Elvis Presley - Unchained Melody LIVE-Rapid City, June 21, 1977 (just woke up) *This hurt my heart*
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And 56 days later he died. His good buddy Charlie Hodge was the one he looked to with a smile to his left. Charlie (or as Elvis called him --Cholly) probably gave him a nod and smile "You've got this man!" Earlier he looked to someone off camera to his right with a smile.
It would have been Glen Hardin sitting at his keyboard to Elvis' right.
@@kilkennyrose7099 There's an over weight guy in blue to his immediate right. He's not a musician. It's certainly not Glenn.
@@timcarr6401 I think that's Lamar fyke not sure but I think it is
@@djjtheguyjeffrey9098 You may be right. It could have been Mr. Fike. I haven't noticed non-musicians on stage with him before though. Maybe they were present, but out of sight before.
@@timcarr6401 that is the first time that I've seen one of the guys on stage with him well outside other than the band members or the musicians this is still one of my favorite performances even though it's hard to watch
اعظم فنان على مر العصور لم ولن يتكرر الملك بدون منازع
Elvis burned like a Roman Candle. He had more charisma and energy than anyone you know or name. I don't believe he was destined to live a long life. No one can exude the kind of energy and charisma he did and last for long. But while he was here, he gave so much. His presence flashes from the screen like vivid lightning.
Even sick, he was the GREATEST of all time!
"I'll be coming home, wait for me"... Just a few weeks later he went back home... REST IN PEACE KING, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
Had just entered basic training in the Air Force and walked into the day room that evening and saw this concert. I began to tear up as I noticed immediately Elvis didn’t look well. Miles from home growing up with him I felt heartbroken and intuitively knew something was very wrong. On leave from the base for a few days in Portland Maine saw the banners of Elvis up and unbeknownst to me he was to perform the next evening. I felt in awe we both would be in the same city, at least, not having a ticket. Short lived though for as I entered the hotel I was staying in an elderly woman fell upon me and exclaimed Elvis had just died. I will never forget the shock I felt nor the fact I would never see him in this lifetime
6 week before he died...but still had that God given voice...HEARTBREAKING
Like a bolt of lightning the greatest and most influential voice ever to be recorded came and went...he changed the world forever. We'll never see his like again...even at deaths door his voice never failed. THE KING FOR THE REST OF TIME❤
Swollen with health issues and goes out and gives a performance that no one could match. His health is failing but his voice never failed..
The AMAZING part is that AMAZING voice NEVER failed him. He overcame all odds his entire life! No Performer who has passed command more EMOTION or ATTENTION than ELVIS!!
First of all, great reaction! This is my first time on your channel … love it. I’m so glad you recognize he was ill. Very. So many people throw shade and make snide remarks about “fat Elvis,” or “drug-addict Elvis,” … but the Elvis in this video is neither of those. He is very ill. Look at the pictures from his last vacation in Hawaii in March, 1977. He does not look fat. And I know fat. I once weighed 290 lbs. and I’m only 4’8”. He does not look morbidly obese.
His daughter, Lisa Marie, was 9 years old when he died. I saw one of her interviews (as an adult) and she talked about how worried she was about her “daddy” and that his stomach had gotten huge. Even she, at 9 years old, knew he was sick.
As for his eyes watering and appearing “drugged,” Elvis had glaucoma, spent the better part of his life staring into blinding, glaring lights, and ….. he dyed his eyelashes black. Elvis’s hair was not black. It was a light-to-medium brown … he dyed it jet black when touring or starring in a movie. As a result, his eyes were irritated and watery the vast majority of the time from the dye. The sweat that poured off his face and into his eyes when he performed probably didn’t help matters any. Hence, the scarves. The scarves were born out of a need for him to have something readily available to wipe his eyes. I have a vivid memory of him doing just that with a red scarf during the Aloha From Hawaii concert.
So for all the haters (I’ve read some really rude comments on other reactions) … leave the man alone and let him Rest In Peace.
Oh. And one more thing. When Elvis glanced to his right and smiled, twice, he was engaging with the audience. When he looked to his left and smiled at Charlie Hodge, I think he was saying, “I’ve still got it!”
This dude is a few weeks away from death and goes out and gives the world a performance like this,incredible. And the reason he has that huge grin on his face at the end of the song, is because he knew he just killed it. He loved doing this, and he did what he loved up to his death
did he know he would be dead in a few weeks?
'Dude'? Show some respect.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 He was looking forward to his next leg of his concert, which was to start the day after he died.
This was his last live performance. His voice and charisma never failed him but his heart did which in turn broke everyone’s heart 🙏♥️
Shelia jenkins were did elvis Presley perform his very last concert at?.
@@jamess.merritt5353Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.
His last concert and beautiful song he was usually great absolutely amazing looked great
It’s remarkable that less than 2 months after that performance Elvis passed away. The King may be gone but he will never die
Thank you for playing Elvis
Thank-you for listening & commenting 🙌💕
You look good for just waking up. 😍
this was his last live performance, barely two months later he passed away. His father was present as well as his girlfriend at the time, possibly that was who he was smiling to on his right. I can never watch this video without tears, and I've watched it so many times. There is a longer version where he actually introduces his father, his girlfriend, each band member and his back up singers. Its almost as if he knew it would be his last time on a live stage. I feel the same way about this video as you mentioned, it was not unusual for Elvis to give everything he had to his audience but it always felt so effortless and carefree, this time it felt like it was painful and took all the strength he had to do it. And here I am, again in tears.. May you RIP Elvis
"Elvis had the biggest heart of anyone I've ever known. He was both generous and compassionate, and his love for people was tremendous." - Marian Cocke, Elvis' nurse.
Elvis the king forever Hans from Germany Elvis the greatest recording Artist of All Time
I'm a lifelong Elvis fan, he died when I was 8 and I still remember to this day standing in my living room when the news came on and announced it. It's burned into my memory.
This concert can be hard to watch, because he was in such poor health and such bad physical condition. His voice never failed, but it's hard to see him like this.
i was 8 too brotha. Born Aug 13, 1969. I remember exactly where in the house I was standing. This performance chokes me up everytime I see it. The movie supposedly ends with this and I can see why. Brilliant move.
It was not easy to be Elvis Presley. To live up to the image. The expectations.
No one could have done it better.
Once and forever, The King.
I'll never forget that day it is burned into my mind I was 14 on August 16, 1977 and will forever remember that day. My mom and grandma came into the apartment with tears.
And 6 weeks later he was gone. Breaks my heart.
There will be no Beetles without this guy.
bullshit!
To me this is the best version of this song
Here I go I’m crying I always cry when I see this Elvis was really sick and it was his last concert he past away 6 weeks later my husband told me he had left us I refused to believe it I fell to the floor and cried so much it’s nearly 44yrs since he past and it seems like yesterday I listen to him every day and I have all his films so I can watch him when I want he was only 42yrs old he had so much more to give the best entertainer that ever lived and I still miss him Love ❤️ from Denise in Yorkshire England 🏴❤️👼💕👑👑👑🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🙏👋
it hurts my heart when i see him like that, especially this song :(
Im Not a Big Elvis Fan - But This Was Both Sad & Amazing In Equal Measure Practically Weeks From Death 😥 and To Deliver Such a Mind Blowing Performance Brought Tears To My Eyes 😥 RIP 🙏.
Nice respect for the King 👍
Kristin, I appreciate your desire to learn the history of Elvis. Not sure if you saw the footage a few seconds before he sat down at the piano, but it was blatantly obvious Elvis was not himself. Four and half decades later and even I still get emotional about his shortened life. Not only that, but he had died alone on his bathroom floor. he endured serious GI issues due to the gross amount of prescribed meds his personal doctors gave him. The king did not deserve to spend the last moments of his life with his face in a puddle of his own vomit. His fiancé found him about six hours later. By that time the white in his eyes were red and his skin color had started to change. A sad picture for someone who was beautiful both inside and out. He should have had a much longer and happier life with a peaceful ending, considering how much joy he brought to this world.
With this song it felt more like he was singing out to God crying out to God
Agree
That is a very good assessment actually, i love that... but in a sad way :( I understand overwhelmingly why he was so loved... he never wanted anyone to be sad or to look at him and worry... truly a humanitarian/altruist
He think on prisella
I agree
My late father spoke very highly of this man,only entertainer that could hold a show on his own let alone a stage he owned it , I believe Charlie hough spoke of elvis had bone cancer at the end in being in so much pain ,but elvis kept that quite to himself , but love his job and always treated every show like it was the first time new audience ",they have never seen us before so it got to be like the first time we go out there make them happy ,smile done our job"
He was a shy humble man who always after every show wanted to know if his performance was good enough.
This was a man who gave so much pleasure to hundreds of millions and wanted nothing in return....
We could never get enough of him. We always wanted more. The pressure he felt to deliver was probably soul crushing. We didn’t treat him the way we should have. He was a true gift.
Patti criss were exactly did elvis Presley perform his very last concert before his death on August 16,1977 at the age of just 42yrs?.
Once again love the hair and is it the glasses making you eyes look blue awesome look anyway that was a great performance by the King but at times he looked uncomfortable and uneasy to me but yet still managed to give a big smile at the end he really deserved better than the ending he suffered really he was a generous soul with his time and money but somewhere you have to draw a line it's not being mean or unappreciative it's just healthy to unwind time to your self time to recharge your batteries and your mind but sometimes we find that out to late in life and The King Sure did R.I.P.
Aloha, Love...peace... a hui hou...miss you
A sweet lovely kind man with the voice of an angel. Rest in peace Elvis, an amazing person and humanitarian . And he thought no one would remember him,
Isn't that something? If Mr. Presley only knew that he would be so loved
You are correct, he wasn't a well man at this point. But this concert was his final gift to us, to the world, and I'm so grateful for it!
I saw this in 1977 he wasn’t well way to many pills. He’s 1 of a kind he’s Elvis the legend. I’m so glad these younger people like his version of this song. He died to soon this was recorded on June 19 1977 I believe it was televised on June 21 1977 he died on August 16th 1977. I of a kind.
I love all your elvis vidéos you should do more about Elvis Presley becose America is proud thé have this légende
Thankyou friend! Elvis is a LEGEND! It takes a lot out me emotionally but I will do more Elvis.
le roi parmi les étoile 💥💥💥👋👋👍👍😰😰🙏🙏🙏
Ohhhh...my love ...Elvis ...my darling💔🙏💔💔💔💔😪😪😪😪
"if this even gets out"
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*Instantly captivated*
I read an auto biography on Elvis and it was written that he sold more Gospel music than he did his secular music. He also sang alot of Gospel music behind stage before and after the concerts. You mentioned that you just woke up. You are so beautiful for having just woken up, i cant imagine how much more you can get when you are dressed up to go out.
Good catch. That support was Elvis' confidant and best friend who stood by him for 17 years of Elvis' career right after he got out of the Army. His name was Charlie Hodge.
He gave his all,so sad,RIP Elvis Presley.😢🙏
I was 11 years old and the biggest Elvis fan we were in Sturgis SD and heard on the radio about this concert and begged my parents to take me they said he would be back and not long after he died it broke my heart.
He he. I think you look good even if you have just stood up .. The song, vidion and reaction is ♥ ️ Greetings from Norway
🥰 greetings from California! Love to you and beautiful Norway! 👋
This song is so beautiful & so sad at the same time due to the fact that a few weeks later he died that one cannot avoid being moved when seeing & listening to this video. 🥲🙏🕊
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Charlie Hodge stayed with Elvis always. I love listening to his stories about Elvis.
I'm 64 and been a fan of his all my life, this one is always hard to watch.. Elvis sang gospel in a black church when he was in high-school, they interviewed the preacher after Elvis died , he said Elvis had that kind of voice, and that echo will never die. I guess that preacher was right his music still being listened to.
👊💙🗣You are both right... Elvis’s musical legacy lives on in eternity and that “echo” well maybe it’s because Elvis resonated with so many people.. Elvis crossed barriers and brought people together with his kindness 🙏 as well as his music
@@KristinKali well said my friend.
Don’t feel bad for. Elvis. He lived a life ten men couldn’t DREAM of living. It didn’t last long but I’ll bet it awesome. I hope he had the time of his life. T c b
I remember watching a hospital nurse that was interviewed involving medical tests Elvis Presley had during the 1970s. They found a strange tumor on his liver (most likely caused by years of taking “uppers” to stay awake while in the US Army, and during long film shoots, and during long concert tours). His physician, Dr. Nicopolous, was a pill-pusher. In his last couple of years, he was trying to mix together different drugs in a desperate attempt to deal with his liver, but they had side effects on his intestines (inflamed bowels and severe constipation), kidneys, and heart. They also started to affect his cognitive abilities in the latter months of his life. Elvis Presley died in a bathroom at Graceland, of a heart attack while struggling to have a bowel movement.
45 years this year that we lost our King, this is probably the most poignant performance of Elvis. It hurts but also makes me happy that even at the end his voice never let him down and he never let any of his fans down. We loved him more than he ever knew and love him even more with every passing year ❤❤❤❤❤
I like your review very honest and refreshing compared to paid for media and journalist outlets 🙏🏽👊🏽
I Thank-you! By nature I don’t like to follow the crowd… If something catches my attention I give my honest thoughts. I try to upload the video w little to no edits. (A lot of the time my videos are blocked or taken down bc copyright issues) My channel is personal to me, and I want it to feel that way. Being paid gives a weird vibe or ‘center’ is off. Nothing against money.. everyone needs to eat. It’s just for me.. when I experience something.. I want others to FEEL what I FEEL too! Or let’s talk about why they don’t? Just a civil convo.. sorry, 🤣 I talked your ear off! 👋
It's amazing how something can make you suffer and love at the same time. Thank you for your life on this planet, Elvis Presley.
He pushed it till the end. My hats off to him.
indeed Travis... what a man
This was sad because Elvis wasn't well. He died shortly after this August 16th. But that AMAZING voice was still incredible! Wow!🎼🎶😠🇨🇦
His voice was even better than ever here!! if i was not looking at him Dale... I would not see what he was going through, all the emotions... he hid so much from everyone.. No wonder he was so loved!!
when im see elvis like this im 7 years old again if only for a short while
we definitely lost a wonderful human being, everything Elvis sang I believed, no matter what, his voice became more powerful than ever
This performance Elvis gave it his all , the last performance he ever did how amazing for the audience to have witnessed this, RIP Elvis ,you won't be forgotten 🤍🙏
I get the feeling watching this. Thank you
R.I P Elvis Presley. Thank you for being with us,!
Excellent commentary. Thank you.
I recognize your gentle and thoughtful ways. You are unusually charming commentator.
It looked like you where going to cry n I know what you where talking about. He didn't look well n that look he gave that guy as to say am I doing well. I'm a guy n that made me emotional. Thank you for the video.
Thank-you Roger for your true & kind words ☺️
He wasn't loving life here.. he'd had enough
he died on August 16, 1977 . probably his last concert .. The King forever 😎👍🎸🎶✨
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@Mary Jane thanks for info 😎👍
Nope. Last concert was June 26, 1977 in Indianapolis.
ELVIS THE KING FOREVER AN EVER,BRAVO.
Hello from England
ELVIS died 2 days before my 12th birthday. I have been a FAN ever since.
Having watched lots of videos about ELVIS and his "backstory" they make me think so much more about the years that have passed by, even at the start of the live concerts in 1969/70 -50 + years OH MY. Such different times and different people
The many videos posted of Unchained Melody are just so hard to watch and OH YES I CRY BUCKETS. We are only human BUT ELVIS DUG SO DEEP during those last 12/18 months and HE WOULD HAVE NEVER QUIT. All he wanted was to entertain HIS FANS. To send them hope HAPPY and he achieved this in his short life.
We can all say WHAT IF or IF ONLY and hindsight is a wonderful word but i pick up on what Elvis said to the Press at MSG before the shows in 72 about the image and the man and also about being able to get good material. Good hard rock songs for everybody were becoming an issue but if he had them he would do them. He was not a songwriter.
About his health - ailments his mother had and genetics etc. Gladys used to take all sorts of pills, and i read somewhere ages ago she also took slimming pills and would give Elvis pills
Also the military would supply the soldiers with AMPHETAMINES to keep them awake and all sorts of the other stuff to help them. Elvis was probably used to them within the 2 years of the Draft
This was well known in the Vietnam War and WW2
The British Army was also doing the same
BUT I STILL LOVE ELVIS - Every song i love - he could have released an album of Nursery Rhymes and i would have loved them all
There are so many levels to Elvis...don't let this time period and negative comments/misinformation sway you. This is the same Elvis but with health problems that WERE NOT related directly to 'drug abuse' but congenital. If only people knew the circumstances concerning this concert in particular it would blow their minds....he kept evolving even though people just want to say 'he doesn't look good I can't watch'...that's a selective fan and shallow. The more you put the pieces together that is Elvis, the more it will make sense. PEACE!
Yes they were, all except his glaucoma in one eye.
Those last few years he was in hospital 6 times under the guise of exhaustion, trying to get him off the prescription drugs. He was his own worst enemy, at the end a full blown addict.
So so very sad 😪
He had so much more to give ❤
Elvis is the best there’s no one like him they will never be anyone like him he had a beautiful voice the charisma he had everything
After Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, the African American newspaper, the Chicago Defender explained that: “When Elvis Presley breathed his last breath and the press hailed him as the ‘King of Rock,’ Ol’ Man River cried out, ‘Naw he ain’t! My friend Chuck Berry is the King of Rock. Presley was merely a Prince who profited from the royal talent of a sovereign ruler vested with tremendous creativity. Had Berry been white, he could have rightly taken [Presley’s] throne and worn his crown well.’”
He will always be the king he went through alot from the late 60s until his death this concert was one of his best that year
your very right on!!
love elvis
My goodness you're just as beautiful as the song itself! 😍🔥
Thank-you 10 1977... are you a libra also? you have such a beautiful heart :)
@@KristinKali Yes I am! So was my mother. She used to say that to me also 😊 Libra's (I've noticed) feel drawn to others with a good heart and character like yourself. ❤️
Wow! That is powerful! Thank-you for sharing ❤️
@@KristinKali you're very welcome 😊 ❤️
He died a few weeks after that concert. I love that performance.
The emotion into the song was unparalleled
Just before Elvis left the building.
Amazing performance just 6 weeks before his death .. sad to see him in that condition
He loved his fans so much that even when he was sick he still gave his all for them..........fact He was scared to go out and perform but he did it for his loving fans with his father by his side as well, Elvis died at 42 just like his mom who he loved so much.
No, his mother was 46 when she died
@@billygustafsson19 Thank you for that information appreciated it.
He never lost that powerful voice !
My grandparents went to several of Elvis's concerts in the turn of the 70's, and they remember when this special came out and it broke their hearts to see their favorite singer, actor in such a state barely able to breath, confused, I tried to show them this clip they made it about 10 seconds before they said shut it off, we don't want to remember him that way it hurts too much.
😨 Awww.. that is understandable. It truly is hard to see a loved one so unlike themselves.. Elvis truly have his all .. he loved with his whole heart ♥️
Greatest voice ever. Listen to his catalog. Perfection.
Elvis was bigger than all of them. He was first in just about everything. The biggest recording artist of all. Gospel music amazing too!
Hewas on his edge.
He was singing that to he beloved momma, telling her that is so weary and would join her in rest very soon and he did.
This was awesome yet sad,Elvis can sing his ass off even in his worst of times..this was towards the end and the drugs had it to where he could barely talk,but he could still sing.
This was totally heart wrenching.. I felt at a loss.. I did not know how soon he died after this.. but wow.. it was not long
Maybe the most heartbreaking footage of Elvis ever. I remember my mother crying when they showed «Elvis In Concert» on TV. This footage was not in that TV-Special, but it is from the same, his last, tour. This goes to show how fast things can go really wrong. The only place he should have been in June 1977, was in hospital, not on stage performing. He was, mentally and physically, totally lost at this point, and his death was logical. The madness of it all is that he was preparing for a new, sold-out tour, starting August 17th, in Portland, Maine. In hindsight, what on earth were the people around him thinking..?
EXACTLY!! There were so many clear signs! Why Elvis got to this point is 🤷🏻♀️🥺 just insane to me
@@KristinKali
He was being worked like a donkey by Parker his manager, Parker was getting 50% of all Elvis's earnings and wasting it all on gambling, he was addicted and losing hundreds of thousands of dollars nightly.
Elvis did sack him earlier but found he couldn't cope without him, he later pleaded with Parker to take him back, hence the 50% of his earnings.
You could see he wasn't well here, for whatever reason.
If you have a connection to him, as millions of us have, called love, this hurts so much to watch, 42 years old, and a few weeks later he was dead. ❤
@@jennywren7822 omg.. omg Jenny.. that makes me sick to my stomach!! Talk about a heartless person!! Parker doing that to such a good man is disgusting and DISAPPOINTING!! Omg!! ☹️ I never understood why ppl treat others like this over money? Can’t they earn there own money? Poor Elvis.. he knew he did not have long.. he gave all he had to his fans before he left 🥺
@@KristinKali
Kristin there's a huge amount of Elvis's life good and bad, on here and books.
If you've got time do look, I'm afraid it has been acknowledged now Elvis died of an overdose of prescription drugs he was addicted.
He had no life he was trapped inside Graceland and his touring. He didn't want to be Elvis Presley anymore and the life he had, this is where the rumours came from, that he was still alive.
A book was being published from members of his entourage the Memphis mafia who had been sacked by Vernon his father, telling what really happening with the prescription drugs etc, Elvis died a few days before the book came out. Make of that what you will.
I'm 74 now and discovered Elvis at the pictures when I was 14 in GI Blues, fell in love immediately and saw it 11 times in two weeks.
The most handsome man to walk this earth ❤
@@KristinKali
Theres something you may want to watch on here called ELDERS REACT TO ELVIS PRESLEY.
You'll see then what he meant to millions of us all over the world, I'm from England, and still do ❤
My mother was such a fan of Elvis! Kept his obit for over thirty years!
Great and honest reactions of yours!!!
Elvis was a beautiful soul who loved his fans and always gave his all in his shows. With close to 1k recordings in his portfolio it is plain to see his love for the music as well and a side note he originally wanted to be a Gospel singer.
Well said!! im lucky to have so many of Elvis's long time fans... to come and help me learn what a true talent and artist this man was... and how he was also a good man who loved people of every color
Go listen to Elvis singing in the Getto just listen he saw into the future
That person next to him was his good friend Charlie Hodge. He was Elvis's best friend, and harmony singer. Charlie loved Elvis. And Elvis loved him. He was one of the few people Elv.is could confide in until his passing
The looks and smiles to the audience, just like a little boy being good, he was worried he wouldn't be remembered, how wrong he was.
I get upset still to watch this, it doesn't get any better, his last performance and he was giving his all.
Unrecognisable from 7 years earlier, the prescription drugs were taking over his life, its a miracle he lived so long.
R.I.P Me Presley you'll be the G.O.A.T ❤
No, this was not his last performance. June 26, 1977, Indianapolis was his last performance.
will always b the best.. will always be in our hearts... will always b the KING.... ♥️❤♥️🇮🇪
I don't know any women with blue hair, or men either, just you. You nailed it with your review. Elvis was at the end of the line and he knew it. He was a warrior for his fans. He will never be replaced or duplicated. You gave a great review, thank you.
Thank-you for listening ☺️and for your kind words Dennis
@@KristinKali No, ... thank you.
Most heartfelt and insightful reaction video to an Elvis performance I've seen yet.... kudos to you
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I've only been a fan of Elvis in my later years, but hearing his passion and seeing his dedication to people has given me such a respect and admiration for him. He was a true artist. Just equaled by anyone.
You are really beautiful inside too. So genuine. Respect from finland!
your right baby he wasn't well, and well aware of it. but he loved the stage. he knew the grave wasn't long.