Just finished watching the Baz Luhrmann movie and enjoyed it immensely but such a tragic story . The final scene with his daughter was depressing as fuck
View: https://youtu.be/GSIAU-6rwXs
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Elvis was an amazing artist (Elvis 2022 appreciation)
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Here's the real thing, BTW.
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Never Seen Before Footage Of Elvis Presley! (On his last days alive)
Never Seen Before Footage Of Elvis Presley! (On his last days alive) Some people found new footage with great quality of Elvis Presley performing Unchained M...
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He's so fucked up when he hits his notes. God damnHere's the real thing, BTW.
Never Seen Before Footage Of Elvis Presley! (On his last days alive)
Never Seen Before Footage Of Elvis Presley! (On his last days alive) Some people found new footage with great quality of Elvis Presley performing Unchained M...
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I mean I don't believe anyone who has experience with rock music can feel this way
Amazing artist with a fantastic voice. I didn't know about the existence of 'If I can Dream' from him before this movie. His performance from the Comeback Special is something to behold. That was definitely the highlight for me in the movie. Such a beautiful and powerful song and now my favourite of his repertoire.
View: https://youtu.be/u-pP_dCenJA
View: https://youtu.be/u-pP_dCenJA
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Why would he? Another generations artist but can still appreciate
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Unfortunately it's likely fabricated. He never was as political as it made it seem
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I like Elvis… but dude was a bit wack and literally just playing black music which the film addresses
I know this isnt really what the thread is about...but I really hope Austin Butler gets an oscar nomination, pretty incredible work.
Is this a honeypot thread?
I like some of his music, was before my time though, must be in the mood for oldies.
I like some of his music, was before my time though, must be in the mood for oldies.
I like some of his music and he was a good show man but he is "everyone wants to be a nigga but no one wants to a nigga" personified.
I like his songs covered by other artists.
I found his weird accent thing distracting. Or whatever you call the way he talked and sang. He sang like he was running out of breath and having difficulty breathing all the time.
I found his weird accent thing distracting. Or whatever you call the way he talked and sang. He sang like he was running out of breath and having difficulty breathing all the time.
And presumably as a nod to FTP, UK Punk/Hip Hop artists Bob Vylan...
Read the story about it. It definitely went down differently than how the movie envisions it, but still a fantastic piece of music.
His work on the Comeback Special is something else. It's clear what an incredible talent the man was. I absolutely love this performance of Trying to Get to You:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ64T6gEdC4
Yeah, it's hard. For what it's worth, according to Priscilla herself, their relationship didn't actually become physical until they got married when she was 18. Now she could just be trying to protect Elvis' image, but who knows.
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Yeah, it's hard. For what it's worth, according to Priscilla herself, their relationship didn't actually become physical until they got married when she was 18. Now she could just be trying to protect Elvis' image, but who knows.
I'm huge on rock music, but typically I respond better to singer-songwriters than I do performers. Elvis was great at what he did, but it doesn't mean much to me.
Great voice and performer, but at minimum "a bit fucked" up individually, particularly when looked at from today.
Yeah, Elvis was brilliant.
Elvis had a big resurgence when I was a kid in the 80s, kinda like the resurgence of Michael Jackson's 80s catalogue in the 2000s. He was very present when I was growing up, and less so now... although therre have been a couple Elvis movies in the last 10 years keeping him present.
Lesser known fact about Elvis (these days)... he had a twin brother who was stillborn, born 35 minutes ahead of Elvis, but was dead at birth.
The segment in Ken Burns Country Music on him is good... I think like episode 4 or 5.
Elvis is white, but family tradition has claimed some aspect of Cherokee. It's unclear whether that's true or not or just family myth. A major factor in Elvis' career is that he was a white person who started by singing gospel and worship music associated with black people because he grew up among other poor black people in Tennessee, and then music producers did the same thing with him professionally, singing hillbilly and rockabilly music "in the black fashion," which emerged into rock and roll, blues, country, etc. Radio stations that wouldn't have played Arthur Crudup were eager to blast Elvis Presley. Radio was segregated, but "Race radio" was popular in the Tennessee, and most of the hillbilly musicians would have listened to it.
Elvis had a big resurgence when I was a kid in the 80s, kinda like the resurgence of Michael Jackson's 80s catalogue in the 2000s. He was very present when I was growing up, and less so now... although therre have been a couple Elvis movies in the last 10 years keeping him present.
Lesser known fact about Elvis (these days)... he had a twin brother who was stillborn, born 35 minutes ahead of Elvis, but was dead at birth.
The segment in Ken Burns Country Music on him is good... I think like episode 4 or 5.
Elvis is white, but family tradition has claimed some aspect of Cherokee. It's unclear whether that's true or not or just family myth. A major factor in Elvis' career is that he was a white person who started by singing gospel and worship music associated with black people because he grew up among other poor black people in Tennessee, and then music producers did the same thing with him professionally, singing hillbilly and rockabilly music "in the black fashion," which emerged into rock and roll, blues, country, etc. Radio stations that wouldn't have played Arthur Crudup were eager to blast Elvis Presley. Radio was segregated, but "Race radio" was popular in the Tennessee, and most of the hillbilly musicians would have listened to it.
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At the very least, we can all agree he groomed a chid.
At worst, he is a child sex abuser and rapist.
As much talent as someone has, and Clearly Elvis did have a talent and charisma for singing the songs of others, I can never get over his abuse. It still shocks me when people talk about them casually in conversation, or see threads here about them.
See Jackson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Garry Glitter and so many 'stars' of an era
To be fair to OP you gotta search deep even in threads about the man's controversies to find out that man was almost definetly a nonce. Or to be extremely generous and best case scenario, a child groomer.
Surprised it isn't more common knowledge to be honest but then you could say the same about a lot of celebrity histories supposed greats.
Surprised it isn't more common knowledge to be honest but then you could say the same about a lot of celebrity histories supposed greats.
The part about Elvis fandom that I find mind blowing is that I think a majority of the original demographic are no longer with us. He was my now deceased 90 year old grandma's music. Boomers had exposure to him via their parents.
Millennial exposure to him was a remix album in the 00s and that was it really.
Millennial exposure to him was a remix album in the 00s and that was it really.
Is that controversial? That Elvis is a white person whose star took off by singing black music?
I'm by no means an Elvis fan, but rumors of his racism have been overblown. By most accounts he was a decent person and always gave credit to the black artists that influe him, and supposedly that insistence in giving credit to those black musicians hampered his early career.
The whole "king of rock and roll" was more a PR move by white music industry professionals and journalists. Even Chuck D has elaborated on this about his lyrics, and that it was more a comment of how society props up white artists doing black music versus propping up the black artists themselves.
The whole "king of rock and roll" was more a PR move by white music industry professionals and journalists. Even Chuck D has elaborated on this about his lyrics, and that it was more a comment of how society props up white artists doing black music versus propping up the black artists themselves.
