Elvis Presley In The Ghetto (Reaction)

[@shannonwhite3721]

R.I.P. to Mac Davis who passed yesterday. He is the writer of this song ☹️

[@danielblaze4112]

Very great and deep song! RIP Mister Mac Davis!!

[@st0n3p0ny]

:(

[@michellejackson6679]

Most ppl don't know that Mac Davis wrote this.. Thank u for the comment letting ppl know that Mac wrote these amazing lyrics

[@dabdella1460]

Elvis and his parents were one of two white families that lived in an all black neighborhood. So yes he knew poor very well.

[@michellejackson6679]

So true

[@willgaines5651]

A song that’s sadly proved timeless

[@Dorakaz1]

He was the greatest! He grew up in a very poor family but he never forgot his roots! He became the greatest star but he stayed humple and very generous man, even to people he didn't know! He was unique personality!

[@jeantracy8273]

Thank you for being open-minded to the song! I remember hearing this song on the radio when it came out.....wow Elvis! He never sang this kind of song. This was very controversial for it’s time. Social injustice...looking the other way...not caring about each other and the cycle keeps going on! He sang love songs....and to stick his neck out like this was very revealing about the true person he was. Yes, he grew up very poor and understood what it was like ......mac davis wrote it and was looking for someone to sing it....know one would touch it...late 60’s and Elvis did....Manager did not want him to do it and did it anyway....it must have ment a lot to him to do it.

[@pauloararaquara]

And do you notice how at the end of the song he picks it up and throws it in the audience's faces? The man! Eternal Elvis!

[@TheShadow-n8k]

He was very socially aware and in his own way outspoken through his music about the injustices throughout society.

[@Goldenchicoreacts]

absolutely!

[@singluna888]

Brought tears when I first heard it almost 50 years ago. Still does now.

[@sandyleewhite]

Elvis is one of the most famous people in music history, & no doubt, one of the most talented, however his heart & love for humanity, is his true legacy 💚💜💗💚💜

[@thekingcobra63]

Elvis was dirt poor all his childhood, he was also known to be super loyal to his band, if people didn't allow them in the hotel he wouldn't stay in that hotel either.

[@ngkky]

Singer-writer and 1970s television star Mac Davis wrote this song and gave it to Elvis Presley to record in 1969. Mac Davis passed away yesterday on Sept 29, 2020 at age 78. Rest in Peace.

[@lindajohnson6368]

Mac Davis was a great song writer and singer❤. RIP!

[@peggyevans2691]

Elvis lived in the ghetto himself. Mac Davis wrote it but Elvis lived it and felt it

[@fuita227]

It wasn't a story...it was a message.

[@aquahigh8471]

He grew up playing going to school and church with black children, only his family and one other were living in a ALL black community so why these people saying he was racist is beyond me, if u dont know keep it shut....🤨

[@christinebmorel5853]

It was jealousy and envious you should listen to Elvis,and the black community part 1and 2.

[@wvob6752]

He took care of his housekeeper who was black, bought her a home as well as others. Not a racist bone in his body and it angers me to hear that said of him.

[@martha0436]

God Bless you . continue on

[@kathyharze4308]

Elvis as always gives a great performance a brilliant song thank you stay safe 😷✌

[@rong805]

Chuck D, from Public Enemy, talking out of his ass years back, said Elvis was straight up racist in Fight The Power, and I think a generation of young kids believed it. I was already a fan before that, so I knew he was full of it, but I heard many people say they believed it (with no real evidence). Chuck tried to walk it back later on saying he was just tired of people calling him the King because he had recorded Little Richard and Chuck Berry songs and was tired of Elvis getting their shine. Ok that's cool, I can understand that, but it was ignorant to flat out call him racist, as if it was his fault what people thought and said about him! Just shows that words can greatly influence people's perception, even when they're not true.

[@themidsouthcyclist8880]

People don't throw shade at Frank Sinatra for recording New York, New York, which was written for and performed by Liza Minnelli....singers sang the songs the producers and studios gave them, because performers didn't control music back then. Chuck D not only wasn't a musician, not only did he never know about how the music industry worked, but he never acknowledged that he wasn't the one single authority about the industry.

[@titorodriguez1340]

He also said John Wayne was a racist I don't know how much of that is true because I've never seen John Wayne doing anything racist as a matter of fact he always had black people in his movies

[@KB-ke3fi]

that's exactly right. The Beatles got famous from Buddy Holly and the Crickets notes and style and new music.

[@rong805]

@@titorodriguez1340 Well, I think John Wayne was a different story. I think he was racist. Could be wrong, but I have heard that many times.

[@titorodriguez1340]

@@rong805 no I can't say that about John Wayne I don't like his acting but I have seen him in movies with black people and he seem to get along just fine with them

[@sdcashman45]

It's rough because the truth hurts. This song still is true in 2021, and will continue to be true....

[@christophermichael6844]

Mac wanted Elvis to sing this song. Elvis wanted to sing this song. The Colonel didn’t want to touch it and tried his damnedest to make impossible demands until Elvis told him to go to hell for the first and only time.

[@Goldenchicoreacts]

👑Elvis put his foot down.

[@lpeora]

He is actually singing about how things just don’t change. Things keep repeating themselves over and over.. constant cycle.. think about it, this was sung in the 70’s and still relevant today in 2020.. 50 years later. Like the song by The Who, “Won’t get Fooled Again”... the lyrics “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss” .. just like politicians, they tell you how much they care for, and all the good they’re going to do for us, the common folks.. but do things ever really change? If they really did, this song wouldn’t be as relevant today as it was a half century ago...

[@ririwaifox1381]

Just to show how much elvis took this song seriously ....he almost stood still through the whole song.

[@winstonlemaster1693]

I subscribed & i liked ur video ! I hope life treats you well !!

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

This song is showing how the cycle repeats itself over and over again. SAD 😪😪😪.

[@pattyyoung2103]

Poor has no color . Just heart ache .

[@Goldenchicoreacts]

well said!

[@pennygarrity386]

couldn't have been said better!!!!

[@pattyyoung2103]

@@pennygarrity386 Thanks!

[@matthewneumann3142]

It's amazing did Elvis sing a song but Mac Davis and it still be relevant to the day in the year 2020 Chicago hasn't changed one bit it's up to the people think for themselves and put the proper people and they are position of authority make those decisions for everyone to give those who are less fortunate the opportunities they deserve rest in peace Mac Davis rest in peace Elvis Presley thank you for your contributions and music and the world true humanitarian

[@ShadowLightVideos]

Elvis forever our King. Sad that so many of his songs are still so relevant to. Will there ever be an end to poverty, racism and violence against innocent people? Elvis' old songs should be re-released with proceeds being donated today's causes. People need to hear his timeless message. Thanks guys for sharing this old GOAT's music. You help keep him alive.

[@laurentgagnon3088]

This song will make you cry before it'll make you dance the fact that this song is still relevant today is saddening to me

[@StudeSteve62]

It's not one specific story, but one representative of way too many. Written by the late Mac Davis. It is indeed a cycle; Davis' original title for it was "The Vicious Circle". (What's with the Batman-villain laugh?) 😜

[@jerrymccurry8229]

He gave big bucks to help all kinds of people he came from there he gave millions to hospitals.

[@Goldenchicoreacts]

i like stories like this about elvis, i hear a lot of bad stuff about him. its refreshing to hear this man was a simple and humble man who loved ppl and this world we live in.

[@joanmatthews2570]

Love this song. Elvis grew up in poverty

[@melizavenegas8789]

So sad.

[@richardeidemiller6739]

It's a general statement of poverty and a cycle. His hunger burned is both literal and figurative. This could have easily been this mans life had he not had the guts, drive, ambition and luckily talent to escape it. His hunger burned also to give his mother a life better than the one she had to live. They were share croppers, and she did everything from pick cotton, scrub floors on her hands and knees and empty bed pans. Their poverty wasn't the streets of Chicago but the back woods poverty of the South where blacks and poor whites were stuck on the wrong side of the tracks with no way out. He, like you did not accept that.

[@GregoriousGregori9]

The singer song writer mac davis wrote in the ghetto based on a childhood friend he had growing up in the dallas tenement his dad managed.. His friend made choices that eventually cost him his life.. he took the song to sammy davis who turned it down & said take it to elvis elvis heard it & loved the message & the song. Elvis brought it to the record company & they said you can not record this it will ruin you. His response was this will be the first single. One of his background singers in this was Whitney Houston's mom.

[@Goldenchicoreacts]

Hmm Oh dear thats sad.

[@katiedeal6320]

His black neighbours kept him fed when he was hungry and he never forgot it. He always gave back to the less fortunate everywhere he went.

[@lissalives1]

Elvis, though born into poverty, was like all of us. He knew what would work.

[@LadyGator1983]

This song always gets to me!!!

[@christinebmorel5853]

The 👑 of music ❤ every body black,white, green pink, blue listen to the Elvis, and the Black community part 1and 2 Rip Elvis,the 👑of music ❤💯 The GOAT. thanks again for your reaction God bless you and your family, please be safe and careful stay healthy 😷🤒🇵🇷☝👍🌟💎😍😘🤗🙏 Amen.

[@jimmyc2895]

This song first made dirt get in my eyes as a child.

[@hooliganllc2666]

Look at the pinky ring

[@trudywolfe2795]

This song is so sad. 😭😭😭

[@evelynmabe7877]

Elvis was a Black Belt!

[@shawnj1966]

The song was originally titled, The Vicious Circle I believe. It was written by Mac Davis and was inspired by a black friend he had as a child that lived in the ghetto. It is about how life in the ghetto perpetuates a cycle of poverty, violence and death for many people. Still true today.

[@Goldenchicoreacts]

🤔Hmm

[@maclovia9727]

whitney Houstons mom is singing back up with the Sweet Inspirations

[@sunnycrocker6016]

Please watch the community black eccept Elvis, thank you for you're rections😅

[@robbinborkoski5090]

Elvis was raised in poverty in mostly prominently black community. He understood. Listen to If I can Dream. He got it.

[@justafanmiller7486]

ELVIS manager, Tom Parker, Didn't want Elvis to record this song. In the ELVIS 2022 movie we learned that once a Reverend once told Elvis "that to dangerous to say, SING", so he did!

[@winniethepoohandeeyore2]

Did you know he was instrumental in the Pearl Harbor Memorial becoming a reality. in 1961 when he was like 26 years old ( which was the average age of the poor souls there) They raised $ 62,000 to get the Memorial rolling. It was he who DAMANDED all proceeds go towards it. He PAID all of the acts that performed and he even BOUGHT the first ticket for $100 PLUS included an extra $5,000 . Remember he himself is a Military Vet, Serving in the US Army. He got out a Sgt.

[@planojag595]

He was a once in a generation talent and I was just a little kid when he passed away. However, his music was played a lot around the house growing up which is probably why I love his music. Please react to his other songs Don’t; One Night (With You); Love Me; You Don’t Know Me; Such a Night; Young and Beautiful; Don’t Leave Me Now; and I Want You, I Need You, I love You.

[@dellalyn9918]

Nice addition to the meaning of this song...you can be better, don't let the negative be your influencer!

[@ColonelSpankysLostBattalion]

This song is about absent fathers. No father in the family.

[@julieielasi4156]

Your spot on what you said everyone has a choice you didn't go that way ! Others did because thay wanted too !

[@CAVERUNLAKE]

Good advice bro!! Grew up same way it’s about making choices

[@robertsonmuskelley2148]

What pop artist would be best to remake this song??? Could it be a hit again in this time and in the right hands?

[@kayeaton1691]

Elvis Presley came from the ghetto

[@duckigrrl]

😢i hadnt listened to this song in many years because it just tears at your heart.

[@shannonwhite3721]

There ate videos on KZbin of Elvis doing Karate

[@ljriner]

Elvis had black belt in Karate, Tai Kwon Do, Jujitsu

[@williamchick]

Elvis was actually a 9th Dan and there is a very special patch that was made . It’s extremely hard to earn and get one

[@angelsday4338]

love elvis, he is such a good classic singer. thanks for share

[@GeminieCricket]

It is the cycle of life in the ghetto….

[@marilyngrayson3285]

He knew we all bleed red

[@judilehman1481]

Elvis grew up dirt poor in Mississipi. He never forgot his roots.

[@ShadowLightVideos]

Elvis very generously paid Mac Davis for this very beautiful song.

[@KB-ke3fi]

same with Kris Kristofferson...he wrote almost all Janis Joplins songs and many others. Funny how those Texas boys write world changing songs.

[@tapsa412]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@shirleycarr5387]

Karate move.

[@ja8594]

Belle chanson qui et toujour d actualité même chez nous en France

[@JB-lm5xt]

Thank you.

[@Goldenchicoreacts]

You're welcome!

[@somethingyousaid5059]

It's an incredible magnitude of existential trauma that two human beings force on another human being. Thanks mom, thanks dad.

[@annmills3163]

☮️💜

[@thman-cj4sk]

This guy missed the point completely.

[@abigonzalez-t6127]

Hey Brian call me this is abi