Did you forget that last week was
Elvis Presley’s birthday? It was a big one. He would have been 80 years old on
January 8 if he survived his addictions. Would he still be somewhat handsome? Like
Marilyn, when our icons die young and beautiful, we never have to be exposed to
the aging process with our fantasy women and men. We might as well notice how
old he would have been since even in death for many years, he still makes a ton
of money.
He was the original rock star.
For his Birthday, there was a party with a giant 8 layer cake at his home where his memory was
joined by his still living, ex- wife Priscilla, , and his Daughter Lisa and his 4
grandchildren. It almost sounds like an
ordinary family but I am sure you remember a lot of the drama associated with
each of these people. If he would have lived he would be about the same age as
Pope Francis or John McCain. After all those years of gyrations he probably
would have had a hip replacement by now. Whatever God you believe in is
amazing. Why can’t we see one moment into our future but he or she or it allows
us to remember so much of the past?
Elvis died young. 8 years younger
than Michael Jackson. Would they have liked each other if they met? Elvis was 2 years older than John Lennon when
he died. Those Beatles took a lot of thunder away from Elvis. I’m not sure that
he liked them so much. He is still at lease as iconic as both of them. His home
at Graceland is only second to the White House in the amount of visitors each
year. I think Michael would have liked that to be happening to his animal and
amusement park of a home. No one could have predicted how Michael’s museum of a
life would have crumbled. Elvis is American royalty I guess.
This past year Barbara Streisand
recorded the song Love Me Tender as a duet with Elvis. There are thousands of impersonators
of Elvis. He still has that enduring
appeal from toddlers to Queens. Happy Birthday Elvis we still love your cool
attitude and timeless moves. How many people do you know that are still cool after
80 years. It is still sad that many have not learned from the sorrow that drug
addiction brings to all. We lost way too many talented artists to the death
sentence that addicted drugs are to your body. Try to find another way to heal
and keep off the stuff that is still too plentiful and easy to get. Will you
reach your 80th Birthday? We won’t know. Our creator doesn’t let us
see the future.
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