Rainbow Light wrote:Why is it so very Hard for people to not what Elvis to speak want was on his Mind and Heart he was a HUMAN BEING!, he really didn't have anyone at home to Listen when he needed to Rant A Little. I don't Blame Elvis for Blowing up at Home either, because it was his Home he Paid for it. So if I thought he Loved me enough to share what was bothering him and if he had to Rant, then LET HIM BE! FairyTale!
AMEN, Fairytale! Maybe some people chose to see or want Elvis to be some kind of God or something? They chose the name 'king' for him whereas anyone who knew Elvis would understand he didn't want to be called 'King' - to him always there was only ever one King and that was and is Jesus Christ, then, now and forever! Again, for some reason they couldn't accept he was a human being like all of us and expected Elvis to supposedly have no problems - the 'oh well, he's rich and famous, what problems could he possibly have' mind-set. That's not what I, you or many understand and we choose to try and see Elvis for the human being, the soul he was and in memory and name will always be!
A BIG AMEN to what you've said here dear angels!!!
Thank you so much sweet Sue for bringing this back around again and I must say that I totally agree with you in that "the best place to get the replies and a balanced perspective view on the situation as was most definitely comes from Maia and Wanda!!!"
Wanda June Hill wrote: It's funny, but people who were not lucky enough to spend time with Elvis, who only got to meet him in public settings, where he would be trying to live up to the expectations of whomever and being Elvis, though what you saw was him, he didn't put on an act so to speak for anyone really, he was just careful not to come off dumb or silly or whatever and wanted the person to have the best possible memory etc:. Elvis was a human being, he got tired, worn out even and sometimes bored with the whole thing-but he still did what was needed at the time and no one knew how he felt except those few who did know him out of that atmosphere. Elvis was very happy go lucky most of the time, he also was a stickler for detail and he wanted what he wanted when he wanted it at times, but then he was used to having things his way so why not get a little anxious if he had to wait or it went worng? He was patient with people usually too much so at times and he'd lost his cool at home since he couldn't out in public-reasonable I think.
He blew off steam, then it was over and he'd expect people to realize it was just that "steam" and he had to do it or blow up for real. Most of the people around him were used to this "venting" which wasn't all the time...
and usually he had a good reason to be angry. So if Elvis turned to being just himself on stage, where he felt he was among friends and talked about what he loved, Karate and other such things and he demonstrated it some, wanting to show people it's beauty etc: and he might have talked longer than some "attention defficiets" could handle it-he was sharing his life, a little piece of what was important to him, something personal and with friends. The same thing he might do in his living room at home. And he got in trouble for it. He even said so-but he didnt' blame his audience-he blamed his employers and some of his employees...who were the guillty parties as they "fed" the stories after the show with their girlfriends, etc: and it got embellished as it went along. Sometimes I think those people were so looped themselves they coluldn't have drawn a straight line with a laser light! Much less get the facts of any conversation straight. That's how the tales got going and eleborated on and those journalists who pretty much didn't bother to show up at shows themselves relied on their "ears" and "mouthpieces" for details. That was obvious to anyone who was persent at the shows that were written about later on. It seemed the writers were in fantasy mode and just looking for "shock" factors and that's what they got and what the built on.
That made Elvis furious...it was affecting his life, his career and his family-and it wasn't being told correctly.
He had had enough-he was getting it from all sides-the press, his managment, his employer, his guys, his exwife, his lawyers and his father wasn't doing well health wise. Neither was Elvis-it was too much and he just had to explain and he couldn't keep his temper out of it. Still, he didn't say anything that anyone there had not heard hundreds of times in public and movies for years. Big deal.
Wanda my dear friend my many thanks to you for this beautifully put and heartfelt explanation about our dear Elvis and the true feelings of his precious heart!!!
I feel that everything you said is right on the money sweet angel!!!
