Alannah Myles - Black Velvet

[@CrashBoomBang78]

It’s a motherfriggin CRIME that a vocalist this talented didn’t achieve more fame. Just listen to that raspiness, that sultriness, the way she holds a note so softly and switches from one note to the other so effortlessly...so, so skillful.

[@TexasRed1961]

I agree, that raspy quality in her voice is sexy as all hell.

[@CrashBoomBang78]

Free Speech What the hell?

[@wsjkjl]

TexasRed1961 talent is not rewarded anymore. Only spectacle.

[@uriahhoney1436]

She passed away :'(

[@jackmack1061]

@ Thumper Thumper We don't feed the trolls, remember?

[@thomassundback7880]

The sexiest tune ever. The bass, the drums, her voice. This never gets old. Never.

[@nicoleparish8968]

I agree

[@kstormgeistgem461]

i remember roller skating to this when i was a kid. always got me into trouble in the rink... i'd forget that i was on roller skates and try dancing. eyah... not pretty. but the song's still good. ;D

[@mazzc67]

It was too rock for the country chart , someone else recorded it w steel guitar

[@davidrector1450]

It’s a sexy song, but not sexiest to me. That would have to be Chris Isaak Wicked Game. It was even the song that Ross and Rachel first did it to

[@evelyngrenski1404]

If u close your eyes it could set u. for a great night

[@Everythingismeaningless344]

My father passed away 1/19/20. I was driving this afternoon and Black Velvet was on the radio. Made me smile and remember the road trips and weekend mornings. This song put a smile in my heart. I love you Dad!

[@sixfacearumugam6941]

Jerrod Enochs great

[@basitrizvi]

He was probably sitting there ryt next to you enjoying the song like you did. Songs like these remind you of your loved ones and cherish those moments. My prayers are with you 🙏🙏

[@nadir1378]

Condolences to you and your family. That was the date of my Dads funeral. He passed on on the 17th and we had his funeral two days later on the 19th. Miss him like crazy. Rest well Dad 🙏

[@gaylegoodman9097]

My condolences to you and your family. It warms my heart that it gave you sweet memories.

[@gaylegoodman9097]

Nadir Munoo My condolences to you and your family. I hope you find peace.

[@rinarobinson3311]

This song really captures the magic and unique impact of Elvis Presley. And beautifully sung by Alannah Myles; excellent video!

[@jerometournier5467]

her voice sounds like Bonie Tyler to me,as a French. Awesome,timeless song nonetheless.

[@-SamsungPS3ProMax]

I love Elvis sm and I wasn't even born the 20th century

[@elle-xe9md]

The break in her voice when she says 'everything' 50 seconds or so in, gets me every time. What a voice

[@dfifty2]

Her timbre is pure magic !! A vocal genius

[@amandaread9071]

Beautiful singer lady ever x

[@marioiacolucci]

Incredible

[@no-oneman.4140]

Criminally Underrated. Astounding. Best song about Elvis by a country mile.

[@SandcastleTheory]

She has a GRAMMY, two JUNOS, nominations for 17 other major music awards, and this song was #1 on Billboard. The album went platinum in almost every market around the world, triple platinum in Australia, and diamond in Canada... Now, tell me, how exactly is that "underrated"? Cheers!

[@no-oneman.4140]

I was referring to the song itself not the artist or the album. How many people would name this song in their top favourites. That is the point I was making. But having condescending replies like yours makes reading comments such a joy. Please don't reply . Cheers !!!!!

[@SandcastleTheory]

@@no-oneman.4140 Apologies, if I upset you. That was not my intention. Much in the way of tone gets lost in text. My point (if only for posterity) was simply that, evidently, it was a favourite song for millions of people; and, presumably, still is. No higher standards could it have possibly met. I'm not trying to take away your love for the song, or patronize you. Not at all. I'm just saying, underrated it is not, and never was. The use of that word in general, these days, is rampant and frustrating. Whatever might be trending on modern social media, at any given moment, does not reflect the greater state of music, artists, or their fans. Cheers!

[@investigasteve]

Underrated? She won the Grammy and the Juno for that song ....

[@fe6918]

This woman's voice is seriously amazing.

[@vanessakester3713]

I sound just like her every time I sing black Valvet little boy smiles.Vanessa

[@normanbommarito6029]

You are so right

[@jackmiddleton9623]

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[@leonmarshall8727]

I listen to this on gta a lot I even have a car that looks like it's from the 80s on gta( vigero is what the car in gta is called by the way)

[@mr.msadventures427]

@@leonmarshall8727 I know this song from Gta too, and I have that car too, is it the rare car that's not for sale anywhere? Have to find it on the map?

[@marieandersson6655]

Alanna Myles got her voice directly from God, and she was blessed with an incredble good bass player as well ❤

[@now591]

Her voice is horrible.

[@harrycrocker4470]

The bass n drums here,don't get no better!!!

[@4Score747]

I remember in 1989 I was crossing the bridge into Memphis on I-40 heading to N.Carolina and this song came on! The sun was setting and WOW! What a great moment! Black Velvet if you please! 29 and never thought about getting old!

[@dawntaylor3443]

Love your story! Thank you for sharing a little piece of your life with us!!!

[@sphinxrising1129]

Old is a state of mind.

[@kelseykelsey2559]

@@sphinxrising1129 it isn't. even if you're 24 in your mind, your body reminds you pretty damn quick that you aren't.

[@AltClev37]

That’s quite a memory. I love when certain songs can take you back to a certain moment in your life and you can relive it through the music 🎶

[@makeupboss9812]

Sharon Hunter 89’, I was in 10th grade, and this song was constantly on my radio. Like constantly.. I’m now 46 and I still love this song.

[@shellyk5575]

Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell Jimmie Rodgers on the Victrola up high Mama's dancin' with a baby on her shoulder The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky The boy could sing, knew how to move, everything Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please Up in Memphis, the music's like a heatwave White lightning, bound to drive you wild Mama's baby's in the heart of every schoolgirl "Love Me Tender" leaves 'em cryin' in the aisle The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please Every word of every song that he sang was for you In a flash, he was gone, it happened so soon What could you do? Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please If you please If you please If you please

[@jackienettleton730]

❤

[@euridicevioleta7689]

😊😊😊

[@dejanilic2685]

Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@frankjohansen3132]

This song and Sam Brown - Stop are classics that will live forever.

[@carolinemccullough9838]

Lol exactly!! I was just thinking that!

[@ainobredtved3132]

Two of my all time favorites 👍

[@moffat7741]

Even the way she performed this was the most perfect way to do it. The passion in the face, The body movements to the beat. Just WOW, I was born in 1999 and will be carrying this music to my kids like my family did.

[@tiffanywebb1144]

My mom would sing the hell outta this song I know she is singing it up in heaven! Love you mom, miss you much!! 😭🍹

[@CBRuRedE1]

May God rest her soul. Sorry for your loss.

[@timroberts4181]

' thoughts and prayers ' 🙏

[@shannonakasheasheapereira4149]

My mom to RIP mama

[@KelleyBroussardMackaig]

You're Mama obviously had some great taste!! I'll bet she was an Elvis fan, too!! A lot of folks don't know that this song was about him... I'm so sorry for your loss, may she rest in peace.

[@natasapetkovic5211]

I'm so sorry cause of u. My friend's mom died when we was nine, and he started to acting strange, coming to the school really early, and making fun of classes. I hate when teachers start to talk how he is dumb and lazy, cause he's horrible in school. It's just not fair! Teachers don't understand. Some students too. I hope it isn't same to u.

[@ojdupreez4909]

People used to make fun of me when I listened to this song over and over. So tell me, is there something wrong with this song? Absolutely nothing - The bass guitar and the arrangement and obviously her voice fits together so perfectly. Still up to today, this is one of my all time favourites and will always be.

[@iyernarayananh]

You are damn right. It is one of the best rock songs ever!!!

[@nickriffed9775]

Great bass line but it wasn't a bass guitar. It was recorded on a synth.

[@TobiaTesan]

@@nickriffed9775 I have my doubts about it. It's not impossible, but what makes you think so? It does sound like a bass, you can even hear the noise of strings being stopped on the 2 & 4.

[@nickriffed9775]

@@TobiaTesan you can have as many doubts as you like, my friend, but it doesn't alter the facts. One aspect of the song listeners have frequently noted is the tune's distinctive fretless bassline. While a common belief holds that the melody was played using an actual fretless bass guitar, Myles' bassist for the rest of her self-titled album, Steve Webster, acknowledged in an online discussion forum that he did not perform the bassline on "Black Velvet" himself; rather, it was Tyson who played the riff on a synthesizer, using a fretless bass sample.[7]

[@grunastramen3660]

@@nickriffed9775 even cooler

[@404HandleNotFound]

I love this song. :) I bet if Elvis were around when it came out, he'd be honored to hear it.

[@keetonplace]

He definitely would. I never like speaking for others, but, IMO, he would love it. Wondering if Lisa and Priscilla have heard it. I would guess a yes, winning that Grammy and all.

[@zibies82]

Zapamiętam te piosenkę na długo

[@cameroncarpenter3219]

I would have loved to hear elvis do a remake of this song. Big elvis fan. Me and my mom go to memphis every year for elvis week

[@cameroncarpenter3219]

I would have loved to hear elvis do a remake of this song. Big elvis fan. Me and my mom go to memphis every year for elvis week

[@keetonplace]

You kidding? He can't sing about himself! This is a tribute to him. It belongs to Alannah and Alannah, alone.

[@Cyannah117]

Loved the song from the minute I heard it in ‘89….35 years later it is still a favourite and always will be!!! ❤

[@NormaMbambo-f3s]

Always 🎉🎉🎉

[@ashleybourgeois4099]

Her voice is so incredible, UGH. I love the rasp in her voice and she's also so beautiful!😍

[@muku-ro7bh]

Ja das stimmt....❤💥💯

[@andrehoule8549]

Her voice is so incredible, UGH. I love the rasp in her voice and she's also so beautiful!😍 One best Elvis Presley tribute songs ever! Here in 2019?!

[@spicybrown75]

Hehe, ok so it was a tribute to Elvis. Finally i understand this song! Thank you.

[@laurabexley9114]

BLACK VELVET REPRESENTS THE ELVIS PIVTURES ON BLACK VELVET. ALOT OF THEM COME FROM MECICO .I HAVE TWO LARGE ONES AND AN 8 BY 10 MISSISSIPPI ELVIS JUNKIE LB I

[@laurabexley9114]

@@spicybrown75 YOUR WELCOME!!!°° MISSISSIPPI ELVIS JUNKIE LB I

[@angelstewart7886]

Black velvet from elvis is 1968 😍

[@funkmasterfishdatdamnfish7442]

Anyone else is going through their favorite jams thinking about life back in the days? Please tell me I'm not the only one?✌🏼️

[@fredmoore8661]

Doesn't everyone?

[@benstubbs4150]

You're not alone x

[@donnadickerson2329]

For the second time tonight, you are not the only one. Tomorrow (9/12) is my birthday and I'm just listening to some of my all-time favorites 🎶

[@Nono-jf5bc]

No luv your not lol

[@angieo.5745]

Nope...YOU SURE AREN'T THE ONLY ONE...😌😌😌

[@marcelaostra2717]

Miluji tuhle píseň má šťávu,to dnesni hudbě chybí.Je skvěle a procítěně nazpívaná, děkuji 👍

[@Dreez76]

One of the most underrated female singers in the modern age.

[@Slytherin88]

Damn right

[@picklemat4619]

underrated singers, male or female. But that song is over 30 years old. I wouldn't call it modern.

[@Slytherin88]

@@picklemat4619 Dread to think what that makes me then....! 😛

[@ignite9233]

Underrated by who???? She's a gem.

[@trentdistrictcfr8552]

8oz miisx

[@MzBluMagoo]

Her voice is so full of soul! One of those songs that you can’t help but love! Elvis Presley was a legend! This song says it all!

[@MrWierchawsky]

What a pretty and wonderful woman ,hello my darling ?

[@loverofmusic1235]

I gave up playing bass guitar in bands 15 years ago - just got sick of doing the gigs. But every now and than I hear a blast from the past that makes me ache to play again, and this is one of them. That voice, that groove, as good as it gets!

[@Nina-r6m3m]

I sang for years in bands and like you, got fed up and gave up, but when I hear songs like this, I really miss it! 😮😮

[@Tiziana2024]

I am so greatful to read your opinion, because your opinion is of a profesional person .. Thank you so much

[@joannelovett3025]

U

[@jamespitman2373]

So get back into the routine, if you so wish, but it's up to you.❤

[@contatodoutrinador8612]

I'm 51 years old, 52 in a month and this song still makes all the difference since I heard it the first time. And nothing more needs to be said.

[@Liubascha-dl6tk]

Царьь,а может быть, всё-таки 35 годков...!?😅😅😅😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤

[@maig.448]

LYRICS Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high Mama's dancin' with a baby on her shoulder The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky The boy could sing, knew how to move, everything Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please Up in Memphis the music's like a heatwave White lightning, bound to drive you wild Mama's baby's in the heart of every school girl "Love me tender" leaves 'em cryin' in the aisle The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please Every word of every song that he sang was for you In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon What could you do? Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please If you please If you please If you please

[@sudhanvasapre5171]

This comment should be waay up high, I had dig down deep to find the lyrics. Thank you posting the comment!!

[@hillbillybeast4688]

Thanks for taking the time to post the lyrics

[@zachariahkushner2862]

Black Velvet in that little boys smile Black Velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that will bring you to your knees Black Velvet if you please

[@erikafreebird6449]

@Lesley Borthwick singing about Elvis Presley.

[@keetonplace]

@@erikafreebird6449 Yes, the little boy smile was Elvis. As is all the rest of the song.

[@stevebathgate2900]

I met her one night after a small concert, she played black velvet that night. Still gives me goosebumps.

[@Novelcharlie1]

My brother died. But before he ran away we shared this song. It was his favorite. Rest in peace my brother I will be done soon. I love this song and the video. That you for a flash back. I couldn't save him but I am alive in 2019.

[@MonicaMilec]

I am sorry you lost your Brother. Rest in peace !!

[@dapoop4256]

rest in peace. if you ever need someone to talk to,please do message me xx

[@melishamaraj9668]

😘🤗🙏❤

[@mikenco]

This track has been on my radar (and in my collection) for 30 years.. kudos to those who only found it in the last decade or so.

[@lynnbeezleywright2145]

2024 been one of my favorite songs for ever 3:18

[@jeramy8165]

This song is legit my favorite from that era. I’m only 34 but gives me so many nostalgic memories of my mom playing it whilst growing up. Never gets old! ❤

[@Zheks89]

Same & 34 here 🤘

[@settheory2219]

If you like this, I'd also suggest you keep me hanging on by Kim Wilde

[@ErinJoy-f3o]

I'm 38 and when I was just little I mean like 5 maybe I can remember this song comming out and running to the tv and singing my little heart away everytime it came on. Here I am an adult and STILL jam everytime I play it. Brings memories of my childhood for sure. . My parents would get me to sing in frnt of everyone cause noone could believe I knew it all at that age hahaha crazy

[@landlockedcroat1554]

im 20 and i like this

[@victoriagilarranz6804]

One of the best female voices we've ever been lucky enough to hear. And she crushes it to this day.

[@tulipsmoke599]

Very true my friend

[@ziak63]

Something about her voice, gets right into your heart.

[@boobye6305]

No

[@marcoantonioramos3248]

@@boobye6305 jajajajaja

[@MrWierchawsky]

What a pretty and adorable woman ,hello ,my darling ?

[@spazkong]

Pulling a recording session like this together must have been a huge task. The outcome yields such a smooth reward to us, the general public, we almost didn't notice due to the fantastic song writing. Likely some of the best musicians in the world at that time. It plays on the radio and nobody really notices because there are no flaws

[@mrsmith4489]

This lady, this song, just wow. All these years later. Never stopped loving it.

[@lauraCA805]

Every word of every song that he sang was for you In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon, what could You do?....

[@gallifrey1985]

Her voice is incredible. Everything about this is perfect

[@worldhello1234]

Yes, but this is a one-hit wonder.

[@dfifty2]

​@@worldhello1234 absolutely not ! This is one of those crazy comments from people who have no idea. Her Rockinghorse album is one of the best productions of the 90s, and I mean any genre of music

[@vincenzoiannone4736]

Awesome rock song, a fantastic tribute to Elvis, magic '90 atmosphere, and a stunning beauty woman. What more ? ❤❤❤

[@selena10ist]

Gyönyörű asszony és a hangja is csodálatos nagyon szeretem 😇❤️😇🙏🪄🙏

[@7hi7com23]

This song is timeless. I know we all agree.👍

[@ComeNunca11]

oh yea!

[@dominiquealberts6232]

True that

[@santaclase3410]

WE NEED MoRe sharing🥰🥰🥰😇😇😇Thanks for sharing

[@buster-jr5lr]

you know nothing ... but i agree lol

[@chrishaynes1804]

i dont

[@chriscaruthers4268]

Don't be surprised if she makes a comeback. Forget the music industry. This is talent. Mrs. Myles.

[@beldiman5870]

A comeback? At her age? I wish this could be possible but the most probable comeback scenario would be as a judge in a talent competition

[@kelstra1997]

Unfortunately she has very severe back problems and is almost a cripple. Real shame as she was a sensational artist and extremely attractive as well.

[@tweakypoppy]

Mrs? Myles is a stage name which she thought was better than her birth name "Byles." Also, she never married.

[@phenbuz]

I will love that bass line FOREVER.

[@dankeller4656]

Yea..Its rocks!!

[@russytom9682]

I'm sure you think you're cool when you "accidentally" play this song around guest...I bet you're like I hope they hear that bass line its so cool...then you roll up ur sleeves and look around like your tuff 😂😂

[@dankeller4656]

Its just that "Treble " picking near the pickup is just so cool..I blew out some subs in a club when they upgraded a amp with way too much power for the speakers when I played this song :-;)

[@elijiahware7536]

DANIEL FARIA ikrrrr

[@spyhunt27]

DANIEL FARIA

[@Katlilith97]

How many of u know it’s a song for Elvis Presley? 🥰

[@2shadowcats2]

Right you are!!

[@kenthbjorklund7010]

He dead

[@LindaWright-d1e]

​@kenthbjorklund7010 Elvis Presley never died, his music & soul will live 4 ever inspiring today's youth!

[@winstonred7868]

it really makes sense.thank you

[@CompleteNewbie]

"Love me tender" is a bit of a give-away. :)

[@jarredkennedy6131]

My high school Business teacher once told us quite proudly how, in her younger years, she once sang this (awesome) song in a radio karaoke contest. To this day it reminds me of her.

[@molarguy]

P

[@jarredkennedy6131]

Oh, she was not ashamed of who knew about that. She was a gem of a woman and teacher.

[@DirtDiver181992]

I wish I was born when music was actually good like this.Late 60s, 70s, 80s and some of the 90s.

[@timg7942]

DirtDiver181992 j you mean when music was actually music not like the shit you hear these days.

[@schibleh531]

Look at you two, the most pretentious gay couple in ever. It's cute as hell.

[@DirtDiver181992]

Hamza Shukri Thanks.

[@schibleh531]

DirtDiver181992 Don't mention it dude, I support you two all the way

[@DirtDiver181992]

Hamza Shukri Thank you, public support is always appreciated.

[@kristianbroberg]

Countless artists have covered this song through the years.. a lot did a really good job at it, a few even did a phenomenal job, but no one came close. Alannah truly is outstanding.

[@PerseusKarvasius]

shrimp

[@kualx2973]

Listen and rate the cover version of this song performed by the Ukrainian band Sershen&Zaritskaya kzbin.info/www/bejne/p328ZaqvpseojpY

[@kristianbroberg]

@d R covered several times; the original is Alannah's.

[@postilaatikko7384]

Some bands and artist don't understand. They try to top a song by covering. Won't never happen to a really good Song. Just changing one member of the original lineup can surely destroy the "feeling". Songs grow into musicians and bands, its not just "songs". No one can ever top this. Also: you can never sing or play the same exact way as another person. This is a fact.

[@sachy6239]

I'm 1974, Polish blues fan. It was my probably the 1st real game changer video thing stuff in my life. It's epic to me (with ZZTop) and it will always be. Even learnt to play the guitar in garage band, learnt english too :) Alannah and blues 4 ever! Just wanted to say: thank you...

[@AndyArnold-uz5yo]

This song reminds me of my wife. It was her favorite song before she lost the battle with cancer, I wish I could change the hands of time, I miss her smiles, she was always there for me and our lovely daughter, life could be so unfair most times but sometimes I wonder why bad things always happen to good people. She’s always in our hearts

[@traceygleghorn3163]

Love this now as much as I did when released. Amazing voice and deserved more success than she got. That unique raspy voice is so fabulous. Her band excellent too. We love you. Love from the UK.

[@WorldWarThree]

Great performance, great tune, great lyrics. How can you be anything but a one-hit-wonder when you set the bar this high?

[@NOUNZYKRANZA]

+WorldWarThree she had a slew of hits in Canada, so not a one-hit wonder in her home and native land

[@shmayameir8271]

Sorry, Alanna Myles was anything but a one hit wonder.

[@WorldWarThree]

@@shmayameir8271 I am sorry. When I wrote this I was unaware of her successful career in Canada. I was glad to learn of it.

[@keza92]

Love this song its such a classic! one of my all time fav's and written about Elvis, Alannah has such a great voice.

[@johngemmell6515]

You are right. There are several lyrics in the song that point only to one person who the song was dedicated to & written about, Elvis.

[@Darkest2Knight]

Damn, even after all these years, in 2024, her raw, sultry voice still does something to me. It's so different from the sanitized, autotuned singers of today. I miss hearing a powerful voice like this. It must have been something else to hear it live.

[@vuk7760]

As a kid, my dad used to play me this song, and he taught me what good music is, he lead me on the right music path! Thank you, dad. 😊

[@Wizard4169]

You could sure do a lot worse.

[@danabailey1323]

I know how you feel 👌 still AWESOME!

[@selen1640]

💗

[@melisagb6530]

VUK Theories y yo K

[@ilvmakindolls]

Love it. Your Dad is awesome for turning you on right! My dad turned me on to a lot of awesome music and I still think of him when I hear them play. This song....I have to say my hubby turned me onto it....and yes, it is amazing. Kudos to your dad.

[@fdhfj6893]

y'all remember that time when Jujubee destroyed the runway w this tune ? The sexiest tune ever. The bass, the drums, her voice. This never gets old. Never.

[@terrycharnley]

Possibly, the sexiest record ever recorded, the sexiest performance too.

[@TheLittleRedVixen]

Sadly careless whispers take that place

[@TheAcceleratorMagazine]

@@TheLittleRedVixen I got no vote but reckon why this girl didn't really make the big time? Worked personal security for some of Nashville royalty and there was always talk, that I really can't repeat exactly, about the "powers" in Nashville and music in general, that decided who was in and who was out. Talent wasn't the prime driver of who that might be. Met some of em....I wasn't even looked at. Invisible. Kinda way it was supposed to be but there are ways of bein ignored that are more disrespectful. My life and living had nothing to do with them and....ah, nevermind. Most of them gone but their damage was done. Never interacted with this young lady but was around her at several events. Seemed like nice person. Maybe that was the problem. L8r.

[@bourbon5983]

Whitesnake - Still of The Night

[@jerryeubanks3177]

It's pretty sexy without over doing. Like the leave them wanting more, thing.

[@TheAcceleratorMagazine]

@@bourbon5983 Yep, good one also. I have a pornographic memory and it's in the top 50 of soft/music video porn probly. I'll have to run a systems check......yep, it's in there.

[@paulkarp958]

I saw an interview with miss myles , for this track she went down to the southern states and spent a few weeks around their accents to nail the track.. Earliest her best hit! Really sets a tone 😊

[@jcbbb]

This song was written in tribute to Elvis! - The king of Rock and Roll!

[@alexanderwicked8990]

No shit? ;)

[@jcbbb]

Dima Key You would be surprised to find how few people know that... I must of been feeling good when I posted that though, truly is a no shit moment.

[@alexanderwicked8990]

JCB Sorry man, couldn`t help it)). Just don`t know how someone cannot hear it in the words "Memphis, love me tender, slow southern style, in a flash he was gone, his every move was a sin" and so on

[@jcbbb]

Dima Key Yup... I guess it would surprise you as to how many fools listen to music without hearing/interpreting lyrics... It bothers me greatly, but what can I do

[@studioguy2003]

+JCB As a Songwriter, the biggest let down is Dissecting songs instead of just enjoying them.

[@BrickAcurra]

I love the bass line to this...and Alannah Myles is STUNNING!!!

[@picksdussiesandarseholes7871]

Bad ass bass line .. 100%

[@ST477FilmProductions]

The guitar solo on this is even better if you ask me.

[@redsforlife9821]

Richard Harper lulu

[@mlh4711]

nobody has ever successfully covered this and the reason is because she friggin nailed it. Cant better perfection.

[@UKFreakster86]

I aint gonna argue and say anyone can top an original but only one comes close is Kobra, her voice always gives me gooesbumps. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4uploKAfayIlbs

[@girlgamer250]

Might be true, I do like this version tho, kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp_Jkph7aZytrrM&ab_channel=InfectedMushroom

[@CakeOrStake]

Henning May did better

[@Wiganparadiddle115]

Debbie Levine and George nailed it U.M.S. club Wigan ,Lilian on keys and Pete on drums.

[@infiniteinspiration1628]

True 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@yngvesterky1294]

La escuché en la radio , en 91.7 y me encanto , pero ni recordaba el nombre y en KZbin solo puse , girl sing rock blues y listo fue el primer resultado 😂😂😂😂😂 genial que buen servicio ❤❤❤

[@michelleprie2854]

What a GREAT 80's CLASSIC!!! 👏 A beautiful declaration of honour and love to the King of Rock'n'Roll, Elvis Presley!!! 🎶💖🎶

[@MMichaelheinrich]

I just just discovered this for the first time. What a smashing Song🌺. Music is a universal art❤🤲.. I am writing from Lincolnshire England.

[@jasonchester5165]

I’m a guy of many tunes and this one never gets old!! Whole lot better than the crap we now have!!!

[@leenguyen6056]

That’s the cringiest thing you could’ve written

[@G4Zv2]

@@leenguyen6056 Just give the guy a break, eh?

[@leenguyen6056]

SMALL CHRISTIAN CHUNGUS I never got why people have to bash new music every time they visit old. Do they want to seem older, more intelligent or just quirky

[@AN-zz8ps]

OH I agree! SUCH an amazing song!

[@samuelpike1248]

I would agree Jason. 80's and 90's rock was much better,and still sounds better than modern crap we hear on the radio.

[@joesmith-wc5qh]

Alana Miles was so under rated, this was and always will be a great rock classic.

[@أباياسين-ط3ذ]

What a voice,what a song will never get old. Feb 2024.

[@gerome188durainayagam4]

Yeah

[@angeladagostino-k9j]

Here

[@gerome188durainayagam4]

@@angeladagostino-k9j I am here to

[@schopengaard9796]

April 2024 was here.

[@angeladagostino-k9j]

Here

[@nastavnikistorije3933]

This song will never be boring.

[@marioiacolucci]

Never

[@mattcourchaine4249]

I got to see her in Providence, RI. She opened at the strand theater for Peter Frampton. A time I will always remember

[@TheWritersPlayground]

Matt Courchaine so lucky man

[@11Stucat]

She opened for Robert Plant great show back in the day.

[@TheWritersPlayground]

Matt Courchaine omg you’re so lucky 😍 Then again I saw Michael Jackson so ....

[@keetonplace]

@@TheWritersPlayground I saw Elvis Presley....many times, and Michael Jackson in the Astrodome on the Thriller tour. Elvis blew everyone I ever saw away. The charisma and the talent and the looks. Nothing like it. Can never be repeated.

[@hugoabel8921]

he probably told her to show him the way

[@jeffallinson8089]

One of the best rock songs of the era, still sounds amazing today!!

[@mynickisrick1478]

Isn't this blues?

[@easternns1]

Saw her perform this in concert.....it was magic. The entire concert was fantastic.

[@tanay9344]

Awesome almost 3 decades later also.heard it in my school days.It was nominated for Grammy awards.Old is gold

[@lorettapodeszwa5414]

Old will always be gold. People dont know what music is these days

[@tanay9344]

So true

[@MILUNGAO]

80's MUSIC NEVER DIES !

[@abracadabramoers]

great tracks never die

[@НиколайИльин-ч9у]

Да

[@tamarlopezmartinez5562]

@@НиколайИльин-ч9у q

[@teamkurcic2.083]

Južni Vetar nikad ne umire 💪💪🇷🇸❤️🇧🇦❤️🇭🇷❤️

[@countrykid57]

This is an exeption

[@taratiwadi1532]

2024 Decmber...any one?

[@ТаяОдинцова-р1ъ]

Конечно, слушаем с удовольствием.Россия 14 декабря

[@ad70.93]

Me 2024 present

[@ginettehuneault2848]

Oui une fan du Québec Canada ❤❤❤🇨🇦

[@guillermocastaneda7635]

Me

[@olivierchavepeyer5741]

Yes Belgium here 🤘🏻

[@beentheredonethat4257]

30 years ago, one of the most beautiful young women I’ve ever known used to put her hands on my chest, look up at me with blue eyes that would embarrass Montana skies, and sing this song to me. I couldn’t possibly forget her if I even wanted to. Every time I hear this song, I close my eyes for a second and just remember.

[@johncopple6479]

And I light another cigarette and try to remember to forget

[@alishag4022]

❤️

[@coralhammond3100]

You shall always remember because it was a beautiful moment.

[@robmanson2056]

For me it was me and my beautiful wife driving along a cobbled road in my Mercedes on a sweltering summers day. Still married and the memories are still so powerful I can smell the dry grass on the air and the warm breeze every time I hear this song.

[@wivekdias9756]

nice story mate

[@SuperStorybot]

Man this songs brings me back to when I was 8 years old sitting in the back of my fathers car while we were on our way to wherever I don't know. What I do know is that back then I loved this song, I didn't understand what it was about as I'm from Belgium and speak Dutch. What I did understood was that it was an awesome song and it stuck in my head for years even now I listen to it from time to time being a 31 year old man I thank my father for listening to this kind of music

[@millietrout6322]

I’m from Memphis so, this song has a very special meaning for me. Elvis Presley was a HUGE part of our lives growing up.

[@jovana_kocic]

That's my experience with Bonnie Tyler's songs too:) I loooooved that shit, and I was like 5 livin in Serbia

[@manicpanic8226]

I first heard it as a 10 year old in India on the radio.. I memorised the words and it remained with me till today as a 28year old 🖤

[@scarlet8078]

Yes I was about that age, & we lived in Germany on military base. I did not know what the song meant but later I learned & visited Memphis. It's a cool place to go

[@madilenurra7510]

One best Elvis Presley tribute songs ever! Here in 2019?!

[@boydownunder007]

yes i thought it was thanks for confirming

[@sapphireblue8930]

I am

[@rock-n-rollmusicandmore6560]

This tune is just perfect. It reminds me of that perfect night when everything is just right. I won't comment Alannah's voice cause she sang this perfectly. Her voice has so much emotion and nostalgia of times which I never lived. But the guitarist really, really nailed it. These are some of the tastiest blues licks ever. The song's opening makes me feel like I'm somewhere in the wild, at the banks of Mississippi. If you haven't, listen to the new version of the song that Alannah recorded recently, it's great.

[@SheyD78]

How did this woman only record this one hit. Magic!

[@peterbailey7265]

Every strip club in. The world still plays it

[@justdoit6904]

​@@peterbailey7265 Sweet Jesus

[@markrainford1219]

@@peterbailey7265 You've been in ALL of them? 😛

[@elizabethg80s]

still a damn good song and her voice is amazing

[@goliate24]

And what a beautiful women!

[@just_cade]

She's flawless.

[@shadrach6299]

You should see her dance while she sings. Great body.

[@markmgzamora3434]

BOTH she and her song are classy & classics!!

[@valentenaupton8223]

Mark MG Zamora You are an intelligent man

[@lauriecole6221]

This girl owns this song, wow!!! May be a one hit wonder but it's a fucking masterpeice,damn none on this planet or any other could rock this song the way she did

[@apriestnamedViv]

one hit wonder? The entire self titled1989 album was fire. Love is, Kickstart My Heart, Just One Kiss, Still Got This Thing For You. Give it a listen. It's a shame most people only know this song lol. Her music didn't track because she got fucked over by toronto music producers and they didnt send her to tour in the US with the big rock bands at the time.

[@echever7424]

One hit wonder, and what a pity. She has everything: voice, looks, talent, stage presence...She should have become a 10000 wonders. What happened to her? May the label records at that time decided to stop investing in blues and the girl didn't want to ghange her style??

[@SuperPoccomaxa]

young people remember and continue kzbin.info/www/bejne/p328ZaqvpseojpY

[@Picosto]

Can you get up on stage and sing like that ? I doubt it so buzz off

[@blau8612]

That "white lightning" is awesome! Gives me chills every single time!

[@chrisubias7135]

Pity she didn’t have more hit songs. She has a great singing voice. And plus she is super gorgeous

[@alexferrana3979]

Indeed. She's really underrated singer.

[@stevengregory1671]

She does have a really really good voice

[@nanciebuckley6332]

She had all kinds of hits in Canada, the US radio stations/ music industry wouldn't pick her up coz she wouldn't play their industry games and that's how things work in the music industry in America

[@arliewayne1]

This song was nominated for a grammy in 1992, I think. It was the same year that Mariah Carey debuted her song. Don’t remember it, but .Mariah won the grammy. I always thought Allanah was a much better singer!

[@YaoiHoshi]

@@arliewayne1 more interesting for sure!

[@shawnwinstonnippard5313]

A timeless song. Just perfectly sung by Alannah Myles. Her debut album is a must have for your music collection. 😎

[@JPWest020]

The second record is great too!

[@binezen]

Lyrics: Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high Mama's dancin' with a baby on her shoulder The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky The boy could sing, knew how to move, everything Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please Up in Memphis the music's like a heatwave White lightning, bound to drive you wild Mama's baby's in the heart of every schoolgirl "Love Me Tender" leaves 'em cryin' in the aisle The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please Every word of every song that he sang was for you In a flash, he was gone, it happened so soon What could you do? Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please Black velvet and that little boy's smile Black velvet with that slow southern style A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees Black velvet if you please If you please If you please If you please 💗💗

[@jasonmason2471]

You know this song is about Elvis, right?

[@valerialuisa3215]

MASTERPIECE🤘🤘🤘🤘🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎼🎵🎵🎼🎼🎼🎼🎵🎵🎵🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧📡📡📡📡📡🎸🎸🎺🎺🎺🎼🎵🎵🎵🤘🤘🤘🤘👏👏👏👏😘😘💖💖💖💯💯💯

[@RamblingRose777]

@@jasonmason2471 I thought that as I was reading through the lyrics…but couldn’t help picking up on a double entendre 😂

[@דוידגורכוהל]

תודה על התירגום

[@izaiza6353]

El!

[@TheSmooveguy]

2:37 to 2:42 it happened so soon, followed by the bass guitar key change. Music heaven

[@anjoLas]

no filters, no botox, just PURE talent and sex appeal !

[@danielvilela7139]

Okay

[@d3c0y39]

​​@@danielvilela7139yep, they aren't wrong. Her voice does it all.

[@danielvilela7139]

@@d3c0y39 of course, but comments like this are very cliche

[@Elena_K3]

You don't know, yeah 😂 4:51

[@milacolman]

You can still sing with botox and filters sooo

[@rontodd8910]

I could never get tired of this song, listen to over & over... She has a beautiful voice...🌹🌹

[@krissymissy1888]

The song is a paean to Elvis Presley - whose portrait was often painted on black velvet, and who used a hair dye named Black Velvet. Co-writer Christopher Ward, who was Myles' then-boyfriend, was inspired on a bus full of Elvis fans riding to Memphis attending the 10th anniversary vigil at Graceland, in 1987.

[@johnws538]

GOOD TO KNOW...THNX FOR INFO

[@dixiedoos3512]

yeah loved elvis but this lady sings this serious but sexy song to perfection

[@SshhhTrouble]

Also all Elvis songs were originally performed by black artists. I remember in 7th grade music class learning that Elvis music was "inspired" by black artists. Then as an adult learned how much he ripped them off

[@sarahholland2600]

Alannah said in an article in the 80's it was about his first ever televised b/w performance, in a black velvet shirt. It's on You Tube, his hair is still its natural dirty blonde.

[@tonyromano6220]

krissy Missy ohhhh, ok I hear that now...thanks.

[@nitosjr14]

Beautiful song, my uncle passed away about 5 years ago, this was his favorite song. I play it every damn time that I can. It has now become one of my favorites. Long live my uncle, rest in peace big guy. We carry on your awesome love for music. For you, and for my cousins, you left a hell of a good family behind.

[@АлексейГанько-к6н]

Ведь сколько этой песни лет а звучит как всегда круто и мощно. Super!!!! 🎸👍👍👍

[@mariamia4948]

Это точно!!!👍👍👍

[@Фаина-ю9и]

А шедевры никогда не надоедают слушать И в молодости и в возрасте слушаем. Это лучший позитив для себя.🌞💖🤩

[@debbiedaniels553]

This song will mellow you out every time... BLACK VELVET If you Please... (2019)

[@kariruotsalainen6697]

totallyagree ANT.

[@minatarotreadings]

Cant beat real music!!

[@marvinhusbands]

Have heard this sing countless times and this is the first time ive ever checked too see who actually sung it.

[@MrWillyWonka]

No ones commenting on the bass line in this? Especially the little downwards sounding bassline that happens right before she starts singing...like right before the verses. The first occurs during: 0:23- 0:25. The second 1:24-1:26. So tough.

[@Nana-pj6ku]

Wow and I thought I was the only one to be crazy for the downward bassline sound . I would and still wait patiently only for this particular segment.

[@irvinslagter8298]

@@Nana-pj6ku You're not alone, the bass line is what makes the song!

[@MacXpert74]

Yes, the bassline is very cool! I love playing along on my bass :D

[@j00j]

@@irvinslagter8298 agree 100%

[@rogersmithjr3837]

I think they play a Rickenbacker Bass

[@Insorteduplo]

this song never ever gets old ... what an absolute masterpiece

[@SpoopySquid]

the bass is strong with this one

[@fragezeichenwenn]

oh yeah, was searching this song just because of the bass ;)

[@guscq2]

Reminds me of I'm the Only One by Melissa Etheridge

[@csaviation9013]

The only reason I listen to this!

[@russytom9682]

sounds like when I fart

[@johnjstecher]

you must be all grown up now.

[@hansjurgenbrewing55]

Immer wieder Gänsehaut ❤ egal wie oft man es sich anhört.

[@fredhominal5029]

Excellent chef d'œuvre d'une incroyable artiste canadienne ! .. 💙🎸

[@mariolab2891]

Best song about Elvis Presley EVER!!! I was so surprised when I read that it was about him but if you listen to the lyrics it’s totally E

[@NatandGeorge]

Some lyric analysis: "Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high" - Jimmy Rogers, an early blues singer, influencing Elvis (the baby) at an early age. The Victrola is the record player, played loudly. "Mama's dancin' with baby on her shoulder" - Gladys Presley dancing with the infant Elvis. "Black velvet and that little boy's smile" - You can buy a black velvet Elvis painting at any respectable yard sale. Early female fans were drawn to his "Little boy smile." "Black velvet with that slow southern style" - Elvis delivered some of his songs with slow, undulating hips. Check out "Steamroller Blues" live. "Up in Memphis the music's like a heatwave" - Sun Studios. The epicenter of early rock music and where Elvis recorded. "White lightning, bound to drive you wild" - rock music and booze. "Mama's baby's in the heart of every school girl" - A reference to the baby in the early part of the song, being loved by all the young girls. "Love Me Tender leaves 'em cryin' in the aisle" - Love Me Tender was a huge hit for Elvis in 1956. "The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true" - Elvis' legendary hips swivel, the Pelvis. "Every word of every song that he sang was for you. In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon, what could you do?" - Elvis died suddenly in 1977. "A new religion..." - refers to the Church of Elvis, a legally registered religion in the USA. (HQ in Las Vegas, of course)

[@keetonplace]

George Pope Pretty good review of the song. Love me Tender Had them Crying in the Aisles referred to the movie Love Me Tender, his first. I really don't think she was referring to any religion except for those of us who love him almost like a religion. It was written by Canadians on a bus full of Elvis fans heading to Graceland. It won a Grammy in 1989 for best song.

[@bon1042]

When the song came out in 1956, I curled up in corner of our dining room next to the big victrola, bit piece of furniture with turntable on one side and radio on the other. I sat and listened to him sing Love Me Tender for first time on radio and I cried softly. I was 14.

[@prettybullet4646]

Totally.

[@georgerutnam7423]

THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON WHO CUD SING THE SONG "I WAS THE ONE", i.e. because he was the ONE!

[@simoncowden6375]

At 46 years of age, this is still my favourite song ever!!!

[@valeriupana1925]

I remember this wonderful song from my youth. I am 71 year old !😀

[@СветланаПаршина-в2д]

Обожаю Рода,всегда была его поклонницей,в конце 70х услышала его творчество

[@ydentjes]

One best Elvis Presley tribute songs ever!

[@ronniehall3825]

Most folks👆👇 didn't know that

[@anatrica6752]

yep

[@asioczek7]

Explain, thanks

[@davidbentley4417]

asioczek7 Elvis was born in Mississippi in a dry spell he knew how to dance and sing so he went to Memphis where his songs made the girls go wild. that’s what I gathered in reading the lyrics

[@beatnikrn2945]

David Bently: true, but his parents moved to the outskirts of Memphis when he was young. They were poor and lived on the other side of the tracks so he grey up around blues singers. They taught him. Even his “look” fake from the store in Memphis where the blues legends bought their clothes. Blue suede shoes, long collar, etc. He didn’t go to Memphis for or after fame, he came from it. He was surrounded by Gospel and Blues. So when some people say he “stole” the R&R sound, the truth is he was part of it. They welcomed him in and taught him blues. But his singing style was all his own!

[@MasterNoxob]

One of the best songs I have ever listened. I can listen to this all day.

[@serpentstailrecordings5907]

INDEED

[@ΧαράλαμποςΜαθιουδακης]

@@serpentstailrecordings5907 b

[@BSS22193]

This song should have been LONGER because it's TOTALLY AWESOME.

[@msinvincible2000]

Damn, Elvis has such an amazing song writen for him!!!!

[@DasIllu]

This is the soundtrack to the funeral of good music. To me it sounds like a distant echo. The past calling for recognition, exclaiming the greatness that once was. The internet is dead, Art has died, Music is numb, Dictators on the march. This world is no longer a world of mine.

[@ralviuam7239]

Perdiste el espíritu y el sentido del arte por eso es que ya no lo ves. El mundo está lleno de buenos artistas el verdadero arte jamás muere ni morirá porque es espiritual. Envejeciste. En cuerpo. Alma y sueños. El nuevo mundo te mató.

[@johnsimpson9530]

Sad but true!

[@maggynewtown3500]

"Sun setting like molasses in the sky". I've never been to Mississippi, but I can see it with that one line.

[@AnnaLVajda]

Well that's the slow southern style ever pour molasses that's the reference.

[@AnnaLVajda]

Compare that to David Wilcox saying Delta sun beats down like a hammer. Also good imagery.

[@lesliemenichetti3660]

Mississippi is one humid hot as he// misrepresented States in my southern ways~luv corn bread and biscuits and if it's broke round here we fix it~driven down dirt road laid back swerving like I'm George JONES~smoke rolling out the windows~ice cold beer sitting in the console~heading down real life drive that's right

[@lesliemenichetti3660]

My ppl from Mississippi

[@keetonplace]

@@AnnaLVajda The slow Southern style is Elvis.

[@jorgeandrew]

Grammy 1991 Best Rock female singer 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 Great Alannah Myles 👊

[@kinglouisxviii8124]

Set for life off 1 song.

[@aoyukinana]

I was one years old when this song came out but i still love it Now i am off to listen to if it makes you happy

[@illyrianalbanesi2692]

@@kinglouisxviii8124 80's music the best

[@waynegacyii9010]

Little black kitten showed up at my doorstep when this song came out. I called her Velvet. 🐾

[@karimpaulrifaat3443]

Feuilles mortes, ❤

[@beautifuldisaster1162]

Love this 😍😍

[@jessecowlover]

Lol i had a cat that was so black he had a blue tint i named him Elvis because he his fur looked like velvet and he would bark like a dog

[@neyaestrada5703]

Aaww

[@leilanikuuipo6004]

Sara Horton, I don't comment, you really melted my heart. Beautiful words always touch my heart. Since I am blind, light hurts me, so I listen in the darkness. Although in the dark, Someone helps me. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful thing you did.