is that Presley\u2019s emotional reaction to the lyrics was too painful for him to utter, possibly because of suppressed grief.\u00a0\n\n\n\nPresley is known to have struggled with significant losses in his life. For example, he was a twin, but his brother died before they were born. He often spoke about his missing brother, and he believed they would\u2019ve been best friends. He was also very close to his mother, and when she died, he reportedly collapsed on her casket and said he wished he could go with her.\u00a0\n\n\n\nThere are many recordings of Presley struggling to get through the spoken bridge of \u201cAre You Lonesome Tonight.\u201d His mistakes may provide a glimpse into the pain he carried throughout his life.\u00a0\n","ptime":"2021-03-21T06:02:00","custom_date":"","custom_datedesc":"","author":"name":"Kira Martin","slug":"kira-martin","url":"https:\/\/www.cheatsheet.com\/author\/kira-martin\/","twitter_link":null,"facebook_link":null,"linkedin_link":"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/kira-martin-54b62192\/","instagram_link":null,"comment_count":0,"review_schema":"\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":[\"NewsArticle\",\"ItemList\"],\"mainEntityOfPage\":\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cheatsheet.com\\\/entertainment\\\/elvis-presley-never-sang-favorite-song-correctly-psychological-quirk.html\\\/\",\"headline\":\"Elvis Presley Never Sang 1 of His Favorite Songs Correctly Due to a Psychological Quirk\",\"description\":\"Many recordings show Elvis Presley struggling to get through a section in this song. His mistakes may provide a glimpse into his pain.\",\"articleBody\":\"Elvis Presley will always be remembered as the King of Rock and Roll. But since his untimely death, it\\u2019s become clear he lived with pain. Although fans loved him, he often felt alone. One of his biggest hits was the emotional ballad \\u201cAre You Lonesome Tonight.\\u201d And whenever he sang it live, he ran into an unusual problem. He couldn\\u2019t sing certain words correctly. Some experts think they know why that part of the song seemed impossible for him to sing.\\u00a0 And the reason is even sadder than the song itself.\\u00a0 Elvis Presley\\u2019s legendary career Elvis Presley "},"reco_next_pid":2128648};img#wpstatsdisplay:none "@context": " ", "@type": "Blog", "mainEntityOfPage": "@type": "WebPage", "@id": " -presley-never-sang-favorite-song-correctly-psychological-quirk.html/" , "headline": "Elvis Presley Never Sang 1 of His Favorite Songs Correctly Due to a Psychological Quirk", "datePublished": "2021-03-21T06:02:00-0400", "dateModified": "2021-03-21T11:20:34-0400", "author": "@type": "Person", "name": "Kira Martin", "jobTitle": "Contributing Writer", "url": " -martin/" , "publisher": "@type": "Organization", "name": "Showbiz Cheat Sheet", "description": "Binge-worthy entertainment news and celebrity interviews" , "description": "Many recordings show Elvis Presley struggling to get through a section in this song. 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