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wow! Elvis really was The King!

  • 07-09-2020 11:42PM
    #1
    1990sman
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  • #2
    dulceetdecorum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭dulceetdecorum


    Yeah he even died on the throne


  • #3
    ShaneU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,139 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    Elvis isn't dead, I heard him on the radio


  • #4
    1990sman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 468 ✭✭1990sman


    yup livin off royalties in a spacestation like the rest of them. but he was The King.


  • #5
    touts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,869 ✭✭✭touts


    Not bad. But he really found his talent when he got into the chip van business.


  • #6
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,796 ✭✭✭KungPao


    I just googled "songs written by elvis"

    Result was "Elvis never wrote a single song".

    In a way, you have to respect that! Some neck.


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  • #7
    1990sman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 468 ✭✭1990sman


    KungPao wrote: »
    I just googled "songs written by elvis"

    Result was "Elvis never wrote a single song".

    In a way, you have to respect that! Some neck.
    Kingly neckage!


  • #8
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    ShaneU wrote: »
    Elvis isn't dead, I heard him on the radio

    There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis.


  • #9
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    KungPao wrote: »
    I just googled "songs written by elvis"

    Result was "Elvis never wrote a single song".

    In a way, you have to respect that! Some neck.

    He was a performer and entertainer, don't think he never claimed to be a song writer (could be wrong) but by god he could sing! I would imagine writing a song for him would have been great fun because he could do the ballads and the rock songs


  • #10
    The Golden Miller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭The Golden Miller


    Elvis was the king. Then John Lennon showed up!


  • #11
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    The Golden Miller wrote: »
    Elvis was the king. Then John Lennon showed up!

    Both ripped off Chuck Berry.


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  • #12
    nthclare
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭nthclare


    He's living in Clare and calls himself Eireann Esley.


  • #13
    buried
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,980 ✭✭✭buried


    Elvis was the original Vanilla Ice

    Bullet The Blue Shirts



  • #14
    1990sman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 468 ✭✭1990sman


    The Goldenas Miller wrote: »
    Elvis was the king. Then John Lennon showed up!
    lennon was cia!


  • #15
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,417 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    I like how he's put so much into the performance that he barely get the "thank you" at the end.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-pP_dCenJA


  • #16
    tdf7187
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭tdf7187


    American Trilogy live from Hawaii is probably the single greatest thing popular culture has given the world. Say no more.


  • #17
    topper75
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    Hungry now. Might go make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and stick it in the deep fat fryer. Mmmmm.

    Still selling Elvis tat on Beale St. in Memphis over four decades after he died. No current entertainment figure will match that kind of adulation.


  • #18
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,366 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    KungPao wrote: »
    I just googled "songs written by elvis"

    Result was "Elvis never wrote a single song".

    In a way, you have to respect that! Some neck.

    He never wrote any songs but his manager always made sure he received half the publishing royalties for any songs he recorded.


  • #19
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agDkgOGo3Fs


  • #20
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    KungPao wrote: »
    I just googled "songs written by elvis"

    Result was "Elvis never wrote a single song".

    In a way, you have to respect that! Some neck.

    Why would you expect him to write the songs? An actor doesn't often write the script.


  • #21
    tdf7187
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭tdf7187


    I would guarantee if you ask most of the rockstars, including Bono (love or loathe him at his best he was a great vocalist) they would all give props to Elvis. I saw the two lads from Aerosmith being interviewed by Chris Evans years back, and he gave them a list of bands and asked who would be the headliner in a dream concert, and they both said, basically in unison "none of the above. Elvis would be the headliner".


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
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    dulceetdecorum wrote: »
    Yeah he even died on the throne

    Yea, all those number 1s and it was a number 2 that killed him!


  • #23
    JupiterKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,966 ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    With classic numbers like this one, how could Elvis NOT be the King? :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxOBOhRECoo


  • #24
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Nah.


  • #25
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,153 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    the amount of auld lads who still dress up and do the elvis tributes is big. In Waterford we have Rocky Mills

    I imagine in the states there's 1000s of tribute acts to him


  • #26
    Irish Gunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,015 ✭✭✭Irish Gunner


    Stayed at the Heartbreak Hotel opposite Graceland years ago. Elvis everywhere and heart-shaped swimming pool and elvis songs constantly playing.

    Novelty for me but not sure about the staff..

    https://www.dublinarsenal.com/



  • #27
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,366 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Irish Gunner wrote: »
    Stayed at the Heartbreak Hotel opposite Graceland years ago. Elvis everywhere and heart-shaped swimming pool and elvis songs constantly playing.

    Novelty for me but not sure about the staff..

    Like the people who work in McScratchy's Goodtime Foodrinkery


  • #28
    War ensemble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ✭✭War ensemble


    Above average entertainer.


  • #29
    Irish Gunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,015 ✭✭✭Irish Gunner


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    Like the people who work in McScratchy's Goodtime Foodrinkery

    Was thinking same thing

    "Please kill me"

    https://youtu.be/sQogtTl2oNE

    https://www.dublinarsenal.com/



  • #30
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,852 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    ShaneU wrote: »
    Elvis isn't dead, I heard him on the radio

    The radio is older than Elvis. I saw him on YouTube which was only invented in 2005


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  • #31
    McGinniesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭McGinniesta


    The second most overrated musical act in history.


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