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Elvis Died For YOU

Mental Kenny said:
Also isn't there an old black and white video where Chuck Berry's getting a blowjob from a girl on her knees as he loudly farts, then he says "I bet you can smell that". I'm sure I saw such a video posted somewhere, it must have been very old and of bad quality, I'm not sure whether it was Chuck Berry or another musician of the time
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Amazing.
 
Myshkin said:
Elvis owes as much to Hank Williams as he does to any r&b musician though. And sure - rednecks loved Hank, but everybody should.
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Didn't say "black" music was his only influence, Myshkin. Just the one that he's most noted for.

Incidentally, I fukkin loathe Elvis. Was the only records my auld man allowed in the house. And made us watch those godawful tikitiki films he made during his fallow period. He used to put on Old Shep too piss off MamaSham onna regular basis. Such a vomitous song. Johnny Cash version ftw.
 
Cool will do, anything to get the other image out of my head 8(

That being said I do like Elvis, or his early stuff anyway.
 
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Nobody goes out like a rockstar these days, it was so much more glamorous when they'd die in a pool of their own sick, or whatnot.....respectable, IMO.
 
Elvis' death set a precedent for all musicians to aim toward.
 
Elvis is too big to be liked or disliked. Put 'we're so glad Elvis is dead' into YouTube. good song by a v early dutch punk group, called Tits.
 
Pagey said:
That being said I do like Elvis, or his early stuff anyway.
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Some of the 1969/1970 live stuff is as hard-hitting as the early stuff tho Pagey - particularly his version of "Polk Salad Annie" with that incredible band he had at that time - Jerry Schiff (guy who played bass on the Doors last album), Ronnie Tutt (drummer, played with Gram Parsons) and James Burton (great solo he did on "hello mary lou").

I like a lot of the ballads he did after Cilla left him and he became clinically depressed. "It's easy for you" and "Seperate ways".
 
Shambles said:
Incidentally, I fukkin loathe Elvis. Was the only records my auld man allowed in the house.
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But you can't blame the king for that shammy! People always go on about how "cool" punk was but anyone who was there at the time spent most of their lives keeping out of the way of fucking dickheads with leather jackets and mohicans. But you can't blame the pistols for all the people who liked them.

Good Johnny Rotten line about the kings death tho - "Good riddance to bad rubbish. I don't give a fucking shit and no-one else does either. It's just fun to fake sympathy". He said the same thing about Sid too - "Good riddance to him".
 
Ismene said:
But you can't blame the king for that shammy! People always go on about how "cool" punk was but anyone who was there at the time spent most of their lives keeping out of the way of fucking dickheads with leather jackets and mohicans. But you can't blame the pistols for all the people who liked them.

Good Johnny Rotten line about the kings death tho - "Good riddance to bad rubbish. I don't give a fucking shit and no-one else does either. It's just fun to fake sympathy". He said the same thing about Sid too - "Good riddance to him".
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Re your first paragraph Ismene. That's based on your reading from books right? After all, you've told me your 'age' so you couldn't have possibly been there could you? :p I was there, just, and you're wrong. The Mohicans spent most of their time getting chased and beaten by rockers...old women with handbags...etc.

Regarding your second paragraph. Spot on butter advertising man. Fuck Elvis. Sid was a cunt (Paul Weller sorted him out). And no-one cares for rock stars doing butter adverts.

But more than anything...fuck Elvis. Both of them.
 
I don't think there's many who was born after Elvis died who has a very accutate picture of him. They just focus on what they like from what they've seen of him.

I loved Elvis as a child, but when I grew up I thought he was just a smarmy singer and the most commercial rubbish, etc. But after I saw a few documentaries of him I completely changed my mind. All those things don't really matter - he was a remarkably good performer, one of the best in our history, and he was a beautiful soul.

I read an interview with a woman who starred with him in his first movie (before she went to Convent) and she said you could never imagine how innocent he was, how pure he was. Made me feel kind of bad I had judged him for no reason. I think he's at his best in his more spiritual songs, like "If I can dream". Really strong performance - you can tell he really feels it - I think because he was so depressed at the time he was able to relate to the all the difficulties of humanity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC6rFa_BlZA

I always find seeing this very uplifting/healing. I think because he was so close to God there, and Elvis was pretty high-consciousness, so it can give you the feeling of being lifted up to his level.
 
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Ismene said:
Good Johnny Rotten line about the kings death tho - "Good riddance to bad rubbish. I don't give a fucking shit and no-one else does either. It's just fun to fake sympathy". He said the same thing about Sid too - "Good riddance to him"
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yeah... then he went on to advertise butter



i believe bill hicks put it best...

here's the deal folks, you do a commercial - youre off the artistic roll-call, forever. end of story. youre another fuckin' corporate shill... everything you say is suspect
 
We all need to pay the bills somehow!

Joking aside, I've given this a lot of thought over the years and I agree with BHM. Selling one's name/likeness/soul to a big corporation, purely for financial gain, detracts heavily from any artistic integrity said person may hold.

If Mr Rotten needed the cash, why didn't he record something or organise a tour? Hell, at least he could have advertised something congruent to his ideals/image/art.
 
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