The best thing about Elvis, to me, was he was genuine. He never EVER seemed like the show was his "job". Never made it look like a grind. I'm a huge Elvis fan (not as much as my Mom used to be OMG), and I don't think there's ever been another artist with his type of appeal.
As a DJ I'm loving this post. It's funny I was thinking the same thing about "Twist and Shout". It was done (I think) originally by the Isleys, but the Beatles version is a little more dance-able. So we played it yesterday at a wedding and thought, "Why don't we play this all the time". Still, there's something that bugs me about another artist stealing the original artist's thunder, but it doesn't bug me enough not to play it!
Elvis was always SO unique.
As a DJ I'm loving this post. It's funny I was thinking the same thing about "Twist and Shout". It was done (I think) originally by the Isleys, but the Beatles version is a little more dance-able. So we played it yesterday at a wedding and thought, "Why don't we play this all the time". Still, there's something that bugs me about another artist stealing the original artist's thunder, but it doesn't bug me enough not to play it!