THE KING! 🎵 Elvis Presley Heartbreak Hotel Live (1956`) Reaction

[@gary17509]

What's overwhelming for me, is that this is not really that long ago - it was part of my everyday life to listen to Elvis! And yet, even with all of the media and the internet that is available today, young people seem to think this was another world! And I am NOT ancient - just 75!

[@ralphkern380]

Amen. 75 is a good start.

[@gary17509]

@@ralphkern380 Thank You!

[@beulahbowman6208]

75 and you listen to Brad and lex. Chicky pea your awesome! Don't they play the best stuff?

[@ralphkern380]

@@beulahbowman6208 Lex is a rock 'n' roll freak. (that was a good thing back then.) She's pretty instinctive and Brad's more analytical. I love seeing the young 'reactors' faces and hear their thought on the music I grew up on. Gary and I spanned from Glenn Miller to Led Zeppelin --- and beyond . . .

[@andrewclack4881]

I find it amusing and quite a bit irritating that certain YOUNGER people mock the picture or sound quality of OLD recordings. Im 55 and saw this same film probably 40 years ago, and the last thing on my mind was giggling over the quality of it. I think this was filmed on the deck of an aircraft carrier, in the wind, in 1956 enough said.

[@BigToeify]

This IS Elvis. Thank you for doing this performance. Always everyone reviews the 70’s Elvis. This is the Elvis that influenced everyone.

[@sharonburcham66]

My mother took my oldest sister to see Elvis!! She was a baby! Elvis kissed her on the cheek! My mom was out the roof excited!! ❤️Tennessee

[@justinwilton4603]

Elvis,Trying to get to you ...68 comeback special ...one of his best performances!!!

[@annasnape1357]

The whole 68 comeback special was just music gold 😊

[@sandbach7195]

What always amazes me, is that Elvis seemed to always know who he was.

[@Indy1831]

To quote John Lennon………”Before Elvis there was nothing.”

[@MovieGuy666]

that was a stupid quote.

[@tskwerl]

Imagine, if you will, a time without the internet. The 80's. lol. We used to listen to the radio a lot before that. Many stations were genre fluid and you could listen to the radio for hours at a time without hearing a song you didn't like. You'd have your boombox and, with blank cassette tapes, record your favorite songs.

[@kdpflush]

you could listen to the radio for hours at a time without hearing a song you didn't like, unless you didn't like Phil Collins - FTFY

[@JohnnyXoz]

I was thinking about this the other day the 80's was as long ago from today as World War 2 was to the 80's

[@Fairways-and-greens]

If ya really wanna see his charm and talent up close check out his intimate concert call his comeback special , he’s in black leather . Greatest performer ever!

[@cherylpeterson6634]

MY FAVORITE

[@texasgirl6000]

Oh yes.....I just requested for everyone in the comments to do the same. 👍 I positive that their appreciation for Elvis will overflow seeing some of his performances on the 1968 comeback special and why 44 years later we still are in awe of him.

[@rockstar-zq7yb]

First Rock Star from America!

[@roberthampton730]

There's a reason why they call him the KING!

[@MrJeddYoung]

wow your reaction sure made me feel old. I'm 52 so i wasn't alive for this either but it doesn't seem that distant to me. Listening to the two of you talk about how distant this is to you both..well..it's humbling. But i love your reactions to live performances. Even Elvis in 1956. In B&W. And yes Lex, at this time, only half of US homes had a TV (i had to look that up) - so the radio was still the primary source of entertainment. Thanks for your reaction.

[@scapito]

I had a similar feeling... I remember watching reruns of Elvis performances when I was very young (shortly after he passed), but that just doesn't seem like that long ago.

[@wompa70]

This looks like a show done for the Navy. Probably the only reason the tape survived this long. The military doesn’t throw anything away!

[@kevinbreaux3039]

Hell, I grew up in the 60's, we had a black & white TV, no remote, 19" curved tube and only 3 channels!

[@TubetakerBHV]

There would be no Rock music without Elvis. No Pop music, no Punk, no Metal, no Hip Hop. No nothing! There would be no Beatles, no Stones, no Led Zeppelin, no Black Sabbath, no AC/DC and so on and on and on. THAT important he is.

[@Ralph_Malph]

Super great Elvis performance.... "Trying to get to you" back in 1968. His charisma shines thru.... you won't be disappointed.

[@elvistcb3521]

King... Honey 👌👑

[@benshafer5198]

Lex: "I'm having trouble, like, imagining, what do you eat for dinner...(?)" They ate Banquet TV dinners in the aluminum plate/containers, in front of black and white first runs of Leave it to Beaver. The fried chicken w/ mash potatoes & gravy was fire, BTW, lol

[@aulduronsmith5577]

I preferred Swanson

[@sourisvoleur4854]

And jello salad with cold cuts and pimentos

[@joekuul8769]

Man, I can't even enumerate the number of TV dinners my brother and I ate on tray tables in front of the boob tube. Swanson Hungry-Man was where it was at, lol.

[@terryoconnor6388]

It's the Mexican one and then the fried chicken

[@joekuul8769]

@@terryoconnor6388 I always preferred the turkey with cranberry dessert, lol. Fried chicken was next.

[@Eowyn187]

Guys, this was made in the midst of his huge movie career. So much going on in his life. And yes, he was the ONLY person moving like THAT in public, at that time.

[@mso4433]

This was the first rock and roll song I ever heard on the radio. I was a 13 year old and the radio changed dramatically within a couple of weeks. All rock and roll from then on. He single-handedly changed what we listened to. Whether you like him or not, he was the King.

[@jimcox8148]

A couple of things about the ancient times this was made. First off this is black and white film. Videotape hadn't been invented yet, let alone digital. Therefore no pixels. Judging from the poor quality I'm guessing this is somebody's home movie. You also made mentioned his leg movements. Censors' of that time period deemed those movements obscene thus any TV broadcast of Elvis was from the waist up. I was only 4 when this made. Our family was fortunate to have a black and white TV at that time. We didn't get a color TV until the mid 60's. Different times for sure.

[@jeffreykennedy1266]

You’ve got to get hold of a better recording of this. Stars don’t come any bigger than Elvis Presley. What an incredible singer… 😎

[@delilahmorrow4606]

I loved you young people watching this & liking it. I'm the same age as Elvis would be if he was living.

[@GayJayU26]

This is the first record I bought aged Ten. That,s when music exploded.

[@isadorealire5722]

When I see older film and recordings from the 50's, I always think about how good those artist would sound with modern, quality recording equipment .

[@beegee1960]

This is the Elvis of my teen years. He was like nothing any of us had seen. Teens, both girls and boys loved him. Parents feared him, but the world came to love him. I am 80 by the way and I loved Elvis then and still do. And there still has been nothing like him. And talking about influence, remember this was before the internet, before cell phones, hell, before CDs, there was no UTube, Twitter or any of the communications available. The only means os spreading music was radio, TV, records, and concerts. And yet no one, and I mean no since has had the impact that Elvis has had in the entertainment business.

[@ORagnar]

TVs were around back then. The 1950s is about when TVs became a thing.

[@atuuschaaw]

☺♥ I was around 5 years old when Elvis' music aired on the radio. Brother and sister were teenagers at the time, so I was bombarded with rockabilly. ♥☺

[@shirleycarr5387]

Elvis was so dam cool.

[@mvj8663]

This was filmed on a navy ship for a Milton Berle show.

[@cidmedini3444]

Elvis is the Big Bang of Rock...in more ways than one

[@delorespetree3243]

Elvis sound great back then and got great as time went on he was the greatest entertainer of all time

[@frankgarcia1]

I was born only 7 years after this but when I was a young kid, I loved watching Elvis movies every Sunday. The Bowery boys then the 3 Stooges then an Elvis movie then my parents would come home from playing golf all day. This was me on weekends 4th grade to 6th grade.

[@sixslinger9951]

I was born in '64 so we are almost same age. My Mom was a huge Elvis fan. good times!

[@patches1589]

For a period of time his TV performances would only show him from the waist up. He moves were considered obscene. Lol. He was often referred to as "Elvis the Pelvis.".

[@T3268d]

You have to hear what was being played on the radio before Elvis to really understand his greatness

[@joannedungan8381]

You watched history for sure. That particular song by Elvis changed music forever. That song went world wide inspiring so many artists that would keep music transforming. John Lennon of the Beatles said before Elvis there was nothing. They heard that song and realized there was more than milk toast crooners

[@sjw5797]

"Milquetoast". And it's not as if vocal music were a wasteland before Elvis. Frank Sinatra, Ella Futzgerald, Lena Horne, Dean Martin. Peggy Lee, Louis Prima, just to name a few. Plenty of talent, prior to rock and roll.

[@joannedungan8381]

No your right. Tons of talent just boring to the younger people of that time.

[@sjw5797]

@@joannedungan8381 Sorry I was being snippy, but I do have a fondness for thr old crooner. Peace.

[@joannedungan8381]

@SJW 57 I can definitely understand that. My mother loved Sinatra. She saw Elvis in 57 at her high-school but it was Sinatra that held her love for singing.

[@p.j.morris633]

Awesome reaction Elvis was the best friend i ever had in my entire life. we met when i was 17 yrs old. I won a radio show contest and the prize was a day with Elvis but our friendship lasted past that one day in time. All the memories of my friend are tucked safe in my heart forever. i saw him a few weeks before he passed we had a short conversation which i will never share again because people are so nasty and comment hurtful heart breaking things they do not know me but they still can't keep their mouths closed about things they know nothing about. I walk past Graceland everyday. love from Memphis Tn.

[@delanglo2]

That's cool ! but so far, here is two masterpieces from Elvis : "in the ghetto" & " If I can Dream"... Keep going fellows! Love your réactions!!😉

[@stevedahlberg8680]

That's hilarious. Thank you for the reaction. Yeah there just isn't a whole lot of good quality production values to be had from back then because everything was just so primitive. But he was so influential even as a very young man. I think this was before he went into the army but you have to remember he was born into poverty in a largely black community and he never forgot it. Just came out a lot more when he was older but at this point he's basically just showing off and entertaining his band members and audiences. He knew how to do it somehow. I can't even imagine what it would be like now if there were social media available and all the high production values. And really he was an amazing athlete. You see it not only later in his life with those deep lunges and crouches that he did but you see it even here. At points he will just go up on his toes and hold it which takes incredible core strength but he always acts like he's just having fun while he's doing it. Which he probably was.

[@davebeach2343]

It's important to remember that Elvis was a radical change in music. The tv producers would only allow him to be shown from the waist up, because his hip movements were considered dangerous for society. Please check his 1968 comeback special, it's probably the best video to demonstrate what an impact he made on popular culture.

[@joelsanoff8228]

You should look up the youtube videos of Elvis on The Ed Sullivan Show. I must say that Lex has an amazingly accurate understanding of Elvis and that time. I was nine years old when he burst onto the scene and there was nothing like him.

[@robindehlinger4698]

This performance took place in 1956 on the deck of the USS Hancock in front of hundreds of Havel personnel. It was a long time ago but 21 year old Elvis was on his way to super stardom. Heartbreak Hotel was his first record with RCA and the first million seller for RCA.

[@noravanwyk2748]

Watch "Heartbreak hotel" 1968 Comeback Special. Please do reaction on Elvis *"Suspicious minds" 1970 live in Las Vegas * Trying to get to you "1968 Comeback Special *If I can dream" 1968 Comeback Special 1968 *Steamroller Blues "1973 Aloha Special *Bridge over troubled waters" 1970 live in Las Vegas *"You've lost that loving feeling" live in Las Vegas Then you won't describe him as you did here. You will be amazed...ELVIS IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT ONLY AN ANCIENT SUPERSTAR. THIS MULTITALENTED MEGASTAR IS THE BEST EVER...

[@musicairplanes4884]

In the 50's and outside. Amazing you can hear anything.

[@darrenkoglin3423]

This is the song that changed pop culture on all levels throughout the western world u really need to listen to the record cut in the studio as it went straight to no1 in its first week of release,even the late John Lennon stated this is the song that changed his perspective on life its the greatest rock song he's ever heard

[@rosariobuenafe9865]

Imply the best the king of rock😮😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤

[@dolfin9879]

Try to imagine an incredibly straight conventional America in 1956 recovering from a gruelling horrific war and suddenly along comes this guy who is completely different who explodes onto the scene in a way that cannot be repeated these days He was an absolute sensation and generally speaking the young people loved him the older people couldn’t stand him. The religious right thought he was an instrument of the devil. Try to imagine you are sitting watching TV back then when Elvis comes on the screen and sings heartbreak Hotel Ps. In summer 1956 I was walking along the seafront in Bournemouth a seaside resort in south England and as I passed a cafe I heard this song wafting out of the door I was only eight and I had no idea who was singing but I knew this was different and special and my love for Elvis began that day

[@jubehaney7338]

That was on a aircraft carrier the USS HANCOCK docked in San Diego. It was played for the sailors and there dates. It was the Milton Berle show.

[@mahon0074]

Please check out “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Polk Salad Annie” as performed by Elvis Presley. Nice reaction, I think you may enjoy the actual studio recording of this song, it was his first number one hit on the pop charts.

[@blgeiger71]

One of my favorite scenes from the movie “Forrest Gump” is when Elvis stayed the night at their Bed & Breakfast and young Forrest inspired Elvis’s crazy leg/dance moves (later shown on tv during a live performance). Classic!!!

[@Betts711]

Lex - your so knowledgeable about things, I wonder if you’ve been here before 🧚 Luv u 2!

[@sallycook]

This was actually was filmed on the warship SS Hancock in front of a sizeable audience of sailors. Elvis was appearing on the highly rated Milton Berle Show (TV)

[@chriswood1054]

My dad told me they used to refer to him as "Elvis the pelvis" ... Make of that what you will.

[@haroldcolby6719]

So in 1956, only around 2 percent of American homes had televisions. The vast majority of news was relayed via news print, teletype, or radio. Entertainment was usually live, or in the theater, with some of the old vaudeville performers making the jump to the TV. Theaters were also where many people learned the news of the day, where news reels were shown more so than advertisements. This Elvis performance would have been a very big event to be broadcast on the Tube!

[@ericwilliams1031]

Gotta react to Elvis doing "Hound Dog" on the Milton Berle show in 1956. It's the performance that got him in trouble with the censors.

[@billspivey6919]

The King of Rock 'n Roll for a reason. Straight blues with a touch of attitude. He was the metamorphosis of music.

[@zappafan1176]

Great, but the King of Rock And Roll is Little Richard.

[@ElisLS]

Elvis pra mim é o maior artista de todos os tempos ❤️

[@Goomberdups]

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MORE ELVIS

[@Sammylu-greenbeatsred]

Great reaction! I've always enjoyed Elvis' music. You can hear his voice really well on the studio recordings. "It's Now or Never" and "Surrender" are must reactions.

[@scottdaughtry6740]

This clip is from the Milton Berle TV show, 3 April 1956, broadcasted in its entirety from the deck of the U.S.S. Hancock while it was docked in San Diego, CA.

[@briankgarland]

What great instincts Lex has. Without knowing any facts, she still knows what the deal is.

[@tomaleshire4145]

My parents bought our first TV in 1958! (I was 6)💯🤭 The screen was round like a laundromat washer, 3 channels, all black and white, rabbit ears were required, all 3 channels shut off at midnight, and you had to get up to change the channel!😂🤣 Sweet memories.😊❤✌

[@tommyk6719]

This is cool, but if you’re really serious about Elvis then you NEED to check out this song and many others he performed in the 68’ Comeback Special. The difference between the eras is like the difference between night and day. FFS, you just said the word “ancient” to describe Elvis and that’s definitely not the case with him, but I understand why you feel that way. 1950’s Elvis does appear “ancient”, but he’s really not! If you wanted to hear a more modern Elvis then do yourself a favor and check out One Night With You, Trying To Get To You, All Shook Up, Heartbreak Hotel, Memories, Blue Suede Shoes, Don’t Be Cruel, Jailhouse Rock etc. etc. etc. And for a special treat check out Can’t Help Falling in Love, from the Comeback show and just look at how the women are mesmerized by him. I guarantee that Elvis is NOT considered in any way to being “ancient!” I KNOW you’ll both enjoy the ‘68 Comeback Special Show! After that check out Elvis performing in Vegas in 1970. Suspicious Minds, Just Pretend, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Love Me Tender where he kissed probably 35 women during the duration of the song. This comment is becoming too long now, it’s frustrating knowing what you’ll be missing out on because you didn’t know. Good luck with your channel! You’re both doing great!

[@daltonhurt2072]

You should definitely checkout the 68 comeback special! Great show and Better quality

[@davidhallsted695]

Fast forward to 1973 Aloha from Hawaii. A must see

[@walterhale]

The acoustics are terrible because this was recorded ON A SHIP in 1956.

[@armadillotoe]

I was 4 years old in 1956. They used potatoes for cameras back then. I don't think you can realize just how big Elvis was. Imagine the top 12 musical acts of today and combine them into one person.

[@beulahbowman6208]

You don't even know how super cool that video was. I can maybe guess that performance was the one that so enraged people. I've never seen this. Elvis had a rule back in those days. They would only film him above his hips. I was so excited seeing this video. Thank you guys. You rock

[@LM-hb6yn]

I'm pretty sure he sang this on another TV show that's better quality... maybe Ed Sullivan? This one was a special on a naval ship, which is why there was so much background noise.

[@gaqr7232]

Yes. This performance took place on an air craft carrier. So there was the wind and the waves that probably took away from the sound of the music. Or at least the vocals. Television was a very new medium in 1956. And unlike a brand new internet,world wide web, television was very tightly controlled during this era, it's infancy

[@alanhawkins808]

This song had a big influence on Keith Richards. He hadn’t heard anything like it. Happy Birthday Keith-78years Old.

[@lantose]

“What is this…….like 100P?” LMAO. In the late 50’s and early 60’s, tv wasn’t much better on our black and white 19” Magnavox!

[@nthdegree1269]

React to Elvis singing American Trilogy Live

[@philburke1902]

Elvis, "trying to get to you"

[@juliamaurer1323]

The King!

[@sallycook]

The single topped Billboard's Top 100 chart for seven weeks, Cashbox's pop singles chart for six weeks, and the Country and Western chart for seventeen weeks as well as reaching No. 3 on the R&B chart, becoming Presley's first million-seller, and one of the best-selling singles of 1956.

[@jamessomers8808]

Rock 'n' roll archaeology. Love it.

[@erdossuitcase7667]

Yeah. We didn’t get our first tv until about 1960.

[@OldBoiler62]

As you said, this is 1956 and you mentioned his leg movements. In his first TV appearances, you never got to see Elvis below the waist because the TV censors believed his leg and hip movements were obscene and wouldn't show them.

[@nadanuff7916]

Want your mind blown 3 songs...you gave me a mountain (LIVE), if I can dream (LIVE), take my hand precious Lord!

[@cherylpeterson6634]

ELVIS THE PELVIS

[@joeraytony]

The rowdy sections in the crowd that were wolf whistling and screaming for Elvis were not his regular die-hard fans, this was performed on a serving war-ship as a fund raiser for The Milton Berle Show so the crowd was full of service men and women- most had never seen nor heard of Elvis which makes it even more fascinating

[@russelljudkins5828]

Need to react to Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley

[@SearlesHernandez]

Elvis! Yes, there are better versions of this song by Elvis. NEXT "Love Me Tender" LIVE

[@jamesrobertson2361]

I was born in1956. TV was new they in they were in the process of inventing the medium.

[@cletushouse906]

1956 was a completely different world than today. Lex is right about not everyone not having a T.V. We were just getting out of radio. Yep, recordings were terrible..

[@hermannmeier]

America has had 46 presidents but only one king.

[@lathedauphinot6820]

My grandmother loved Elvis, but she was a unique person, and even she thought she had to justify it by saying he was a gentleman, loved his mama, and sang gospel songs. I remember when I was a kid there was such a generation gap that nobody thought anyone over about 35 or so could play rock and roll, because it was still new and no one older than that did. No one older than that could stand it. Kids would hide their records because their parents would confiscate them. It was a young people’s underground revolution that succeeded. You can’t even imagine life before Elvis, who made it ok to like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, …..

[@WoodSteelElectricity]

Muddy Waters ,Little Richard, Bo Didley, Howling Wolf, Elvis, Chuck Berry

[@murphykemplin6725]

In this 1956 appearance on the Milton Berle Show, Elvis Presley sings “Heartbreak Hotel” on the aircraft carrier USS Hancock:

[@lillianthomas8445]

GOAT

[@LM-hb6yn]

You gotta review the compilation of his welcome back to Tupelo, Mississippi (his hometown) mini concert after he made it big nationally. They didn't record the whole thing but were able to put together bits and pieces. There are various ones out there but you want the longest one cause they cut too much out in the others. You'll get to really see him move and hear the girls scream!

[@shaneglover9583]

Just have to remember the world didn’t start when we were born

[@44mickd]

Yall if you want Elvis in his prime and one of the best live performances try “trying to get to you” in his 68 comeback.

[@samhugh4965]

Oh, girl, you get it! He was definitely influential! The sound was so bad because it was outside on a naval ship. Some of his other stage performances got pretty wild. There are a few blurry clips, some without sound, some with, of him doing wild stuff, so much so that the vice squad recorded his performances to try and keep him in line. Oh, and ordinances were actually passed to keep him from moving around. There were threats to jail him, and he was running out of places to perform because they thought he was too vulgar. Nuts, right?

[@josephmastando358]

Hey guys check out Elvis singing TROUBLE FROM THE MOVIE KING CREOLE. PEACE AND LOVE FROM JOEY FROM THE BRONX

[@CometMatti]

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[@ORagnar]

I think he's playing for the Navy. That's in front of sailors.

[@MACMISIAS]

Heart break hotel was his first hit. So young... And yes it was a revolution for two reasons. The first was his moves that shocked the "Clean White America " and second that he took the Blues got them into rock n roll and introduced them to the white young ones and that disturbed a lot of people... A white super star with a lot of black influences to his voice. It was truly a revolution.

[@richard_n]

Lex what the heck do you have on your chest? It's all I could think of during the video XD

[@kevinr8431]

Just found your channel, omg Lex, I think I have a crush on you 😍