Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, made him enormously popular—and controversial.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate, just 42 years of age.
Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, blues, and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.
They Remind Me Too Much of You
Elvis Presley Lyrics
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Cover up, the sky of blue
Close my ears to tender love songs
They remind me too much of you
Hide young lovers warm embraces
Keep stars and moonlight from my view
Let me forget, there are such places
Must I evermore be haunted?
Day after day, my whole life through
By the memory of each moment
That I spent alone with you
If these lovely things don't hurt you
Our love just wasn't meant to be
But please come back to me, my darling
If they remind you, too much of me
The lyrics to Elvis Presley's song "They Remind Me Too Much of You" express the painful emotions of heartbreak and the difficulty of moving on from a lost love. The singer conveys a deep sense of longing and regret as he attempts to escape reminders of his former lover, resorting to shutting out the beauty of nature and even avoiding common love songs. He describes being "haunted" by the memories of their time together, and implores his ex-partner to come back to him. The chorus of the song repeats the refrain "They remind me too much of you," emphasizing the all-encompassing hold that the memories of his love have over him.
The use of sensory imagery in the lyrics effectively conveys the depth of the singer's emotions. The scent of flowers, the blue sky, warm embraces, stars and moonlight - all of these things evoke memories of his former love, and each item is symbolically removed or blocked out in order to help him forget. The repetition of the phrase "They remind me too much of you" conveys the intensity of the emotions being experienced, as well as the difficulty of truly moving on from a past relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Take away, the scent of flowers
If I could, I would remove the fragrance of flowers because it reminds me of you
Cover up, the sky of blue
I wish I could hide the blue sky because it also reminds me of you
Close my ears to tender love songs
To avoid being reminded of you, I try to avoid listening to romantic love songs
They remind me too much of you
All these beautiful things around me only remind me of you and it's quite unbearable
Hide young lovers warm embraces
Seeing young couples hugging each other makes me sad, so I wish I could avoid such scenes
Keep stars and moonlight from my view
I even feel like I want to stop looking at the stars and the moon because it reminds me of you more
Let me forget, there are such places
I wish I could forget all the places we went together because they only jog my memory of you
They remind me too much of you
Again, it's that everything reminds me of you and I just can't escape this feeling
Must I evermore be haunted?
I wonder if I'll ever stop being tormented by the memory of you
Day after day, my whole life through
It's been this way for so long, and I'm afraid it will last for the rest of my life
By the memory of each moment
I'm haunted by each and every moment we spent together, and it's just too much to bear
That I spent alone with you
Even the moments I spent alone with you, my beloved, hurt too much now
If these lovely things don't hurt you
If these things don't affect you like they do me, maybe our love wasn't meant to be
Our love just wasn't meant to be
It could be that our love wasn't strong enough, and that's why I can't forget you
But please come back to me, my darling
Despite everything, I still desperately want you to come back to me
If they remind you, too much of me
But I'm afraid those lovely things will also remind you of me, and you won't return
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: DON ROBERTSON
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