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I think he might've been spotted at Graceland last night:
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | The silverware was reported missing... |
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Location: NJ | . . along with various plumbing issues . . . |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by cliff:
. . along with various plumbing issues . . . while re-enacting that faithful day back in '77 |
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Location: south east Michigan | And suddenly, every set of strings on every guitar and in every music shop in Memphis went dead. |
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Location: NJ | Bleu Suede Caah-Poh. |
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| The shirt's a little quiet for it to be temp, but in case it is he empowered me to tell you all to get fooked. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | For a variety of reasons, that picture's kinda scary. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Looks like the Michael Douglas character in "Falling Down" trying out for a gig as an Elvis impersonator. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | NAh!!! That's Temp. |
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Location: SoCal | Graceland -- the world's largest single mobile home.
Sadly, Temp's not enjoying this thread as he's offline this week and next while moving. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I'm gonna get flamed for this for sure... but I just can't resist....
How is Elvis any different than any of the guys or gal "entertainers" that people whine so much about today for not having talent. Justine, Britney, Diddy etc... They all probably can sing, but none really all that well, just like Elvis (although he did have his moments). They all have a "Posse" just like Elvis. Heck even Hammer employed all his friends... just like Elvis. Most all crashed and burned (or are still in process of doing so) just as Elvis did. Yet Elvis is well "Elvis"
Elvis to me just seems like a charismatic entertainer. He didn't sing that well, didn't play that well, but knew a lot of people that could. He really couldn't act, but certainly did a few movies.
Sorry, just never got it. Was it that he was the first of that style entertainer? I would think Martin and Sinatra did it all better, but that was for a different generation.
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| If you truly think he didn't sing that well you're never going to understand the answer.
I feel the same way about the Beatles - the magic always eluded me, and no matter how many billion fans try and persuade me otherwise they just will never mean very much to me. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | It's just like people's interest in sports... they are of no importance except to those who are interested in them. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | If you truly think he didn't sing that well you're never going to understand the answer.
Elvis, the Beatles, Taylor Guitars: millions of fans can't be wrong...but its a matter of personal taste!
God Bless America for our right to disagree!
Blessings... |
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| I think putting "blessings" on every post is cheapening of what I assume is the intent, offensive to both people of faith and non-faith and just generally really annoying. But like you said.... the right to disagree. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I'm disturbed and quite frankly, a bit ashamed, like I wanna shower and its only August, that I agree with Schroeder on all counts.
If you don't think Elvis can sing.... What would you call it that John Lennon was doing? And much like Elvis, Paul McCartney never penned a song worth listening to, except, maybe Ebony and Ivory, but then, Michael, helped him with that....
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Location: 6 String Ranch | All a question of perspective.
My take is that those who do whatever it is that they do, FIRST, are the ones that stick better than those that follow. Now maybe they aren't absolute first, but they're the first to make it stick in a big way. Also the timing of when they make it stick with the public is a big factor.
I really don't get Elvis, the Beatles yes, Taylor no. (Sinatra yes, Hendrix yes, Kobain no, Led Zep no, and on and on) |
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Location: NJ | I think the whole Elvis fervor (much like the Beatles') can be attributed to the TIME he(they) broke onto the scene - new, "different" from what was popular at the time. The difference being that the Beatles eventually evolved as songwriters, where as Presley was just a "singer" (and I'm not saying that disparagingly - because musically, that's pretty much all that I am . . .)
I just never found him t'be a GOOD singer.
He had a pretty limited range, he annunciated poorly, and I always found the overall timbre of his voice annoying.
Oddly enough, I can remember exactly where I was was when I'd heard that he died. I was refinishing the hardwood floors of my then-girlfriend's apartment in Wayne, NJ.
I remember it because either the night prior or after (I forget which) Groucho Marx also died.
(Where's all the "hooplah" celebrating Groucho's life??)
My response to the news about Elvis was "Wow. he died pretty young . . .".
When I heard about Groucho, I dropped the sander & cried while the radio played "Hello, I Must Be Going".
Groucho was better singer. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | " . . . Groucho was better singer. . . "
The ol' "Wake&Bake" this morning? |
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Location: NJ | I'll take "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" over "Love Me Tender" ANY day! . . . |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Q:Why is Elvis still famous?
A:Marketing
Elvis bestows his Blessings .... Oops, there's a little piece of banana and peanut butter in there. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" over "Love Me Tender" ANY day! . . .
... followed by a stirring rendition of "Mable Get Off The Table (-That Last Two Bucks Is For Beer!)" |
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