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Elvis
He had it made.... a fab home... Graceland..
a home in LA ( where he met the Beatles ) money to burn ... where did it all go wrong ? |
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there's some reading for you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley |
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We just never had a star on that scale of fame in the UK
The adulation, the limos, the mansion.... everything over the top and off the scale. The Beatles eventually had more fame and money but they lived very private lives on a gated housing estate in Weighbridge...Surrey. |
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I prefer Costello to Presley
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Elvis and the guys.............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsVTVxXKPoI |
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I've been to Graceland and even Elvis's plane was totally luxurious!! Amazing place!
He was a great singer and I love his early stuff but not to keen on his later stuff like Moody Blue and its ilk. As to what happened, well money doesn't buy happiness. |
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Just realised that Beatlemania was really a later version of Elvismania...
the American teenage girls were going Elvis mad back in the late 50s they had to wait for Feb 1964 and the arrival of the Beatles to do it all over again ! |
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Just realised that Beatlemania was really a later version of Elvismania...
the American teenage girls were going Elvis mad back in the late 50s they had to wait for Feb 1964 and the arrival of the Beatles to do it all over again ! The whole teenage girls screaming at young male singers thing goes back to a very young Frank Sinatra, just starting his career in the late thirties. Although, for all I know, it could go back much further than that. |
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I've been to Graceland and even Elvis's plane was totally luxurious!! Amazing place!
. wHEN you were in the queque waiting to get in... did you feel like a sheep waiting to be fleeced ? Its a whopping .......... $50................ to get in !!!!! |
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We just never had a star on that scale of fame in the UK
The adulation, the limos, the mansion.... everything over the top and off the scale. . ![]()
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.........................anybody going to the Elvis Exhibition at the 02?
...........$50 to get into Graceland is not too bad, its about £30, http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...s-comes-london |
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wHEN you were in the queque waiting to get in...
did you feel like a sheep waiting to be fleeced ? Its a whopping .......... $50................ to get in !!!!! It was eigh years ago so was probably less in those days. To be honest i'm not even really an Elvis fan but went because my friend wanted to go. I'm glad I did though. It was a real eye opener seeing how mnay people are still obsessed with him. His grave was covered in flowers and gifts even after all these years!!
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Poor Pricilla........ Elvis made her wait 8 long years before he put a ring on her finger !
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Poor Pricilla........ Elvis made her wait 8 long years before he put a ring on her finger !
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IN fact she was 13 when they first met up Elvis 24
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Holy Cow .....
Elvis is a Kraut ..............! http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/biog..._history.shtml |
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Originally Posted by JohnnyForget;
The whole teenage girls screaming at young male singers thing goes back to a very young Frank Sinatra, just starting his career in the late thirties. thats amazing ! |
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Holy Cow .....
Elvis is a Kraut ..............! http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/biog..._history.shtml |
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was it really pre war ?
thats amazing ! |
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Was Elvis basically a Country Music Singer ?
not really rock and roll |
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Was Elvis basically a Country Music Singer ?
not really rock and roll http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmgayJyrKOc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It7107ELQvY I mean that damn growl, put a whole generation into cardiac arrest |
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My theory is that he got famous with rock and roll
but went back to his country roots and power ballads... like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56jp1ApHmsg |
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My theory is that he got famous with rock and roll
but went back to his country roots and power ballads... like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56jp1ApHmsg |
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Tues 30 December
its been Elvis night on TV ... an hour long show kind of like Pricilla's version of events Looks like she got to make breakfast for him every day , then he was off riding horses and motorbikes with the Memphis Mafia all day |
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Cant think why they are selling both Elvis s private jets........ Lisa Marie
and Hound Dog....... do they need the money ? They were part of the Elvis tour they are not air worthy right now either |
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