Reply With QuoteI believe Elvis was simply blinded by the light.
I have seen photo's of Elvis being helped on and off stage, more of a 1977 thing I had assumed with his failing health.. I have seen this picture before (see below) and I was struck about how funny it was, that there were so many people offering support! Six people! Was that really necessary?. I had heard that in 1974 there were occasions where Elvis 'fell out the limo' and of course the now infamous 'Drug Speech' but surely six people is excessive.
If there are more pictures of similar instances (stairs) please post.
I believe Elvis was simply blinded by the light.
Wouldn't that mean the guys helping would also be blinded by the lightOriginally Posted by Jess
Elvis didn't need help here in 1977 (below).. I just think that people wanted to be close to Elvis and the guys were just protecting him rather than something particularly wrong with Elvis on most occasions. The picture below looks like a grand entrance.
You might be right about the amount of people but I've read and heard several times that Elvis was blinded by the lights when he left the stage.
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(George Klein)
Hi Matt,
The stage lights were blinding for Elvis coming off stage into the change of light.
Why they were all there?(dunno, lol).
Only one helping had from Joe!
No helping hand!
I AGREE WITH YOU FRINDNo helping hand!
I have read also, because he had the flashes going off in his face (why he sang with his eyes shut a lot of the time, to protect them) all through the concert, that when he left the stage he couldn't see where he was going. So he needed assistance. Maybe in later years it could be that he was more unsteady.
There's an Ed Bonja shot where he's leaving the stage, and looking at his eyes there, he looks blinded.
"NO-ONE, BUT NO-ONE,IS HIS EQUAL, OR EVER WILL BE. HE WAS, AND IS SUPREME".Mick Jagger
The help was because he was close to being blinded by the stage lights after an hour or so on stage.
There is, of course, no help in the photos showing him going on stage.
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
It probably had more to do with exhaustion. Elvis put a lot into his shows. With a bit more weight on him, they would have been more difficult physically.
Found it........Nov 15th 1970
no it has nothing to do with failing health issues in any year..elvis could walk on his own just fine even in 77..that piccy u posted is a normal piccy of elvis who simply slipped in the darkness missed a step mabye..lights flashing all over the place probably affected him...thats all..and his guards helpers caught him..prevented him from falling..thats what they were there for to protect him..
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You say that as if you know for sure. Can you explain?
I wonder if the glaucoma was a factor with the lights bothering his eyes?
Diane
Can't have helped can it???
Deb
Incorrect.
It is common knowledge that - mainly due to his increasing glaucoma - he needed help getting down off the stage after a show.
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
yeah he had glaucoma probs we know this ...i was reffering to drugs etc it wasint because of anything he may have taken....he just needed help getting off stage sometimes.. thats all....besides the glaucome thingy.. mabye sometimes he may have just slipped..we dont know for sure we werent there when these things happened while leaving the stage...we cant pinpoint any elvis piiccy posted here and say yes that was because of his glaucome prob.and 6 people helping him is not excessive
..this was the king were talking about
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yeah he had glaucoma probs we know this ...i was reffering to drugs etc it wasint because of anything he may have taken....he just needed help getting off stage sometimes.. thats all....besides the glaucome thingy.. mabye sometimes he may have just slipped..we dont know for sure we werent there when these things happened while leaving the stage...we cant pinpoint any elvis piiccy posted here and say yes that was because of his glaucome prob
It must have been unbelievably difficult on Elvis to deal with all those lights and flashbulbs considering the problems he had with his eyes.... I think it would have had the same effect on anybody. I`ve known quite a few people who suffered badly with glaucoma and have had bad falls under much less stressful situations.... so no... I don`t think it was over-the-top for them to be so concerned about Elvis coming off stage.
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