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Remembering "The King"
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Posted on 08/16/2011 6:47:07 AM PDT by US Navy Vet

Remembering the 'King,' 34 Years Later : Elvis Presley (1935 - 1967)

On Aug. 16, 1977 the music world was shocked when the King of Rock 'n Roll died at the young age of 42.

It was a moment that brought the entertainment world to a standstill, when the actor, musician and singer died at his Graceland mansion. By then, Elvis had appeared in 33 films, won a Grammy Lifetime Achievment Award (at just 36 years old!) and had served his country in the U.S. Army.

34 years later after his sudden death, fans are still flocking to his Graceland mansion to remember the legendary entertainer.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Mississippi; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: elvis; theking
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To: Huck

I only went to 2 concerts in my life, Elvis and Chuck Berry. I remember them well, both were fantastic experiences.

I remember being annoyed at the Elvis concert because the crowd started screaming and I couldn’t hear much of his voice.


21 posted on 08/16/2011 7:08:11 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: US Navy Vet
served his country in the U.S. Army

I served with Elvis in the Army in Friedburg, Germany. He could have taken it easy by going on TDY and spend his two years entertaining, but he chose to do the tough duty like the rest of us. I have always respected him for this reason.

22 posted on 08/16/2011 7:09:39 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: US Navy Vet
served his country in the U.S. Army

I served with Elvis in the Army in Friedburg, Germany. He could have taken it easy by going on TDY and spend his two years entertaining, but he chose to do the tough duty like the rest of us. I have always respected him for this reason.

23 posted on 08/16/2011 7:09:39 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: AppyPappy

I can see that. He was the first “modern” superstar. His Hawaii concert—later in his career—reminds me of a KISS concert more than anything else. He had the larger-than-life, comic book persona. And of course, chicks dug him. In the end, was it just fame snowballing? Did he end up being famous because he was famous?


24 posted on 08/16/2011 7:09:42 AM PDT by Huck (Here's the bad news--Gov. Perry is the best we've got.)
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To: Ditter

Wow. What year did you see Chuck? Screaming girls—basically chased the Beatles away from live shows too. That’s another thing I’ve never related to—the absolute mania created by these stars. But then, I don’t go to concerts populated by teenage girls.


25 posted on 08/16/2011 7:11:42 AM PDT by Huck (Here's the bad news--Gov. Perry is the best we've got.)
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To: US Navy Vet
He was drafted.
26 posted on 08/16/2011 7:11:49 AM PDT by starlifter (Pullum sapit)
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To: US Navy Vet
...Liked the R and R but, he got sappy doing the ballads and gospel music...

...John Lennon said "Elvis died when he went into the army"...

...Best I can do...

27 posted on 08/16/2011 7:11:49 AM PDT by gargoyle (...This looks like a good fight, deal me in...)
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To: US Navy Vet

Mojo Nixon - Elvis is Everywhere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_hkIN38qnY


28 posted on 08/16/2011 7:14:36 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: starlifter

So was “Cashus Clay AND Bill Clinton”.


29 posted on 08/16/2011 7:15:28 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: starlifter

He was drafted.”
As were a whole bunch of us.


30 posted on 08/16/2011 7:15:34 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Arkansas Toothpick
“That’s my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you’d see pictures all over of Elvis. He’s just the greatest entertainer that ever lived. And I think it’s because he had such presence. When Elvis walked into a room, Elvis Presley was in the f-—ing room. I don’t give a f-— who was in the room with him, Bogart, Marilyn Monroe”. —Eddie Murphy

"Lemonade.....that cool refreshing drink."

31 posted on 08/16/2011 7:16:05 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Huck
Do you really think Elvis sings as bad as Cher? Either you have never listened much to his music or your musical taste is terrible.

Listen to “It's now or never”, “In the Ghetto”, “You were always on my mind” and “I can't help falling in love” and then tell me again that he sings as bad as Cher.

32 posted on 08/16/2011 7:18:17 AM PDT by Blackandproud
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To: Huck

I was there. Presley was the “face” of rock ‘n Roll, the Bobby Sherman, Shaun Cassidy, Fabian, Frankie Avalon, etc [take your pick]. The real king of rock was Buddy Holly, writer, producer, guitar player, visionary. Just didn’t have the looks. And for creativity [along with Holly], you have Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc [again, take your pick].


33 posted on 08/16/2011 7:20:26 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Huck

Elvis had everything. He could sing, he could act, he could move, he could combine all three into a show. There were plenty of people who could do one, a smaller number who could do two.
Oh and he was a white Southern man singing black dirty music with a white gospel voice and horny black hips. He was the first total package. He was sure money and that is everything in show business.

When Elvis died, show people didn’t mourn the loss for long. They were too busy looking for the next one. That’s how big he was.


34 posted on 08/16/2011 7:22:33 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Arkansas Toothpick
“Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the twentieth century. He introduced the beat to everything, music, language, clothes, it’s a whole new social revolution - the 60’s comes from it.”
—Leonard Bernstein, 1960s.

I have seldom seen a more damning indictment of anyone or anything.

“Before Elvis, there was nothing.”
—John Lennon

And there is captured perfectly the self-destructive myopia of 'popular culture'.

35 posted on 08/16/2011 7:23:00 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Huck

I was a teenage girl but not the screaming kind. It must have been about 1954/55 when I saw Elvis and a year or 2 later when I saw Chuck Berry.


36 posted on 08/16/2011 7:24:45 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: starlifter
He was drafted.

What's your point? Are you trying to diminish his service to our country?

Willie Mays was drafted, too. He lost two years when he was emerging as a star (1952-1953), and returned to win the MVP in 1954.

37 posted on 08/16/2011 7:25:38 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (My dream ticket for 2012 is John Galt & Dagny Taggart!)
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38 posted on 08/16/2011 7:27:05 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: US Navy Vet
>>> Remembering "The King"

The death of Elvis may have diminished music,. but on the positive side it stimulated a new renaissance in art.


39 posted on 08/16/2011 7:30:24 AM PDT by tlb
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To: Night Hides Not
Relax dear - how could being drafted diminish his service?

Stop looking for reasons to be offended.

40 posted on 08/16/2011 7:30:30 AM PDT by starlifter (Pullum sapit)
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