is Elvis being forgotten?

[skykiii]

I rarely post in the music section because I'm not that interested usually--I listen to music, I don't obsess over the history.

But recently I was curious. Growing up I had heard that Elvis was "the King." So I knew who he was. However, my parents (who were big into music) never liked him all that much, and to be honest the songs I've heard from him didn't sound that good.

But what has caught my mind recently is it seems like I hear about the Beatles, who I think are from the same time frame, a lot. Like, it seems like just coincidentally I hear people bring up the Beatles and their history and influence so often. But Elvis? The last time I heard about him was in an episode of Penn and Teller: Bullshit (their Bible episode, if you must know) and the movie Bubba Ho-Tep. And those talked more about his personality and lifestyle more than his music or lasting influence.

So like, what's the deal here? Is there some active push? Is Elvis a person whose life was more interesting than his work? Or is it just that since I don't hang out in music circles, I naturally don't hear about him all that often?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Calandrino]

I anticipate a surge of interest in his work after he dies (he's 90 years old atm)

 

[MrTroll]

He was one of those American Idol contestants from the early 2000's right?

 

[herefortheactualthreads]

everyone knows Elvis is just hiding in an underground tunnel system with peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

 

[Buck Breaking SS]

You're talking about the guy from Fallout New Vegas, right? That one who has a suit and owns a funny robo-dog?

 

[No-Eyed Square Guy]

"Trump coded."

 

[Solomon Bundy]

Good. He was a shit human being. He married a child, and would make his friends kneel and kiss his ring. He was one of the first pop culture idols, and wasted no time becoming a fat glutton. He even tried to get the Beatles deported. The only good thing to come out of Elvis' existence is the cinematic classic Bubba Ho-Tep.

 

[Calandrino]

He even tried to get the Beatles deported.

 

[Idiotron]

There was that biopic movie in 2022, it made quite a bit of money and got 8 Oscar nominations.

 

[There She Glows]

But what has caught my mind recently is it seems like I hear about the Beatles, who I think are from the same time frame, a lot. Li

They were technically alive at the same time for a while but they are not at all from the same era of music. Shit was happening fast back then, Elvis peaked in the 50's and the Beatles were big in the 60's and 70's. And then Elvis died fat on a toilet in 77.

 

[McMitch]

Elvis was always chick music, and modern day chick music has been totally saturated with rap, a genre with zero history related to Elvis.

 

[Epikusername4]

He even tried to get the Beatles deported

awesome hope he gets extra peanut butter banana bacon sandwiches in heaven for that one

 

[Mayor Cody Travers]

His greatest legacy is being the go-to guy to represent entertainment or more specifically music in various entries in the Civilization series.

The Civ II manual showing portraits of famous leaders in history with their names captioned below throughout, and then a picture of Elvis captioned simply as "The King" as the last one you see, will always make me chuckle though.

 

[Brenda Holiday]

I've been predicting a tank in Elvis memorabilia. If I were a boomer with a collection I'd be dumping that shit before it's worth as much as a beanie baby. Kiss stuff on watch too.

 

[Nigger Cattle]

Elvis was a good performer, but he wasn't a song-writer and his shit wasn't "ground-breaking". You can go back to shit like The White Album, Sgt Pepper etc and it still sounds very modern, same for Pet Sounds and Beach Boys. Elvis feels like you're listening to 50's and 60's music, Beatles' stuff after Revolver sounds pretty modern still (imo).

 

[Tablet County]

No I just remembered him.

 

[Iron Jaguar]

Elvis was not popular where I grew up, thankfully. Even now, I never hear his songs played anywhere.

 

[Divine right to rule]

Tbh, most of the musicians of the 20th century will have only limited cultural significance, and the time of many is already running out.
This is pretty normal though, music and tastes always evolve and change.

 

[Hypercop]

15 years ago you heard about Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Queen, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones etc. a whole lot more than you do now. Every star fades eventually

 

[skykiii]

"Trump coded."

Eh? What does Elvis have to do with Trump?