The Love Machine (Elvis Presley song) explained

The Love Machine
Type:single
Artist:Elvis Presley
Ep:Easy Come, Easy Go
A-Side:"You Gotta Stop"
"The Love Machine"
Recorded:September 29, 1966
Studio:Paramount Studio Recording Stage, Hollywood
Label:RCA
Prev Title:Indescribably Blue
Prev Title2:Fools Fall in Love
Prev Year:1967
You Gotta Stop
Title2:The Love Machine
Year:1967
Next Title:Long Legged Girl (with the Short Dress On)
Next Title2:That's Someone You Never Forget
Next Year:1967

"The Love Machine" is a song written by Chuck Taylor, Fred Burch and Gerald Nelson and originally recorded by Elvis Presley for the 1967 Paramount picture Easy Come, Easy Go.[1] [2] It was also featured on the soundtrack EP for the movie.[4]

Critical response

While discussing the Easy Come, Easy Go musical numbers in his books, Robert Matthew-Walker noted that Elvis did "his considerable best" with this song and "I'll Take Love", but still could not "disguise his uncommitted performance".[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cover versions of You Gotta Stop by Elvis Presley. SecondHandSongs. 2021-02-15.
  2. Book: James L. Neibaur. The Elvis Movies. 4 April 2014. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 978-1-4422-3074-3. 206–.
  3. [2]
  4. Web site: Easy Come, Easy Go. Elvis Presley official website "Elvis the Music". 2020-02-15.
  5. Recording

    Elvis Presley recorded the song for the film Easy Come, Easy Go on September 29, 1966, at Paramount Studio Recording Stage in Hollywood. The recording sessions featured Scotty Moore and Tiny Timbrell on guitar, Charlie McCoy on harmonica, organ and guitar, Bob Moore on bass, D.J. Fontana, Buddy Harman, Hal Blaine, Curry Tjader and Larry Bunker on drums, Emil Radocchia on percussion, Michel Rubini on harpsichord, Mike Henderson and Anthony Terran on trumpet, Butch Parker on trombone, Jerry Scheff, Meredith Flory and Willam Hood on saxophone. Additional vocals were provided by The Jordanaires.[4]

  6. Listed as a double A-side, the single peaked at number 38 for two weeks in that country.

    Composition

    The song was written by Chuck Taylor, Fred Burch and Gerald Nelson.[4]

  7. In the UK, "The Love Machine" was released as a single, with "You Gotta Stop" from the same movie on the opposite side.[4]
  8. [4]
  9. Book: Robert Matthew-Walker. Elvis Presley: A Study in Music. 1983. Omnibus Press. 978-0-7119-0086-8. 'I'll Take Love' wallows in banality, and although Presley does his considerable best with this and 'The Love Machine', he cannot disguise his uncommitted performance..
  10. Book: Robert Matthew-Walker. Heartbreak Hotel: The Life and Music of Elvis Presley. 1995. Castle Communications. 978-1-86074-055-8.