I am not sure whether this has been posted before.
But i was thinking, if Elvis was alive, would music today be different ? Would the attitudes of youngsters change towards Elvis and that era of music?
If he kept touring..would music have moved on ?
Just a curious question, i am interested in your thoughts, Thank you.
We can never be sure of course, but when I think back to 1977, 1978, it was the beginnin of the punk time.
I think that that new music - if you liked it or not - got it's oppurtunity to grow because of Elvis no longer being there.
If Elvis wouldn't have passed away he might have "grown" music wise, and gone with the flow. A change is noticeable with songs like Way Down, and also Moody Blue, which could remind you of certain Abba tunes.
Sonny
You make some interesting comments and observations.I would differ one thing.I think his death actually got Elvis more exposure and thrust his music back into the limelight.I dont think his being alive would have altered the course that music was taking back then.Let's be honest where he stood musically back in 1977.He was far removed from a heavy hitter when it came to the charts at that time.he had become basically a live act.His influence on contemporary music at that time was minimal at best.Except for the fans Elvis really had kinda dropped off the radar back then.His death actually put him back into people's minds.If anything it got people thinking about how important he was at one time.It's tough to say what Elvis would have done if he had lived.When he died he hadnt shown any signs of changing so you dont have many clues.Originally Posted by Sonny
Jak
Ahhh, but Elvis never dropped off the radar here in the UK as far as the charts were concerned.
It's a sorry statement but in his own country Elvis had really faded by 77.I think he's still more popular in the UK than here.
Jak
i don't think it will be very different, 'cause the beatles changed the world of teenages in 60's and Elvis stayed almost the same.. AND THE BEST...
Thanks for asking!
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Thanks for all your interesting commentsI believe that Teengers would have an open mind to that music if he were alive. Like Johnny Cash, when Walk The Line cam out, it put Johnny Cash back up and more popular. I believe if Elvis were alive he would still be doing concerts
Jak unfortunately is right - Elvis wasn't getting the ratings he was in the early 70's here in the U.S. as he was overseas - a shame to us!
I don't think things would have much changed. I think Elvis would have kept on touring as long as he was able, keeping with the new stuff out there - in his own way of course, but that the new music out there would have developed in the same natural course that it did.
Jep, I agree with you Jak and Diane, it is a real shame that Elvis is not more popular here in the USA. It often makes me feel sad to think that he is so alive in the UK and not here. That is one reason that the internet is so special to me... I have had the pleasure of meeting some truly awesome Elvis fans from the UK and around the world. Dovey
He is no more alive in the Uk than in the USA -believe me. It is so hard to find Elvis things in shops, just the same Old thing. Here, where i live, i can't find no Elvis weekends, if there are any, it's once in a blue moon. I do not believe than he is more popular here than he is in the UK, And this comes from a 16 year old who lives amongst other youngsters who believe he is just another singer, there is nothing special to him.
I wish Elvis was alive because i believe people around me would like me for liking Elvis
I didn't think it change that much after he died, it's change because of time, He wasn't on top 100 Hit's in USA , he was top in music country for few years after his death.
The Guitar Man Lp was to get younger to Elvis, it didn't in USA, It work oversea ones.
Tom
Well we will never know but I think Elvis would have moved on and change with the times we are living just like Tom Jones did some years ago when he released that album with duets with today singers and bands. It did very well for him at least in my country and kind of renovate and freshened his "old man once a legend" image. He is great live in concert even today and knowing how Elvis always was ahead of his times could have been greater than him if he had lived and got healthy and in shape again. That he wasn?t doing so well by 77 doesn?t mean that his carreer was finished. All the musicians and singers have up and downs during their life and many come out of the bad times later and have number one hits again...
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Danielle
there is an elvis week in hemsby and they have it every year also in portcawl wales every year both in september i think.
He is no more alive in the Uk than in the USA -believe me. It is so hard to find Elvis things in shops, just the same Old thing. Here, where i live, i can't find no Elvis weekends, if there are any, it's once in a blue moon. I do not believe than he is more popular here than he is in the UK, And this comes from a 16 year old who lives amongst other youngsters who believe he is just another singer, there is nothing special to him.
I wish Elvis was alive because i believe people around me would like me for liking Elvis
well my oppininon is that elvis was america and still is going into the 80's don't know if elvis style could have survived and if he changed it to the type of music that was around he probably would have went down hill elvis came and went at just the right time in music he came out and kick started everything then left when his job was done elvis is more popular today than when he was alive cos we all remember the elvis hayday which ever era that might be in your mind although elvis had more to give but i don't know if the youth of that day would have listened elvis could have done alot more in his time if given that opertunity but we will never know i am only 18 but elvis is bigger than any star of today the uk dosent know elvis or music like it long live the king now and forever
Thanks Tilly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Difficult question. IMO Elvis had a habit of getting in a rut then doing something unexpected which reinvigorated his career. Out of the Army he went into heavy movie making. Then the 68 special and return to live performing till he died. If he had lived perhaps another rabbit would have been pulled from his hat in the late 70s. But probably, if that did not happen, his records would have charted more and more on the country charts. He was already hitting the country charts pretty good from the mid 70s. From the early 80's on country was really more soft rock than country, so Elvis would have fit in really well. But I don't think he would have been instrumental in any new trends. A lot of singers have had MTV type surges in their careers since Elvis died, Tom Jones, Tony Bennett, Johnny Cash etc but those did not set the course of new music-they just gained new fans and respect.
(although how long that translated into record sales is a good question)
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