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It's hard to believe that it's been thirty three years since Elvis left us, I remember it as if it were yesterday. I'm spinning a few discs now in honour. He will never be forgotten, to my mind anyhow.
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I only have one King, and Elvis is not him.
No worries, Storyteller: Elvis made the same remark at a concert where some fans were holding up a placard saying "Elvis is King." He was very much of the same belief about it that you are.
Regardless, Elvis's passing is still very sad and to this day, I believe, a big loss to the music world. There will never be another Elvis.
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Although I have always been a devoted Elvis fan, I must admit that I consider Jerry Lee Lewis to be a better rock n' roller!
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My biggest memory of the day, was looking out my apartment window and seeing a police car pull up, and an office getting out and escorting my 7 mos. pregnant wife out of the squad car! There was record-breaking heat. She had passed out, waiting on the El platform. His movies were such a major part of my life. There wasn't one that I didn't see during its original release. Of course, back then, I saw just about everything during its original release!
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It's really a shame that the recent Blu-Ray (&DVD) release of Elvis On Tour substitued the opening track of Johnny B Goode, with a horribly edited live version of Don't Be Cruel.
Richard G.
I won't go on and on about it here because I already went on and on about it on the Elvis message board I'm a part of. It's a total shame, and Warners' lame excuse was that Chuck Berry and his people never got back to them. Um, howzabout walking up to him after a friggin' concert, throwing a bit of money at him and saying, "uh, we cool?"? I know the guy can be a curmudgeon but this is an historic Elvis release, not to mention that Warners purposefully make no mention of the replaced music anywhere on or in the packaging. Damn, I went on and on about it here, too. 
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I had the chance to see Elvis in NYC and later in California when I was very young, but could never afford the tickets. It is a regret of mine that I didn't get to see him perform live. So I alleviate the regret by listening to over a hundred live concerts and a great many studio session tapes.
I think LOVING YOU (1957) is a seriously good film, and an important film in the 1950s. I love everything about it -- the clothes, the cars, the locations, the sets, the casting, the rich color, the way its shot, the story and how its told, the whole aesthetic of it, and of course Elvis Presley himself. I guess it's my favorite of his films.
Richard
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Hi, Accidental Genius, do you frequent the Elvis CD collectors MB? That's the one I usually read, but I rarely post.
Octoberman, I also prefer EP's 70s material. I love the live stuff.
Richard G.
Hey, Spider. If that site's also referred to as FECC then no, not really any more - too mean-spirited over there, especially the self-appointed "Dr. John Carpenter" (an Elvis film character for those non-Elvis fans here, not the director  ). I, too, love Elvis's '70s material but he had amazing material in all three decades, imo.
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Who cares if Garth Brooks sold more records than Elvis. His voice sounds like a sick transmission.
Could not agree more. I've never heard a more popular artist sing so off-key... on studio recordings no less, and with alarming frequency. Can't stand the disingenuous music that, in my opinion, he passes off as so sincere. Two of my closest friends are big fans, though, so even good, smart people like him, it seems. 
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