i liked his music, but, i can accept the fact that he is dead and let it
rest at that. lots of people don't eem to be able to accept it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Salkin
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 8/15/2002 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: I'm a hypocrit and somewhat ashamed (UCP)

I sit corrected re: the booze part, thanks.  The opiates and uppers were
bad
enough in themselves.  You know, of all the photos I've seen of him, I
far
prefer him in his early days than his later years.  He looked so old and
bloated by the time he died.

On the other hand, Frank Sinatra looked fantastic when he got old, in my
opinion.  I thought his music was kinda sappy but I do like a few of his
songs, and he wasn't that bad an actor, either.

Kat

On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:36:14 EDT "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Kat,
>
>     I am not really a fan either, but I did
> like his Sun Records stuff and
> still do. I have an Elvis '56 CD I just
> purchased. It has Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
> on it. An old R&B number. Elvis was not a
> boozer, opiates and uppers did him
> in and he got started on upper when filming
> Jail House ( so the story goes).
> He was pathetic in the end and a victim of his
> own fame.
>
> Bobby
>
> > I never really liked his singing, except for
> 'Jailhouse Rock,' and don't
> like to watch
> >any of his movies.  Guess I'm more of a folk
> rock and hard rock fan than of
> Elvis Presley's stuff.
>