Toni, that is so precious.
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I find it amazing that over fifty years since he "burst" onto the scene and over thirty years since his death, Elvis still evokes strong feelings and emotions and opinions. I love some of his songs; some I almost dislike. But overall when I hear the name Elvis or hear a song by him a smile comes over my face, and it makes me feel good.
Omg this is crazy. Not only was the 8th Elvis's birthday, but also; Stephen Hawking, David Bowie, Francois Mitterand and Galileo Galilei. :O
I wonder if this Elvis thread would like a few metaphorical sleeping pills. . . (evil grin)
I wouldn't say I'm a really big fan, I have one cd with 26 tracks and know them all by heart and a few more... I love the movies I have seen haven't seen'em all though.
but it's true that he has so many young fans and is loved dearly by people who weren't born 'till years after he died... including me...
Can't believe
"Can't Help Falling in Love "
isn't already on the thread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V430M59Yn8
Got to agree with this. Neely posted a video of Heartbreak Hotel on another thread recently and I couldn't stop laughing.
How about ' Won't you let me be your Teddy boy?' as the guys I used to knock around with used to sing. It does bring back some happy memories though of the club for youngsters we used to attend after work and which was held in a girls school. One of the girls had a picture of Elvis pasted on her desk and as the saying goes, a man's gotta do what he's gotta do; so I drew a moustache on it.
ok I'm a bigger fan than I said before. I have a poster of him in my kitchen..
and I love 'treat me like a fool'
You mean like this?
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/8348/brianv.jpg
:p
I like Elvis's movies. Or, the songs in the movies - rather.
I can't really remember what they are called, although I enjoy them.
Ilike the song and clip to the one that I think might be titled Bossanova. It is in a movie I can't quite remember the name of and I know the carpet in the scene is purple. just goes to show how much I notice.
My favourite movie clip was one where he is, I think, in Germany, and he joins the puppet show and sings to the doll. That is one of the adorable things, even though he doesn't really know how to speak German, he scraped through.
Last year, I had to recite a song/poem in English class. I think I've mentioned this before. I chose the song In the Ghetto and made up this long, soppy, meaningful speech about the lyrics.
Mostly, I'm amazed about how the context of his songs and movies differ so much. He can go from Love Me Tender to Girls! Girls! Girls!
Although I suppose that always seems to be a writer's decision.