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Spinout78 — 17 years ago(August 14, 2008 05:04 PM)
Why does it matter if he wrote it? Good music is good music, regardless of who writes it, records it, etc. When did Elvis ever take credit for anyone else's work? If he took credit, wouldn't all of his songs say HE wrote it? Besides, Elton John doesn't write his songs, is he a "phoney" too?
He doesnt know to play the guitar properly
Yeah? Bob Dylan doesn't know how to sing properly. Yet he was an amaing lyricist. Kind of like how Elvis is famous for his VOICE, nobody cares about his guitar playing
The real songwriter deserves the name fame and money!!!
They DO have fame and money. They get money from royalties for writing songs. And they are famous (at least, among Elvis fans who are actually aware (and don't need you to inform them) that Elvis didn't write his songs).
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LarrupinLou — 16 years ago(May 02, 2009 07:24 AM)
They DO have fame and money. They get money from royalties for writing songs. And they are famous (at least, among Elvis fans who are actually aware (and don't need you to inform them) that Elvis didn't write his songs).
Besides, almost nobody would want to hear them sing their own songs instead of Elvis anyway.
Basically, all you said in your post is that you're the world's biggest, most un-informed dumbass.
That sums it up nicely.
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LarrupinLou — 16 years ago(May 02, 2009 07:20 AM)
He doesnt know to play the guitar properly
Judging by your spelling and grammatical errors in your post, I'm pretty sure that he could type better than you, however.
BTW, does it count that he could play the piano fairly well?
Oh, your understanding of the word "plagiarize" is laughable.
If doping in sports is wrong(where people with no talent whatsoever..take drugs to enhance performance) then Elvis should be destroyed
If you eliminated all of the entertainers who
never
have used drugs, who would be left? Not many, unfortunately. BTW, comparing what Elvis took with steroids is beyond asinine. Another thing: Elvis is not the Frankenstein Monster, so how do you "destroy" a person dead for over 30 years?
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lesg2 — 16 years ago(January 08, 2010 08:49 PM)
By this time, Elvis was becoming a joke, just going through the motions and riding out his fame to the end.
Don't get me wrong, He is "The King Of Rock 'n Roll" but his best years were far behind him.
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ktowny — 16 years ago(January 09, 2010 09:27 AM)
I would argue that at the time these concerts were performed, Elvis was trying to shake the taint of his awful movies of his back and making a serious attmept to get back to the stage.
Consider he made some of his best recordings during this era, Suspicious Minds, If I Can Dream, In the Ghetto, etc. His 68 comeback put him back in the saddle. And the 1970 concerts were his return to the stage.
Sure, he went downhill not too soon afterwards, but this movie shows his return to form. Check out how much he gets into his performance during the rehersals. That's not a guy going through the motions. Sure, some of his schtick on stage is a bit off, but he was having fun at this point and hadn't given up yet.
And as far as cracking on the silly jumpsuit. Check out Jimmy Page in the Song Remains the Same. Its just as gaudy. -
LarrupinLou — 16 years ago(January 09, 2010 11:47 AM)
And as far as cracking on the silly jumpsuit. Check out Jimmy Page in the Song Remains the Same. Its just as gaudy.
Right. Elvis' wardrobe at the time wasn't that unusual for a rock star. It's only years later that it did it appear "silly," but that could also be said for many rockers of that time.
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LarrupinLou — 16 years ago(January 09, 2010 11:41 AM)
By this time, Elvis was becoming a joke, just going through the motions and riding out his fame to the end.
Don't get me wrong, He is "The King Of Rock 'n Roll" but his best years were far behind him.
I have to disagree with this. He starting becoming more robotic on stage after 1973 as his weight/health/drug problems increased, but he was still at the top of his game in 1970.
No blah, blah, blah!