Community Chat

[Karie2022]

Wow...can't believe tomorrow marks 40 years since his passing....I'm sure he wasn't everyone's cup of tea; he was a bit before my time, and the kids would tease me because I liked Elvis ....whatever...I liked him anyway, still do...I was 13 when he passed...remember it like many passings in ones life time...mostly with sadness and shock...but now his music makes me smile...so if you loved him, crank up one of your favorite Elvis tunes tomorrow and smile

[NicksmomESQ]

  I loved Elvis.He had the most incredible voice.I have never heard anybody sound anything like him.I miss his uniqueness!! 

  I'm sure Elvis is entertaining all the angels in heaven!!

[KathyM23]

I can't believe it has been 40 years.   Where did the time go.  I can remember as a young teen sitting on my front porch listening to Elvis on my pink and black faux leather portable transister radio (remember those?).  Boy was he good looking!  I thought how sad when he got drafted.  Being so young, I thought that was the finish of everything.  Goes to show what I knew!  I remember him on the Ed Sullivan show where they could only show him from the waist up.  Boy would Ed turn over in his grave to see what passes for entertainment on TV now.

[Kookielady]

I cannot believe it's been 40 years.  My ex husband & I saw him at the Boston Garden.

[Katcat1]

Elvis was the King of Rock 'n Roll. It's really sad that his life was so short.  He got caught up into what others do in the music business.  My girlfriend went to see him in Vegas in his late years and she told me he split his pants and had to leave the stage.  He really was a true performer.  I am sorry I never saw him in concert.  

[Pearlee]

I remember being on the freeway with the radio on and hearing the news of his death.  I probably should have gotten off the freeway at that point, because I was most definitely "all shook up." 

And yes, I sure do remember transistor radios.  I loved mine, which came in a really nice British tan leather case.  I used mine all the time.  

[hckynut]

@Karie2022

Had all of his Gospel released music on CD/some on Laserdisc and DVD. Lost most of it during our basement sewage flood. Still have several that were not in the basement at that time during my 6+ days of hospitalization.

Saw him live in Concert here 4 out of his 5 visits. Missed 1 because of being in the hospital in 1974 having back surgery. Saw him live in concert in August not long before he died. He did not look good, but his voice was the best I had ever heard him sing. He was/is the King of music to me, specifically Southern Gospel Music. Live in concert when backed by J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, and the Sweet Inspirations, with Kathy Westmoreland.

Rest in Peace Elvis.

hckynut(john)

[hckynut]

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@Katcat1 wrote:

"Elvis was the King of Rock 'n Roll" 

@Katcat1

He was/is also my King of Southern Gospel Music, where it all began for Elvis.

hckynut(john)

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[Trix]

Elvis could rock it, twang it, croon it, make soul/R&B sound like it was his, and gives me shivers with his gospel renditions. He was a master of vocalizing any form of music he decided to perform. Love always to Elvis!

One more thing, out of the mouth of babes (as in little girls).  In one instance the girl was watching an Elvis movie and she commented on how cute he looked in his swimming trunks.  The other girl (from a different family in a seperate situation) asked if I had Elvis records.  I have an extensive music collection so it was a reasonable inquiry.  When I asked why she wanted to hear Elvis Presley, the response was she had heard some of his songs on TV liked what she heard.      

[meallen616]

Loved Aloha from Hawaii,