Can anyone tell me what Elvis Presleys opinion of Elton John was?
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i think that Elvis' opinion shouldve been good because Elton John discovered Elvis and made him famous
338413
Yes he did. He learned as a child. He wasn't fantastic but he could "hold his own". There is a DVD of his last public performance floating around in cyberspace where he is playing a solo version of the Righteous Brother's song "Unchained Melody". He plays piano and sings. Shortly after the video he died. He looks absolutely terrible in the video and I wish that I had a copy, but I no longer have it. Elvis also liked to plunk around on a bass guitar and it's at Graceland. I went many years ago and the guide knew him personally and said that Elvis loved bass so much he wanted to play it in the band, but Colonel Tom Parker told him that a lead singer shouldn't be allowed to play bass, and he wouldn't allow Elvis to play on stage.
837473
That is one of the best records of all time! What do you mean "evaluation of mirror"? That is an amazing album musically and artisticly. I think that Elton could not top it any more, that's why it's a classic! Do you mean the reissue of that on cd? The quality of sound is clearly superior. Best regards!
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JAMES BROWN!!!!\n\n>Brown's voice is better than Presley's voice\n>Brown's music is better than Presley's music\n>Brown's band is better than Presley's band\n>Brown's performances is more energetic than Presley's performances\n>Brown played in many movie including THE TUXEDO and ROCKY (I forgot which one) and Elvis never played any movie (that's what i know)\n>Brown is still alive now, but ELVIS IS DEAD!!!!!!
255879
closest they will ever be alive is in my stereo!  People who think Elvis is still alive need a new hobby and just accept he is dead.  I dont believe aliens took him or that he faked his own death.  Some people just have too much of an imagination.
1039829
Not a chance!! Mr. drama king himself may well fall flat on his face, and then we will have to listen to him stumble and fumble around explaining the problem while we try like hell to figure out just what it is that he is saying. Not the strongest bulb on the string, Roger serves Roger, loves Roger, and idolizes Roger. If he has any common sense, no, ANY sense at all, he would have stayed retired instead of stringing Houston and others along with his endless drivel.
213111
I'm pretty sure this song was written specifically for the lion king movie, and was famously sung by Elton John.
646220
Hi, It's on his Blue Moves album.  Also a great version on his Live in Australia album.  Here's a link if you'd like to look: http://www.eltonography.com/songs/tonight.html\nGood Luck and Enjoy!  :)  I love Elton!
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"1999. While performing at a 10th birthday bash for gay rights group Stonewall, Elton finds himself in hot water when his act includes a raunchy skit featuring six male dancers dressed up as boy scouts performing a striptease. While John sang the Pet Shop Boys' song "It's a Sin" on the stage of London's Royal Albert Hall, the dancers took off their scout uniforms and caps, eventually stripping down to their shorts. According to the BBC, the dancers also knelt on the floor, clutching their groins. "We are disappointed a star of Elton John's caliber participated in something that was so lacking in taste," a spokesman for the Scout Association told Reuters in reference to a routine performed by Sir Elton A spokesman for the singer said the skit was "a bit of high camp in the great British tradition of comedy like Benny Hill. It was meant to be a bit of fun for an appropriate audience."\n\nCut and paste from:
685772
As good as they both were, i think Taylor will be our next American Idol. Katherine is a great performer, but Taylor is an entertainer! I've not seen an entertainer like Taylor since Elvis Presley! With their own unique styles.. Am I the only one who sees a remarkable resemblance in Taylor and Elvis??  That should tell us all how great his potential in show business could be...  I just hope he handles it better than Elvis did in his later years...  Go Taylor...  SOUL PATROL!!!
670396
Dragged kicking and screaming into retirement by the ongoing changes in a youth oriented music business, he has had his mortgage paid, for 40 years by Royalties from a little song he wrote in an idle moment, called Limbo Rock. He manages to get by comfortably tho not lavishly, on residuals from motion pictures and recordings and songs he's written over the years.\n\n\nThe checks trickle in from David Cassidy's Partridge family theme, "I Think I love You", to "These Boots Are Made For Walking", to "Viva Las Vegas" and others, but and especially from , Elvis Presley's classic "Memories", co-written with friend Mac Davis.
753413
I would say Elvis or John Lennon
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"Daniel" is a grown-up ballad about a dissillusioned Vietnam veteran and was inspired by an article Bernie Taupin had read in Newsweek magazine. (Taupin is an English lyricist who worked with Elton John.)\n\n"Daniel had been the most misinterpreted song that we'd ever written" explained Bernie in the "Two Rooms" tribute project. "The story was about a guy that went back to a small town in Texas, returning from the Vietnam war. They'd launded him when he came home and treated him like a hero. But he just wanted to go home, go back to the farm, and try to get back to the life that he'd led before. I just embellished that and like everything I write, I probably ended up being very esoteric, but it is a song that is important to me, because it was the one thing I said about the Vietnam War. I wanted to write something that was sympathetic to the people that came home".\n\nHowever, the cryptic lyrics left everything to imagination. One early conjecture, which Elton and Bernie found hilarious, was that it was about a homosexual relationship.
450474
I think they are both very influential in their own way. But I would say Elvis. Elvis shaped in a big part and brought back Rock and Roll. His lyrics, actions, and image were very revolutionary for the moment, he drove women mad. The Beatles, while most likely the most known band in history were not so revolutionary. They were very new and hip to US when they came over because the states didn't have the mod vs biker type scene that Britain had in that period. But all of their big accomplishments in the industry were a direct result of influences. They were influenced by the London scene, its very similar to what the Yardbirds sang, they just had more of a following. They then evolved into a more psychedelic sound, then into more introspective lyrics courtesy of Bob Dylan who was without a doubt the most revolutionary icon of the era. I think since they didn't necessarily come up with the concepts, but followed them they cannot be as influential. Elvis's concepts were all his own. Its just a matter of most people knowing the facts.
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It's Elton John called "Blessed."
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My three favorites are:\n\n1)  Live Like Horses:  When he sings this as a duet with Pavarotti, it's an absolutely magnificent musical triumph.\n\n2)  Recover Your Soul:  E.J. is, after all, a pop star, and this is one heck of a song.  Plus, he sings it so well.\n\n3)  Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me:  This was the first song really revealed what a great voice Elton has.
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I'm guessing that you saw the Hollywood movie about him. A member of his band said the movie was BS. I just figured I'd inform you.\n\nPS- I do like his singing too.