Aloha Interview

[marijaep]

Hi :clap: :D
Well...I was watching videos on youtube and came up with the Aloha Interview and watched it again.
What I would like to know is the date of the interview...please :blush:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IAkTAyJCWqM

And err...Elvis looks really confused and lost in it.
Was he only tired? - or it wasn't his day or are the drugs taking their part here...:blink:?
I don't this thread to be turned into an argument, so let's respect everyone's opinion :D(y)

Thanks :hug:,

Marija

[Diane]

I've seen this video before Marija and I agree, he doesn't seem himself on it. I read somewhere or saw in an interview with some of the MM (think that's where it was) that he had gone off the drugs for the upcoming interview and concert and possibly the nervousness was caused by a mild case of withdrawals?

Diane

[marijaep]

I've seen this video before Marija and I agree, he doesn't seem himself on it. I read somewhere or saw in an interview with some of the MM (think that's where it was) that he had gone off the drugs for the upcoming interview and concert and possibly the nervousness was caused by a mild case of withdrawals?

Diane

Didn't know that...:hmm: Yes, maybe that's the reason
He's cute anyway :lmfao: Thanks for the replay Diane.

[Donut]

It?s obvious... I just can feel sadness for him watching this. I don?t know if he ever saw this interview but it would have been really good to him to do it and know how he presented himself to the public at the time. I think he tried to fool himself for a long time and pretended people wouldn?t notice.

[thehillbillycat]

September 2, 1972 is when it took place I believe. I could be wrong on the day but it took place in September of 1972

[ruggishboo]

The date was Sept. 4, 1972, the closing day of his summer festival in Vegas. Somebody on here probably knows for sure whether it was between shows that day or after the closing show. He seemed tired, but he could of also been a little under the influence as well, just not sure. He also gave another press conference on Nov. 20, 1972 in Honolulu for the special. He seemed nervous and out of it then too, and this was only six or seven weeks before the telecast.

[ksimms2]

he seemed okay to me, looked tired and seemed to breathing a bit heavy.....I had not seen this interview before, thanks for posting it.

[Tony Trout]

The date was Sept. 4, 1972, the closing day of his summer festival in Vegas. Somebody on here probably knows for sure whether it was between shows that day or after the closing show.

It was, in fact, after the closing show.


He seemed tired, but he could of also been a little under the influence as well, just not sure.

He was definitely under the influence here...most likely downers or sleeping pills.


He also gave another press conference on Nov. 20, 1972 in Honolulu for the special. He seemed nervous and out of it then too, and this was only six or seven weeks before the telecast.

He was, once again, under the influence of either some kind of downer or sleeping pill...you can tell by the way he slurs his words.

And to say that he was clean for both of the performances themselves is also another myth....he definitely had something in him for the rehearsal show and the actual telecast...if I'm not mistaken, David Stanley was asked (by Elvis himself) to inject Elvis with a shot of B-12 mixed with amphetamines right before he went on stage....

He may have looked his best and sounded his best but things were already beginning to unravel for him....

[ksimms2]

It was, in fact, after the closing show.



He was definitely under the influence here...most likely downers or sleeping pills.



He was, once again, under the influence of either some kind of downer or sleeping pill...you can tell by the way he slurs his words.

And to say that he was clean for both of the performances themselves is also another myth....he definitely had something in him for the rehearsal show and the actual telecast...if I'm not mistaken, David Stanley was asked (by Elvis himself) to inject Elvis with a shot of B-12 mixed with amphetamines right before he went on stage....

He may have looked his best and sounded his best but things were already beginning to unravel for him....


After watching the Aloha Special a few times, I personally don't think Elvis looked his best as some others do....he was starting to get a bit puffy if you look at his face close.....he was told to lose 30lbs for that show - might have had something to do with it - he did look handsome as ever - but I don't think he looked his best.

[marijaep]

The date was Sept. 4, 1972, the closing day of his summer festival in Vegas. Somebody on here probably knows for sure whether it was between shows that day or after the closing show. He seemed tired, but he could of also been a little under the influence as well, just not sure. He also gave another press conference on Nov. 20, 1972 in Honolulu for the special. He seemed nervous and out of it then too, and this was only six or seven weeks before the telecast.

Thank you ruggishboo :notworthy:D

[marijaep]

After watching the Aloha Special a few times, I personally don't think Elvis looked his best as some others do....he was starting to get a bit puffy if you look at his face close.....he was told to lose 30lbs for that show - might have had something to do with it - he did look handsome as ever - but I don't think he looked his best.

Oh i do love the way he looked there...lol, but we can't discuss about human tastes, can we? - :D He looked really fit to me :clap:
:hug:

Marija

[ruggishboo]

Thank you ruggishboo :notworthy:D

Glad to help, and thanks Tony for the additional info that it was after the closing show..:)

[Tony Trout]

Glad to help, and thanks Tony for the additional info that it was after the closing show..:)

You're welcome.

[marijaep]

Glad to help, and thanks Tony for the additional info that it was after the closing show..:)

Yeah, I was just reading his post :D Thank you Tony too :notworthy
Tony, Elvis looked fine to me on the Rehearsal...but yes, maybe he was under influence.
I prefer the rehearsal show more then the actual telecast. He seemed more relaxed :D:D:D

Another thing : I noticed on the Post- Concert session that he looked fed up and he couldn't wait the session to finish lol.
Am I wrong or you guys have noticed that too?

[Raised on Rock]

Why he so often weared dark glasses in closed places? I?ve read it had something to do with him suffering from glaucoma, any other toughts on this?

[marijaep]

Why he so often weared dark glasses in closed places? I?ve read it had something to do with him suffering from glaucoma, any other toughts on this?

Because he liked them??? - lol, or i am being too naive :lol:

[Tony Trout]

Yeah, I was just reading his post :D Thank you Tony too :notworthy
Tony, Elvis looked fine to me on the Rehearsal...but yes, maybe he was under influence.

There's no "maybe" to it...he was under the influence of sedatives/downers...you can tell it most during the introductions of the band and that's also one reason he seemed so much more relaxed.....


Another thing : I noticed on the Post- Concert session that he looked fed up and he couldn't wait the session to finish lol.
Am I wrong or you guys have noticed that too?

That was one of the first things I noticed in the "post-concert" sessions for the "insert" songs but if my memory is correct, they filmed these right after the concert (which was a stupid move, IMO) and Elvis and everyone else were tired and they didn't finish shooting until way later that morning, I believe. I read that after this little session that Elvis went to his hotel and slept straight through for nearly 24 hours.


Why he so often weared dark glasses in closed places? I?ve read it had something to do with him suffering from glaucoma, any other toughts on this?

Closed places? What are you referring to? Yes, Elvis did have glaucoma but he wore the sunglasses both inside and outside so I guess I don't fully understand what you mean by "closed places"...it was actually "secondary glaucoma" and frankly, I find sunglasses to be a very odd way of treating this condition.

[marijaep]

Ok, ok....he was...jeez lol.
I say "maybe" because he seemed normal to me :D
The introductions......yes, you are right, especially the part where he mentioned that the raised money from the concert go to the "cancer" thing.....he even messed it up a little in the actual show on January 14-th

Well he deserved sleeping 24 hours....nice to hear that he could actually fall asleep after that, or maybe he did it with little help , hihi

I generally agree with what you said Tony (y)

There's no "maybe" to it...he was under the influence of sedatives/downers...you can tell it most during the introductions of the band and that's also one reason he seemed so much more relaxed.....



That was one of the first things I noticed in the "post-concert" sessions for the "insert" songs but if my memory is correct, they filmed these right after the concert (which was a stupid move, IMO) and Elvis and everyone else were tired and they didn't finish shooting until way later that morning, I believe. I read that after this little session that Elvis went to his hotel and slept straight through for nearly 24 hours.



Closed places? What are you referring to? Yes, Elvis did have glaucoma...it was actually "secondary glaucoma" and frankly, I find sunglasses to be a very odd way of treating this condition.

[franny]

Thanks, for posting the link marija! (y)
Elvis loved wearing glasses and looked cool in them, but it would be great to see his eyes!

He does look nervous and not himself in this interview!

franny

[Tommy]

Back in the 70's it was cool to wear colored glasses, tinted. Elvis always talked that way, look at some of his earlier interviews back in the 50's you will see the same mannerisms.

[marijaep]

Thanks, for posting the link marija! (y)
Elvis loved wearing glasses and looked cool in them, but it would be great to see his eyes!

He does look nervous and not himself in this interview!

franny

You are welcome Franny :hug::clap:

[marijaep]

Back in the 70's it was cool to wear colored glasses, tinted. Elvis always talked that way, look at some of his earlier interviews back in the 50's you will see the same mannerisms.

Thank you Tommy :notworthy That clears up everything.
Informative post about 70s fashion, hehe (y):D

Marija

[Tommy]

Thank you Tommy :notworthy That clears up everything.
Informative post about 70s fashion, hehe (y):D

Marija

Yes, I used to have blue tinted glasses back then. :lol:

[marijaep]

Yes, I used to have blue tinted glasses back then. :lol:

hehehehehehehe (y) :clap: Tommy you rock! lol :D

[presley31]

Great thread Marija, elvis looked cool in those glasses IMO.

[Tommy]

hehehehehehehe (y) :clap: Tommy you rock! lol :D


:lol: Thanks(y)

[marijaep]

Great thread Marija, elvis looked cool in those glasses IMO.

Thanks Jen, what do you think about the interview? were the drugs the problem or?? :hug:

[ksimms2]

guys I've been reading "Revelations of the Memphis Mafia" and I wanted to comment on his sleeping habits vs. pills. Ever since he was a child he would have bad nightmares and he would sleep walk. he did not like going to sleep because of it -he would always have someone sleep in his room with him because of it. There were many times he would sleep walk and be fighting with something or someone and it got dangerous, they couldn't just go up to him and wake him up, they had to be careful because he'd swing at them or whatever weapon he picked up.....they say those sleeping pills he took - he started doing it so he could sleep and not have these nightmares......that seems to be how it started. Even as an adult - he would have nightmares......I know this is a bit off topic - but you were talking about being under the influence.......(sorry to interrupt)

[Tony Trout]

Thanks Jen, what do you think about the interview? were the drugs the problem or?? :hug:


He's most definitely "under the influence" here in this interview as well as the one from November 1972 at the Hawaiian Village hotel.

[Tommy]

You don't know that for sure.

[Tony Trout]

You don't know that for sure.


I know I don't know that for sure...but what other explanation (besides being totally exhausted and on a weird schedule) would you say is the reasoning behind Elvis slurring his words?

I'm not tryin' to start an argument...

*slowly walks out of thread*

[marijaep]

guys I've been reading "Revelations of the Memphis Mafia" and I wanted to comment on his sleeping habits vs. pills. Ever since he was a child he would have bad nightmares and he would sleep walk. he did not like going to sleep because of it -he would always have someone sleep in his room with him because of it. There were many times he would sleep walk and be fighting with something or someone and it got dangerous, they couldn't just go up to him and wake him up, they had to be careful because he'd swing at them or whatever weapon he picked up.....they say those sleeping pills he took - he started doing it so he could sleep and not have these nightmares......that seems to be how it started. Even as an adult - he would have nightmares......I know this is a bit off topic - but you were talking about being under the influence.......(sorry to interrupt)

You are not interrupting Kelly, not at all.
That book you are reading seems very interesting to me...
I should buy it one day :lol:
Poor Elvis , he had some real problems..I always feel sorry for him when i read things like this. He made the mistake though, it's all his fault ...but still :'(
Thanks Kelly (y)

[marijaep]

I know I don't know that for sure...but what other explanation (besides being totally exhausted and on a weird schedule) would you say is the reasoning behind Elvis slurring his words?

I'm not tryin' to start an argument...

*slowly walks out of thread*

Tony...
I am sure Tommy didn't mean anything bad.
It's a fact that you can not know for sure. Look, I respect your opinion and i am thinking over it......all you said, trying to find the right answer. That's a real discussion ; See what other think and think about it yourself and try to find an answer that seems true to you.

[Elvis_Priestly]

What we definitely know for sure is that part of Elvis's continuing charm was the shy vulnerability he manifest as a Southern Boy who grew up poor. No matter how much "bling" he wore he was still a stuttering polite poor southern guy.
In every interview, from 56 onwards, Elvis stutters and slurs his words.
Was he under the influence? Possibly. But after this watch the stand-up show footage from 68 Comeback Special edition, the guy mixes up the words to songs, makes mistakes etc. and the '68 Special is one where we all agree he was at his best.
According to "Elvis Day by Day" the press conference was between the dinner and midnight shows on September 4th, the last night of his Vegas engagement, one which had included an extra 3am show the day previous. I'm guessing he was pretty tired and also pretty overwhelmed at what was being announced publically. It was also the month after his formal separation from Priscilla and the entering of their divorce action in the Santa Monica Superior Court. A lot going on in his private life, a long schedule of work coming to an end and a HUGE event on the horizon - I'd have been breathing heavy and slurring my words myself between shows!

[Tommy]

What we definitely know for sure is that part of Elvis's continuing charm was the shy vulnerability he manifest as a Southern Boy who grew up poor. No matter how much "bling" he wore he was still a stuttering polite poor southern guy.
In every interview, from 56 onwards, Elvis stutters and slurs his words.
Was he under the influence? Possibly. But after this watch the stand-up show footage from 68 Comeback Special edition, the guy mixes up the words to songs, makes mistakes etc. and the '68 Special is one where we all agree he was at his best.
According to "Elvis Day by Day" the press conference was between the dinner and midnight shows on September 4th, the last night of his Vegas engagement, one which had included an extra 3am show the day previous. I'm guessing he was pretty tired and also pretty overwhelmed at what was being announced publically. It was also the month after his formal separation from Priscilla and the entering of their divorce action in the Santa Monica Superior Court. A lot going on in his private life, a long schedule of work coming to an end and a HUGE event on the horizon - I'd have been breathing heavy and slurring my words myself between shows!

I agree you state this beautifully(y)

[ksimms2]

I never said he looked under the influence.....i said he looked very tired and was breathing heavy....I didn't really notice him slurring.....I did notice that he was saying, "sir" and being very respectful.

[Tony Trout]

I realize that Tommy didn't mean anything bad....

I'm sure that Elvis was worn out because he had just finished doin' a very late show...

I think that the blame here partly lies with Colonel Parker for even scheduling the interview at the time that he did...he (Parker or whoever actually did schedule the interview) should have known better and should have scheduled the interview for a later time that morning when Elvis might have been more coherent and alert.

[presley31]

What we definitely know for sure is that part of Elvis's continuing charm was the shy vulnerability he manifest as a Southern Boy who grew up poor. No matter how much "bling" he wore he was still a stuttering polite poor southern guy.
In every interview, from 56 onwards, Elvis stutters and slurs his words.
Was he under the influence? Possibly. But after this watch the stand-up show footage from 68 Comeback Special edition, the guy mixes up the words to songs, makes mistakes etc. and the '68 Special is one where we all agree he was at his best.
According to "Elvis Day by Day" the press conference was between the dinner and midnight shows on September 4th, the last night of his Vegas engagement, one which had included an extra 3am show the day previous. I'm guessing he was pretty tired and also pretty overwhelmed at what was being announced publically. It was also the month after his formal separation from Priscilla and the entering of their divorce action in the Santa Monica Superior Court. A lot going on in his private life, a long schedule of work coming to an end and a HUGE event on the horizon - I'd have been breathing heavy and slurring my words myself between shows!

That was along the lines l was thinking, very well said.(y)(y)

[TCBnAflash]

it was obvious he was on something. I've read somewhere that he was dragged out of bed as a last minute to promote the special. I know he was one something, cause lets just say it takes one to know one and that was life then and thanks to Elvis Presley, I'm still alive today.

[KPM]

it was obvious he was on something. I've read somewhere that he was dragged out of bed as a last minute to promote the special. I know he was one something, cause lets just say it takes one to know one and that was life then and thanks to Elvis Presley, I'm still alive today.
If he was dragged out of bed- just his normal sleeping medication would still be working which might account for some of his problem. He does seem more tired looking than normal.

[Raised on Rock]

Closed places? What are you referring to? Yes, Elvis did have glaucoma but he wore the sunglasses both inside and outside so I guess I don't fully understand what you mean by "closed places"...it was actually "secondary glaucoma" and frankly, I find sunglasses to be a very odd way of treating this condition.

Sorry, bad english today, I was refering about the reason of the sunglasses in places where there is no sun, I mean at night or inside a house.

It could have been just about fashinon, and that its cool, as he surely looked good on them and they are part now of his 70's persona just as the pink cadillac was in the 50's, but it is still weird to wear them in you living room at christmas time or during an interview isn?t it?

[Raised on Rock]

Back in the 70's it was cool to wear colored glasses, tinted. Elvis always talked that way, look at some of his earlier interviews back in the 50's you will see the same mannerisms.

Yes you are right, it was probably just the fashinon of the day, didn?t matter if you were in places were you don?t need sunglasses, you still wear them cause it looks cool isn?t it?

I?ve have also notice that every time Elvis looked nervous and slur a word people got into the he?s into something, yes Elvis did had a bad habit on pills, but as you pointed out, back in '56 he was clean, and mostly he seemed to be as much as nervous, and not very well articulated as during the 70's, some people just tend to slur when they speak, nothing to do with drugs.

Sure he didn?t looked as fresh as when he was 21 but hey, he wasn?t 21 anymore and going through hard times in a personal level.

Now is he on drugs here? check out the same kind of heavy breathing during the of the interview, same nervous movements, and the way he moves his hands and the way he moves his head back trying to articulate things.

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=jNFa6WFIXI0

[Diane]

Thank you Raised On Rock for posting this interview with Elvis by Wink Martindale. It's my favorite interview of all time! Who else do you know would act so natural lounging on a jukebox and chewing gum while being interviewed.:D
I don't think I've even known anyone so unselfconscious as Elvis was at that time.

There were similarities in his head movements in the two interviews as you stated so I guess partly what was going on with him at the Aloha interview could be regarded as just Elvis except that at the Aloha one he didn't act comfortable or happy at all - very uptight to me in fact.

Diane

[Getlo]

Elvis was definitely under the influence of drugs ... for both of the Aloha press conferences.

Or should I say, more than usual under the influence.

One sure sign is the way (in the first press conference) he stops mid-word in some sentences as he raises his hand to his sunglasses.

Sad.

But he still looked cool in that first press conference ... but not the second one.

[marijaep]

Yes you are right, it was probably just the fashinon of the day, didn?t matter if you were in places were you don?t need sunglasses, you still wear them cause it looks cool isn?t it?

I?ve have also notice that every time Elvis looked nervous and slur a word people got into the he?s into something, yes Elvis did had a bad habit on pills, but as you pointed out, back in '56 he was clean, and mostly he seemed to be as much as nervous, and not very well articulated as during the 70's, some people just tend to slur when they speak, nothing to do with drugs.

Sure he didn?t looked as fresh as when he was 21 but hey, he wasn?t 21 anymore and going through hard times in a personal level.

Now is he on drugs here? check out the same kind of heavy breathing during the of the interview, same nervous movements, and the way he moves his hands and the way he moves his head back trying to articulate things.

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=jNFa6WFIXI0

Hehe, you are right.
I haven't noticed that before :blink:
He was definitely clean in 1956 :D...and true, he is making the same mannerisms :lol: - funny for a public man like him.

We will never know though....:king:

[Rover]

Can't tell if it's drugs or lack of sleep or something else in this Aloha interview...
Just a question, when did he start taking drugs? Do we know?

[marijaep]

Can't tell if it's drugs or lack of sleep or something else in this Aloha interview...
Just a question, when did he start taking drugs? Do we know?

I believe it was in the army...
Because after his mother died, he had problems with sleeping and needed some hep to fall asleep.
I may be wrong ..I don't know for sure.

[Getlo]

Now is he on drugs here?

He was on drugs from 1958 onwards in one way or the other.

People talk about Elvis slurring his words from back in the fifties. That's true, he did.

But it's obvious that Elvis was out of it in both the Aloha press conferences.

Stevie Wonder could've seen that!

[ksimms2]

I believe it was in the army...
Because after his mother died, he had problems with sleeping and needed some hep to fall asleep.
I may be wrong ..I don't know for sure.

He had trouble sleeping before his mom died....he would have terrible nightmares and also sleep walk to the point it was dangerous. He started taking pills before he went into the army according to Revelations of the Memphis Mafia - his mom would take diet pills (amphetamines) and he would steal them, he liked the way they made him feel....I'm not sure when exactly he started with sleeping pills though.

[Donut]

[QUOTE=Getlo;141659]
People talk about Elvis slurring his words from back in the fifties. That's true, he did.QUOTE]

There?s a huge difference between his slurring from the 50?s to these 2 from the Aloha. He can?t breath properly in the Aloha?s ones and as someone said on another post anyone that have lived the situation can comfirm what it was without thinking twice.
Anyway it?s nothing new and has been discussed hundred of times but we?ll never agree here...

[Getlo]

There?s a huge difference between his slurring from the 50?s to these 2 from the Aloha.

That's my point. The difference here is that Elvis was heavily under the influence of drugs in these two press conferences in the 70s. Especially in the second one ... the dialogue "It's a great privilege (mumble, mumble)" etc. Almost incoherent.

[ksimms2]

you know what? it's sad either way you look at it.....50's/60's/70's......it's just all sad....period. :'(

[Donut]

That's my point. The difference here is that Elvis was heavily under the influence of drugs in these two press conferences in the 70s. Especially in the second one ... the dialogue "It's a great privilege (mumble, mumble)" etc. Almost incoherent.

I know that was your point I just wanted to use your sentence about Elvis in the 50?s slurring his words.

[Elvis_Priestly]

Talking of tinted glasses. Some Elvis fans wear rose tinted ones, but a lot also wear murky muck coloured glasses too.

All these "definitely" "certainly" "absolutely" "its a fact" statements I want to know sources and, having heard hundreds of different hanger on accounts, secondary sources don't cut it with me no-more - least of all any of the Smiths.
Primary sources alone can be definite and, alas, the primary source is 30 years gone.

[Diane]

Yup, sure agree with you Conor. There are always those who prefer to see a dark side.(y)

I stick with what I'm sure I heard in an interview with some of the MM about Elvis cleaning up for the Aloha concert.

Diane

[presley31]

Yup, sure agree with you Conor. There are always those who prefer to see a dark side.(y)

I stick with what I'm sure I heard in an interview with some of the MM about Elvis cleaning up for the Aloha concert.

Diane

l agree diane about everyone seeing though the dark side, but l don't think the MM were helping him straighted up.