Elvis Presley - In the ghetto | REACTION
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- Elvis Presley - In the ghetto | REACTION
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Elvis Presley - In the ghetto | REACTION
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Elvis and his parents lived in real poverty. They lived among the poorest of the poor in Tupelo Mississippi. When he was 10 they moved to Memphis due to possible job prospects for his Dad. After reaching stardom, Elvis was extremely generous and gave away millions to people he knew and mostly to people he didn’t know but knew they were poor. He was very empathetic to people of lesser means because he remembered how he grew up. Thank you for your reactions.
Elvis was born into poverty so he knew exactly what he was talking about. thank you more Elvis please.
Will do Paula ❤️
Elvis actually put it all on the line when he recorded this song against the advice of his manager and his recording company because racial tensions were very high in 1969. That same year he hired black back-up singers and refused to perform at venues or stay in hotels where they weren't welcome. He didn't do a lot of message songs or speak on social issues. The generosity he showed to causes and people in need spoke for itself.
❤❤❤ There are places in every state like this- "Elvis was born in January 1935, during the depths of the Great Depression, in East Tupelo, Mississippi. There was no money to spare but plenty of affection showered on the boy by his parents, Vernon and Gladys, and the extended family who resided in the area."
You’re absolutely right! Thank you Sally for giving us a bit of his backstory. We’re better understanding why he wrote such deep music because he himself had experienced it. Incredible ♥️
@@SimplyTwoDudes We all learn daily about something- The older I get the more I say that I wish I had known when I was younger what I know now, and still learning-
Ok here is some history that you need to understand about Elvis and the Great Depression. You'll really enjoy listening his personal story and history and it will all make sense.
Where was Elvis born and was he poor or rich?
Elvis was different, and his perspective was different than most white people of his day, especially among other whites in the South. Elvis grew up in the poorest parts of the South during the Great Depression and Segregation. And he understood the very lowest depths of poverty. Only 4 white families on his block, he lived and played with black children while living in a 1 room shotgun shack WITHOUT RUNNING WATER OR ELECTRICITY (no lights or heat or ac). His father built the home with a borrowed $150, then lost it because they couldn't afford to pay it back. His twin brother Jesse Garon Presley was still born about 30 minutes before Elvis... and the Presleys were so poor that they couldn't afford a coffin, so Jesse had to be buried in a SHOEBOX. Elvis was born in the hood. Elvis KNEW hunger and he knew crime. His parents picked cotton and other odd jobs. His own father was arrested because of check forgery when he was three. This was Elvis Presley's humble beginnings.
Elvis was uniquely born at a time and place, Tupelo Mississippi (SHAKERAG) AND Memphis TN (BEALE STREET) when so much new music and dance were happening.
Elvis was TRAINED BY BLACK MUSICIANS in black churches (and white musicians in white churches) in the 1940s BEFORE most of the legends like Little Richard or James Brown or Chuck Berry rocked the world. Rev W Herbert Brewster of the East Trigg Baptist Church asked Elvis to join when he was 13, after Elvis and his family moved to Memphis. They were jamming before and during the legendary black musicians got heard. He was able to merge music genres and black and white culture better than anyone and created the sound and stage performance of Rock and Roll. AND as soon as ELVIS started to make money -- THEY ALL MADE MONEY!
He WAS a pioneer. Its not culture appropriation / culture vulture when you are a pioneer of a sound. Elvis never stole a song. He credited everyone, ensuring all songwriters were listed next to every song on each album. No exceptions. Elvis ALWAYS purchased SONG RIGHTS and PAID ROYALTY CHECKS based on his sales TO ALL SONGWRITERS AND SONG OWNERS. He jammed with those that came before him. These deals meant that the future would look MUCH BRIGHTER for musicians and songwriters of color.
He was CLOSE friends with all the legends.. B.B. King, Otis Blackwell, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Roy Hamilton, Jackie Wilson and so many more.
You cant STEAL "COOL" You cant steal "RHYTHM". You cant steal "SOUL". You cant STEAL "HOW TO DANCE". You can't steal "HOW TO SAAANG". You either HAVE THESE SKILLS, or you do NOT. Elvis was ABLE TO MERGE MUSIC AND CULTURE better than any one else alive at the time. So that is what made Elvis so unique in those days, and controversial because today people don't understand who the good guys and bad guys were and all the details of the day. Its hard to look back and see who exactly were the thieves and who was trying to HELP.
Some more history: Elvis had a very very strong bond with his all black female choir "THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS". One of them, named Estelle explained in an interview that you can see on youtube that when she first started working with Elvis that because he was a little older than her she had trouble NOT calling him "BOSS." She said once Elvis replied back to her, "Estelle, I'm not your boss, I'm your brother." After that exchange --- the bond between Elvis and the Sweet Inspirations strengthened into a lifelong bond.
The Sweet Inspirations spent the rest of their lives explaining whenever the questions arose how wonderful Elvis was to them, and how he treated them as EQUALS. Estelle said that "WE FELT LIKE EQUALS." Can you imagine that? This during 1968-70 when race divisions were at an ALL TIME HIGH. Elvis was reaching out since the 1940s BEFORE he got famous... it was nothing new for Elvis. He risked not just his career, but his own life (and lives of his family members). Elvis' infatuation with guns was likely linked directly to this, as he received death threats from all kinds of nutjobs from BEFORE he entered the Army until the very last concert he did in 1977.
One of the Sweet Inspirations was Whitney Houston mom Cissy.
"In The Ghetto" was a big hit for Elvis in 1969. It was written by the late great Mac Davis. It deals with the poverty & sadness of life growing up in the ghetto.
It talks about living w/ Democrats in charge - been like this so damn long. NOthing to see here -
Thank you for that info Dagmar 👍🏻
@@SimplyTwoDudes - no problem. Xhicago, Detroit, DC, Balto, Camden, Oakland, Bronx, etc = all Democrat -controlled is all you need to know. Why nothing has ever changed coz Dems already get all 99% their captive votes, so why change the predicament? All the ghettos are good for- cheap easy votes for Dems. Anything good come from the hoods? Murders and robberies and teen pregnancies -all to repeat the same process going in perpetuity. Dems got this down pack
Fantastic reaction us Elvis fans appreciate it
We appreciate every single of you ! ❤️ Thank you
Remember this song was released in 1969 and there are people and documentaries you can get to learn his background
We're definitely are going to have to go more in depth.
Elvis was of Irish, Scottish, Welsh and German ancestry. He was born in Tupelo, MS., raised in Memphis, TN. dirt poor in a predominantly black ghetto. His family was on welfare and lived in the projects while he was a teenager. I'm white, and I grew up in the projects in Boston. I was in gangs and did my thing as a kid. Black or white, it's all about your income...
Thanks so much for taking an interest in Elvis' music! I enjoyed your "second-hand" reaction very much. You might be surprised to know that, with all the different genres he sang, gospel was his favorite by far. Maybe you could check out: Elvis Presley "You'll Never Walk Alone" best version (4:02). He's also playing the piano on this recording. And to learn about the opposition he faced your reaction to this would be much appreciated: Elvis Presley and the Black Community - That Echo Will Never Die (parts 1 & 2).
Elvis was ahead of his time here as the dude assumes the song was 70s or 80s. this reaches so many people, it's wonder full. I know that it was only what he was allowed to sing. thanks for the information Dagmar S.
Way ahead 🔥
Another good reaction.i know you don't know much about Elvis yet and that's fine.i know people will help you with comments so I'm not going to repeat the comments below.i will say that Elvis used to hang with the group after shows and sing gospel together.i know for a time Whitney Houston's mum cissy was a backing singer for Elvis.
I would love you to react to suspicious minds from this same concert it's one of my favs.i even bought the vinyl single of it at a car boot sale when I was young.even thought I grew up when Walkman and cassette were the new tech my mum had a player to play it on.
Can you please react to a friend of Elvis who is still going at the age of 82 Welsh singer Tom jones.if you know it's not unusual the song Carlton dances to on fresh Prince then you've heard him already.he and Elvis had residency's at las vegas at the same time and used to watch each others shows.
Song Backstory for "IN THE GHETTO": No one would record this Mac Davis song IN THE GHETTO as it was so raw, especially during the race riots in the 1960s. A top RCA executive said that they can not release it. Elvis heard it and said, "That's my next single, son" and walked away. The great Sammy Davis Jr famously turned it down, afraid of the reaction during the pent-up racial tension of the decade. Only Elvis was willing to risk his career to get that record on the air-waves. Only Elvis could have performed it and gotten the radio play when it came out in the late 1960's, during the Civil Rights Movement. He made it his platform. One of his major public statements on the issues of racism and poverty... without ever uttering a single press release or public statement. Not a single political word or comment. The amazing power of song by a very brave and loving human being. Once this song and the If I Can Dream MLK tribute song came, the death threats from angry white supremacists and lone bigots that followed Elvis in the beginning of his career got significantly worse. They plagued him until the day that he died.
Elvis was the only person to record this song because he grew up very poor , was not racist treated everyone with respect ,
Ya no kidding the genius of Mac Davis that wrote this song like a few others he did for Elvis I watched the new movie I was blowing away from all the history I never knew about with Elvis the movie was abbsoulty awesome
Mad respect ❤️
The king is one of the very top people in America history to give to charity's. His estate still gives. TX
He has and continues to impact a lot of lives. Long live the king ❤️
Elvis's racial background was white and Native American. Back then (the 50s & 60s), you would hide being Native American if you could, but he was very open about it. He even played half-Native American characters in the movies G.I. Blues and Flaming Star.
Thank you for the info !!!! ❤️
Elvis was born in Mississippi, but then the family moved to Memphis. They were poor, So when he did songs like this, he knew what he was talking about. I have visited Chicago twice, businesstrip, I did not feel safe, happy to go home again. Greetings from Sweden.
Greetings from another Swede.
Huge shoutout to Sweden ! Much love ❤️❤️
The New E L V I S Movie is still in Theaters (for 2 months already) you might like to see it before it's gone, best seen In Theaters on The Big Screen, I highly recomend it.
I watched it and loved it - Leo
MORE ELVIS PLZZzzzzz!
Got you Kym ❤️
That candy boy, m&m, doesn't know crap! He cannot hold a candle to Elvis either. I'm glad you made a connection to the words and the message of this song. Do what m&m never did, go help somebody that's struggling in your community. Candy boy is/was always about money.
Oh 👀
I can tell y'all know absolutely nothing about Elvis Elvis was born in Tupelo Mississippi very very poor lived in a black community all of his friends in Mississippi were African-American and at age 13 he moved to Memphis Tennessee in a very predominant poor black neighborhood so he knew about the struggles that African-Americans were having he was very humble never forgot his raising some of his best friends with Jackie Wilson Muhammad Ali Sammy Davis Jr bb king Rufus Thomas if you want to know the true soul react to his 1968 Comeback Special If I Can Dream where he's in the white suit and then maybe you will understand
I don’t know much about Elvis. I thought I made that pretty clear throughout the video. I don’t know his backstory or his music in general this is why we started to react to him. I wanted to know why his name was something I’ve always heard. I wanted to know if it was more than just because of his stage presence, his dance moves or because of the way he looked. Obviously, I’m realizing it’s much deeper than all of that. It’s the messages in his songs. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to learn about him be it through his music or through you amazing people. I appreciate you taking the time to explain it all to me. & btw we did react to his 1968 performance and I believe it got blocked or partially blocked. But thank you again 😊 - Andy
@@SimplyTwoDudes apparently he went back stage and burst into tears after this song. This song describes what he grew up seeing, so it’s very close to home for him.
Their If I can Dream Reaction was everything you wanted to be in a reaction (before it got blocked. Hopefully it will be visible again soon).
@@SimplyTwoDudes yes you did make it very clear in video that you didn't know a lot about EP and just getting started on the journey. You could not have been more honest & open about it. This wasn't lost on most of us that watched your reaction. Enjoyed your reaction.
Elvis grew up in extreme poverty. He was one of the lucky ones whose mother loved and looked over him closely. He lived a ghetto life though not in an actual ghetto.
Elvis grew up very poor. When his father went to prison the only affordable place was in a black area of Mississippi. So he knew the culture very well.
Nicely said
Thank you ! 🙏
I recommend " Elvis and the black community"
Okay ❤️
I recommend doing a reaction to Elvis's performance "Gospel Production Number ('68 Comeback Special)". It's on the CZcams channel "Elvis Presley ♪". (Just so you click on the right video.) It's one of the most beatnik things I've ever seen. It's awesome. 👌
Oh okay thank you ❤️
The breakdown of the family structure has absolutely destroyed the inner cities...
Agreed!
Why not react to Elvis singing gospel, f.e. How Great Thou Art.
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I'm singing like Elvis Presley #carlinhoscolumbia
do much more Elvis
Working on it John !
Check out Bob Dylan . . . The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, Hurricane, Only a Pawn in Their Game . . . he's been telling these stories, calling for change since the 60s. His music tells the story of our lives.
Will do Diane ❤️
You do not have to beat around the bush.
Basically, it is just semantics.
For us whites, it is called a slum.
Same as ghetto.
Or barrio.
Mac Davis wrote this. He was white. Watch his version.
Poor is poor.
Pain is pain.
Love your way.
could u react to jailhouse rock from the movie jailhouse rock by Elvis presley.
Will try to Shirley ❤️!
People of all nationalities live in Ghettos. (Hoods, Projects, etc…) 😢
There are white people in the ghetto as well.
You’re absolutely right Ronald. I understand that. Partially, why I mentioned Eminem since I know a little more of his backstory living in Detroit. Didn’t know Elvis was born and raised in a similar situation in Mississippi & Tennessee. I’m use to hearing songs about the ghetto or hoods through rap/hip-hop music. Now that I have a better understanding about Elvis I have an even deeper respect for him. I can only imagine how controversial it must have been bringing up African American influenced sounds.
Not the best version. The best versions are slower and lower register. Way more emotional.