Bruce Springsteen on Elvis
- Posted on Aug 14th 2007 6:00PM by Spinner Staff
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Winnieat 1-08-2009
Is it Elvis' birthday today?
rodat 1-08-2009
Little Richard, Fat's, Bo Diddley, etc... really started it off but wouldn't have had the success in the white mainstream but for Elvis. That's when the ligitimacy for blues came along. Elvis wasn't the only whiteboy cross over, there was Pat Boone, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc... but none except Johnny Cash came close to Elvis' level or flare.
rmstjohn2020at 1-08-2009
he is dead ok... dead. and no he did not rise from the dead as the true saviour( and yes! that is a proper form of spelling the word)did. elvis was a junkie!!! that is why he died young. sad but true. let it rest... the man is dead. btw is it true that springsteen was a draft dodger.
Starpunkat 8-14-2007
I saw Bruce solo in 1996 and with the E-Street Band in 1999. He is a very dynamic performer. I could see some Elvis influence and qualities in him so it really ain't no surprise to hear him say something like this. It's a salute to roots.
ZEE 28 CAMAROat 8-15-2007
IN 1952 I WAS BORN AND BY THE TIME I WAS 4 YEARS OLD I LIKED MUSIC AND MY MOM PUT THE RADIO ON EVERY DAY SO I COULD LISTEN , WELL SOME ONE BOUGHT A RECORD PLAYER FOR ME AND MY VERY FIRST RECORD WAS JAIL HOUSE ROCK BY ELVIS PRESLEY AND I STILL HAVE IT I REALLY THOUGHT HIS MUSIC WAS SPECIAL AND I STILL DO AT THE TIME THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE HIM , AND THERE PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE ANY ONE LIKE HIM AGAIN , THE ENERGY AND HIS STYLE SET HIM APART FROM ALL OTHERS
Frank Boydat 8-15-2007
Hello Everyone....I have news about "Him" for you. You've heard he is "The Biggest selling" Recording artist of all time. 1 billion records.
Right? Wrong.
He sold 2 Billion..and someone 'needs to set "this record" straight'.
Proof? Refer to the Guinnness book of Records of 1970 edition. He is given credit as "authorativelively having sold 1 billion records". Repeat. 1970!!! Check it out!
Guys and gals...that is almost 40 years ago !!!!!! He sold several hundred million 1n 1977-78 when he died alone....outsells (today) Most successful recording artists...still cuts #1 records (at home and abroad).....DO THE MATH....Conservative estimate: * Two(2) Billion...Probably more.
As I said...Someone neeeds to "set this record straight". Frank Boyd/ New York City
David Scottat 8-16-2007
Based on the Dublin Live album evidence, Bruce should be selling encylopedias.
Tomat 8-16-2007
What?
MissAnnat 8-17-2007
of that ''2Billion'' Sold How MANY DID HE
WRITE???
Coryat 8-16-2007
Elvis dated a 14 year old, Priscilla. No one thinks of Elvis as a pedaphile and yet he was. What a strange world we live in. Oh I know, you love his music so you excuse him and think it was ok that he molested children. His daughter married Michael Jackson to rationalize her own father's sickness. There's no excuse for child abuse. Sick men get away with it and everyone thinks it's ok but it's really sick and makes me want to puke.
jimimadisonat 8-16-2007
Let's put things into perspective, being that most people don't have a clue on doing such or just right out refuse to do so. True Elvis dated Priscilla when she was 14, but was it not consensual? Or else he would've went to jail. A pediphole is someone who violates another without permission or consent. So he was not a pedophile.
Second, people refer to him as the "King" of rock and roll only because he made it popular or "ok" for him to sing and/or girate "blues based rock & roll" that was not ok for african-american artist to do. Before Elvis there was Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard...etc. They were not as accepted as Elvis was, who came later on around 1956, a couple years afterwards. So to call him the "king" is unfortunate, false and hypocritical because he did something that was already started previously. I mean would you want someone else to take credit for something that you started and have someone call them the "king" or "queen". hmmmmm.
cboitanohssat 1-09-2009
jimimadison: you have no clue as to the law. She was under the legal age of consent. It was statutory rape, but they turned a blind eye, esp. then and with all his $$$ and fame. Check it out with any legal mind or lawyer. Perhaps her family looked the other way due to his celebrity.
Pamat 8-16-2007
i love bruce!!!!!!! if he loves elvis then me, too. at holiday dinners we always argue over elvis's talent. i never win!!!!!! my whole family loves elvis (especially my brother in law) so just to piss him off i say always say bruce is better. well, wat a fight that starts. too funnyu. now we just respect everyones music and elvis was hot !!!! until the vegas days. just my opinion. my heart to lisa marie on this day
ctretat 8-16-2007
dscott = a-hole
Kelliat 8-16-2007
Elvis did not have sex with Pricilla until they were married.
Brookeat 8-18-2007
JIMIMADISON - You are 100% correct in your statement!!! I love Elvis, he was awesome, but he even admitted that he was influenced by many African Americans' music. He was also a gospel singer. People need to realize what a different time he came out of.
Kelliat 8-16-2007
I have a cool Elvis story. Elvis's first keyboardist was a guy named Shorty Long. I've known his son for years. I had no idea that his dad played for Elvis until last year! I almost fell off my chair!
mjat 8-17-2007
Just to make it clear...Elvis did NOT have sex with Pricilla until they were married! Your opinion is just that, an opinion & we all know what opinions are.
OZZYat 8-16-2007
Springsteen is a Commie and don't care what this bedwetter thinks. Lives in fairy land along with the pinkos who buy his music and go mindless to his pathetic never never land concerts. Blow it out of good ear you simpleton along with your pinko friends.
Bob Corderat 8-16-2007
This is for the person who stated that Elvis was not the "King of Rock and Roll" because people like Fats Domino and Chuck Berry came before him. Well, here are the facts.... most writers attribute Elvis' recording of "That's Alright Mama" as the beginning of rock and roll as we know it. That song was recorded in 1954. Fats Domino didn't have a national hit until 1955 with "Ain't That A Shame" and Chuck Berry didn't have a big hit until around 1958. Little Richard didn't have a hit until 1955/56 with "Long, Tall Sally." These artists owe the success of their music to Elvis who opened the door in 1954. Also, no other single artist has sold as many recordings as Elvis, so I think he certainly deserves the title of "The King of Rock and Roll"...just as most other rock and roll artists agree.