Elvis Presley

never failed to disappoint certain individuals. Songs were written for the purpose of enhancing one's emotions and turning someone into a better person. When Elvis Presley wrote “If I Can Dream”, he addressed the theme of despondency as many find themselves lost in an unforeseeable future. However, the theme bounces back to hopefulness as Presley exaggerates hope that one day his dream will come true. His lyrics serve as a complaint that our world requires peace in order to fulfill a man's…

by engendering a sense of bewilderment of Elvis fandom. Much of the “cult” work on Elvis pathologizes fans. For example, Joyrich in her article “Elvisophilia: Knowledge, Pleasure, and the Cult of Elvis (1993),” argues fans avid desire to accumulate Elvis possessions amounts to a form of addiction. Such studies highlight the reductionism inherent in pathological accounts of fan action and cloud an understanding of emotion and action in deviance. Elvis Culture: Fans, Faith and Image, by Erika…

Foundations and Findings written by Marianne Miserandino she stated that Drew Westen had it right when he compared Sigmund Freud to Elvis Presley because just as it would be impossible to imagine rock ‘n’ roll music without its founder, it would be difficult to imagine psychoanalysis today without it’s founder (Miserandino 205). Sure, it’s quite difficult to hear Presley music within this new decade of pop, rap, R&B, and rock ‘n’ roll of the now in radio stations because his music is mostly…

During the 1960's J.F.K was elected. John F. Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated in the 1960s. Meanwhile in the 60's, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Rolling Stones were famous for their music/movies. Fashion was also popular in the 1960's for all kind of people such as man, women, and children. The 1960's is a decade known for its barbaric politics, revolutionary music, and fashion. John F. Kennedy was a very well known man. Born May 29,1917, in Brookline Massachusetts. Kennedy…

During the 1950s the United States was the leading country of the world. It was the world’s strongest military power. The United States’ economy was booming with an increase in manufacturing and home construction amongst a post-World War II economic boom. And the fruits of this prosperity such as, new cars, suburban houses and other consumer goods, were available to more people than ever before. However, the 1950s were also an era of great conflict. For example, the nascent civil rights…

the song writer mentions Elvis Presley and number three who is Dale Earnhardt. When he sings, "Faster than Elvis could shake rattle 'nd roll," Jaren Johnston goes back to date when Elvis Presley wrote that song. Elvis Presley actually combined one song with another to get a faster pace song. When he did that he made a hit song "Shake Rattle 'nd Roll." "Faster than number three…

Lennon met a young man, Paul McCartney, who joined the Quarry Men with Lennon. McCartney also admired Elvis Presley because he can relate to the loss as well. These two outstanding songwriters formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in music history. McCartney introduced George Harrison to the group then shortly after, Stuart Sutcliffe, then…

progression, and three-fourths of all the songs had a one, four, five chord progression. Most of the songs have a four-fourths time signature. There are two songs with a twelve-eighth time signature, and the songs are Phil Phillips' "Sea of Love" and Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel". As Charles F. McGovern explains “Combining the boogie woogie rhythms of R&B, the hillbilly twang of country, the fervor of gospel and the moans of the blues” Rock and roll had combinations of different music…

Today in class we viewed an episode from the series of The History of Rock n Roll by Bud Friedgen called Good Rockin’ Tonight. In this film, we watched the short era of the upcoming of rock n roll with all its controversy, crazy fans, and dances. The film starts with a clip of Chuck Berry, the king of Rock, playing Roll Over Beethoven. Chuck Berry once told Carl Perkins that what they were doing with music id what the political leaders were trying to accomplish up in Washington. At the time,…

differently. If you know who Morgan Freeman, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, or Chuck Norris are then, you’ve known an USA veteran. For example, Morgan Freeman, enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1955 and trained as a fighter pilot until after four whole years of his training he left the Air Force. His exact words were, “ You are not in love with this; you are in love with the idea of this.”. The most famous of all celebrity doyens “The King” himself Elvis Presley, was enlisted into the…