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GETTING
ELVIS
BACK TO No.1
with 'Rubberneckin' ?
Last year Elvisly Yours was instrumental in
helping to get Elvis to no.1 in the UK. We started a campaign months before
the song was even released persuading fan clubs all over the world to
promote a self-fulfilling prophecy that "A Little Less
Conversation" would get to no.1 in the UK and fan power did the rest.
We used every PR trick in the book from having tribute artists singing the
song outside our shop the day it was released, to harassing Betting Shops
trying to place bets on Elvis getting to no.1, to email, faxing, phoning the
media, radio and TV stations, the fans and fan clubs. With a vivid
imagination, a lot of hard work and that little bit of luck almost anything
is possible in life, even getting Elvis to no.1 in the UK after 25 years and
then around the world. Of course, it helped to have that great NIKE |
commercial in constant support. Plus, it was the 25th Anniversary year
and at last the media all over the world was giving Elvis the credit and
respect he has so much deserved for making our world a better place instead
of years of ridicule his memory has suffered.
But, probably the
greatest factor getting Elvis to No.1 was that the remix of "A Little
Less Conversation" was a fantastic song. We play it many times each day
at the Elvisly Yours Shop and each time you just want to get up and dance
and do your Elvis thing ! It is just a brilliant song in its remixed version
and Elvis would have been proud. It has inspired a whole new generation of
Elvis fans who previously knew more about Elvis eating hamburgers than his
changing music and life forever. If a formula works on its first attempt you
simply try to repeat the formula. The remix by JXL was fantastic and any
logical person would expect they would be working on the next remix to
repeat the formula with another one of Elvis 700 songs. Instead we have
"Rubberneckin" remixed by Paul Oakenfold and some may ask Paul
Who? I went to his website www.pauloakenfold.org
and discovered he is a legend ? Elvis is a legend, James Dean a legend,
Marilyn Monroe is a legend but Paul Oakenfold ? Give us a break. Sorry Paul,
I just do not like your remix of "Rubberneckin" and I am not alone
in the Elvis World.
I would love to meet the jokers at BMG who
decided to follow up ALLC with a very poor remix of "Rubberneckin".
To be honest "Rubberneckin" would probably not make the top 200 of
Elvis songs and the original is nothing special and the remix is worse and
this is the follow-up to ALLC. There seems to be some misguided philosophy
at BMG (now in bed with EPE) that Elvis fans are probably fools and they
will buy anything. I am shocked that they have such a poor second remix and
expect the fans to all run out and get Elvis to no.1 again.
Elvis fans now have a dilemma should they buy
"Rubberneckin" , such an inferior remix, in the vain hope of
getting Elvis to no.1 or should they save their money for the album with a
NEW record, a song that apparently has been forgotten over time and just(?)
discovered, "I'm A Roustabout".
Since "Elvis #1" was so successful
"2nd to None" seems such a wimp title for the next album. Again,
if a formula works repeat the formula. "Elvis 2" would have been
simple and follow on the impact achieved by "Elvis #1" just like
you have "Terminator 2", "Die Hard 2"...just repeat the
formula, but since Elvisly Yours is ex-communicated by BMG and EPE are from
a different planet so such ideas circulate among the fans who read this
Newsletter and the fans have no say in what happens with Elvis music or
anything Elvis unless they do it themselves.
I am sure that the new album will do well just
because it features a new song. Apparently, they have not even finalised the
track listing and it is due out in October. BMG and EPE have done a great
disservice to Elvis Presley over the years by not promoting his music and it
was only pressure and money from NIKE and Disney that got them off their
backsides to at least do something for the 25th Anniversary. Meanwhile, the
fans have continued to line the pockets of these dinosaurs. I would just
like to think if someone like Richard Branson and Virgin had owned the music
rights of Elvis what might have happened these past 25 years. When, in 2004
BMG lose copyright in many countries to Elvis' early recordings on Sun and
then from 2006 the first RCA recordings it should make for an interesting
time in the Elvis World.
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ELVIS & JULIE
signed
photos by JULIE PARRISH
Elvisly Yours was asked by Julie
Parrish, Elvis' co-star in 'Paradise Hawaiian Style' to help her trace
her British ancestry at the Public Record Office in Kew. She gave us a large number of signed photos of her and Elvis
from the film. The winners of the competition to win these photos were
: Sylvia Day
from Beckenham, Kent, Su Armitage from Accrington, Lancs, Jean Collierwebb from St. Brelade, Jersey.
If you were not a winner but would like to
order photos from Julie or even a country music CD of hers then
go to Julie's website : www.julieparrish.com
and you can email Julie at : JParr18031@aol.com .
Julie is one of the lucky women in this
world to have had the honour to co-star in a movie with Elvis, kissing
and hugging him and has lots of Elvis anecdotes, stories and memories.
She has devoted much of her recent life to helping battered and abused
women.
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BEST ELVIS SONG
and the
WORST ELVIS SONG
On the Elvisly Yours website
you have been able to vote for your favourite Elvis song. This
survey has now been continued until the end of the year.
VOTE
FOR YOUR FAVOURITE
ELVIS SONG
choose one song only
While we were asking Elvis fans
to vote for their best song our friends down under in
Australia www.elvis.com.au
had fans chose their worst Elvis Record. For all Elvis
News the Elvis Information Network is brilliant and we are
grateful to them for quoting from their website about their
results. Nigel Patterson was the author of the survey and just
three of the top ten were in descending order:
10.
Smokey Mountain Boy
9. Do The Clam
8. Song of the Shrimp
For
the full survey just click on to :
www.elvis.com.au/ein/articles_worstsongresults.shtml |
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RARE ELVIS BOOK...
messages from the spirit of Elvis Presley
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Herrre's Elvis by Margo Blu is a fascinating little book that is full of
anecdotes, thoughts, drawings and statements about life as told by
the spirit of Elvis to Blu. It is a "must" for any serious
collector and although quite old now there are just a few copies left. It
is very different to any other book on Elvis and a possible insight into
the real Elvis and his spiritual needs. |
| Blu's wish is
to find a publisher who will help her realise her dream to publish a
complete book on her contact with Elvis and called "Elvis, God and
Me". |
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Herrre's Elvis by
Margo Blu
Price
$10.00
plus $5.00 mailing to Europe, $2.50 USA/Canada.
For
details about ordering contact : TheKingandI@dc.rr.com
or write to :
Margo Blu,
79813 Desert Willow,
La Quinta, Ca. 92253 USA
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ELVIS CHRISTMAS SHOW
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COME ALONG TO
THE ELVIS
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Christmas is a great time for
festive fun and the Elvis Express and the Hanover are bringing you
an all Elvis show to celebrate the festive season.
Our special "LIVE"
performance will be from "THIS IS ELVIS" a great live
show by a very talented young man. Plus all Elvis music, all
night.
WHY NOT organise your works Christmas
party for this special night of fun that you will remember and
talk about all year long. Or just come along with family and
friends.
It's all in support of the Chestnut
Tree House Appeal
Tickets are £8.00 each and go on
sale October 1st but you can pre book your tickets NOW!
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To Pre-order your tickets:
Send us £3.00 per ticket plus a
S.A.E. (medium sized)
along with your name and address.
Pay the remaining £5.00 per ticket by
November 1st and we will send you your tickets.
(note: £3.00 deposit is
non-refundable)
All cheques / postal orders are
payable to:
The Elvis Express ,
208 Queens Park Road,
Brighton, Sussex,
BN2 9ZB
England
TCE ALWAYS
Lee Dawson
(Editor)
For more details on how to subscribe:
send a S.A.E. to
The Elvis Express,
208 Queens Park Road,
Brighton, Sussex
BN2 9ZB,
England
Tel: 01273 386 312 - Overseas:
+44 1273 386 312
Fax: 01273 386 312
Check
us out: www.elvis-express.com
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JAILHOUSE
ROCK
the MUSICAL
The
new Musical "Jailhouse Rock" from the producers of
the spectacular and highly successful "Buddy" will
now release it in the West End of London in the Spring of
2004. This will give them much more time to plan this major
production, find Vince Everett (their Elvis) and organise
publicity. The show will eventually be shown in New Zealand
and there are plans for Germany and other countries. When
"Jailhouse Rock, the Musical" is finally launched
you will find it will last for years. It has some brought
together some highly talented producers, directors and
contributors in this worldwide project. We will release more
information as it becomes available but book immediately you
know the theatre otherwise you might have to wait for
years...you have been warned !
ELVIS
SYMPOSIUM
For August 16th
an International Elvis Symposium was organised by John Walker
of the "Center for Studies in
Popular Culture". It attracted some excellent papers from
all over the world analysing all aspects of the life of Elvis
Presley...historically and today, tomorrow and for ever. You
can read all the papers including my thesis "Disgraceland
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includes a thesis by Sid Shaw, DisGraceland
and 21 more papers by experts in the Elvis World
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BLINDNESS
and ELVIS
Sadly, there are many blind people
in this world but I bet many are Elvis fans and recently
Elvisly Yours has been introduced to three such fans on three
different Continents. For some time I have been in
correspondence with Paul Graham, a blind fan who lost his
sight some years after he became an Elvis fan. He has written
a book about his experiences being a blind Elvis fan and how
Elvis' music has inspired him so much and kept him going so he
has written a book to share his love for Elvis.
Maheen is an Elvis
fan living in Canada and wrote a note on our Guestbook asking
for help in finding some Elvis records and I wrote to fan
clubs around the world asking fans to help a young, blind
Elvis fan build his collection :
Maheen
Wickramasinghe - Aug 20, 2003 - 9:55:53
Mississauga, Ontario [Canada]
Hello there!
I can't even begin to tell you how delighted I am to have
found this site! I have been searching and searching for an
Elvis guest book and at last I found one! I am 18 years old
and I have been an Elvis fan all my life. I am a totally blind
boy and I have always loved music. I hope that anyone of you
can please help me with a few things. I have been trying so
hard to obtain copies of some of these rare and hard to find
Elvis CD's but they aren't available anywhere in stores. Some
of these CD's are Night Rider 61, Cut Me And I Bleed, Kiss Me
Quick/Little Sister and others. Does anyone out there have any
rare Elvis items that you are willing to please share with me?
I would appreciate that a whole lot as I just love Elvis
fooling around in the studio and also on stage. Well, God
bless you all and I will really look forward to your reply.
You may Email me anytime!
Sincerely,
Maheen.
As a result of
mailing Elvis fan clubs I heard from my friends Susan and Roy
in New Zealand who had a friend who has been to
Graceland several times and she is blind. One wonders how
blind people react to a visit to Graceland and I was sent a
most moving account written a few years ago by a blind Elvis
fan and
just has to be read. It is
truly inspiring. Fans can read this special account on the Elvisly
Yours website from August 31st 2003 in a special tribute
to blind Elvis fans.
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ELVISLY
YOURS Competition Winner
The
winner of the Elvisly Yours monthly draw is
Mr Andrew Barber from Fortuneswell, UK
He will receive a computer
mousemat.
Remember, each month a
member of the Elvisly Yours Cyber Club will be drawn at
random to win an Elvis prize. Get your family and friends to join
our FREE Elvis Presley Club.
They can simply join
ONLINE at www.elvisly-yours.com
You
must visit
The
Elvisly Yours
shop!
We
are open 7 days a week 10.30am-6.30pm
next
door to the London Beatles Store open 8 days a week
How to find
us:
233 Baker Street, London NW1
6XE
tel: 020 7486 2005
We are just 100 yards
north of Baker Street Station at the top end of Baker Street near
Regent's Park, plenty of parking in side streets or Regent's Park if
driving.
  
Baker Street Tube Station
Elvisly Yours,
Sid Shaw
www.elvisly-yours.com
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