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  • @tebubba
    @tebubba Год назад +729

    It is amazing how many people today have no idea that Elvis grew up in abject poverty in a Black community in Tupelo, Mississippi. He absolutely knew what poverty and hunger was. It is said that Elvis was an extremely generous and thoughtful man, he never forgot what it was like as a child of poverty. We all must understand that poverty does not know color.

    • @vague7440
      @vague7440 Год назад +1

      ???

    • @kevindunn2663
      @kevindunn2663 Год назад

      True but he did kind of steal from black artists.

    • @atomicallister9296
      @atomicallister9296 Год назад +61

      @@kevindunn2663 you don't know your history dude.. do some re-search...he did not steal..... he was "trained" in the "dark arts"

    • @vague7440
      @vague7440 Год назад

      @@kevindunn2663 dum as lol

    • @craigmack-cv3cp
      @craigmack-cv3cp Год назад +1

      How bout we don’t care where he was from ? We just know he was racist and stole everything musically from black musicians. It’s amazing you don’t know that !

  • @rosannzak6948
    @rosannzak6948 Год назад +249

    It's nice to see a new young generation appreciate Elvis

    • @joannholmes8726
      @joannholmes8726 Год назад +4

      It wasn't that long ago. The music is always fabulous. Sweet sound.

    • @westleyburgess3622
      @westleyburgess3622 Год назад +4

      @@joannholmes8726 50 years is a long time if you ask me bruh.

    • @joannholmes8726
      @joannholmes8726 Год назад +1

      @@westleyburgess3622 😄🥰

    • @joannholmes8726
      @joannholmes8726 Год назад +5

      I keep forgetting that I turn 70 years old this year! LOL. 🤩

    • @marlon-ih5tc
      @marlon-ih5tc Год назад

      Elvis expert the diapers first

  • @watchmenonthewall9002
    @watchmenonthewall9002 Год назад +130

    Elvis was raised in the ghetto with his mama while his daddy was in prison. His mama gave him unconditional love & that’s what kept him going ! She believed in him when nobody else knew how great he was!❤️🙏🙏🙏

    • @irenebrice133
      @irenebrice133 Год назад +5

      Hi dad was in prison for only 8 months but they were really poor. Enough for his dad to alter a check which got him in prison. But there was a lot of love in that poor little house.

    • @mavadelo
      @mavadelo 11 месяцев назад +4

      his mother was EVERYTHING for him. I don't mean this disrespectful but he was the definition of "mama's boy"

    • @aingealtara1479
      @aingealtara1479 5 месяцев назад

      .. He sure was.. She loved him twice as much, because his twin was still born..

    • @YahWay.
      @YahWay. 3 месяца назад +2

      Elvis was raised in the ghettos of tupelo Mississippi?

  • @chocolateminty
    @chocolateminty Год назад +177

    I hope you read your comments because you’ll learn a lot from us older ones who grew up listening to Elvis. The first time I heard this song, I was a little kid, playing outside. Someone had a radio and it came on. I got the same shivers you did when I heard it. Then, I cried and cried. It was like he was singing my life. The song still makes me shiver. And cry for all the kids that didn’t make it out.

    • @CCRider5312
      @CCRider5312 Год назад

      If you knew him you’ll still know him....He’s not dead the entertainer is but Elvis Aron Presley is still alive!!!! Look up Pastor Bob Joyce on RUclips!
      Elvis testified against the mafia and went in under the Witness protection program. He’s had a couple of identities since then but he’s Now Pastor Bob Joyce. His church is in Arkansas just across the Tennessee line from Graceland. Check out Bob Joyce and if you knew Elvis 🕺 you’ll know there’s no mistaking that voice or looks even if he does have white hair and and beard 🧔🏼 now! 😉

    • @huntwes7313
      @huntwes7313 Год назад +4

      Hell yes

    • @gillkerrigan5724
      @gillkerrigan5724 Год назад +3

    • @lauraann1
      @lauraann1 Год назад +5

      I was 7 when i first heard the song, and I had the same exact physiological reaction listening to the song. I remember it so vividly too. My auntie lived in Memphis, and every summer i would go down there and stay with her during the summer. She took me to Graceland for the first time, and for my birthday she got me the Elvis 30 greatest hits CD from the Elvis store across from Graceland. And as soon as we got back to her house I immediately went upstairs to play the CD. Once In the Ghetto came on and i listened to it, I just remember getting goosebumps and felt like a shiver was sent down my back while i was laying on the floor in the heat of the summer in Memphis. Having the opportunity to go to Graceland and Sun Studios and literally be physically immersed in a place in which so much world renowned talent and ground breaking history took place at and then my 7 year old brain trying to take in and process everything I just experienced that day while listening to his music and that song coming on literally changed and shaped my life from that day on. Im 27 now and in the ghetto still brings shivers to my spine and passion in my heart.

  • @christopherjon1245
    @christopherjon1245 2 года назад +1079

    Elvis was told when he was going to perform in Texas that he could leave the black girls home…..he demanded they be there and treated with the due respect or he wasn’t coming.

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 2 года назад

      what does that tell you about Texas!
      bigots and racists.

    • @CBChamberlain
      @CBChamberlain 2 года назад +68

      A very similar event happened in Atlanta, and a couple of other cities back then. It's insane at how many people hated him. He wrote "I can dream" after his best friend Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated.

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 2 года назад +15

      @@CBChamberlain Elvis wrote If I can Dream now did he?

    • @ArielGTAcS
      @ArielGTAcS 2 года назад +38

      @@CBChamberlain I've seen many black artists saying Elvis "stole" black songs and he only got famous at the time for being white. Well if that is true I'm still waiting for the black Elvis to do what the white Elvis did, and according to what those artists say, there should have been hundreds. Now is literally the best time ever for black artists to grow and become famous, how come none of them are capable of writing anything like this?

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 2 года назад +9

      @@ArielGTAcS
      please send the link where you say and I quote " I've seen many black artists saying Elvis "stole" black songs and he only got famous at the time for being white."
      don't forget , white radio would not play black music, in order to listen to black music, you had to listen to black radio.
      I am yet to see any videos of black people dancing with white people to any songs Elvis sang, however, there is plenty of proof that white people openly danced with black people listening to Chuck Berry songs. The proof is in the documentary Chuck Berry, perhaps you should educate your self and watch it. Now, lets get down to the song writing, what song did Elvis write?

  • @titanarum666
    @titanarum666 Год назад +107

    this is called talent . no auto tune no back beats . no synthesizes .. just pure talent . nothing in the so called music of today could match the talent of the artists and music from the 60s 70s and 80s

  • @TheSandystarr
    @TheSandystarr Год назад +62

    I love how you understand Elvis's true feelings coming from his singing. He was brought up poor and understands how it feels. RIP Elvis...💖

  • @sheilathompson6956
    @sheilathompson6956 Год назад +40

    I saw this man live many times! He lived in the ghetto and listened to the soul music and gospel music and was kind to everyone! Amazing man and entertainer. Will never be another! Love your reaction❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @PoochZie
    @PoochZie 2 года назад +211

    Elvis was always with the black community, because he got his roots from there. So much respect for him, his manager didn't want him to sing this song, but he still did.

  • @savannahsputnik1663
    @savannahsputnik1663 2 года назад +454

    “If I Can Dream” his salute to MLK. You won’t get to the end without crying.

    • @tommypaige7917
      @tommypaige7917 2 года назад +9

      So true, I cry every time

    • @kennethcurtis1856
      @kennethcurtis1856 2 года назад +7

      and JFK, RFK, and very important our troops fighting in Vietnam.

    • @finallythere100
      @finallythere100 2 года назад +18

      Elvis was very influenced by black gospel music from his early very poor rural years growing up.

    • @finallythere100
      @finallythere100 2 года назад +11

      Check out his gospel songs.

    • @savannahsputnik1663
      @savannahsputnik1663 2 года назад +14

      @@finallythere100 Yes he was. I just don’t agree with people who say he “stole” anyone’s music.

  • @enetlivetv
    @enetlivetv Год назад +82

    Watching people listen to the greats for the first time is so much fun. Great video!

    • @twlghtangel8922
      @twlghtangel8922 Год назад +1

      I grew up an Elvis fan still am

    • @lisabrown5969
      @lisabrown5969 Год назад

      I like watching them too

    • @CCRider5312
      @CCRider5312 Год назад

      Elvis is still with us !!!! Look up Pastor Bob Joyce On RUclips! Elvis testified against the mafia in a huge FBI sting operation! Which put Elvis & his family in great danger of the mafia hunting them down. So the Government in return for him testifying and putting a group of really bad guys away helped him fake his death... As well as put him in the Witness protection program! He’s had a few identities over the years but this last one he’s stuck with Pastor Bob Joyce. Kinda ironic his church ⛪️ in Arkansas is not very far from Graceland and Bob Joyce has been videoed taking black families (his guests) in Graceland in the middle of the night when Graceland is closed to the public. So why would a white haired 🧔🏼 bearded man that looks just like a 80’s Elvis and sings identical to a 80’s Elvis have his own keys 🔑 and clearances to Graceland ? Because it is the original
      Elvis “Aron” Presley! Not the wax body that was laid to rest in the grave marked
      Elvis “Aaron” Presley!
      The proof is there if you’ll only look 👀 and do your research.
      😊😉

  • @joniwhitaker4413
    @joniwhitaker4413 Год назад +20

    Growing up listening to Elvis and seeing you younger people listening with the respect he deserves does my heart good

  • @Lecon60
    @Lecon60 2 года назад +341

    I grew up with 6 brothers and 2 sisters. I came from poverty, did 16 years in prison for Armed Robbery.
    My mother buried 2 of my brothers. Both from suicide.
    I'm 54 and my mother is 74. I grew up listening to Elvis. This song, I can sing with more passion. This is what I thought was a song for me. But she's not gonna have to bury me.

    • @barbaramelville6940
      @barbaramelville6940 2 года назад +21

      Omg I'm crying over your comment so 😥

    • @Lecon60
      @Lecon60 2 года назад +34

      I'm a firefighter now. Saved many lives. Im 55 and I still try to make my mom proud. And she is.

    • @barbaramelville6940
      @barbaramelville6940 2 года назад +9

      @@Lecon60 ty for your service

    • @barbaramelville6940
      @barbaramelville6940 2 года назад +9

      @@Lecon60 God bless you

    • @wendyryder2708
      @wendyryder2708 2 года назад +11

      Hi! Your comment made me tear up! Your mum sounds like an amazingly strong lady! You sounds like an awesome person too! My childhood wasn’t great, but then we all have good and bad stuff in our lives! Please take care! Peace and Blessings to you and your family! From Australia.

  • @dawnmanzetti1633
    @dawnmanzetti1633 2 года назад +48

    Remember, this is LIVE. No auto tune

  • @DJ-ht8gf
    @DJ-ht8gf Год назад +26

    I’m a old w/ lady,who grew up in the ghetto ,this song is one of my favorites. I am so happy you found Elvis..watching you watch him I could feel the goosebump’s! I remember the day Elvis died,it was a still ,warm day in the ghetto. Everyone wept. Love your channel,just subscribed.peace..always

  • @pattyandersen5516
    @pattyandersen5516 Год назад +43

    Elvis was the king. This song brings tears to my eyes.

    • @damianmorningstar3150
      @damianmorningstar3150 10 месяцев назад +1

      still is will never stop being the king

    • @mander40101
      @mander40101 5 месяцев назад +1

      Jesus is King. Elvis didn't like being called King.

    • @jax43
      @jax43 4 месяца назад

      I'll say it like Elvis did. HE was not the KING...Elvis: pointed to heaven and said "there was only ONE King and he wasn't that". Of course we thought of him as the king of rock and roll. But, Elvis never liked being called that, and he would correct ppl when they called him that.

  • @maryblaylock3219
    @maryblaylock3219 2 года назад +287

    You really picked a GOAT this time!! The more you hear of Elvis, the more you will want to hear! Check out "Suspicious Minds", " I can't stop loving you", "Trying to Get to You" , "Bridge over Troubled Water", I think he has about 800 songs! Never been another like him !! Congrats!!

    • @tle4350
      @tle4350 2 года назад +13

      Simon and Garfunkel even thought his version of bridge over troubled waters was better than their original. ❤️

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 2 года назад +3

      yes he did sing around 800 songs, and never wrote one of them.

    • @marlon8185
      @marlon8185 2 года назад +2

      Ich glaube anschließend, daß du alles nachplapperst ,zappa fan, hahahaha

    • @kschestnut
      @kschestnut 2 года назад +6

      @@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 What's your point? How many singers write their songs?

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 2 года назад +1

      @@kschestnut it only has to be one more than Elvis. Does that answer your question?

  • @kellywingard7624
    @kellywingard7624 2 года назад +73

    Yes Elvis grew up in poverty. He was a twin but the other baby didn’t make it. He was very aware of the hardships in life at an early age. This song came out in 1969 and he wanted to bring awareness!! Everytime I hear this song I ball my eyes out; it speaks to my soul!!

  • @patticampana9458
    @patticampana9458 11 месяцев назад +14

    Suspicious Minds. Glad to see young people appreciate voices that are pure, no autotune. ✌️

  • @cindycindy2894
    @cindycindy2894 Год назад +16

    Young people dont realize Elvis was called the King of Rock and Roll. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.

    • @jnordello215
      @jnordello215 Месяц назад

      the music of today -- large percentage is crap !!! 50 years plus -- still revelent -- still be listened to

  • @johnhumphrey4216
    @johnhumphrey4216 2 года назад +66

    The lead backup singer was Whitney Huston’s mother! Listen to Elvis sing “If I could dream” he did it after MLKs death.

  • @danielhaynes2373
    @danielhaynes2373 2 года назад +211

    This song was actually written by the late great Mac Davis (whom I was fortunate enough to meet in 1977 or 78). A great performer in his own right!

    • @cindihunter9119
      @cindihunter9119 2 года назад +7

      Mac Davis was definitely a favorite of mine! ♥️

    • @Marklo4n
      @Marklo4n 2 года назад +1

      No Sir, Mr Earl Brown wrote "If I Can Dream"

    • @danielhaynes2373
      @danielhaynes2373 2 года назад +6

      @@Marklo4n That may be, but THIS song is "In The Ghetto", not "If I Can Dream".

    • @notagain5045
      @notagain5045 2 года назад +5

      @Daniel Haynes I also was fortunate to see Mac Davis at the MGM on numerous occasions. My sister, friend & I had front row seats & had several women behind us who were jealous because he kissed all 3 of us. My husband couldn't understand why I was so upset when I heard he had passed away. He was a very talented singer & songwriter.

    • @danielhaynes2373
      @danielhaynes2373 2 года назад +4

      @@notagain5045 That is so cool! I'll never forget just how warm and personable he was to this 16-year old zit-faced busboy. He came up to me at our hometown country club in our "19th Hole" bar, after he and his band played a round of golf. The local club members were all around him and his band members so he politely excused himself and walked up to the bar to order a drink. As he waited, he noticed me standing off to the side, in my ugly gold jacket (ugh), waiting to serve water to anyone in need. He then just started talking to me, as pleasant as anyone you've ever met. ~ Sadly, I never got to attend one of his concerts.

  • @philbertthenut49
    @philbertthenut49 Год назад +27

    I chuckle a bit as I find you have never heard this amazing man/singer before but then again, I'm 73 and have enjoyed Elvis since 1956. Enjoy you're delving into the wondrous voice of Mr. Elvis Presley and the most iconic singer in our musical history. He could virtually do it all and there is actually no comparison to any other singer performer in our American history. Enjoy your new found journey into the amazing vocal greatness of ... Elvis !!!

  • @tammywebber2798
    @tammywebber2798 Год назад +13

    Elvis will always be one of the greatest ever. He grew up very poor un the projects. He knew what he was talking about in this song. He never forgot how he grew up that's why he was so generous. I think its amazing that the young people of today are checking him out.

  • @depper
    @depper 2 года назад +489

    Elvis was different, and his perspective was different than great majority of the white people in the South, during that time period. Elvis grew up in the poorest parts of the South during the Great Depression and Segregation. And he understood the lowest depths of poverty. Only 4 white families on his block, he lived and played with black children while living in a 1 room shotgun house (shack) with a porch, and without electricity. How poor was Elvis? His twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley was born about 30 minutes before Elvis. Sadly, he was still born. The Presleys were so poor that they couldn't afford a coffin, so Jesse had to be buried in a shoebox. He was laid to rest in Priceville Memorial Gardens in Tupelo.
    The great legends of color in his era: BB King - Jackie Wilson - James Brown were there to witness Elvis‘ creativity. He was a one-of-a-kind super talent that grew up in the black community during the great depression and segregation in the deep South. His support for the civil rights movement is not known by the greater population in America.
    Clearly a terribly racist time Elvis put poverty and racial socialization on his platform. But he did it all through Music and his behind the scenes actions alone. He never got political I think that’s what actually made him so powerful and able to succeed.
    BB KING: 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said in 2010. 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'. -- BB KING
    JAMES BROWN: “I wasn’t just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker, dedicated, and God loved him … I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There’ll never be another like that soul brother”. --- JAMES BROWN (During Elvis' private family wake, James was the LAST ONE TO LEAVE. 3 and a half hours later -- it took several of his security guards to help him out of the room. James was devastated -- they sang Gospel together to all hours of the night at each others' homes. James Brown was considered family by the Presley they were so close.)
    JACKIE WILSON: "A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied from Elvis." --- JACKIE WILSON (Elvis quietly paid for Jackie's medical expenses until the day he passed away in 1977. Before Jackie's stage accident he would carry a small signed photo of Elvis in his pants pocket. Every day, bar none.)
    RANDY JACKSON (of the Jackson 5): "Elvis used Rock and Roll music to bridge the gap between whites and minorities. He was a wonderful person."
    LITTLE RICHARD "He sung my Tootie Fruti & by him singing it, made it bigger & made ME bigger" And then he said: “I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road...”- Little Richard

    • @Bombabingbong66
      @Bombabingbong66 2 года назад +19

      Thank you for this informative post, very enjoyable to read. 🕺

    • @fuelsmell
      @fuelsmell 2 года назад +11

      Thank you for posting this . Very interesting information. Elvis forever .

    • @schpludoinkle
      @schpludoinkle 2 года назад

      99 percent of white people? You need to check your perspective against white people

    • @depper
      @depper 2 года назад +14

      @@schpludoinkle He was totally unique. Most white men in the south disagreed with him or was jealous of him. 99% of white people male or female during his day or even today had/have no idea how he grew up and why he felt the way he did. Growing up in predominantly Southern black neighborhoods named Shakerag and Beale Street during the Great Depression, in a shotgun home/shack with no electric, puts him in a very small company. How many families (white or black) had to bury a stillborn twin in a shoe box? Thats the kind of poverty thats rare and then to feel for black people as a white kid in that era and location? He was the first to break segregation laws in Memphis. I stick to my 99%.

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 2 года назад

      Hey Depper! I'm BAAAACK!
      here is what you wrote again and keep writing,
      "His support for the civil rights movement is not known by the greater population in America."
      Once again you have mad this stupid comment with no proof supplied. If it is not known by wider America, why don't you tell me where you obtained this information from? Care to indulge me on this proof? Or is it all in your HEAD!
      If you can't supply the evidence then it is in your make believe wishful thinking.

  • @lisafisk8623
    @lisafisk8623 2 года назад +52

    I always get goosebumps when I hear him sing. He was a kind, spiritual, hunk of a man.

  • @chrishubbard64
    @chrishubbard64 Год назад +11

    Every time I hear this song, when he gets to that part with "he dont get far. And his momma cries" my heart clenches. There is just something about that that keeps hitting me hard.

    • @user-oc8el9ve5f
      @user-oc8el9ve5f 9 месяцев назад +1

      Elvis sang beautiful Gospel songs. He was an incredible showman with a beautiful soul and voice.

    • @melissagerber7231
      @melissagerber7231 8 месяцев назад +1

      Me,too, I cried when I first heard it. Still do.

  • @rickyrickardo8347
    @rickyrickardo8347 Год назад +4

    I'm a 60 year old white dude from rural Canada and this song breaks my heart.

  • @lynette.
    @lynette. 2 года назад +44

    He grew up dirt poor and never forgot his roots. He was told not to record this but he insisted.

  • @patriciaesposito8941
    @patriciaesposito8941 2 года назад +208

    Elvis grew up dirt poor in Tupelo Mississippi ghetto. He had no electricity nor indoor plumbing. His entire extended family moved to Memphis when Elvis was 14. The Presley’s lived in projects in Memphis, which was a step
    Up from where he came from. The rest is history. No one like him. He did not steal music from anyone. He grew up in Black church.

    • @marlon-jl4ge
      @marlon-jl4ge 2 года назад +2

      Help i need somebody, hahahaha hahahaha

    • @stuartsimister5042
      @stuartsimister5042 2 года назад +3

      @@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Not really no.

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 2 года назад

      @@stuartsimister5042 of course you wouldn't. You are probably a privileged white person with no consideration for other people.

    • @marlon-jl4ge
      @marlon-jl4ge 2 года назад +3

      Zappa looked like a bum at the end

    • @bnnndon254
      @bnnndon254 2 года назад +3

      Big Elvis fan. I wouldn’t quite call it stealing music. But he never did write his own songs very often. He covered a lot of chuck berry, righteous brothers, beetles, etc.

  • @blyt5046
    @blyt5046 Год назад +9

    I just have to get on here and talk about the goosebumps On my arms listening to this man singing a song. And I've always gotten them 😮😢every time he sings slow songs RIP KING

  • @myalientribe.deezcrazynuts
    @myalientribe.deezcrazynuts Год назад +9

    Anything by Elvis will touch your soul deep!!!!!

  • @salg2425
    @salg2425 2 года назад +26

    Elvis could sing the phone book and he'd still bring a tear to your eye ...

  • @kathifielder1110
    @kathifielder1110 2 года назад +114

    You've struck gold with Elvis Presley! Loved your reaction and subbed! He recorded over 700 songs in many different genres and often combined genres within one song. It was so cool how you noticed his swag right away. When he entered a room, even people with their backs toward him actually felt his presence. His life story is as unique and fascinating as his talent. The more you see and hear the more you'll want to see and hear. And always expect the unexpected.

  • @mrchopchop5664
    @mrchopchop5664 Год назад +12

    He’s music , he’s style and lyrics hits you right in the heart, total impact . One of the best songs is “suspicious minds “ live in Vegas . Just amazing and he also performed in Hawaii and that was so epic practically the whole world watched the show . You gotta check it out .

  • @shirleymealancon6488
    @shirleymealancon6488 Год назад +7

    He was not only talented, but brave.

  • @chiyohanson4622
    @chiyohanson4622 2 года назад +63

    Mac Davis wrote "In the ghetto". Elvis made it famous. Look up Mac , he was a great Country singer/songwriter. Look at the live performances on RUclips. American Trilogy is amazing. Live from Hawaii, Comeback special 1968, are historic. Elvis is everything you heard about & more. His gospel songs got 2 Grammys. Elvis was born po & gave him a gift from heaven.

    • @ashookchandra8191
      @ashookchandra8191 Год назад +2

      Not 2 but 3 Grammy awards 😊❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏

  • @Dorakaz1
    @Dorakaz1 2 года назад +151

    Before you start Elvis's journey, you have to watch " Elvis and the black community that eco will never die" . It's very interesting

    • @MEMPHISSKY1677
      @MEMPHISSKY1677 2 года назад +6

      So glad to see young ones like you discover the great talent and voice of ELVIS… Please react to If I Can Dream
      Walk a mile in my shoes another message songs you will love for sure 👑🎤

    • @ElissaStark514
      @ElissaStark514 2 года назад +4

      Agreed 💯

    • @SouthernTara
      @SouthernTara 2 года назад +2

      Agree 100/ percent

    • @marlon-ih5tc
      @marlon-ih5tc Год назад

      This Video is chopped

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 4 месяца назад

      how many people make up the black community? give me a ball park figure.

  • @billyebrown
    @billyebrown 8 месяцев назад +2

    I was lucky enough to have seen Elvis do this song in person and I cried for the rest of the show. Long Live the King!

  • @pamelascott3383
    @pamelascott3383 Год назад +2

    When he recorded his first song at Sun Studio while working as truck driver around Memphis (That's Alright Mama) and when it became a huge hit, everybody thought it was a black man singing it. My mom was one and said she was shocked to find out he was white. It made headlines back in those days. Watch new Elvis movie on HBO.

  • @gareyt123
    @gareyt123 2 года назад +53

    Think about something, when did Elvis sing this? What was his target audience with this song? Elvis was preaching to the white folks and to all of us. The sad part and as this song eludes to that same Ghetto situation exists in Chicago and other cities today. Why? Because far to many of us have "turned our heads and looked the other way". As far as which a good Elvis song to listen to? ANY of them! But if you want to take a deeper look into what this man was about you might want to make your next one IF I CAN DREAM. Enjoy this journey you have embarked on...Elvis will not disappoint.

  • @srodriguez721
    @srodriguez721 2 года назад +36

    Elvis Presley’s best music is his gospel.🙏🏻🙌

    • @CCRider5312
      @CCRider5312 Год назад

      Sure was and still is ! Elvis Aron Presley is still alive and Well! Check out:
      Pastor Bob Joyce on RUclips!
      That’s him still alive and kicking in his 80’s serving God and singing 🎤 for the Lord now! His church ⛪️ is in Arkansas and he resides there but he’s very close across the Tennessee state line from Graceland! The proof is in the pudding, Don’t let the white hair and beard 🧔🏼 fool ya that’s Elvis Aron Presley in the Flesh ! It’s called Witness protection program and new identity for testifying against the mafia. 😉

  • @cristineconnell7803
    @cristineconnell7803 Год назад +6

    My Dad had a similar voice! Gave us goose bumps!😍❤😍❤ I grew up in the ghetto! Loved this song growing up! ❤

  • @esperanzajimenez9313
    @esperanzajimenez9313 Год назад +2

    Elvis deserves all respect and recognition for all he did.

  • @RachelLWolfe
    @RachelLWolfe 2 года назад +12

    There's a reason he's called The King. He always will be. No one can replace him.

  • @chris882211
    @chris882211 2 года назад +35

    My moms favorite singer ever.. took me a few decades later to realize how right she was to love him so much.. he was the king as they said

    • @georgiemosley2103
      @georgiemosley2103 2 года назад +2

      Yes, same here

    • @georgiemosley2103
      @georgiemosley2103 2 года назад +2

      But he was my dad's favorite

    • @robinlapia2723
      @robinlapia2723 2 года назад +4

      He was great. But not a king. Elvis said that himself . There is only one king the lord

    • @westleyburgess3622
      @westleyburgess3622 Год назад

      @@robinlapia2723 I agree that the Lord is the one King but he says he is the King of kings and Elvis was called a king and worshipped the one King

    • @marlon-ih5tc
      @marlon-ih5tc Год назад

      @@westleyburgess3622 who made you an expert? Hahahaha

  • @MissKim...333
    @MissKim...333 Год назад +2

    I cry every time I hear him sing this song. He makes it so vivid like you're right there watching this young man.

  • @gigih.hammer306
    @gigih.hammer306 Год назад +1

    I can't believe that I was never much of an Elvis fan. That men knew what it was like growing up in the Ghetto and never forgot were he came from. I very much admire that. He was also very generous and giving. His songs tell a lot about his live. He had so much soul and many black friends that admired him. He was a very loving and giving human being. There was not one racist bone in his body and he certainly never thought he was above black people. He was such a gentle soul. Growing up he still had a lot of pain in his life. The only way he could handle that pain, was by taking to many drugs. RIP, Elvis. There will never be another you. Rest easy now Elvis, you don't have to live wit pain again. I never took drugs, but I understand why you did. Elvis for ever. I am very much impressed by him. Loved your reaction to his song and the men himself. I could tell, you admired him and showed a lot of respect.

  • @leesher1845
    @leesher1845 2 года назад +17

    What’s remarkable about this is that he, his band and backup singers are doing this live!
    I’m proud of you for exploring this older and classic music. Bravo to you!
    👏👏👏👏👏
    You’ll appreciate this song ~ and others far more if you listen straight through and try to resist interrupting in the middle, honestly.
    ❤️🎶

  • @justafanmiller7486
    @justafanmiller7486 2 года назад +27

    From the New Elvis movie Elvis said a Reverend once told him "that which is too dangerous to say . . . SING! ELVIS sang "In the Ghetto" at a time when it needed to be heard.

  • @SouthernArtist77
    @SouthernArtist77 Год назад +2

    I saw him in Memphis 3 years before he died and his voice was like the angels opened up heaven and let us hear it for a minute. I’m not all that religious by. “How Great Thou Art” is one of my favorite Elvis songs.

  • @alanwilliams1800
    @alanwilliams1800 Год назад +1

    He was an incredible man, In real life, he also gave cars ,money, food to people in need, his daughter did a clauberation of in the ghetto. Its on tube very moving as well made me cry as well.look for Elvis / Lisa singing in the Ghetto so beautiful. I think you have beautiful emotions, never be inbarresed and your beautifu

  • @theman9318
    @theman9318 2 года назад +13

    WE NEED ELVIS TODAY.. this song hits home for the youth of today....

  • @yambo59
    @yambo59 2 года назад +19

    Elvis recorded over 700 songs in his life you havent even begun to scratch the surface -, he started out growing up dirt poor in tupelo mississippi singing in black churches and many of his songs have a gospel feel. Theres a reason he was nicknamed the king, his voice sounded like no other and his shows were always entertaining.

  • @Mr3angiegirl
    @Mr3angiegirl Год назад +3

    I used to sit and listen to his records and I would play the song over and over when I was a little kid. I would start crying. It touched my heart so deeply. When you have time please listen to If I Can Dream. And Unchained Melody. Or one of the earlier ones when he was very young old Shep. And of course and of course for fun romantic surrender. Elvis had a three octave range. The movies he did were because the colonel had him do them he didn't want to do the silly teeny bopper movies, he wanted to get back to some of the serious ones like King Creole or Jailhouse Rock. He was offered the role in a star is born with Barbra Streisand but his manager the colonel blew that for him. He started recording stuff he cared about in 1968. He was deeply affected by Martin Luther King's assassination. After that 68 come back to her he decided to do songs that matter to him. There's a lot of them. Thank you for your review. I found it very interesting. By the way yes Elvis grew up in the projects he moved from one project house to an apartment building in the projects so yes Elvis did grow up in the ghetto. his father went to jail and his mom struggled and they lived in abstract poverty. God bless you and thank you for this wonderful review and I hope you enjoy listening to some of his songs, I think you'll like the post 1968 songs the best.

  • @cliff481
    @cliff481 4 месяца назад +1

    Mac Davis wrote this song and Elvis identified with and sang it as part of his "come back" tour. You asked which songs are Elvis's best. All of them. Enjoy. Great reaction, thanks! I grew up in a part of UK in the 50s where we only had two choices for dinner. Eat it or leave it.

  • @CarlosGarcia-vd2xh
    @CarlosGarcia-vd2xh 2 года назад +90

    React to "If I Can Dream" (the white suit version) next. You'll love that one too!

  • @benjamins.5428
    @benjamins.5428 2 года назад +9

    Immortal....And in the 8th day God created Elvis ,to entertain us forever. Elvis spirit and presence are still exist even after 40 plus years he left. The 8th world wonder...

    • @marlon-jl4ge
      @marlon-jl4ge 2 года назад +3

      We are enlightened here🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @karlamartinez3584
    @karlamartinez3584 Год назад +2

    ELVIS was a great sibger i was young when my mom use to listen to him but i still remember his music but i never heard the ghetto now that song is bad ass when god called him home is the day his music went with him there will never be another Elvis

  • @tiffanywysong2763
    @tiffanywysong2763 Год назад +3

    Every time I hear this song from Elvis it gives me goosebumps 😊❤

  • @johnbrubaker6833
    @johnbrubaker6833 2 года назад +5

    Welcome to the Elvis world.

  • @dmnovak66
    @dmnovak66 2 года назад +8

    In my 56 years of living, I have never been able to listen to this song without tears 😢

  • @vonnietorraville1058
    @vonnietorraville1058 4 месяца назад +1

    Believe me I get it and Elvis as the best back up singers thank you.Vonnie ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ronchiles399
    @ronchiles399 2 года назад +8

    Great reaction brother. Elvis was King. His music, his voice was what was in his heart. Many other performers who reach great heights do the same. It's their persona, they feel, they put it out there .

  • @billyraykolffjr4948
    @billyraykolffjr4948 2 года назад +4

    Glory Glory hallelujah, don't cry daddy, listen to his amazing gospel album he touched me. Elvis snuck to the black side of town to hear the singers in church that's what inspired him to be what he ultimately became. Sincerely Billy Ray Kolff Jr in Lubbock texas I'm a 41 year old Elvis fan thanks to my amazing grandmother who introduced me to his music when I was very young, I've been a musician ever since because of this amazing very God gifted man.

  • @debbykiehner9563
    @debbykiehner9563 Год назад +1

    This was something near and dear to his heart. He did grow up in the ghetto. World peace. That's what we all want.

  • @eddieyocom5140
    @eddieyocom5140 Год назад +1

    I was raised on a farm and didn't live through that, but this song really got to me even years ago when he sang it...He was rasid in mississipi and though not as bad as Chicago his heart had a great feeling for those who lived there...

  • @paulasmith3179
    @paulasmith3179 2 года назад +26

    I saw Elvis i subbed. it is great to see a nice young man discovering how great Elvis was. Please react to If I Can Dream 1968 comeback . thank you

  • @lindasuarez1050
    @lindasuarez1050 2 года назад +17

    Just Pretend, Live 1970; You Gave Me A Mountain, What Now My Love, I’ll Remember You, My Way, Welcome To My World, Fever, all from the Aloha From Hawaii concert 1973. That should get you started. You will love the Elvis journey. Great reaction!

    • @joannedungan8381
      @joannedungan8381 2 года назад +2

      You forgot steamroller blues from aloha from Hawaii

  • @Pantherking916
    @Pantherking916 10 месяцев назад +1

    When E first played the International Hotel in Las Vegas, the management took issue with the fact his backing singers were Black to the point that they were happy with Elvis coming thru the front door but his backing singers come in thru the back door. Elvis said "My girls go thru the same door I do or I ain't comin'"

  • @truther1426
    @truther1426 Год назад +1

    I remember hearing this song first time when it came out... when I hear it now I still feel the same way. A deep groan in the spirit for the truth... back in the day... he was the rock in rock and roll....

  • @andrewkowalewski4201
    @andrewkowalewski4201 2 года назад +6

    Welcome to Elvis world my friend 🥋

  • @suzanneqespen5406
    @suzanneqespen5406 2 года назад +5

    This brought tears to my eyes when I was a teen when it came out. Still does , there is so much emotion in this song. Suspensous Minds, is another great of his!!!💥God Bless.💖👍🌻

  • @sallyg.125
    @sallyg.125 Год назад +1

    Elvis grew up in Tupelo Miss. He learned to love gospel from the black churches that took him in. He never forgot his roots or his love of God.

  • @chatpilot
    @chatpilot Год назад +1

    I am 53 and I have been an Elvis fan since my teens. I love watching young people react to old music and seeing them light up with the realization that it was better than anything that they expected. Keep an open mind and keep exploring there is a wealth of music just waiting for you to enjoy it. This is one of my favorite Elvis songs but as others have said he has a vast catalogue of music to keep you busy for quite some time.

  • @paigemimms4343
    @paigemimms4343 2 года назад +30

    I was about 6 years old when Elvis died. I watched my Mom weep. Everyone in my family cried as the reality set in that a true talent was gone. I am also from MS and we are so proud of Elvis, Muddy Watters, BB King, and the many talented artists from here. Yes, Elvis was truly a man of the people and performed songs from his heart. He was ahead of his time both musically and on a social justice front. He was also very easy on the eyes ;)

    • @pennykitty1
      @pennykitty1 2 года назад +2

      I also watched my mom break down in uncontrollable tears when elvis passed away...way too young.

    • @mamajester8320
      @mamajester8320 2 года назад +2

      VERY easy on the eyes. 😉❤️

  • @Lamm139
    @Lamm139 2 года назад +15

    Elvis also loved to sing gospel songs. You could try "Take my hand, precious Lord", "Stand by me", "Crying in the chapel" or "How great thou art".

  • @edwinalapisco6854
    @edwinalapisco6854 Год назад +2

    I can see everything he is saying. I grew up in the ghetto and I would never change a single thing, learned so many things and learned what I wanted to be and what I didn't want to be. Thankfully I received a helping hand from family and friends that got me out of the ghetto mentally and physically. We need to always help the next generation and uplift and guide them. RIP King.

  • @ralphgarcia6605
    @ralphgarcia6605 Год назад +1

    Elvis is da GOAT 🐐 my father introduced me to his music as a kid and I still listen to it today. GO WATCH THE MOVE ELVIS 2022 I freaking loved it

  • @carriemichelle322
    @carriemichelle322 2 года назад +11

    68 Comeback Special...If I Can Dream in White Suit!!
    Same special but black leather sitting down jamming out Heartbreak Hotel/That's Alright Mama/Lawdy Miss Clawdy Trying to get to You. Have fun 👑⚡😍

  • @suedyett2988
    @suedyett2988 2 года назад +11

    All of his music was incredible I love his gospel as well.

  • @jennywren7822
    @jennywren7822 Год назад +1

    So did he, so he knows, and he was brave enough to sing this in public.
    He grew up in a 2 room shack on the border of a black Ghetto in Tupelo Mississippi.
    He went to black churches and sang in the choir in one, he grew up with nothing and never forgot it, he supported a lot of charities and gave a lot of money and his possessions away.
    He was a beautiful human being inside and out, who's fame and prescription drugs to cope with it killed him in the end at the age of 42.
    THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING ❤️

  • @hobbitmansstash
    @hobbitmansstash Год назад +1

    Seeing a new generation react to Elvis Presley is just amazing to see. I was born in 1995 and I've been a fan of Elvis Presley since 1995. Not just a fan of his singing or his acting. But a fan of what he stood for, who he was, who he is as a man no one comes close, no one can!

  • @believer2037
    @believer2037 2 года назад +6

    That was one of my favorite songs in my teens it tells it all.

  • @j.jmcquade5278
    @j.jmcquade5278 2 года назад +3

    I've been in Elvis's childhood home in Tupelo, Mississippi. Very emotional. Thinking someone so great came from that little house in Tupelo

  • @Tracy_R
    @Tracy_R Год назад +1

    This song ALWAYS makes me cry. My brother died 12/18, his daughter plays this at his funeral. I asked her why? She said it was dads favorite song. R.I.P Brother & Elvis

  • @SYRSALLY
    @SYRSALLY Год назад +1

    Elvis is still the king of rock and roll!!!!! I’m 72 and grew up listening to Elvis and when he died everyone who was a fan cried. Even men. Can’t Help Falling In Love is one of my favorites.

  • @tanyaprout4696
    @tanyaprout4696 2 года назад +7

    I just joined your group because of this elvis reaction. I’m nearly 60 and never tire of the king 🤴. My hips hurt my joints creak. But when elvis plays I can still wiggle. Your enthusiasm makes me smile 😊. Keep them coming young man. Ps. You don’t half swear a lot lol !!! Looking forward to your future golden oldie picks. Regards from Tanya in England uk. 👍

  • @hutchjohn1
    @hutchjohn1 2 года назад +5

    I will pass the video to everyone I know. The message of this video between Elvis and DrayBoeTV is perfect. Thanks for putting this together. The look on your face as you listened to The Getto is truly priceless.

  • @gmax-go3pp
    @gmax-go3pp Год назад +2

    Elvis earned his reputation turn of the visual and his voice is liquid gold.

  • @nicolep2151
    @nicolep2151 Год назад +1

    Elvis grew up in Tupelo, MS in the mix of poverty and church. The man knew.

  • @robbansa
    @robbansa 2 года назад +11

    Your very welcome to Elvisworld. Next song by Elvis If I Can Dream pick the one where he wears a white suit, it's a tributesong to M.L.King who was shot in Memphis Elvishometown a couple of months before.

  • @lisaray9944
    @lisaray9944 2 года назад +7

    Oh Elvis was a beautiful soul . I was lucky I got too see Elvis in 1972 my first concert . Elvis grew up very poor . He was born in a one room home in Tupelo Mississippi . When his dad got out of prison for forgery of a 5.00 dollar check he moved them to Memphis Tennessee. They lived in a the projects there he said at one time they would have no food and a neighborhood lady would feed the family . Elvis never forgot where he came from . You have to listen to his Suspicious Minds Live in Las Vegas , his If I Can Dream in his White Outfit Live 68 comeback special . Kentucky Rain , Rubbernecking , Jailhouse Rock so many to watch . I would watch as many lives shows you can to see and feel the real Elvis . There is also a short documentary called Elvis and the Black Community That Echo Will Never Die it’s a must .

    • @marlon-jl4ge
      @marlon-jl4ge 2 года назад +2

      Here you get so much for life

    • @stuartsimister5042
      @stuartsimister5042 2 года назад +2

      @@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Why listen to elvis if you obviously don't like him? Imagine being elvis, being dead for 45 years and people still loving you😆.Now why don't you do yourself a favour and listen to someone you do like instead of getting yourself all bitter and twisted about the most famous entertainer that has ever lived.👌

    • @marlon-jl4ge
      @marlon-jl4ge 2 года назад +2

      He wants to enlighten us, this is important, thanks zappa fan, hahahaha

  • @teamcougars
    @teamcougars Год назад +1

    This song brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it 😢❤❤

  • @trish7754
    @trish7754 Год назад

    I think this song came out in 1969. Over 50 years ago! Great music will always be great. And Elvis was the best! He was older than my parents, but I still love his music. Especially "In the Ghetto", "Suspicious Minds", "Kentucky Rain" and "Burning Love". So, glad you are willing to listen and appreciate his talent.

  • @marybroxmeier5563
    @marybroxmeier5563 2 года назад +4

    Hey I was just a kid when I heard this on the radio. On the original version his voice is younger and his range will give you chills.
    I love Elvis I hope someday the world understands and celebrates how we ARE all the same. I love your content. Keep it up. God bless❤️

  • @brittanymartinez8007
    @brittanymartinez8007 2 года назад +8

    I've only heard a couple of Elvis songs and yt recommended this video and I wanted to see your reaction lol... You got me discovering new music too lol... That was a good song... Still has relevance today... You have become my favorite music reactor on here... You are so genuine with your reviews... It's great to see!! Thank you for the awesome content!

  • @rosesilveira344
    @rosesilveira344 Год назад +1

    This song is based on a true story. A poor young black man tried to steal to buy food for his newborn.
    When Elvis was offered his song he didn't hesitate to record it. There was a special place in his heart for the poor & black. He grew up with both.

  • @awishinandahopin7232
    @awishinandahopin7232 Год назад

    He is smooth and rock. I am old now but I have loved Elvis since 1964 and I still love him 😍

  • @davidschiech9188
    @davidschiech9188 2 года назад +6

    Elvis has had many hit songs in a wide range of styles such as Rock, Pop, Country. Gospel, R&B, etc.. Most of his songs are fun type and he'll often include some dancing in his live performances. Anyway, another great hit where he put forth an absolutely awesome performance was a very special song (especially white suit performed on a TV special) check it out...A truly amazing song which he gave us his all, not just his great voice, but the true feeling he expressed was incredible.!!! Oh. The song is If I can Dream.