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Please consider watching my reaction after this one, I had a change of heart once I learned more ** czcams.com/video/6mDSg0hKJNs/video.html ***
My love. We are all learning about each other after all this time. My eyes are useless if my mind is blind.â€ïžâ€ïžâ€ïž
My first thought was to be pissed off about your assumption about Elvis' background without even looking into it. And I realized I was judging without knowing your life. And as most people of wealth come from wealth, while your assumption was still not fair, it wasn't unreasonable. Kudos to you for learning from the comments, and I'll keep trying to get things right, myself. 8-)
Elvis grew up in Memphis Tennessee⊠extremely poor
Iâm not surprised you got attacked in your comments by all these people with no discernment
FINALLY.!! I was scrolling and scrolling looking for someone who had can reaction with a critical mind.
So many generations have been groomed to be emotional / have a victim mindset.
Itâs sad because Elvis really paved the way in brainwashing the masses.
Especially with this demonic song.
All these people in your comments are absolutely brainwashed.
The programming from Hollywood has been nothing but detrimental,
look how things situations in âthe ghettoâ have significantly gotten worse.
These celebs are puppets, be it Elvis Billie eilish or whoever they use as a tool to put you under hypnosis.
You are 100% right when you imply that this doesnât feel right, because it isnât.
Donât let the devil come up in your comments and manipulate to question your morality.
This comment section is full of the illusion of this âkingâ that came from the ghetto.
You donât come from nothing and become Elvis, trust your gut, this world we live in is evil,
âLet me pull on the heart strings and tell people in the ghetto how they feel.
This is not what we should have been listening to and on a subconscious level it had ramifications..
and the the corruption continues to b3 a success because of people that fail to have eyes to see,
I love that you questioned this.
Please continue to think for yourself.
Iâm sad to see the devil stil alive and well having these people under serious hypnosis.
El = High as in ELohim, Elevate, Elect,
Vis = relates to view or face as in Vision, Vista , Visual, Visor
Thus , El vis = ' Face of God ' or Vision of the High
He became an Icon . A king . Worshipped like a God by many
@@JohnYaabutt Well he was doing the exact same thing, making blind unfair assumptions about how Elvis grew up and being negative about a very heartfelt song about poverty and the ghetto. As if you are not allowed to write a song that cries out for people in poverty unless you are from the ghetto/hood. That is incredibly lame and short sighted imo. But thankfully he changed his mind after learning more about it. So kudos.
Elvis grew up dirt ass poor. He lived in public housing
And lived in poverty. That is why he was so generous with his money. He could live with and he could live without. This song is about the cycle that continues over and over.
Thats true
You say that there is no way he was from the ghetto, well you are totally wrong bruv he was so poor he was too poor to be called poor. He was from the ghetto and grew up in a black community and went to a gospel church. He love everyone as long as they were not racist or treated anyone bad, as soon as he met you he treated you as family. He knew about the ghetto because he came from there. Deepest respect
Elvis grew up dirt poor like me , so he do know what he's singing about . But he was singing about the black struggle , even tho he ain't black , and didn't know what that's like . He still tried to shine a light on that out of caring about it . I got respect for u for asking folks to enlighten u on that . Because sum people just judge him without knowing a dam thing about him , and assume that just because he's white he don't know about heartbreak and struggling . So this was a sincere vid reaction , so I got respect for u đ
Props to Mac Davis for writing this.
Mac Davis wrote this song and nobody wanted to touch it because they feared ending their career. Everyone tried to sway Elvis from it but he actually was from the ghetto and he insisted on doing the song. He wanted his white audience to hear this message. He grew up the poorest of the poor near black neighborhoods. He went to bed hungry plenty of nights. He didn't own shoes until he was like 9 years old. He was being very sincere in this song.
Kristina Spears The no shoes is not true...His parents always made sure Elvis has what he needed and they would go without if need be.
Contrary to widespread belief, if strictly following the one drop rule, Elvis would not qualify as a white person, having native American (Cherokee) heritage on both the Smith (his mother) and Presley (his father) sides of his family tree.
Thank You!
When you said, owning shoes. White farm boy only had hand-me-down shoes, wore them only to church. Barefoot was every day. Hand-me-down shoes when started school. Life was great as a child, never hungry.
You said exactly what I wanted to say. Thank you!
Elvis refused to play in concert in the new Houston Astrodome because they told him that he could "leave the black girls at home." Elvis told them that if the Sweet Inspirations didn't play he wouldn't play. So the Sweet Inspirations got to ride in the convertible before all the fans just like the rest of the band got to. You know I never realized it before I read some of the comments below, but the reason Elvis looked a little nervous singing the song (1970) is because he was probably worried somebody was going to do a hit job on him for being an "N-lover" and yes, look at the old footage from the 1950s, they called Elvis that very same thing and other bad things because he sang too much like black artists at the time.
Right on Man!!!
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My Father called him that! My Mother adored him!
Whitney Houston's mom was in the Sweet Inspirations. She loved Elvis.
Elvis was born and raised in poverty. He lived in the hood up till he got famous. He never forgot where he came from. I'd advise you to watch and react to Elvis And The Black Community-The Echo Will Never Die. It'll explain things more about who Elvis really was a man.
Elvis had a very generous heart. He never forgot his roots no matter how much money he made from his singing career. He frequently gave people gifts of brand new Cadillacs! He paid for another singerâs hospital bill who was down on his luck. He bought his cook her own house. He saw a poor old lady on the news who needed a wheelchair and he bought one for her. Somebody told him she didnât even know who he was and he said it didnât matter at least she knew someone cared. When he was scheduled to perform at the Houston Astrodome, they told him he couldnât bring his black back-up singers and he told them if theyâre not welcome then Iâm not coming either. All of a sudden, the ladies were welcomed with opened arms.
Elvis grew up in the ghetto in Mississippi and Memphis. He spent his days at a friends house that was black. Grew up going to black churches and singing in the choir. The house where his friend lived Elvis bought, fixed it up and gave it to a struggling single black mother and also a car and money. The dude was special. He also had a song written for him âif I can dreamâ to honor MLK jr. Elvis was very involved with MLK. Whitney Houston mom was a backup singer for Elvis. She said he paid above any singer they sang for, he gave them cars, refused to sing at places that âhis girlsâ wasnât invited and forced them to give them more of a royal treatment than he got. In the ghetto is another song he had written to bring the spotlight to help black Americans plight to the forefront. He was beat down for it and he didnât care. Cissy Houston said after shows Elvis would come in with her group and sit for hours talking and singing gospels just with them. She said she loved him and he was the most honorable man she ever met.
Elvis was born very poor in Tupelo, Mississippi and moved to Memphis when he was 14.
Elvis was an incredibly kind and generous man. He bought cars and houses for all of his staff and donated the entire proceeds of some of his concerts to build cancer wards. Elvisâs wonderful backing singers were often subjected to racism and Elvis wouldnât tolerate it.
I'm not sure if you noticed, but the "child" in this song has no "race" attached to it.
Thank YOU!
YEAH, FOR MEXICANS/LATINS IS 'THE BARRIO' instead of ghetto, SO IF HE HAD SAID, ;IN THE BARRIO' WE KNEW IT WAS ABOUT US.
Good point
Elvis is a humble country boy from Memphis who grew up poor. His dad was in prison for writing bad checks to feed his family. He didn't see color, this song is for all who struggle. This beautiful soulful man sang with his GOD given talent, he didn't like being called the King, he knew there was only one King. I love Elvis, always have always will.
VERY WELL SAID WITH SUCHâ€
Some facts: Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in a 1 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was half of an identical twin; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn and buried in a shoebox (now at Graceland, there's a commemorative plaque for him near Elvis' grave). He always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. The family moved to Memphis when Elvis was 13. Mac Davis wrote In the Ghetto, here's a clip where he talks about it czcams.com/video/WGSnTfRJlCY/video.html and more info on the song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Ghetto
Jaye Ginn FYI Jesse was buried in an unmarked grave in the Princeville Cemetery in Tupelo. Never moved to Graceland. He is still there and the plaque is commentating.
@@RJsStudio131 Yeah, I know, that's what I said: there's a plaque at Graceland for Jesse Garon, not a grave. Nobody knows for sure where Jesse Garon was buried, as nobody of the family was present. Vernon was 3 months shy of his 19th birthday and stayed with Gladys, then 3 months shy of her 23rd birthday, caught between happiness over one son and grief over the other. Elders of the church they attended took the stillborn away in a shoebox to bury it. Vernon never visited the unmarked grave. Both Gladys and Elvis were first buried elsewhere, before being reburied at Graceland. czcams.com/video/DxwTZ6gT-mk/video.html
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Elvis was from the Ghetto in Tupelo and he wanted to send a message. At that time in 1969 it took lots of courage to record a message song like this so bravo to The King.
Elvis is from the poor, white populace of the south @ a time that tensions were starting to rise, and was one of the first artists who brought both "sides" together with his music. He is GOAT, man. The King of Rock will never die when his music still speaks he truth.
Elvis is responsible for showing black music and culture to the world, he made it acceptable to appreciate blues and gospel in 1956 in a time when every thing was black and white. Elvis made every thing color.
You're not really doing justice to Elvis here. "Black music" was already in the mainstream with guys like Chuck Berry. The same people who hated Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, and other rock musicians hated Elvis, too (aka old and conservative white people). The difference with Elvis was his sex symbol status due to his looks and dancing, not to mention his completely unique voice.
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When Elvis was very young his dad was put into a chain gang in prison sentenced for two years for forging a 200 hundred dollar check. He also lived in the projects.
He was picked on a lot in high school for being very different.
He had a lot of empathy for others, he understood.
Elvis lived in the project's in Memphis until he got famous, around 20 years old. This was not written by Elvis by another songwriter. Elvis grew up extremely poor, his father did time at Parchman Mississippi in the forties. 2 men that Elvis admired was Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy. After MLK was assassinated in Memphis Elvis wanted a song written to speak about what was happening in the world at that time. "If I Can Dream " was recorded by Elvis in 1968. Please listen to it. He used his platform to shed light on the injustice going on in the world.
Elvis was born in Poverty, lower than the GETTO, why do most think only one race can live in the "ghetto?" Elvis did a song for MLK because he was devastated when he heard about him. I realize you are younger than myself, a great grandmother, but racism comes from all skin colors, speaking of "only the background singers" speaks to me in a negative way, I am sorry but this is why we want see CHANGE. We must #StandAs1 We are all ONE if we stand as one. Written with all due respect, Our world needs CHANGE
From another Barbara - Well said!
Change can & will only happen when we ALL stand as 1 together!!
Early Elvis on TV was actually censored because he was "too sexual" on stage with his hips!!
It was a live TV show and the censors were screaming at the camera guys to "GO CLOSE UP ON HIS FACE, DO NOT PAN OUT!!"
Elvis was in Memphis when Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated and he was horrified!!
I remember my parents telling me when i got a little older, what a great man--actually 3 great men--had been assassinated in th 1960's.
JFK in 1963, then MLK & RFK in 1968. Senseless killing of 3 great men!!
The last 4 years have divided this country completely. It is now "us" or "dems!" Change will never happen when a leader does not want change!!
Amen!
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I sympathize with your message, but those in control have had us divided long before anyone alive today was even born. We need to stand together as one because we do hold the power, weâve just allowed it to be taken from us, thatâs all.
For one thing, we must turn off The Television Brainwashing Machine, because itâs nothing but lies. We need to educate ourselves to the reality of what has happened. The Right vs Left paradigm is one of the primary tools they use to keep us divided. Republicans & Democrats are different sides to the same coin, or two wings of the same bird. We have been lied to about the history of our country, as a matter of fact we are no longer a country. Our country was taken from us in 1871 & a corporation was put In its place of which we have today. It matters not who is the president because heâs not a leader & does as heâs told. Only a King, Queen, or Dictator is the leader of a country. A president is only the head or CEO of a corporation. All US Presidents are blood related through the British Crown except Martin Van Buren who was Dutch & the first president born in America. The primary stock holders or owners of said corporation, have a lot at stake & donât think for a moment theyâre going to let a bunch of yahooâs just vote in the next CEO to head their corporation. The Presidentâs have all been chosen before theyâve been born & the voting issue is a distraction & only for your entertainment. Voting has two primary purposes, first to give you the illusion you have a choice, YOU DO NOT! Second, by participating in this charade & casting your vote, youâre giving you consent for the charade to continue.
These are just a tiny fraction of the fraud & tyranny that has embellished us. Itâs only going to get worse from here on out & even faster now that theyâve created this scamdemic, which has been planned out long ago. Try to educate yourself about all you can & help others to learn. Thereâs not much time left, but remember we still can take back the power & restore it back to itâs rightful place with the people. First weâve got to band together & end this division theyâve created for us. As long as weâre divided, we lose.
exactly. poverty knows all races. not once does he mention race in the song. it's just that word ghetto has been linked to people of color by society. my fav is "If I can dream" because he recorded it after MLK's assassination. He was a big fan of MLK and it upset dearly when he was killed.
Elvis Presley was born in a two-room house without running water or electricity in East Tupelo, Mississippi during the great depression. The Presley family lived in poverty during the early years of Presley's life. They were on welfare and got help from their neighbors. The life in the Ghetto.
no other family ever to experienced the same EVER!!!!
Interesting reaction - yes, as you've noted, the vocals and production are outstanding. You think it odd that someone who's not from the ghetto is singing about it? Well, firstly, Mac Davis - who is white - wrote In The Ghetto because, as a child, he was friends with a little Black boy and he couldn't understand why that boy had to live where he lived.
In The Ghetto remains a song with a strong statement and the message is, sadly, timeless. The cycle still continues to this day.
As for Elvis, he was born dirt-poor in 1935 and as poverty and crime is the theme of the song, I'm sure he could relate on some level - especially as his father Vernon Presley was jailed for forging a cheque in order to feed his family.
In 1969, this was an unusual song for someone of Elvis' stature and he had misgivings; it wasn't a "safe" subject and would it sound right coming from a millionaire? A white one at that? But Elvis cared enough about In The Ghetto to spend 23 takes getting it absolutely right.
You say you like The Righteous Brothers? Well, Bill Medley turned down In The Ghetto. His loss.
Elvis went to Mac to help him with a song to put a spotlight on the issue. Of course Mac was the ultimate song writer at the time. While Elvis didnât write his music he always had others who wrote them do so on his idea, like he did with if I can dream that he written for MLK. I grew up watching Elvis. He took a lot of flack for his civil rights activism. Love your take as well. I am confused about why Elvis being white he canât care about civil rights issues. Not long before Elvis died Mac Davis said Elvis was talking to him about writing another civil rights song. He said months before Elvis died in 1977 that Elvis was still depressed about MLKâs murder. I also agree that even if Elvis was born rich, why should it matter. It never ceases to amaze me how Elvis probably gave away 3/4ths of the money he made, and a majority to black Americans. The guy was as genuine as any person ever born and caught flack, from the idiot side of the white community. 51 years later his motives are being questioned from people in the black community who loved and admired him during his time. Itâs a crazy world we live in today.
Gooneress....Great, great comment! Just like the old saying..Never Judge a Book by its Cover! If we don't know someone's story, who are we to assume that to which they speak about or sing, in this case, how or why it relates to them! And as someone said, why would it matter if he were born rich, if he's aware of an issue, that he's singing about & someone doesn't know his story(which in his case he could relate and wasn't born rich)who's to say, that he hasn't done good and lent a helping hand for which he is singing about?! Which in this case, he had and he did care! He was very generous and people were equal! God Bless!
@@ShannyShan20 This reaction sums up why some had misgivings about performing the song in the first place. To the reactor's eternal credit, he continued listening to Elvis and even reviewed the song again.
@@Gooneress Yes exactly! And he did do another one which I was happy about until I watched it and at the end he was still having these unresolved, I guess u could say, feelings about it still, which again, ended up bothering me! Because I just don't get what he is bothered by. Is it the *white man who really doesnt get it* aspect or the *ghetto aspect, where even if he was dirt floor poor, which he was and lived on the wrong side of the tracks, which he did, it still doesn't qualify him singing this song* or *the rich man and he couldn't possibly understand* aspect, even though he was one of the most charitable celebrities ever...I really don't get what he is still struggling with. And furthermore, the ghetto doesn't necessarily mean black only and the song doesn't specify, so that right there is throwing out a sort of *backhanded prejudice* in a way on his part, because all races can live or have lived in *the ghetto. But Elvis was a white man who did live in the ghetto, was concerned about the poor and needy, cared about people of all races and this was a song he could relate to and that had a purposeful meaning to him, not to mention, did good things with his riches! So, I just don't get this reactors' conflict. I mean, I appreciate that he is trying to learn more and educate himself, but just the fact that he can't really pinpoint what gives him these somewhat negative feelings, about this song, which basically has a powerful meaning when u just look at it that way...So to me, it's kinda sad that he feels that way. Hopefully he gets it eventually. Take care!
Thank you...
Yes he knew what he was singing about, from Mississippi, dirt poor born in a shack, moved to Memphis into government housing, he knew hard times, drove a truck until the day he cut his first record in Sun Studio in Memhis, he was told not to perform this song it was too controversial at the time, he refuse to give in to this advice, thought the message was worth it. So don't judge him about singing this song, he wanted to send an important message during a very volatile time for the Civil Rights Movement.
Elvis was so poor his first 13 years that when his family moved int Memphis into the government housing, it was a step up. So, yeah, Elvis was from the getto.
I think many Elvis song's are about people not having much at all growing up....when I listen to 'In the Ghetto'....my tears are from the way Elvis sings the song....I was 10 yrs. old when this song came out my Mother would play it often.
Elvis could relate in a big way!!âĄâĄ
He was not brought up to be a racist or mean in any way!
Elvis gone too soon
RIP âĄâĄ
He was raised in poverty but he never forgot his roots! He didn't have to do this song but he did it!
Just singing a song and telling the truth.....Elvis just showed the vicious cycle of life. He had first hand experience.....he grew up in it....!
He was using his platform, man.
No, Elvis was from a dirt poor family that lived in a shack.
@@Strider91 ...and also using his platform once he wasnât poor anymore.
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Sorry, what's wrong about it?
This is wrong? Why?
Well, looks like you changed the original post from "privilege" to "platform" so I retract my previous statement due to the fact it no longer makes sense đ
Our boy was from Tupelo. His family were considered trash. His African American childhood friend Sam Bell said "he was looked down upon, we felt sorry for him". Shake Rag was poor section of Tupelo. John L Hooker territory.
Elvis grew up in the projects. Dirt poor. Never forgot where he came from.
I'll bet he was a little Hellian too! I can see him getting into all kinds of trouble as a kid. In the Doc, he says, "I hung out in places my parents didn't know about, If Momma had known half of what I did, there'd been hell to pay"
Elvis From South Memphis Lol & Before That He Stayed In Mississippi In A Black Neighborhood
Actually, downtown Memphis. Graceland is in south Memphis.
And you're right: in Tupelo, he lived IN black neighborhoods, and as a 'tween, his friends were black. He was the only one, though, interested in music. The other little boys liked to play baseball, and Elvis never seemed interested in that particular sport. Sometimes, it puzzled people. But they all played together every day after school. Except that he didn't care for baseball. His father built a treehouse for everyone. All the kids were black. They couldn't go to school together. Elvis had a rough time in school. He was bullied because of where he lived and because he wore overalls and was frequently barefoot, especially in 6th grade.
Elvis Presley was born so poor that the black families nearby sent them food. His dad was jailed for forging a check to buy food for the family. Public housing in the ghetto was a step up for the family from the two room tar-paper shack he was born in. Elvis was huge-the first white man to sing black music in a black style-the birth of rock and roll which made this country's music scene unified. He was no privileged white man singing about the ghetto. His feelings were real.
He recorded it in 1969 a time of great civil unrest in America he came from poverty he felt it needed to be sung he did about 800 songs in his career I couldn't pick 3 it's just impossible If I can dream, Suspicious minds, Polk salad Annie, Walk a mile in my shoes Jailhouse rock you'll get a lot more requests to me he is the Goat I come from England stay safe đ·â
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@@RAHONLYFAM I hear you. Have to question an artist pushing a serious message... have to question their connection to the message. But in Elvis case you need to know that he was raised in what many people back then considered.. the ghetto.
This is a fact that has been documented by some of the older black folks that knew Elvis and his parents as a child in Tupelo Mississippi.
They spoke about how Elvis and his parents were a friend to the black community at a time when other white folks were not.
Elvis spent quite a deal of time bonding with his non-white play mates and their families in their homes throughout his childhood.
People like Sam Bell haven't given many interviews talking about this ( if you ever have the time you might feel like Googling his name)
Unlike a lot of other white artists of Elvis era - Elvis didn't come to Black Culture just through music... he actually was *part of* black community and black community was part of him.
I'll tell you the man had some pushback from close-minded bigoted folks back in 1969 for him wanting to do this song, but Elvis chose to do it anyway.
And he knew some of his white fans and followers needed to think about the lyrics--- -
"Well take a look at you and me.
Are we too blind to see?
Or do we simply turn our heads and look the other way?"
I always respected that he did this song in light of the fact that some white people were trying to tell him Not to do it.
On personal note I can tell you I spent time talking with Rahman Ali (Muhammad Ali's brother). Among many other things we talked about, we got on the subject of Elvis and Muhammad friendship, and Rahman told me how much he and Muhammad respected the hell out of Elvis for doing songs like this.
Lot of people slept on this powerful song over the years. Glad to see you do a reaction to this one
Music historian here. Presley came from a dirt poor family, just across from an equally broke black community in Tupelo, Mississippi. He lived in a two-room house that his parents built themselves. Just a few years later they'd have to move due to lack of payments. It was hearing gospel and the blues that first influenced the young Elvis. He came up together with the black community in churches throughout the south, typically Baptist. He opened a lot of doors at a time you could easily get killed for even singing the music he did. Death threats and threats of prison were challenges throughout his early career in the 50s and 60s. He later honors Dr Martin Luther King with the song "If I Can Dream" to end a TV program called '68 Comeback Special when the nation was crying out due to all the rioting and assassinations of the 60's decade. Performed soon after Robert Kennedy's Assassination. Elvis would have been a hell of a modern day social warrior, but he never got political. His music was his platform, but so was his offstage actions and generosity, which are pretty well documented. Lived by bringing people together through music. Huge heart. Rebel. Tidbit: Whitney Houston's mom, Cissy Houston sang backup with Elvis.
He moved from Tupelo when he was 8 to Memphis
Proud Tennessee Girl Trump 2Q2Q it was in 1948 when he was 13
what dont you get? It was the BLM of its time. he was bringing awareness to the black community. yes, Elvis was living in the ghetto, his parents were poor. He attended the black church, that's how he was inspired, listening and loving the gospel music. Research his life.
This song was written by Mac Davis and released by Elvis in 1969. He knew the struggles of poverty and was always compassionate and ready to reach out. He starred in a movie called Change of Habit that also focused on inner city poverty. It wasn't what the public expected from him but it was darn good. I'm glad to see the younger generations appreciating him.
He grew up in poor poverty in Mississippi and. Memphis he was from poor.
Because of how poor Elvis was when he grew up, and how rich and famous he became later, he was the most generous person you could meet. If you complimented something he had or wore, there was a good chance he would gift it to you. He gave away vehicles, jewelry, anything.
And yah, man, you can pull off those chops, haha!
Do Elvis 1968 Comeback Special video- Either âTrying To Get To Youâ or â Lawdy Miss Clawdyâ.
And, "If I Can Dream". Last song on the show. Elvis in a white suit. Every word felt and meant. I remember watching it on TV. It needs to be played over and over nowadays!
Elvis grew up in Tupelo MS ... in a house with dirt floors .... he knew what that life was about ... poor as dirt !
Elvis was born in a 2 room shotgun shack his dad and uncle built in East Tupelo that some called "the roughest town in north Mississippi " they lost the shotgun house in 1938 when Elvis's father and 2 other men went to the state penitentiary to serve 8 months for altering a $4 check. His twin brother was stillborn and his mother almost died because they couldn't afford to go to the hospital
Elvis Grew up in the ghetto in Mississippi. Song about the oppressed people living in the ghetto. He used his platform to bring it to people attention
Great reaction altho it showed your prejudgement without any knowledge, but it also showed your will to inform yourself.
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Three 6 Mafia built a rap song around this Elvis song.
I'd love to see someone do a reaction of In the Ghetto Three 6 Mafia. Btw, there is also a version with Tupac . Definitely worth reacting to.
Elvis started the blue eyed soul music. He paved the way for Tower of Power, Righteous Brothers, and Rare Earth.
He's singing about breaking the cycle of poverty, crime, death and doesn't want people to turn away while the world turns.
Elvis was born in the ghetto in Tupelo, in a 2 bedroom shotgun shack. Elvis was that poor that black families feed him fact!!
Elvis was rural poor. The kind of poor where you have just one pair of pants -that someone else wore before you.
Elvis from Tupelo and family was always on the bread line grew up around poor people and this song meant something to him
ELVIS BORN IN THE GHETTO IN MEMPHIS ,HIS MANAGER DIDNT WANT HIM TO SING THIS SONG IN LAS VAGAS ,HE SANG IT ,THEY DIDNT WANT HIM TO BRING THE BLACK GIRL SINGERS HE SAID IF THEY DONT SING I DONT SING.
First video when someone had the guts to say what he wants to say. And you had the guts to listen to others opinions, based on facts. I'm in Paris, France. There 's interacial tension, so there's absolutely a need to talk. I suscribe because I don't need a fake reaction. I don't agree with all you said, but I preferred a man telling his truth than someone who' s saying what he needs to say just to please the crowd. I'm not from the ghetto, but I was homeless three years in my life.Even if you hadn't be homeless, you got the right to talk or to sing about the homeless. I suggest If I can dream by Elvis. Anyway, congrats for this reaction.
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Elvis grew poorer than many poor people these days
Elvis was dirt poor as a child and knew what it was like to be hungry. I don't think he had a troubled time. But differently a hungry and struggling time for him and his parents.
Elvis was from Tupelo Mississippi. Born in a wooden shack the wrong side of the tracks
Yes, he was from the ghetto. Several, in fact. He came from extreme poverty. He lived in black neighborhoods in Tupelo, MS as a child. Don't feel weird: he lived it. Here's the story. The song was cut in January, 1969 in Memphis, TN, his hometown. In the ghetto.
He was born in a shotgun shack in the "townlette" of East Tupelo, MS, where they sequestered the poor whites from Tupelo proper. (Later, Elvis lived in two different black ghettos in Tupelo before they moved to Memphis when he was 13. He grew up in a municipal housing project. The corner where they were placed was right next to the black section and he had to deal with bullying and slurs because of it. One time some kid used the n-word and Elvis lost it: the kid was gushing blood like a geyser before they pulled Elvis off him. {From the book "Swamp Rock." Very cool read. Highly recommended!})
And although he was an only child (his twin died at birth), his parents still always had a hard time feeding and clothing him. Why was it *so* hard with an only child? Read on.
When Elvis was 2 years old and winter was coming, his young father was engaged in a dispute with his agricultural landlord about the price of a hog. Vernon Presley had raised a piglet into a possible prize hog. And he really needed the money. The landlord (and employer, both) gave him 4 bucks for it. Vernon, his brother-in-law, and another young man altered the check to either 14 or 40 dollars. They didn't know how a bank worked. Vernon spent six months in the Lee County Jail before being sentenced to Parchman Farm State Penitentiary in the Mississippi delta region. He did 8 months before receiving a conditional suspension of sentence, the conditions of which lasted through his little boy's 4th birthday: Vernon had to PROVE his worth to the community before they'd agree not to put him back in Parchman on a deadline date. This was a terrible, and world-forming event for Elvis, a toddler at the time. And his father was forever an ex-con. Because he needed clothes and food for his baby over the winter.
When they moved to Memphis, the family lived in run-down boarding houses before getting a spot in a public housing project. Although segregated, the Presleys lived very close to the black section once again. He grew up a city kid, with a keen interest in music. By 17, he had a beat-up but functioning old car, and had a little freedom to roam. He checked out Beale St., attended a black church (as he had in Tupelo in their last years there), and discovered R&B music and The Flamingo club. He listened to WDIA and WHBQ, enjoying the sounds that were already very familiar sounds to him. He came by it honest. This was from where he lived as a child.
Eventually, he started making personal demos at a recording service. As they say, the rest is history. His military service interrupted his music and film career. He was drafted - and it was clearly targeted to get rid of him. But he came back; they couldn't destroy him. And after a long string of lightweight movies he didn't want to do, he came back again, this time with a ROAR! (See "1968 Comeback Special.")
But, yes, Elvis Presley certainly lived in the ghetto, several different ones, through the time he cut his first commercial record while still a teenager. Although he didn't write the song, he pretty much *lived* the song. And I think you can hear that in his voice.
The only question that remains is this. Did he ever really "escape" the wounds of poverty with which he grew up. I leave that to your ongoing listening. I request that you play "If I Can Dream" and if you get a chance, an album cut called "Long Black Limousine."
"In The Ghetto" was recorded at American Sound Studio in his hometown of Memphis, TN in very early 1969. Everything at those sessions was classic! And that studio wasn't far from where his family first lived in Memphis. In the ghetto.
Others will provide suggestions, I think. Thank you for your reaction and your questions.
Thank u! đŻ I appreciate the info
@@RAHONLYFAM You're most welcome!
If I can dream is amazing and a tribute to MLK and JFK and all those who fought in Vietnam and Elvisâ desire that we all get along.
@@kymesue9575 I think you mean RFK, who died about 2 months after MLK was killed.....đ!
@@inekebaalman3320 No It was for MLK thats why it is called if i can dream
What don't you know about? A man speaking truths about what happens in the ghetto? Whether it's an outside perspective or not what he's saying is things that happened then and still happen today. Sorry if that upsets you. If he wrong let us know.
Great reaction.
If you think you grew up poor, Elvis Presley grew up 10 times poorer than you ever did.
He grew up in the poor ghettos of Mississippi... and bruh even if he was talking about the ghettos in an outside perspective, the lyrics he wrote still ring true to problems that are persisting in inner city neighborhoods.....
Elvis grew up on a small share cropper parcel, 8 acres, near Tupelo, Mississippi. The lands were own by Enid Charles. Mr Charles was 77 when Elvis was born in 1935. Mr Charles became Elvis' best friend until his death in 1951. Mr Charles was born a slave in Georgia the son of a house servant mother and the son of her owner, had joined the Army at 16 and fought through out the West in the Mexican and Indian Wars of the 1870s-1910s. He was a light skinned man, with dark European features.
He told Elvis about his growing up as a slave and then his mother not knowing how to go on after gaining her freedom and about his adventures in the old West. He taught Elvis how to play a guitar. There was always rumors that Mr Charles was Elvis' father as his parents were both very fair and Elvis had such dark features. Mr Presley also treated Elvis very harshly while treating his other children a lot better.
The Presleys were the the poorest of the poor. White share croppers, working the land for a Black land owner. 8 families worked Mr Charles' land 7 Black families and the Presleys. The children of all 8 families grew up together. Elvis had a hard time in school because he lived with blacks. He was much poorer than most in America's urban ghettos. At 13 the family moved to Memphis, but Elvis kept ending up back in Tupelo, he said you are a lot richer being poor in the country than you are being poor in the city.
Elvis was devastated when Mr Charles passed and started causing a lot of trouble, dropped out of school and took a job driving a produce truck to support his mother (his father often took off for extended periods). He drove to either Tupelo or Columbus and back Memphis nearly everyday.
He saved $5 to make a record for his mother's birthday, the producers at Sun records, home of rockers Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty and Waylon Jennings, like the record and got it on Memphis radio stations and the rest was history.
And yes Cissy Houston, Whitney's mother sang backup for Elvis for many years.
Before Memphis Elvis grew up in Tupelo during the 40s he learned gospel, and rhythm and bluez from Shake Rag district he was one of them (John Lee Hooker dedicated his song Tupelo to Elvis) after his family lost their house they moved to Memphis.
He grew up in a ghetto and attended a black Baptist church and sang in the choir. He really championed musicians/ artists of color and one of his back up singers was Whitney Houstonâs mom.
Does it matter if heâs from the ghetto or not, this song is beautiful regardless of where Elvis grew up!
He grew up Dirt Poor man!!!! & Never Forgot !
He grew up in a one room shotgun house in Tupelo,MS.....in the ghetto
He would secretly go to the black church down the road from his house cause his parents forbid him
I hope with your research you understand that Elvis did live in poverty. The most important line in the song to me .. â are we too blind to see?â He wanted to correct the wrongs. This song was one way he attempted to correct what was happening in the ghetto... Chicago ....
You didnât see it that way, so obviously it didnât work the way he wanted :(
Whitney Houston's mom was his back up singer here...he was from Tupelo Mississippi...from the ghetto....
I usually donât leave comments too much...but Elvis grew up poor...he had so much respect for the black community...he loved his southern gospel roots...he does not fake his sincerity for where he grew up and who he grew up with...thatâs why he had so much soul and sincerity in his music â€ïž
That's why he sings from the Gut!!!đ
From 1949 to 1952, the Presley family lived in the Lauderdale Courts low-income housing project in Memphis. They paid $35 a month in rent.
I appreciate the reaction. I find it interesting that someone doesnât want to give validity to someone âprotestingâ what goes on in the ghetto because they might not be from the ghetto. I feel this is why thereâs too much division. One doesnât have to live a situation to know it may be wrong. Good honest review, though.
Elvis grew up in Mississippi. His family was dirt poor. They lived in a one room shack.
He stood up for the poor, brought attention to the poverty in the ghetto, not sure what your issue is.
I truly enjoy the fact you are willing to look up the lyrics and the reason behind it it's a Mac Davis song who wrote it Elvis was born with a dirt floor that poor he's a first generation of the ghetto when he was a teenager it was a big risk for Elvis the sing the song it was his way of letting people know he never forgot where he came from he knew that life very well I respect the fact you didn't know that I hope you reacted more Elvis and see how far you ended up enjoy his songs
Elvis was great in studio, but absolutely amazing live!!
Thanks for all the love! In this video I asked for education on Elvis not condemned him.. think deeper than the surface. Preciate everyone who's enlightened me on Elvis life
FYI the song was actually written by Mac Davis, but Elvis grew up in extreme poverty so the song had great meaning for him.
Elvis grew up without shoes poor and lived in a shack house he gave away a lot of money to help the needy and poor of all colors as he seen and said we are Human....
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I understood that you were looking for information. You said it straight away.... Iâve watched alot of reaction videos 2 this song, most people, who reached to this video, connected to it. .. How do you feel, about it now, after learning some info?
When he was a kid they had a dirt floor in their house. It was bad . The dudes music is deep.
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Elvis grew up very poor, and I dont think he ever forgot what it was like to do without. His parents tried very hard to make sure his basic needs were met. His father once went to jail for forging a $4 check.. he knew first hand about living in the ghetto which only makes this song so special and the message so heartfelt. He stayed humble and caring no matter how much he had, he was very generous to everyone around him, fans included. He's still loved and missed to this day.. RIP Elvis
Yep. Elvis was from the Ghetto
Whitney Houston's mom was one of the Sweet Inspirations singing his backup.
Elvis was so beloved by the black community and black entertainers,he grew up dirt poor and grew up in the ghetto too. This was debut on June 27 1969. Thanks for sharing. Katie đđž
SAD stories of people living in the ghetto a vicious cycle
Elvis was a true AMERICAN hero....
Pays to look up the entertainers history before you play their songs. You would surely have known Elvis was born into an extremely poor time and family. More often then not. Most songs are not recorded because the artist lived the song. But liked the song and its message. Evaluate the song and the artist not rather they're qualified to sing a song because of their background or wealth.
Great song nonetheless. Good song selection my friend.
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Yep Elvis wasn't born and raised with a silver spoon
And didn't have a easy life
He made him self
The King by hard works
Of course he was not perfect he was human
Pain and rain was part of is life
But by a outsider you can't not tell .
He died trying to kill that pain R.I.P
MY FAVORITE SONG BY ELVIS
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2: The wonders of you
3: Cold Kentucky Rain
4: You gave me a mountain ...
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Keep your open mind and desire to learn and explore great music as no color No frontier and it's timeless
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Elvis grew up in a housing projects along with some others like Carl Perkins who wrote Blue Suede Shoes, it was housing for the very poor in Memphis. It was the Ghetto in Memphis.
Elvis was from the ghetto. His family struggled, he wasnât privileged. This song is still so relevant today.
He was dirt poor growing up. The song is still meaningful today. It is still going on. He was speaking on this back then
The powers-that-be said they didn't want him to sing this song or to record it. Elvis said he was going to record and he was going to sing it. So that's the name of that tune.
James Diano yeah. Sammy Davis Jr turned it down at first and thought of Elvis and recommended that he sing it. Being close friends he knew his background and thought he would be perfect. Sammy later did a cover. Check it out you tube. Very interesting version
His stage presence is one of a kind... But I prefer listening the studio version.. it is enigmatic
Elvis was from Memphis Tennessee the song is an outside view of what the person wrote this song saw and one of the best song he did was called if I could dream
Elvis was from the Ghetto...big time...he just lucky and climbed out..but he remembers the feeling.
Elvis grew up in the ghetto. He was loved by the black community. He also went to black church, where he love to listen to the praise and worship music. Elvis knew what it was like to struggle.
Elvis grew up dirt poor and he was a very humble person treated everybody with respect ,and very generous and gave back and never forgot where he came from
He Spoke & he came from the Ghetto !
Elvis was born in Tupelo Mississippi and grew up poor. His family moved to Memphis Tenn and still poor growing up in a poor neighborhood in public housing. His Dad did some time for trying to pass a check and his mom took in laundry for some money. He can relate to poor and tough times. He loved and recorded Gospel and also some message songs. this song was written during tough times in this country. a lot of performers passed on this song but elvis chose it and felt is was important to get out there to open hearts and minds. It was done with respect and taken serious and with concern.
Elvis released In The Ghetto in 1969. It was written by a singer / songwriter by the name of Mac Davis. Elvis was born in abject poverty in the deep south.
Yes Elvis was from the ghetto and grew up so poor for the first 13 years of his life and he sang this song from his heart
Because he knew the ghetto!
Elvis is from Memphis and grew up in the ghetto
Elvis was born dirt poor in Mississippi from birth til 1948 then lived in the housing projects in memphis from 1948-1954 until getting famous in 1955; he was sooooo upset over Martin luther juniors assassination he cried like a baby he admired him so much he recorded a tribute song IF I CAN DREAM
He was dirt poor.... the same as the "ghetto" in the South. His father was jailed for stealing food for the family.
Elvis was born in Tupelo, MS, in what's called a shotgun shack. A very small house, called that because you could could shoot a shotgun from the front door, out the back door, and not hit a wall. At a young age, his family moved to Memphis, TN, into the projects. Elvis went to inner city public schools, graduated Huhmes High School with predominately African American kids. Elvis loves their music, and the way they dressed. Though being from the deep south, Elvis didn't have a racist bone in his body. On the contrary, he reached across racial lines in his day to try to show love for all mankind. In The Ghetto was a song he released to try to bring awareness to the general public of the plight of people living in urban areas, such as Chicago, and try to bring understanding that the people living in those circumstances didn't need stereotyped. They needed to be understood, and pardon sounding condescending, but reached out to and helped. No parent wants to see a child suffer, or have to turn to stealing to satisfy hunger. Color doesn't matter. Parents are parents, and children are children. That was the message of the song.
Mac Davis wrote this song. This is what I found online for you. The backstory: "When Mac Davis was 5 or 6 years old, the esteemed Nashville songwriter couldn't understand why one of his best friends had to live in a bad part of town. He remembered that friend as he wrote "In the Ghetto," which Elvis Presley turned into a chart-topping hit in 1969." Mr. Davis also wrote "Don't Cry Daddy" for Elvis to sing and record as well.
Elvis was born in Tupelo, MO and grew up in Memphis, TN. In both cities, he grew up in poor neighborhoods which were predominantly black. He grew up in poverty and understands the streets. He wasn't born rich. His first singing experiences were at a local Baptist church in the choir. Check out "If I Can Dream" which he sang in 1968 a few months after the death of MLK whom he admired. He was friends with James Brown , BB King, Ali and others. Also, check out the video "Elvis and the Black Community".
Elvis wasn't from the ghetto but he was born dirt poor and lived most of his early life that way. According to testimony from friends Elvis was touched by the plight of black youth in poor urban areas. Making "In the Ghetto" was his way of trying to help by political statement. His efforts seemed sincere and it strikes me as a kind of reverse snobbishness to accuse otherwise just because he didn't go through the same kind of poverty!
The song was written by a country music guy name Mac Davis. Mac wanted to write a song about the cycle of poverty and how, when trapped in it is very difficult to get out. As everyone else here has said, Elvis was no stranger to extreme poverty as a child. His twin brother died at childbirth, something that haunted Elvis his entire life. Elvis' father, Vernon spent some time in the county jail for passing bad checks trying to put food on the table for his family. They were poor.
Yes Elvis was dirt poor growing up. His father was put in prison for one year for writing a bad check when Elvis was small. They lived in a Shack then they moved from Tupelo Mississippi to Memphis whenever Elvis was 14 to move into public housing in 1948. They didnât come out of poverty until Elvis made it big in 1956 when he was 21. Hello from Morganton North Carolina