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Post by Spear Guy on Aug 7, 2014 1:01:21 GMT -5
Things that happened: Elvis
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 1:01:38 GMT -5
Elvis was bigger than Jesus in the 60's/70's, what do you expect
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Post by Spear Guy on Aug 7, 2014 1:02:46 GMT -5
Elvis was bigger than Jesus in the 60's/70's, what do you expect 60s belong to the Beatles in my book
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Post by Colter on Aug 7, 2014 1:02:52 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 1:03:09 GMT -5
Things that happened: Dylan liked most of my posts from tonight <3
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Post by Colter on Aug 7, 2014 1:03:53 GMT -5
Elvis was bigger than Jesus in the 60's/70's, what do you expect 60s belong to the Beatles in my book Pretty much. Elvis was making sh*tty movies in Hollywood and getting pissed. At least 1968-1969, Elvis owned. IMO
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Post by Colter on Aug 7, 2014 1:04:18 GMT -5
Things that happened: Elvis
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Post by slappy on Aug 7, 2014 1:06:37 GMT -5
Didn't know they were remaking Brokeback Mountain Gawd yiss Please. Yisssssss. With Rollins?
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Post by Colter on Aug 7, 2014 1:07:49 GMT -5
Elvis is credited as a co-writer of " You'll Be Gone" (1965). This was the B side of the hit from the film "Girl Happy" , "Do The Clam". It is found in his 5 CD box set of 60s recordings. Elvis composed the lyrics and he brought the song to a recording session of usual 60s soundtracks.
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Post by dylan on Aug 7, 2014 1:08:31 GMT -5
Things that happened: Dylan likes me <3 Maybe I do, maybe I don't.
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Post by Colter on Aug 7, 2014 1:09:40 GMT -5
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Post by Spear Guy on Aug 7, 2014 1:09:37 GMT -5
60s belong to the Beatles in my book Pretty much. Elvis was making sh*tty movies in Hollywood and getting pissed. At least 1968-1969, Elvis owned. IMO Beatles released the White Album, Yellow Submarine and Abbey Road at that time so they were still bigger in sales, etc. back then. Plus those are some of their most popular albums ever.
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Post by dylan on Aug 7, 2014 1:10:02 GMT -5
Things that won't happen: Dylan revealing what the D. Means in his name
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Post by Colter on Aug 7, 2014 1:10:11 GMT -5
And that's the right way to start a new page.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 1:11:00 GMT -5
And that's the right way to start a new page. Glad it wasnt Spose.
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Post by dylan on Aug 7, 2014 1:11:40 GMT -5
Pretty much. Elvis was making sh*tty movies in Hollywood and getting pissed. At least 1968-1969, Elvis owned. IMO Beatles released the White Album, Yellow Submarine and Abbey Road at that time so they were still bigger in sales, etc. back then. Plus those are some of their most popular albums ever. Things that are happening: Two young teen boys discussing the 60s and music from that period
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 1:11:56 GMT -5
Gawd yiss Please. Yisssssss. With Rollins? Yiss
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Post by Colter on Aug 7, 2014 1:12:27 GMT -5
Pretty much. Elvis was making sh*tty movies in Hollywood and getting pissed. At least 1968-1969, Elvis owned. IMO Beatles released the White Album, Yellow Submarine and Abbey Road at that time so they were still bigger in sales, etc. back then. Plus those are some of their most popular albums ever. Oh no doubt. But the Comeback Special saved Elvis's ass and then we went to Vegas, and killed it. "CONCERT DATE: July 31, 1969. Las Vegas, NV. NEWSWEEK August 11, 1969 Return of the Pelvis. Dressed in a chic black tunic and bell bottoms that matched his long but neatly combed black-tinted hair. Elvis Presley stepped onstage last week at the International Hotel in Las Vegas and launched into the driving beat of "Blue Suede Shoes." The audience of 2,000, most of them over 30, roared and squealed in nostalgic appreciation. I spite of his updated look, Elvis hadn't changed at all in the nearly nine years since his last personal appearance. Shaking, gyrating and quivering, he again proved himself worthy of his nickname, The Pelvis. Through nervousness caused him to sing "Love my, me tender" for "Love Me Tender," the pasty-faced enchanter quickly settled down to work his oleaginous charms, backed by a 30-piece orchestra, a five-man combo and a chorus of seven. Oozing the sullen sexuality that threw the America into a state of shock in the 50's, he groaned and swiveled through a medley of "Jailhouse Rock," "Don't Be Cruel," "Heartbreak Hotel," "All Shook Up" and "Hound Dog". It was hard to believe he was 34 and no longer 19 years old. In fact, there are several unbelievable things about Elvis, but the most incredible is his staying power in a world where meteoric careers fade like shooting stars, Presley shot to the top in 1956 with "Heartbreak Hotel" and has stayed in the uppermost tax bracket ever since. Forty-seven of his singles have sold more than a million copies. He has made 32 movies, currently turning them out at a rate of four year and raking in a cool million plus half the profits for each. Glows: Presley's income is estimated at $5 million a year and he spends it freely. Among his purchases are an antebellum mansion called Graceland near Memphis (the house is painted luminous blue and gold and glows in the dark) vast quantities of stuffed animals, and a succession of cars including a gold Cadillac. No ones knows how much the boy from Memphis is being paid for his four week Las Vegas stand but, according to Presley associate, "Coming in on the heels of Barbra Streisand, you know that it's over a million." Credit for the successful maintenance of the Presley image goes largely to his canny manager, "Colonel" Thomas Andrew Parker, who for almost fifteen years has kept the price up and the live exposure down. When, during a news conference after the opening, a British entrepreneur offered Elvis a million pounds sterling for one appearance in London, it was Parker who answered: "Bring me a deposit tomorrow." Presley doesn't seem to mind letting Parker run interference, for he likes privacy and spends his free time holed up at one of his houses with his wife, his infant daughter and a group of buddy-bodyguards sometimes called the "Memphis Mafia." Elvis arrived in Las Vegas a week before the show and immediately began rehearsing five hours a day-losing 10 pounds in the process. "He's really working on this one," said a stagehand. "He doesn't know if he can still cut it." Presley magic were his loyal fans, women and teen-age girls, who lined the corridor outside his suite. "He's better than ever," claimed one girl. "His latest songs have been groovy." Message: Only celebrities and big spenders were there opening night to hear Presley sing a lot of oldies and one new song, with a new message aimed at the black rock market. "In The Ghetto" chronicles the evils of poverty in a Chicago slum and could signal the birth of a social conscience for Presley. Another recent record release, "If I Can Dream," proclaims brotherhood according to the gospel of Martin Luther King, but did not appear on the Vegas program. When asked if these songs marked a new direction he might take, Elvis answered, "I go by the material. When I got 'In The Ghetto,' I couldn't turn it down. It was too big." It's selling big, too-more than a million to date. Presley's plans include other personal appearances, through no dates have been specified, and more movie roles. "I'm going after more serious material," he said. "I'm tired of playing a guy who gets into a fight, then starts singing to the guy he's just beat up." And of course, the granddaddy of rock will continue trying to catch up with the times, sensing that he can't trade on the power of nostalgia forever. "There are a lot of new records out now that have the same sound I started. But they're better," he admitted, "I mean, you can't compare a song like 'Yesterday' with 'Hound Dog,' can you?'"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 1:12:50 GMT -5
Things that won't happen: Dylan revealing what the D. Means in his name It's gonna be like Homers middle name being J as in Jay. Dylan Dee Dylan Or Dylan Dylan Dylan
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Post by Colter on Aug 7, 2014 1:12:54 GMT -5
Beatles released the White Album, Yellow Submarine and Abbey Road at that time so they were still bigger in sales, etc. back then. Plus those are some of their most popular albums ever. Things that are happening: Two young teen boys discussing the 60s and music from that period How old is Spear Guy?
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