Gordon Lightfoot talks about Elvis March 5, 2019

A not entirely accurate, but entertaining, story of Gordon almost meeting Elvis.

[@TheGreekPoet]

Cool story. RIP Gordy. I'm a very big Elvis fan and a very big Lightfoot fan. The renditions of Early Morning Rain that Gordy mentions Elvis doing for his Aloha From Hawaii show were amazing. They (along with other songs) were done live on stage without an audience and sewn in into the show as excerpts/interludes along with the actual live concert. There are many KZbin videos of him doing the takes of this song. Elvis' treatment of the song is so beautiful, delicate, heartfelt and sublime.

[@jimcowan8770]

Absolutely Agree!

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

But it's the 1971 studio version that is the best!

[@cindyphifer970]

Elvis always my favorite and love Gordon too. R.I.P to both

[@HarryLags]

Elvis the King!

[@SuperBeachbum74]

Don’t put the Beatles in the same se table with Elvis, they’re unworthy

[@MarkRogersVOCFB]

Absolutely. Elvis is in his own league.

[@arman6119]

and Elvis cud sing....

[@SuperBeachbum74]

@@arman6119 Beatles couldn’t hold a note if you wrote them a letter .

[@ukrandr]

There's Elvis...and then everyone else.

[@ukrandr]

There's Elvis...and then everyone else.

[@frankieelvisbarbieri5495]

Nice story but Elvis came home from the army ( Germany) in March of 1960! 😂

[@jimcowan8770]

I Loved Gordon Lightfoot! Absolutely a GOAT! So was Elvis! That’s what I miss as much as anything,. The chance of seeing/hearing Elvis calibrate with All the Other Great’s!

[@MarkRogersVOCFB]

Gordon is completely off on his time references. He didn’t play Buffalo until 1972. He only played two shows post army and those were in Honolulu and Memphis.

[@brentcooper4345]

Ya his timeline is a little confused.

[@MostlyBuicks]

Elvis only played two live shows in 1961 about a YEAR after he got out of the Army. One in Memphis, one in Hawaii. He did not return to live performances until 1969 and returned to touring in 1970. Elvis recorded Early Morning Rain and That's What You Get For Lovin' Me in 1971. Elvis played a few Canadian dates in 1957. So, Lightfoot is conflating 3 different times. He must have developed dementia by the time this monolog was recorded.

[@hoctor]

he came back from the US Army in 1960

[@Elvisultimatefanchannel]

1972...he'd just come out of the Army 😂😂😂

[@Axeman517]

Elvis:The Ultimate Fan Channel lol! Give him a break, his memory isn’t what it used to be. He got the two comebacks confused

[@davidgibbs7232]

@@Axeman517 big time confused I would say.

[@jimcowan8770]

Hahaha,.

[@ivangranger8494]

@@davidgibbs7232If you live to get old, you will experience it.

[@davidgibbs7232]

​@@ivangranger8494I have lived to get old and I do experience it regularly.👍😅

[@stevew7692]

I think the time line is wrong lol

[@chriskinkead9045]

Facts. Are. A. Bit. Off. Please. Elvis. Was. Far. Far. Above. Beatles. He s. Still. Famous. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@davidgibbs7232]

He seems to be a bit out with his dates.He sounds a bit like Trump.

[@timcarr6401]

??

[@ednakelley814]

It's Biden who is a bit out. Its Biden who says hes beein talking to world leaders who have been dead for years. It's Biden who got the leaders of Egypt and Mexico confused. You're so eat up with TDS that you ignore the actual facts.

[@heyyo1636]

You mean like Dopey Joe.

[@davidgibbs7232]

​@@heyyo1636his voice sounds like Trump but his story on Elvis does sound like Biden.👍

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

did you see how he put MTG the human trash heap in her place at the address?@@davidgibbs7232