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Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Elvis Presley and His Music From the Heart
Gen Wright asked: When Elvis began putting together his collection of music for his comeback, he was able to reflect on many years of a great range of popular American music, including his own and that of other people.Elvis was blessed with a natural talent to sing just about anything, but he also needed to [...]
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Elvis Presley Blog ? A New Look
Today I changed the theme for the Elvis Presley Blog and I hope you all will like it. The previous theme felt a little too busy for me and I wanted to find something more simple and straight forward. Something that focussed on content more then the theme. I hope I?ve found it with this [...]
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Elvis Mr. Potato Head, Part 2 and 3
Most Elvis websites and blogs noted the announcement of Elvis Mr. Potato Head back in June. Some were actually hostile to the idea, but I liked it and said so. I may be old, but I like my Elvis toys, and this is a good one.
Source: http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2010/10/30/4667625.html
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Elvis' High School Memorabilia
A few months ago, I wrote an article for Elvis International magazine titled ?Elvis? High School Yearbook.? A copy of this highly desired collectible was sold at an Elvis auction this summer, and the auction website showed pictures of every Elvis reference, picture, and signature in the yearbook.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Unusual Christmas Gifts at Find-me-a-gift
Find-me-a-gift asked: At Find-Me-A-Gift, we pride ourselves on having the most incredible range of Unusual Christmas Gifts known to man! Whether you?re looking for an Unusual Christmas Gift for your mum, an Unusual Christmas Gift for your brother, an Unusual Christmas Gift for your friend or an Unusual Christmas Gift for a girlfriend, Find-Me-A-Gift can [...]
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Memories of Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen passed away this week. Although there is no connection between him and Elvis, he did star in the Naked Gun movies with Priscilla. She and Nielsen had one classic bit that you may remember.
Nice beaver.
Source: http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2010/12/10/4700263.html
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Elvis and the Island of Misfit Gifts
Do you remember the Christmas video Rudolph: The Island of Lost Toys? It was the sequel to the classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and it still shows up on television from time to time.
I saw this publicity still on the internet and thought there might be a parallel in Elvisworld. Over the past fifty-five years, there have been many, many Elvis products introduced ? and some were pretty crummy. I know, because I?ve received some of them as Christmas presents.
So, if there was an Elvis Island of Misfit Gifts, here are some strange items that should be there.
Elvis Bikini: Would any of you ladies really wear this? Probably not, when you consider where the words ?Good Rockin? Tonight? are positioned when the pants are on. Remember, terms like Rock and Roll and Good Rockin? originally were euphemisms for having sex, so some folks who see you in this suit might get the wrong message. On the other hand, if you are on vacation and looking to make things happen, the old Elvis bikini might just do it.
Elvis Guitar: This one actually freaks me out. Elvis? head looks like some kind of mutant growth on the side of the guitar. I just don?t think any up-an-coming young guitar player would be caught dead with this thing. Can't you just see a high school kid cringe when Grandma gives him this guitar for Christmas?
Elvis for Dummies: This might actually be full of good stuff about Elvis, but so are lots of other books. If a real Elvis fan owns this, it probably was a Christmas present from some relative who doesn?t have a clue.
Elvis Toilet Seat Cover: There is one way this could be an okay gift. It would work for those really committed fans who have their own Elvis Room -- and there is a bathroom right across the hall. It probably already has a bunch of overflow stuff from the Elvis Room, so the Elvis toilet seat cover will work out there just fine.
Hunk ?A Burnin? Love Coffee Mug: I have received other Elvis coffee mugs for Christmas, and they're fine. But, this mug is a definite misfit. Why a cartoon Elvis? Especially one with no nose or mouth. In this image, Elvis looks like he has a duck bill. And, it also looks likes he is giving the finger.
50s Elvis Hat: Maybe this hat was cool back in the 50s, but I doubt it. Dorky and Elvis just don?t mix. It says GALS on the sign, so maybe the Elvis Presley hat looked good on them.
Elvis Sex Toy: Just kidding. But, the real product description doesn?t make much more sense: ?Elvis Keyboard Cleaner Brush.? I guess you lift the hair off and it?s the handle for the brush.
Elvis Airplane Teapot: I have photos of other Elvis teapots, but they are just variations of Elvis? head. This one goes farther and has Elvis in an airplane. I don?t know what that other little snowman is about, unless he is an alternate lid for the pot. Not much of an improvement, is it?
Elvis Album Cover Necktie: I actually have this one, and, yes, it was a Christmas present. Because I wear ties only at weddings or funerals, I guess my Elvis tie will never get out of the closet. Maybe I?ll have some occasion to wear it as a joke.
Elvis and Nixon Globe: Graceland snow globes are nifty. Elvis and Nixon globes?not so much.
Elvis Impersonator Wine Caddy: The ad on the internet actually calls this ?Custom Elvis Impersonator Wine Caddy.? Why Elvis impersonator and not Elvis? Maybe they knew it was too ugly for Graceland to make it an EPE licensed product, so they couldn?t call it Elvis. All I know is, the next time I want to carry some wine around, it won?t be in one of these misfits.
Betty Boop Bobbler: Let?s see, the stand says ?Elvis,? and that looks like a white Elvis jumpsuit. But, what?s with Betty Boop? Very strange.
Elvis Plush Toy: There must be hundreds of Elvis plush toys out there, and this may be the worst. And what is that yellow hot-dog-looking thing sitting on his feet?
I do not own any Elvis plush toys, but if some relative wants to give me one for Christmas, I hope it is this cool blue ninja Elvis Teddy Bear in a gold lame? coat.
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Elvis, Elvis Presley, and Graceland are registered trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
Elvis, Marilyn and James Dean
Welcome to my next instalment in the series ?Songs Written About Elvis?. In this one he shares the spotlight with two other super super stars, Marilyn Monroe and James Dean. There was a time when I was fascinated by Marilyn Monroe and read everything about her that I could get my hands on. Another victim [...]
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Elvis Presley: Songs Written About Elvis 2
"(619) 239-KING" and ?Elvis is Everywhere? by Mojo Nixon Hello again, dear Readers. I am back with your 2nd instalment of the songs written about Elvis. If you remember from my first post in this series, was it just yesterday? Yes indeed it was. Anyway, I discovered while reading yet another biography about Elvis that [...]
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Backstage With Elvis
Theresea Hughes asked: Elvis often enjoyed causal meetings with celebrities like Marty Allen, Tom Jones, Bobby Darin, Jack Lord, Buddy Hacket, and Jean Rivers.In the early days Elvis also enjoyed the company of Sammy Davis Jr. and in later years enjoyed the company of Sammy Davis Jr. and his wife.At one of Elvis’s movie nights [...]
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Friday, December 24, 2010
50th Anniversary Movie Pictorials: Flaming Star - 1960
Last October, we started a new series of pictorial essays celebrating the 50th anniversaries of Elvis? movies. Number two in the series is Flaming star, which opened in December 1960. It was Elvis?s second western, and like Love Me Tender, his character died in it. Thankfully, that never happened again.
Flaming Star was exactly opposite the popular notion that all Elvis? movies were fun, musical romps. It is a story of distrust, hate and killing, as neighbors and friends turn on Elvis? half-breed character Pacer Burton and his Kiowa mother. This serious theme allowed Elvis to sink his teeth into a meaty role, and he did a great job with the part.
Movie Posters:
Belgian Poster
German Poster Swedish Poster
Lobby Cards:
Soundtrack Album Cover:
There were only two songs in the movie, the title song that played over the opening credits and one Elvis sang early in the movie before all the bad stuff started. Somehow, they made a Flaming Star album using seven other songs dug out of the vaults.
Actual Album Gay Stirical Album
Scenes from the Film:
Playing Guitar Early in the Movie Guarding the Homestead Later On
The Burton Family plus Roz (Barbara Eden)
Pacer Burton (Elvis) Laying Awake Worrying Buffalo Horn, Kiowa Chief
Shots On Set:
What Are They Doing to Elvis' Foot? Director Don Siegel
Wardrobe Test
Something Is Wrong Here:
Here are three publicity stills and one Australian DVD cover that have Elvis and Barbara Eden looking very close-up and lovey-dovey. Well, she was certainly an attractive co-star who later achieved her own star status on the TV show, I Dream of Jeannie. The problem is that she wasn?t paired up with Elvis in Flaming Star. She played the sweetheart of the Clint Burton (played by Steve Forrest), the white half-brother of Elvis? character. At no point in the movie did Elvis even touch Barbara Eden?s hand, let alone get cheek-to-cheek or in deep embrace.
Trivia:
This is a publicity shot of Elvis in Flaming Star. Legend has it that Andy Warhol saw this picture on a German postcard, and it inspired him to create a series on silkscreened images.
They don?t seem like art to me, but they added to the Warhol mystic and made him lots of money.
In June, we will continue the 50th Anniversary Movie Pictorials with Elvis? first movie from 1961, Wild In The Country.
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Elvis, Elvis Presley, and Graceland are registered trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
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