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You Can Have Her

Rating:
3.4 / 5

Words & Music: William Cook

Recordingdate: 1974/05/11, first released on: Live In LA (album)

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Tony D. wrote on May 10, 2008
Captured on tape by a fan at a concert, this song should and could have been performed more often. Got a bit of a gospel feel to it.
Steve V wrote on May 20, 2008
A song captured on tape by a fan at a concert is the song of the day? With all the great songs in the catalog this is picked? No further comment.
Rob Wanders wrote on May 20, 2008
great song, wishing it would come out on soundboard.
I Saw the Light wrote on May 20, 2008
I got like 5 or 6 versions of this songs, but Elvis' version is simply awsome. Gospel feeling, rock'n'roll, excitement - everything is here. It's a pitty that we only have an audience recording and that was sung only once in concert, cause this song is a way better then most of his mid 70's live repertoir. GREAT SONG
FJE wrote on June 02, 2008
Roy Hamilton's original version of this song is simply awesome but Elvis, who in fact adored Roy, seems to do quite a good interpretation of it, judged from the poor audience recording we have. If only he did a decent studio recording of it!
JimmyCool wrote on September 04, 2008
I really love this version, from the first time I heard it. I wish someday they find a soundboard of this concert (this one and the Pittsburgh, December 31th, 1976 concert to get "Rags To Riches" in good sound)
Swen wrote on April 20, 2009
I have to say it: This is no way of treating an earnest working recorcing artist! Some day Elvis Presley just felt like singing this classic pop song, and somebody made a very bad, illegal recording of it. I mean this guy sometimes sang the same song up to forty times in the studio before he settled on a master for his own and our satisfaction. And now prople flood the market with awful concert recordings and endless out takes because of greed. Would have made him sad- and maybe angry too. It should not have been released, and it should not be "song of the day" on this otherwise great site.
NONE000000 wrote on April 20, 2009
Clear evidence that the "Song of the Day" is randomly generated. My personal opinion is that this is not a great song to begin with, Elvis aside. Maybe Elvis shared my opinion, because his version is surely a throwaway. The fact that Elvis never seemed to consider recording this in the studio seems to suggest it was not necessarily a song he loved. Either way, it is what it is--a recording of Elvis doing a tossed off and unrehearsed cover of song in concert. Glad it exists, like everything we have by Elvis, but certainly not something special.
sitdown68 wrote on April 20, 2009
You Can Have her...Made some noise for me, when I had it on a boot once some 20plus years ago. Can live without it today. I'd rather have to have a full studio recording of You're The Reason I'm Living. This was a happy moment. He happened to sing it on a March 22nd. My birthday as I found out browsing the net.
dgirl wrote on April 20, 2009
Elvis loved Roy Hamilton, so Id have to say he loved this song. Just because he never recorded it properly in a studio doesnt mean he didnt love it. He loved The Great Pretender and many other Chuck Berry, Fats & Darin songs and didnt record them either. But song of the day? No. Its just a throwaway concert impromptu version, thats all. If you want songs in the rotation, just comment on them. A song needs at least one comment to become song of the day.
Ruthie wrote on April 21, 2009
I am not saying it's a bad song, but I just don't understand where songs like this come from when there are so many great songs out there that I have never seen reviewed. And I have seen quite a few songs reviewed over & over. For gosh sake, he was the most prolific singer of the centry, dig a little deeper!
sugartummy wrote on June 03, 2013
I love the Hamilton version. Never heard Elvis take on it, but it sounds like a great song for him.
TheMemphisFan wrote on September 25, 2015
~ Lyrics (as sung by Roy Hamilton) ~ Well, you can have her, I don't want her She didn't love me anyway She only wanted someone to play with But all I wanted was love to stay Well, if you get the, the wrong woman There's only one thing that you can do Just dig a hole and jump right in it And pull the ground right over you Well, you can have her, I don't want her She didn't love me anyway She only wanted someone to play with But all I wanted was love to stay The girl I loved she up and left me She ran away with my best friend Comes home at night just for one hour When daylight comes she's gone again Well, you can have her, I don't want her She didn't love me anyway She only wanted someone to play with But all I wanted was love to stay Life without love is mighty empty But confession's good for the soul I'd rather have love that I can cling to Than have the world and all of its gold You can have her, I don't want her She didn't love me anyway She only wanted someone to play with... Ohhhh! ... You can have her, I don't want her She didn't love me anyway She only wanted someone to play with But all I wanted, all I wanted, all I wanted, all I wanted, all I wanted...
JerryNodak wrote on December 14, 2020
Rehearsals, snippets, one liners, etc. should not be candidates for Song Of The Day (imo). 1 star.
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