FIRST TIME HEARING ELVIS PRESLEY - HEARTBREAK HOTEL 1968 REACTION 

One point that is not well known is that Elvis never had a stage monitor to hear his vocals until around 1972. Says a lot about his talent.

I remember watching this as a teenager with my mom. When he came out in that black outfit we almost fainted because he looked just so awesome. Elvis was back performing live and he surpassed all the Beattles stuff we had been hearing. It was such a mass musical switch up from the other rock groups of the moment. The 60's had so many groups and you had so much to choose from that Elvis in this moment of time made us all remember how much we loved him and rock and roll. He had also married his long time girlfriend Priscilla the year before. It was a great time in his life which you can feel.

He was the greatest entertainer with charisma and he controlled the mesmerised crowds.

Elvis being Elvis, messing with the crowd. He had been on a hiatus, making movies and it was his first time back performing live on stage for 8 years. Heartbreak Hotel was Elvis's first no.1 back in the 50s. Great reaction👍

It’s simple why it was the comeback. He blew up in the 50s, than Hollywood wanted him as the new James Dean so he started movies, got drafted for 2 years and when he got back in 1960 from the army he did 31 films straight as a major Hollywood actor. In that time the music scene overtook him and the safe movie soundtracks he got jammed in and he finally came back home in the 68 comeback which is the most iconic music concert ever. The king was back. He was so mismanaged but you saw him raw and real in this show. The sit down show was based on an impromptu jamming session as he did in his dressing room.

Elvis was an Entertainer not just a Performer.

This is so good Elvis unplugged brilliant

Elvis voice is like velvet and he can sing the phone book if he had to. This is why he stands alone above all the rest of them.

This was SO UP CLOSE N PERSONAL, HE WAS IN HIS ELEMENT COMPLETELEY 😍😍😍😎

Long story short, he pretty much took over the World in the mid/late 1950's. He got drafted into the Army and was there for a number of years. When he got out, he did a ton of movies in the mid 1960, but didn't do his concert tours. So this TV special in 1968 is him coming back to the music scene. It was a HUGE success.

What made Elvis different from others was his confidence on stage

This was Elvis returning to live performances after an 8 year absence due to his movie contract from the 60’s. He was still popular then but maybe not as he was a few years back, so this brought him back to that level of popularity and returning to touring.

I love watching Elvis make deliberate eye contact to various women as he's singing. Those women likely never found a mere man to live up to how Elvis made them feel.

Best Elvisreaction ever✌️ You really understand the magic and genius Of Elvis👍😊

It's 2021..I got a Elvis Calendar 😍 and Christmas just ain't Christmas without Elvis Christmas songs and Elvis ornaments on my tree!😁 anybody else??

He went into the army for 2 years then was in a contract to make movies so this was the first time performing in a concert for a live audience. He was really nervous and at the last minute he almost didn't go on because he didn't know how people would react. They told him just be himself.

He was doing movies for most of the 60’s. This will have been his first live appearance since the beginning of the 60’s. These guys are some of the good ole boys from when he started out. They wanted him to be relaxed and do what he does best, have fun and entertain the fans!

What a fun reaction to watch! I really dig your little asides and observations. It's a pleasure watching you getting lost in a live Elvis performance; the 68 Comeback Special is truly special. If you ever watch it in its entirety, do let us know.

He came back from roughly 8 years of only making movies after serving in the army.

Loving all these reactions to Elvis The Man

What is amazing is that Elvis stand the test of times, just think about it, your generation is enjoying his performances like he is the hottest thing currently going on. He was simply too cool and charm was dripping off all of his performances. He also backed it up with his generosity to his fan base.

Elvis had a god given gift ..

He improvised and he had a darn sense of humour... about himself and things that happened spontaneously

I don’t think we could even imagine how many songs Elvis knew and performed. Not to mention the ones In waiting.

He had been in films from 1960 so hadn't sang live for about 8 years it's why it was the comeback special but he proved he hadn't lost it he was fantastic like you said he had the it factor so beautiful as well evil Elvis lol love your smile you really get what he's about thank you so much for the 5 reactions you did this was the last one I watched stay safe and take care 😷✌👍💋

My God that man just looks perfect. Like unreal. Plus the aura, charisma, stage presence, it’s unmatched! Btw, this is the first “Unplugged” show. Later MTV Unplugged came out, but as always, Elvis was the first again.

You didn’t let it play until the end where he says that’s the worst job he’s ever done on a song. Here we are, all loving his performance.

I was 7 years old the first time I saw Elvis… I watched his Aloha from Hawaii concert on a 13 inch black and white Zenith Tv complete with bunny ear antennas….. I fell totally in love with our gift from God!

CHARISMA is the word your looking for followed with a big dose of realness, and loved to have fun. Again thank you, this has turned into a binge.

Elvis never left. This was originally called ELVIS. It was his first performance to a live audience in 8 years. Years later it was dubbed the comeback special. If you watch the whole thing you'll see it's Singer presents ELVIS.

It was his first live performance since 1961. Between 1960 and this TV Special he made movies. The last movie he did was in 1969. He made a few very good movies and a few ........not so good. After the movie contract he wanted to do what he did best.......music! This TV Special was later called the '68 Comeback Special. And it was absolutly awesome. The Rolling Stone later wrote it was one of the most important comebacks ever and devinitley the best! And you are right, Elvis in black leather is absolutly cool. And the heartbeat of us ladies goes faster when we see him in this outfit! 💓💗

The other guys on stage with him here were Scotty Moore and Bill Black, his very first back up band from Sun studio days ❤️

It was originally called “Singer Presents the NBC Elvis Special” it was the first time any one had a primetime special with no guests. Up until 15 minutes before he walked out in that stage in the black leather suit, he almost walked away from it. He was scared how he would be accepted. It was the highest rated show for 1968. And later came to be known as his comeback. It encourages him to sign for the 69 Vegas engagement. They wanted him to open the showroom, but he refused and wanted to be second. He knew they would have issues with sound and stage and wanted them resolved before he opened his show. Barbra Streisand opened the showroom with sound glitches. Smart Man he was. The rest is history.

You kind of missed the end of it, but you might have run out time. He said, he thinks it was worse job he ever did on a song. Kind of funny. Love you man..

Yes, you are right. Elvis was always fresh, improvising and making every performance special, while having fun. Very tuned into his audience. I lived through that era; I've watched several of your reactions, and I gotta say you really get how great this man was as an artist, how revolutionary he was. Another thing about Elvis that a lot of people don't fully appreciate: his vocal RANGE. It was really big and his tone was rich, strong and attractive all the way through that range, from bottom to top. To this day vocal coaches marvel at that.

Great reaction again! Coolest looking dude ever or like the review of his 72 Madison Square garden concert: The prince from another planet

That was actually the first time he played blues guitar on that song. So yeah, he forgot the words, but Scotty messed up too. I love it!

And you're right about Elvis "emprovising". This show was regressed, because it had to be....but in the 70's when Elvis was performing, he of course had a set list, sometimes he would get "bored" with it. The band might start a song they had planned, or about to start a planned song, and Elvis would call out a completely different song title, and they'd just do it. Sometimes they would be "obscure" songs that were on an album, but he'd never done live. That's the way he did things.

Come back to the stage as a musical performer. Been only making movies, mostly movie soundtracks.

Nice reaction man. You should check out “baby what you want me to do” from the 68 comeback special. It’s an epic jam session. Keep up the great work. Peace

That was Elvis 1968 come back tv special when he was finishing up his move contracts his last move was in 1969 change of habit

That was awesome thank you

Elvis came back from doing movies for the biggest part of the 1960s, sometimes three per year. They started out alright, before he went into the army in 1958, but after that, their quality soon declined. Elvis himself would refer to them as "Travelogues". His dream had been to become a serious actor, but his manager, the money greedy "Colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andries van Kuijk), wanted him to do fluff movies with mostly horrible soundtrack albums that would still sell, because it was Elvis, to rake in more money. So, Elvis had not been live on stage for several years and yearned to get back to doing concerts as soon as the movie contracts were over. The 1968 comeback special was the first step in this, although he made his last movie in 1969. But then he was free to do concerts and tours again. And you're right about no 2 Elvis shows being the same, even if they had the same playlist. He always said he and his band/orchestra had to pretend it was the first time they performed the show, because for the people in the audience, it WOULD be the first time viewing it.

My more sophisticated (LOL!) lyrics to the song: Well since my beloved forsook me, I've found a new residence. It terminates on Lonely Street. It's Heartbreak Hotel. It's there that I'll be lonely darling. Well, I'll be forlorn. I'll be so disconsolate, I could die. Despite the crowded conditions, you'll certainly find a room in which broken-hearted lovers can cry away their gloom. They'll be so lonely darling. They'll be forlorn. They'll be so disconsolate they could die. At present the bellhop's tears are flowing. The desk clerk's attired in black. They've resided so long on Lonely Street that they'll never, never look back. Well now, if your beloved forsakes you. And you have a woeful tale to tell -- just meander down Lonely Street to Heartbreak Hotel. ________________________________________ * The ending of 'beloved' should have the Old English pronunciation of 'id.'

He is mesmerizing

Where would we see all the footage of Elvis performing without the internet? Breathes new life into artists from way back,and others can experience their art-especially the very young

I'm not too cool to say he was good looking & such a cool guy. No doubt.

“Singer Presents... Elvis” when it aired in 1968. Singer as in the sewing machine company.

The word you are looking for is CHARISMA. Elvis had it. Most entertainers these days don't. 8-17-2021

I love your reaction videos...& I’m currently binge watching as I’m sure you know by all my comments. He’s “coming back” from a bunch of crappy beach movies and no live performances. This was his big “live” concert -comeback-

Could u react to new Orleans by elvis Presley from the movie king Creole. Good song.

Elvis's manager wanted the tv show to be Elvis singing only Christmas songs. The director said no way so we got a show that Rolling Stone said was a "great moment in Rock." It was Binder who thought Elvis should show off a darker persona. So he's the one who put Elvis in the black leather suit.

I Feel like Elvis is just jamming with us in Our Living Room...All Chill and Laughing..Loveeeee!!

This was elvis 1st live concert in 7 years due to the "colonel " signing elvis to 28 movies to keep control of elvis. This is Elvis 1968 comeback special and after this special, Elvis did what he wanted to do which was music and being with his fans.

Hi .watch "Elvis and the Black community" lots of great stuff there

I see the type of old music you like. Please react to Tom Jones, "I'll never fall in love again." He was a similar performer as Elvis. Hope to see you listen to Tom Jones. He's 80 now and still got it. You should check out a few of his movies and see his acting. You tube has a few of his movies. Love me tender, Viva Las Vegas, Kid Gallahad, etc.

He loved interacting with the crowd. He truly loved a appreciated his fans and loved messing with them. He constantly interacted before, during and after the song.

This man was so damn sexy! I love it! I love his beautiful smile and everthing! I wish i was in this time! Thank you! Great reaction!

He was a beautiful man inside and out, his fans didn't care if he messed up Just been in his presence was enough. He knew that he's fans love him, and he loves us back, that's why he knew it was alright with us.

He was in the Army for 2 years, then went to Hollywood & made movies for a couple of years, loss popularity in singing business. He left. Hollywood because he said he wasn’t an actor, he was a singer. This was his comeback from those experiences.

2 years ago they had an Anniversary Special on NBC mixing him singing along with current people. Can you imagine 50 years is celebrated because of a TV special in 68. That’s how much it actually grew after his death instead of forgetting about it. His one worry in life was that he wondered if people would forget him when he died. Little did he know. I hope he’s looking down with that confidence he sometimes lacked and is smiling.

I did read somewhere when elvis did 68 he had been suffering with the flu hence him getting out of breath

Wiki: In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. As for the people complaining about singing Elvis the same songs each show, they asked people coming to one of his concerts which songs they wanted to hear, they all asked for the same old songs. As Ricky Nelson sang: "You can't please everyone, so you gotta please yourself." And that's what Elvis did: Enjoying himself, and share his joy with his band, friends and fans.

The 68 come back special Was One of the best concrete he ever did.

He forgot the lyrics but keep in mind he hadn't sung these songs live in 10 years.

This tv special is my favorite performance EVER! The famous black suit!

Awesome elviss is love him

I was at his concert at the Chicago Stadium and it was better than incredible. I remember every moment.

He wasn't actually improvising too much. Pretty much everything was an act. He reused the same jokes for decade, lol, and it was the part of the image.

He be coming back from ten years in movies & soundtracks...he started performing live again 68...

You're fun to listen to. I love your Elvis reactions. You're a super judge of character. Good job!

In case you did not know, brother, Elvis is considered the greatest Rock N Roll artist of all time. He had a magnetism and charisma which could physically be felt by those in the room he had just entered. Without a doubt, he was gifted by God to be what he was, and he was the only one in history. Elvis opened the door to every rock and roll act to follow, including the Beatles, the greatest rock band in history. He also opened the door for black artists, because white radio stations said his music was "N" music! and they refused to play it. It was Ed Sullivan that convinced America that Elvis was a decent young man and was not vile and vulgar. Take a listen to what James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr, and Chuck Berry said about Elvis. Chuck Berry said that Elvis was the greatest who has ever been, or ever would be. Ask ANY black artist of his day and they will tell you, Elvis opened up the door for black music to be played on white radio, and of course black radio LOVED Elvis. Elvis had 3 back up girl singers who were black. Listen to what they said about Elvis. EVERYBODY loved Elvis, and many said he was the most "beautiful" man God ever created, (talking about his looks), and he was!

Elvis was and is the best ever

He never got over Priscilla and he sang this song for her when she was at his show. I loved him at 4 and I love hi.m at 71. The name of the song is. IT s MIDNIGHT.

When he sings his 50s songs I prefer them from the 50s. He sang this better when he was 21 because his voice was higher then.

As we know, he became famous late 50's so in the 60's for almost a decade he mostly made movies in Hollywood. During his time away from music n performing, unknown lesser known groups like the Beatles were taking over America w regards to pop music so he was pressed to make a come back ie the TV show was his way of returning to the scene.

There are several great numbers from this part of the show where he was brought together with his old band for several songs and they didn't even have much of a chance to rehearse if any and so really it's just like old friends that had played so many shows and songs together for so long but hadn't played together in a while just having a porch Jam type thing. And then the audience gets to be real close cuz it's in the round. Trying to get to you is another one that pops up a lot from this exact same set. But really every one of them is great and there are all moments of just his personality and interacting with this band members and audience and so forth. You can't go wrong with black suit Elvis you can't go wrong with evil Elvis I meant, laugh. The Only Exception being that he did do a version of the Martin Luther King tribute if I can dream, in the black suit but it's the show finale where he is in the white suit with the red tie against the red background that is so iconic. Probably his best performance ever in my view although he had so many.

You stopped it too soon at the end. Elvis laughed and said that it was his worst performance ever. He was just great, gorgeous, charismatic, etc, etc, etc. Please do reaction on "Oh happy day". Do the rehearsal one where he is wearing a red shirt. There you will find no difference between rehearsal and show.

Coolest guy ever.

Your starting to get him lol. He was so funny. What I loved is you didn't have to listen to a 3 minute music intro he just got into it.

There’s no color in Rock and Roll!! It’s all in the soul!! It’s in the soul!!!

Elvis was a cut above all the others he was an Entertainer a true Entertainer..

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Your reaction is ON POINT! Today’s acts have 50 backup dancers, auto tune, a bunch of fake ass BS. Elvis delivered. Real deal. Today’s music blows for the last part. Not Tennessee whiskey though!

Elvis was under contract to make movies. He couldn't record music unless it was in a movie. So the first time in years he was no longer under contract,so he could play his music again. That's the comeback

Thank you,thank you very much

What's he coming back from? Well...it's more like what was he coming back TO? The answer is live performances. All throughout the 60's, Elvis was in Hollywood making movies. All but a few of his movies had a ton of songs thrown into them. It's what Elvis called "fluff material". His movies were pretty good and the man could act, he just didn't like that his manager "Colonel" Tom Parker insisted that Elvis sing in his movies. In 1968, Elvis was just about to be out of the movie contracts. He had three more to make...."The Trouble with Girls", "Change of Habit", and "CHARRO!" all three really showcased his acting chops. He had others where he really got to act too. The three i mentioned were his final 3 movies he was obligated to make. Change of Habit was a dramatic acting roll for him, while The Trouble With Girls (And How to Get into It) was a comedic roll. In CHARRO!, Elvis grew a beard and played a really bad ass cowboy...an outlaw gone straight. CHARRO! featured no music within the movie itself....the only song performed in that was the title song, CHARRO!, played over the opening titles. and yes, it was performed my Elvis. Within the movie itself though, no singing, just pure dramatic acting. So Elvis, knowing he was about to free of making movies, wanted to show the public he was a lot more of an entertainer than they'd been seeing in his films (though most of them weren't bad). He was approached about doing a "Comeback Special". It's called the '68 Comeback Special today.....then, it was titled "Singer Presents Elvis". Singer Sewing Machines was the spinsor of the show. If Elvis' manager Colonel Tom Parker had his way, it would have been a Christmas Special with entirely Christmas music. Elvis hated that idea. He loved Christmas and Christmas music, but he hated the idea of having his first live appearance in front of an audience in years be all Christmas music, especially since it was taped in June of 1968. It was taped in June of '68, and aired on December 4th of '68. Elvis and the show director compromised with Colonel Parker and opted to include one, "possibally 2" Christmas songs in the show since it was airing in December. He was coming back to his audience if you will. After the three final movies, all made and released in 1969, Elvis opened in Vegas to a live crowed and from then on, he sold out EVERY concert up to and including his very last concert tour in June of '77.

Little boy from Tupelo, been to the shotgun shack and Graceland 5 times? My first concert when I was 5! He’s cut ❤️

Request Mean Woman Blues from the movie Loving You. 1957. Sideways moonwalk...

Elvis was tied up in Hollywood doing 31 movies under those contracts that Colonel Parker had him doing two and three movies a year which was a nightmare for him he didn’t like the movie didn’t want the movie didn’t they weren’t giving them the parts that he wanted that’s when he put his foot down when his contract is up that’s when he said to the kernel iPad it I’m going back to live concerts and thank God he did nobody could beat Elvis nobody he just had that charisma to see him in person I’m 75 to see him in person at timesThree times in concert and one time I met him through the owner of Caesar’s Palace because I was friends with the owner at Caesars Palace but he was just one in 1 million that’s all I can tell you but you never forgot his concerts I could tell you that Liz the queen

He was away in Hollywood making 31 movies so he wasn't performing live. This was supposed to be a Christmas special but he changed it to what he wanted to sing. The reason they call it comeback is because he hadn't performed in front of a live audience in 10 years.

You’re right, he had the IT factor. He was a bad man!

How can you say this is the best Elvis performance you ever seen when it's obvious Elvis is just fooling around and isn't even trying? I think it's obvious that the person or persons who told you to react to Heartbreak Hotel meant they wanted you to react to the original and not to this one. You need to start from the beginning when Elvis first started back in the 50's if you really want to know why Elvis became the King of Rock n Roll. You need to listen to songs from the 50's like the original Heartbreak Hotel & Money Honey (1956 Dorsey Bros TV Show), All Shook Up & Don't Be Cruel (Ed Sullivan Show (1956 or 57), Teddy Bear, Got A Little Livin To Do, & Mean Woman Blues (1957 from the movie Loving You), TROUBLE (from the movie King Creole)......start from there then work your way up. These are all actual performances. It's not exciting when you listen to studio songs like "Wash My Hands In Muddy Water." You never should have reacted to that one.

You stopped the video too soon. At the end Elvis says: "man this is the worst job i've ever done!" 😀😂 Elvis is so cool. Anything he does or says sounds okay and is acceptable.

Youth tally stopped the Video BEFORE he Said, "That was the WORST Job I've Ever Done on a Song"

He was Real Elvis Ya Baby !

Every concert was different

He was in the Army for awhile and took some time off to make movies .

He was extremely nervous when he reached the stage here. He came off as a cool guy, but he was feeling insecure because he had been away with the movies for so long. It didn't take him long to get comfortable though. No slam on you, but if you delve into Elvis for at least another month, you will change your mind about this being one of his best performances.

You need to watch the outakes of the special it's the bloopers and he's really funny.