Movie Elvis (2022)

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Don’t believe everything you see on the internet!! Some people^ are egregious liars!
 
SlinkyRedfoot said:
Remember when you worked yourself up about Elvis' box office pull compared to Maverick's? That was hysterical.

To date:

Elvis - 281MM

Maverick - 1,442MM
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"We gotta win this race!" 🎶

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White Knight said:
I was born 3 years after Elvis died. My parents were big fans of his and had almost every album he ever recorded. I grew up listening to his music.
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You mean you grew up listening to other people's music that he pretended to play.
 
SlinkyRedfoot said:
Nah. It started with the "Elvis is King at the box office" nonsense you posted.

He's the king of the box office about as much as he wrote his songs, which is to say not at all.

I don't hate Elvis. He's just wildly overrated.
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Some say he never even learned to play a musical instrument.

I thought it was crazy at first then I started paying closer attention to him "supposedly" playing his guitar and even the piano.

Awkward Season 2 GIF by The Office



I must say....it does appear he is just pretending to play them. The funny thing is even after he stops playing.....the background music never changes.
 
Bayou Tiger said:
Some say he never even learned to play a musical instrument.

I thought it was crazy at first then I started paying closer attention to him "supposedly" playing his guitar and even the piano.

Awkward Season 2 GIF by The Office



I must say....it does appear he is just pretending to play them. The funny thing is even after he stops playing.....the background music never changes.
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Granted, I have not watched too much of his performances, but based on what I have seen, the guitar he carried was nothing more than a prop.

I'll give him credit for being the right guy at the right time to move rock music forward, but it's pretty clear to me that was based much more on his marketability than any musicianship he might have had.
 
SlinkyRedfoot said:
Granted, I have not watched too much of his performances, but based on what I have seen, the guitar he carried was nothing more than a prop.

I'll give him credit for being the right guy at the right time to move rock music forward, but it's pretty clear to me that was based much more on his marketability than any musicianship he might have had.
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He was good looking and had a great voice. He played 3 chords at most and not well. The guitar was a prop. The piano....that one is different. I heard a preacher taught him those three chords on a guitar when he was just a kid. I've never read anywhere where he took piano lessons. His family were too poor for him to have taken lessons from a paid tutor.
 
I don’t know all the details, in that famous Million Dollar Quartet picture, Elvis is the one playing piano.

If I had to guess, I’d say Elvis could at least play enough piano to play the standard church hymns
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
I don’t know all the details, in that famous Million Dollar Quartet picture, Elvis is the one playing piano.

If I had to guess, I’d say Elvis could at least play enough piano to play the standard church hymns
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That's what I'm thinking also. Probably learned to play those same 3 chords on the piano at church.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
I don’t know all the details, in that famous Million Dollar Quartet picture, Elvis is the one playing piano.

If I had to guess, I’d say Elvis could at least play enough piano to play the standard church hymns
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Which is especially strange considering one of the best piano players of all time is also in that photo.
 
Bayou Tiger said:
Some say he never even learned to play a musical instrument.

I thought it was crazy at first then I started paying closer attention to him "supposedly" playing his guitar and even the piano.

Awkward Season 2 GIF by The Office



I must say....it does appear he is just pretending to play them. The funny thing is even after he stops playing.....the background music never changes.
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from the graceland website. i call huge bullshit... like GiGi size bullshit

What instruments did Elvis play? He played guitar, bass and piano, and often toyed with instruments like the drums, accordion and ukulele. While he couldn't read or write music and had no formal lessons, he was a natural musician and played everything by ear. He could often hear a song, pick up an instrument, and play. He often played an instrument in his recordings, and always produced his own music. Elvis was simply born to create music and he was always learning new ways to do it.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
It’s only gay if you’re the one getting penetrated. Eye contact has nothing to do with it. A hole is a hole. Elvis’s love of taking big peckers up his ass contributed greatly to his early death. Shit was so packed, he had a heart attack trying to squeeze it out. True story
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What?! Elvis never took one.
 
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