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Dynarider
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 04:19 pm: | 
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after he left Sun, it was downhill at a high rate of speed . . . his management may have been even worse (by today's standards), but Elvis had about 6 months of good work, 12 month of understandable fame
Elvis had a recording career that spanned 20 years. His first songs were recorded around 1954 or so & in 1976 he was still recording. A lot of his songs from the late 50's & early 60's are classics today, & I personally find a lot of his later work great. I think Suspicious Minds is one of his best works & thats from 69. Burning love is another song of his that is great & its from 72.
Did you know Elvis was the first person to be censored on tv? He was also the first to go "un-plugged" for an audience..Something MTV would start doing 20 years later. He was the 1st to perform an entire concert that was globally televised.
Elvis was in inspiration for all those who have followed him. The man took steps that were deemed too risky & yet he succeded. |
Bomber
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 04:44 pm: |
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Dyna
your data points are all accurate, I'm sure (as they most always are) . . . my opinions stand, however, in that he did little original work throughout his career, and his work declined, greatly, after his initial exposure |
Rocketman
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 06:50 pm: |
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A friend of mine took Suspicious Minds to the number 1 slot in States way back in the 80's. His band was the first to chart an Elvis cover in the States since Elvis's death - seems previously no one touched Elvis stuff out of respect - but then my good friend was born in Birmingham.
Rocket  |
Ray_maines
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 07:01 pm: |
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I'm just a curning urn of burning love.............. |
Ray_maines
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 07:04 pm: |
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Rocket: you got friends? |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 11:27 pm: |
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Dyna, I guess that's true...Buell motorcycles are "moderately talented" the same way Elvis was. I'll accept that! |
Crusty
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 05:46 am: |
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Hey, Anonymous; Dyna's going to be riding a Firebolt with Lightning ergonomics in the not too distant future. Then he'll be singing the praises on the XBs while finding other things to stir the pot about. I'll bet you a can of Pepsi on it. |
Innes
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 06:04 am: |
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I agree that he never did anything half decent after he left Sun, the early rockabilly stuff had raw edge to it, & everything else after was just over produced & yes, marketed, but then that's the American way ain't it?
& hey Bubba as for Lisa-Marie maybe she is & maybe she ain't but I'm told that in the South that don't matter!!!!!!!
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Dynarider
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 07:58 am: |
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Buell motorcycles are "moderately talented" the same way Elvis was. I'll accept that!
Remains to be seen if Buell continues to parallel Elvis & eventually dies an early & tragic death.
Crusty, you never know what will happen in this crazy world. |
Ara
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 08:48 am: |
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Bomber. Thank you.
I think it's plain that the way such "talents" as Britany Spears and Christian Agulara are being marketed today owes much to way Elvis was marketed. |
Bomber
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 09:31 am: |
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Ara . . . .we agree that Elvis' career IS a great example of early marketing in the rock and roll world . . . . we've yet to see the end of it, and likely never will . .. .
I was lucky in that I lived in a household that exposed me to the stuff Elvis and his handlers "borrowed" from . . . hearing the originals took the fun out of the weak re-makes immediately, for me, anyways . . . .
this is like the discussion last year on the white rapper (I forget his name) . . . it proves that taste is highly variable, and little objective data exists to prpove, or disprove anyone's taste (thank goodness, I say) |
Ara
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 12:39 pm: |
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Bomber,
My older sister was an Elvis nut, so I too got a lot of early exposure. The AM radio was always on when my sister was home. But then she grew out of Elvis and thought that the Beatles were angles from heaven, and I observed how fickle apparently die-hard fans (and the music business in general, I later learned) could be. Sometimes attention span, sizzle factor, and the latest new thing and how it's packaged and marketed have a lot more to do with success than talent, depth, or real contribution. As for popular opinion, it surely must be the most fickle thing in the universe.
Russ |
Bomber
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 12:46 pm: |
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Amen, brother, Amen
signed, a Beach Boy Fan that never quite got the Beatles <grin> |
Blake
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 08:55 pm: |
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My view on the subject...
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