Posted on 01/08/2019 4:46:09 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
The Feb. 17 two-hour prime-time event [on NBC] -- a tribute to the rock icon's legendary 1968 Comeback Special -- will be hosted by Blake Shelton and feature performances from Kelsea Ballerini, Ed Sheeran, Dierks Bentley, Alessia Cara, John Legend, Little Big Town, Jennifer Lopez, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, Pistol Annies, Darius Rucker, Yolanda Adams, Mac Davis, John Fogerty, Josh Groban, Adam Lambert, Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban. The tribute...will recreate the 1968 special and feature rare footage and interviews with wife Priscilla Presley, as well as a special appearance from daughter Lisa Marie Presley...
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https://youtu.be/rAM1MKi7bNU
It aint an Elvis tribute without Dread Zeppelin.
Why don't they call these shows for what they are, "I'm gonna make some bucks playing Elvis"........
How many years since his death and how many "tributes" have been played..........?
They should just re air the original. It was awesome!
‘Never watch the networks but for certain sports, ALWAYS with the volume turned all the way down.
today Elvis wouldve turned 84...
HBD Elvis Aaron Presley
HBD...He be dead?
Elvis Lives- The 25th Anniversary Concert “Live” From Memphis a DVD for $13 and it ROCKS!!! - It’s all Elvis, no wannabe anything and in surround sound it’s like he’s there in your living room.
The Complete Original 1968 Elvis Comeback Special:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDZNh1EXTKk
The backstory on the comeback special is fascinating. After devoting most of the 60s to profitable (but forgettable) movies, Elvis was looking to resurrect his career. NBC signed him for a TV special, and a network exec recruited a 36-year-old named Steve Binder to produce and direct it.
Binder immediately clashed with Elvis’s manager “Colonel” Tom Parker, who envisioned a standard Christmas special, with The King crooning 20 holiday hits before a live audience, with no chatter between the songs. After hearing Elvis jamming off-stage with his friends, Binder hit on the idea of making that concept the center of the special. Parker balked, but for once, Elvis told him to shove it. Unwilling to give up his meal ticket (the manager reportedly took a 50% cut of everything Elvis made), Parker caved. The special was just that, and it’s still worth a look 50 years later.
The upcoming special can’t come close to capturing the magic of the original, but NBC has assembled quite a line-up. Quite a testament to Elvis’s enduring appeal. Can’t think of another performer who can attract that kind of talent (and a prime time slot), 50 years after the special first aired, and almost 42 years after their death.
So in other words it is going to feature a lot of people I don’t want to hear and not so much Elvis, Nice.
Have the DVD, thanks.
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Elvis’ crotch swett is cleaner than Flake Smelton.
What a piece of crud!
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Excellent policy!
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>> “So in other words it is going to feature a lot of people I dont want to hear...” <<
Or see, or smell.
If only Carl Perkins hadn’t of been in that car wreck......
Great observation.
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