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wordup 16 Aug 17 6.13pm
Elvis was so effortlessly cool
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16 Aug 17 6.13pm

Elvis was so effortlessly cool

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Hrolf The Ganger 16 Aug 17 7.42pm
I went to Graceland about eleven years ago while touring the States and whenever you interacted with a guide or staff there they said 'Thangyou vera much' in that presumably Mississippi accent that Elvis had. I also visited his boyhood home in Tupulo, which was tiny, and on that day there was a guy fixing the porch swing because it was falling apart, probably for the hundredth time. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (16 Aug 2017 7.43pm)
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I went to Graceland about eleven years ago while touring the States and whenever you interacted with a guide or staff there they said 'Thangyou vera much' in that presumably Mississippi accent that Elvis had.
I also visited his boyhood home in Tupulo, which was tiny, and on that day there was a guy fixing the porch swing because it was falling apart, probably for the hundredth time.

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elgrande bedford 16 Aug 17 8.14pm
Wasn't really a fan,but I did like his later stuff,what I like to call "the Vegas years". always a Norwood boy, where ever I live.
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bedford 16 Aug 17 8.14pm

Wasn't really a fan,but I did like his later stuff,what I like to call "the Vegas years".

always a Norwood boy, where ever I live.

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Jamesrichards8 16 Aug 17 8.26pm
Elvis is the king. He was super cool and those of you calling his music boring need to consider the time and place that it was released. Anything but boring at the time. And in my opinion less boring than ed sheeran and that kind of crap When you’re knocked on your back and your life’s a flop...
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Elvis is the king. He was super cool and those of you calling his music boring need to consider the time and place that it was released. Anything but boring at the time. And in my opinion less boring than ed sheeran and that kind of crap

When you’re knocked on your back and your life’s a flop...

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cantrbury eagle Canterbury 16 Aug 17 8.33pm
The day he died I was on a trip with my uncle and auntie I was 11 years old . We drove past Stonehenge there was a big storm brewing and I saw lightning flashing over the stones and a cold chill went up my spine. When we got back to there house they put on the 10.00 o'clock news and and it came in that Elvis was dead. Been thinking about that a lot today. I always felt that if he had survived after the death of Tom Parker then his career could have reignited. Similar to Jonnie Cash who made some great albums late in his life. Just imagine a fit slimmed down Elvis singing at live aid he would have only been 50 in 1985.
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The day he died I was on a trip with my uncle and auntie I was 11 years old . We drove past Stonehenge there was a big storm brewing and I saw lightning flashing over the stones and a cold chill went up my spine. When we got back to there house they put on the 10.00 o'clock news and and it came in that Elvis was dead. Been thinking about that a lot today. I always felt that if he had survived after the death of Tom Parker then his career could have reignited. Similar to Jonnie Cash who made some great albums late in his life. Just imagine a fit slimmed down Elvis singing at live aid he would have only been 50 in 1985.

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johnno42000 16 Aug 17 8.34pm
I do like his songs. Can't Help Falling in Love, Always on My Mind (tremendous song), In the Ghetto, If I Can Dream (a great song of hope), Suspicious Minds, The Wonder of You, so many more all great songs. Edited by johnno42000 (16 Aug 2017 8.34pm) 'Lies to the masses as are like fly's to mollasses...they want more and more and more'
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I do like his songs. Can't Help Falling in Love, Always on My Mind (tremendous song), In the Ghetto, If I Can Dream (a great song of hope), Suspicious Minds, The Wonder of You, so many more all great songs.

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'Lies to the masses as are like fly's to mollasses...they want more and more and more'

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jason7 croydon 16 Aug 17 8.59pm
Must be tough being born with good looks AND a pitch perfect voice!!!!!!!!!
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croydon 16 Aug 17 8.59pm

Must be tough being born with good looks AND a pitch perfect voice!!!!!!!!!

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jason7 croydon 16 Aug 17 9.00pm
Originally posted by jason7 Must be tough being born with good looks AND a pitch perfect voice!
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simlaboy coulsdon 16 Aug 17 9.08pm
Lots of music snobbery going on , I think ,
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coulsdon 16 Aug 17 9.08pm

Lots of music snobbery going on , I think ,

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OllieMaidstoneEagle Maidstone, Kent 16 Aug 17 9.21pm
I was watching The Slits in Central London somewhere! I found out the next day Elvis had died and was saddened to hear the news as I had always been an keen fan thanks to my parents always playing his records when I was a boy. My pals formed an Elvis 'tribute 'band(tho' they cover several artists from the 50s) called The Sonny Ray Band [Link] I also remember an Indian Elvis impersonator who used to do the Old Kent Road and Forest Hill pubs.Long live the King! (edit) One of my fav Elvis tracks [Link] Ollie's Dad,Ash. Edited by OllieMaidstoneEagle (16 Aug 2017 9.24pm) Red and Blue Army! LONDON BORN PALACE BRED LIVE AND DIE FOR BLUE AND RED Football is not just a game, its a religion
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I was watching The Slits in Central London somewhere! I found out the next day Elvis had died and was saddened to hear the news as I had always been an keen fan thanks to my parents always playing his records when I was a boy. My pals formed an Elvis 'tribute 'band(tho' they cover several artists from the 50s) called The Sonny Ray Band [Link] I also remember an Indian Elvis impersonator who used to do the Old Kent Road and Forest Hill pubs.Long live the King! (edit) One of my fav Elvis tracks [Link] Ollie's Dad,Ash.

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LONDON BORN PALACE BRED LIVE AND DIE FOR BLUE AND RED
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crystal balls The Garden of Earthly Delights 16 Aug 17 10.47pm
I was never a fan myself but I know several who were, and in a big way.I didn't think he actually "changed music" in any major way himself, but he did popularise rock'n'roll to a market well beyond it's core audience. To me Little Richard will always be the King (and Queen) of rock, as his music and performances were genuinely exciting and spontaneous, rather than Elvis' more choreographed and mannered style. Elvis was always going to be more widely accepted as a good looking country boy, so he did what the Colonel told him, smiled, worked hard and kept quiet (and paid the Colonel 50% of his earnings). Sam Philips of Sun Records sold his interest in Elvis to RCA for $35,000 in 1955; it's not on record how long he spent kicking himself! Still, he retained Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Carl Perkins, so he wasn't too poor as a result Elvis himself said that Roy Orbison was a much better singer than he was, and I tend to agree. I used to be immortal
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I was never a fan myself but I know several who were, and in a big way.I didn't think he actually "changed music" in any major way himself, but he did popularise rock'n'roll to a market well beyond it's core audience.

To me Little Richard will always be the King (and Queen) of rock, as his music and performances were genuinely exciting and spontaneous, rather than Elvis' more choreographed and mannered style. Elvis was always going to be more widely accepted as a good looking country boy, so he did what the Colonel told him, smiled, worked hard and kept quiet (and paid the Colonel 50% of his earnings).

Sam Philips of Sun Records sold his interest in Elvis to RCA for $35,000 in 1955; it's not on record how long he spent kicking himself! Still, he retained Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Carl Perkins, so he wasn't too poor as a result

Elvis himself said that Roy Orbison was a much better singer than he was, and I tend to agree.

I used to be immortal

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Stirlingsays 16 Aug 17 11.06pm
Originally posted by crystal balls Elvis himself said that Roy Orbison was a much better singer than he was, and I tend to agree. Yeah, but the girls didn't.....And while Orbison was a great, he was no Elvis. Elvis had it all and that's why he brings it even forty years afterwards. Like the Beatles....some gold, never gets old. 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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