for the older set, Elvis question.?

Question

I just watched a few minutes of an Elivis show. It hurt my heart to see such a gifted and compassionate person pour his heart out for people, try to share his compassion and sorrow with us and we make him into a clown.

I am not an elivis freak, nor do I own a single piece of memorabilia.

My point is a true philosophy question, why do we suck the life out of the ones who are truly tender, compassionate, and gifted, and kill them?

Why do we destroy the best of us?

Answer 1

Jealousy and envy...bottom line!

Answer 2

I might be able to help. I work with one of the top Elvis tribute artists in the nation, and I have developed some insight into the life of Elvis and his fans.

First, you must understand, Elvis himself never became a clown. He was, by anyone's standards, the coolest of the cool; with the possible exception of the final days of his career in Vegas. Unfortunately, there are over 70,000 Elvis impersonators, and many in that bunch are clownish. But Elvis, himself, remains an icon, and not just to "the older crowd". There have been a considerable amount of young people in each generation since his early days that have found something to admire in this gifted entertainer.

Elvis was extremely intelligent and complex, something not commonly understood about him. He also enjoyed a considerable amount of benefit from his career, rising from bone-crushing rural poverty to incredible fame and fortune. Colonal Parker is often painted as an exploitive Svengali, manipulating a poor hillbilly for personal gain. In fact, Elvis and the Colonal were 50% partners, and aside from some well-publicised disagreements, enjoyed a healthy and mutually-benificial relationship.

Elvis loved his fans, and they loved him. There was an enormous amount of joy recieved by Elvis from his fan's adoration, and by his fans from his charismatic performances.
His undoing was more than likely related to deep-seated internal physical and emotional conflicts that finally became insurmountable.

The good news is, Elvis's fame continues to grow. He is more popular today than at any time diuring his life. Although things ended badly for the King, the vast majority of his life was spent doing something that he truly loved, for people that truly loved him.

Answer 3

I do love Elvis. He is the KING, not a freak, but I know what you are getting at. People don't like to see the rise of others because it reminds them of their shortcomings. He's bigger today than when he was alive and extremely popular. He even had a number 1 single with A Little Less Conversation, the remix. People love and adore him, although they do make fun of the movies he made. That wasn't all his fault, it was the Colonel. Truthfully Elvis is still alive. Copying him and his outfits and impersonating him is the sincerest form of flattery.

Answer 4

People who have these gifts and express them simply give more of themselves than others and whether you want to admit it or not, people are a finite resource. Our mental being is the same as any physical aspect of ourselves. Stress it enough and you break it. Only the spirit is an infinite resource and is only so when let faith do its work. When you become an Elvis, you constantly put yourself under stress by handing out very tiny parts of your being millions of times over. Elvis did that everytime he appeared on a movie screen or his voice was played on a record. He simply did it too much and his mind and later his body simply broke. "We" are only responsible for Elvis's death only so far as we took what he was all to eager to hand out.

Answer 5

It isn't always like that with the Elvis story. Dave Barry did a good story where he went and talked to people who were crazy with the Elvis bug. I didn't like Elvis that much, mostly because of the hype, but the story was very fascinating and heartfelt about people who truly loved him.

Answer 6

The classic term for this is the "Cult of Personality"...

As animals reared in large packs (if you would forget we are humans with interlect for one second, this is what we truly are)...we need alpha males, we are programmed to follow the leader. When one is identified, modern society promotes then in the modern ways, fame: fortune etc.,

There is a full on essay involved in this answer, that I am not going to bore you with...great question by the way

Regards

Ichi

Answer 7

He did it to himself. Before he went into the Army, he was a Rock and Roll artist. Raw, animal talent. When he got out of the Army he basically sold out and started doing those lame-brained movies and a lot of popular but vapid music. Point an accusing finger at Col. Tom Parker,too. He exploited Elvis unmercifully.

Answer 8

Wow thats deep. OK I truly understand your way of thinking in MOST cases but (and I stress I LOVE Elvis) how did WE kill him? He overdosed on drugs, a problem he developed way before he passed on. His elaborate lifestyle was his downfall not his fans. Somehow I'm more than sure that thousands would have died in his place to honor him. He was much more than an entertainer , he was a True idol.

Answer 9

I don't think that regular everyday people killed Elvis. I think his handlers and doctors killed him. They had him going nonstop making movies and doing concerts. His doctor instead of telling him to slow down his schedule gave him more and more drugs which is what eventually killed him. Elvis' fans loved him and I don't blame them for his death. I also believe Elvis may have had mental issues that should have been treated.

Answer 10

We did not destroy Elvis; he did it through over-indulgences and drugs. It is true that high profile entertainers and celebrities are overwhelmed with their fans and the pressure that comes from fame, but like so many others then and now, Elvis's downfall was of his own.

Answer 11

Because we are still in the sway of the race religions.
When we advance to the next level of brotherhood that Christ has shown, your points will not be considered weaknesses, but rather the strenghths that they are.