Yes, Elvis would never have chosen red. His favorite-color was blue. Like his beautiful eyes.
Originally Posted by Donut
Yes...it was red only during the Christmas holidays in the 60s and 70s...until Linda redocrated with that gawky red look and he had to look at it all year long.
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Yes, Elvis would never have chosen red. His favorite-color was blue. Like his beautiful eyes.
Well I'm not so sure of your last comment basically because he had the money to change it whenever he wanted but we'll never know.
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Its blue now, and it was never his choice. But i guess he would like it. It was red when he died.
Elvis obviously liked the red seeing as how thats how Graceland was decorated the most. Of course Priscilla going to go change it how she likes and wanted it to be.
"How do I get placed in situations like this? Ah hell, I guess it's all part of showbusiness "~ Elvis in his limo on his way to perform in Omaha, NE on June 19th 1977
Pris is going to have it her way and only her way...nothing new about that, now is there??? She tried to change him while she was with him...it didn't work. And she has tried, since his death, to create this image (especially of her life with him) that she can live with and be proud of in some way. A fairytale of sorts, if you will. Do I buy that??? NO! But some do. Is she still trying to paint a picture of Elvis that suits her taste(s) more...You bet your bippy!
Daddy, I miss you more every day. You will always be my hero..
No, it was NOT decorated in red most. It was done in the blue color scheme for the majority of his life. It was decorated in red at Christmas and Linda redid the whole thing in red. He didn`t like the red color theme but probably lacked the motivation to change it.
Security is not the absence of danger but the presence of God no matter what the danger.
I agree
I don't think Elvis had to get motivated to do anything...he just had to say the word and it was done.
Daddy, I miss you more every day. You will always be my hero..
Guess, he was colour-blind then, seeing as how it was red the last few years of his life.
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
Elvis wasn't known for the simplicity of his outfit and his good taste combining colors to be frank even though he wore them like no one else so I see the late red Graceland very Elvis...
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Good point Donut!
Daddy, I miss you more every day. You will always be my hero..
IMo we will never know how elvis felt about red graceland, nor does it matter cause its done and changed. maybe he did and maybe he didn't like gracland that colour, but we just have to agree and disgree cause nobody here has the 100% turth about it.
Look, Elvis may have very well disliked red.
But the fact is, if he didn't like the "W-horehouse" Red colour scheme, he would have told Linda or someone to change it.
Even as drug-addled and bored as he was at the end, he wouldn't have simply lived with the colour scheme all the while hating it.
There was a lot of time between when Linda left and Elvis died.
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
this is where we agree and disgree
That is what I'm thinking Getlo....
Daddy, I miss you more every day. You will always be my hero..
If it's true what I read and that Elvis didn't like the red he must have either decided that it was good enough to live with because if he'd been that against it, he would have had it changed.
Diane
Big surprise ...this is where we agree and disgree
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
Obviously Elvis didn't care enough to bother and left (most)of it up to the women in his life. It seems he allowed them to have fun with it. None the less it was his decision to do so. It was his home to have whomever HE choose to have at it.
The statement by only Priscilla that "Elvis liked it best the way she did it." is simply not correct and a way of her elevating (as usual) her status as Matriarch of Graceland. But if you think for one minute he preferred what she did over his mother's...think again. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure out he's never said anything about his mothers style which was in it longer/longest than any other women's. He prob. loved it and told her so!!
I am reminded of many other things Cilla has taken credit for which were not true. Let's see if others can remember?
Priscilla wanted Elvis to be something he was not. He was a country boy, a rancher (of sorts),a man with southern religious roots, he choose friends that were not celebs, he didn't care what people thought of his family and friends and told them so, he had houses near where he worked for convience sake (not to be assimilated into the wealthy kind who lived there), and yet she has done and become the exact opposite.
Common sense tells me that this is what she wanted for both of them at one point. Common sense tell me it caused a serious problem.
Last edited by MissyM; 08-25-2008 at 07:47 AM.
I'm not sure what exactly we're supposed to be debating here. I'm not a fan of Priscilla, but she's admitted herself things she tried to change about Elvis - she wanted the entourage gone, she wanted him to control his spending habits, she had no use for his interest in religious/spiritual matters, and so on.Priscilla wanted Elvis to be something he was not. He was a country boy, a rancher (of sorts),a man with southern religious roots, he choose friends that were not celebs, he didn't care what people thought of his family and friends and told them so, he had houses near where he worked for convience sake (not to be assimilated into the wealthy kind who lived there), and yet she has done and become the exact opposite.
Common sense tells me that this is what she wanted for both of them at one point. Common sense tell me it caused a serious problem.
And on the flip side, Elvis wanted a stay at home wife, which wasn't what Priscilla wanted to be. They also were on different pages regarding children (Elvis seemed happier about being a father than Priscilla did about being a mother).
If they'd been content with each other, the marriage wouldn't have ended in a divorce.
I don't see how that's changing Elvis' image, which IMO is how the public perceives him.
If we're talking about the marketing of Elvis since he died, then yes, I think Priscilla/EPE has been determined to focus on Elvis before 1973. And I'm fine with that, because I think there's been way too much emphasis on Elvis at the end in the media and among the general public.
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