Yes, Jeanette. Elvis is a little upset here lol he was offended when he heard that people were saying, he was strung-out...
franny
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXH95kHlj7A&feature=fvw"]YouTube - Elvis lashes out at his critics[/ame]
I found this clip on another site, is this elvis being so angry?
elvislady
Yes, Jeanette. Elvis is a little upset here lol he was offended when he heard that people were saying, he was strung-out...
franny
UGH! This is one rant where I can't stand to hear Elvis talk. By this point, September 2, 1974 (I believe) he's already in very deep denial about his drug problems......
(The rant can also be found on the 2-CD set, appropriately titled, "Desert Storm").
elvislady,
why is this off topic
it's about Elvis
I do agree prescription medication may often cause more harm than the ailment itself. However I'm inclined to believe Elvis meant something else he was supposedly being accused of. It's no secret Elvis didn't hold drugs of the street in high esteem.Originally Posted by Tony Trout
all the goons I left behind,
memories still linger..
ES,
You would be correct in your assumption that it was something else that Elvis was being accused of doing - and that 'something' was heroin, I believe (if you listen to the full dialogue).
slap my wrist.... i am sure the mods will remove it if need be.
elvislady
When did he start taking dilaudid(Sp?) I heard that that was synthetic heroin in some Elvis special a while ago.
He started taking/using Dilaudid around 1974-1975, I believe. Dilaudid is, in fact, synthetic heroin or drugstore heroin. Quote taken from Lamar Fike from "Elvis Aaron Presley - Revelations From The Memphis Mafia (original 1995 hardback printing):
Later on, in the mid-70s he started using Dilaudid, which is synthetic heroin, drugstore heroin. You're talking about extremely strong **** here - five times stronger than morphine and two and a half times stronger than heroin (pure morphine and pure heroin). Doctors prescribe it only for terminally ill cancer patients.
You can find this info in page 534 of the first printing of "Elvis Aaron Presley: Revelations From The Memphis Mafia".
Thanks Tony for answering me. I wasn't too sure about the specifics but I did hear that he took that in some Elvis documentary that was on tv a decade or so ago. I don't actually have the book.
Thanks for this info tony..i didnt know this!
elvislady
Which, ironically, he pretty-much was.
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
Thanks for the move, brian i hope you can sleep better now!
elvislady
I made the move lol!
Brian is right, this is about Elvis!
lol i know i thought i would let you guys move it for me..thanks again!
elvislady
Some people are really *****s. Thatīs really mean what some say about Elvis. I can understand why heīs angry.
Agreed, Getlo.
They were only telling the truth, sadly. He was strung out during this tirade.
It's embarrasing to listen to him rant like this, to be honest.
I wish he hadn't felt the need to rant like he did. But, everyone has a breaking
point, I guess. Maybe, he was sick.
I wish he hadn't felt the need to rant like he did. But, everyone has a breaking
point, I guess. Maybe, he was sick.
As far as Elvis was concerned, the fact that his name was on the bottle meant that he didn't have a drug problem. When he did. It's really sad that there were no rehab clinics around back then even though I do think that a lot of the pills he was taking were what he legitimately needed due to various illnesses he'd had.
"freaks that carry luggage up to your room..."
That comment always makes me laugh.
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