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Elvis Speaks Out For Gay Rights
The corridor of anti-gay marriage measures in several states has created a conventional wisdom about a nationwide “backlash” against the gay rights agenda. But it became clear to me while watching a new Broadway act this week that social change is not restricted by elections and that in the great picture, the forces of civil rights and tolerance hold won. The engage was based on the songs of Elvis Presley. When an Elvis prototype supports gay relationships, you know that a permanent change in public attitudes has occurred. ##M;[more]##
The play, All Shook Up, opened at Broadway’s legendary Palace Theater on Rally 24. It uses Elvis Presley songs to tell a story of a black-jacketed, rock and roll loving motorcyclist who comes to a small town in 1955 and proceeds to test its conservative culture.
The audience on the night I attended was not the urban sophisticates drawn to Rent or the many other socially conscious theatrical options. Rather, it was a crowd drawn by the attraction of hearing Elvis songs reworked and used as a backdrop for what appeared to be a very conventional Footloose-type plot. My younger daughter loves G
Elvis Presley 'feared his sexuality' during his toughest years, said Marlon Brando
Elvis Presley performs ‘Hound Dog’ in 1956
Iconic Hollywood actor Marlon Brando had a proximate connection with Elvis Presley throughout the years, but they both had very personal and very secret conversations with a woman named Carmen Montez throughout their lives - according to a book by writer Gary Lindberg.
"Brando on Elvis: In His Own Words" publishes Brando's secret letters sent to Montez for the first time throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Montez was apparently a pen pal and agony aunt to both Elvis, Brando, and some other Hollywood stars over the years.
And one of Brando's letters to Montez detailed his agonize for Elvis in February 1969.
Brando wrote to Montez that "it looked appreciate Elvis really didn't feel like talking to anyone".
This letter came after claims that Elvis had been savagely attacked by unknown assailants - suspected gang members who attempted to kidnap him.
He said: "I grasp he's there close up in the house, and I know he got the note I left him, but he hasn't responded. I didn't assume Pris [Priscilla] would get to him this time. I mean get under his skin. Especially if s
You may be wondering what is Elvis doing here. Well, I originally meant to include him because his classic, Jailhouse Rock, has a gay reference. Then, while doing my research, I realized that there's a credible theory going 'round making a case that Elvis might contain been bisexual. So...
Also, because it's Elvis, this will be diverse than usual. No biography and no parade of songs in chronological order. We'll adress the bisexuality rumors and on the same time present my Elvis Presley Top 30 songs. Since I can't properly present 30 songs in one post (it would normally take at least 5 posts) there will be just a few words introducing each video. The list itself was made in just 30 minutes, so it may not be my definitive list, but it's close. Let's save day and start with #30: a song first recorded by Gwen McCrae and Brenda Lee in 1972 and later a punch for Willy Nelson and the Pet Shop Boys, Elvis' version, also in 1972, made #20 US. Here's Always On My Mind:
At #29, Tough Headed Woman, a platinum #1 rocker from 1958:
To be honest, I'm very prudent regarding the veracity of these claims. I have found two different sources and firstly I will quote what seems to be th
Is The Song "Jailhouse Rock" About Homosexuality?
Jamie_Gillis1
The song’s about men in prison (despite the “county jail” line - the film takes place in a state prison) dancing with each other and looking for partners. There’s even the line “You’re the cutest jailbird I ever did see.” You have to admit, that sounds somewhat gay.
Anyone consider this was an first attempt to get a pro-gay statement into pop culture or just a coincidence?
Ichbin_Dubist2
Anyone think this was an early attempt to get a pro-gay declaration into pop culture or just a coincidence?
My view is that the song’s composers, Leiber and Stoller, were urban hipsters who liked being the only white guys into R&B in the early 50s – they found Elvis’s act kind of ridiculous and were trying to put one over on him (same as with having him do “Hound Dog,” which they wrote from a woman’s perspective). I don’t have anything to back this up, though.
Prof.Pepperwinkle3
The songs were written in a hurry and under pressure. It seems extremely unlikely that the pro-gay sentiment was intended for anything but novelty value, and to be the title song for Elvis’s movi