38 Year Anniversary Of Elvis Dying.....
 

This year marks the 38th anniversary of Elvis passing away, yet he still lives on in people's minds. Would you take a road trip to Graceland if you could to mark Elvis passing and what is your single most favorite Elvis song?

The other thing is not much promotion was given to the gospel records that Elvis made. I think they wanted to portray him more as a dangerous leather clad singer then a man who was deeply religious. It looks like Elvis sang a huge amount of gospel songs......

I have taken a trip to Graceland after being escorted out of West Memphis by the cops.

I always found it a little odd that we 'celebrate' death anniversaries. Its like...we get it, they're dead. Move on.

Agreed. As for favourite song, In the Ghetto is a masterpiece.

I'd like to take the trip at some point, see the jungle room and all that. Favorite song is tough though. Probably My Baby Left Me or Are You Lonesome Tonight, but That's All Right, Milk Cow Blues Boogie, the alternative take of I Love You Because, and Love Me Tender all come close.

It's more about celebrating their life and work on the day they died. Celebrating someone's life on the day they died is a common thing so it makes sense people would do the same with artists they admire.

All the accountants advised Priscilla to sell Graceland and other things Elvis owned because truth be told he did not have a lot of money when he died. She decided instead to open up some parts of Graceland as a place people could visit. She eventually made millions of dollars for herself and Lisa Marie.........I'n sure millions of Elvis fans are happy that she did not sell Graceland.

You know he didn't really die, right? He's in the Illuminati fortress with Tupac, Marylin Monroe, and Jim Morrisson. Elvis doesn't really like Tupac because he's kind of racist.

I think the same thing therefore this is now fact.

Everything you said is true except that Elvis is racist.

Yes he was. Fight the power.

Nah, Public Enemy took that from an article written at the time with no actual source of credibility. James Brown was good friends with Elvis and said that those allegations were ridiculous and that Elvis was responsible for opening the door to black artists at the time making names for themselves. He even fought to have black back up singers tour with him when venue owners tried to stop them from performing with him.

You can believe the white man's narrative but I know the truth.

Not even gonna watch that propaganda nonsense. My mind is made up.

Elvis was a satan worshipper who exposed hip shaking and that sinful Rock 'N' Roll Music to a innocent god loving American youth who used to listen to real music like Bing Crosby and Al Jolson.

Highly doubtful that Elvis was a racist. His Mother which he worshiped picked cotton along side black people in the fields of Mississippi........Not a chance that he was a racist. Probably saw a whole lot of racist people around him due to the era he was growing up in.......

So because his mom saw a black person once he couldn't possibly be racist? That sounds like the typical whitey narrative of the situation to keep the image of their king pristine.

Frowny you actually have to read my post to be able to comment on it logically..... I did not say Elvis Mother saw a "black " person once. She picked cotton with them " Every Day " That would be several times a week. Numerous times a month....... The rest of your post is sadly not even worth commenting on intelligently.......:afro:

So because she saw black people often Elvis isn't racist? I'm not convinced. What someone's parents does means nothing.

What someone's parents does means nothing? Are you for real? Where do you think you got your "values from"? You know those people that lived in the same house as you. May have brought you up and taught you things. Seriously you need to think a bit about what is being discussed here before you start throwing foolish statements out like the last one. By most accounts Elvis was a polite respectful person. It has been written about and discussed thousands of times..........

My dads pretty racist but I'm not. My mom doesn't like instrumental music and it's my favourite. Parents do have an influence on our worldview but that doesn't mean that we morally become mirror images of them.

Elvis was probably a nice guy to honkie journalists who would speak highly of him, but talk to Elvis while having a heavy tan or while dark and he'd probably try to break his guitar over your head for promoting integration. It's pretty much undeniable that Elvis was racist, just look at him and listen to his music.

[QUOTE=Frownland;1621387]My dads pretty racist but I'm not. My mom doesn't like instrumental music and it's my favourite. Parents do have an influence on our worldview but that doesn't mean that we morally become mirror images of them.

Elvis was probably a nice guy to honkie journalists who would speak highly of him, but talk to Elvis while having a heavy tan or while dark and he'd probably try to break his guitar over your head for promoting integration. It's pretty much undeniable that Elvis was racist, just look at him and listen to his music.[/QUO

Frowny sometimes I wonder if your parents may have just let you fall out of your crib to purposely damage your head.

They knew well enough to show me how to identify racists like Elvis and to not insult people just because I disagree with them. You can rationalize being a fan in the light of his personality all you want but it is a tried and true fact that he was racist and hated the blacks with a passion. It's okay to separate an artist from their art, but if you can't do that don't go around ignoring facts.

Sorry but NO where that I know of does anyone elude to the fact that Elvis was a "racist" ......He was extremely over weight and a drug addict, but a racist I'm afraid not. :afro: So since Mom and Dad did such a good job of showing you how to identify when someone is a racist I will totally 100% agree with you if you can paste a story from anywhere in the world that states Elvis was a racist with actual "facts " attached........:wave:

'I really don't like black people.'
-Elvis in an unpublished Rolling Stone interview, 1959

Rolling Stone ? the magazine that buys "fake rape " stories? You are going to have to do way better then that.............:whythis:

Well I'm off to read "Down At The End Of Lonely Street " to see if there is any mention of Elvis being a "racist " See if you can dig up any factual accounts of this.....

You're just in denial, man. Remember, Rolling Stone was also a part of the media that supported the white man's portrait of Elvis, would you dismiss what they published if they were sucking Elvis's cock as they usually do? There's a reason that that interview was unpublished, it was because it didn't back up all of the lies that had been posted about Elvis. But if you insist, I will offer. Elvis was such an insurmountable wall of racism that I can pull quotes for days.

"I remember James Brown asked me what I thought of his music. I told him that if he were white he'd be my favourite artist."
Elvis in an interview with Sounds Magazine (UK) 1971

Just come to terms with it dude, doesn't make you any less of a person to admit that your boy was a racist.

Either you are accusing Tupac as being a racist (because the antecedent of "he" is Tupac) or your English is deplorable. I usually wouldn't say anything thing, but I really don't care for your thread derailing.

I wonder if he would still be alive today if he never died.

:rofl:

lol

I'm not sure where you're getting that from, Mr N? There's nothing wrong with his English: if he were to state every person by name it would be "Elvis doesn't really like Tupac because Elvis is kinda racist." The only thing using "he's" does is make it very slightly ambiguous as to whether Frown is talking about Elvis or Tupac, but I think we can work out he's talking about Elvis, in the context of what he has already written. I don't see how that makes his English "deplorable". :confused:

Now if he has said "Elves are racist", then yes, you'd wonder what he had been smoking. I've no interest in Elvis personally, but I would worry that Frown seems to like just stirring the pot for the sake of it. Here we have a guy paying tribute to one of his heroes and Frown drops in a totally out-of-left-field comment which turns the thread into a discussion about whether or not Presley was racist. It probably matters, but is this the place to do it? And if he's gonna do it then should he not provide, as was requested, actual evidence, rather than a pithy line about an "unpublished article"? I mean, I know if I started saying one of his heroes was racist, or a bigamist, or a satan-worshipper, or occasionally listened to prog rock, he'd want proper, irrefutable backup, so why is he not providing this when asked?

Mind you, I'm not denying the possibility that Elvis was racist; I neither know nor particularly care. But a claim like that demands backup.