Reply With QuoteWhy has everything been archived?
The closest we ever got was the footage in This Is Elvis.
As has already been mentioned the room and contents have been changed and used for storage, the bedroom cam has been installed by someone, probably a technician!.........................
For me if there was a time when it would have been truly like it would have been is shortly after Elvis' death.........................thereafter it has just become another room trampled by all and sundry.
EPE create the myth that things are unchanged to keep the fans happy when in reality Graceland is just a means to generate cash. Graceland is no more the home Elvis lived In, more a faxcimilie of the home Pricilla lived in with Elvis artifacts.
I would still like to go and see Graceland because it was Elvis' home and to go and look in the racket court to see the Jumpsuits.
JJ
Why has everything been archived?
The closest we ever got was the footage in This Is Elvis.
Couple of reasons.......................... One to preserve the contents, stop them from being effected by sunlight and detereating (kept In protective enviroment). Two to index all Items so they can keep a catalogue to ensure Items are not lost/stolen.Originally Posted by joanne
Hope this helps
JJ
Thank you Tommy, Jungleroom76 and Captain Elwood for your replies.
I do love Elvis and it took me a long time to Get to Graceland ( I loved it all but did feel a little cheated that we could not tour the upstairs) Elvis has been gone for a long time and I am sure he is smiling down on us and yes, I do think he would want his fans to see his whole house. (There is nothing sick about that... it was all part of his life and he truly loved Graceland.)
To me it was like having a candy bar in front of a starving person and only giving them half of it because you didn't think they needed to have the rest of it. ha ha. I know I am one crazzzy Elvis fan but... maybe someday they will figure out a way to give the fans the rest of the candy bar !!!!
The most perfect time for me at Graceland was getting up early the second day and going down to the Gate and waiting for the guard to open it so that I could sit in the Meditation Garden. There was only about 8 other people there and as I sat there with the sun coming up and a soft breeze blowing in my face I cried because I had the most wonderful feeling inside it was a feeling of peace and love for Elvis. That one sounds a little crazy for some people but it was the highlight of the whole trip for me.
It makes me feel so happy to know that there are so many people who love Elvis (and always will) the stories about him sometimes make me feel bad but he was a human being and we all make mistakes (anybody who says they never made a mistake ... could be kidding themselves) Nobody is perfect but Elvis was the King of Rock & Roll . He was a dynamite singer and performer.
God Bless Elvis Fans from everywhere and even if you don't agree with me I know you must admire Elvis or you would not come to this site to see what is going on in the land of Elvis.
Thanks again, Dovey
Tommy I have posted a couple of new pics of the upstairs:
http://www.tcb-world.com/gallery/sho....php?i=8875&c=
All I can say is "Wow fantastic pictures!!" I have quite a few but they do not compare to yours. I will be spending as much time as I can looking at them. You camera must be a really good one. Great!!!!!Love the pictures and thanks so much for sharing them..... How did you ever get some of them??? ha ha... (I tried hard!!!)
If they do eventually open the bedroom etc they`ll do it as they want and not how it was when Elvis died.
Excellent pictures!!! I loved them all, they are SO AWESOME. Thank you so much for sharing.
Let the stars fade and fall, and I won't care at all, as long as I have you.
Elvis...
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"You've got it all together like a lovin' machine
You're lookin' like glory and walkin' like a dream...
Mother nature's sure been good to Y-O-U"
Wendy
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PHOTOS SATTNIN!!!
Did you manage to get these photos yourself?? When were they taken?
THANKS AGAIN FOR SHARING!!
TCB!
Mike
R.I.P. Tommy
We will miss you dearest friend
Thank you so much Sattnin! I so appreciated your photos.
Tommy
I dream a world where man no other man
will scorn. Where LOVE will bless the earth
and peace its paths adorn...
Definition:
ec-sta-sy
n. pl. ec-sta-sies
1. Intense joy or delight.
2. A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control: an ecstasy of rage.
3. The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
(............. lol !! .................)
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Excerpt from my first post on this thread:
Enjoy the rapture of Nirvana ............ (lol !) ...............
Capt. "EL." / N880EP
... just a fan ....
Let me tell ya, if I had been there and taken these photos, I would have taken more than just the doors leading to his bedroom!! Ha Ha!!!!I search all over the internet looking for any Elvis photos and when I find the good ones, I share them with my fellow Elvis lovers!!THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PHOTOS SATTNIN!!!
Did you manage to get these photos yourself?? When were they taken?
THANKS AGAIN FOR SHARING!!
TCB!
Mike
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TOUCHE` SATTNIN!!!
THANKS AGAIN for sharing them with us!!!
TCB!
Mike
R.I.P. Tommy
We will miss you dearest friend
When I think about it I could cry.I mean he past away there wich in a way is good because it would have been sad if he had die in some cold hotel room)I think they're going too far.Is the only part that is left private.I wonder what the heck is LM thinking.Or duh $$$$$$$$.His bedroom was were he went to be alone.To be Elvis the man.I would not go in.I find it hard to make it to the yard where he is resting.Last year I tried and I turned around and left.is sadHello Everybody,
What are your thoughts about Elvis' bedroom at Graceland, do you think it should be open to the public, would you want to see it or would you rather have it remain a mystery? How do you feel when you think about his bedroom at Graceland?
Tommy
Alyda
For all the talk done by EPE about not exploiting the upstairs / E's bedroom-n-office complex ------>
Then why is there a camera sticking out of his bedroom window as an enticement to get gullible fans to fork over annual dues for the blatantly pandering titled "Insider's Club" ............ ?
(Rhetorical question, folks ............. in case it weren't obvious .......... wink!!)
Capt. "EL." / N880EP
... just a fan ....
Wake up, people!
Those new internal images come straight from "Elvis by the Presleys"! (It's the part where Jerry Schilling talks about Elvis and Priscilla arguing in the bedroom). If you haven't seen this amazing - albeit skewed documentary - then you should make it your top priority. No chocolate buttons for the rest of you!
BTW, Cappy... I read earlier this year that Elvis' ten foot by ten foot bed was going on exhibition! How tacky can you get...? If that isn't confirmation of EPE's ridiculously transparent regard, then NOTHING is.
Last edited by Cryogenic; 10-19-2005 at 01:02 AM.
A special thanks to those that have made my visits to this site a rewarding and informative experience! And a mention to the unmentionables that detract from the true nature and spirit by interjecting negative comments (albeit few are warranted in adult conversation!) into petty squabbles,( or possibly venting personal issues.. ie. transference..) by thinly veiled sarcasm, etc..
And by the true nature and spirit; I don't think Elvis ever talked down to anyone or would have even had he been a PHD! Not in is nature. In fact he probably would have spoken out had he overheard it. A quote he probably would have used; "Never judge lest ye be judged"......
Just a thought.......
Got my family, my kids, my books and my music, I'm good, yeah, I'm good.....
He wasn't Jesus! But I know what your getting at...!
The Sun Never Sets On A Legend...
LOL!!
I haven't heard anything about E's bed, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me.
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On another note: Be careful "Cryo", ............... you can post anything and just about get THANK YOU'D to DEATH.
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Menwithbrokenhearts -
Only a cretin would attempt to psychoanalyze others over the internet.
Psychoanalysis is also the ultimate Grand-Daddy of Pseudoscience, as far as I'm concerned.
Such psychobabble claims are ultimately unfalisifiable.
Btw, ........ love your positive projecting onto EP, as well.
(get it ?)
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"Cryo" & "03 ..",
It's a never-ending battle ..................
Capt. "EL." / N880EP
... just a fan ....
Last edited by Captain Elwood David; 10-19-2005 at 06:50 AM.
[quote=Captain Elwood David]Definition:
ec-sta-sy
n. pl. ec-sta-sies
1. Intense joy or delight.
2. A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control: an ecstasy of rage.
3. The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
(............. lol !! .................)
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Excerpt from my first post on this thread:
Enjoy the rapture of Nirvana ............ (lol !) ...............
Capt. "EL." / N880EP
... just a fan ....[/quote
LOL..... one thing is for sure Captain Elwood.... The people who run Graceland will not get any more of my money!!! My journey was worth the trip but I would not go back... Everything changes from day to day from what I have read and seen but his spirit is still there and they can not sell that LOL Dovey
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