44 years ago today, we lost one of the greats. I can see why Elvis meant to so many. I don’t have a lot of Elvis music in my collection but I have a few Elvis albums. Just a Greatest Hits and a few live albums, that’s all I think. Yes, I am a fan like most. I definitely would love to get more Elvis on vinyl for sure.
While I like hearing his rock n’ roll stuff, I was more into the ballads ’cause that’s where his talent really shined.
RIP King…
Kev
Yep, I’m an Elvis fan too. I’m not a die-hard fan of Elvis but I do like him. I enjoy his rock n’ roll stuff mostly and some of his ballads can be really good stuff. I do love Elvis “Live at MSG” album and I want to get a copy of that album soon. I don’t listen to Elvis a lot but I do listen to him sometimes.
No doubt, Elvis started it all. Without him, I don’t know what the music industry would be like now. I dig Elvis music, sure… just not all of it.
Kev
Elvis may have left us 40 years ago but we’ve never forgotten him. Enjoy the live album above. I listened to half of it this morning and I think I want to get my own copy on vinyl… “Elvis at MSG”.
I’m a fan of Elvis like many. Although, he wasn’t the one who got me to become a musician, I still respect the hell out of him. I was more into rock n’ roll Elvis than country & gospel Elvis.
Kev
Priscilla Presley just did an interview with the Huffington Post Live to help promote the new Elvis album that just got released. During the interview, Priscilla revealed that her marriage with the King of Rock n’ roll was pretty hard. She says that people hated her for marrying him and they were hated for divorcing.
Of course, this interview is sparking a lot of controversy and debate. Unfortunately, Priscilla is still being hated on even today… just read the comment section of that article.
Sure, Elvis may have started dating Priscilla when she was underage but like I said in the past many times before rock stars dating underage girls was pretty common back in those days. Also, doing a little research, while Elvis was attracted to young girls, he never had sex with any of them, though… that’s why he never got in trouble with any of it. Priscilla once said she never had sex with Elvis until their wedding day. That’s probably why Elvis never went to jail.
People may have hated them marrying and divorce but keep in mind that celebrity gossip and celebrity drama even existed long before the Kardashians. If you think the Kardashians are bad, the celebrity gossip surrounding the Presleys were much worse back in those days. It’s just that back in those days, there was no TMZ or internet but celebrity gossip was around back then, absolutely.
I hear Priscilla though and can understand why it would be hard to be married to the most famous guy in the world. People would be jealous of them and stuff like that. It’s not easy at all being married to someone famous. Why do you think so many celebrity couples get divorced pretty quickly?
I don’t think I would enjoy getting married to a famous woman. You want your name all over the gossip headlines and people spreading all kinds of nasty rumors about you? No thank you. I’m sure Priscilla had to go through all that. There were no internet or TMZ back then but there were still tabloids and radio, though.
Kev
In celebration of the King’s 80th birthday today. Like everyone else, I’m a fan too.
Kev
When I wrote how fake the industry is that artists today don’t write their own songs… idiots would come in and make assumptions that it’s been going on for decades so they bring in Elvis Presley as an example. Yes, it’s true that Elvis didn’t write his own songs, I always knew that but you can’t compare Elvis to Robin Thicke.
In Elvis’s defense, he was just a singer, he was never a writer and he was always honest about that. He always hired songwriters to write songs for him. Elvis did contribute to songwriting himself sometimes, though. He never kept it a secret that he had no writing talent. You see what I mean? He just wanted to sing.
Robin Thicke however was pretending to be a songwriter and lying about it. Keeping it a secret that he had no writing talent.
You can’t compare the old days to today. Today is different. Back then the labels didn’t write songs for the artists so the artist can feel free to hire other writers and buy songs off of them. Today is a whole different game. In today’s industry you can have the labels write the songs for you and not having the public know about it… that’s not how it was back in the Elvis days.
I’ve got a few comments accusing Elvis have no writing talent too so I thought I would respond to it. A lot of people aren’t smart about music at all as some think they are.
More on this tomorrow.
Kev
Today, 3 big icons of rock share a birthday, and they are obviously David Bowie, Robby Krieger (guitarist of the Doors), and Elvis Presley. I’m a huge fan of all of these guys.
Yes, I wanna start covering some Doors songs and Elvis songs for youtube as well. Will get around to it.
I wanted to post videos and pictures of all these guys but that’ll be a lot of work so I’ll just do a quick post.
Happy birthday to all three of them! Both David and Robby must be thrilled to share a birthday with Elvis.
Kev
While Lisa Marie just opened a new exhibit at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., Lisa Marie brought up the idea that she wants to make a new film on her father’s life. She didn’t quite say if it’ll either be a biopic film or just a documentary. She said she’s not happy with all the Hollywood films that was made on Elvis. She says all the films about Elvis failed to capture the truth about Elvis’s past.
The new exhibit she just opened, mostly focuses on her life as a baby. She wants to show people what it is like living with him, growing up.
More on the story, here.
There’s been too many Elvis movies over the years, and I happen to agree with her, that most of them were garbage. Hollywood needs to make a good Elvis biopic, down the road. I’m sure they will make another one sometime in the future.
You gotta feel bad for Lisa though, that she isn’t able to see her father today.
Kev
It’s been 34 years since we’ve lost the King of Rock n’ roll. He maybe gone but his legacy still lives on!
Kev
Today is not only David Bowie’s birthday, it is also Elvis Presley’s birthday! Yes, if the King of Rock N’ Roll was still alive today, he would have been 75. Would Elvis still be making music, touring and acting in movies if he was still alive? Of course he would. I don’t see him giving that stuff up if he was still here. Elvis is an inspiration too.
Kev
K'Brocking 
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