
Being Elvis
A Lonely Life
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Narrado por:
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Jonathan Yen
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Ray Connolly
Elvis Presley is a giant figure in American popular culture, a man whose talent and fame were matched only by his later excesses and tragic end. A godlike entity in the history of rock and roll, this twentieth-century icon with a dazzling voice blended gospel and rhythm and blues with country to create a completely new kind of music and new way of expressing male sexuality, which blew the doors off a staid and repressed 1950s America.
In Being Elvis, veteran rock journalist Ray Connolly takes a fresh look at the career of the world's most loved singer, placing him, 40 years after his death, not exhaustively in the garish neon lights of Las Vegas but back in his mid-20th-century, distinctly southern world. For new and seasoned fans alike, Connolly, who interviewed Elvis in 1969, re-creates a man who sprang from poverty in Tupelo, Mississippi, to unprecedented overnight fame, eclipsing Frank Sinatra and then inspiring the Beatles along the way.
The creator of an American sound that resonates today, Elvis remains frozen in time, an enduring American icon who could capture an inner emotion, perhaps of eternal yearning, to which all of us can still relate.
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Elvis Lives On
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Great book fantastic read
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There's SO many Elvis books out there so it's hard to pick and choose which ones to buy. So far, I've only fully read "Elvis and Me" by Priscilla, and although I'm grateful of her telling her story, I was left feeling a little annoyed by Priscilla's story telling and I have certain opinions about it. I do want to know more about Elvis, but I'm not really interested in his intimate details. So this book is only my second, and I appreciate it so much more cause it tells his whole story, without adding anything dramatic or emotional to it. So, I'm not sure how the rest of it will be but I'm pretty confident it will be a great experience to the end. If you want to know Elvis's whole story, start with this one.
Such a Great Story
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What a Life Story!
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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Yes, but only after reading Careless Love by Guralnick. I wouldn't spend a credit otherwise.What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
There is some new info here but a lot is just regurgitated. Incorrect info is repeated from other sources such as the meaning of the letter G in Circle G Ranch and Gladys, E's Mother, age at death.Would you listen to another book narrated by Jonathan Yen?
No. The man reads in 30 second sound bites. It was like listening to a 30 min travel show voice over. I didn't enjoy his style at all.If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Of course! Any documentary on Elvis is appreciated.Any additional comments?
The author didn't do much research. Let's be honest, this is a lazy work. This is especially true since I had just listened to Careless Love. Now that's a serious biographer! Mr. Connolly is simply cashing in on his short acquaintance with Elvis and Colonel Parker.Not my first choice for Elvis biography
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What I disliked. All of it. It’s a shame people repeat the same old debunked lies after all these years. Don’t waste your time on this one. Read June Jaunico’s, and Anita Wood’s daughter’s book for early Elvis, and Ginger Alden’s book about his last year. Those tell a much more accurate and entertaining story. This one is full of the same old lies that have been proven false time and time again.
Lies.
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most i nteresting if really true as too much too realize since elvis seems to be still alive
elvis
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