Hope that everyone is having a great day! Just wondering if Elvis would have lived a longer life had Glady's not died so prematurely herself. I believe that Glady's would of been able to get through to Elvis, and maybe he would of possibly changed his ways for the better. What do you all think of this? Thanks!
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Alothough i like priscilla, i think gladys would not have had elvis date a young girl of 14 when he was 24. and would not have decived her parents by saying she has moved into vernon and dees home when she was i think 16, but she was really staying at graceland. i think his life would have been really diffrent from the one he lived if his mother was around.
elvislady
Well its hard to say, cause Gladys died in a similar way ELvis died: depresion/adiction stuff so... but maybe if Gladys had overcome that, ergo lived as long as Vernon, she could have been the only one with the power to straighten Elvis bad habits, and also to give him the selfasuranse that he some times lacked in taking his own decitions about his career.
Good Question ph.
Difficult question really......
Actually I`m not sure.....when Elvis started touring in the 50`, Gladys was really worried about him, but Elvis did what he had to do anyway
Elvisia
I agree with Elvisia but I think just the fact that Gladys was still around to turn to when he needed guidance would have helped him out tremendously and the colonel would not have had such a big hold on him nor would he have been allowed to have the MM etc. living at the house and I think all of that would have been much better for him.
Diane
At least she would have told him like it is. He had a strong character but she had it too and he inherited it from her. Not many were brave enough to comfront him and I think that was the main problem but Gladys sure could make that and not just to Elvis, there would have been many in line...
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Originally Posted by elvislady
Alothough i like priscilla, i think gladys would not have had elvis date a young girl of 14 when he was 24. and would not have decived her parents by saying she has moved into vernon and dees home when she was i think 16, but she was really staying at graceland. i think his life would have been really diffrent from the one he lived if his mother was around.
elvislady
Actually EP didn't really lie. She did stay under Vernon's watchful eye and at Graceland. But EP wasn't there with her. He was out in LA living while making films. During this time EP would fly Priscilla out to LA to stay with him on certain occasions. But she lived in Memphis and finished school there. He would sometimes fly home to be with her.
About Gladys, yes I do think if she had lived, so would he. He started to lose control once she was gone. His mind, his confidence, his love for life all seemed to dwindle when she passed. If you look at EP prior to her death, you will see a happier and lively EP. But post 1958, a very sad and lonely and depressed man majority of the time. That was because of Gladys no longer around.
Why is it the case that people think that Elvis' life seemed to de-rail after Glady's died????
Yes the woman was a dominant figure in his life, but really..... do you think she would have had that bigger influence on his lifestyle! I certainly do not, Elvis still had the guys around him even back in the early days.
Are we saying that Elvis never had relations with other women whilst Glady's was alive? Elvis respected both of his parents, Elvis was in denial about his lifestyle and I certainly don't think he thought what he was doing to himself was wrong.
Glady's had her own demons, Elvis' fame had a negative impact on her life style, perhaps she was not able to deal with the attention that Elvis was receiving, I'm not talking about jealousy, I'm talking about a close knit family who were put under a spotlight that she found increasingly difficult to cope with.
As for the comment regarding Glady's being the stronger figure in Elvis' life... I think that might have been the case before fame came knocking on the door, after all fame is a powerful aphrodisiac, it is perhaps the fame, the girls, the guys and the substances Elvis was taking to keep him going that made Glady's feel distant from the life she once had with her husband and son.
If anything Glady's was a pre-cursor to how eventually Elvis' life would be abruptly cut short due to the pressures of fame!
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Elvis was who he was...I don't think that having Gladys around would have changed him at all.
This quote is from George Klein on the Larry King show...
Nobody knows for sure, but Elvis' life may have been a little different because, as it's always mentioned, Elvis had no boundaries, when Gladys passed on, but it's one of those things we will never know...But I'd also, Larry, like to say, a P.S. to what I was talking about his mother, and I will say this, and I've said it many times, if Gladys Presley was alive today, Elvis Presley would be alive today.
franny
i think if she was around she would have kept elvis on the straight and narrow she would tell him like it is she wouldnt have bowed to his every wish i think if she was around elvis wouldnt have married cilla but hey we will never know
I am not really sure how I feel about it. ELVIS was a really stronged willed fella (from what I understand) so it is hard to know how much anyone could have changed the course of history....but at least ELVIS would have had a woman he loved, adored, and respected to talk things over with when it all began caving in on him. Whether having the comfort of a mother's love would have made a differenceI don't really know. I just wish he had had more love, support,
and direction those last few years...than he did.
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It's an impossible question to answer.Although I dont think his mother had any magical control over him.Obviously she couldnt take care of herself so it's doubtfull she could have taken care of him.Elvis probably would have done what he wanted to do no matter what.It's tragic when you lose one of your parents but it's something he had to deal with just like any of us.I dont think that event should be looked upon as the day his life derailed.I've lost my folks just like Im sure many of you have.You just have to go on.Life doesnt stop.
Jak
well you may be rightI am not really sure how I feel about it. ELVIS was a really stronged willed fella (from what I understand) so it is hard to know how much anyone could have changed the course of history....but at least ELVIS would have had a woman he loved, adored, and respected to talk things over with when it all began caving in on him. Whether having the comfort of a mother's love would have made a difference
As far as I know Elvis treaded Pris with much respect. So it doesn't matter where she lived. and like Gladys he had a selfdistructing mind. It's hard to say if Gladys would have mattered, but it's a fact that he would have listened to her.
Christel (TCE)
Well, she was a bit overprotective from what I can tell. I think Elvis really took it to heart that what, to him was a great thing, giving all those great things to his mom wasn't making her happy. I think he felt somewhat responsible for her death. She was extremely worrisome, pretty much any time he was away, that something bad would happen to him. I think maybe that was a load for him to carry, and I think she was codependant in that way. When Elvis started breaking away it made her cling tighter. Elvis did say numerous times he wouldn't live much past his mother's age and died very close to the date of her death and age. I think he had a bit of a self destructive mechanism in that way, and the fact he felt the load of Jesse's death too. I think if she would have cleaned up and taken care of herself it would have been a positive role model for him. He loved her deeply that much is true. She could have swayed him by example. But her talking and worrying he was used too that.I don't think that would've had much affect other than him calling her so she wouldn't . It didn't when he was on the road in the 50's, other than worrying him to call home. He did what he wanted. I do believe that she would have had some sway over the Colonel though. She didn't trust him from the get go, and the Col. had Vernon under his thumb. So, things may have been different that way. And... maybe that would have been all it took?
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Yep, I agree with you 100% Menwithbrokenhearts.. If Gladys had taken better care of herself she would of been the key to many things that happened in Elvis' life. He loved her very much and her role in his life was very important to Elvis. ( He wanted to make her happy at any cost to himself.. she was his role model ) Dovey
she could have made a difference, certain about that but the poor lady couldn't handle the lifestyle herself at the time and she was "only" the mother of...
she would have encouraged him to turn down tom parker's offer because she didn't like the colonel and that would have been the best move of elvis whole carreer i think !
but gladys herself was too weak and sick to survive her son's enrolment, which in a way was due to colonel tricky manipulations behind elvis's back for him to be enrol so enverything is sadly entherwind deeply and History can't be rewritten !
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