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Elvis - 30 years later

nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
edited August 2007 in Other Music
My mom was to Elvis as I am to Pearl Jam. When she heard the news of his death her water broke, sending her into labor with me. My birthday is actually tomorrow, but it's always surrounded by news about the anniversary of Elvis' death.

I think it's kind of cool my birth story is associated with such a big day in music history. :D
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  • PearlrevolverPearlrevolver Posts: 56
    The King will never die!!!
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    His death.......was actually a great "career" move. Hehehehe.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    G-Man23 wrote:
    His death.......was actually a great "career" move. Hehehehe.
    yes......thanks to his ex-wife and her excellent running of the estate.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    I heard on the radio this morning that he still pulls in 42 million dollars a year...second only to Cobain.

    He's worth more dead than I am alive.

    PBM
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  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    nfanel wrote:
    My mom was to Elvis as I am to Pearl Jam. When she heard the news of his death her water broke, sending her into labor with me. My birthday is actually tomorrow, but it's always surrounded by news about the anniversary of Elvis' death.

    I think it's kind of cool my birth story is associated with such a big day in music history. :D

    Awesome story! Hey, just think, you could have been named Pricsilla or Lisa Marie!!!

    I remember the day that he died. I was 6. In my living room. Watched hours of concert footage that night. I have an Elvis LP hanging on a wall in my house. Long live the King!
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    Awesome story! Hey, just think, you could have been named Pricsilla or Lisa Marie!!!

    I remember the day that he died. I was 6. In my living room. Watched hours of concert footage that night. I have an Elvis LP hanging on a wall in my house. Long live the King!
    I was 12....at home watching "Star Trek" when they broke in and told the world that the King is dead.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    Awesome story! Hey, just think, you could have been named Pricsilla or Lisa Marie!!!

    I remember the day that he died. I was 6. In my living room. Watched hours of concert footage that night. I have an Elvis LP hanging on a wall in my house. Long live the King!
    yep, thank goodness they didn't go with priscilla or elvisa or something like that! :D i do love elvis, though i grew up hating him more as a form of resistance towards my parents.

    and PBM...42 million...wo! that's insane!
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    nfanel wrote:
    My mom was to Elvis as I am to Pearl Jam. When she heard the news of his death her water broke, sending her into labor with me. My birthday is actually tomorrow, but it's always surrounded by news about the anniversary of Elvis' death.

    I think it's kind of cool my birth story is associated with such a big day in music history. :D

    Cool story. I think there are a lot of people who share your birth experience. I had two people in grade school and 4 in high school with birthdays on August 16th / 17th and at least a dozen more in college. I wonder how many births were caused by the King's passing ... lol.

    Your story is a lot cooler than mine, I get to live my whole life knowing I was the product of a Hallmark holiday as I'm 9 months to the day of Valentine's Day. ;)
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    nfanel wrote:
    yep, thank goodness they didn't go with priscilla or elvisa or something like that! :D i do love elvis, though i grew up hating him more as a form of resistance towards my parents.

    and PBM...42 million...wo! that's insane!

    I rebelled against my dad's country music. Old school stuff. But now i can at least tolerate and respect Johnny Cash, Waylon & Willie, Tom T Hall, etc.
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  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    I rebelled against my dad's country music. Old school stuff. But now i can at least tolerate and respect Johnny Cash, Waylon & Willie, Tom T Hall, etc.
    yeah, some of my parents stuff will never grow on me (alabama, john denver, etc.) i'm going to have to downplay my love of pj whenever i have kids so as not to scare them off to it. :D
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    Solat13 wrote:
    Cool story. I think there are a lot of people who share your birth experience. I had two people in grade school and 4 in high school with birthdays on August 16th / 17th and at least a dozen more in college. I wonder how many births were caused by the King's passing ... lol.

    Your story is a lot cooler than mine, I get to live my whole life knowing I was the product of a Hallmark holiday as I'm 9 months to the day of Valentine's Day. ;)
    that's crazy! i only know one other real person with my birthday, but she's two years younger. and here i thought i was special. ;)
    the elvis death story was trumped in middle school by the fact i shared donnie wahlberg's birthday. he was no joey mcintyre, but any new kid was fine by me...
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    nfanel wrote:
    yeah, some of my parents stuff will never grow on me (alabama, john denver, etc.) i'm going to have to downplay my love of pj whenever i have kids so as not to scare them off to it. :D

    Alabama. Forgot about that one.

    (crawls and shrieks under desk while wincing and covering ears)

    John Denver - I now associate with Coors Light.
    I love to turn you on
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    Alabama. Forgot about that one.
    ...just imagine living in the same state as the band...:eek:...with parents that listened to country radio...:eek:.....then girlfriends that listened to the band....:eek:.....having to see the band live to make said girlfriends happy..:eek:
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    nfanel wrote:
    that's crazy! i only know one other real person with my birthday, but she's two years younger. and here i thought i was special. ;)
    the elvis death story was trumped in middle school by the fact i shared donnie wahlberg's birthday. he was no joey mcintyre, but any new kid was fine by me...

    Nah, you're definitely special. ;)

    I mean look how far you've evolved from NKOTB to Pearl Jam. Sadly I still know girls today in South Philly who haven't taken down their Joey McIntyre posters yet ... lol.

    The only significant thing I can remember from growing up that happened on my birthday was Don Shula breaking the record for most wins in NFL history against the Eagles on my 16th birthday with a hurt Dan Marino and future Eagle scrub qb Doug Pederson playing instead. I think it was one of Pederson's only 2 or 3 wins in his career.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • daystar143daystar143 Posts: 367
    tybird wrote:
    ...just imagine living in the same state as the band...:eek:...with parents that listened to country radio...:eek:.....then girlfriends that listened to the band....:eek:.....having to see the band live to make said girlfriends happy..:eek:


    Disclaimer: I was not one of those girlfriends. I'd rather rupture my eardrums with a spork....
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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    tybird wrote:
    ...just imagine living in the same state as the band...:eek:...with parents that listened to country radio...:eek:.....then girlfriends that listened to the band....:eek:.....having to see the band live to make said girlfriends happy..:eek:

    High Cotton is the jam!

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    High Cotton is the jam!

    PBM
    Tar Top was the only song I really liked. :rolleyes:
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    its hard to believe that The King wouldve been 72 years old . :eek:

    wow
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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    I watched something (E! True Hollywood Story maybe...or Unsolved Mysteries) a while back about Evie.

    That dude, late in his life, took enough prescription drugs to kill a small Asian village.

    Uppers, Downers, Hamburgers, Milkshakes.

    Red West(you know, the guy from Road House) was on there talking about how he tried to help save Elvis and get him off the stuff, but The King continue to surround himself with "Yes Men".

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    nfanel wrote:
    My mom was to Elvis as I am to Pearl Jam. When she heard the news of his death her water broke, sending her into labor with me. My birthday is actually tomorrow, but it's always surrounded by news about the anniversary of Elvis' death.

    I think it's kind of cool my birth story is associated with such a big day in music history. :D

    Not sure when you posted this but Happy Birthday!
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