Elton John recalls meeting Elvis & Elvis being jealous over Lisa Marie wanting his record 

Único e irrepetible. El mejor cantante de la Historia de la Música 🎉. ELVIS PRESLEY EL REY 👑👑👑👑👑👑POR SIEMPRE!!!!!!♾️♾️♾️♾️♾️❤❤❤ Te fuiste demasiado pronto😢 D.E.P.💔💔💔💔💔. Saludos a todos los admiradores de Elvis Presley desde 🇪🇦 💋 💋

That’s cool!

Your were blessed 🙏 to have seen him live ❤❤❤❤

I would love to know how was it being in Elvis Presley concert?

It’s really incredible how many singers and musicians Elvis influenced. I think he really didn’t even know himself.

Well, Even John Lennon said Elvis was the reason for The Beatles, and if there was no Elvis, there would have been no Beatles.

"Attributed to John Lennon"? It was 100% definitely John Lennon that said that. There's footage of him saying it in an interview. It's on the Anthology film.

@@michaelharrington75 To claim someone is attributed to saying something, is simply affirming it. Now chill.

@@mebeme007 Saying a quote is "frequently attributed" to someone leaves a possible hint of doubt that it was actually that someone that said it. As if you're not sure that person actually said it, but you want to use the quote anyway. The quote is not attributed to Lennon. It's his words.

Lucky!

Lucky you. My parents never took me to see him, I was born in 1971, I still blame them…

Don't agree with the "nothing" part. There were great musicians before Elvis. Many were black, and Elvis was influenced big-time by their sound. After Elvis came many other fine musicians who were influenced by him. I admit there was a lull in the early 1950s; too much sweetness. Also having a lull now unfortunately.

silly statement. he didn't reach his potential? he was the biggest star in the world. your are silly

@@donjulio4025 his full potential was referring to the fact that Elvis always wanted to be a serious actor and taken as such like his idols like Marlon Brando and James Dean to name a couple,,, and he had so much more to give with his music,, there is nothing silly about that and if you were a true Elvis fan you would know this!

I think Elvis Presley was ambitious. He wanted to be the best he could be as a singer a performer and an actor. He also wanted to make people happy by singing, performing and acting. Elvis Presley sacrified part of his artistic development, his physical health and his personal happiness on the altar of providing money to support all the people around him: manager, wife, daughter, family, friends, girlfriends and employees. Elvis Presley was too nice to stand up to Parker and others who were exploiting him for their own benefit and didn't give a damn about Elvis' artistic aspirations, his personal happiness and his physical well-being. I don't know if Elvis was not assertive enough or not confident enough to fight for his personal interests against all claimants, who wanted to profit from him. I read that Elvis avoided confrontations except when he got a bad temper. Were those outbursts caused by the fact that Elvis normally didn't manage to assert himself sufficiently towards certain persons? Elvis Presley liked money because he liked luxury and beautiful things (houses, cars, clothes, furniture, jewelry) and because it enabled him to financially help other people. Officially Tom Parker worked for Elvis but in reality it was the other way around. Elvis Presley worked for Tom Parker, who was nobody without Elvis but controlled Elvis' whole life. Vernon Presley never did anything to protect Elvis against the exploitative Parker. He should have. Gladys predicted that Elvis would dye at 40 when he would sign with Parker and she was right. Gladys deservedly didn't trust Parker.

@@jannekedevries2360 👏👏👏yes totally right!

I think Elvis wanted to be remembered for his acting in the movies .He wanted to be a great actor an he was but he didn't get the greatest parts in film .

And above all, he loved and acknowledged the Lord Jesus as King!

@@audreylane2466Amen. Yes he did!!!

Glad u liked it!

Glad u liked it and yeah that single changed everything from what the 60s artists say

I think Elton would know more of when he first met Elvis. Just because Elton performed in Vegas in 1971, doesn't mean that they also must have met, too. Plenty of celebs can be near each other, heck they can even be neighbours, yet never actually meet or even see each other up close.

THIS! Spot on. He was bloated the way someone can look bloated when they have congestive heart failure. He was physically ill. He was not fat like Orson Welles or Marlon Brando.

Exactly! I've been saying this for years. His stomach, hands and face are swollen but not his arms or legs. Besides having emphysema, i think he could barely breathe from fluid in his lungs. I believe he was probably in kidney failure at that point. He was sweating so much yet couldn't get enough to drink. In spite of all that, he never failed us. 🕺🏼👑❤️‍🔥⚡🎶

@@karencarlos3942 Because he was an alcoholic and a drug addict!! He was a fat sweaty looking old man who couldn’t even hold his own microphone on stage! He looked terrible!! And, he wasn’t handsome anymore either! He was mean and that’s why he couldn’t keep a woman!!

That was because of all the pills he was taking.

Yes! Saw him first in 1955 and several times between that and the last time in Feb 1977, six months before his death. He was brilliant from his beginning to his end.

Totally

I disagree he sang other artists songs he was the voice i give him that

@@fender.munoz7 Incredible voice and presence but not a writer-The Beatles wrote,sang and played.

​@@fender.munoz7he made every song better because he sang it...

@@peaceful671still doesn't change anything

satan's 'devil in disguise ' had her gripes on Elvis real tight by then. but Elvis fought hard to reclaim his soul from demonic forces. damn she still there 2024.

Yeah, Elvis definitely had a humility that the Beatles did not have!

Elton comments about Elvis‘s state physically and mentally, but he doesn’t dog him like the Beatles have

The Beatles idolized Elvis; I haven’t read anything negative they’ve said about him? Did they?

@@vayabroder729 they always seem to mock the 70’s Elvis and I don’t know why. Mid to late 70’s I can maybe understand, but early 70’s Elvis was the greatest performer on earth (in my opinion).

The don’t take no sh#t

@@pearldrummer4077 NO ONE can mock Elvis on ANY era. He was a musical and shoebiz MONSTER.

Being from the south is a gift, and I believe it's where Elvis's unfailing humility and genteel nature were rooted. He never forgot where he came from, which made him even more special, he made it cool to be a southerner! RIP EAP

@@davidmccall4776 I was born and raised, and live in Southern California, and after multiple time in the South, I have come to realize that besides the beaches, Southern California is a vapid, soulless place.

@@danielh1830 Bless you. You come back and see us now, you hear?

@@davidmccall4776 I keep trying.

I believe good and people come from everywhere. No specific part of the world is better than any other. Because there are (and were) plenty of bad, nasty people that have lived in the South, too. They weren't all perfect humans who treated their fellow humans with the utmost respect. If anything, it was the elders who lived in the South that had the biggest issue with Elvis. Many of those people were far more conservative and held onto their Christian values, far more than those who lived in the North.

Congratulations, my dear! You are a privileged and lucky girl. You managed to reach so near of Elvis Presley. I envy you.

Was it on the lips?

Tell us!

Lovely man. As a man, I'd give him a tight hug❤❤

How he was ??????😫😫😫

Great story Jason, thanks for sharing!

Wow, didn’t know he got a scarf? Probably for his mom 👍🏻

Elvis only performed once in Washington, DC his entire career, and that was aboard a small ship on the Potomac River in 1956. The 1970s concert that Elton John always refers to took place in Largo, Maryland at what used to be the Capital Center arena. It's in the general vicinity of DC, but obviously not within it's borders since it's a Maryland location.

David reviewed that book when it came out and thought it was a joke. Just because Gladys' parents were first cousins means nothing. First cousins are no more likely to have children with genetic issues than the general population. Gladys Presley didn't even have an autopsy, her own doctor didn't know what actually killed her but Sally Hoedel claims she knows. The book is full of misinformation and wild guesses. Elvis died from the 14 drugs that were in his system along with a lifetime of bad habits.

As much as I truly love, admire and respect Elvis and agree with Elvis' medical history, I wouldn't be so naive as to deny he DID also have addictions to many things, legal AND illegal. And how much he DID overuse both. He first took the drugs because he wanted to. Then he took them because he needed to, simply because he had become a genuine addict. He needed uppers to get him up, motivated and moving throughout the day. Then needed downers to help himself relax after being so hyped up on stage and to also counteract the many uppers he took that would have otherwise kept him awake for days. And he DID have a love of food, especially food that is genuinely not very good to be eating all the time for so many years. Which legitimately added to his health problems. He grew up in the poor part of the South, where healthy eating was hardly an option. And when you've become accustomed to that kind of food, you're hardly going to start ignoring it and pick healthier options instead. Especially during a time when many people didn't know better about healthier food choices, and by the time those ideas came along, Elvis was already set in his ways and eating habits. He DID enjoy indulging himself, whether it be drugs or food. And everyone around him was simply too plain scared to say No to Elvis. They were only worried about themselves and losing their jobs, ultimately. That's the cold-hard truth of it all, as sad as it is. Though, I still admire and respect the heck out of him for all the good he did and for sharing his special talents with the world.

Thanks for your post. I love reading books about musicians. I'm going to have to look this book up!

It’s nice to be seen 👌🏻

Thank YOU

Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston never wrote any songs but I never hear anyone putting them down for that. Only poor Elvis gets put down, I think it's out of jealousy.

Well said, both of you. If it weren't for Elvis, it would have taken perhaps a lot longer for people to finally get to hear black peoples music and get to appreciate it also. It's sad that the respect and appreciation for Elvis can't go the same way. Though, it's mostly the younger generations that slag him off. The ones who truly never lived through things like the civil rights movement and so on. When it was people like MLK and Jesse Jackson Snr that actually liked and respected Elvis very much, and Elvis also contributed plenty of money to several civil rights movement projects. Elvis also cried and went into depression for a while when MLK was murdered. He couldn't understand the hate that was directed towards black people and so on. And yet, there are plenty of ignorant younger ones who are highly disrespectful towards Elvis, simply because they think it's somehow cool to accuse Elvis of all sorts of false, negative and nasty crap.

Frank Sinatra never wrote a song. So what? Some people just hate Elvis because it’s the cool thing to do. Oh well.

​@@tcblev601, exactly!

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Way Down is one of my favourite songs ever. Recorded 6 weeks before he passed. His voice was still AMAZING STRONG AND UNMISTAKABLE. Love of my life 🩷💖🩷💖💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

And many fans can also get it wrong, too. Many will truly see things like a dream, in a way that they want to remember like a perfect fairytale. NOT for how it actually was. It's even how they will view celebrities overall, too. Look at them as how they want to see them, how they want them to be. NOT for who they actually are in their real life.

@@mebeme007 I've noticed. I knew a guy who was an Elvis fan for years, but he didn't really know much at all. And he only watched and listened to Elvis. Each to his own I guess.

Thank you!

Not really

I think anyone would’ve been a little jealous deep down even if they wouldn’t have shown it lol

She was a huge fan of her dad's she just liked Elton John to and remember she had Elvis personally with her and heard him anytime but she just wanted a record of Elton John for Christmas, but her dad was her number one ,but Elvis loved her so very much he didn't want to share her attention to anyone else

@@debbiebowman1830 well I can't say I blame him that was the apple of his eye his precious little princess and I'm glad she loved her dad I always worried about that when he passed away the way her mom talked bad about him in the book Red West and them talking bad about him I was so afraid that Lisa would end up growing up hating her dad I'm so glad she didn't I'm so glad she ended up standing tall and fighting for her daddy's name and his honor I am so proud of her May she rest in peace

Thanks for watching!

Wow…Thanks for sharing those memories. Also, I can imagine the letdown of bragging on Elvis to your girlfriend, and then having him come out and actually leaving the show.

@@ElvisistheMan_ yeah she wasn’t impressed but I said baby that’s not the man I saw in Dayton and in Vegas in 73-74. I was sad she’d never get to experience the electricity in the air and how women started screaming as the lights went down, and the theme from 2001 a space odyssey started building. I remember a critic saying the only artist in the world who could use that music and not appear arrogant was Elvis Presley. If you go back to the news coverage of his death it was literally the only thing that was discussed on the news till after his funeral. It was like the president died. He was loved that much. I’ll tell you what I saw in Dayton, Ohio. He was in great shape wearing a red jumpsuit. Women would always be in the front row and it was amazing the power he had over them. Anyway he’d sweat and he’d wipe the sweat with these silk scarves he wore around his neck. He’d toss them out and women would kill each other to get them. There’s a mom with a little girl about seven on her shoulders and he puts one around her neck and some woman grabs it and rips it from the child’s hand. Of course the little girl is sobbing and so is her mother. Suddenly Elvis stops the show and tells security to bring the child to him. He sits her on his knee and wipes her tears and asks her name. I don’t remember, but he sings “I can’t help falling in love with you” to her. When he’s done he removed a $25,000 necklace that was 18kt gold encrusted with diamonds around her neck. He told security to make sure no one touched her and to escort her and her mom to their car after the concert. Then he kissed the girls mom and put a scarf around her neck then he just continued the concert. If made all the major papers across the country and that’s when I thought this guy is the real deal. I remember thinking of that sitting in my car as I listened to “memories”. I wonder if that now woman still has that because it’s a part of music history and god knows what a collector would pay for it.

I remember that story ,it's amazing ,he loved his fans like no other artist, gk quoted he never refused an autograph too

My husband saw him in concert in January of ‘77. He escorted his cousin and some of her girlfriends because he lived in the city where the concert was held. He remembers them all being kind of sad leaving the venue because of how bad Elvis looked. And like you he remembers driving home from work one hot day later that year and hearing the announcement on the radio.

Wow! What a story!

Haha wow

Thank you for those bits of info! It had to been 71 to 72 I would guess

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And if i answer the question myself,Elvis would say what a great musician you are ;)that´s it for you Elton

That’s what I think

I’m glad you liked that man! Thanks for telling me

@@ElvisistheMan_, sure do, mate. Thanks for loving Elvis as countless people do. He was - no wait, IS - the GOAT. Can't think of many musicians whose impact is still strong now at least 40 years after their passing. Elvis is a rare exception. Elton also said about Elvis: "Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was definitely the start of it for me." Sums it up really. Thanks again, Dave. Elvis is probably looking down on you smiling, saying what a nice guy you are. "Dave, thanks, mate", Elvis would probably say. Elvis ♾.