Going into 1956, I was so ready for Elvis! Fell in love with everything Elvis.. bought all his albums & 45's ... joined a huge fan club and collected photos from everywhere, of anything Elvis. It was good times. His first sounds were more rockabilly than rock n roll, but I followed it all. Saw him in concert only once. I was just out of high school, and went with my future husband.
When my older cousin got married her husband mentioned he was in the same company in the army as Elvis. I thought he was teasing until he brought out his yearbook and I saw the photos! He played touch football with Elvis on Sundays in the army. Even tough I wasn't a fan, I was still very impressed!
There is a few Elvis songs I like, but Elvis was no actor and his movies sucked, IMO. The last "lady" I dated was a die hard Elvis fan. One day I was driving her someplace and she was babbling about the Elvis song that was just played on my car radio. I casually mentioned that Elvis had a few good songs. "FEW GOOD SONGS"! she screamed, and punched me right in the crotch. That was our last date.
Hehe Oh, @Ike Willis , you have had quite an interesting life, sir. Some lessons we learn are very painful, eh?!
Oh, I agree with you 100% Ike ..... I could never, ever watch any of his movies!!! So bad! It was an embarrassment to his music talent ... He was a singer, not an actor.
"You'll Never Walk Alone" is my favorite Elvis Song. I posted it a while ago in the Peace thread but it's worth another listen
Thanks Lara ... BEAUTIFUL ... along that line, Peace in the Valley, Amazing Grace, so many more, move me so much.
When I was a kid growing up, my parents would always sing together, and as I learned their old songs, I loved to join in. Naturally, when I grew up and had kids of my own, we also all sang together. They learned the songs that I had grown up listening to, Elvis (my favorite, of course), Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Harry Belafonte, and many others. My son Michael is till a great Elvis fan, while my oldest son, Tony, seems to favor the old Johnny Cash songs now. I guess that it was just natural that my grandsons would also grow up singing, and music is a big part of their lives, as well. Here is a music video , written and performed by my oldest grandson, and videoed by the younger one. They have a YouTube channel, and he has a record album with this song on iTunes; so I am (understandably ) proud of both of them. I am sure that my mom and dad are watching down from Heaven, and glad that they taught me to enjoy singing when I was young, too.
What a talented cutie-pie and a great video! No wonder you're proud of your grandsons @Yvonne Smith ! He plays that guitar well and writes his own lyrics, wow. I especially like the phrase, "a symphony of silver tears and I'm lost". I wish them all the best
Blue Hawaii by Elvis. Love the movie too! I'm a bit of a romantic so this song is my favorite Elvis song.
Thank you , @Lara Moss , and also you, too, @Bonnie Thomas , for the compliments about my grandsons ! When we lived in Idaho, and they were young, we used to see them fairly often; but since we have moved out here to Alabama, we don't see them much at all. I keep up with them on Facebook , and my son had posted a link to my grandson's iTunes album. The song that I posted was one from the album. It was written when he broke up with his long-time sweetheart; so you know all of those lyrics came right from his heart. I know we are supposed to be posting Elvis' songs on this thread, but hopefully, @Mari North will let me get by with that one, since it was my grandson's song.
Sure, @Yvonne Smith ! I enjoyed the video very much... he's very good! Could have sworn I responded to the video after you posted it, but I don't see it in the thread so I'm thinking it was probably when my 'Net connection kept tanking a few days in a row. In any case, post whatever you want in the thread... I've never in my life been one to worry about what's "on topic"... never.