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Rainy Day Man · 08-28-2011, 04:54 PM

A couple of days ago a friend of mine in Switzerland mailed me and asked: "Hey man, what other song do you think sounds like Lightfoot's "If It Should Please You" from Gord's Gold, vol. 2? Immediately I answered him: "Calling Elvis" by Dire Straits from 1991. There is a lot of similarity between these two songs, and I guess Mark Knopfler perhaps was a little inspired by "If It Should Please You" when he wrote "Calling Elvis"."

08-28-2011, 04:54 PM	#1
Rainy Day Man Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 4	"If It Should Please You" and "Calling Elvis" A couple of days ago a friend of mine in Switzerland mailed me and asked: "Hey man, what other song do you think sounds like Lightfoot's "If It Should Please You" from Gord's Gold, vol. 2? Immediately I answered him: "Calling Elvis" by Dire Straits from 1991. There is a lot of similarity between these two songs, and I guess Mark Knopfler perhaps was a little inspired by "If It Should Please You" when he wrote "Calling Elvis"."