It warms my heart to see younger folks listening to elvis. They don't make music like this anymore, everyone nowadays depends entirely on computers and technology instead of raw and pure talent like they used to. There will never be another elvis.
I watch this 700 times and I can't get thought it without crying. I walked out of the movie theater before he played this at the end of the movie. Good night Graceland. Texas peace bro.
He was so unwell and doped up on prescription drugs. So heartbreakingly beautiful and sad at the same time. It’s apparent he was spiraling, and he was able to deliver this remarkable rendition of Unchained Melody. Goosebumps.
Elvis was so different ,then any other singer ,and performer ,he was so humble ,had a great sense of humor ,and truly loved his fans ,and he never lost his voice ,even more powerful till the end
Elvis was in (in my opinion) active heart failure here. He is showing all the tell-tell signs and Whenever I see vids from this time, it makes me want to hug him.
I'm 64 years old and I've seen this video clip 100 times and every time I Cry call muscle don't feel bad if you did as well. In my opinion this is the BEST artist EVER singing the best song ever written! Close second is Child In Ime by Deep Purple BBC live recording!
This concert aired on TV after his death. It was so emotional for me I couldn’t speak because I knew I would break down and cry. At the end Elvis father thanked all the fans for their cards and said they would answer as many as they could. How he stayed composed must have taken a lot of carriage because his health was not well either. Thank you for your respectful reaction. Elvis soul lives on.
WOW - I CAN BARELY GET THOUGH THIS SONG!! SO EMOTIONAL!! TEARS!!! I was 10 Years Old When We LOST Our Elvis - I remember it like YESTERDAY!!! Constantly Flashing on the News Watching His Funeral On TV - Momma & Daddy were crying and told us kid - THE WHOLE WORLD WAS SHOCKED!!!!! WHAT A SWEET BIG HEARTED HUMBLE MAN!! *THE KING* ELVIS AARON PRESLEY - YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN -- GREAT REACTION!!!! TY SO MUCH
@@BimuReacts Of Course!!! Yes it was the Whole World Mourned - His Funeral was Madness with all his fans coming from all over the WORLD!!!!!!! His Daddy Vernon DID ALLOW FANS TO SEE ELVIS THOUGH BECAUSE HE KNEW ELVIS WOULD WANT THAT -- RIP SWEET ELVIS
This was about six weeks before his death. He was truly an amazing gift. Enjoy seeing you discover Elvis. I’ve been a fan for almost 50 years, and there are still times I’m speechless. And, I’ve heard every Elvis song recorded. He just hits you in the feels sometimes. Great reaction.
I strongly suggest that you watch the 2022 movie Elvis. It’s amazing!!! You will get a much better understanding of his life and who he was. And also be very entertained. I saw it 13 times in the theater. It’s fire.
The Album was a 2 Album set, fantastic! ( Elvis In Concert ) This was televised in October 1977 if I remember right, 2 months after his passing! I was amazed even though I played the Album set many times, seeing the Concert was just over the top! Thanks Bimu!
You can see how tired and sick he was here! 6 weeks later he left us! It hit the world so hard. Nobody could believeit!! Still in this concert his voice never failed him. Check out HURT from this same concert!! Luv him and always will!!!❤❤❤
Bless you and thank you for doing this. It means a lot to me to listen to your reactions and your heart-felt gratitude and the appreciation you express for great music and immensely great performers as Elvis. Elvis’ performances make me cry but I, too, am thankful that we can watch his performances for years to come. 👍❤
This was the very last FILMED concert on June 21st but not his last concert. Elvis then went on to do his last concert on June 26th. A note about Elvis' health: he inherited a genetic lung condition causing COPD/emphysema symptoms & began needing an inhaler to help him breathe. Yet with his lung problems he managed to belt out those songs until his last dying day. But for this song in particular, It is the gospel tenor singer Sherrill (Shaun) Nielsen who sang that high falsetto note which ended the song. As great as Elvis was, he just was not able to get out that last note. Nielsen also accompanied Elvis on one of his albums & a couple of songs in concert. Elvis also had painful glaucoma & the mega bright house lights & stage lights were hard on his eyes. He had emergency in-office eye surgery in the mid--'70's. Thank you.
That's true of the recorded version but in the live version, Elvis hit the note, held it for a bit and then wasn't able to complete it. There's another clip here on You Tube of the same performance that has a closer up view of Elvis and you can see him do it...when he had to stop midway through that final note he makes a sound indicating displeasure with himself then looks up, smiles & mouths 'wasn't that pretty' to someone in the audience, presumably his then girlfriend, Ginger Alden who he'd introduced to the fans just after he had introduced his Dad and just before he started singing "Unchained Melody."
As others said, this was filmed weeks before his death, and aired (on prime time tv) after his death. He had heart and liver disease by this time and it showed - and it shocked everyone who saw him. (Plus he had breathing difficulty and eye problems). Earlier that same year (1977) he looked terrific. I saw him in late March of that year, just after he had been on vacation - and no one believed he would get sick so fast, much less die! It was a shock to the entire world.
@@BimuReacts Yes, I saw him live in concert about 4 months before this recording. He still looked completely fit and healthy. Elvis was the best in concert I ever saw - & I saw all the biggest, greatest stars live.
He was so ill here, weeks before he died. 🙏🙏🙏🙏💔💔💔elvis did not wNt to let the people down thats why he went on with concert. Even if he was so ill. What a man he was, it was said he could of sang opera. 💞💞💞💞💞
I love how you appreciate his music and is whole being. He sang this with passion, despite his poor health and sadly his impending passing 6 weeks later this was iconic moment and an honest performance. I like you mentioned auto tune, which is killing the music industry and flooding it with sub par performers who relies on tech to perform. On the day he died, this was one of two songs he sang for a small group of friends at Graceland before dying a few hours later. Thanks for the reaction
Just 6 months prior on New Year EVE, 1976 he was energetic, not slurring his words and at least 40 lbs lighter. He was dancing and movie all over the stage. I think it was in Pittsburgh and there is a fan video of his whole concert that night. It has been enhanced and is on RU-vid. It is shocking to see how much he declined in health in just six months.
1935 on January 8 a huge star was born, but sadly in 1977 on august 16 we lost a great musician, a amazing singer, but we also lost a amazing humanitarian that helped so many people that he did not even know. Today over 46 years after his death, people are still calling Elvis the King of Rock'n'Roll (he said that Chubby Checker was the one that should be called King of Rock'n roll, if any human should), Elvis didn't like that title and he believed that the only King was God and he actually told this to his fans several times, he said: I believe that God is the only true king, sometimes he added Jesus Christ. I think that Elvis is a MASTER not only of king of Rock'n roll, he is A MASTER of many genres of music because he can sing very well in any genre, but what do you think, is he good enough to be called a music king? Elvis was really in my mind, a MASTER of GOSPEL and other music, no one does it better then him, he is best known for making Rock'n roll famous, so he was called The King of Rock'n roll, but he never liked that people called him that, he repeatedly stopped fans who said that he was the king of rock'n roll, telling them: I'm just an entertainer and singer, God is the only true King (sometimes he also said Jesus Christ is the only King)... He also never liked the "so called joke" Elvis the Pelvis, he loved Jokes, but that was for him very hurtful to hear people say, or write that. Did you know that Elvis was a Sandy Blonde with Blue Eyes... Elvis was born in the poor part of Tupelo Mississippi (in a shotgun house) and it was mainly Afro Americans living there, at the place where Elvis family lived there only lived 3 more white families, the rest was colored people, his family was dirt poor until he became an artist after singing in a mainly colored peoples church during his childhood. Did you know that he had several friends that where Afro Americans, one of his friends where James Brown, yes THAT James Brown (The King of Soul), another artist was B.B King, yes that B.B King... He also was a good friend with Mohamed Ali, yes the GREATEST boxer of all time, he even had a Robe made for him, but it was to much bling on it so Ali wouldn't where it more then one time to a fight. Elvis really admired Martin Luther King very much, Elvis felt that all people are equal, unfortunately he never got to meet him, that would have created to much problems for both of them at that time. He had several medical problems, Glaucoma, (Insomnia) sleeping problems, irritable bowel syndrome, things that affected his real life and made him need medication to function. Yes, he took medicines that today are considered to be called drugs, but at that time doctors prescribed it to him and to ordinary people, they did not know of the problems it could give people (side effects). He never took any so-called street drugs, but unfortunately he did not realize that those medications would be a problem for him, he thought that they where ordinary medicine because his doctor prescribed them to him and to everyone else that needed it. Many out of his relatives died at a relatively young age, so even if he wouldn't have the medication, he might have died at about the same age. He could never be alone and thus himself, at that time the word superstar did not exist, so nothing could prepare him for that kind of life. Did you know that a big group of white people actually smashed his records and wanted to ban his music, just because they called the music he did so called N... music, that is so painful to think that some people actually can think like that, skin color is just color and nothing more, when will people start to realize that? There are some videos of when Elvis joking and messing up, he loved to joke around and pretend that he did not have control, but he had total control, he actually conducted his musicians and back up choirs all the time ! He is the only person to have 60 records gone to sell Gold since he died. Elvis is also in almost every genre of Music Hall of Fame (5 that I'm sure of Rock 'n' Roll, Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and Rhythm and Blues), if Gospel is a genre in Music Hall of fame, then he should be in there to, but no one else is in more then perhaps 2 genres. Not bad for someone who failed in his music class (in school, he got a F), he also never took a single singing lesson, yes he sang in church so perhaps he learned a little there, right? Something else that people tend to overlook: He always conducts his musicians and backup singers, he never gets credit for being able to doing that. Imagen you are a singer, you have great Musicians, you have great backup singers, no Guest Artists, no Auto tune, no Lip singing and no Fireworks, now all is about your skill, could you handle that pressure? At the time when Elvis started to perform, Auto tune did not exist yet and when it became available, then he still did not use it, he did not need to, he always sang so that you could hear every word that he sang, the Fans always felt that he sang to just you ! That is what Elvis did in over 1600 concerts (during his 20 years as an artist), despite having problems with his health, like his Glaucoma, the headlights must have hurt his eyes like crazy. He sang over 800 songs, I wonder how he could remember them all, he never wrote a song himself, so he had to remember other peoples lyrics, well that is amazing in it self. The fact that he had Glaucoma must have been difficult being in the headlights all the time, that could be why he sometimes closes his eyes, but also sometimes squinting! This unfortunately made him temporary blind after the shows, that is why they led him of the stage and into his car, that is something that not many people knew about Elvis. Elvis suits was made of 100% Polyester, or 100 cotton (I'm not sure witch one), it was originally a karate suit, it was very light, but it was hot, so it made him sweat a lot, he got some bad press about that, but if you give it all then you will sweat, it should be positive, right? A important fact about Elvis success is his guitarist James Burton's sound, it was a big fact that made him sound different, naturally his voice is the main factor for his success to, I think both things played a crucial role in his success... About the deep base voiced JD Sumner (a member of The Stamps Quartet) he is a Basso Profundo, I think it's called that, it is the deepest base singer there is. A video about him helping others, look at this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CrJ1c9tm-C0.html Elvis made a show where all the money went to build the Memorial after Pearl Harbor, he talked to the nations about taking the Polio vaccine, Elvis took the first injection himself, he helped by donating a big amount of money to St Jude hospital, they fight against cancer (especially children with), he gave away loads of jewelry, gave away cars, he even gave away some houses to total strangers. Elvis started an organization that helps people to get out of Homelessness (Presley Charitable Foundation), this organization helps people even now close to 50 years after he passed away. A thing that you perhaps did not know: Elvis ALMOST NEVER did a show OUTSIDE OF USA, yes he did sing a few times in Canada: 4 concerts, 2 times in Toronto, 1 time in Ottawa and 1 time in Vancouver (during the 50:s?). When the Aloha From Hawaii (Live in Honolulu 1973) was showed it had close to 1.5 Billion viewers from around the whole world and 3.7 billion people lived on earth at this time, so it was close to 1/3 of all of the population on the earth that viewed the show, it was the first time a single artist was shown LIVE around the globe. Video of Mohammad Ali speech after Elvis died: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PO8Kq_3KTyI.html I have to say that I loved being at Graceland and seeing his home, first we were at the shotgun house in Tupelo Mississippi where he lived in his early years, he was born there ! You don't have a guide taking you on a tour, you can go all over yourself, but stay outside of the ropes and do not attempt to go upstairs, the outside is huge, so is the house, but you don't realize that from the front of the house. I don't regret for a second that I was there, or that I stood at his grave site and said out loud that this is for the humanitarian Elvis/the person/the man and then I gave him a military salute, the others there just looked at me and asked if I didn't like his music. So I told them that he was clearly one of the best singers and artists ever, but I loved his big heart more, he helped so many people without getting credit for it, he didn't want the credit of helping others, he did it out of love and respect and to me that is what true charity is all about. This PLACE (GRACELAND) should be a protected part of music history and also American history forever, I think that people will keep coming for years and years and years to come ! Elvis did lots of things for America to, he helped in a big way to avoid getting Polio (he took the vaccine in a TV show and that made the interest for taking the vaccine to go up from 0,6 % all the way up to 80 % in 6 months), so in 6 months he got 79.4 % more of the American people take the Polio vaccine and shortly after it was eradicated from USA, he also helped in the fight to defeat Cancer by helping to build up St Jude's children cancer treatment clinic by donating a huge amount of money to them, he also helped to build the Memorial over Pearl Harbor and many other things!
@@BimuReacts my Son played The Young Indiana Jones for George Lucas 4 years in 1992 . My advice to my son while he's in show business, is to stay humble and love your fans !
@@BimuReacts yes for real actually seen his last two concerts i was in my twenties ✌saved my noney and traveled with the elvis fan club of 🇬🇧, Ten years later on the Aniversery of his death wenf to Graceland for candle vigil also went to his birthplace in Tuppelo and over the road from graceland the Lisa Marie was his orivate jet was parked up for tourists to vidit in fact i have a pic of myself on the steps 🙉 I want to return to Memphis
Outch, this is the hardest video to look at, I feel so sad that there is no other where he is not sick and singing this song, he was so sick here, he stumble's, he stutters and can hardly breath (at this time he had already had 3 heart attacks), he did this 8 weeks before he died, but listen to his voice The pictures and sound are not matched here, but he could sing and play both piano and guitar, but did you know that he got a F (Fail/flunk) in the music lessons at school
Bimu this was only weeks before he died. Few people know that Elvis was the victim of his heritage. His mothers parents were first cousins. He inherited the Alpha 1 double gene which would cut his life short. In the book by Sally Hoedel, "Elvis Presley Destined to Die Young", says that Elvis inherited all the health issues from both sides of his family. His mother died at 46, her two brothers died in their mid 40's and Elvis died at 42. All had heart disease and Liver failure. The book goes on to say that if Elvis had not taken any drugs he would have still died in his 40's. Back then there was no cure for Alpha 1, now I think it is controlled by some medication. As you know Elvis was a twin his brother died at birth, and Elvis started life with a twisted colon. No medical treatment was given to him as a child they were so poor, and it was during the great depression. He never wanted his fans to know he suffered from any health problems. In 1971 he had emergency surgery to save his right eye from early onset Glaucoma. His hair dresser Larry Geller said that in 1975 Elvis suffered 2 mild heart attacks while Larry was with him, and he wouldn't let Larry get a doctor. And swore him to secrecy. Elvis even told backup singer Kathy Westmoreland that he would die in his early 40's, that's why he was terrified of getting old. He told singer Wayne Newton, that it was the end for him. He was in pain toward the end, and took legal prescriptions for pain. The bloated appearance is Elvis Liver barely functioning and his pale skin. That's why I hate when people say Elvis died from drugs, just not true. Thanks Bimu, Love your reactions. be Blessed.
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Here is one of Elvis’ best performances. Amazing. This was 1973, Aloha From Hawaii. Enjoy. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MaURJJlmWYI.htmlsi=StQMYDy0tA9m2I_G
This one...I'm sorry ,i'm too emotional.....I'm a "new" fan but I still haven't managed to watch this video and for the moment I won't. It hurts me too much and I'm too sad to see him like that because he's in psychological and physical pain. But I know that the song is magnificent. It's Elvis' last concert, a few weeks before his death it seems to me, he was sick and tired but he gave everything until the end. I hope that you will continue to explore his universe, more joyful including his beginning of career, period of the 50s, the carefree Elvis who was not under the control of his agent, Colonel Parker, before he left to make his military service.
This was not his last concert -- it was his last FILMED concert but not the last - this was June 21st -- he then went on to do another concert 5 days later on June 26th which was his last.
The producer of the special said that Elvis looked 'tired and weary' throughout the film production. She said they greeted each other and talked a bit at the beginning of every day and that she found him to be 'very courteous, very humble and always very respectful.' As for watching the video clip, I still remember watching the concert special on our TV when it was aired. I cried throughout it but "Unchained Melody" hurt the most to listen to. Didn't listen to it again until about 6 months ago so I certainly understand how you feel.
