@@PoboyNCoke I had some health problems and was at the hospital.....so I didn't comment that often. But I hope we will "meet" again more often in the future. And how have you been? Taking Care Of Business? 😊
I was born in 1957 so I was there the first time around, I was about 10 years old when this song hit the airwaves and I loved it immediately! "Jailhouse Rock" should be one of the songs you react to!
Elvis grew up in the ghetto and loves black singers and gospel aswell and church that gave him inspiration for being who he is and he grew up poor with the ghetto and never forgotten where he came from he was a great man that’s why he’s the king 👑
He had natural singing, dancing and acting talent. He is the king of Rock and Roll, but did beautiful ballads, gospel, rockabilly, country and rhythm &blues. He blew people away in 1956, with his singing style, movements and looks including hairstyle and clothes.
I love American Trilogy live, watch Elvis and the Black Community the Echo never dies. I lived in Memphis and was 19 when he died and the whole city shut down. So sad💙
The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the most successful bands, etc...were all enamored with Elvis Presley, all of them tongue tied and twisted when they met him in person. They all have talked about it.
Elvis won a grammy for his gospel music. Crying in the Chapel was #1 on the pop charts when I was in high school Beautiful song and beautiful, beautiful voice. Would love to see you react to that one.
I grew up listening to his music and watching his movies. I honestly believe that Elvis was the most talented entertainer EVER. As I've gotten older I have really turned to his gospel music. That was his love. He has the best version of HOW GREAT THOU ART ever. Another of my favorites is IN THE GARDEN.
Sincere reaction to an extremely sad but real song 👏 And how sad is it that this song is still relatable to this day?😢Elvis was waaaay ahead of his time & he's left an amazing legacy for us all, generation after generation. R.I.P. Elvis
Elvis was my first concert in 1972 …. Oh too see him live was amazing his stage presence was unbelievable…. Elvis grew up very poor at times he had no food and a lady neighbor would feed his family . Mac Davis wrote this song Elvis’s Manager and studio didn’t want him too do this song …. So glad he did it still resonates today ….
Elvis Is amazing in every generation, I love Elvis and I wasn't even born when he was around , he was born in the ghetto basically so he's singing from experience. Love ur vids, Sending love from Scotland xx
Its great that your getting into elvis. His image has been tarnished by dad impersonators and people writing garbage about him or calling him names who never even knew him . Dig deep with documentary of people who knew him . You'll appreciate the man even more
Elvis grew up in one of the poorest ghettos in Tupelo, Mississippi, I believe he was maybe 13 or 14 when his family moved to Tennessee, he never forgot where he came from, and he was generous to a fault. If I remember right, he was told not to do the song because it was too controversial, and he said it needs to be sung people need to understand what these families are going through. He knew all too well the struggles of living in the ghetto and that it didn't matter what color you were, I was never an Elvis fan, but I did respect him for putting others before himself.
Love your Elvis reactions please keep them coming. You have a long way to go my friend he recorded over 800 songs but you’ll enjoy all of them. Please react to (Elvis and the black community part 1 & 2 That echo will never die) to learn more about Elvis’s background. You won’t regret it!!! 1970 live in Las Vegas (Polk Salad Annie), Same show (Love Me Tender) kissing all the girls. 🥰 Elvis loved his fans and they loved him. The ladies wanted him and the men wanted to be him. Also 1970 live (Suspicions Minds), (You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling), ( Sweet Caroline), (Just Pretend), ( I Can’t Stop Loving You). Just a few to get you started!! 😀
Love your reaction to Elvis! He was the King for a reason! He changed so many lives, changed music forever and left a mark, and I really believe that some piece of Elvis’s soul lives in every performer. He was just unbelievable. So next, for some amazing live performances, please react to Suspicious Minds live in Las Vegas. Vegas is where Elvis was in his prime. He used to do multiple performances a night and always left everything on stage…every night, every show…The world is actually a bit lesser without him. Please keep up the channel, I’m a subscriber now! Awesome job!
If you want to see Elvis do some rock and roll, you should check out Suspicious Minds! You will see why he has so many fans! More now than ever!! Much love, Elvis!!
Two words, Thank you for taking the time to dive into the Elvis journey, you are so passionate about the Elvis reactions, and I for one will be looking forward to seeing more of the Elvis journey with you. You are so young ,and just now discovering what we Elvis fans have always known. , Simply untouchable in every genre of music, charisma and charm, not to mention the best looking man to ever walk this earth. His music will continue to live on thanks for the young people such as yourself discovering what a phenomenal man he was and is . It's much appreciated. TCb 1935🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡
It doesn't get as much attention on RU-vid because there's no video of him singing it. I dont know why he never sang it in concert, It's such a great song. It's the one song that Elvis sang that had the legendary "Bo Diddley guitar lick".
@@PoboyNCoke There are a few remixed videos of the song with young folk dancing to it that are pretty good. And one with Elvis and Ann Margret mixed in you might enjoy ,
Wonderful reaction! There's another version of this song that I feel is a must-see. Elvis' daughter was nine years old when he died but did a duet of this song as an adult with her father. She donated the proceeds of the record to charity. Elvis Presley & Lisa Marie Presley "In the Ghetto" (3:10).
I love watching reactions videos to this song.... the happy go lucky before in contrast to how it affects people after is priceless! Very rare a reactor makes me want to check out more on their channel! I am only subscribed to 2 reactors.... now you are number 3!!! This isn't a song.... but I would love to see you react to Elvis and the Black Community part 1 and 2!
New to your channel, and I love how real your reactions are. Subscribed. Elvis was my childhood favourite. I mostly ignored him for a few decades, while I immersed myself in metal. I started actively listening to him again a while back and am enjoying watching people discover him for the first time.
Would love to see you react to: You Gave Me A Mountain (Aloha from Hawaii), Suspicious Minds (1970 - Live in Las Vegas), Never Been to Spain, Polk Salad Annie, Just Pretend, Hound Dog from the Milton Berle Show (1956 version with dialogue)
Thank you for your amazing reaction Elvis always sang about things that mattered. Like the ghetto and also if I can dream which was about the assassination of Martin Luther King. If you want to listen to another message song Could you react to Walk a mile in my shoes I love how honest you are Elvis really did mean every word you sang Thank you again God bless you
I like you man keep it up. If I can dream. Trilogy. Bridge over troubled water you gave me a mountain. And of course the 1977 version how great thou art.
Elvis recorded 800 songs, and never wrote one. He couldn't read music. Elvis grew up in a Tupelo, Mississippi ghetto; Dad, Vern, was in jail for a bad check. At age 14, they moved to the Memphis, Tennessee projects. He sang in a black church...Gospel was his first love...he sang "That's All Right, Mama" in 1954, when a teenager for his Mother's birthday, at Sun Records. He was a Spec 4 in the Army, got out in 2 years. Released "Heartbreak Hotel" in 1956 to a massive amount of controversy from religious groups because of his movements. He made a string of musical romance movies, that he didn't want to do. Finally got a decent script for "King Creole", his only b&w movie. He just wanted to make music. His singing career took a dip when his wife left him, and the Beatles arrived, his "Comeback Tour" helped immensely. When he sang "In the Ghetto", which his manager thought would kill his career, he fought to sing it, (it was written by Mac Davis, who originally titled it "The Vicious Circle") and here we are...as relevent, and often played, today, 57 years later, as it was in 1969, when it was released. His backup singers were the Sweet Inspirations, which included Cissy Houston, mother of Whitney Houston. Thank you for your great reaction.
Hello. Believe it or not the local police dept told Elvis he Could Not Use Black singers. Elvis told them that will NOT play in their town. As you can See Elvis WON! Elvis was Also a country singer, actor and most importantly a Gospel Singer. When you can play some of his gospel songs. Take care and God bless.❤
1970 performances of Suspicious Minds, Just Pretend, Bridge over Troubled Water. Elvis's friend, the late great Mac Davis wrote In the Ghetto. Elvis was dirt poor at the younger part of his life
Elvis was born in a 1 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. He always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. But he was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. Elvis wanted to be more open about it, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.
Mac Davis wrote this song back in the 70's I believe. People didn't won't Elvis to sing it but he did. When he first started singing in public he couldn't move around because it was "too vulgar". I have always loved his music.
Clean up your own backyard. You gave me a mountain. Walk a mile in my shoes. And for a fun fun fun steamroller blues from his aloha from Hawaii concert
Check out the Doobie Brothers "Listen to the music" "Black water" "Takin it to the streets" "China grove" "Jesus is just alright" "Long train running" "What a fool believes" "Minute by minute" "Real love"
Please watch community black eccept Elvis echo part 1n2,...he dedecated the song If I can dream to MLK n R Kennedy after assassination, thank you young man for nice rections✌️🇺🇲🇺🇲
Elvis covers unchained melody's. Towards the end of his career. He definitely doesn't look that good. Not sure how much you know about how he passed away. But he had a lot of stuff going on but it's a great cover
I just thought of this, this is more effective because Elvis is white. Although I don't like this is if it was a black man were singing this too many people would think it's just someone whining about hard hard things are for his people. Elvis (although it was written by Mac Davis) could be regarded as an outside observer so it is more believable. On another note back in 1967 there was a race riot in Detroit, a Canadian white singer songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot, did a song called Black Day In July about it. Although nowhere nearly as effective as In The Ghetto it is still very good.
To believe he sang Ghetto in 1969 n Ghettos are still here ... Crazy how certain things keep going around.... Elvis also sang " if I could dream". At the same time as Ghetto...But in these days it's still happening... SHAME
There are better versions of him singing this song.. this version tempo is to fast. Plenty of other recordings of this song that would blow ur mind !! Do your research on other recordings of this song with him .
