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keithglimmer
Elvis really disliked the Stones especially Mick. He thought he was gay and that the Stones were promoting illegal drug use (two big no-one in Ep's book).
Wait a minute...promoting drugs was a no-no...or taking drugs?
Elvis was a pill-popping junkie for most of his career. Isn't that what killed him?
Yes..well, he had other health issues, but the huge consumption of drugs certainly didn't help.
He was also a Republican, dyed his hair, had a fondness for young girls and spent beyond his means.
Worst of all, he never toured the UK.
Still, he had a great singing voice...until the drugs got the better of him.
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Toru A
with Scotty Moore and King.
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buttons67
ive never got why elvis was so popular.
according to most polls.
3 biggest selling acts of all time were the beatles michael jackson and elvis.
dont get it, they all overrated.
elvis never wrote a song in his life, was an average singer who just happened to wiggle his hips a bit more than most.
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Palace Revolution 2000
Edit - fat, sick or old..I don't think I once have heard Elvis hit a flat note. His ear was impeccable.
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Palace Revolution 2000
Edit - fat, sick or old..I don't think I once have heard Elvis hit a flat note. His ear was impeccable.
The last concerts that were shot for a TV special sortly before he died were painful to watch for me. He really struggles with some songs. He still sings great if you compare him with 99.9% of other singers, but it was waaay bellow his standard. I have only watched it once and it was a couple of years ago, but I remember it was a real shock to me that that was really Elvis.
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buttons67
ive never got why elvis was so popular.
according to most polls.
3 biggest selling acts of all time were the beatles michael jackson and elvis.
dont get it, they all overrated.
elvis never wrote a song in his life, was an average singer who just happened to wiggle his hips a bit more than most.
An average singer? Seriously?
As for not writing songs - yes, he never really wrote one and I also generally don't like singers who don't write their own material, but there are few exceptions. Johnny Cash or Jerry Lee also sang a lot of covers (though they wrote some songs) and they are up there among the absolutely best together with Elvis. One has to be really an amazing singer / performer who is able to make the song his own. Those three above could do that any time. I would say Elvis was absolutely best at that. Speaking about Johnny Cash - I always thing about Hurt as his own song for instance. He turned it into something completely different and waaay better than the original in my opinion. Not many people can do such a thing. But Johnny, Jerry and Elvis could...
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Rockman
I just remembered seeing a shot in LIFE magazine many
years ago of Ronnie outside Graceland in a pink Cadillac …..
Hazy but I recall it was a one page article and Ronnie
saying something about how he regretted that he never got to meet Elvis....
That seems to ring a bell. Wasn't it Ronnie in one of those 80's type ripped T shirts with maybe a Falcon guitar?
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timbernardis
Was there a specific opportunity?
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Rockman
I just remembered seeing a shot in LIFE magazine many
years ago of Ronnie outside Graceland in a pink Cadillac …..
Hazy but I recall it was a one page article and Ronnie
saying something about how he regretted that he never got to meet Elvis....
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timbernardis
well, he ain't the king of rock n roll. That's Chuck, baby.
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mnewman505
Michael Jackson is overrated and Elvis can't sing. This thread is hilarious. I swear half my enjoyment on this board comes from absurd opinions.
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buttons67
ive never got why elvis was so popular.
according to most polls.
3 biggest selling acts of all time were the beatles michael jackson and elvis.
dont get it, they all overrated.
elvis never wrote a song in his life, was an average singer who just happened to wiggle his hips a bit more than most.
An average singer? Seriously?
As for not writing songs - yes, he never really wrote one and I also generally don't like singers who don't write their own material, but there are few exceptions. Johnny Cash or Jerry Lee also sang a lot of covers (though they wrote some songs) and they are up there among the absolutely best together with Elvis. One has to be really an amazing singer / performer who is able to make the song his own. Those three above could do that any time. I would say Elvis was absolutely best at that. Speaking about Johnny Cash - I always thing about Hurt as his own song for instance. He turned it into something completely different and waaay better than the original in my opinion. Not many people can do such a thing. But Johnny, Jerry and Elvis could...
Elvis, like Sinatra, may not have written his own songs but their instrument was their voice. Both honed it to perfection and used it like Hendrix, Page or Richards used a guitar.
My original impetus for starting this thread was I have been listening and watching the recent 50th box set of Elvis' 68 Comeback special and realized the (missed) potential there. If Elvis had continued in that vein, stripped down and raw for a few years rather than coming out with a large backing band I believe he could have been an even better live performer. His 69-72 performances would good (and possibly the Hawaii 73 performance) but after that there was a marked decline in his performance, possibly due to increased drug intake and overwork (the guy was touring constantly).
As for the Stones meeting him, it seemed only natural that they would want to meet him, even if he might have been less than what they would have expected.
Elvis didn't consider himself a junkie because he was being treated by his Doctor and was talking medication prescribed to him , unlike the Beatles and the Stones who were smoking dope and consuming other harder drugs .Quote
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keithglimmer
Elvis really disliked the Stones especially Mick. He thought he was gay and that the Stones were promoting illegal drug use (two big no-one in Ep's book).
Wait a minute...promoting drugs was a no-no...or taking drugs?
Elvis was a pill-popping junkie for most of his career. Isn't that what killed him?