...mostly I remember my Elvis trading cards from the country store down the road and my mother for years afterwards shaking her head, moaning wistfully that no matter how fat/crazy etc he was by the end, "he never lost that voice." - XMASTIME
Besides today being the 50th anniversary of the Ramones' CBGBs' debut, it's the 47th anniversary of the day Elvis died.
I rarely ever post two different videos in one post, I know how difficult it is for some of you people to handle one, but I thought it's be cool to post one that is a sad memory, Bruce Springsteen's Bye Bye Johnny:
and then the ebullient Elvis, shown in this raucous clip from his 68' Comeback Special which cemented his status as the coolest & most charismatic human being on the planet.
I rarely ever post two different videos in one post, I know how difficult it is for some of you people to handle one, but I thought it's be cool to post one that is a sad memory, Bruce Springsteen's Bye Bye Johnny:
Hey little girl with the red dress onThere's party tonight down in Memphis townI'll be going down there if you need a rideThe man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died
VIVA LA ELVIS!
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