Yes, that's the King! He gave his all. Over a billion were watching in 36 countries! That's an amazing performance and it was the first worldwide live show . Elvis did everything first.
I am one of the luckiest people alive!! I actually got to watch Elvis perform LIVE!! When he sang American Trilogy the house came down!! I'll NEVER forget that experience!!🥰😘
Elvis entered to 2001 A Space Odyssey and CC rider...WOW! The rumble in the arena was deafening to say the least. I was also amazed at JD Sumner's bass vocals. Elvis actually had him show us his lowest voice. It sounded actually like it had to be a malfunction. It was that low!! I fought my way to the front of where I was behind the stage area and was rewarded with a scarf from Elvis. It is aqua blue and yes, I still have it almost 46 years later! I was 14 y/o at the time and grown women were trying to take it from me. I made my way back to my seat, but could never get back up front again! Every song he sang, he made you think he was singing just to you. American Trilogy was the one that everyone went CRAZY for though!! That September evening of 1976 was none other than amazing and still to this day it is hard for me to believe he left us 💔 11 months later!! He will always be "my Elvis" to me!! As a young girl, that was what I called him...mine!!
@@vickybrackin7483 WOW Vicky! I too saw him live it was July 1976! I didn't get a scarf but my brother got me right up the the stage and lifted me up on his shoulders. I was 20 years old and he had to grab my legs or I would have shaken right off LOL I was close enough though to see those blue blue eyes. It was our bi-centennial in 76 so he did American Trilogy for us too. I remember he was wearing his patriotic jumpsuit, white with bald eagle in red white and blue. He had a song that recently came out called HURT that has a big ending. He sang it and when finished he liked how good it sounded he did just the ending again. I'm sure you feel like I do to be one of the luckiest ppl alive to have seen him in person...a memory I will never forget!
Oh, you are SOOO lucky! 😊 I'd have LOVED to have seen him perform live!!😍 Elvis Presley: often imitated, never duplicated. God gifted him with musical talent, an awesome voice, and a big heart. God gifted US with Elvis. 🥰
That was one of the best reactions to this Elvis song I have seen.... because u realized how Elvis focused on his musicians during the song....an Elvis show was not just about Elvis...he loved and respected other peoples abilities and talents...he was always the focal point for the audience but Elvis always made it a collective....he had himself, the TCB band ( drummer, piano, lead guitar, rhythm guitar?) The sweet Inspirations ( black female gospel singers), JD and the Stamps Quartet ( the male backing singers) , Kathy Westmoreland ( a trained opera singer) and a full orchestra with a conductor, on stage when he performed and later in the 70s added another group called voice to the stage..Elvis just loved other singers and other peoples talents which he believed made him and his show an experience.... because to him it wasn't just about him .... unfortunately people like Paul McCartney criticized Elvis because of this and said he should of stuck to his 50s format.... ridiculous when u see a performance like this.... remember this was shown before a world wide audience of eventually a billion or so people...no Auto tune gimmicks...no miming.....no fancy backing dancers and fancy light shows to detract from the vocals...this was Elvis being Elvis...great review ..thx
The most beautiful voice the universe the most beautiful man the galaxy 😍 THE KING 👑 Beautiful beautiful reaction thanks. Reaction " Just pretend " Las Vegas live 1970 please thanks thanks very much ✌️
Can't go wrong watching Elvis live this man was so handsome great sense of humor chrasima stage presence looking great in his suits and that voice with so much passion and emotion and the power in it just makes you feel it deep down in your heart and soul never will there ever be a man like this who gave everything he had
Elvis is one of the best singers that has ever lived. He was also a fabulous entertainer. There is a reason he is called "The King". He had a great voice & could sing anything whether it was ballads, gospel or rock. He also appeared in a lot of movies. I enjoy watching them even though they were a bit corny, but the music was always great.
I am a French man aged 53... i first listened to that gem when i was 6.. I remember that "cause i cried a lot and then felt so emotional ! After all this time, i still cry every time i hear that trilogy.. My soul had definitly been touched by this grace Elvis carried with him all along his way. For sure this trilogy about American history resounds in my heart and soul and that it will ever be... I feel grateful to know that Elvis was King and for all the Love he shared with us all over this Earth 🤩Love for all ! 💚
I’ll just add that many consider it to be about the American Civil War. I’ve always felt that it belongs in what in the old days we called The American Songbook. Songs like America The Beautiful, etc which spoke to our evolution as a country. I guess not many people think about that today.
Do te 1968 Comeback special (black leather suit) - Trying to get to you. To see more of his goofy personality in the same special - Heartbreak Hotel. He forgets the lyrics and just has an absolute ball… and apologizes for it all. He was a bit rusty as he had been making movies and not live performances. The man just brings a smile to your face.
That’s why he’s The King. I still remember the day he died. Such a tragic loss. If you’ve never been to Graceland, you need to put that on your bucket list. ❤️
I have always loved Elvis, the King! What a voice! I was about 11 years old when he first hit the airwaves, and I was hooked from the first listen. He and his incredible voice will live on for centuries!
Awww, I couldn't be more thrilled that you loved this! Elvis' death is one of those events that everyone remembers where they were, when they heard! I remember when JFK got shot and killed, and I couldn't understand why everybody was cryin' over someone they never met in their life---then, 14 years later, I cried the entire week of Elvis' death, and was glued to every second of his funeral; I still have the newspaper, and other clippings.... Can you say "rabid fan"? I know that you can!! LOL
I know where I was..................working the incoming phones at the Memphis Fire Dept Alarm Office: early afternoon 8/16/1977 Graceland called wanting an ambulance STAT! awhile later when they said they were transporting to Baptist Hosp. on Union Ave...we knew something bad had happened.....the rest WAS history!
Delightful reaction. You really see Elvis as I do, I think. Many times as I listen to him sing, I think "He didn't have to be that good." He chose to put his heart and soul into making beautiful music, with his own voice and with those around him.
Thank you for such a reaction. You've described the feelings of many who still love him after all these years. There are so many songs that you could pick to listen to and they would all be amazing.
Fun fact Elves Grandmothers name was morning white Dove , she was Cherokee Indian! a song of Americas civil war, to secure these words " we believe these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal by their creator" Dixie combined with battle Hym of the republic, Abraham Lincoln's favorite song!🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸
@@LS-mx1ge how does that make not true? Maybe should have said one of Elvis's Grandmother's name was morning white Dove! A Grandmother's a Grandmother?
@@LS-mx1ge he was well aware of his native American history! Even agreed to play mixed race native Americans in his first movie! Wasn't trying to lie about it! Why would I?????
So. Nice to know that about his Maternal grandmother! I saw a photo of the grandparents . His Cherokee Grandfather was tall, handsome and in a American business suit😊
Elvis was born in abject poverty in my hometown Tupelo, MS. He was very active in church and loved his mother very much. He was taught southern manners and he was always considerate of and generous to everyone. They moved to Memphis, TN, when he was 14 and it was there he broke into music. He’s the greatest. I’m proud to say I live in the town where Elvis was born. He never forgot where he came from.
Thank you for this. It does not get better than Elvis! He was an amazing man. I was 13 when he passed. I cried for 2 weeks straight. I saw him live 3 times. He was my very first concert. I still have the ticket stubs.
This year starting in March here in Bendigo Victoria Australia 🇦🇺 there is going to be an exhibition about Elvis Presley and they are actually bringing over some things from Graceland, apparently one of his motorbikes and a Cadillac amongst other things. I can't wait, I've decided to go on my birthday so I have to wait until June 20th but I might get another ticket and go sooner. Love this performance by him, one of my favourite.
The greatest singer and performer there ever was or will be! No one will ever compare to Elvis Presley. Elvis is a legend. The world misses you Elvis 💔
As you said, there's a reason he's called "The King!". Thank you so much for this video. I grew up listening to Elvis on the radio and watching his movies. Yes, the movies were terrible when I rewatch them now but I sure enjoyed them when I was a kid!
Most of Elvis movies were just so so, but I like 9 of them that were absolutely very entertaining and still watch them with my 2 granddaughters. Heck, I even like a lot of the songs from his movies better than some of his big hits. Give me Elvis songs anyday, don't need any Freddy Mercury or Dimash music.
I think most of his movies were pretty bad, too---but, here's the thing.... One got to look at ELVIS!!! LOL Oh yeah, and one got to listen to him sing!! Did I mention that one got to look at him? Can you tell I'm a girl? LOL
Ive watched a ton of reaction videos to this song. And youre the only one who actually felt the power of this song. Tears, goosebumps yes. Great reaction
I grew up in Little Dixie in Arkansas...just across the river.. When I die...I've told my family I want this song by this man played at my funeral. I want my ashes spread over Dixieland. I loved that land as did my father!!!
An absolutely stunning, incredible, legendary, otherworldly performance by The King. If you didn't get goosebumps or weren't crying watching this one, you're dead. There will never ever be another one like Elvis. The King.
I was born in "Little Dixie " and that's where I want my ashes spread when I die. Arkansas home of my birth, but not far from Memphis. Just across the state line from Memphis, Tennessee
My very favourite singer/songwriter Mickey Newbury is most famous for a song he arranged, but did not write. One night in Los Angeles, at a time of national distress over war and race issues in the U.S.A., Newbury spontaneously combined a southern anthem (written by a northerner, D.D. Emmett), a northern anthem (written by a southerner, William Steffe), and a third song that was originally a Jamaican slave song (All My Sorrows). In the audience that night were many celebrities, Odetta, Kristofferson and Streisand among them. The trio of songs brought tears to Odetta's eyes. It came to be called An American Trilogy, and would be adopted by Elvis Presley after Priscilla heard it on her car radio and told Elvis he should listen to it as it was perfect for him, he sang it as the centerpiece of his later concerts. Check Mickey's version out on you tube.
That is how you sing live, nothing to help, just talent and no gimmiicks, my boy did not need any help because he had the most beautiful most god given voice and no one will ever come near to him, slept sound my super nova.
Your Elvis reaction drew me to your channel. I have no idea how familiar you are with his music. But if this is one you haven't heard I'd like to request that you react to "Kentucky Rain" - Elvis Presley (3:23).
You picked the perfect song - which IMO was the crescendo, the peak, the pinnacle of EP's remarkable career. This was the peak moment of the Aloha concert, a time when more people watched EP at that moment then had watched the moon landing!!! At that moment - he was hands down, the most famous person on the planet....
The version of this song from the Aloha From Hawaii Rehearsal show is the best version of this song. Please check out the performance of Can't Help Falling in Love With You live in 1972. Where he is wearing the baby blue suit.
