[78-L] Not ONE mention..

[David Lennick]

Not to continue to be disrespectful, but the words "Good career move" were 
spoken and printed almost immediately.

dl

On 8/17/2012 12:22 PM, David Breneman wrote:
>
> From: Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>
>
>
>> J. J. screamed through the talkback "GET ME AN ELVIS RECORD!!!" I
>> dropped the UPI wire copy and dashed into the music library and came up empty. I
>> thought it was quite ironic and sad that even though Elvis was currently on top
>> of the charts with the song "Way Down," there was not one Elvis record
>> to be found in the entire library of the number one rock station in town. And
>> this was 1977 - when the birth of rock 'n' roll was not all that
>> distant.
>
> I remember this very well.  It was the summer after I graduated from
> high school (the proverbial "best summer of your life").  By that time
> Elvis was a joke, a self-parody.  The fat, sweaty guy that the blue-
> haired ladies went to see in Vegas if the Liberace show was sold out.
> We all liked "thin Elvis" - songs like Treat Me Nice, Hound Dog and
> Don't be Cruel; but contemporary Elvis, and especially Gospel Elvis
> were a ticket to nap time.  I remember very well the skit that Akroyd
> and Belushi did on SNL (I think it predated the Blues Brothers) where
> they played a Vegas act called "The Elvii".  Akroyd was rockabilly
> Elvis and Belushi was jumpsuit Elvis.  It was perfect.
>
> What amazed me was, that as soon as he died, he regained instant
> credibility, and all the Elvis collections started showing up on
> TV.  "It's Elvis, THE KING!"  Not to be disrespectful, but dieing was
> the best career move he made.