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Author Topic: Elvis 30th Anniversary Commemoration John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-16-2007 11:31 AM                     Yes, it's 30 years since The King passed away. Do you remember where you were when you heard he died? I was 11 years old and turned on the 'Hi-Fi' to the morning radio as my Dad liked to hear the news every morning. Mum was the Elvis fan and so I got to know his music pretty well and had seen some concerts on the television. I couldn't believe that he had died. If anyone's got WINAMP installed, their Shoutcast radio has a 24hr broadcast live from Memphis with interviews and 24hr Elvis music. Rather good. Anyone else feel like telling where they were when he died? -------------------- "I want to entertain people. That's my whole life. To my last breath." - Elvis Presley  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 08-16-2007 11:48 AM                    I was visiting one of my grandmothers during summer break from school at the time. I was listening to the radio when they broke in with the announcement. We had concert tickets for a show that he was to do in Lexington later that month. I was 12 at the time. I was not a big fan of Elvis but did understand his contributions to rock and roll. There really has not been anyone since, that has drawn so much fan support since his death. Not even Michael Jackson at the height of his career could stand up to the level of fan support that Elvis had. He truly was the king of rock and roll.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-16-2007 11:51 AM                     quote: Darryl Spicer He truly was the king of rock and roll. And will always be. That sounds sentimental, but it's not. Think about it...who else could have that influence nowadays?  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 08-16-2007 11:54 AM                    If he could hear some of the crap that is being made today he would probably spin himself right out of the grave.  |  IP: Logged Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-16-2007 04:44 PM                     I was only two at the time so I don't remember anything. However my dad's birthday is today and I bet he would remember where he was. I feel bad for people like him that have birthdays on days when something sad/bad happened in history. My father-in-law's birthday is September 11th. I would imagine it would be hard to have a good time when you got the rememberances all over the news and in the back of your mind.  |  IP: Logged William T. Parr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 823 From: Cedar Park, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 08-16-2007 04:45 PM                     quote: Darryl Spicer He truly was the king of rock and roll. Thank Ya, Thank Ya.... Thank Ya very much! quote: Darryl Spicer If he could hear some of the crap that is being made today he would probably spin himself right out of the grave. Sorry, but Elvis done left the grave when Lisa Marie married Michael Jackson. I was on my way home from Day Care in my Dads 1968 Ford Fairlane when I first heard about Elvis's Death. I was about 7yrs old at at the time.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-16-2007 05:14 PM                  I saw him at the Beverly Center Mall in West Hollywood the other day...he was shopping for a new suit, rhinestones, and some cubic zirconium "diamonds".  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 08-16-2007 06:09 PM                     It seems to me that a celebration on the anniversary of somebodys death would mean that you're glad he's gone. Makes no sense to me, something to be done on the anniversary of the day Hitler died for instance.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-16-2007 10:45 PM                     quote: John Wilson Yes, it's 30 years since The King passed away. Do you remember where you were when you heard he died? I was in Iwakuni, Japan. Our family had just been stationed at the Marine Corps base there. We were mourning the loss of my maternal Grandfather. He died the same week as Elvis. My mother's father taught my brother and I how to ride dirt track motorcycles. We were only 8 and 9 years old then. The guy also rolled his own cigarettes. Lung cancer killed him. The last time I saw him (early July of 1977) his right lung had been removed. He was in awful shape. My parents quit smoking cold turkey and have never smoked since. I chose never to pick up that costly habit based on those final painful visits with my Grandfather. That event was pretty tough to handle. It was the first time in my life I had lost a close relative. Most people just think about Elvis when the anniversary of the death of "the king" rolls around. That anniversary only reminds me of my Grandfather.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-16-2007 11:51 PM                     If Elvis is still alive, the only guy that likely can find him is this guy  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-17-2007 05:32 AM                     quote: Bill Enos It seems to me that a celebration on the anniversary of somebodys death would mean that you're glad he's gone. Makes no sense to me, something to be done on the anniversary of the day Hitler died for instance. I'm pretty sure they are not 'celebrating' his death. It's a celebration of his life on the anniversary of his death. Perhaps you misread the topic title as celebration rather than commemoration.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 08-17-2007 10:41 AM                        I was 22 and working in the showroom at the Las Vegas Hilton - one of the projects we had going that day was some electrical prep for Elvis' upcoming return to our stage the next month. I had just finished checking the marks and mirrors we used to have the spots hit the colonel's King's Row booth when I heard. 30 years. 30 years ago I was still just a soloed but not yet private pilot. And hadn't started college yet. Doesn't feel like 30 years at all. And yes, I see Elvis every day here. He never left. In fact he multiplied. What a great gig dying turned out to be.  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-17-2007 12:12 PM                     I was running house lights in the Wendler Arena for the Elvis show, about 31 years ago. I remember that he collapsed into the arms of one of his handlers and was rushed off in a limo. He was very ill at that time and barely got through that show. KEN  |  IP: Logged Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 08-17-2007 02:00 PM                     quote: Mike Heenan If Elvis is still alive, the only guy that likely can find him is this guy Mike- Nah, Michael couldn't been him you saw. I saw him here in a local record store looking for the new song that Britney, Lindsey and Paris just recorded together. Jailhouse Rock.  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 08-17-2007 11:40 PM                     In a collection of old Beta tapes I got from someone, I have part of the WNEW (I think) local news in New York where they announce Elvis' death, and a complete 30-minute report aired by NBC at 11:30 that night. I'll try to put those up on Google Video soon (better than YouTube since there's no time limits, and copyright holders don't seem to get their panties in a bunch as much.) Wonder if Elvis would have done any disco songs if he'd lived a little longer?  |  IP: Logged

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