Great reaction. Elvis would have turned 88 today, January 8, 2023. Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (kzread.info/dash/bejne/fqZ6pduHfdnAh84.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.

@sammy_the_uncool2702

Жыл бұрын

@Jaye Ginn GREAT comment 😎👍 Thank you so much 💖 TCB ⚡ & TLC ❤ & peace ✌& blessings 🙏 to you & yours 💕

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

9 ай бұрын

Elvis had no talent

@monasrum4321

9 ай бұрын

​@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerekIt's totally ok if you don't like his music. We all have our favourites. He was the most famous artists in THE WORLD in his time, and still holds the Guinness record as the most selling single artist in the world, 46 years after his death. Not even MJ beats him. He recorded about 700 songs, an could sing any genre from gospel, blues, country to rock n roll and pop. Like it or not, that is called talent.🤷‍♀️

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

9 ай бұрын

@@monasrum4321 his voice was his only talent. But many have this talent and better than elvis.

@monasrum4321

9 ай бұрын

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Oh, there are many great talents both before and after Elvis, no doubt about that. And no, he did not create music. He himself was very humble about that. He did not like to be called the King of Rock n Roll, he said the music was already there. But the impact he had on the world and the music industry at that time still stands out. He was like an earthquake, he influenced so many other artists and broke down barriers for black artists in those times of segregation. I mean, have you watched the documentaries Elvis and the black community or Remembering Elvis?

I wish that talk between Elvis and Zep was recorded.

Robert so English elegant. Amazing how this guy is an American blues purist and historian.

@FUBAR1986

Жыл бұрын

Music. And especially the blues is so Black Americana and such a huge cultural contribution to worldwide music….. my generation understood this….

This was cool. Never knew of this meeting. Funny Elvis stopped a song to get it right. Mutual respect and participation. Thank you for this reaction.

That's the thing our legands crumbled when they met elvis . That's why many legands still love him

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

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Nah

@rickrhoden1

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Elvis was THE celebrity to all the other celebrities.

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

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@@rickrhoden1 nah

@rickrhoden1

Жыл бұрын

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Nah, what?

Every time a celebrity, or just a «regular person» talks about Elvis, they light up like a kid on Christmas Eve. Meeting him was something they never forgot, whether they were huge stars or just the average guy on the street. Plant simply loved Elvis, and has paid homage to him on many occasions. Like Muhammad Ali, Sammy Davis Jr, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, and about a million others who met the guy. He never, ever tried to show off or impress anybody, and most people said that he treated you like he had known you for 20 years, after about ten minutes. Elvis belonged to everyone, didn’t hurt a soul, but himself.

It’s so strange how people listening to Led Zeppelin today nickname them Led.. my generation, we said Zeppelin…..

@oldzephead1237

Жыл бұрын

I agree, and I'm glad someone finally said that. "Led" sounds really weird to me too! It seems that almost all of the music reactors call them that.

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

9 ай бұрын

I think that's just these guys, I'm 24 and everyone I know say led zeppelin

@user-dh6yl7lo2s

4 ай бұрын

Back in the day, me and all my friends said Led Zep - still do.

That wasn't the only time they met..when Elvis was in hospital Ronnie Wood from the Rolling Stones tried to go see him but the guards said he's not seeing anyone but family. When he told Robert Plant what happened Plant said that same day Plant and Page were up there visiting Elvis for hours. So they kept in touch after the 1st meeting. Thanks for this bit of history..👍💙

I remember when Elvis died. I was ten. My aunt came over to commiserate with my mom. They were crying. I didn't know why. I knew who Elvis was. We had danced around the living room listening to his records when I was younger. But I was too young to understand the emotions and the nostalgia and the grief. They were teenagers in 1956 and teenage girls were wild about Elvis in 1956. RIP.

Elvis’ humor was off the charts!

Glad to see some brothers my age taking deep dive into rock n roll ..well deserved to enjoy it

Great music is great music. Elvis is King and Led Zeppelin are GOATS. Love them all 😊

It definitely was a good timecto be alive !! 😍😍 peace

Absolutely incredible. What a special treat to have a conversation with Mr. Plant. He seems so down to earth.

Elvis was a singer and performer and did primarily sing others songs (song writers such as Leiber and Stoller). That was the arrangement, they wrote songs, he sang their songs!

@monasrum4321

9 ай бұрын

Also Otis Blackwell wrote some of his most famous songs. he also wrote some for Jerry Lee Lewis. It was common to use songwriters back then.

What a time to be alive for sure! Growing up in No Cal in the 60s I saw so many things. Sinatra - Sammy Davis Jr. - Hippies and Hells Angels in Golden Gate Park - Carlos Santana - Black Panthers hanging out on the corner - The Partridge Family playing at the mall - Jim Brown visiting my elementary school in East Palo Alto, where I was one of only a handful of white kids in the whole school. So many amazing memories I wouldn't trade for anything.

Love this reaction, don't forget to check out Bill Medley (Righteos Brothers) interview about Elvis, also James Brown tribute to Elvis /Love Me Tender". You mentioned the Beatles , John Lennon said before Elvis there was nothing. ". Paul said they went to see Elvis at Graceland and he opened the door and he was beautiful. They say down and stared at him, and finally he said, if we aren't going to talk, I going on to bed".

I’m a Hugh Elvis fan forever… I am watching all your Elvis videos and your comments… love it!Please play his How Great thou art video… totally amazing. I feel like I’m in church. Thanks guys

Thanks guys - another great reaction. The history of black music transitioning into the mainstream and changing music around the world forever is just incredible. Finally, the original black artists get their credit, - if not in monetary terms, they did become legends. Funny how Robert, being from England, had no hesitation pointing out the racial factor.

Robert Plant has said when he was a young teen he would use a hairbrush as a microphone and sing along with Elvis' songs in the mirror.

I love this video and reaction! Have you guys ever done any of the '68 Comeback Special? It was Elvis's chance to begin again, play live after so many years of making movies he was sick of. The portion when he's jamming, playing the blues, looking amazing in his black leather suit! Trying to Get to You is a suggestion but there's so many more. If I Can Dream, in the white suit was the final song of the special that I think you did react to. It was Elvis at his finest, to me. Thanks for this!

Elvis gone at 42 and John Bonham gone at 32. Seems both were victims of the chaos and turmoil surrounding them. The saddest part for me is that they’ll never know how revered they’ve been for all these years.

In regard to that being a great time to be alive you're correct. Though I was still too young to really be a Zeppelin or Elvis fan then, but I still heard some of their stuff and we used to have Muhammad Ali fighting on TV, for free, and Evil Knieval making crazy motorcycle jumps on live TV, back then, along with the Wide World of Sports. With Ali and Elvis loving each other, of course, and those two are arguably the two largest icons that really represent America. As they're much alike when you think about. Inasmuch as they both have very tough and rugged personas in one way, but on the other hand they were both extremely kind and sensitive toward their fellow man.

There was never an Elvis concert not sold out and such was the case with Zeppelin, as well, when touring America. While, typically, one would follow the other right into the same venue as they were both managed by Concerts West, created by Jerry Weintraub. (While for another awesome Elvis story, listen to Jerry Weintraub talk of how he got the gig to start Concerts West and to promote Elvis here - kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6Sr2ampYqSnaM4.html. P.S. When the video begins, Weintraub who became a huge Hollywood producer later on working with Brad Pitt and George Cloony, etc., was referring to Colonel Parker when speaking) There are so many fun Elvis stories, I'm always amazed by it, but I'm glad you guys enjoy them, too. While in reference to Zeppelin, they were greatly influenced by Elvis and Elvis enjoyed talking to them because were inspired by that same type of black music that came out of the Mississippi Delta region. He also agreed to meet with them because his step brothers, who were teens, were big fans. You'll also hear many stars who were inspired by the younger Elvis and his early stuff, and the Beatles who were more enamored with him than anyone wish he would have never gotten away from the rockabilly or more edgy stuff. However, I've come to find that Elvis had a voice that - literally - grew too big to be confined by just that type of music. As simply listen to him sing 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' and you realize it really can't have been song any better. So, to me at least, the whole transformation of Elvis' voice, from the beginning to the end; where at that point he could have sang opera, is what's most amazing.

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Elvis loved…period

It wouldn't' surprise me to discover that Page and Plant listened to a wide variety of music stemming from the genres of popular music while growing up from 1950's Doo Wop and Blues, Country too, and as you have just shown us here early Rock n Roll recording artists such as Elvis. It seems very possible from all of the music Led Zep has created and recorded that this is the case.

So many of their early Whole Lotta Love versions had Rock n roll medleys which nearly all contained 1 elvis song.

@christopherone1

Жыл бұрын

yes, they always gave a nod to elvis on stage.. "shake it one time for elvis"...etc...

Led Zeppelin made the song "Hot Dog" from the album "In Through the Out Door" as a tribute to Elvis.

That was a good time to be Led Zeppelin

Excellent! Plant sorta pays hidden tribute to these guys (the blues/rockabilly singers) by using slap-back delay on his vocal tracks quite frequently.

The Beatles meeting was very different lol

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Respect!

“The Last Days of Elvis” on YT explains a lot.

Correct... It Was a good time to be alive 😊

Hey guys let’s see more Elvis.it’s been awhile

When I saw this I had to watch after hearing the news that his daughter had passed away yesterday this was a great reaction!

I had a chance to interview Plant once and he couldn't have been any cooler or nicer

Elvis only did covers, except for "If I Can Dream" that song was written with Elvis in mind

@betsyjonex9364

Жыл бұрын

Elvis did covers later, most of his 60's songs were written for him by writers Lieber and Stoller.

@krazzygranny7032

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@@betsyjonex9364 early Elvis was covers also all his "Rockabilly" I guess his movie faze were where the songs were written to go with the movies

@monasrum4321

9 ай бұрын

Several of his hits were aspecially written for Elvis. Otis Blacwell wrote songs for both Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis. Dean Martin did not write any of his songs, Frank Sinatra only wrote a couple of his.. It was very common to do covers and hire songwriters back then. Whitney Houston never wrote a song. Elton John does not write his own songs..

Led Zeppelin like John Lennon like the songs they grew up with but notice what he said years later they realize how good and great is later stuff what it's called maturity, and led Zeppelin is right when he said without Elvis that he would never know Bo Diddley Little Richard Chuck Berry that's the important part of the story because Elvis opened the door that everyone can get in and yes how much is that doggie in the window by Patti Page was a number one hit that's how bad pop music was back there thank you guys for your reaction

Wow, thanks guys! That was very special...✌️

Please play more Elvis videos

Elvis Aloha from Hawaii Trilogy

Keep in mind Elvis had already had a 20 year career at that point. He died in 1977. Michael Jackson, Princess Diana and Elvis are the only ones who have had that level of fame and it ultimately killed them all. They were all (especially Elvis and Michael) the loneliest people too.

John Paul Jones (Zep's Bass & Keyboard Player) has a good story about meeting Elvis alone with their tour manager Richard Cole and swapping watches with him....check it out if you can find it

I don't think Elvis was in awe of Zeppelin but more had a natural interest in many types of music and people and artists in general. Their tickets were selling faster than his but he never had a concert that wasn't ultimately sold out. Elvis lost alot of the edge he had after 3 events. His mother's death, his time in the army and his foolish manager that felt a need to " tone him down and clean him up". His natural wilder side was what Zeppelin wanted to see but by 74 much of that was gone due to conditioning, health, age and Elvis desire to mature. He became obviously uncomfortable doing songs from his youth. You're right he had the advantage of being white but being accepted due to that was the ignorance and prejudice of white America, not Elvis fault. He still performed the music he liked and brought it out in the open. Vicki

Check out David Letterman Robert Plant Jimmy Page John Paul Jones interview after the Kennedy awards

Personally, never a fan of Elvis, but if you listen to Plant sing, at times the Elvis came out so clearly. It's probably why the lead singer of the Dred Zeppelin tribute band, Tortelvis, dresses and sings like Elvis while doing Zep songs. You guys should do some Dred Zeppelin, hilarious, but also great music. Robert said he likes them, btw

The lady in the middle of Elvis & red west is Linda Thompson. She later married Bruce Jenner had three sons with Bruce.

If it wasn’t for Sam Phillips, none of this would have happened.

@carolhayar3037

Жыл бұрын

and thx to Phillips' secretary because as the story goes, Phillips kind of dismissed Elvis but his secretary held on to Elvis' contact info & told Phillips she thought Elvis is worth taking more seriously

From what I understand the meeting between Elvis and The Beatles did not go well because Elvis was very supportive of the Vietnam War at the time and a very patriotic American . The Beatles, on the other hand,held a quite opposite viewpoint. I believe Beatles drummer Ringo Starr describes the meeting with Elvis as short and somewhat tense.

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Hmmm..1974.....I was 21years old. DAMN I'm old.

@steddie4514

Жыл бұрын

I was twenty and yes you`re right...DAMN! 😐

Whitney Houston’s aunt was one of the singers with Elvis

Check out When Alice Cooper met Elvis

Prob more like when Led met Elvis cuz he was first

When Ozzy met Paul McCartney

Have to read Hammer of the Gods.....

Hoje Elvis estaría fazendo 88 anos se estivesse vivo 😭 Seu pianista da decada de 70, Glenn Hardin, esteve na celebração em Graceland❤️ Obrigada por este vídeo maravilhoso ❤️

This is the version of LOVE ME that Robert is talking about. 😎 kzread.info/dash/bejne/gqShj8d_otmWlZM.html

A Lorry Driver and a Road Layer talking about their love of Delta Blues. I bet that's what it boiled down to with Elvis and Plant after an hour or two's conversation.

Still no sign of 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' from album one!

@AirplayBeats

Жыл бұрын

We had copyright issues with that one.

Led Zeppelin sold out every live show they ever had

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LMAO where did you get that Elvis was star struck???? THAT was not said. that's funny. Elvis didn't get star struck. the fact is Elvis's step brother liked Zepplin. THAT was the only reason Elvis "gave them the nod".. just so his step brother could meet them. Elvis had no interest in their music. much less being "star struck" ... LOL..

Elvis was a performer not an artist.