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re: Just some pictures I took of Graceland. Redneck bucket list
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:45 pm to White Roach
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:45 pm to White Roach
I really want to witness one of those death anniversary deals they have there. I’m sure it is amazing people watching.
When I visited I ended up bull shitting with one of the SiriusXM DJs when this little ol redneck grandma comes up to the DJ and pulls a bag out of her purse. The bag is full of all of these news paper clippings that she says prove that Elvis is still alive and she starts showing them all to him. I’m sitting there trying so hard not to laugh while also being in the weird state of shock at what I am witnessing yet not totally surprised by it. Like I half expected something like that to happen. The DJ handled it well then excused himself because he had to go back into the booth.
When I visited I ended up bull shitting with one of the SiriusXM DJs when this little ol redneck grandma comes up to the DJ and pulls a bag out of her purse. The bag is full of all of these news paper clippings that she says prove that Elvis is still alive and she starts showing them all to him. I’m sitting there trying so hard not to laugh while also being in the weird state of shock at what I am witnessing yet not totally surprised by it. Like I half expected something like that to happen. The DJ handled it well then excused himself because he had to go back into the booth.
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Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:19 pm to MintBerry Crunch
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I don't get it. Why is this a thing? And why do people pay money to go see it? It's no Monticello
Americana, baby! Why do people go to the Cadillac Ranch or the Corn Palace? You gotta see that kind of stuff to appreciate it. Graceland falls into that category, although much superior to Cadillac Ranch or the Corn Palace. People who don't gamble ought to visit Las Vegas just for the spectacle of it all.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:22 pm to prostyleoffensetime
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You just convinced me to go when the 50th Anniversary rolls around
I doubt you'll be disappointed. Based on my experience 20 years ago, you might want to start looking into room reservations pretty soon!
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:42 pm to PhilemonThomas
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I really want to witness one of those death anniversary deals they have there. I’m sure it is amazing people watching.
It's very surreal. I'm sure I wasn't the only person there on a lark, but most people I saw were EXTREMELY into the whole Elvis worship thing. Some at the Candlelight Vigil looked truly bereaved. It was kind of bizarre. The man had been dead (allegedly) for twenty years at that point.
As I approached the gravesites, I could hear bits of conversation from the people in front of me. One 60ish year old woman, who age-wise was right in the Elvis fan sweet spot, started her comment to her friends by saying, "IF Elvis is under that slab, and I now believe he is..." I didn't hear the rest because I had to back off a bit to keep from laughing out loud in front of the King's grave. That would have been highly disrespectful and surely offensive to his assembled fans. I was completely outnumbered, so I thought it best to try not to upset anyone.
My point is that talking to people in the crowd is fascinating. I talked to impersonators from India and Japan, who actually travelled from India and Japan. I also talked to a couple who travelled from Scotland, not that I could understand a word that they said, but they weren't impersonators, just fans.
Posted on 10/25/17 at 12:47 am to ElderTiger
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He also may be the best gospel singer of his era.
His version of How Great Thou Art is GOAT.
Posted on 10/25/17 at 1:03 am to MrLarson
This reminds me of the House of Blues Foundation Room before the remodel...
Posted on 10/25/17 at 7:12 am to OweO
Right after Aaron Neville
Posted on 10/25/17 at 8:21 am to 777Tiger
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by the time he was 21 he pretty much couldn't go out in public without being mobbed
I have some friends that live on a lake in north Alabama where Elvis would sometimes go water skiing. They said there were always tons of boats following him all around the lake every time he was there.
Also there was a house on the lake that Elvis really wanted to buy. He kept asking the owner to sell it to him but the guy wouldnt. Elvis sent over a blank check to his house and he still didnt sell.
Posted on 10/25/17 at 1:56 pm to Hangover Haven
No, we stayed across the street at what was then a Radisson, I think it's a Doubletree now. We did not make it to the parade or Graceland because we knew it was going to be a madhouse. My dad used to work every other week in Memphis for a few days so when we would go visit in the summer as kids we would always stay at the Peabody. My brother and I snuck out one time and my mom ended up finding us in the lobby bar drinking Shirley Temples lol. We knew that place like the back of our hand. My wife and I went a couple of years ago two weeks before my daughter was born and we stayed at the Peabody, went to Graceland, and ate at Rendezvous, she had never been to Memphis before so we had to do all touristy things I did when I was a kid.
Posted on 10/25/17 at 2:09 pm to White Roach
That's a classic story! One of the things about Graceland is that every time I have ever been there has always been foreigners on the tour, it is absolutely an international destination. If I'm not mistaken they have multiple languages available on the IPad tours.
Posted on 10/25/17 at 2:11 pm to Placebeaux
Red and Sonny both died this year - end of an era.
Posted on 10/25/17 at 2:19 pm to Ace Midnight
I played a couple parts in the ELVIS mini-series on CBS.
Actually Red's son played Red in the show and I was one of their friends in a scene. The scene was a party at Graceland and I was picking through Elvis' record collection looking for songs to play.
In another scene, I was a cameraman on the Milton Burle Show when they wouldn't show Elvis' hips.
I had another scene with Randy Quaid who played The Colonel. Randy was one of the biggest douche bags I've ever met. It was kinda sad, because his Cousin Eddie routine was one of my favorite things about the Vacation movies.
Actually Red's son played Red in the show and I was one of their friends in a scene. The scene was a party at Graceland and I was picking through Elvis' record collection looking for songs to play.
In another scene, I was a cameraman on the Milton Burle Show when they wouldn't show Elvis' hips.
I had another scene with Randy Quaid who played The Colonel. Randy was one of the biggest douche bags I've ever met. It was kinda sad, because his Cousin Eddie routine was one of my favorite things about the Vacation movies.
Posted on 10/25/17 at 2:28 pm to moon
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Randy was one of the biggest douche bags I've ever met. It was kinda sad, because his Cousin Eddie routine was one of my favorite things about the Vacation movies.
I wouldn't be too hard on him. I have little question he's legitimately crazy and has been for some time. Take that FWIW.
Posted on 10/25/17 at 2:32 pm to Ace Midnight
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I wouldn't be too hard on him. I have little question he's legitimately crazy and has been for some time. Take that FWIW.
Yeah maybe so. That was a few years before he went off the deep end!
Red's son was pretty cool. He told me some stories about his dad and Elvis. It was a fun couple of weeks while I worked with them.
Posted on 10/25/17 at 2:40 pm to moon
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Cousin Eddie routine was one of my favorite things about the Vacation movies.
Love Cousin Eddie. He also inadvertently coined a dick-move to a friend called the "cousin eddie". When you're at a party or something and a buddy asks for a beer. You hand him your half-empty beer and grab yourself a fresh beer.
You could use a cold one scene
Posted on 10/25/17 at 3:07 pm to Placebeaux
Short story.
Likely around '55 or '56 my Aunt age 25-26 and uncle same age were a handsome looking 50's couple. I was 9 or 10. Putting it straight he was an outright stud and she was a lean mighty fine woman that had a definite "thing" for Elvis and his shakin' hips..
B&W TV was the only means she had of seeing Elvis, but would literally sit on the floor and just go absolutely insane when Elvis was on, e.g. Ed Sullivan or whatever. She did this with a sense of humor and my uncle would sit back and tell her she wouldn't know what to do with him if he called her for a date right then. Her reply in so many words was, he wouldn't be able to walk for 3 days!
Other remarks and she'd just look at my uncle out of the corner of her eye and raise that brow...dammed I can remember that like yesterday. He picked at her constantly on her infatuation with Elvis.
In their early 60's he eventually took her to Graceland, et.al. When I later visited with them, she rabbled on for an hour about everything she had experienced there with my uncle just looking at her. His only remark..."too bad he turned into a fat slob". She again had the look of daggers in her eyes!
Boring, I know, but if you doubt Elvis had an effect on young girls and women throughout his life, think again. I started high school 1960 and the girls were going ape shite waiting for him to get back from Germany...cold war fear was secondary.
Many fond memories of this special aunt and uncle, but this one was frequently one we could all laugh and joke about. They are both gone now; RIP.
Likely around '55 or '56 my Aunt age 25-26 and uncle same age were a handsome looking 50's couple. I was 9 or 10. Putting it straight he was an outright stud and she was a lean mighty fine woman that had a definite "thing" for Elvis and his shakin' hips..
B&W TV was the only means she had of seeing Elvis, but would literally sit on the floor and just go absolutely insane when Elvis was on, e.g. Ed Sullivan or whatever. She did this with a sense of humor and my uncle would sit back and tell her she wouldn't know what to do with him if he called her for a date right then. Her reply in so many words was, he wouldn't be able to walk for 3 days!
Other remarks and she'd just look at my uncle out of the corner of her eye and raise that brow...dammed I can remember that like yesterday. He picked at her constantly on her infatuation with Elvis.
In their early 60's he eventually took her to Graceland, et.al. When I later visited with them, she rabbled on for an hour about everything she had experienced there with my uncle just looking at her. His only remark..."too bad he turned into a fat slob". She again had the look of daggers in her eyes!
Boring, I know, but if you doubt Elvis had an effect on young girls and women throughout his life, think again. I started high school 1960 and the girls were going ape shite waiting for him to get back from Germany...cold war fear was secondary.
Many fond memories of this special aunt and uncle, but this one was frequently one we could all laugh and joke about. They are both gone now; RIP.
Posted on 10/25/17 at 3:11 pm to Placebeaux
Elvis is overrated.
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