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Post by Charles Bronson on Oct 14, 2019 14:13:38 GMT
As Arthur said, I am always mystified how these tribute acts can get away with it without being sued or something. I'm just wondering where it all really started? Was it Elvis impersonators that started the ball rolling?
Not that I'm by any means a fan, but I remember seeing a pretty good Cliff Richard tribute guy in a Blackpool hotel once when we stayed there one weekend.
The tribute acts on the theatres seem to charge nearly as much as the real acts these days though, bit of a cheek really.
Charles.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 14, 2019 15:41:29 GMT
There were 'vocal impressionist' club acts like Joe Longthorne, then 'Stars In Their Eyes' came along & pretending to be a performer rather than doing an impression became normal. Making a living as an Elvis impersonator has to be the bottom rung of the showbiz ladder, even if you sound & look like Elvis.
This should go in the 'things you don't get' thread but, speaking of Elvis impersonators, Las Vegas is a place I've never seen the attraction of.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Oct 14, 2019 16:15:22 GMT
There were 'vocal impressionist' club acts like Joe Longthorne, then 'Stars In Their Eyes' came along & pretending to be a performer rather than doing an impression became normal. Making a living as an Elvis impersonator has to be the bottom rung of the showbiz ladder, even if you sound & look like Elvis.
This should go in the 'things you don't get' thread but, speaking of Elvis impersonators, Las Vegas is a place I've never seen the attraction of.
I've never understood the hype about Elvis himself. I cant stand it. Each and every Elvis impersonator I've had the misfortune to hear have all sounded and acted exactly like him. That to me makes the real one somewhat ordinary. Gene.
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Post by Sparky on Oct 14, 2019 18:19:02 GMT
There were 'vocal impressionist' club acts like Joe Longthorne, then 'Stars In Their Eyes' came along & pretending to be a performer rather than doing an impression became normal. Making a living as an Elvis impersonator has to be the bottom rung of the showbiz ladder, even if you sound & look like Elvis.
This should go in the 'things you don't get' thread but, speaking of Elvis impersonators, Las Vegas is a place I've never seen the attraction of.
I've never understood the hype about Elvis himself. I cant stand it. Each and every Elvis impersonator I've had the misfortune to hear have all sounded and acted exactly like him. That to me makes the real one somewhat ordinary. Gene. Couldn't have put it better Guv!.
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Post by Charles Bronson on Oct 14, 2019 19:06:55 GMT
I remember seeing a Greek Elvis impersonator once on a holiday in Corfu.You cant get away from these blokes.
Regarding Elvis himself his music really went down the nick after his Army stint. I remember John Lennon saying on telly that Presley had started to sound like Bing Crosby. As for Presley's films 🤮
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Post by Three Litre on Oct 14, 2019 19:54:11 GMT
To be fair to the burger eating singer, I think he had good voice and did record some good stuff.
Quite why he became an idol I don't know and undoubtedly his voice can't have been helped by his weight and drug use.
Can't believe its been 42 years since he died. He was only 42 when he died!
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 14, 2019 22:39:58 GMT
Sounds harsh but dying young makes all the difference. I wonder if Elvis would be thought of so highly had he lived to be 80, same with Buddy Holly or other American icons like Marilyn Monroe & James Dean.
We don't hear a lot about stars from other parts of the World, showbiz superstardom is very much an American creation, had The Beatles not visited America would they be so venerated today? I think of the great bands who didn't 'crack' America like The Small Faces & wonder.
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Post by Sparky on Oct 28, 2019 19:37:37 GMT
Sounds harsh but dying young makes all the difference. I wonder if Elvis would be thought of so highly had he lived to be 80, same with Buddy Holly or other American icons like Marilyn Monroe & James Dean.
We don't hear a lot about stars from other parts of the World, showbiz superstardom is very much an American creation, had The Beatles not visited America would they be so venerated today? I think of the great bands who didn't 'crack' America like The Small Faces & wonder. The same happened with Monty Python too. Their early series got scheduled on BBC2 after the pubs had closed - so only a handful had seen it. It was a bit of a slow burner and took time to get widely known.
Once Python descended on the USA - with the shows broadcast on the PSB channels - they (as Terry Jones put it) "Felt like the Beatles" and couldn't move anywhere without getting hassle.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 29, 2019 17:30:06 GMT
TV series that clean up people's homes, specifically people described as 'hoarders'. It's pretty clear that people whose homes are, to most people, uninhabitable & pose a health hazard due to hoarding rubbish have some kind of mental health issue.
I was watching a US series yesterday & they had a team of collectors removing the contents of the bewildered person's home whilst a mental health counsellor looked on. The ethics of shows like this are questionable. Supposing you had a relative who lived in squalor due to a mental breakdown, would you think 'I know, let's get the tv cameras in!' I doubt it.
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Post by Three Litre on Oct 29, 2019 18:44:13 GMT
TV series that clean up people's homes, specifically people described as 'hoarders'. It's pretty clear that people whose homes are, to most people, uninhabitable & pose a health hazard due to hoarding rubbish have some kind of mental health issue.
I was watching a US series yesterday & they had a team of collectors removing the contents of the bewildered person's home whilst a mental health counsellor looked on. The ethics of shows like this are questionable. Supposing you had a relative who lived in squalor due to a mental breakdown, would you think 'I know, let's get the tv cameras in!' I doubt it.
Quite! That’s Victorian look at the loonies thinking. Totally wrong.
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