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Topic: Elvis - seventy-seven today... |
Roger Rettig
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Posted 8 Jan 2012 5:09 pm |
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I wonder what he'd be up to today if things had turned out differently.
He certainly made an impact, didn't he?
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Bill Hatcher
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Posted 8 Jan 2012 6:13 pm
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| saw him in 75..he was incredible |
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LJ Eiffert
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Posted 8 Jan 2012 9:24 pm
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I had a great time playing drums with him when I was 14 in New Orleans,Louisiana at The Cadillac Club in the 9th ward.He was still a truck driver then.He would still be on top today here in 2012 for sure just like Keith Whitley.  Uncle Leo |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2012 11:31 pm
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| I'll bet he's finally lost that weight. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 7:19 am
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edited
my apologies Roger
Last edited by CrowBear Schmitt on 9 Jan 2012 12:14 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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George Crickmore
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 8:45 am
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You gotta be glad Elvis died when he did because these Viagra commercials would have killed him.
You know these Viva Viagra ones. You ever see guys that are happier about broken dicks?
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 11:29 am
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I'm disappointed that this thread has degenerated in the way it has; I just felt like honouring someone I consider to have been a great and original artist.
I'd like it closed, please.
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George Crickmore
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Myrtle Beach South Carolina, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 11:57 am
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| Roger Rettig wrote: |
I'm disappointed that this thread has degenerated in the way it has; I just felt like honouring someone I consider to have been a great and original artist.
I'd like it closed, please. |
I love Elvis but you gotta know if he were around today he would never have his music used in a commercial like Viagra. The answer would have not only be no but HELL NO.
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 1:46 pm
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 2:13 pm
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Not 'mad', Ron - disappointed.
Sadly it seems that Presley is seen more as a punch-line these days than he is for his considerable achievements. I know that, as a public figure who no doubt courted publicity for all it was worth, he's fair game but surely he's at least deserving of the accolades that are heaped on old Opry stars when they pass away?
Sure he had weaknesses, but who here can be certain that they'd have dealt with the pressures of that life with any more dignity?
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LJ Eiffert
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California, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 4:09 pm
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| Hello Roger Retting! I proud of you for what your words are. Believe me Elvis was no pussy cat.It's amazing how people talk about some one who not around so they could really stand up to them face to face.The whole RCA family of taking care of their artist is something to wonder about. Just think who died on this label.Elvis,Keith and who? Insurance money is great when it set up.The paralyzed eyes & ears sure turn cold after the fire is gone.God Bless the kings of Music who are gone because of other not jumping in to really help them.So,don't stop your topic,you made a great point.Sincerely in Music,Uncle Leo |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 6:51 pm
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Rog, Elvis is way bigger and better than any stupid remarks. Long live the King!
BTW, last nite on one of those pawn shows, an old close friend of Jerry Lee Lewis played a short bit from one of those funky walk-in and cut a record labels, the first ever recording by The Killer, '54 I think. Priceless! He was with JLL that day it was cut, didn't sell it, said he'd probably be buried with it. |
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Cleat Wooley
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Louisiana, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Jan 2012 1:40 pm
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He would still B being ELVIS !!!!TK. U very much
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2012 5:00 pm
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| Cleat has left the building. |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 11 Jan 2012 11:40 am
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Elvis is underrated for his musicianship I think. Those old Sun recordings with just him, Scotty & Bill were his best in my opinion. Elvis could play a driving rhythm guitar as those records will attest to. I worked with an Elvis impersonator for 9 years (Sterling Riggs) here in Va. and had a really great time and the music was fun. We'd do a fifties set of mostly Sun stuff and then do a set of mostly the Vegas stuff with a couple of movie tunes thrown in. Elvis was a great vocalist for sure. I remember the first time I heard "It's Now or Never". I was in the US Army in Germany and it was on a jukebox in one of the base clubs. When Elvis hit that last note I thought "My God, he sounds like Mario Lanza" on that. I never knew he had such power and range. He'll always be one of my favorites. Thanks Roger for starting this thread about one of the truly original musical icons. There'll never be another like him......JH in Va.
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LJ Eiffert
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California, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2012 11:54 am
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Hey Jerry,Sure there is another Elvis,Jerry Walker,Dennis Colt and many more in the world.  Uncle Leo |
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Joe Casey
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Posted 16 Jan 2012 8:36 am
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Elvis and I started about the same time although he is a little older..But he had a gimmick..Elvis the Pelvis...Not much I could do with my middle name being Enos..Can you Imagine Enos the, oh well..There are lots of Impersonators
  leo I'll bet you played with or know just about everybody ..Too bad they are all deceased..Been nice if you could have got them to be on the Forum.. |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2012 9:10 am
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| The cameltoe from hell! |
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Dave Hopping
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Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 16 Jan 2012 10:03 am
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Roger,I think Elvis' musical bona fides are well enough established that they'll withstand any amount of snickering over his appearance...
But his career and his life only serve to show that the person and the persona are very often two entirely different things.I recall seeing some footage of him taken right before he got out of the Army where he was asked if he had a girl friend and he said there was someone he had an interest in.As we know now,he was speaking of Priscilla,who was then fourteen(!) years old.If he could contemplate such an inappropriate relationship,it's easy to see that managing his talent,not to mention his health,with some artistic integrity is a concept that would not occur to him until it was too late to do much more than run a kick-*ss live oldies band.
But what a band! And what a frontman! |
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 16 Jan 2012 10:33 am
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Thanks, Dave, for your thoughtful post and, of course, you're right; he doesn't need me to defend him.
Here's how I most like to remember him. It's 1957 and this is from 'Loving You'. He's singing 'Teddy Bear' and, although the costume department were playing the hillbilly card, Elvis pulls it off! There's that stunning Gibson SJ-200 (and Scotty has his L-5) and Elvis is clowning it up, yet with a dawning awareness of his power to engage an audience.
This was rock and roll!
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 16 Jan 2012 11:44 am
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i find that pic to clean & stereotyped
here's one i find more appropriate to " rock & roll "
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2012 1:53 pm
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Elvis McAwesome!
Dave, Elvis had a real problem with females that had borne a child, disliked it greatly, and I've always figured this had a lot to do with his estrangement from his wife after they had their one and only child. But when he first spied and was overwhelmed with Priscilla, he properly went to her father and put forth his overture of interest in her and eventually won the family over, while always being the gentleman and never attempting to have more than was allowable until she was 16, then all bets were off and her parents couldn't stop the inevitable that she wanted as well. |
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Joe Casey
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Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 16 Jan 2012 2:14 pm
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 The King lives on ..
 And on .. |
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Dave Hopping
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Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 16 Jan 2012 4:13 pm
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Elvis McAwesome!
Dave, Elvis had a real problem with females that had borne a child, disliked it greatly, and I've always figured this had a lot to do with his estrangement from his wife after they had their one and only child. But when he first spied and was overwhelmed with Priscilla, he properly went to her father and put forth his overture of interest in her and eventually won the family over, while always being the gentleman and never attempting to have more than was allowable until she was 16, then all bets were off and her parents couldn't stop the inevitable that she wanted as well. |
Ron,I've heard that too,and read further (don't remember where now)that EP distanced himself from Priscilla the instant he learned she was expecting.
OK,there's a lot of dirt to be dished about any public figure whose notoriety comes even in part from having sex appeal.....Marilyn,JFK,Jayne Mansfield,Jim Morrison,maybe even Hank Williams all come to mind.It does appear as though the lives of those who trade on that,however inadvertently,are shortened,and I can't help but wonder what a hypothetical clean-and-sober Elvis Presley might have done in his later years.Since he didn't write,he might have been an interpreter like Frank Sinatra.
I can imagine him with Linda Ronstadt duet-ing on "When Will I be Loved".What can YOU imagine him singing?
EDIT: Roger,thanks for bringing him up.EP is an icon and considering his legacy is time well spent. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2012 7:34 pm
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| Dave, I've always wondered what the pairing of Elvis' contemporary, Eddie Cochran, would have gave us. It's said that Eddie was the only one that Elvis feared having a shot at his crown, and hearing those two team up would have truly been 'something else'. Another interesting pairing, Lee Hazelwood. |
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