DBWI: Elvis Presley died in 1977

More than 2 weeks ago, Elvis celebrated his 75th birthday. He recently visited Haiti to see for himself the conditions post-earthquake and announced that his foundation was donating $2 million to the relief efforts.

Back in August 1977, Elvis suffered a heart attack brought on by medication and weight gain. Fortunately, the doctors saved his life.

After a nearly 3 year hiatus from performing (and buying out his contract with Colonel Tom Parker), Elvis made his comeback in 1980 with a series of sold out shows in Las Vegas. He performed his first official concert outside the USA in 1981 with a concert in Canada. This was followed by sold-out tours of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and even China.

What would Elvis' legacy have been like if he died in 1977?

Would he have been the first inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
 
Really? 2-million? That's it?!? I mean, the guy's worth hundreds of millions. That's like if I donated three bucks! :mad:

Sorry...rant there...

Anyway...

Well, on the plus side we miss that embarrassing 80's phase with the drum machines and the keytars and that horrible divorce trial, but on the minus he's remembered as a fat old druggie who died with donut on his breath and we never see the big Platinum "Sexy Gray" album that revived his career.

One thing is also certain: you'd never see Johnny Cash's big 90s comeback without Graceland Records to take him up when Nashville went all Boot Scoot.
 
glenn67, Elvis already died on August 16, 1977. Your question should have been: "Elvis survives after 1977." By the way, you made a good concept about him surviving at least until today. Keep up the good work!
 
glenn67, Elvis already died on August 16, 1977. Your question should have been: "Elvis survives after 1977." By the way, you made a good concept about him surviving at least until today. Keep up the good work!
"DBWI" means roleplay. We're pretending to be from a TL where Elvis survived. (That's what you get for only posting 17 times in eight months.)
 
glenn67, Elvis already died on August 16, 1977. Your question should have been: "Elvis survives after 1977." By the way, you made a good concept about him surviving at least until today. Keep up the good work!

OOC: It's a DBWI, so it's from the POV of a world where Elvis didn't die.

IC: I dunno.... Maybe instead of having all the Buddy Holly impersonators, we have elvis impersonators?
 
"DBWI" means roleplay. We're pretending to be from a TL where Elvis survived. (That's what you get for only posting 17 times in eight months.)

OOC: It's a DBWI, so it's from the POV of a world where Elvis didn't die.

IC: I dunno.... Maybe instead of having all the Buddy Holly impersonators, we have elvis impersonators?

Thanks for reminding me, ladies and gentlemen... a double-blind what-if... is that roleplaying an alternate history from another alternate history?

EDIT: I think Elvis would have been the first person inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, provided that all other legendary R&R artists were still alive at the time of his death.
 
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If he died, lets make it some terrible thing that no-one would want to die of, like a jobee related heart attack.
 
I can think of several things...


-He's not there to mentor Michael Jackson and pull him back from brink. MJ is dead before he's 30.

-Consequently MJ doesn't marry Elvis' daughter, and so no Elvis Jackson for pre-teens to scream at on the Disney Channel...

-None of the albums from the 85-95 period which was his best (Sorry Geekhis, Sexy Gray in 2001, was his SECOND comeback, Blue Jeans and a Guitar (1985), Country Roots (1987), Gospel Roots (1988), and Mississippi River (1990) are the core of the first comeback)

-He doesn't top the Rock, Country, and Contemporary Christian charts at the same time for 12 weeks in a row. (Twice!)

-No appearance on MTV's Unplugged.

-No appearance on Saturday Night Live, he may have saved that show from being cancelled.

-And I'm surprised and shocked that no one mentioned the 1993 Grammy Awards performance. (For those on a desert island that year, that was the year The Beatles were going to do a song from their reunion album, and as they were getting ready to start, Elvis strides onto the stage. They then do a 15 minute set of both Beatles and Elvis songs. The most awesome moment in music history, ever.)
 
I can think of several things...


-He's not there to mentor Michael Jackson and pull him back from brink. MJ is dead before he's 30.

-Consequently MJ doesn't marry Elvis' daughter, and so no Elvis Jackson for pre-teens to scream at on the Disney Channel...

-None of the albums from the 85-95 period which was his best (Sorry Geekhis, Sexy Gray in 2001, was his SECOND comeback, Blue Jeans and a Guitar (1985), Country Roots (1987), Gospel Roots (1988), and Mississippi River (1990) are the core of the first comeback)

-He doesn't top the Rock, Country, and Contemporary Christian charts at the same time for 12 weeks in a row. (Twice!)

-No appearance on MTV's Unplugged.

-No appearance on Saturday Night Live, he may have saved that show from being cancelled.

-And I'm surprised and shocked that no one mentioned the 1993 Grammy Awards performance. (For those on a desert island that year, that was the year The Beatles were going to do a song from their reunion album, and as they were getting ready to start, Elvis strides onto the stage. They then do a 15 minute set of both Beatles and Elvis songs. The most awesome moment in music history, ever.)

We all loved that Grammy show, but supposedly Harrison had to physically restrain Lennon after the show. He HATED losing the limelight that night. By the way Elvis also saved the career of Rick Nelson IMHO, by doing the Nashville Nights album with him in '87
 
That was ONE album and ONE tour in 1984!!! I think he's lived it down by now...


What is it with you and Elvis, he owe you money or something?

Sorry, man, but I doubt I can EVER purge that image of E in yellow latex shakin' that gut to the mid-80s digitized sound. :eek:

OOC: :p Now YOU'LL never purge that image from your head either! MUWAHAHAHAHA!!!
 
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