First Time Reacting to Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream Live REACTION!!

[@albrecqgerald]

THE GREATEST SONG EVER

[@marciovalentim9629]

ELVIS IS SHOWWWWW

[@thejoyofthemusicinmylife7897]

1968 was a very turbulent year for The United States with Vietnam War protest, political assassinations of MLK and RFK and racial tensions on the rise, towards the end of that year Elvis came along with this wonder song, a powerful message of hope for better times to come.

[@johnstephens3695]

they should have played this at half time àt the super bowl

[@carolhayar3037]

Thank you for mentioning Robert Kennedy -- hardly anyone ever does -- or the red tie for the blood shed in Vietnam.

[@wolf-1346]

​@@carolhayar3037I'd really like some proof about the red tie as a Vietnam issue. That's a first and unless there's proof I don't believe it

[@sylvialang6606]

It is amazing. Dedicated to MLK, Elvis always stood up against racial prejudice. He was socially conscious. The red scarf was worn for the 8 soldiers who were killed in Vietnam the day before. And the man could sing.

[@CharlesSummers-ue2iz]

The goat of goats. The king of all kings.. and I wasn't a Elvis fan but I admit it.

[@Xabia18]

Elvis IS Elvis and stands alone amongst all others. Anyway always enjoy your reaction vids.

[@shjssjjs7015]

The King The best The only

[@WoodsWoman822]

Elvis Presley's "IF I CAN DREAM" Is From his 68 Comeback Special, and It was Elvis' Heartfelt and Powerful Tribute to Dr Martin Luther King Jr, after his Assasination in Memphis Tennessee where Elvis Lived. It is Based on the message of MLK's "I Have A Dream" Speech, and was written for him with this in mind. It also honored the Memory of Robert F Kennedy, who was also Assasinated during the same time period. This was a Turbulent Time in America, 🇺🇸 with the Civil Rights Movement, Protests and Riots against Vietnam War and it seemed as if the Country was being torn apart and Elvis wanted to bring a Message of Hope and Unity to the Nation. "If I Can Dream" is at it's heart, a Civil Rights Song.

[@sharonporter7132]

I'm glad you appreciate this song, it is special in so many ways.❤

[@lawrencewarden2742]

Elvis and the black community part 1 and 2. He was a true down to earth person. He sang this song about Dr King and the war and other things going on around him. He was the king blessed with a voice from heaven and his gospel songs prove it. In the ghetto was how he grew up. Never will be another like him.

[@carolyn_sm7182]

I was only 9 when Elvis performed this song, even then I had a little girl crush on him. lol. He performed this during his 68 comeback special. His sponsors and manager wanted him to end that concert with a Christmas song but he fought strongly to end it with this song. Elvis grew up in poverty and in what you would call "a ghetto" and he knew of the struggles to survive. He had very strong believes in racial equality, he was known to love anyone no matter their race. During his HS years he sang in a Baptist Church choir. He was a very humble and generous person all his life. Such a sad loss to lose him so young. RIP Elvis

[@tedalfano6299]

Mrs. Pen Pal, you are one of the best music critics I have seen. You are also quite Lovely with a beautiful smile. There's No One better that Elvis or will there ever be!!! Thank You Darlin

[@terrygarcia897]

I watch and listen to the king everyday. TX.

[@MrsPenPal]

Have you seen this new one for Elvis Bridge over troubled water kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3-wiIiAmLaroLs

[@tedalfano6299]

Also, you allow the performer to sing without interruption. Thanks again.❤

[@Mary-bk2wj]

Elvis had this song written for him as the closing act of the ‘68 Comeback Special. It’s a tribute to RFK and MLK, who were both assassinated that year. It’s generally recognized as the best recorded live performance ever.

[@poppiethestable1090]

Unfortunately

[@monikakoch6309]

This song was written by Walter Earl Brown for Elvis for the 68 Comeback Special.

[@carolhayar3037]

Thank you for mentioning Robert Kennedy -- hardly anyone ever does -- or the red tie for the blood shed in Vietnam.

[@Wildlife_SA.]

Enjoyed your reaction to Elvis. Phenomenal voice. He is still loved worldwide. 🇿🇦 More Elvis please.... 👍🥇🎶🎤🎧🥇

[@MrsPenPal]

💕 🇿🇦 💕

[@julialesleysheppard]

As Elvis said” a reverend told me if you need to say something dangerous , sing!”👌💕🕺

[@marnernordendal3927]

Love that song thank you 👍🏻👍🏻🙏👍🏻🙏👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jasonaedo6139]

King Elvis and goddess Marilyn are the best and the greatest ciao dall'Italia 🇮🇹

[@MaryJones-vo5nz]

This was a tribute to civil rights leader MLK and Robert Kennedy who were killed that same year. He was a great humanitarian and advocate for black artists. He was born in 1935 during the depression and dirt poor. He was raised in a black neighborhood and went often to a black church. To see that he was more than a talented pretty face watch, "Elvis Presley, King of Kindness" and for early history in the 50's during segregation and his struggles watch, "Elvis Presley and the black Community" . You are a great reactor. Thanks and Be Blessed.

[@Eddie-ol9cv]

Sorry Mrs Paul but I lost my phone about,2 to 3 weeks ago so I'm back finding all my KZbin friends keep up the outstanding work darlin ❤

[@leroyleach7581]

this song concluded his 1968 Comeback Special(he had been making movies for about 8yrs - now he's back on stage). just about ANYTHING you watch(in the black leather suit)from this special...will BE special.

[@michaellincoln3739]

This song was written like it is a prayer. A prayer for peace and brotherhood.

[@alprice300]

Thanks for your reaction to such a great song by such a great performer. A new generation is discovering Elvis so enjoy as much as those of us who grew up with him.

[@kimberlyjones9615]

When you said “hopeful and yet so broken” you summed up this song perfectly!!❤

[@matskarlsson3219]

Thanks MrsPenPal, for an amazing reaction video by Elvis, it can´t get any better!🙏

[@marnernordendal3927]

Thank you for playing Elvis Presley love it 🙏😅😅

[@michellejackson6679]

I was 1.. have no clue how it was recieved at the time.. I just know when he died when I was 10 yrs old... this was my favorite song and to this day at 56 yrs old is still my favorite... out of all the amazing Elvis songs... this hits my heart the same way it did at 10.... Michael Jackson's... Man in the Mirror.. same thing.. Another amazing entertainer... I grew up with Michael... love his music. he died too young also

[@jamesjackson2875]

Thanks for your great reaction to this great song.

[@marnernordendal3927]

LOVE IT

[@marnernordendal3927]

What a song wauuuu

[@colmflaherty3963]

Thank you, 😀 You would definitely enjoy discovering Elvis. You get something new and exciting all the time.

[@michaellawliss3049]

AWESOME AWESOME REACTION SWEETHEART ❤️ 🙏🤗

[@crsounddoctor4937]

Hello Blessing, Yes, this is Elvis singing his tribute to MLK, Jr. as he believed in MLK, Jr's "DREAM" of equality for everyone and Elvis was deeply saddened when MLK, Jr. was assassinated!!!

[@carolhayar3037]

Do not forget this also encompassed Robert Kennedy's assassination & Vietnam which came about from a long discussion Elvis had w-producer-director Steve Binder who asked Walter Earl Brown to compose something to reflect all the goings on & it was based loosely on King's speech. The red tie represented the blood shed in Vietnam.

[@poppiethestable1090]

M*L*K...Was a Uncle T**m communist..He got what he deserved

[@Frostsabre07]

55 years down the line and this song is just as important and on point as back then.

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

This was a beautiful tribute by Elvis! He put his heart and soul into this!

[@stevedurnell4002]

This song got everybody attention that's an protest song he wanted too sing at end of the show his manager wanted an Christmas song but Elvis Presley fool him sang this song instead thank you reacting too this song your so awesome on your youtube channel ❤️👍

[@amysson5151]

#1. The King of All Music. Top Tier. The G.O.A.T. Michael Jackson is #2. 1970s KISS is #3.

[@SarahLandry577]

Great song, great reaction!

[@marnernordendal3927]

Good song .

[@stevedurnell4002]

His cds and records are still selling strong as today too .👍

[@ronaldjspolar1501]

Nice interpretation of Elvis and MLK.

[@j_muller]

Lovely reaction. You already did "I can't help falling in love". Plenty to go.....

[@kv4320]

Beautiful, heartfelt reaction to a powerful song. Greetings from Belgium

[@carolhayar3037]

This was for the assassinations of King & Robert Kennedy, also Vietnam. Elvis & producer-director Steve Binder had a long discussion about everything going on & Binder asked composer Walter Earl Brown to compose a song based on Elvis' feelings & everything that was going on @ time. The red tie represented the blood shed in Vietnam. I was around then -- the '60's was a strange decade -- turbulence combined w-hippies, free love, Woodstock, mini skirts, marijuana and LSD.

[@agusiaa591]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@peggycole7162]

Watch last year's movie "Elvis.". You'll understand what the emotion behind the song. He'd just been told that despite being rich, he'd never have his dream of traveling the world doing concerts. He never left US, except army. Elvis was vilified when he started for being too "black.". He was generous, compassionate, religious, sang a lot of gospel. If you watch some of his older videos, you'll see his black roots of his music. Mean woman blues. Good movies of his:. Flaming Star, Charro,Wild in the Country

[@nathaniman7293]

Great reaction! You spoke of layers, here is another layer. Martin Luther King Was assassinated 15 minutes from Graceland, Elvis’ home. One can only imagine the anguish as we see it in his heart, his face, and definitely in the raw emotions of this song.

[@MrsPenPal]

Whoa thanks for sharing!

[@carolhayar3037]

Lest we not forget Robert Kennedy's assassination & the red tie representing the blood shed in Vietnam --all this came about from a long discussion Elvis had w-producer-director Steve Binder who asked Walter Earl Brown to compose something to reflect all the goings on & it was based loosely on King's speech.

[@Leann68]

One of the greatest songs ever ❤ I miss that I wasn’t old enough to see Elvis in person before he departed us. 😢

[@stevedahlberg8680]

60-year-old white guy here but yeah I barely remember this as a kid watching it on TV but also remember that MLK got shot now before that. Now I remember my mom crying and my dad had tears in his eyes which is something I only ever saw one at a time which was the death of his father at the funeral. We watched the news reports on it little grainy black and white TV. Elvis was an admirer of Dr King and apparently his assassination and of course all the other shit going on at the time with the assassination of Bobby Kennedy and all the racial strife and of course the Vietnam War and just everything, it was so intense. Even from a little kid's perspective, the energy in the air and the shit I saw go down in my own neighborhood was just so intense. But anyway this is the finale of his televised Christmas special and they wanted him to sing a classic Christmas song, I'll Be Home for Christmas I think, but it's one of those, and he wasn't having any of it and so he had one of his favorite songwriters who knew him very well and knew how much MLK meant to him, right this specifically for him just in the course of a day or so I think, and as soon as Elvis saw it he said I'm doing this and of course his asshole manager was like no this is not the kind of music that Elvis does. They were like no way. And he put his foot down and said I'm doing it to end the show. And it is one of the most iconic performances ever I think. And to me almost at the end there that is almost the original mic drop moment. You can tell he was drained. And then he apparently went backstage and curled up in a ball and cried for hours.

[@davidpeters3857]

Great reaction

[@MrsPenPal]

Thanks for watching David 😇

[@stevedurnell4002]

In the end Elvis Presley career no matter how ill and sick and tired and exhaustion he felt he always gave his best as he could for his fans his manager told everyone no matter us long that man is on stage tonight performing he didn't care how tired or sick or how exhausted he felt anyways.

[@BoxerRick]

It's nice to see a great artist as yourself pay homage to the old timers. Without trying or meaning to, Elvis was a bridge between people's. He was unlike any other singer. I think only Michael Jackson can share that kinda fame

[@stevedurnell4002]

Just senting you some love on your youtube channel your so awesome n it Mrs.PenPay .❤️❤️❤️👍

[@MrsPenPal]

thanks Steve do check out the description

[@stevedahlberg8680]

I watched this reaction again today and I love your description of it being both hopeful and broken all at the same time. There are some parts in this where he almost sounds like a wounded animal, and it turns out that in real life, he really was in a whole lot of emotional pain about all of it. It's so difficult to sing well when you get choked with emotion and this is about the closest I've ever seen anyone come to walking that tightrope so perfectly.

[@MrsPenPal]

💯

[@otisyoung7061]

For a white southerner to sing this at this time was amazing

[@tajeetjugmohan9175]

Would like to see you react to Elvis "In the Geto".

[@michellejackson6679]

Iconic this was his tribute to MLK... and his manager was very upset with him for doing this song... but Elvis had his own beliefs and knew it had to happen at that point in time.

[@stevedurnell4002]

I feel so all alone sometimes sometime I cry myself too sleep my father and mother has pass on now my brother's and sisters are not very close since are parents have past on this song elvis presley sings is something too happen now in this world no one should too live in hardships and God made all of us every color and race in this world they shouldn't be hate toward anybody the same God made me and same God made you don't you all think so too.❤️👍

[@brendanpelly213]

Omg sister you said it when you said that this song added another layer to MLK's message! Imagine a movie made right now about MLK, his message, his assassination and this song played in the movie as a tribute to him?! How many ppl would that touch? And thank you so very much for much for your reaction. I really appreciate it and loved it 🤗

[@SusieAnderson-bd5bq]

You got that right! MLK must be turning in his grave with the knowledge that not much has changed since '68. He would love to have heard the song by Elvis...maybe he has❤️

[@harryfreeman8467]

There's a reason he's called The King ! No one can sing a song like Elvis, and this is such a beautiful song ! You should check out a cover of this beautiful song by a young lady that has a rich raspy voice similar to Elvis's ! With just her and her guitar she delivers a wonderful, soulful performance of this song, you can find it on the this young ladies KZbin channel Allie Sherlock 🎤🎸🎶 !

[@jamesjackson2875]

I would like to see some reaction to his earliest performances maybe in 1956. I was 7 years old. Thanks 😅

[@MrsPenPal]

Oh wow

[@longfootbuddy]

you may be the first person i ever heard say the word inflection on youtube

[@MrsPenPal]

😂😂😂😂

[@longfootbuddy]

@@MrsPenPal unique is a blessing

[@lisabridgeman3554]

Love This Song 💝 I watch everyones reaction to this song.. Other songs to listen to ; 1) " Lady " By Kenny Rogers 2) " Creep "by Radiohead 3) " Black Betty " By Ram Jam 4) " Too Much Heaven " By The Bee Gees 5) " How Do You Mend A Broken Heart " By The Bee Gees

[@MrsPenPal]

I have all these, search mrspenpal and type all this titles on an you will see my reactions or look around the channel!

[@HGWTPaladin]

The background music was prerecorded and Elvis later sang to the prerecorded music several times for the filming of the segment. I watched it on Television in Dec. 1968. Although racism and bigotry still exist, it was worse back then.

[@MrsPenPal]

Thanks for sharing ✨

[@BruceConley-oi8nj]

elvis didnt have a fry in his voice was more like a growl lol

[@petegrillo4187]

Mrs pen pal i wished u could have kissed elvis. on the lips you 2 would have been a match made only in heaven. U will meet elvis one day

[@Mary-cm1ks]

I sang everybody have my school bought that album I'm naming my girlfriend switched it back and forth signing it back and forth we loved it mine European Elvis unlikely with buddy I tell you what

[@Leann68]

Please go listen to Elvis’s gospel music.. nobody sings gospel music like Elvis did. ❤

[@gabrielgabarri3867]

50 ans le message le mode et pareil pas compris 💖💯💥💫👏👏🙏🙏🙏

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

After Elvis sang this song, it is believed he went back stage and cried. The facts are after the show after Elvis stopped crying, he sai "he would never sing another song or act in another movie he didn't believe in. So he never sang this song again. Would it be right to say he didn't believe in this song? Otherwise he would have sung it, right?

[@marlon-jl4ge]

I am curious, how long did it take you to memorize everything? Its impressive, hahahaha 🤣

[@raychelb6904]

You shouldn't stop them in the middle of the verse and then why don't you just save your comments to the end and just play the video all the way through that would be better❤

[@MrsPenPal]

I know right that would be awesome ❤️ but You get copyright blocked more easily if you don’t actually pause to review

[@BruceConley-oi8nj]

HAVE NOT DID IN GHETTO AS WELL

[@jettsteari3062]

@jettsteari3062 1 second ago It is not a tribute to lifer king. That is a BS rumor