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parole presents the Fat Dead Guy Collective in the 20th Anniversary of Dead Elvis at the Night Gallery on Aug 16, 1997
"Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me" -Public Enemy
| I want to live -- like Elvis Drive a car -- like Elvis I wanna sleep -- like Elvis Walk around -- like Elvis Take drugs -- like Elvis Make love -- like Elvis Go to hell -- like Elvis -- Cool It Reba |
We got into a fight when Elvis died... We ran out to some bar in town Some big-mouth drunk was makin' jokes Puttin' Elvis down My baby gave him fair warnin' Everybody said But when he sang "Don't Be Cruel" Baby lost his cool And shot him dead --Syd
Straw/Scott Kempner |
Me and Elvis
Never worried about the cops
He flashed that badge he got from Nixon
Every time that we got stopped
--Human Radio
"Me and Elvis" 1990
| Tabloids scream Elvis seen at a shopping mall That's the kind of talk That makes my stomach crawl Picture a zombie Elvis In a tacky white jumpsuit Just imagine a rotting Elvis Shopping for fresh fruit --Living
Colour |
And I said: Hello Operator Get me Memphis Tennessee And she said; I know who you're tryin' To call darlin' And he's not home He's been away But you can hear him on the airwaves He's howlin' at the moon --Laurie
Anderson |
| She put her finger in my ear But I pulled it out so I could hear What the newsman on the television said He said the King of Rock 'n' Roll was dead And in the spooky television light She said don't ever forget this night I thought I loved her but I didn't know how I don't love her when I see her now I was fucking Wendy under the stars The night that Elvis died And in the coolness of the morning light She said don't ever forget this night --The Odds |
I'm in heaven now I can see you, Richard Goodbye Hollywood Goodbye Downey Hello Janis Hello Dennis Elvis-- --Sonic
Youth |
And don't forget: A Golden Celebration, Elvis: One Night with
You, Elvis'
Greatest Shit, The Last Temptation of Elvis, Billy Joe
Burnette Welcome
Home Elvis, X Back 2 the Base, Butthole Surfers The Revenge of Anus
Parsley, Nightingales Elvis, the
Last Ten Days, Dread Zepplin Hot and
Spicy Beanburger, The Residents
The King and Eye, and so many more...
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