On 7/7/2014 5:43 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> As an offshoot of this discussion, I'd like to know why so many people
>> from *around the world* flock to Graceland in Memphis, TN, every year,
>> twice a year. First for Elvis Presley's birthday, then for what we
>> used to laughingly call "Elvis Death Week". They hold candlelight
>> vigils for a man who basically killed himself as a result of drug
>> abuse. They weep and cry and bring flowers. I certainly don't
>> understand it.
>>
>> Fact: before Elvis' remains were interred on the grounds of Graceland
>> (his home/estate) he was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery. Someone
>> tried to dig up his body. Who the hell does that?! What were they
>> planning to do, stash him in the attic? Conclusion: some people are
>> just plain crazy.
>>
>> Jill
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> I don't get that either. I used to work with this mannish woman who was
> just gaga over Elvis. She was in some sort of club for him and was
> convinced that he was still alive.
>
Lots of people think he's still alive. If so, he'd be nearly 80 years
old now.

> I don't get the appeal. My dad was fond of him although nothing to that
> extent. He said that he went to one of his concerts and watched the
> women swoon. I have seen his movies. I just don't get the appeal.

Some of his music was fine. He was a ground-breaker for rock & roll in
the US. When he died my mother did shed a tear. She was a young woman
when she first heard the music.

There was one semi-serious movie he did with Mary Tyler Moore called
'Change of Habit'.

Here's a clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gijhxdK16O0

It's the only Elvis movie that wasn't completely goofy. IMHO. He
portrayed a doctor trying to help inner city people. He didn't know the
nurses who came to help with his practice in the "slums" were nuns.
They were told to wear street clothes and not tell anyone they were
nuns. It was a fun movie. Of course they had to work in Elvis' music.

Jill