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A Little Less ConversationA little less conversation, a little more action pleaseAll this aggravation aint satisfactioning meA little more bite and a little less barkA little less fight and a little more sparkClose your mouth and open up your heart and baby satisfy meSatisfy me babyBaby close your eyes and listen to the musicDrifting through a summer breezeIts a groovy night and I can show you how to use itCome along with me and put your mind at easeA little less conversation, a little more action pleaseAll this aggravation aint satisfactioning meA little more bite and a little less barkA little less fight and a little more sparkClose your mouth and open up your heart and baby satisfy meSatisfy me babyCome on baby Im tired of talkingGrab your coat and lets start walkingCome on, come onCome on, come onCome on, come onDon't procrastinate, don't articulateGirl it's getting late, gettin upset waitin aroundA little less conversation, a little more action pleaseAll this aggravation aint satisfactioning meA little more bite and a little less barkA little less fight and a little more sparkClose your mouth and open up your heart and baby satisfy meSatisfy me baby
Junkie XL Remix"A Little Less Conversation"Single by Elvis Presley vs. JXLfrom the album Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin and ELV1SReleased May 2002 (UK)Format CD SingleGenre Big beatLength 3:30 (Radio Edit)6:09 (Extended Remix)6:22 (Album Version)Writer(s) Mac Davis and Billy StrangeProducer JXL/Ad BradleyCertification Platinum (BPI)In 2001, the original was picked by David Holmes for inclusion on the film Oceans Eleven. Due to the popularity it gained after its inclusion on the soundtrack it was remixed by Junkie XLIn 2002, the TV special version of "A Little Less Conversation" was remixed by Junkie XL for the NIKE Football World Cup advertising campaign. A single, credited to "Elvis vs. JXL", was issued and went on to become a Number 1 hit in over 20 countries. At about the same time, a compilation of Presley's U.S. Number 1 chart hits, entitled ELV1S 30 #1 Hits, was being prepared for release. At the last minute, "A Little Less Conversation (Remix Version)" was added as the album's 31st track just before its release in October 2002. The full 6:09 version was edited slightly, extended to 6:22 and this version was featured on the US version of JXL's 2004 album Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin, but it was not re-released as a single off the album.The remix version was subsequently used as the title song for the NBC TV series Las Vegas, and has also been featured in the films Jackass Number Two and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
Tom Holkenborg (born December 8, 1967 in Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland), better known Junkie XL or JXL, is a Dutch musician. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. XL is for "Xpanding Limits".
In June 1968, Presley re-recorded the song for the soundtrack of Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special, with the intent of performing it during the program, possibly as part of the show's medley of film songs featured. Ultimately, it was decided not to use this recording, and the song was dropped from the planned special. The newer version transposed the A-major recording of three months earlier into E major and featured a vocal, now with heavy reverb, in which Elvis performed an octave leap between verses, with backup vocals from The Blossoms.[1] This new version was not officially released by RCA until the 1990s.
There are various ways to train the ear to recognize a perfect fifth. One is to sing the first five notes of the major scale in solfege: do re mi fa sol; the first and last notes form a perfect fifth. Another is to sing the first four notes of the familiar tune Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, which likewise outline a perfect fifth. Additionally, the opening of Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra (used in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), the Wicked Witch of the West's Soldiers' March (Oh-Ee-Oh-Yo-Oh-Yo!) in Harold Arlen's The Wizard of Oz and the opening of the Star Wars theme prominently feature the interval.