Elvis Pressley "Heartbreak Hotel" Live 1968 Comeback Special (REACTION)

Elvis Pressley "Heartbreak Hotel" Live 1968 Comeback Special (REACTION)
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[@mrchips4489]

Elvis always had a good time on stage; it's part of what made him so relatable & enduring to his fans. And let's face it, no one could pull off cool like Elvis Presley.

[@jobydogwhisperer4163]

Elvis was the whole package. I saw him four times and there has never been another entertainer who has come close. He had charisma, humor, great voice and so handsome. Meet him in Hawaii and he was so nice and genuine. THE KING still reigns.

[@patticriss2238]

This is WHY he was the king. He was who he was. And we loved him. We prayed for him. We couldn’t get enough. We probably killed him with our love. 💔

[@user-ix2hi7oj9k]

For a comeback, that’s some serious CONFIDENCE!!!

[@user-dr2sk3wh7i]

The guy with the tambourine was Lance Legault who sometimes was a standin in Elvis' movies. This was a jam session where Elvis sang some of his old songs. He is The King!

[@ruthsimon7035]

ELVIS was a funny guy, and so sexy! ❤ His voice is magical!

[@paulasmith3179]

Elvis had been in Hollywood making movies for eight years. This comeback special was the first time he was before a live audience in 8 years .He was scared to death. thank you great reaction.

[@Snorkebogan]

That is The Elvis Magic❤❤

[@mariaamorim1460]

Elvis é ÚNICO no mundo, nunca mais haverá ninguém para ocupar o lugar que ele deixou vazio, o trono que ele conquistou ❤

[@Snorkebogan]

You will love Live-Elvis❤

[@jayeginn5963]

By this time, 1968, Elvis had not performed on stage before a live audience for some 8 years. He was tied up in movie contracts, doing 3 movies a year. Things calmed down in 1968, the end of the contracts was nearing (he made his last movie in 1969 and then 2 concert movies Elvis, That's the Way it is of 1970 and Elvis on Tour in 1972) so he was preparing to get back on stage, got his residency at the Las Vegas Hilton contract in 1969 and got back on the road touring the US from then on, too. The guy with the tambourine was actor Lance LeGault, who often was an extra/bit player or double for Elvis in his movies. He later gained more fame for instance in the original A-team series on tv as the general who pursued the A-team. Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis. One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.

[@carolhayar3037]

He was away from live performing for about 9 yrs. -- 2 yrs. in the Army ('58-'60) then was committed to doing 31 films. This '68 Comeback Special was his 1st return to live performing.

[@CooManTunes]

Nonsense. His last live performance, before breaking for movies, was in 1961. Making it roughly 7.5 years. Knowledge is power.

[@carolhayar3037]

@@CooManTunes synonyms: more or less; roughly; or thereabouts; round about; in the neighborhood of

[@CooManTunes]

@@carolhayar3037 Huh? He was not away from live performing for nine years, half-a-brain.

[@kurtfisch]

He came back from being out of performing due to his Hollywood contracts of making movies for 8 years. Before that he was in the army for two years.

[@rong805]

Elvis hadn't performed for a while, but he was plenty busy recording soundtracks for all those movies and also other projects, including gospel music, winning a Grammy for gospel, btw! 3 times!! He was always singing at home as well, sharpening the vocal knives, so to speak! He would either play guitar or piano and spend hours singing. Sometimes with friends and bandmates as well.

[@colmflaherty3963]

NBC it was. He done a few versions of this in the same show. One standing up. Much stronger than this. Thanks man 👍

[@Bluewizard7131]

This was actually an outtake of the filming, and it's brilliant.

[@sallycook]

The guy with the tambourine was Lance LecGault. He was Elvis body/stunt double in 3 Elvis movies. Most fans would remember him playing Elvis lookalike cousin in Kissin’ Cousins.

[@joannedungan8381]

It was on NBC. He'd been doing movies for years. This was him coming back to live performances. It's was actually called Elvis. It was so successful people dubbed it his comeback special. It definitely stuck because people forget it was called Elvis, and nothing else

[@carriemichelle322]

My Favorite version of Heartbreak Hotel!! It was on NBC and this was supposed to be just a jam session, just like MTV Unplugged. Lol Elvis came back from the army in 1960, and was making movies. He hadn't played in front of a live audience in 8-9 years. He was so nervous that he almost didnt go out on set. This shows that he is human and humble. He was a showman and very honest. He looked fantastic and he oozed sexiness! Great reaction and request! Please react to Stranger In My Own Hometown X-rated Blues Version and Without Love. Thanks ❣️👑

[@CooManTunes]

Nonsense. His last live performance, before breaking for movies, was in 1961. Making it roughly 7.5 years. Knowledge is power.

[@CooManTunes]

His last live performance, before breaking for movies, was in 1961. Making it a break of roughly 7.5 years.

[@emerald1805]

He had been making movies for about 7 years, and had been drafted into army service for a couple of years prior to that.

[@terrygarcia897]

He often started over if he didn't think it sounded right.

[@carolhayar3037]

This was not Elvis messing up -- note that at 4:30 (on my screen) Elvis touched his throat, & then at 4:40 he said "Hold it, I'm out of breath, wait a minute," & then he laughed. He also coughed a couple of times during the performance (once at 8:29 again at 9:26). Elvis inherited a genetic condition from his mother's side called Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency which can attack the lungs causing COPD/emphysema, and the liver; it can begin early in life & usually becomes worse as the yrs. pass. But Elvis being Elvis, he made a joke out of it here in '68 & he just sailed right along. As the yrs. passed his breathing became a bigger issue & is very apparent in his 1977 concert when he was talking. But know something about him: there were times when he did flub a lyric at a performance but he was a master at just going right along as if nothing happened. Also see his 1972 concert in North Carolina when he actually held a lyric sheet on stage for the song "Burning Love" & actually told the audience it was a new song & he may mess it up but he'll try to get it right --- that's why he had the lyric sheet w-him. No one else in the entire business would do or could do something like that -- he was real, he was honest, he loved the audience & was straight w-them. ELVIS & HIS NERVES: Steve Binder, the producer-director of the '68 special, related a little story which took place in the dressing room right before Elvis was due to go on: Elvis was extremely nervous and he told Binder that he didn't know any of the songs, he forgot all the words, & wasn't going out there, & Binder said "I don't care if you walk out, just say hello & then walk off, but you ARE going out." And out he came. Elvis did way in an interview that he was always nervous because "each time it's a different crowd." The stage was actually a square. His costumer was Bill Belew & this was the first outfit (2 piece) that Belew created for him. Belew & then Gene Doucette designed all of Elvis' jumpsuits for his entire career.

[@MigdaliaTomalinas-os2nz]

They did two performances. Which were edited and there is another performance where he is standing and does a medley of four of his early hits. He was at his best and that black leather suit was molded to his body.💕

[@terrygarcia897]

Some of them girls were fans they would stand outside the gates of Graceland. And someone Elvis invited them into the house. They are the ones sitting around the stage.

[@noravanwyk2748]

You should watch the standing version of this song in the Comeback Special 1968. All the songs that they sang over a few days are available but not all of them are in the official show. So please watch the standing version and " If I Can Dream" which they closed the show with. It was a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy after they had been assassinated.

[@dorisbrown5528]

He was scared to death. 9 years making movies.

[@markanderson7833]

He was always extremely nervous prior to performing.

[@wallflowerj6013]

“Love me tender”1970. Please. Ty so much I subbed

[@RicardoLopez-yx7hg]

React to 1970 Las Vegas Suspicious Minds and Love Me Tender walk in audience please. Oh, 1973 Aloha Trilogy please ❤️

[@carolhayar3037]

From the stand-up portion of this show, the longer version of "Blue Suede Shoes" (edited) from sitting to standing at kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5yYfHiYnp2Bl8U -- there is another version but does not have the great, gorgeous, fun finish as this one does. It's a powerful Elvis, doing what he did best.

[@lawrencematthews_]

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[@beth3541]

33 was NOT considered middle aged in 1968 😂 What makes you think that? Does he look middle aged? Does he heck . Do you think everybody died at aged 66 😂 He had been away after serving 2 years in the army & then making 34 movies. All he needed was the voice. 'Comeback' was after that.

[@joanmatthews2570]

Wow loving Elvis in black leather so sexy

[@JamesJohnson-ig6of]

"I'M "Assuming it was health and Drug related?????!!" (As bro dips out of camera view to draw in his smoke!!)

[@oldschoolhip-hopheadriorea9178]

Wait was that supposed to be an insult or a "you got me" moment😚☁️☁️☁️☁️

[@JamesJohnson-ig6of]

@@oldschoolhip-hopheadriorea9178 Sorry bro! Just thought it was a tiniest bit hypocritical especially right after the comment "right after ELVIS used his drugs?"...(didn't refer back to the exact quote), as you took a deep toke. And it doesn't bother me what anyone chooses to use or not use.

[@Mr.Apanui]

yo rio can react to harry mac and coast contra freestyle please bro

[@hannejeppesen1809]

Not middle age, but I'mof that generation, our motto was "don't trust anyone over 30.

[@RICKDSON]

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[@RicardoLopez-yx7hg]

Gee so many attacks here. Not something Elvis would like. Just be nice. Can correct or disagree without such fury. Please folks ♥️

[@MarkRogersVOCFB]

Not a good version from the GOAT. Keep watching Elvis. You want regret it.