Whats the verdict on his acting career and movies?

>>83265815
based as fuck

>>83265815
Viva Las Vegas was pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui0EgRsFVN8

>sang
>acted
>danced
>played instruments

the rare quadruple threat

>>83265815
His a better singer than an actor.

>>83267560
Undeniably true.

He literally profited off acting like a nigger and singing nigger music.

>>83267554
>played instruments
Sort of. He was never an accomplished guitarist.

I fuckin love Elvis and I don't like the movies. They're mostly corny garbage.

The 1968 NBC comeback special on the other hand... solid fucking gold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEzSuFShgYc

>>83267783
His 1970 live concert was pretty good too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb0Jmy-JYbA

>>83265815

Viva Las Vegas is great. Ann Margaret was hot as fuck in that one.

>>83265815
He was in a few better-than-good movies, and at least one top-tier taped stage show.

We're about one more generation out from people appreciating Elvis--people are still hating Elvis because they hate their parents and shitty boomer grandparents.

>>83267783
>>83267823
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a12oxSGDo0E


Those two shows are probably the best visual recordings of elvis performing live. Most everything else that isn't a bootleg is too staged or contrived, or like a music video, or lip-synced.

Elvis was at his best performing live unscripted and unfiltered.

>>83267874
>boomer grandparents.
How fucking young are you that your grandparents are boomers???? Like, are you my offspring if I knocked up my girlfriend at 15?

>>83267783
You just made me a fan

Blue Hawaii is maximum comfy.

>>83267958
Boomers were born up until the late-50s, very early days of the 60s?

I'm 21, my dad is 44, my grandparents are in their late 60s.

Are you a moron?

>>83265815
He was as good an actor as Ringo. So not at fucking all. Shit for plebs' grannys.

My nana loved him.

she had all his movies taped on beta and all his records.

>>83267958
Unless you're implying that you, 35-year-old man, are young with boomer parents: hello old man.

>>83265815
King Creole and Jailhouse Rock are legit good movies. It Happened at the Worlds Fair is hilarious as fuck though. A young Kurt Russel kicks him in the leg.

Elvis wasn't a good actor, but he was charismatic as hell. Sometimes, that's all it takes.

>>83267622
back to /b you fucking troll

You best not be talkin that jive about Elvis Aaron Presley. Say it to his face IRL and not online fucker and see what happens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEp56P4ugsY

>>83265815
Mother fuck him and John Wayne

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>>83268340
man fuck drugs, he was such a mess in the mid/late 70s. poor guy.

>>83268363
Man fuck Public Enemy for that shit. John Wayne was a Nazi, but Elvis wasn't a racist.

>>83268563

Pretty much. If Elvis hated the blacks, he wouldn't have hired and paid so many of them to help him out in the studio and on stage.

>>83268401
His few Westerns he did were pretty good.

I know he was in a bad place already, but I love Vegas Elvis performances
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb0Jmy-JYbA

>>83268632
BB King defended the legacy of Elvis until the day he died. Same goes for many other Blues and R&B legends living and dead. God damn when he was a teenager he hung out with black kids on the black side of town and went to see Blues, Jazz and R&B acts.

Dude was good friends with Sammy Davis Jr. to the point that the rat pack was annoyed at Elvis because him and Sammy would play pranks on them like mooning. Those two would watch Kung Fu movies and talk about life until the sun came up.

So yeah, fuck retards who call him racist or said he stole music from black folk. Mother fucker was just playing what he knew and loved. Little Richard loved his ass!

>>83268632
"In the Ghetto" is all about how Blacks and the poor are stuck in a circle of violence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ox1Tore9nw

>>83268960

It's also about a mom losing her kid, but sure, "Around blacks, never relax," blah blah blah.

>>83265815

Had he had the same opportunities as Frank Sinatra, we would be having a different conversation. Sadly, he was stuck in bubblegum pop movies. Some of them are legit, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAwZQw-Zrag

The Wonder of You is such a beautiful song. My girlfriend and I consider it our song.

>>83269067
Yup. He was supposed to take on serious roles and tour the world. He had so many offers. But that sack of shit manager Col. Tom Parker denied him the chance EVERY. TIME. Tom Parker was actually an illegal alien and didn't wanna get found out. That's why Elvis never toured outside the US. As for the movies, he didn't think Elvis would make as much money. God damn I hate Tom Parker and the Memphis Mafia for holding the King back.

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>>83267554
He danced like an epileptic, nothing but left feet

>>83268083
>tfw 23 with parents in their mid to late 60s

>>83269058
No, I was agreeing with you that he was anti-racist. It's about how they were msitreated and not given fair opportunities and that leads to inner-city violence. I wasn't implying what you said.

What are the essential Elvis albums to listen to?

>>83269058
>>83269147

Don't forget If I Can Dream. It was about Martin Luther King Jr.

>If I can dream of a better land
>Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
>Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwqbuus8QPU

>>83269177

King Creole is a personal favorite, although if you're looking for more of the hits, you might look elsewhere.

>>83269177
He had like near 60 albums. Most of which were movie or compilation/live records. Your best bet if you wanna get acquainted with his music is ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits and the sequel 2nd to None. From there just explore. His music ranges from Rock n Roll, Blue Grass, Honky Tonk, some soulful stuff and even a bit of gospel.

he stole acting and fried peanut butter bacon sandwiches from black people

>>83269335
>fried peanut butter bacon sandwiches
>Not mentioning Fools Gold Loaf

>The Fool's Gold Loaf begins with a loaf of French white bread that is covered in two tablespoons of margarine and baked in the oven at 350F/180C until brown. One pound of sliced bacon is fried in oil until crispy and drained. The loaf is sliced lengthwise, hollowed out, and filled with peanut butter, grape jelly and bacon.[8]

>According to Andurlakis, he personally served Elvis the Fool's Gold Loaf with bacon, peanut butter, and blueberry preserves on a loaf of French bread.[9] The specific type of preserves was allegedly Dickinson's blueberry preserves.

>he Fool's Gold Recipe is "surprisingly tasty" and notes that it contains around 8,000 calories.[1]

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>>83269311
Thanks anons

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>>83269494
the monte cristo is objectively the better sandwich

>>83269335
Only a nigger would care about someone stealing the "idea" of throwing a bunch of unhealthy shit into a sandwich.

>>83269980
You know, I never tried one. That looks pretty good.