1 | ->''"I'm not kidding anyone. My voice is ordinary. If I stand still while singing, I might as well go back to driving a truck."'' |
2 | -->-- '''Elvis''' on his 'hip-swivel' moves |
3 | |
4 | ->''"Saw the ghost of Elvis\ |
5 | On Union Avenue\ |
6 | Followed him up to the gates of Graceland\ |
7 | Then I watched him walk right through\ |
8 | Now security they did not see him\ |
9 | They just hovered 'round his tomb\ |
10 | But there's a pretty little thing\ |
11 | Waiting for the King\ |
12 | Down in the Jungle Room"'' |
13 | -->-- '''Marc Cohn''', "Walking in Memphis" |
14 | |
15 | ->''"If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the [[ElvisImpersonator impersonators]] would be dead."'' |
16 | -->-- '''Creator/JohnnyCarson''' |
17 | |
18 | ->'''''Before Anyone Did Anything, Elvis Did Everything''''' |
19 | -->-- Title of a 2003 compilation album released in Britain |
20 | |
21 | ->''"Everybody in outer space looks like Elvis,'' |
22 | ->''Cause Elvis is a perfect being!'' |
23 | ->''We're all moving in perfect peace and harmony towards Elvisness.'' |
24 | ->''Soon all will become Elvis.'' |
25 | ->''Everything, everywhere will be Elvis.'' |
26 | ->''Why do you think they call it evolution anyway?'' |
27 | ->''It's really Elvislution!"'' |
28 | -->-- '''Music/MojoNixon and Skid Roper''', "Elvis is Everywhere" |
29 | |
30 | ->''"So what if he looks like a warthog in heat?\ |
31 | He knows we all love him we'll just watch him eat\ |
32 | So tear off the cover from his hotel retreat\ |
33 | And bring back the King for the man in the street."'' |
34 | -->-- '''Music/FrankZappa''', "Elvis Has Just Left the Building" - ''Music/BroadwayTheHardWay''. |
35 | |
36 | ->''"Up in Memphis the music's like a heatwave\ |
37 | White lightning bound to drive you wild\ |
38 | Mama's baby's in the heart of every schoolgirl\ |
39 | 'Love Me Tender' leaves 'em cryin' in the aisle\ |
40 | The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true\ |
41 | Always wanting more, he kept you longing for''\ |
42 | \ |
43 | ''Black velvet and that little boy's smile\ |
44 | Black velvet and that soft Southern style\ |
45 | A new religion that'll bring you to your knees\ |
46 | Black velvet, if you please''" |
47 | -->-- '''Alannah Myles''', "Black Velvet" |
48 | |
49 | ->'''[[Music/LittleRichard LITTLE RICHARD]]''': Presley was a good performer\ |
50 | On stage he was electrifying\ |
51 | When he was ill his fans got sick\ |
52 | And moaned when he had died\ |
53 | All you pimps making money off his name\ |
54 | Don't you feel ashamed?\ |
55 | He went through the test, he's out of this mess\ |
56 | Be my guest and let him rest. |
57 | -->-- '''Music/LivingColour''', "Elvis is Dead" |
58 | |
59 | ->''"I saw Elvis in a UFO, sitting there with Creator/HowardHughes\ |
60 | I saw Elvis in a UFO, Jimmy Hoffa was in there too\ |
61 | I saw Elvis in a UFO, singing them rhythm and blues\ |
62 | And Liberace was there, and he had on a pair of Imelda Marcos' shoes\ |
63 | \ |
64 | What is that, a shooting star, streakin' 'cross the heavens above?\ |
65 | No, it's a whole lot more than a shooting star, it's a hunka hunka burnin' love\ |
66 | \ |
67 | I saw The Colonel in a UFO, had a big smile on his face\ |
68 | And then he shook his head, puffed on his cigar and said "I done booked Elvis out in outer space.''"\ |
69 | -- '''Music/RayStevens''', "I Saw Elvis in a UFO" |
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