Reply With QuoteYeah, cousin Gail was there too.
Yes, I think so. But my aunt said they watched as the funeral filed into the gravesite while they watched as "Uncle Elvis" and "Uncle Vernon" went by.Originally Posted by TotallyInsane
"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
Yeah, cousin Gail was there too.
Forever Best Friends
Well, I was thinking of you when I heard the story.
"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
Who knows - I may have met your aunt and grandmother!! We were all very tight those couple of days!!Well, I was thinking of you when I heard the story.
Forever Best Friends
That's a very real possibility. You probably attended the same concerts and Vegas shows that they attended because they did go to Houston as well as the shows here in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. They also made their trips to Vegas (a minimum of 4 per year!) and took in his shows. I bet you have met them and didn't realize it.
"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
Why did they go 4 times a year??
Forever Best Friends
But Gail, you're one up on them. They never met him, personally. And once he passed away, its like they stayed in 1977 and never did the annual pilgramage to Graceland, etc. and didn't want to hear about the fallout after his death. It was always 1977 to them....
"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
Hang on - I've got to get up and go change the t.v. station.
Forever Best Friends
Because they loved Vegas, because they could and because they loved to gamble and see the shows. When they would go to Vegas when Elvis wasn't there, they saw many other performers. They really loved the whole day is night/night is day thing, my grandfather loved to play blackjack and when they didn't go to see Elvis, they usually stayed at the Queen's down on Fairmont, but when Elvis was playing they stayed at Caesars or the Hilton.
"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
No, "buried" literally means put into the ground. "Entomb" is the word normally used for placement in a mausoleum.
For me it has always been about the voice and the music above all else.and the feeling of being connected to him while he sings... He has been a constant in my life since I was a child...and...well.....yeah...y`all know what I`m sayin`!!!....I just "get" him.
I go with you, Maria
"You can knock me down, step in my face,
slander my name all over the place"
- But don't YOU step on my blue suede shoes -
desiree
*You walk past me- I can feel your pain-Time changes everything -One truth always stays the same - You're still you - After all - You're still you *
Put all those things together and that's how kind of Elvis fans we are
Im all about the music and the man he did start it all and dont forget the
TCB
Elvis for my is all his music,look,sensuality,tenderness,talent. Also me interest his life private my honest opinion.
When Elvis died i was curious why someone so young died. And i read the Newspaper like everyone else, and started liking his music/voice. I read everything i could about his life. It always fasinated me how someone who IMO had it all could spiral down so quickly.And to me no other entertainer can compair to him.(excuse my spelling)
I'm the King of the Jungle, They call me Tigerman
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Elvis has been with me so long and felt like someone dear and close from the beginning so I have to say it was all of him, the man and the music that got to me and that I've been a constant fan throughout his life and will always be.
Diane
Elvis Presley's, voice followed more than a decade of our grandparents, parents, hollywood and radio's favourite voices. We were absolutely steeped in popular music well before Elvis hit us.
Therefore for me it was/is always his voice that interests me most.
Awhile ago my 48 year old son John had me listen to "Elvis is Back" on his new state of the art audio system. Wow! I heard a brand new Elvis!
My 1960 music player was an automatic dansette for playing 78, 45, and 33RPM vinyl!
That's the way it is with us steam age Elvis fans, we grew up with the changing technology and just marvel at the amazing possibilities unfolding.
Mid 60s when Elvis was making rather silly movies, I discovered Beethoven.
It could be said, I'm a Born Again Elvis fan. For 30 years or more it was the magnificent world of classical music that had my attention. Then in 1997, Elvis was back!!! Since then he has taken up an inordinate amount of my time. A very rewarding time to say the least.
http://goldmine.coverleaf.com/goldmine/20090102/?pg=8
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VERY WELL PUT I AGREE 100 % COULD NOT OF SAID IT ANYBETTER THANKS
Tony
I go with you, Maria
You ask how long I love you, I'll tell you true,
until the Twelfth of Never, I'll still be loving you
LIF
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