Posted on 07/19/2022 3:34:30 PM PDT by ontap
My wife and I went to see Elvis…again…I am seldom moved by a motion picture but this one is special. First let me lead with the fact that I am 75 years old. Elvis was a big part of my youth and life. His career span 23 years, a relative short time for the impact he made. He’s been dead for forty five years and as far as I know no single artist has even gotten close to his success. The Beatles and Stones have but I said single artist. I was seven years old when he started out, I was thirty at the time of his death. Please excuse the rambling of an old man but so many memories of my youth came gushing back. Bare with me while I share some of them. I turned sixteen in 1963 and met a little thirteen year old girl,actually she was two weeks away from being fourteen….I fell in love with her, unfortunately she did not reciprocate the feelings. I’m guessing all of you have a similar story. I went in the Marine Corp at age twenty in 1967 I got out in 1969. Upon arriving home I met a woman and married her in 1970…actually it was that thirteen year old I fell in love with in 1963 she was now twenty. Needless to say neither of us were the same people. We will celebrate our 53rd anniversary in March of 2023. I’ve been in love with her for sixty years. We had two children and now have seven grandchildren and three, soon to be four, great grandchildren. I imagine you are wondering what one has to do with the other, well as I sit through that movie it all came back…at different times in the movie I remember the different parts of our relationship. Now I realize how fortunate we are to have lived the life we have. There has never been any one like Elvis…and to my mind there never will be. Thanks for listening to my story of me, my wife and Elvis. He put my life to song! Hell…I might go see it again!!!
Yes: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=we+shall+be+free&qpvt=we+shall+be+free&FORM=VDRE
But basically, we just can’t stand his music.
Y’all are bringing up some great memories of my misspent youth. Dead Milkmen, Beat Farmers, Mojo Nixon…heck yeah!
LOL LOL!!
Yes, he had an extraordinary voice.
I’m a millennial, but I listen to Elvis recordings often. Anytime I’m able to listen to music on the phone, I’m likely to pick Elvis. The ‘68 comeback is excellent. Ditto clips from movies. Wooden Heart (G.I. Blues). You Don’t Know Me (Clambake). Trouble (King Creole).
Absolutely...it was a time when most people were proud of this country!!!
Saw Garth do a solo gig for golf charity event in 1991. Had no clue who he was but was very impressed with his performance and the way he bantered back and forth with the audience.
My son, now 40, loves quirky stuff in general. When he still lived at home, he was constantly playing songs from groups like Dead Milkmen, Flux of Pink Indians, King Missile, and Wesley Willis. One of my personal favorites was The Shins’ cover of Tim & Eric’s “Never Gonna Wipe My Butt.” Now there’s a classic that literally stays in your head for days. 🤣
Puh-lease.
(Refer to post #36).
Can’t argue with you on that point. When one is nearing the end that is what comes naturally. My life is what the movie brought back to me!!!!
Could not disagree more but we ll have our opinions!!!!
“An American Trilogy” ...
“Heartbreak Hotel” ...
“Love Me Tender” ...
“Can’t Help Falling in Love” ...
“Jailhouse Rock” ...
“In the Ghetto”
“If I Can Dream”
“Suspicious Minds”
I kept it to ten
I agree...I’m not a fan. That’s not to disparage anyone who is...he’s obviously some people’s favorite!!!
I am...that’s why I liked the movie...it brought back so many memories!!!
I was thinking of recording artist!!!
Very much so!!
Yea...they left that out..maybe because it never happened..but have a nice day!!!
Fair enough
Except Michael J. Fox
I was 20 when Elvis died and remember exactly where I was when I heard the news. I wasn’t a huge fan as I had missed the early years and the last years were fat Elvis. My childhood was the Beatles and the 1960s. That said I knew who Elvis was and his impact. In retrospect that impact was probably the biggest of any entertainer in the 20th century. One can make an argument for a very small number of others but to me Elvis was king.
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