Even the most casual of Elvis fans cognize that the King was , at his best , a very gonzo fashion plate — shooting out TV set , gobblingfried PB&B sandwich , andmaking crazy face while practicing kung fu . But as weird as he was in his secret life , his movies occasionally drifted into even stranger piazza .
1. “Yoga Is as Yoga Does,” Easy Come, Easy Go
Elvis pumped out two and sometimes three movies a year throughout the sixties . The later the yr , the more likely the film would contain a musical intermezzo that was less song than phantasmagoric snatch of public presentation nontextual matter .
Here we see Elsa “ Bride of Frankenstein ” Lanchester as an unamused yoga teacher , and the Big E — play a Navy veteran turned gem - hound deep - ocean frogman who also happens to be a nightclub crooner — as her hopelessly inept pupil .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usWq7jbHGiw
The look in Elvis ’ eye as he rhyme “ serious ” with “ arse ” can not be described with words , only a sound : uggghhfuckyoucoloneltomgetmeouttahere .
2. “Edge of Reality,” Live a Little, Love a Little
This is the 1968 film — in which Elvis wager a lensman with a very demanding gal pal — that contained “ A Little Less Conversation , ” a Song dynasty that relish a revival thanks to a funky remix and its comprehension on the Ocean ’s 11 soundtrack . But it also has the unexpended ditty “ Edge of realism , ” which contain some of the most self - conscious dancing a man once know as “ Elvis the Pelvis ” could muster .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-VSn-NHK2Q
This is the closest to a “ dude … I ’m entirely tripping ” vista that Elvis ever draw to do , and he does it in a short blue courtship , worn over a spangled polo-neck .
3. “He’s Your Uncle, Not Your Dad,” Speedway
Another 1968 launching ; this time Elvis plays a race - railcar driver ( as he often did ) opposite Nancy Sinatra , one of his undecomposed leading lady . The large conflict is that Elvis ’ character has a suspicious manager who gets his customer into full-grown trouble with the IRS by fucking up his taxes .
understandably , that is a great reason to break into song , with some outstandingly awkward choreography as an added bonus .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YfKWibzlYU
4. “Confidence,” Clambake
In this 1967 entering , which has precious slight to do with clam and/or baking them , Elvis act a rich kid who trades places with a water supply - skiing instructor , as one does , to see how the other half lives . There ’s a love affair ( with frequent Elvis Colorado - principal Shelley Fabares ) , and there ’s also this mind - blowing , ever - so - slightly antiblack birdsong think of to revolutionise kids who are afraid of playground rides .
5. “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” Double Trouble
Elvis plays a singer yet again in this 1967 moving-picture show — but this time , he ’s in Europe . In this setting , he subverts a classic nursery verse by imagining what Old MacDonald ’s farm would be like if the granger menace to chow down on his noisy fauna every time they “ got out of line of products . ”
“ Hamburger medium rare ” has never before sounded so shuddery .
6. “(There’s) No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car,” Fun in Acapulco
In this 1963 comedy carbon monoxide gas - starring iconic hamper girl Ursula Andress , vocalist / lifeguard / cliff diver Elvis pitches woo with the unfettered pleasure of a man who has no theme Beatlemania is about to throw a major scalawag twist into his teenager collection .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdMDrmsuRts
Fun fact : “ rhumba ” is a euphemism in this setting . play in Acapulco also breed a monolithic hit for the King in “ Bossa Nova Baby , ” a celebration of the Brazilian dancing craze , which , being such , did not hail from Acapulco , Mexico .
7. “Love Me,” This Is Elvis
This posthumous concert infotainment came out in 1981 and it contains this view of a previous - career , visibly less snake - hipped Elvis prowling the point , handing out sweaty scarves to eager hearing members . He ’d done it throughout the jumpsuit era , but usually only once or so per show . This particular dispersion of neckwear , however , was so generous that a bandmate had to shack behind the King with a impudent provision throughout the birdsong .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl7C1XeAIIs
The YouTube TV title is unnecessarily hateful . expect how flaming rapturous those people are — no matter how cockamamie he ( or his life history ) became , Elvis never draw a blank his fans . TCB forever , man .
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