Reply With QuoteI recall Charlie Hodge telling the story about the guy in the audience.....
Does anyone know if there is a video available anywhere with this laughing version of the song? Sure would love to have that!Diane
I recall Charlie Hodge telling the story about the guy in the audience.....
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MMm, liked I say first time we never know why Elvis was laughing about, We have those days we laugh over little things. I love hear him laugh it's show that he is liked us.
Take a look at you and me,,Are we too blind to see, Do we Simply turn our heads and look the other way.....(Line From "in The Ghetto")
Just listening to it again,I can imagine that someone in the audience was doing something to make him laugh. They had a kind of rapport going & as Elvis keeps trying to regain his composure, perhaps the person has his attention & keeps jabbing the ticklebone. Elvis turns to his singers hoping to calm down & some are smothering giggles & Cissy is just singing away -caught up in her music & Elvis can't help but laugh some more. Afterall, it is just a show & "Elvis never let something as important as a paying performance get in the way of having fun" - Ronnie Tutt (not an exact quote)
That's my story, what's yours?
Originally Posted by Wendy56
I may not know the real reason for Elvis laughing, but everytime I hear to it, makes me laugh too...
Me too, he had an addictive laugh!!
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It doesn't matter how many times I hear this, I burst out laughing. He was doing such an incredible job singing this song prior to his laughing attack, god bless him. Thanks for the link btw!
The story I heard from Charlie Hodge was that there was a woman who made her way to the stage and was wearing a wig. On this particular night in '69 the waitres' had puffy sleeves. I guess one of the waitress' sleeves generated quite a bit of static and pulled the lady's wig off. Right at that moment the woman cought Elvis' eye and he said the "bald head" comment. The woman reached up to feel her wig that was no longer there and then she crawled under a table. I don't think it's true though. I think Elvis meant to mess up the words and was surprised how easily he made that ryme. Either way I have to say that it was hillarious.
I have heard that the man who elvis sang about the bald head got so mad that he left the show.
Because we don't really know why he was laughing, people make up their own reasons.
I once worked with a girl who had been told that someone on stage farted & set Elvis giggling !
And she was convinced it was true !
Colin B
Judge a man not by his answers, but by his questions - Voltaire
Didn't that happen while he was singing "Inherit the Wind"?
It had to be his sense of smell that tipped him off, as onstage with monitors and amplifiers going full blast I don't know how you'd hear it-unless it was of atomic proportions
Everytime I see a video of him singing this song, I just assume he will burst out laughing!
The story I remember dating back from the early 80's was Elvis spotted a bald man sitting in the audience and it struck him funny. The laughter just intensified from there. And thank God it did. What a song.
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If your an Elvis fan, no explanation is necessary....
If your not, no explanation is possible!
I just listened to this song again the other night and you can't help but laughing - that song is so priceless with Elvis laughing!!!!
"We're lost in a cloud, with too much rain ~ We're trapped in a world, That's troubled with pain.....But as long as a man has the strength to dream.... He can redeem his soul and fly"
This is the same thing that i was thinking of.
To the best of my recollection, i have seen this on film many years ago.
I asked somebody from the Dutch Elvis Fanclub (Its Elvis Time), but he says that is not possible.
It does not exist.
I know what i saw.
So is there anybody else who has seen this???
Some of you all never been down South too much...
I'm gonna tell you a little story, so you'll understand where I'm talking about
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Originally Posted by Tony Trout
To the best of my recollection, I believe that there was a bald-headed guy in the audience and Elvis spotted him and that's where the line, "Do you gaze at your bald head and wish you had hair?" and the laughter that followed came from....
This is the same thing that i was thinking of.
To the best of my recollection, i have seen this on film many years ago.
I asked somebody from the Dutch Elvis Fanclub (Its Elvis Time), but he says that is not possible.
It does not exist.
I know what i saw.
So is there anybody else who has seen this???
I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS FOOTAGE STUTZ. I REALLY WISH IT WAS AVAILABLE. BUT I DONT THINK IT IS
LETS BE FRIENDS!
I absolutely love that version.
SEXI LAUGH
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HAS COME TRUE A HUNDRED TIMES"
Elvis
I'm in a "big fight" with some Elvis fan on a hungarian website about this footage.3 of them say that they have seen it,but they don't have it.I have never seen this version on video,and what i've read about it is that there is no formal video.So i'm very courios now.(sorry for my english)
Funny ...
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As far as I know, there's no footage available of this famous performance. I have about 25 minutes of footage of the '69 engagement, and there might be some footage of a performance of AYLT, but not the famous laughing version.
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