Elvis Presley

Legend. Must be some fans on here, surely?

I love his music, especially his early songs, but I'm not a big fan of his movies.

Huge fan of his but never seen his movies.

Favourite Elvis tracks

I wouldn't say I'm a fan, but he recorded some really good songs and influenced a lot of other great musicians.

My personal favorite:

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I once helped Frank Chisum (world champion Elvis impersonitor) change a flat on his van. He had the hair and makeup on but sadly not the rhinestone.



It was kinda bizarre. One of those memories which sticks with you.

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"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how the Tatty 100 is done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." - Brendan Behan

I am a fan. I prefer his earlier music to his later music, but even that stuff is listenable.

Sun Records FTW

Glorified, overrated fat karaoke star.

You really shouldn't talk about Frank Chisum that way.

Yeah, lay off Frank.

Semi-related, but I really like a singer called Jim Brown (what is it with Ulstermen and Elvis?) who does modern songs in an Elvis style.



He's a postman from Belfast.

The King

Live on a ship!

From the movie of the same name, Elvis' first, with the ghostly Jordanaires' backing vocals

With the awesome Scotty Moore and the invisible Jordanaires

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an underrated song of his

I'm a fan of his early stuff too, I don't think I've ever watched an Elvis movie all the way through.

Legend.. Hope John Carpenter's Elvis 1979 does well in the upcoming musical countdown. Although it probably won't cause it's not cringe enough.

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favourite live performance



also this one



favourite recording

I recently watched all 31 of Elvis' movies. I had a blast and to my surprise I found they were not all the same as people say. There were only 2 movies that were pretty badly made, some of the others were quite good and rest fun enough to enjoy.

I seen that when I was watching everything about Elvis that I could find. It was good but I prefer Elvis (2022).

My favorite Elvis live performances are the practice season for the 1973 Hawaiian concert that was the first program to ever be beamed around the world by satellite, Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii and the 1968 tv special Elvis: The Comeback Special extended version with deleted scene restored.