@quillfire, you are awesome at storytelling!
I remember the day that Elvis died for the same reasons.
I was somewhere around 11. We were in the yard of our farm in Kittitas WA. A new foal had been born. My Dad and I were examining the foal to determine if he was healthy when my Mom came charging up to tell us about Elvis.
That foal's name was Elvis. :)
Memory association is interesting for sure.
@whatsup,
Nice.
I left it out of the story, but the day that Elvis died, August 16th, was also my Dad's birthday.
There's something about Elvis that I find particularly tragic, almost Shakespearean in scope. Of all the male singing voices in the world, there is not one I would rather possess. And yet, despite "having it all" ... he managed to make a series of hugely self-destructive choices. Death by a thousand self-inflicted cuts. Watching videos of his latter performances ... is painful.
It is hugely inadvisable to surround yourself with people who can't say, "No." Your friends are there to protect you from others ... but also from yourself.
Quill
You know he seemed like a real genuine nice guy. I have a cooking book by his long time cook with all of his fave meals etc. But the interesting thing is she said she wrote it in the house where she has lived that the King bought for her. You dont hear much about generous stars today.
Speaking of painful... he is obviously struggling, but yet you can still hear the man try so hard.
@old-guy-photos,
I agree 100%. He was a really nice guy. Genuine and generous ... and hence, the Shakespearean tragedy. He so badly "wanted to please" ... but in "playing the part," he lost himself. He just couldn't find the "balance point" between what people wanted him to be (The King) and what he was (a simple guy with simple pleasures).
The video you included ... it was close to the end and, as you can see, he's so spaced out of drugs (he had numerous doctors prescribing him endless amounts of "legal drugs") that he can barely articulate a sentence. And yet ... you can still feel how badly he "wants to deliver" for his audience.
Human beings need boundaries. The alternative is chaos.
Quill
Interesting... I never have appreciated Elvis and I blame it on my age.
I was old enough to see the end of the story... But too young to see the beginning.
I only saw it backwards. Meaning he was already gross and ruined before I discovered there was a time when he wasn't.
On someone like... Amy Whinehouse. I can feel the pain of the loss because I watched it happen.
@whatsup,
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Quill