Love this song, Martin Plaza's voice is brilliant and, as sacreligious as some may think this is, I think just as good as Elvis's. It's a pity about the makeup on Martin here.... oh well, it was 1987 I guess.
And what's with all the comments on this video about MJ, F Fawcett, Elvis etc?! How about some actual comments about this song?
This is actually a pleasant sounding version (largely due to Plaza's vocals )from a band that never took themselves too seriously. They just couldn't help themselves with the filmclip :)
If Elvis was alive today he'd turn in his grave! Hang on. I mean if he was dead he'd turn in his grave. Well I mean he's dead. I know that. We all know that. My point is that if he could hear this he'd turn in his grave. Not that he can hear it of course because he's dead. We've established that. But if somehow he could hear it, like if they could telepath the sound down to him or something like that and he somehow could acknowledge it, then he'd turn in his grave.
Yeah thats a good point. If they somehow neglected to bury a radio with him then he'd be stuffed. But wait. How would he turn it on if he's dead, which we agree he is? And to complicate things further, what if the radio was tuned to a sports channel which never played "Mentals" music? Look this is really beginning to worry me! Wost of all I saw some graffiti the other day by someone claiming they had seen Elvis alive!!!!!!!!!!?
I bet you it was Elvis himself that wrote that graffiti to put people off his scent. Reverse psychology. As for him being dead. He can't be if he is tagging walls. So I reckon he has heard this 'Mentals' song but can't give an opinion because then we'd know he was alive.
Hmm, you're thinking outside the box! Maybe Elvis arranged for someone to paint the graffiti in the event of his death. That way he really is dead but fooling us to believe otherwise. I feel strongly that if he was alive today and had a tendancy to say it with spray, then he would have let his opinion of the Mentals be known! Say........... I just had a thought. Suppose that graffiti was referring to Elvis Costello. Makes sense. Afterall we know he IS alive. Unless he is using a double......
The graffiti could be referring to Elvis Jones who owns the corner quicky mart here in town. He was a bit sick a few weeks ago and went to hospital. As for Elvis swivel hips. If he was alive and into grafitti, I am certain he would have written a song on the lines of 'Spray Las Vegas'. But, he's dead (?) so there will be no 'songs of the grafitti artist' on the Presely label. Perhaps he was the mentor of Martin Plaza and Chris Isaac. Plaza and Isaac are still alive, so, is Elvis mentoring them?
Hmm Chris Isaac has a strong resemblance to Elvis. I think you're on to something. Martin Plaza however has come to fame through the Mentals and needs no mentor. I saw a sign recently which read "City Plaza" so his fame has spread. Back to Chris Isaac, you dont suppose.........nah it couldn't be. Elvis could be his mentor or ...... wait for it ....... he could BE ELVIS!
Chris Isaac may just be a diversionary tactic to keep the heat of Elvis when he is in disguise working at Mc Donald's. Keep the public busy by putting Chris Isaac's voice out there and people won't even give Elvis a thought when they are thinking of him through Chris Isaac's singing.
Oh wow! Of course! Chris Isaac's song "Blue Hotel" is really a combination of "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel". Also recently a McDonalds TV Advert featuring Ronald McDonald and Hamburglar, showed Ronald dancing in a very familiar way to the King. Gyrating his hips he was. Just who is Ronald? As if thats not enough, the last time I went through McDonalds drive through I was served by a man wearing some cheap Groucho Marx disguise. I didn't think twice until he said "Thankyvermuch!"
Hey, good point. Ronald McDonald. Yes, who is he. A man in disguise. And he does have some good moves. People only wear disguises if they have something to hide.
Something else I have learnt. Elvis Presely's last name is usually pronounced Prezzly. Martin Plaza. Prezzly. Plazza. See the similarity. And Isaac. EYE-ZAC. It's the Twilight Zone all over again.
Uh oh! You know something. Elvis had a twin brother who died at birth. OR DID HE? This cover up may date back further than we think. Its just possible that if Elvis IS still alive then so is his brother. Its a long shot I know but how do we know that Chris Isaac isnt really Elvis and Martin Plaza isn't his brother? Truth is stranger than fiction afterall! As for Ronald McDonald, obviously he is just a distraction to cloud the truth. But wait! Who then is Hamburglar? I need to think some more!
This is all too convenient. The Elvis legend lives on. But did it ever die. Elvis would be rather old now, in his seventies. And retired. So I think he is alive and living it up in a retirement home for old entertainers and Martin Plaza and Chris Isaac are contracted to the Preseley Empire to keep the memory alive. AND...... Elvis would have a radio. They allow them in homes these days.
Yeah I think we neglected that point. Elvis in his seventies wouldn't need a disguise. I mean what would he look like now? Bald? Long white beard? Maybe even like Colonel Sanders. Hmmmmmmm....wait a minute! You dont suppose.........nah it couldn't be! Anyhow we know the Colonel IS dead! Well supposedly.
By the way nzoz, Elvis fronting a new wave Aussie band in the 70's pub rock scene?
Whoa! Thats some vivid imagination you have there!!
Elvis and the colonel died 3 years apart. Maybe Elvis apparently 'died' first to set the two of them up in a nursing home (or business). Maybe the two of them are still walking this earth enjoying the fruits (or chickens) of their labours. Both liked their food.
Well of course Elvis originally recorded the song "Kentucky Fried Chicken" as a sign of appreciation of the Colonel. However pressure from management forced him to retitle it "Kentucky Rain". It became a smash hit as we know.
Someone told me recently that Elvis must be dead because if he was alive he never would have allowed Lisa Marie to marry Michael Jackson. Good point I thought. Until it occurred to me that Michael Jackson isnt who he claims to be. Apparently he used to be black!??
What was the name of Elvis's manager? let me have a little guess. Ummm, hmmm, ahh, hmmmmmmm. It was, the Colonel. Could there be a connection with Kentucky Fried Chicken, Colonel Sanders, Elvis's manager, the Colonel and, Elvis's death????
And Michael Jackson once being black?? .... Naaaaaaaaa!!!! That's just being silly.
So what I think you're saying is that Elvis and Colonel Sanders swapped identities in a bid to cause confusion prior to their supposed "deaths". The three years inbetween their passing would have been needful to transfer funds and establish a secure retirement portfolio for their latter years. Elvis's manager, the Colonel, went into hiding after he bleached Michael Jackson in retalliation for Wacko impersonating Elvis at a fancy dress party thereby giving the impression that he was still alive!
Good point. Colonel Sander's and Elvis both wore outlandish costumes. The Colonel had a mo and goatee. Elvis could don a fake.
Martin Plaza may even be in on it too. He doesn't say 'anything' about Elvis or his cronies. And Kentucky Fried Chicken changing their name to KFC (disregarding the word Kentucky) seems a tad odd too. Someone is trying to dissolve everything Elvis but we know better. Could this be a sign he still lives but wants his privacy.
Uh oh! This just gets worse! Micheal Jackson now gone. Or is he?? I think I smell a RAT.( Ben the two of us need look no more...). Ah yes, the plot thickens.........
MJ went with a $600m debt. And the question needs to be asked. Is he really dead. Is Elvis really dead. And how convenient Farrah Fawcett has now gone, and a day before MJ. Could she have been in South America organising the farm for Michael Jackson?
Well whadda ya know. A news bulletin this morning put forward the theory that MJ may have faked his death to escape the public eye and also his rising debts. I must say we're WAY AHEAD of them all. The Jackson clan now hve changed their minds concerning a public viewing of his body. Well of course! Not sure where Farah Fawcett fits in though. She may just have been unlucky to pass away at the same time this big HOAX was staged!
Pffttt..... we knew all along something was fishy. Karl Malden is getting into it now. I reckon there's something going on. Too many fingers in the pie now. I bet they'll eventually get found out. You watch. Soon we'll be seeing aerial footage from a helicopter shot over a Hacienda in Sth America showing Elvis, MJ, Farrah Fawcett, Karl Malden and whoever else is involved, running from the camera as they are busted sunning themselves drinking Pina Colada's and dancing to reggae music.
Yeah Karl Malden had an ace up his sleeve. Just because he was ninety seven people expected him to die. So when he fakes it no questions are asked. Apparently he died surrounded by his family and sources say no cause of death was given. Why not? Yeah, he's in on this. I think the fraud squad should leave no stone unturned as they endevour to disclose his obvious involvment in this ever increasing scandal! Oh its so easy to fabricate your own death but remember it only takes one person to blab..
Elvis is picking those he wants to live in his little world. He's coming back, and he'll have a band together. Wait for it. Elvis and the Merry Dead playing the night clubs. Farrah Fawcet was big on the washboard. Karl Malden on the spoons. And I wonder why Mental as Anything broke up. Could Martin Plaza be in this band?
What can i say an amazing video, that shows just how brilliant the mentals are, this has left me wanting more, im a huge fan, of this group and i dont think people appreciate them as much as they could!
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lilynick1 5 months ago
this is BETTER than elvis ... sorry !! but think this is just soo amazing!!
711bumble 9 months ago
I have loved this group since I was a kid (I'm 45). Great , great stuff
mates. Thanks from all of us who appreciate real music from real talent!
sierra6588 1 year ago
Love the fact Martin sings it in an Irish accent too!
Brianuniteddavies 1 year ago
Love this song, Martin Plaza's voice is brilliant and, as sacreligious as some may think this is, I think just as good as Elvis's. It's a pity about the makeup on Martin here.... oh well, it was 1987 I guess.
And what's with all the comments on this video about MJ, F Fawcett, Elvis etc?! How about some actual comments about this song?
tosgem 1 year ago
classic.
leanda27 1 year ago
And I always will !!! Bravo!! Great Song!!
stranger571 2 years ago 2
so love this song its so touching
Alison1962 2 years ago
This is actually a pleasant sounding version (largely due to Plaza's vocals )from a band that never took themselves too seriously. They just couldn't help themselves with the filmclip :)
BeatingAccess 2 years ago
The day I saw this video was the day I fell in love with Martin Plaza. Still love him all these years later. What a voice!!
LOEY1954 2 years ago
the makeup on Martin is So Bad...
crazyspottedcow 3 years ago
Lmao
KN0MAAD 3 years ago
If Elvis was alive today he'd turn in his grave! Hang on. I mean if he was dead he'd turn in his grave. Well I mean he's dead. I know that. We all know that. My point is that if he could hear this he'd turn in his grave. Not that he can hear it of course because he's dead. We've established that. But if somehow he could hear it, like if they could telepath the sound down to him or something like that and he somehow could acknowledge it, then he'd turn in his grave.
Then again he might not!
lilynick1 3 years ago
If he could hear it he wouldn't be dead. I suppose as he can't hear it then he must be dead. But he might not be. He just might'n have a radio.
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
Yeah thats a good point. If they somehow neglected to bury a radio with him then he'd be stuffed. But wait. How would he turn it on if he's dead, which we agree he is? And to complicate things further, what if the radio was tuned to a sports channel which never played "Mentals" music? Look this is really beginning to worry me! Wost of all I saw some graffiti the other day by someone claiming they had seen Elvis alive!!!!!!!!!!?
lilynick1 2 years ago
I bet you it was Elvis himself that wrote that graffiti to put people off his scent. Reverse psychology. As for him being dead. He can't be if he is tagging walls. So I reckon he has heard this 'Mentals' song but can't give an opinion because then we'd know he was alive.
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
Hmm, you're thinking outside the box! Maybe Elvis arranged for someone to paint the graffiti in the event of his death. That way he really is dead but fooling us to believe otherwise. I feel strongly that if he was alive today and had a tendancy to say it with spray, then he would have let his opinion of the Mentals be known! Say........... I just had a thought. Suppose that graffiti was referring to Elvis Costello. Makes sense. Afterall we know he IS alive. Unless he is using a double......
lilynick1 2 years ago
The graffiti could be referring to Elvis Jones who owns the corner quicky mart here in town. He was a bit sick a few weeks ago and went to hospital. As for Elvis swivel hips. If he was alive and into grafitti, I am certain he would have written a song on the lines of 'Spray Las Vegas'. But, he's dead (?) so there will be no 'songs of the grafitti artist' on the Presely label. Perhaps he was the mentor of Martin Plaza and Chris Isaac. Plaza and Isaac are still alive, so, is Elvis mentoring them?
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
Hmm Chris Isaac has a strong resemblance to Elvis. I think you're on to something. Martin Plaza however has come to fame through the Mentals and needs no mentor. I saw a sign recently which read "City Plaza" so his fame has spread. Back to Chris Isaac, you dont suppose.........nah it couldn't be. Elvis could be his mentor or ...... wait for it ....... he could BE ELVIS!
lilynick1 2 years ago
Chris Isaac may just be a diversionary tactic to keep the heat of Elvis when he is in disguise working at Mc Donald's. Keep the public busy by putting Chris Isaac's voice out there and people won't even give Elvis a thought when they are thinking of him through Chris Isaac's singing.
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
Oh wow! Of course! Chris Isaac's song "Blue Hotel" is really a combination of "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel". Also recently a McDonalds TV Advert featuring Ronald McDonald and Hamburglar, showed Ronald dancing in a very familiar way to the King. Gyrating his hips he was. Just who is Ronald? As if thats not enough, the last time I went through McDonalds drive through I was served by a man wearing some cheap Groucho Marx disguise. I didn't think twice until he said "Thankyvermuch!"
lilynick1 2 years ago
Hey, good point. Ronald McDonald. Yes, who is he. A man in disguise. And he does have some good moves. People only wear disguises if they have something to hide.
Something else I have learnt. Elvis Presely's last name is usually pronounced Prezzly. Martin Plaza. Prezzly. Plazza. See the similarity. And Isaac. EYE-ZAC. It's the Twilight Zone all over again.
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
Uh oh! You know something. Elvis had a twin brother who died at birth. OR DID HE? This cover up may date back further than we think. Its just possible that if Elvis IS still alive then so is his brother. Its a long shot I know but how do we know that Chris Isaac isnt really Elvis and Martin Plaza isn't his brother? Truth is stranger than fiction afterall! As for Ronald McDonald, obviously he is just a distraction to cloud the truth. But wait! Who then is Hamburglar? I need to think some more!
lilynick1 2 years ago
i wonder what Elvis would have been like if he was a 70's pub rock singer fronting an Aussie new wave band.
nzoz1987 2 years ago
This is all too convenient. The Elvis legend lives on. But did it ever die. Elvis would be rather old now, in his seventies. And retired. So I think he is alive and living it up in a retirement home for old entertainers and Martin Plaza and Chris Isaac are contracted to the Preseley Empire to keep the memory alive. AND...... Elvis would have a radio. They allow them in homes these days.
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
Yeah I think we neglected that point. Elvis in his seventies wouldn't need a disguise. I mean what would he look like now? Bald? Long white beard? Maybe even like Colonel Sanders. Hmmmmmmm....wait a minute! You dont suppose.........nah it couldn't be! Anyhow we know the Colonel IS dead! Well supposedly.
By the way nzoz, Elvis fronting a new wave Aussie band in the 70's pub rock scene?
Whoa! Thats some vivid imagination you have there!!
lilynick1 2 years ago
Elvis and the colonel died 3 years apart. Maybe Elvis apparently 'died' first to set the two of them up in a nursing home (or business). Maybe the two of them are still walking this earth enjoying the fruits (or chickens) of their labours. Both liked their food.
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
Well of course Elvis originally recorded the song "Kentucky Fried Chicken" as a sign of appreciation of the Colonel. However pressure from management forced him to retitle it "Kentucky Rain". It became a smash hit as we know.
Someone told me recently that Elvis must be dead because if he was alive he never would have allowed Lisa Marie to marry Michael Jackson. Good point I thought. Until it occurred to me that Michael Jackson isnt who he claims to be. Apparently he used to be black!??
lilynick1 2 years ago
What was the name of Elvis's manager? let me have a little guess. Ummm, hmmm, ahh, hmmmmmmm. It was, the Colonel. Could there be a connection with Kentucky Fried Chicken, Colonel Sanders, Elvis's manager, the Colonel and, Elvis's death????
And Michael Jackson once being black?? .... Naaaaaaaaa!!!! That's just being silly.
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
So what I think you're saying is that Elvis and Colonel Sanders swapped identities in a bid to cause confusion prior to their supposed "deaths". The three years inbetween their passing would have been needful to transfer funds and establish a secure retirement portfolio for their latter years. Elvis's manager, the Colonel, went into hiding after he bleached Michael Jackson in retalliation for Wacko impersonating Elvis at a fancy dress party thereby giving the impression that he was still alive!
lilynick1 2 years ago
Good point. Colonel Sander's and Elvis both wore outlandish costumes. The Colonel had a mo and goatee. Elvis could don a fake.
Martin Plaza may even be in on it too. He doesn't say 'anything' about Elvis or his cronies. And Kentucky Fried Chicken changing their name to KFC (disregarding the word Kentucky) seems a tad odd too. Someone is trying to dissolve everything Elvis but we know better. Could this be a sign he still lives but wants his privacy.
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
Uh oh! This just gets worse! Micheal Jackson now gone. Or is he?? I think I smell a RAT.( Ben the two of us need look no more...). Ah yes, the plot thickens.........
lilynick1 2 years ago
MJ went with a $600m debt. And the question needs to be asked. Is he really dead. Is Elvis really dead. And how convenient Farrah Fawcett has now gone, and a day before MJ. Could she have been in South America organising the farm for Michael Jackson?
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
Well whadda ya know. A news bulletin this morning put forward the theory that MJ may have faked his death to escape the public eye and also his rising debts. I must say we're WAY AHEAD of them all. The Jackson clan now hve changed their minds concerning a public viewing of his body. Well of course! Not sure where Farah Fawcett fits in though. She may just have been unlucky to pass away at the same time this big HOAX was staged!
lilynick1 2 years ago
Pffttt..... we knew all along something was fishy. Karl Malden is getting into it now. I reckon there's something going on. Too many fingers in the pie now. I bet they'll eventually get found out. You watch. Soon we'll be seeing aerial footage from a helicopter shot over a Hacienda in Sth America showing Elvis, MJ, Farrah Fawcett, Karl Malden and whoever else is involved, running from the camera as they are busted sunning themselves drinking Pina Colada's and dancing to reggae music.
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
Yeah Karl Malden had an ace up his sleeve. Just because he was ninety seven people expected him to die. So when he fakes it no questions are asked. Apparently he died surrounded by his family and sources say no cause of death was given. Why not? Yeah, he's in on this. I think the fraud squad should leave no stone unturned as they endevour to disclose his obvious involvment in this ever increasing scandal! Oh its so easy to fabricate your own death but remember it only takes one person to blab..
lilynick1 2 years ago
Elvis is picking those he wants to live in his little world. He's coming back, and he'll have a band together. Wait for it. Elvis and the Merry Dead playing the night clubs. Farrah Fawcet was big on the washboard. Karl Malden on the spoons. And I wonder why Mental as Anything broke up. Could Martin Plaza be in this band?
TheHandymanQld 2 years ago
What can i say an amazing video, that shows just how brilliant the mentals are, this has left me wanting more, im a huge fan, of this group and i dont think people appreciate them as much as they could!
laurabailey1979 3 years ago 2