s ▁' H ound ▁Dog ' ▁does ▁not ▁lie ▁simply ▁in ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁I ▁don ' t ▁like ▁it . ▁The ▁point ▁about ▁the ▁whole ▁thing ▁is ▁that , ▁by ▁all ▁and ▁any ▁standards , ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁thoroughly ▁bad ▁record ", ▁lack ing ▁in ▁" t one , ▁intellig ibility , ▁mus icians hip , ▁taste ▁[ and ] ▁subt le ty ", ▁through ▁def ying ▁" the ▁decent ▁limits ▁of ▁guitar ▁ampl ification ". ▁During ▁his ▁second ▁S ull ivan ▁show ▁appearance ▁on ▁October ▁ 2 8 , ▁Pres ley ▁introduced ▁the ▁song ▁thus ly ▁( although ▁unable ▁to ▁keep ▁a ▁straight ▁face ): ▁" L ad ies ▁and ▁gentlemen , ▁could ▁I ▁have ▁your ▁attention ▁please . ▁Ah , ▁I ' d ▁like ▁to ▁tell ▁you ▁we ' re ▁going ▁to ▁do ▁a ▁sad ▁song ▁for ▁you . ▁This ▁song ▁here ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁s add est ▁songs ▁we ' ve ▁ever ▁heard . ▁It ▁really ▁tells ▁a ▁story , ▁friends . ▁Beautiful ▁lyr ics . ▁It ▁goes ▁something ▁like ▁this ." ▁He ▁then ▁launched ▁into ▁a ▁full ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁song . ▁El vis ▁was ▁shown ▁in ▁full ▁during ▁this ▁performance . C f . ▁William ▁Pat ry , ▁Mor al ▁Pan ics ▁and ▁the ▁Copy right ▁Wars ▁( O x ford ▁University ▁Press , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ) ▁p . ▁ 1 3 4 , ▁which ▁indicates ▁that ▁the ▁television ▁cam eras ▁were ▁forb idden ▁to ▁show ▁Pres ley ▁from ▁the ▁wa ist ▁down