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Thousands Remember Elvis on Anniversary of Death
VOA News ^ | 16 Aug 2003

Posted on 08/16/2003 6:00:26 PM PDT by veronica

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To: publius1
Great artist? Hozzat? He was an immoral druggie with little real talent who died of an overdose. His music will be forgotten soon enough, as soon as the generation that worships his memory is gone. (oops, here come the flamers!)
21 posted on 08/16/2003 7:57:07 PM PDT by Paulus Invictus (RATS are scum)
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To: Khurkris

22 posted on 08/16/2003 8:02:48 PM PDT by TravisBickle (Are you talking to me?)
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To: frmrda
Elvis, like his parents, was a white trash ignoramus who stumbled on a musical style already explored by others in the early 1950s, and who owed much if not all of his early success to guitarist Scotty Moore, which is something you're bound to discover after listening to those early sides a few hundred times, as some of us have, something that those enamored with the "great artist" and his pretentious Las Vegas performances of trashy semi patriotic hymns and ofMy Way and Hey Jude will never do (I've heard dismissive opinions from some of those Viva Las Vegas admirers that the early Sun sides is just some country sh_t!) Just ask the great rock guitarists of the 60s and 70s who they admire Elvis or Scotty Moore!
23 posted on 08/16/2003 8:05:01 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Go ahead, make my day and re-state the obvious! Again!)
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To: publius1
So, are you one of those whack jobs who makes "pilgramages" to Graceland and lights candles on the anniversary of his death?

God I love this country, but really have to wonder about a society where a several thousand people show up to pay homage to a drug addicted nutjob who died of an OD while on the john.

24 posted on 08/16/2003 8:08:28 PM PDT by frmrda
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To: foreverfree
I wonder why, if I'm ever in Memphis, I'd sooner visit the National Civil Rights Museum?

Me too. Okay, Elvis was a good entertainer and he made a lot of money. Hey, that's great. But it is not like he was some hero who died trying to make America a better place. I wonder how many people visiting Graceland have even heard of the National Civil Rights Museum? The sad thing is, I bet more people recognize the name Elvis than recognize the name Martin Luther King.

There is nothing wrong with being an Elvis fan. There is nothing wrong with visiting Graceland. However, it is good to keep things in perspective. I do not understand the people who weep like he just died and he was their best friend. I kind of feel sorry for Elvis. I wonder if he had any real friends. I imagine everyone he encountered wanted something from him because he was rich and famous. There is this cult-like element that tends to follow celebrities, and it really weirds me out that people would make total fools out of themselves. It must be horrible to be hounded everywhere you go and not be able to live a normal life. What good is a mansion if it is a prison? That is what I think of when I think about Elvis. I hope the poor man is resting in peace -- he didn't have peace in this life.

25 posted on 08/16/2003 8:08:47 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (Lurking since 1997!)
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To: veronica
26 years?!? Wow, it doesn't seem that long ago.
26 posted on 08/16/2003 8:10:33 PM PDT by ladyinred (The left have blood on their hands.)
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To: Khurkris
You mean this guy?
27 posted on 08/16/2003 8:11:35 PM PDT by TravisBickle (Are you talking to me?)
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To: veronica
What? Elvis died?
28 posted on 08/16/2003 8:13:28 PM PDT by woofie
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To: veronica
I hope that some people visiting Graceland would look at Elvis' grave and reflect that for all the wealth and fame someone might have, all earthly existence eventually comes to dust. The time before one existed is infinite. The time after one is gone is infinite. Life in this world is short and full of trouble.
29 posted on 08/16/2003 8:20:47 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (Lurking since 1997!)
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To: veronica; Oystir; BigWaveBetty

Blessings To You My Child

Let No Man Try To Convince You That I'm Dead,
My Holy Spirit Lives Within Your Joyous Heart.
By Your Wearing The Rainments Of The King,
My Guiding Spirit Will Be Alive In You Forever.
May Your Life Be Filled With My Power, And
May No One Step On Your Blue Suede Shoes.


30 posted on 08/16/2003 8:24:24 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (a 'true conservative' would rather keep Davis than elect Arnold just so they can say 'I told you so')
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To: veronica
Actually, some of the Elvis imitators are just as if not more interesting (well, at least they're alive): Elvis Herselvis (Lesbian Elvis), Jelvis (Jewish Elvis, who may in fact be dead - the link didn't work for me), Schmelvis (another Jewish Elvis), El Vez (the Hispanic Elvis), Extreme Elvis (warning: he will offend some!), etc, etc.
31 posted on 08/16/2003 8:28:41 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Go ahead, make my day and re-state the obvious! Again!)
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To: veronica
He died on the crapper....
32 posted on 08/16/2003 9:46:46 PM PDT by yooper
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To: frmrda
It's unfortunate that you are able to appreciate Elvis' genius. For he was a musical genius, embued with that genius from birth, so it was God-given.

I suggest you get a CD of Elvis' and listen to that glorious, soulful voice, or pick up a copy of "Elvis in the Morning", by William F. Buckley, who is a fan of Elvis, and has written extensively about The King. :)

33 posted on 08/17/2003 5:46:21 AM PDT by veronica (http://www.petitiononline.com/KN50711/petition.html - Confirm Daniel Pipes to USIPF ......sign this!)
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To: Revolting cat!
Elvis, like his parents, was a white trash ignoramus...

Yes, he was born poor. Yet he managed to get the pinnacle of the music business, he became an icon, he could sing almost every style of music, and he is regarded as one of the greatest vocal artists of the 20th century.

Not exactly the accomplishments of an "ignoramous." ;))

34 posted on 08/17/2003 5:56:52 AM PDT by veronica (http://www.petitiononline.com/KN50711/petition.html - Confirm Daniel Pipes to USIPF ......sign this!)
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To: frmrda
Boy, you must be real fun at parties.
35 posted on 08/19/2003 9:02:53 PM PDT by Conservative til I die (They say anti-Catholicism is the thinking man's anti-Semitism; that's an insult to thinking men)
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To: Paulus Invictus
He was an immoral druggie with little real talent

Man alive, you're stupid.
36 posted on 08/19/2003 9:04:47 PM PDT by Conservative til I die (They say anti-Catholicism is the thinking man's anti-Semitism; that's an insult to thinking men)
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To: Revolting cat!
Elvis, like his parents, was a white trash ignoramus

There's that anti-poor snobbery that occasionall bubbles to the surface from certain conservatives. No wonder the liberals hate us.
37 posted on 08/19/2003 9:06:36 PM PDT by Conservative til I die (They say anti-Catholicism is the thinking man's anti-Semitism; that's an insult to thinking men)
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To: foreverfree
I'd sooner visit the National Civil Rights Museum?

Not me. I wouldn't give a dime to an organization that gives prize money to Bill Clinton and Michael Gorbachov.(excuse my spelling)

38 posted on 08/19/2003 10:11:56 PM PDT by oyez (Do ya' think?:)
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To: veronica; Constitution Day
FOX NEWS ALERT - An anonymous source has informed Fox News that the possibility that the blackout was caused by Elvis clones under the mind control of space aliens has not been definitively ruled out by the Bush Administration. Stay tuned for our special round table panel of Greta, Geraldo and Kellyanne Conway for a 2 hour special on this breaking story....
39 posted on 08/19/2003 10:15:31 PM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine ("what if the hokey pokey is really what its all about?" - Jean Paul Sartre)
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To: veronica

40 posted on 08/19/2003 10:19:38 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez (I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together)
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