Essential Element?

[Jumpsuit Junkie]

What Essential Element do you consider important regarding Elvis?

Personality?

Looks?

Clothing?

Voice?

lifestyle?

All the above?

What element is the least important?

[Diane]

This is very hard to answer Matt as Elvis was the total package in personality, looks, voice, clothing style etc. so choosing what was the least important is really tough. I would have to say lifestyle because it was unhealthy and could have been different without affecting his career. I would have to say the voice was the most important.

Diane

[Kris P]

What Essential Element do you consider important regarding Elvis?

Personality?

Looks?

Clothing?

Voice?

lifestyle?

All the above?

What element is the least important?

Think I would go with "all of the above".......probably with the addition of luck,charisma and management.
As for a least important element, I think each of these elements was a critical piece of the Presley phenomenon, though if I had to single one out.....management.....particularly post 1960.

[jak]

With Elvis it's the total package.Everything you mentioned was as element in his stardom.Everything just seemed to fit and was meant to be.Right down to living in a house called Graceland.We musnt forget originality either.
Jak

[Diane]

(y) Jak.....originality! He had that and then some.:D

Diane

[cameron]

For me it started with the :Voice .
Then the personality and then his looks.

[Cryogenic]

Don't forget his "rags to riches" life story. I'd say the voice is the most important. It's what made Elvis stand out before anyone even knew who he was or what he looked like. I wouldn't like to single out a "least important" aspect, however. Ultimately, everything is interconnected. For instance, it might be easy to place his looks last, based on rhetoric like, "Looks are superficial," or whatever, but that would be shortchanging the tremendous affirmative quality his looks brought to his uniqueness and otherworldiness, as well as the gravitic pull they have always exerted on everyone who has ever caught a glimpse of them. Apply the same to personality, clothing etc. Yet it is truly the voice of Elvis -- his most artistically profound quality (IMO) -- that has rendered him immortal.

[elvislady]

If i had to pick one it would be off stage clothes because elvis would luck good in rags.
elvislady:D

[SleepyJack]

It`s probably a combination of all of the things mentioned but for me it has always been about the voice......to this day it can make the hair stand on my head,it can make me happy or sad and it can be the greatest comfort when life isn`t going too well...so...ahm....yeah...the voice!

[KPM]

All the above. He was a total of all those things and thats what made him unique. Some depend on looks, others talent, others personalilty- Elvis had all the above.

[Kris P]

For instance, it might be easy to place his looks last.....

Not after looking at your avatar.:)

[mozzarella]

I would say his name. It includes all.

[ForeverTheKing]

To me a combination of all those elements (y)

It's hard nowadays to find someone in music who is like him.Sometimes they have look and style but not voice and talent.....or they have voice but not so much personality.

Elvis was absolutely perfect: talent, charisma, energy, sense of communication, style, original look....he will be always the NUMBER 1!!! :P
:newyear:

[Jumpsuit Junkie]

What about danger? the 50's certainly had an edge :supriced:

[Joe Car]

What Essential Element do you consider important regarding Elvis?

Personality?

Looks?

Clothing?

Voice?

lifestyle?

All the above?

What element is the least important?

I would say all of the above. What I find interesting about your question, is that you've listed what most people know about Elvis, whether they are EP fans or not. If I had to choose one however, it would be that magnificent voice! As far as least important goes, there is none, everything on the list made up of who he was, that's why his fame is still unparallelled.

[Donut]

I´m sure without his looks more than half of his feminine fans wouldn´t have taken a second look at him wether they aknowledge it or not. Look at all the threads started on that, they have all the right to do so and this is not meant to offend anybody but I think I´m not far from the truth.
To me one of the reasons is he had the ability to turn simple and tacky things into something cool (dunno if it makes much sense) but all mentioned was important in my opinion, he had something for everybody.

[CRITTERGITTER]

His looks and his voice might be the first things to suck you in, but you begin to see something special about him. There was just something about him that just his smile made you happy. Add his kindness and generosity and you have something made in heaven.

[john carpenter]

I think it would have to be his Generousity,looks,style,and he had a voice like no other singer.Hey CritterGitter Nice Avitar,lol

[Miss Clawdy]

For me the most important element is his voice, his singing voice and
his talking voice. If you were blind you couldn't experience the other
elements, they are a special bonus, yes he had it all :D.
The least important may have been his lifestyle, I'm not sure but I think
the fans didn't know much of what he was doing in his private life.

[utmom2008]

For me the most important element is his voice, his singing voice and
his talking voice. If you were blind you couldn't experience the other
elements, they are a special bonus

Interesting thought.....and very very true.(y) For me, it was a combination of the looks and the voice at the same time. I would almost get "lost" in his music, if that makes any sense.:blush: If something was bothering me I would go to my room, turn on the stereo and put the headphones on and his music would "carry me away". The more that I learned about him, the more special he became to me.......:notworthy:notworthy:notworthy

[LianaKaralivanou]

For me the most important element is his voice, his singing voice and
his talking voice. If you were blind you couldn't experience the other
elements, they are a special bonus, yes he had it all :D.
The least important may have been his lifestyle, I'm not sure but I think
the fans didn't know much of what he was doing in his private life.


I agree with you. The top element was his unique voice. The least, his lifestyle. True fans don't really care about that.

[Miss Clawdy]

Interesting thought.....and very very true.(y) For me, it was a combination of the looks and the voice at the same time. I would almost get "lost" in his music, if that makes any sense.:blush: If something was bothering me I would go to my room, turn on the stereo and put the headphones on and his music would "carry me away". The more that I learned about him, the more special he became to me.......:notworthy:notworthy:notworthy

That makes a lot of sense (y), if I could I would take it all, not only
the voice, if that makes any sense... :blush::D

[e76]

Well, I am a female, but when I first noticed Elvis I was only 6 years old. You wouldn't think that a 6 year old little girl would appreciate or notice an adult man's extreme good looks or voice, but when it came to Elvis, that's exactly what happened! No other movie star or entertainer could catch the attention of a 6 year old, innocent little girl and captivate her so. He never let go of my attention, and it is 44 years later. That is absolutely unreal to even think of.
How could he have that kind of charisma? At my age now, I think it was the whole package, but for a 6 year old little girl, charisma also had to play a huge part in the equation. He totally grabbed my attention and I couldn't take my eyes off of him whenever I would see one of his movies. What is funny, when I became a teenager, around 14 or so, I had a very nice looking "boyfriend" he was 4 years older than me and I was only allowed to see him if he came to my house (while my parents were at home) or we could sit beside each other at church. I was only allowed to talk on the phone with him occasionally and for just a few minutes at a time, again, only if my parents were at home. Anyway, you would think that I would cherish any moments that I had with him, which I did, but he come to visit me one night when "Change of Habit" was on tv. I totally ignored him the whole night and just stared at Elvis. He was so mad at me, that he left before the movie was over and I didn't even walk him to the door. All of my friends could not believe it. They thought I had lost my mind!
This is a stupid story, but it just goes to show the effect of Elvis.

[utmom2008]

You wouldn't think that a 6 year old little girl would appreciate or notice an adult man's extreme good looks or voice, but when it came to Elvis, that's exactly what happened!
How could he have that kind of charisma? At my age now, I think it was the whole package,
it just goes to show the effect of Elvis.

I understand what you are saying. I felt that same way as a child...I would go to his movies and sit through them 2 or 3 times in one day. I just wanted to sit and look at him.:P I can't even begin to remember how many times I sat through TTWII....dozens I'm sure. As much as a child can know about real sex appeal.....I knew he had it!:notworthy:notworthy

[Awickedreigndrop]

What about danger? the 50's certainly had an edge :supriced:

OoOoo Good one!!!!(y)

If it had to be broken down I would say his voice then his personality because he was a singer. The least important element I think is his lifestyle because quite frankly it wasn't anyone else's business what he did behind closed doors or in his free time.

Though I must agree, and I have agreed on this before, Elvis was a total package. All the elements work well together for him.

[Unchained Melody]

Everything you've mentioned Matt what an essential element to Elvis i.m.o.It all had something to do with him and his stardom. Of course that voice started it, then the looks he had, and the charisma, and the rest it all falls into place.