Elvis Presley revolutionized Rock & Roll, and his influence still echoes to this day. Elvis was rock & rolls first real star. He had a significant impact on American culture, and his hip swinging threw America into a trance in the 1950’s. Elvis although idolized, gave his listeners symbolic release to expression. His influence on African American music was not only symbolic but surprising. His love life and role in movies is constantly overlooked, yet it played a significant role in the rise and fall of the star. Throughout his career Elvis not only changed Rock & Roll, but the entire world.
Elvis’s music was influenced heavily by gospel, blues, and in many cases country. By singing rock and roll as well as “ballads” Elvis Presley has created the bedrock of modern rock and roll. His practice of gospel allowed Elvis to add to his style at a very young age. His transition to Memphis helped create what we now know today as Elvis’s music. …show more content…
His first role as an actor was in 1956, in the movie “Love Me Tender”. The primary goal with his acting career, and this movie in general, was to use his iconic role in pop culture to create the next generation of drama and emotion, similarly to James Dean. Love Me Tender is about the quickly ending civil war in which the confederate army attempts to rob a union train, and the feds coming after them. Overall, this film was successful, but by no means lastingly impressionable.
Throughout the course of his acting career, Elvis made a lot of movies that robbed him of his edge, but one of the movies that seemed to capture who he really was is called Viva Las Vegas. According to an article from the latimes.com titled Elvis Presley the Actor, “the film has a kicky self-awareness missing from any of Presley's other pictures”. In other words, this movie was the only movie he acted in that had the “bad boy” Elvis Persona that made him who he
Elvis’s music was influenced heavily by gospel, blues, and in many cases country. By singing rock and roll as well as “ballads” Elvis Presley has created the bedrock of modern rock and roll. His practice of gospel allowed Elvis to add to his style at a very young age. His transition to Memphis helped create what we now know today as Elvis’s music. …show more content…
His first role as an actor was in 1956, in the movie “Love Me Tender”. The primary goal with his acting career, and this movie in general, was to use his iconic role in pop culture to create the next generation of drama and emotion, similarly to James Dean. Love Me Tender is about the quickly ending civil war in which the confederate army attempts to rob a union train, and the feds coming after them. Overall, this film was successful, but by no means lastingly impressionable.
Throughout the course of his acting career, Elvis made a lot of movies that robbed him of his edge, but one of the movies that seemed to capture who he really was is called Viva Las Vegas. According to an article from the latimes.com titled Elvis Presley the Actor, “the film has a kicky self-awareness missing from any of Presley's other pictures”. In other words, this movie was the only movie he acted in that had the “bad boy” Elvis Persona that made him who he