Elvis Presley Fans?

My wife loves Elvis. We visited Graceland and Sun Studios in Memphis this past summer and I enjoyed all that immensely.

I find Elvis' story fascinating but admittedly am not a huge fan of his music as a whole to date. I've been revisiting a lot of 50's R&R and related genres since visiting MEmphis this past summer. I picked up the Elvis 50's masters 4 CD set just last week and am in process of going deeper into Elvis' music, at least during his prime, currently than I ever have before. So far, the verdict is still out for me.

Tpreaves, Elvis could have been a very good actor, but he was never given a serious opportunity. You should view "Love Me Tender" which was the only movie where he had a real chance to act. Hollywood just wanted to continually produce Clambake type movies for him because they made money. They didn't want him to act, just show up. I didn't grow up during the Elvis era, but heard his music via my older siblings. I really feel that you are seriously discounting his talent and his impact on music by saying that he was an overhyped rock star.

Kijanki, thanks for the insight. I will now seek another idol. I am so bummed.
In addition to what has been said here I agree Elvis could have been given better oportunities in the movies. Tom Parker was a greedy control freak. Anothe r movie he did a good job in was King Creole, take the song performances out and it was a good script and he did a good job. It's a shame his career was so guided and that he wasn't allowed to do more of what he really wanted.
Not to mention his gospel.

My Mom, who was a big Elvis fan, bought tickets for the whole family to see Elvis in concert at Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa. That was 1970 when I was 16 and although I have been to many concerts since, there was no one else like Elvis. He gave one of the best performances I've ever attended and I will never forget it. Thanks Mom and Elvis!

I grew up listening to elvis, my parents met him at his house in belair Ca. , they waited outside the gate and he pulled in with Ann Margaret, let in my mom dad and aunt uncle, was very gracious,Ann was a different story, so I am told, we have pics of him with his arms around my mom and aunt and shaking hands with my dad and uncle,along with his, Thanks elvis presley, autograph on the back of the map,kinda neat,I always felt his soul when listening to him and really prefered his late 60s and 70s music,I find his live performances for the most part to be incredible, the energy, emotion, soul,its as if the music was a part of him,as far as I am concerned he will never be equaled. And the best thing about some of his recorded music is that it was done very well, high quality,I could go on and on but I think you get my point.....Pat70 thanks for the tip about BMG/Sony FTD.