Elvis would have "stolen in a rage" each time this star was mentioned
Here is what, according to him, was known when Elvis met another icon of music.
They say: "Never meet your heroes" ... and it seems that this warning applies even if you are yourself an extremely famous star.Elvis Presley andJohn Lennon are two of the most emblematic musicians of all time, but having this in common did not mean that they got along. According to an account of someone close to him, Presley "gave rise to rage" to the simple mention of the name of Lennon.
The problems started when Presley and Lennon met for the first time in 1965. At the time, the Beatles were a few years to be the largest group in the world, while Presley was famous for about a decade. Read the rest to discover what did not work when the king and the singer-songwriter crossed.
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A meeting between musical acts was organized.
The Beatles and Presley met in August 1965 when a meeting was organized by their respective teams while the Beatles were in Los Angeles. The accounts of the meeting differ, but three initiates who spoke publicly about it all agree that it was, at the very least, clumsy.
JournalistIvor Davis, who had approached the Beatles and had written the bookThe Beatles and I tour, ToldCloser every week That he was thereThe night when the Beatles and Presley met.
"For about 10 minutes, nothing happened," said Davis at the exit. "It was very annoying, and the reason why nothing happened was that no one had the common sense to say: 'Elvis, here is John,Paul McCartney],,George Harrison], andRingo [Starr]. So they sat down as uncomfortable guests. ""
Likewise, Presley's wife,Prison, wrote in the bookElvis by Pressys(Going throughCloser), "When John, Paul, Ringo and George entered, Elvis relaxed on the sofa, watching television without sound. He barely took the trouble to get up."
Presley was supposed to be embarrassed by Lennon's political opinions.
Chris Hutchins, a journalist and publicist, was one of the people to organize the meeting, according to an article he wrote in theDaily mail. Hutchins wrote thatPresley did not like anti-war comments Lennon had done at their meeting.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"John had annoyed Presley by making known his anti -war feelings when he entered the solid living room and spotted the table lamps - model wagons engraved with the message:" All the way with LBJ "", A writes Hutchins. "Lennon hated the presidentLyndon B. Johnson For having increased the challenges in the Vietnam War. ""
According to the bookThe Beatles: Hors Record,,Hutchins said Beatles Leaving the meeting, "while we are heading for the car, [Presley's director]Colonel [Tom Parker] said to me, "Tell fans that it was a great meeting." John heard this, laughed and said, "Tell them the truth. It was a waste of waste. '"
McCartney would also have said something that was annoying Presley.
According to Davis, the ice finally broke out during the clumsy introduction, and the Beatles and Presley began playing music together.
"Then Paul said something to Elvis like: 'Elvis, we love your music. We want you to do more songs as you did formerly'," said DavisCloser. "Well, I want to tell you that Elvis did itnotLike that, because he really thought: "Why do these guys tell me that my old things are better and, probably, my new things are not very good?" ""
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Presley linked to another star on his aversion to Lennon.
Hutchins'Daily mail The story talks about Presley's friendship with SingerTom Jones, and he wrote that they have linked not to love Lennon. According to Hutchins, Presley told Jones that Lennon should have been expelled from the United States, and Jones said that he did not like an "intelligent remark" that Lennon had made around him. Hutchins wrote that Jones "wanted to take [Lennon] outside and see what type of hiding place his intellect would be held". Hutchins continued: "For the first time that evening, Presley smiled. Tom spoke his kind of language."
Hutchins said: "Whenever John Lennon's name appeared, [Presley] flies in a rage."
Priscilla said Presley was "curious" of the Beatles.
The Beatles were delighted to meet Presley, who was someone they admired, and by all the accounts, the meeting was initiated on their side. Priscilla shared the side of Presley in history inElvis by Pressys.
"Naturally, he was curious about the Beatles," wrote Priscilla. "He respected them. Above all, he respected the way they had reached their artistic freedom. He saw how they did everything they loved." She continued: "He recognized their talent and their energy - he told me several times - but he feared losing popularity. And in 1965, no one was more popular than the Beatles ... the fact that 'Elvis greeted them with the casualture studied did not mean that he didn't care. He did it. He simply affirmed his role as a king of origin. "
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