I don't think she could even if she tried to.
Goodbye Rosanne...Your "family" in TCB will always remember you.
I read somewhere that it was Linda who changed the decor of Graceland to red while Elvis was away and he was not happy but didn't insist that it be changed back.
I don't know how authentic to the original blue it is now. Did Priscilla change that too? Anyone have pictures on how it really looked like before the red? I have a few but they really don't show enough to be certain.
What I'd really be interested in is seeing how it was when Gladys was still there.
Diane
He probably changed it more than once. It was red and white during the 60's too.
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Wasn't it christmas time theses pictures were taken? i know he liked red for christmas.Originally Posted by Donut
I thought I'd post these pictures with the gold curtains!
No idea, but he surely liked it red.
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maybe the curtains donut but not everything
Oh wait, apparently Elvis did like Red!!! Shock! LOL The house was bought in 1957. When Dee tried to change things her butt ended up out of the house. He didn't want it changed from the way his mother had it. Do you think Priscilla left it that way? No she changed to the Blue (at some point after they married, and then Linda changed it back to the Red, then Cilla back to the blue. So from 1957 till after 1967 it was the way Gladys had it. Do the math, that would be 10 years. Elvis and Cilla were in it for about 5 years. I'd say there was the Gladys era (the longest) The Cilla era, and then the Linda era.
LOL no P it was white toomaybe the curtains donut but not everything
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this is what l keep hearing too and yep all that red was not very nice to look at either
I'm not sure if this question is meant for his personal life or public. His personal life we know nothing about but the public life and her and whatever marketing team they had where promoting him, when she was running EPE it showed some signs of her wanting to change him and rewrite history.
It's obvious the way she changed Graceland's look. When he died the living room was red, if it was "gaudy" that was a matter of opinion but it still was the way Elvis liked it. When I see it now, it reminds me more of the Movie era when she was living there.
Also, when they first opened Graceland, they had nothing but photos of Elvis from the 50's everywhere you looked. Maybe a few fromTTWII. Then when the 70's look came back, they had tons of early 70's photos. They act like his life ended at the Aloha concert. He was a very good looking man and you'll find photos of him in 1977 where he looked handsome. Why ignore Elvis' later years.
here is another picture in the 60'sLOL no P it was white too
That's what I mean, that's Graceland's look now. That picture looks like it was taken in 1963.here is another picture in the 60's
does anybody have any colour shots of gracland when glady was there cause there mostly black and white so it hards to see the colour
That was really beautiful, Misty. I cried , when i read that. Yes, Elvis was indeed beautiful both in heart and mind. I dont understand why anybody wants to ruin that. We miss him so much!
I was at Graceland in July and in one of the book stores, I found some color pictures of the inside of Graceland and everything (even the drapes) were vanilla/cream. I might note that I've never seen these pictures before in any other books.
There was no color on the walls or windows in the dining room, living room or music room. If I had to guess a date, I would date the picture at mid-60's by the appearance of Elvis and Priscilla. In Peter Guranlick's book, he says that in the 50's, Elvis decorated in blues b/c he liked that color. I don't recall ever reading about anything being vanilla/white.
"More people today should see him not simply as a performer, but as an artist with a great soul."
John Bakke, professor emeritus
University of Memphis
As far as Priscilla trying to change Elvis' image, I would say that she has tried to focus on his most postive years rather than the last few that have been written about as being the 'drug years'. Unfortunately, these last years in concert are the most imatated by those tribute artists. For me (THIS IS STRICTLY PESONAL), I prefer to watch and listen to Elvis in those earlier years for reasons that may not be understood, but makes me no less of a fan.
But to answer the question of whether Priscilla tried to change his image, I believe that she has only tried to shift the focus from his last years (since they were only a very small portion of his extremely full life which are remembered and written about in a more negative way) to his happier days, less negatively remembered years.
"More people today should see him not simply as a performer, but as an artist with a great soul."
John Bakke, professor emeritus
University of Memphis
Graceland was decorated in the blue decor during the entire 1960s. The decor was red during the Christmas holidays at that time, which is when the photo above was taken.
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Yes, I do but I`ll have to search for them.
Security is not the absence of danger but the presence of God no matter what the danger.
Could be. It was red during some christmas home footage in the late 60's and in the pictures of late 71 with Elvis holding a rifle in it.
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