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Was Elvis known to be a decent pool/billiards player?
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Few people outside the "biz" know that Sinatra co-wrote the ultra-haunting I'm A Fool To Want You -- a kind of "crying-in-my-Jack Daniels" lament defining his doomed relationship with Ava Gardner, referenced in virtually every Sinatra biography.
Arnaldo
I think the widely-acknowledged spark was actually this Bill Haley hit (even though Elvis's more properly termed "rockabilly" experiments did begin with the 1954 tune you cite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdufzXvjqw
See this interesting Hall of Fame comparison of the contributions of both Haley and Presley:
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/rockclocktribute.html
Arnaldo
Actually the table was a pretty decent one from the mid teens to the twenties. It's a Brunswick Regina that was "modernized", more than likely in the late forties to early fifties. Many used a set of metal shields and aprons from A E Schmidt to do this. Decent table but I'm not a fan of the look.
Elvis had a beautiful voice. I have a fair amount of my Elvis favorites, including many of his Gospel songs which can't be matched, in my opinion anyway.
When I was young, I loved his movies as any young person did. If I were to watch any of them now, I would probably think they were a bit B Grade. I would still watch them out of principle.
Like, at the time of Elvis movies, we also had Franky Avalon and Annette Funicello. I doubt they won any Academy Awards for Beach Blanket Bingo, or any of the rest of the Beach movies. Gidget Goes to Hawaii etc.
Around the same time, we had Dean Martin's Matt Helm movies and Our Man Flint.
Watch pretty much any of the movies from that time period, including many Westerns.
All serious B Grade by today's standards.
I have no idea as to why Mac's Hate on for Elvis, other than his love was probably spurned on more than one occasion by young girls who would rather go to an Elvis movie than spend time with him.
Even selling concert tickets for a buck 25, he still had more money than any of us could dream of. He must have been doing something right, otherwise the record labels and movie producers would have dropped him like a hot potato.
When I was young, I loved his movies as any young person did. If I were to watch any of them now, I would probably think they were a bit B Grade. I would still watch them out of principle.
Like, at the time of Elvis movies, we also had Franky Avalon and Annette Funicello. I doubt they won any Academy Awards for Beach Blanket Bingo, or any of the rest of the Beach movies. Gidget Goes to Hawaii etc.
Around the same time, we had Dean Martin's Matt Helm movies and Our Man Flint.
Watch pretty much any of the movies from that time period, including many Westerns.
All serious B Grade by today's standards.
I have no idea as to why Mac's Hate on for Elvis, other than his love was probably spurned on more than one occasion by young girls who would rather go to an Elvis movie than spend time with him.
Even selling concert tickets for a buck 25, he still had more money than any of us could dream of. He must have been doing something right, otherwise the record labels and movie producers would have dropped him like a hot potato.
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I don't know how good Elvis played pool but he had an incredible voice and great stage presence and tons of confidence!! One thing that always blew my mind is he never wrote a single song his entire career!! "The King" never composed a single song. It made me realize the public doesn't give a hoot who writes your music, just make it good! Three Dog Night never wrote a song either and they had a great career...
One of my favorite movies was Roustabout.
The guy who did the riding for Elvis in that movie was my first Motor Drome boss, Sonny.
He rode for Elvis and it was his Motor Drome used in the movie. I never did ride that Drome but many of my Friends and fellow riders did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOrqSNVzUZ0&feature=player_detailpage#t=116
So I am a tad bias.
The guy who did the riding for Elvis in that movie was my first Motor Drome boss, Sonny.
He rode for Elvis and it was his Motor Drome used in the movie. I never did ride that Drome but many of my Friends and fellow riders did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOrqSNVzUZ0&feature=player_detailpage#t=116
So I am a tad bias.
GoldenFlash
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That's an interesting shot of that drome in the film.
No wire at the top of the red line.
I don't think you read all my postings, I said I was a fan even going to three of his concerts.
I read that amazingly even though he had generated over a billion dollars in earnings in his career, at his death he had a net worth of 10 million. This included cash, real estate, collectables, jewelry and so on.
On the scale he lived, this would put him at almost broke needing to constantly keep generate an income. It did not even look like he had any investments to fall back on. He was not smart, records show him with an IQ in the 70's.
Without Colonel Parker Elvis would likely been a truck driver. He was probably not smart enough to reach his first ambition to be an electrician like he told school counselors.
Not everybody who is successful is smart. Muhammad Ali was so dumb he was first time around excluded from military service due to a low IQ. Later when they reclassified him was the well known court case when he refused to take the oath.
There used to be some guys years ago who called themselves "The Hell Riders" and they had one of those things they traveled with. That thing was scary looking up close.
True story.
When I was young my buddy and me saw all the Elvis movies from Love Me Tender to GI Blues , and just like with the Beatles, and the Stones, the girls in the audience would scream like crazy.
One afternoon we were watching King Creole, and sitting behind us were three girls who were screaming their asses off. During one of their prolonged periods my friend, who wore those big black and thick horn-rimmed glasses turned around and glared at them. One of the girls, a red head as I recall, stared back at my buddy and said: "What are you looking at banjo eyes!"
I laughed for the rest of the movie, and still do. :smile:
Elvis actually had decent acting chops when allowed to utilize them. His dramatic performances in King Creole are exceptional. Had Elvis been alive today, he may have been allowed to act in better movies without the demand for singing performances. I think he would surprised many.
The early Sun records recordings are also exceptional. All those guys, Elvis, Johnny cash, Carl Perkins, Roy orbison, jerry lee lewis...unreal raw talent.
The early Sun records recordings are also exceptional. All those guys, Elvis, Johnny cash, Carl Perkins, Roy orbison, jerry lee lewis...unreal raw talent.
Some of his movies were good. Like Jail House Rock. Elvis was a rock and roll entertainer and had a slew of talent. All those crappy movies made money and are like a time capsule back to that era.
I saw Elvis live at the Houston Live Stock Show and Rodeo when I was a little kid. All over the world they love Elvis. Go to the Philippines they love Elvis same thing in Japan.
Dude: Don't be hating Elvis. There are a lot of dudes that have off the chart IQs that could never in a million years do what Elvis did. You're missing the fact the man had raw talent.
Elvis was taken advantage of by the colonel for sure.
