When he opens his mouth to sing, the metaphors in the lyrics are abundant: autumn leaves around his feet, aging wine, and red bouquets, all of it destined to fade.īallads like “Memories” quietly reinforced Presley’s reputation as an interpreter of great songs - the kind that Mac Davis wrote. He looks awkward for a moment, seated on the stage and adjusting his legs to find some level of comfort in his tight black-leather suit. “Back in the late Sixties, Elvis had become restless and he was tired of releasing the same old weary soundtrack music from his movies,” Davis said to introduce “Memories.” “He let it be known that he was looking for some new material and new writers and I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.”Īs for Presley, he recorded “Memories” a few months before “In the Ghetto,” debuting it in the round during his iconic 1968 NBC “comeback special.” Surrounded by adoring female fans, Presley performs the vocal to a prerecorded tape of swelling backing music.
Davis, who died Tuesday at 78, performed a solo version of the song in tribute to Presley during a 1994 TV special. That’d be “Memories,” a gorgeously mournful ballad about the passing of time and the fleeting nature of our days.
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