This one makes me cry...it was one of the last songs I heard him sing..I think it was 2 months later he passed and left a huge hole in millions of people's hearts
The World is a better place for having Elvis here. He gave his fans his whole heart and the World is so lonely without him. The best of the best and always will be in my heart and mind! 😉
@@seanfitzpatrick4730 Gimme a break! "...a good effort..." That's all; you got from this? A good effort?! As another fan I feel sorry for you...I agree about when he was at his peak but I would've hated to miss the many gems to be found in the mid-sixties and from 70 - 77...including this heartbreakingly, incredibly powerful version of UM...This is a great artist, seriously ill with only a few weeks to live, pushing himself to the absolute limit to deliver an amazing performance...and if it wasn't completely "perfect" vocally, he more than made up for that with the soulfully emotional way he sang it...it can bring tears to the eyes, ...it is soooo much more than just "a good effort"...that sounds like the verdict from a judge at a seaside talent contest..
Elvis was at his best vocally 50s early 60s and from 1968 to 70 that's when his versatility and his ability to sing in many voices was at it's absolute best nothing better than Elvis in those time frames no doubt about it
@@VKrulikoski More than welcome...there are even some fans who advise possible new fans not to bother listening to anything post-army...how ridiculous is that...missing out on so many masterpieces...really odd decision.
I believe this was Elvis's last concert. Imagine being that close to death and still having the ability to belt out a tune like that. He was truly amazing.
This was the last televised concert, his last true concert was in Indianapolis, Indiana 5 days later on June 26, 1977, and performed the previous 5 days.
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Elvis was the best friend i ever had in my entire life. we met when i was 17 yrs old. I won a radio show contest and the prize was a day with Elvis but our friendship lasted past that one day in time. All the memories of my friend are tucked safe in my heart forever. i saw him numerous times he was amazing he was not only my friend but a big brother as well. I never will get over his death it haunts me everyday seeing him in video's dancing and singing breaks my heart because i know he is not here anymore my mind understands but my heart never will, i saw him a few weeks before he passed he said kiddo everything will be okay i said E. nothing will ever be okay again, i was crying so hard he gave me a little kiss on the cheek and said i love ya kiddo always remember that okay i said love ya too E. that was the last time i saw my friend alive again. I walk past Graceland everyday without fail. Anyway i loved your reaction i hope you will watch more of his music videos love from Memphis Tn. Btw Tom Parker was a leech Elvis was a means to an end to Parker i hated him and i told him so on many occasions. Money was Tom's God he didn't care about Elvis at all. his body failed him but his voice never did.
My dad took my mom for a date to this concert and she said it was very emotional and sad...lil did the audience know Elvis would pass away later that year.
@mary mary You are right about the concert date,but he was no slimmer and was not healthier,i mean come on how much weight you gonna lose in 5 days!He died less than two months later!!But Graham Malcolm did not say anything about his last concert!he said last televised performance!!
@mary mary You’re welcome! The truth is the truth! I can tell you know your Elvis and I personally have seen pictures from his last show in Indy and you are 1,000% correct. I wish I was a little older or had a time machine to see him perform live! I bet you have some stories!! I have your back Mary!
Elvis was self taught on piano and he played by ear that's why there was no sheet music. I think its amazing how Elvis can take a song and put his own stamp on it and make it his own so the song becomes his. I admire him so much for this performance because he was so sick, in fact he was dying, (6 weeks later he would pass away) and yet somehow he mustered the strength to give the song everything he had, all his heart and all his soul and that sweet smile he had melts my heart every time.
Elvis was self taught in guitar too. Granted, he picked some some things up from Blues musicians he knew and watched in Shakerag (a section of Tupelo where Blues and gospel was predominent), and Memphis...But he really taught himself to play both guitar and piano. He was able to experiment more that way too. 😊
@@seanfitzpatrick4730 Yeh ok, .but it doesn't mean that he didn't produce some masterpieces in the mid-sixties as well as from 1970 to 77...I find it hard to believe that you would deny yourself the pleasure of listening to them because they're outside your particular 'timeline'...Why did you decide to share your cold statistic after we've watched Elvis give a gut wrenchingly emotionally draining performance from 1977...six weeks before he died...Why?!
@@johnmulligan455Dame Kiri ti Kanawa disagrees. She said Elvis had the best voice, it's not all about power, singing is all about emotion and how it makes you feel. So it's not really about how long you can hold a note or how high or low you can sing. It's about how the listener feels when hearing it. The records suggest Elvis made more people feel great than any other singer.
His body was giving up, but his voice never did. He loved us till the end. He would never perform again, because 6 weeks later he went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus. Love you..
If you haven't been to Graceland you must go! His suits are on display there! Now this video hurts my heart. 💔 I hate to see him hurting. Yet, he gave his all for the love of his fans!!❤️
His last performance ever, was two days later in Indianapolis. I’m a Hoosier girl and I was only 7 when he died, but I can still remember it like yesterday. He was still as beautiful to me as ever! He had a beautiful heart and soul! ❤️✌️
Elvis was incredibly ill at this time, but he always gave his all. Yes, he's really good on the piano. Thai is the suit he wore at the concert I attended; it's gorgeous.
Always makes me sad to see him this way,but he tried so hard to breathe and sound good for this song.we got to see him play piano one last time. Charlie had to help him finish the last note, but he tried. He smiles that smile at the end as if to say, i did it told ya. Crying now yall.
So sad, but so great! I watched it a hundred times and always at the end of the song i'm in tears! He gave his all, and he gave it to his fans! And that's why we love him so much! Thanks for your reaction, and you are absolutly right, you can't compare the original and the way he did it! Both are great, but i'm an E fan, what else can i say than thank you so much for spending a short time with us and giving us so much joy !🙏❤
Imagine if Elvis sang it's in the early 60s when the voice was much more refined and flexible and his health was 100% better anyway this is a powerful touching performance Elvis was always a great singer but vocally early sixties Nashville was his best voice
I agree with you Jay it was like a totally different tune. Just great but every time I watch this video it makes me so sad to know Elvis dies 6 weeks later. :-(
Elvis took his inspiration for this song from Roy Hamilton's version done well before the righteous brothers covered it. Roy was a hero to Elvis. What makes this so amazing is he passed away about 2 months later after a 6 week break from touring and was due to leave for Portland Oregon to kick off another round of touring. Unfortunately for us God called him home and no one asked for their money back. They hold those unused tickets like they are gold. His tour was already sold out as usual. I still remember that day. The first time in history the death of an entertainer was the lead story and all the networks worked quickly to get movies of his life out. His funeral was so beautiful and so many people from around the world gathered the streets to see his white limo. Flags flew at half staff and not only did Memphis, the whole state of Tennessee and Mississippi cry out the whole world cried together. He is so missed. Just think he had a fear of being forgotten. He will live forever through us and now you young people discovering his amazing talent and that extra something that made him so special.
To see Elvis like this makes my eyes Misty he was in better physical and vocal health in early 60s this song is a classic unchained Melody as you see he would have done a better job between 60 and 63 his vocal talents was better around this time a more healthy Elvis The voice more revine I say it one more time early 60s more healthy 1977 is not the real Elvis Presley this is the creation of Colonel Parker just for the dollar bill Elvis definitely was at his best in the 50s early 60s Nashville this kind of knowledge keep the real Elvis knowledgeable Elvis fan grinning he was great through his whole life but at his best in the beginning in his prime he could do it all fight dance ACT and sing early years he was at his best and long live the king
No one does it like Elvis. What a power house of a voice. My favourite version of this song. He was not feeling his best at the time. But that man could out sing them all, even when he was sick. He never lost that voice. Thank you Elvis for sharing your talent with the world. Your gone but your music lives on. And thank you Jay for doing This.👍🏻👍🏻🙂💖
He is genius...he is all mesmerising...he is a giant amongst men! This one brings a tear or two. Thank you for smiling upon his performance and embracing his passion. ✌️❤️
I loved elvis Presley he was a special man . Loved every one. But this video breaks my heart he was struggling he knew his time was coming. Look at his assistant with the mic the look in that mans eyes watching his Boss and probably close friend struggling to make it through that song. He knew !! R.I.P. King
Wow - His health was so bad here, to be near deaths door as he was here and still belt out a performance like this, that amazing voice never failed him, I think this may have been his last concert.
Elvis was at his best physically and vocally 50s early 60sa a healthy Elvis would have took this to New heights when he was at his best good effort considering
True, before his death the world was different, after his death, everything changed... I am a kid, but i am still listening to Elvis Presley, meanwhile everyone is listening those "new hits"... They are nothing, this is what i call, a real music!!!
This was his sundial suit. He was very sick at this last performance. They asked him if he wanted to shorten the concert as he became very short of breath at this time in concert. ELVIS said" the show must go on for my fans"
3.41 mark ....the last roar of a mighty lion , bless his heart ....and at the 2.45 mark....ohhh that million dollar smile one last time , breaks your heart ....love you E always , miss you always
Elvis has such a wondeful voice, there won't be another Elvis. This was sad too because I believe this was his last performance before he passed away. Awesome singer and I am glad people still can appreciate such an amazing soulful voice.
Yes J brilliant into he interpreted it his own way and his voice was brilliant very sad to see him like that it was very all that time towards the end of his life forever rest in peace Elvis
JAYY, I’m a huge Elvis fan I was 12 years old when he passed. I grew up in the Bronx and I still remember where I was when I heard he had passed. It’s hard for me to see Elvis like this. The people around him failed him. I love the way you have falling in love with Elvis. You should react to him singing the BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER LIVE IN 1970and JUST PRETEND LIVE IN 1970. And listen to him sing MY WAY LIVE I THINK IT WAS LIVE IN 1973 in Hawaii that was the first tv show seen in countries around the world via satellite. GOD BLESS AND TAKE CARE JOEY FROM NEW YORK
The guy holding the mic,, Charlie Hodge, adored Elvis and was so dedicated to doing whatever Elvis needed and wanted. It was as if he knew just what to do and when. He was so devastated when Elvis died it was very pitiful to see him in his interview on August 16, 1977
So sad and so sick here at the end of his life coming nearer. Still a King even here. He loved music , but sadly the lifestyle and the drugs as well as a broken heart took him away from us. R.I.P.
This performance and his last aired performance of My Way (especially the version from the docudrama This is Elvis where they play this last aired performance where the programme cuts over the song some images of Elvis over his life, of Elvis smiling etc) always has me in tears. The moment I like in this is that although he looks ill and you know he is at the end of his life, when he turns and smiles he suddenly looks young and like 'Elvis' again. Thank you for doing these reactions and for sharing your thoughts as well...
Even weeks before he passed. He did as he always did. His best. We all struggle some days. Like he was during this. But he got out there and did it!!! Honor ,dedication,fit only for a king
Your still smiling in the same way, lovely to see because he's not the same man here, I think he'd lost the will to live. Like all Elvis fans we still saw through the man he'd become, and still loved him. So unbelievably 😥
The great thing about this man is something very special This performance was his last Even deteriorating physically and so one, everyone noticed that his performances and amazing voice stills the same I mean powerful smooth playing with it the way he wanted to You can see that in an other song form the same concert called HURT R.I.P
Elvis took this song to a WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL. The uptight clean rehearsed to the last note version of The Rightous Bros just fell flat. Elvis put that passion, pain, struggle, etc in it. You mentioned the suit...it's my favorite....called the 'Sundial Suit.' It was one of his favs too since he wore it nearly 50 times just in 1977. Seeing it in person is something else. Costing about $10k at the time. All the embroidery, metal & copper studs, mirror plates, amber stones & the bead work is flawless. Regardless of what some may say, there are hidden messages like many of his stage suits. The Sundial represented TIME, used ancient symbols, meaning and knowledge to depict one's life path, predicted astronomical events. It was a calendar. It also had an 'End Date.' PEACE!
