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Say It Ain’t Stojko? Elvis Is in the Building

With a name like Elvis, you’d have to think long and hard about stepping into the music world. But Canadian figure skating champion Elvis Stojko is triple toe-looping his way right into the fold. Now the question is whether he can stick the landing.
COTW hasn’t had the, erm, pleasure of sampling the skater-turned-singer’s new single, “Let Me Be the One,” off his upcoming album, “100 Lifetimes,” but music critic Greig Dymond of CBC.ca says it’s “fairly inoffensive” in a fun little comparison of Stojko’s music compared to a couple of other Elvis’ of whom you might have heard.
An example:
Sample lyrics about romance
Elvis Presley: “Love me tender/ Love me sweet/ Never let me go.”
Elvis Costello: “Don’t say you love me when it’s just a rumour/ Don’t say a word if there is any doubt / Sometimes I think that love is just a tumour/ You’ve got to cut it out.”
Elvis Stojko: “Remember the first look or glance/ When I lost any chance/ Of imagining a lifetime without you (hoo, hoo).”
Check out the rest of Dymond’s piece here.

1106-StojkoWith a name like Elvis, you’d have to think long and hard about stepping into the music world. But Canadian figure skating champion Elvis Stojko is triple toe-looping his way right into the fold. Now the question is whether he can stick the landing.

COTW hasn’t had the, erm, pleasure of sampling the skater-turned-singer’s new single, “Let Me Be the One,” off his upcoming album, “100 Lifetimes,” but music critic Greig Dymond of CBC.ca says it’s “fairly inoffensive” in a fun little comparison of Stojko’s music compared to a couple of other Elvis’ of whom you might have heard.

Here’s a taste of Dymond’s comparison, which also includes comparisons of overall sound, vocal style, visual presentation and figure-skating ability):

Sample lyrics about romance

Elvis Presley: “Love me tender/ Love me sweet/ Never let me go.”

Elvis Costello: “Don’t say you love me when it’s just a rumour/ Don’t say a word if there is any doubt / Sometimes I think that love is just a tumour/ You’ve got to cut it out.”

Elvis Stojko: “Remember the first look or glance/ When I lost any chance/ Of imagining a lifetime without you (hoo, hoo).”

Check out the rest of Dymond’s piece on the two-time Olympic silver medalist and three-time world champion’s singing debut here.

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