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Hi, this is Diane. (Bruce is napping.)
On Thursday (11/13) a new documentary called "Return Of The King: The
Fall And Rise Of Elvis Presley" will debut on Netflix. It focuses on
his "1968 Comeback Special."
I just might watch it. Nice break from politics.
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:52:26 +0000, Jim Colegrove wrote:
Listening to Wayne Newton's Greatest Hits would be a break from
politics.
I'll take a colonoscopy over thinking about politics.
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 3:21:20 +0000, Dean wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:52:26 +0000, Jim Colegrove wrote:
Listening to Wayne Newton's Greatest Hits would be a break from
politics.
I'll take a colonoscopy over thinking about politics.
I've had two of those.
Laying there and watching the damn thing on the TV monitor thingy in
vivid Cinemascope was fascinating---just like watching "Fantastic Voyage
II"
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 4:55:17 +0000, Roger wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 3:21:20 +0000, Dean wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:52:26 +0000, Jim Colegrove wrote:
Listening to Wayne Newton's Greatest Hits would be a break from
politics.
I'll take a colonoscopy over thinking about politics.
I've had two of those.
Laying there and watching the damn thing on the TV monitor thingy in
vivid Cinemascope was fascinating---just like watching "Fantastic Voyage
II"
I've never had one, but here they put you out when they do it.
Hi, this is Diane. (Bruce is napping.)-----------
On Thursday (11/13) a new documentary called "Return Of The King: The
Fall And Rise Of Elvis Presley" will debut on Netflix. It focuses on
his "1968 Comeback Special."
I just might watch it. Nice break from politics.
On 11/11/2024 2:26 PM, Bruce wrote:
Hi, this is Diane. (Bruce is napping.)-----------
On Thursday (11/13) a new documentary called "Return Of The King: The
Fall And Rise Of Elvis Presley" will debut on Netflix. It focuses on
his "1968 Comeback Special."
I just might watch it. Nice break from politics.
I did watch it. It was produced by Priscilla Presley. She and
Darlene Love are among the talking heads. Priscilla has had so much
plastic surgery that she looks like Elsa Lanchester as the Bride Of Frankenstein. Darlene is wearing a wig and so much makeup that she
looks like a drag queen. The male talking heads (I don't know when
they were filmed; the one with the most interesting things to say is
dead now) include Elvis's pal Jerry Schiller, Bruce Springsteen,
Robbie Robertson, a musician named Billy Corgan, and weirdly, Conan
O'Brien, who was in kindergarten when the Comeback Special aired.
I found it mildly interesting, but I wouldn't recommend it, except to
Roger because it includes 2 prolonged clips of his favorite Elvis
song, "Do The Clam." This supports the main thesis of the film, which
is that Colonel Parker didn't understand or care about the power and
the glory of Elvis's singing voice. He just pushed him to be a movie
star because that's where the money was. He didn't hang him out of a
hotel window like they did to Jackie Wilson, but he and the studio
lawyers did threaten to bankrupt him when he wanted out of his contract.
The happy ending to this situation, according to the film, is that
after the Comeback Special, Elvis, who hadn't done a live performance
in seven years, did 361 of them in the 9 years he had left before he
died.
On 11/14/2024 11:37 AM, DianeE wrote:
On 11/11/2024 2:26 PM, Bruce wrote:
Hi, this is Diane. (Bruce is napping.)-----------
On Thursday (11/13) a new documentary called "Return Of The King: The
Fall And Rise Of Elvis Presley" will debut on Netflix. It focuses on
his "1968 Comeback Special."
I just might watch it. Nice break from politics.
I did watch it. It was produced by Priscilla Presley. She and
Darlene Love are among the talking heads. Priscilla has had so much
plastic surgery that she looks like Elsa Lanchester as the Bride Of
Frankenstein. Darlene is wearing a wig and so much makeup that she
looks like a drag queen. The male talking heads (I don't know when
they were filmed; the one with the most interesting things to say is
dead now) include Elvis's pal Jerry Schiller, Bruce Springsteen,
Robbie Robertson, a musician named Billy Corgan, and weirdly, Conan
O'Brien, who was in kindergarten when the Comeback Special aired.
I found it mildly interesting, but I wouldn't recommend it, except to
Roger because it includes 2 prolonged clips of his favorite Elvis
song, "Do The Clam."
other day, his amazing performance of Shake , Rattle & Roll ( unless it----------
was Ready Teddy, which I know they did show).
Trying To Get To You, which if memory serves, is one of Diane's------------
favorites. And they also played his 1956 Trying To Get to You over the closing credits, which is often my favorite by him.
I also did enjoy the various narrators comments, and how he affected----------
them, and the masses.
A little vignette I liked: They showed Mario Lanza singing (in Italian)
"Come Back To Sorrento," then played a little bit of Elvis's
"Surrender." I never realized that that was what inspired that record. Always thought it was Dean Martin (whom Elvis said he admired). Elvis
just soaked up influences from every genre he heard--pop, blues,
country, R&B, gospel, and even opera.
On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 1:26:34 +0000, DianeE wrote:-----------
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A little vignette I liked: They showed Mario Lanza singing (in Italian)
"Come Back To Sorrento," then played a little bit of Elvis's
"Surrender." I never realized that that was what inspired that record.
Always thought it was Dean Martin (whom Elvis said he admired). Elvis
just soaked up influences from every genre he heard--pop, blues,
country, R&B, gospel, and even opera.
From Wikipedia:
"Surrender" is a number 1 song recorded by Elvis Presley and published
by Elvis Presley Music in 1961. It is an adaptation by Doc Pomus and
Mort Shuman of the music of a 1902 Neapolitan ballad by Giambattista and Ernesto de Curtis entitled "Torna a Surriento" ("Come Back to
Sorrento").
On 11/11/2024 2:26 PM, Bruce wrote:
Hi, this is Diane.á (Bruce is napping.)-----------
On Thursday (11/13) a new documentary called "Return Of The King: The
Fall And Rise Of Elvis Presley" will debut on Netflix.á It focuses on
his "1968 Comeback Special."
I just might watch it.á Nice break from politics.
I did watch it. It was produced by Priscilla Presley. She and Darlene
Love are among the talking heads. Priscilla has had so much plastic
surgery that she looks like Elsa Lanchester as the Bride Of
Frankenstein. Darlene is wearing a wig and so much makeup that she
looks like a drag queen. The male talking heads (I don't know when they
were filmed; the one with the most interesting things to say is dead
now) include Elvis's pal Jerry Schiller, Bruce Springsteen, Robbie
Robertson, a musician named Billy Corgan, and weirdly, Conan O'Brien,
who was in kindergarten when the Comeback Special aired.
I found it mildly interesting, but I wouldn't recommend it, except to
Roger because it includes 2 prolonged clips of his favorite Elvis song,
"Do The Clam." This supports the main thesis of the film, which is that >Colonel Parker didn't understand or care about the power and the glory
of Elvis's singing voice. He just pushed him to be a movie star because >that's where the money was. He didn't hang him out of a hotel window
like they did to Jackie Wilson, but he and the studio lawyers did
threaten to bankrupt him when he wanted out of his contract.
The happy ending to this situation, according to the film, is that after
the Comeback Special, Elvis, who hadn't done a live performance in seven >years, did 361 of them in the 9 years he had left before he died.