#elvis thoughts

[wanderingelvis]

what makes y’all love elvis?

for me, it’s not even just him as the man, it’s the idea of elvis, it’s the legacy and what he represents and the culture he’s built.

for me, elvis is the embodiment of everything that we see today in popular culture, celebrity, the themes that lana del rey sings about, the coquette style, the easy 70s style, elvis has influenced EVERYTHING. and that adds to the attraction, for a single man to have that much power on culture, over half a century after the peak of his fame.

when i think of elvis, i think of shining las vegas lights, 50s diners, frank sinatra and the rat pack, heart shaped sunglasses, the daddy dynamic, power, flamboyance, masculinity.

no man in recent history has shifted popular culture and still has such a grip on it than elvis presley. he’s in everything, and just imagine being the doll on his arm. everyone wants his attention but you’ve got all of it. UGH.

[the-wonder-of-ep]

Remembering Elvis’ final performance makes me so sad...but at the same time, sometimes I genuinely forget he only lived to 42. Elvis feels so eternal and tangible, even today.

Sometimes I feel Ike he's still with us. I know he is. Death doesn't stop a presence, a love and magic like his🩷

[heart-of-ep]

✨️Late Night Elvis Thoughts🌙

"I guess I haven't met the girl yet, but I will, and I hope it won't be too long because I get lonesome sometimes. I get lonesome right in the middle of a crowd. I've got a feeling that with her, whoever she may be, I won't be lonesome no matter where I am." - Elvis Interview (August 22nd, 1956)

I was in the car recently with my mother, and we were listening to Elvis radio when this little interview came on. I said to her, "Even in a room full of people, even with so many friends and family around him, he always felt so alone."

And she asked me, "You don't feel that way, do you?"

To which I said, "Sometimes I do."

And how true that is. Words can't truly describe the intense loneliness that one can feel deep within their heart even when by all logic, they shouldn't feel lonely at all.

You can't explain to someone why your heart aches, why your soul feels empty, why you stand surrounded by friends and family and yet feel like you are completely alone in the world without a single person around to fill the deep void and abyss.

Because loneliness is not measured by how many people you have in your life. It is not measured by the friends and family that come and go. You can have all those things and still...

You feel empty.

You feel unseen.

You feel unheard.

You feel like just another leaf blowing in the wind, floating through life without any real direction, without really knowing how much people care or who is really there to love you when it truly matters.

The loneliness, the ache, is constantly perpetuated by doubt and uncertainty. Despite the affirmations, despite the declarations of love, none of it eases the skepticism you feel deep within you.

Nothing can erase the fear that beats at the back of your mind, constantly haunting your thoughts that maybe, just maybe you might feel like this forever.

And feeling alone is just that. A feeling. A deeply insecure feeling that leaves you questioning your own reality and place in this big wide world.

So how does a man like Elvis, with everything he could ever want or dream of, feel such intense loneliness?

That is the deeper question, and yet an answer, I can not find. Not even for myself. </3

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Side note: This photo really spoke to me the other day. It's almost as if I can feel the emotion pouring from the image, connecting to my soul all these years later. ♡

[peaceloveelvis]

I feel so guilty and ridiculous waking up angry at you Elvis... Today is the day you got married, and I can't help this feeling that has washed over me. The fact that she can say she was the one that got your ring makes me so sick with jealousy, but how can I justify this feeling when there's no chance I'll know you, and you'll never know me? Who knows? You may not have been interested in me anyways, but at least I would know for my own piece of mind. It feels like unrequited love, but you'll never know how much I love you, and it makes it even more difficult today. I know I'll get over this soon, but until then, I just needed to say what I'm feeling in this moment.

[the-wonder-of-ep]

I wonder when Elvis started going gray…🤔 I know he had white hair by the end of his life…but idk like what’s considered the average age. I suppose it’s impossible to really know as he almost always dyed his hair😭

[the-wonder-of-ep]

How does this man continue to surprise me, so many years later??

I've been at my new job for almost two months now and for the first time ever, I suddenly hear Suspicious Minds playing in the background. The standard playlist tends to be much older and gentler music but I have never heard Elvis here before. I didn't actually think he'd be included as his music doesn't usually bring "soft and chill" to an atmosphere.

It caught me off guard too; I wasn't aware until I heard the part used for the musical intro to the 2022 film and kind of stopped in my tracks. Almost teared up a bit, truly.

He still finds a way to follow me around🥹❤️

[the-wonder-of-ep]

Sitting here, thinking about Elvis as I do and just kind of marveling over how intensely he can impact our emotions. I think it’s amazing that sometimes he can fill you with so much hope and love and at others leave you close to tears when you think about the tragedies in his life.

Elvis felt so intensely all the time; it’s kind of wild he can have the same effect on fans—especially now, as we approach the half a century mark since his death.

He truly is something special.

[the-wonder-of-ep]

I have mixed feelings about Elvis' return to the stage. Those first few years were such a triumph for him and I love that, I do...but sometimes it's hard to look back with the knowledge he's be stuck on that stage for the rest of his life.

Tours aside of course...but imagining him dying that slow creative death show after show hurts my heart