This song is pretty straight forward. There was this weird period of time where people were looking for Elvis like bigfoot, and he's saying that's ridiculous people elvis is dead. The song is not anti-elvis, it's anti-stupid.
@@sonyapeach never heard of Elvis being in the KKK. Culture Vulture? Not really. Elvis was a poor white kid who grew up around poor black folks. His parents were share choppers. He grew up in that environment.....no different than Eminem.
Don't mean to sound racist but I love black people doing rnr this is awesome. My mom is 57 years old and she's a huge fan of elvis Presley. She even went to Memphis to see his mansion and stuff
"Elvis isn't dead, he just went home!" Great band, great song. And it isn't a slam on Elvis, it's a slam on people profiting off of Elvis' death. Vernon Reid could shred with the best and Corey Glover's pipes are out of this world!
I can't believe I never heard this song until today. All the truth bombs & a Little Richard cameo appearance!!! One of the TRUE Kings of Rock along with so many other black performers & writers. And I love LC ❤️
Fact: little Richard was the real king of rock. He couldn't make it big back in the 50s because of the color of his skin so elvis made it big because he was white. He stole that from mr. Tutti frutti little Richard.
Will Calhoun has to be one of the most underrated drummers ever. So talented, and you never here his name mentioned when talking drummers. Us drummers who bought these CDs when they came out know! Plus his solo disc from 100 years ago is outstanding.
@@clownlung Living Colour brought some avant-garde to the mainstream. Then again, there are some avant-garde metal bands that are so out there that they don’t really resemble metal much in the traditional sense- which is not a knock against them. For instance, the band Igorr makes Mr. Bungle look like Nickleback.
I don't know why people freak out that they're black. If you think about it, black musicians are the perfect fit for rock. And then there was Jimmi Hendrix. Originator.
Even before Jimmi. "Black" Blues bands paved the way for rock and roll. Rock N roll has its roots in "black" music. Although now "blacks" are associated with hip hop and rap.
True (I'm old enough and a music fan to know). All American popular music has a connection or roots in black music, including disco, electronic dance, etc.
RainPoetry Hi! Love your position on this issue. I think that a an all black band playing music that tangents other music cathegorised as "heavy metal" is noteworthy on at least two accounts. First, the illusion of separetedness from other humans because of their skincolur and secondly because of proclaimed, by the Elite, ideas that each so called race is limited to a certain expression. Living color transcends all that. Wake up and enjoy living on this planet..
Apparently, Richard saw the Band opening for the Rolling stones, went backstage and went "Hey you fellaz, I'm one of those glamour boys you sang about!" So with the man's approval in the bag, they asked him to contribute to this song and seeing as how Richard knew Elvis personally, he readily agreed.
Mike Martin actually it's "for the pelvis of Elvis, too dangerous for the masses". I played the hell out of this song when I had the CD back in the day.
@@mariaemma16 Yeah people like to play Victim, even though they got to make up the oppressor(Even when they owe that same symbol most of what they got)
I've listened to this song for 29 years - and only just now noticed Maceo on sax... How in the world did I miss that? Still a great song after all these years!
People are really arguing that this is a diss song about Elvis? Really? What about the line "Elvis was a hero to most but that's besides the point." The line "Elvis was a hero to most" comes from "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy, "Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me you see". Corey uses the first part of that line to say that it doesn't matter what he was to someone in particular. This is about living off the dead, that's it. Listen to what Little Richard says here.
I find it so ironic that there's an In Living Colour sketch where Jim carry plays a news reporter who just found Elvis. and this is a band called living colour saying Elvis is dead.
I think some people need to realize that this is not Living Colour making an Elvis hate song or anything. Just had to get that out there. Love the song!
In my h/o Will Calhoun is literally the best Rock Drummer since The Great John Bonham. (I leave Peart out only because he is Way more prog than straight up Rock) Sonic Boom remains in "Rare Air"
This band made at least three of the greatest albums in rock history Stain, Time's Up, and Vivid, the best song about the 9/11 attacks (Flying), and one of the best live rock albums ever made (The Paris Concert). Growing up in the 80s I was a huge Midnight Oil and U2 fan and then I saw the music video for Middle Man. Living Colour had a huge impact on my life.
They went about 10 notches past everything. They did show this on mtv back then. Banned and a lot of white people stopped listening to the music and started listening to what was programmed into them. They are still here i never left
One of my favourite quotes of all time was by Little Richard when talking about Jimi Hendrix. “He was a star. When I got him he was a star. Sly told you that everybody is a star. The only problem is some people haven’t been put in the dipper and pulled back on the world. That’s what the answer is. You got to be placed into the dipper and pulled back down on the world, and then men will see your good works and glorify god, Jehovah.” RIP Sir
It's not. they're saying don't make money of Elvis' good name saying he's alive when he's obviously not. Bit like the Church saying Jesus lives when he never did.
@@Hellwyck it’s not the church saying Christ lived, it’s literally every historian ever existed. He did live, that’s not up for debate. Whether he died and then lived again, that’s what is super debatable.
@@Hellwyck It's both. Elvis is dead (literal), so stop making up stupid tabloid stories. Elvis is dead (metaphorical) the white fandom that embraced his music and cult of persoanlity but not the black roots that it came from is dead too. "I've got a reason to believe, we all won't be received, at Graceland (No not you my brother!)... it's pretty damn clear and I'm kind of realizing after all these years that some folk heard that plain as day and some folk couldn't hear it at all.
Jeez, I grew up listening to this sound in the 90s and without seeing this I would die without knowing that it's the great Little Richard rapping. Thank you TH-cam for the revelation
Living Colour was a great band IMO. The Stained LP was my fave (and the heaviest). I read all the comments and ask why should race even matter? Hirax, Fishbone, Sepultura? Rob Halford's gay.... If It's good, if it rocks....
Desde mi punto de vista, lo que entiendo que dice la canción es que le hicieron muchísima fama a Elvis incluso cuando estaba muerto y la banda en su opinión cree que hay muchos artistas de esa época que son mejores y tiene razón encima esos artistas eran de piel negra pero como en esa etapa de la historia estadounidense existía el racismo, muchos de esos artistas no fueron valorados como debieron serlo. Para mí más que nada es como una crítica hacia el racismo más allá de que mencione a Elvis
Además Elvis se hizo conocido como muchísimos artistas por ser una persona de piel blanca que hacía música creada por la gente de piel oscura. De hecho lo mejor de la música fue creada por los africanos y se los debemos; en vez de actuar de manera racista hacía esa gente deberíamos estar agradecidos por la música maravillosa que crearon y que muchos blancos utilizaron y la modificaron para hacerse conocidos
CM Punk introduced me to this band...i'm 27...i really missed out man...but thats what I love about music..always some new amazing band you've never heard and can dive totally into. Every song I'm hearing is amazing as all hell.
Una de mis bandas favoritas "de siempre". Con esta canción cargada de matices vocales y rítmicos: mezclando heavy, hard y rasgos de otros subgéneros del rock unidos a la maestria de las cuerdas vocales de Corey Glover: combina los pasajes de la canción con una "pasmosa naturalidad"; la guitarra afinada en tono medio con un sonido perfecto en los riff y las partes en las que interviene con acento distorsionado;la batería es genial con un sonido metálico y ligeramente "seco y destemplado": un sonido muy difícil de "sacar a la percusión bien tocada" crea un ambiente perfecto; el bajo "toca las 4 cuerdas" de una manera totalmente acoplada con la percusión; el saxo está en unos agudos geniales que es una parte "integral" del ritmo base: no es un simple adorno..... Y la participación especial?... Alguien puede ofrecer más?.... O es solo mi opinión?.... Ustedes que piensan sobre esta banda?....
Living Colour=Awesome Little Richard=Legend Little Richard appearing in a Living Colour song/video...If I can quote Little Rich himself, Whooo Baby, I just felt my big toe rise!
Exactly, it's making fun of the conspiracy theories & not trashing Elvis and also, yes, there were some CRAZY souvenirs being sold!...For a long time after Elvis died, there were a lot of people who didn't think he was dead, that's the joke, and that's what they're talking about, today you can still find an occassional article or site saying he's still alive, in fact there's people who do not think Jim Morrision from The Doors is dead, however, there were A LOT more "National Enquirer" type magazines w/headlines saying Elvis was alive. I also know of a couple of other songs that have "Elvis is dead" in the title from the 80s & early 90s.
Very good live and completely true that they were underrated. I did notice that the “Elvis” cut out bears an embarrassing resemblance to Gary Glitter not sure the lady in the video would be wanting to grab him by the Gracelands.
THE LEGEND Mr BB KING spent A LOT OF TIME WITH ELVIS: 'Before Elvis we had Little Black Sambo, separate black restrooms and water fountains, and colored events that kept us away from the whites', BB King noted as he mention that Presley would attend events especially designated just for African-Americans. In June 1956, Presley ignored Memphis's segregation ordinances by attending 'Colored Night' at the local fairgrounds amusement park. The following December, King was there as Presley opened up almost unbreakable racial barriers by attending and supporting the segregated WDIA black radio station's annual fund-raising event for 'needy black children' at Memphis' Ellis Auditorium. King wrote in his autobiography that he 'liked Elvis. I saw him as a fellow Mississippian. I was impressed by his sincerity. When he came to the Goodwill Review (the event WDIA fund raisers of 1956 and 1957), he did himself proud'. 'The Goodwill Revues were important', he wrote. 'The entire black community turned out. All the DJs carried on, putting on skits and presenting good music'. In his autobiography, King said he held no grudges because 'Elvis didn't steal any music from anyone. He just had his own interpretation of the music he'd grown up on, same is true for everyone. I think Elvis had integrity'. 'If anyone says Elvis Presley was a racist', charged B.B. King in the 2010 interview. 'Then they don't know a thing about Elvis Presley or music history. 'Many nights after we finished our sets and I'd go up to his suite', King stated. 'I'd play Lucille (on Elvis' guitar) and sing with Elvis, or we'd take turns. It was his way of relaxing'. 'I'll tell you a secret', King winked and laughed. 'We were the original Blues Brothers because that man Elvis knew more blues songs than most in the business - and after some nights it felt like we sang everyone one of them." 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said, 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'.
1:07 even to this day, I thought that line was funny and I'm still looking for that Uptown Comedy Club skit between Monteria Ivey and Jim Breuer with the aliens and Elvis, if anybody can find it!
How ironic that the same band that gave us the hit song 'Cult of Personality' also gave us this courageous indictment of a singer whose life(and death) pretty much embodies the phrase? Genius...
This song is pretty straight forward. There was this weird period of time where people were looking for Elvis like bigfoot, and he's saying that's ridiculous people elvis is dead. The song is not anti-elvis, it's anti-stupid.
Your right, it’s not anti anything, it just speaking the truth about him and society. He was a culture vulture and a racist he was a KkK member too.
@@sonyapeach I wish
@@sonyapeach never heard of Elvis being in the KKK. Culture Vulture? Not really. Elvis was a poor white kid who grew up around poor black folks. His parents were share choppers. He grew up in that environment.....no different than Eminem.
Elvis is hangin with Jim Morrison and Tupac...in Key West.
@@sonyapeach the song is anti-stupid. Apparently you're not. You're also anti-truth. 🙄🤦🏼
Yo Corey, man?
Yeah what's up?
I saw Elvis the other day...
GET OUTTA HERE MAN!
Who is good kitty?
My favorite introduction 👏🏻🤘🏻
If James Brown would have played rock...THIS is what it would have sounded like! Living Colour....one of the best bands ever
....James Brown did play rock tho
And his saxophonist played on this track.
Don't mean to sound racist but I love black people doing rnr this is awesome. My mom is 57 years old and she's a huge fan of elvis Presley. She even went to Memphis to see his mansion and stuff
And that dancer diggin it
James Brown was good friends with Elvis and spoke very highly of the guy.
The Godfather talks about the King:
th-cam.com/video/i9SEpujPoLc/w-d-xo.html
"Elvis isn't dead, he just went home!"
Great band, great song. And it isn't a slam on Elvis, it's a slam on people profiting off of Elvis' death. Vernon Reid could shred with the best and Corey Glover's pipes are out of this world!
I can't believe I never heard this song until today. All the truth bombs & a Little Richard cameo appearance!!! One of the TRUE Kings of Rock along with so many other black performers & writers. And I love LC ❤️
Damn right and the funk, good lord the funk!
Why would black people care who the king of rock is. It's not even a genre they like.
Rest in Power to the King Of Rock, Little Richard
Amazing.
Amazing Jesus is risen.
Fact: little Richard was the real king of rock. He couldn't make it big back in the 50s because of the color of his skin so elvis made it big because he was white. He stole that from mr. Tutti frutti little Richard.
Chuck Berry i saw in 2005 in my hometown,Trani,Apulia/Puglia,southern Italy.came James Brown too but no money (i had)😐
Grande Riccardino(🇮🇹translat(ion)
Little Richard, RIP. You King, you Legend.
Will Calhoun has to be one of the most underrated drummers ever. So talented, and you never here his name mentioned when talking drummers. Us drummers who bought these CDs when they came out know! Plus his solo disc from 100 years ago is outstanding.
Loud and groovy, like John Bonham
Living Colour. The only metal band that can make a sax solo fit in a metal song. you rock forever.
That's the ONE AND ONLY Maceo Parker on Sax.
As much as I love Living Colour, I wouldn’t say they are the only band who can pull it off. It’s just not something that is done commonly.
@@waverlyking6045 yeah, it's pretty common in avant-garde metal songs too
@@clownlung Living Colour brought some avant-garde to the mainstream. Then again, there are some avant-garde metal bands that are so out there that they don’t really resemble metal much in the traditional sense- which is not a knock against them. For instance, the band Igorr makes Mr. Bungle look like Nickleback.
@@waverlyking6045 both Igorrr and Mr. Bungle are great tho :)
Maceo Parker's participation puts this composition over the top.....
I don't know why people freak out that they're black. If you think about it, black musicians are the perfect fit for rock. And then there was Jimmi Hendrix. Originator.
Even before Jimmi. "Black" Blues bands paved the way for rock and roll. Rock N roll has its roots in "black" music. Although now "blacks" are associated with hip hop and rap.
True (I'm old enough and a music fan to know). All American popular music has a connection or roots in black music, including disco, electronic dance, etc.
Yea Lenny Kravitz is pretty good too
RainPoetry Hi!
Love your position on this issue. I think that a an all black band playing music that tangents other music cathegorised as "heavy metal" is noteworthy on at least two accounts. First, the illusion of separetedness from other humans because of their skincolur and secondly because of proclaimed, by the Elite, ideas that each so called race is limited to a certain expression. Living color transcends all that. Wake up and enjoy living on this planet..
R.A.T.M
RIP, Little Richard. The architect of RnR.
Him, Jerry lee Lewis and Chuck berry . Oh, and Link Ray for the distortion.
@@boataxe4605 & Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Underrated band for sure. Love em
Sounds like Prince and Van Halen in the same band! WOW
These guys get me going, I have rarely loved a band so much!
and they had Little Richard guest star in it, who is influence to both Prince and VH, so it kind of came full circle.
That's a good description. Amazing band!
LITTLE RICHARD rapped on this?????
Mind BLOWN😯😯😯
John Erkman at least it's not Mickey Rourke trying to rap on a David Bowie album. that was actually so laughable, it actually made me ill.
yes!
Maceo Parker - Saxophone, too
Apparently, Richard saw the Band opening for the Rolling stones, went backstage and went "Hey you fellaz, I'm one of those glamour boys you sang about!"
So with the man's approval in the bag, they asked him to contribute to this song and seeing as how Richard knew Elvis personally, he readily agreed.
Lol at least it’s not the cheesy white guy rapping in Roll the Bones by Rush
"Elvis the pelvis,too dangerous for the masses". Favourite line to me.
Mike Martin actually it's "for the pelvis of Elvis, too dangerous for the masses". I played the hell out of this song when I had the CD back in the day.
my favorite line is : I've got a reason to believe
We all won't be received at Graceland !
@@mariaemma16 A re-working of a Paul Simon lyric.
@@mariaemma16 Yeah people like to play Victim, even though they got to make up the oppressor(Even when they owe that same symbol most of what they got)
@@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090 What the hell are you on about?
Man that snare sound. Love this track.
This song ALWAYS has to be immediately followed by TYPE!....
YES!
XXXCCELLENT CALL!!
"There are 15,000 Elvis impersonators! Of course you saw him coming out of a Baskin Robins in Des Moines!" ~ some stand-up comic in the '80s
I LOVED how they went from this song right into TYPE, one of my favorite songs from them. This band is one of the best, but underrated bands out there
One of the best transitions between cuts on any Album ever. I use to blast this and Type all the time back in 90s.
I've listened to this song for 29 years - and only just now noticed Maceo on sax... How in the world did I miss that? Still a great song after all these years!
Rest in Peace Little Richard, may Elvis greet you at the pearly gates.
... with Richard Penniman AND Maceo Parker!!!! True class!
People are really arguing that this is a diss song about Elvis? Really? What about the line "Elvis was a hero to most but that's besides the point." The line "Elvis was a hero to most" comes from "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy, "Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me you see". Corey uses the first part of that line to say that it doesn't matter what he was to someone in particular. This is about living off the dead, that's it. Listen to what Little Richard says here.
I find it so ironic that there's an In Living Colour sketch where Jim carry plays a news reporter who just found Elvis. and this is a band called living colour saying Elvis is dead.
I think some people need to realize that this is not Living Colour making an Elvis hate song or anything. Just had to get that out there. Love the song!
Truth
Elvis was a hero to most
But that's beside the point
A Black man taught him how to sing
And then he was crowned king
It’s a Zombie Elvis hate song.
It seemed more like a "Let Elvis rest in peace and stop cashing in on him" song
Little Richard knew Elvis personally, he wouldn't have contributed to this song if it had been an Elvis bashing song.
Just another example of the Rock Drumming Virtuosity of Mr. William Calhoun...
"Sonic Boom" !!!
anofi berry I started following him the first time I heard Vivid. Insanely good drummer. Technical and soulful.
In my h/o Will Calhoun is literally the best Rock Drummer since The Great John Bonham. (I leave Peart out only because he is Way more prog than straight up Rock) Sonic Boom remains in "Rare Air"
TEMAZOOO!!!
Criminally underrated album.
Criminally underated band
The first one is great too but I think time's up might be a little better.
@@mikereiss4216 They cut loose on Time's Up. Vivid was radio friendly, but live omg they were monsters on stage! Especially Will.
I saw Elvis, today at the Post Office!
+Scot Morley fuck off m8
get outta here man!
I'm watching all of their videos just in a raw,, best quarantine ever!
Thank You for this Song.
Happy Birthday Elvis 2023 !
This band made at least three of the greatest albums in rock history Stain, Time's Up, and Vivid, the best song about the 9/11 attacks (Flying), and one of the best live rock albums ever made (The Paris Concert).
Growing up in the 80s I was a huge Midnight Oil and U2 fan and then I saw the music video for Middle Man. Living Colour had a huge impact on my life.
What an excellent song with a great riff
Be my guess let him rest, R.I.P Little Richard
Bad ass song. Little Richard, too! Great sax solo.
I was brought to this band by cm punk. I love how lil Richard was in this. 1000% great
These have got to be the best lyrics of that decade.
I love this.
it's funky it's funny it's real.
why is this not on TV?
They went about 10 notches past everything. They did show this on mtv back then. Banned and a lot of white people stopped listening to the music and started listening to what was programmed into them. They are still here i never left
It probably was 30 years ago.
This is What inspired me to continue in MY music. And That Band was legendary for the Riffs on the Guitar. Pure Energy
...didn't realize Maceo Parker was on this track... Top shelf!
Yup, Maceo blow yo horn!
MEGA--If Corey is singing, I'm listening! Guys are unreal!
It's amazing how good this song is... and the video too!
Headbanger's ball a million years ago.
Quite superb
I heard this song when I was a kid, thanks to my brother. Had to find it!
One of my favourite quotes of all time was by Little Richard when talking about Jimi Hendrix.
“He was a star. When I got him he was a star. Sly told you that everybody is a star. The only problem is some people haven’t been put in the dipper and pulled back on the world. That’s what the answer is. You got to be placed into the dipper and pulled back down on the world, and then men will see your good works and glorify god, Jehovah.” RIP Sir
The real king of rock.. Mr. Chuck Berry.. architect of rock Little Richard ..Godmother of rock sister Rosetta Thorpe.
Yeah they 3 loved Elvis, some black people now are crazy about it
i like how this band tells how we as people idolize certain people
It's not.
they're saying don't make money of Elvis' good name saying he's alive when he's obviously not.
Bit like the Church saying Jesus lives when he never did.
@@Hellwyck it’s not the church saying Christ lived, it’s literally every historian ever existed. He did live, that’s not up for debate. Whether he died and then lived again, that’s what is super debatable.
@@Hellwyck It's both. Elvis is dead (literal), so stop making up stupid tabloid stories. Elvis is dead (metaphorical) the white fandom that embraced his music and cult of persoanlity but not the black roots that it came from is dead too. "I've got a reason to believe, we all won't be received, at Graceland (No not you my brother!)... it's pretty damn clear and I'm kind of realizing after all these years that some folk heard that plain as day and some folk couldn't hear it at all.
Wow!! :-) I forgot about Little Richards Rap!!!!
Elvis has left the building!"
("Elvis deixou o prédio!").
"I saw Elvis the other day."
"Get outta here, man!"
The legendary Maceo Parker.
Jeez, I grew up listening to this sound in the 90s and without seeing this I would die without knowing that it's the great Little Richard rapping. Thank you TH-cam for the revelation
Living Colour was a great band IMO. The Stained LP was my fave (and the heaviest). I read all the comments and ask why should race even matter? Hirax, Fishbone, Sepultura? Rob Halford's gay.... If It's good, if it rocks....
*is* a great band.
I LOVE THIS
i love this band!!!
Love love LOVE this band!!!!!!
Still slaps!
Elvis was a hero to most
But that's beside the point
a recall to "fight the power"
...which Chuck D has repeatedly retracted. He got that one badly wrong but The King had the last laugh.
Always loved these guys. Black version of RHCP.❤️
underappreciated living colour. how many more songs/groups/artists are out there that are unknown.
"a black man taught him how to sing and then he was crowned king."
Was writing songs too for $40
Yo Corey Man... You guys GOTTA play this on this TOUR with Extreme... PLEEZE & Thank YOU!!
Bought the album when it came out on vinyl. This song is better than I remembered
Desde mi punto de vista, lo que entiendo que dice la canción es que le hicieron muchísima fama a Elvis incluso cuando estaba muerto y la banda en su opinión cree que hay muchos artistas de esa época que son mejores y tiene razón encima esos artistas eran de piel negra pero como en esa etapa de la historia estadounidense existía el racismo, muchos de esos artistas no fueron valorados como debieron serlo. Para mí más que nada es como una crítica hacia el racismo más allá de que mencione a Elvis
Además Elvis se hizo conocido como muchísimos artistas por ser una persona de piel blanca que hacía música creada por la gente de piel oscura. De hecho lo mejor de la música fue creada por los africanos y se los debemos; en vez de actuar de manera racista hacía esa gente deberíamos estar agradecidos por la música maravillosa que crearon y que muchos blancos utilizaron y la modificaron para hacerse conocidos
💞💖💕💓💗❤ Living Colour 😀
i love elvis ! - and i also like the song from living colour -
I love do love this. But much more I love the way ‘type’ comes straight in within half a second of it ending. (On the album)
CM Punk introduced me to this band...i'm 27...i really missed out man...but thats what I love about music..always some new amazing band you've never heard and can dive totally into. Every song I'm hearing is amazing as all hell.
Shout out to the bananas and PB in the shopping cart. Well played, Living Colour. Well played.
Una de mis bandas favoritas "de siempre". Con esta canción cargada de matices vocales y rítmicos: mezclando heavy, hard y rasgos de otros subgéneros del rock unidos a la maestria de las cuerdas vocales de Corey Glover: combina los pasajes de la canción con una "pasmosa naturalidad"; la guitarra afinada en tono medio con un sonido perfecto en los riff y las partes en las que interviene con acento distorsionado;la batería es genial con un sonido metálico y ligeramente "seco y destemplado": un sonido muy difícil de "sacar a la percusión bien tocada" crea un ambiente perfecto; el bajo "toca las 4 cuerdas" de una manera totalmente acoplada con la percusión; el saxo está en unos agudos geniales que es una parte "integral" del ritmo base: no es un simple adorno..... Y la participación especial?... Alguien puede ofrecer más?.... O es solo mi opinión?.... Ustedes que piensan sobre esta banda?....
Excellent tune 😎❤️
THIIS MUSIC STILL LIFE🤘🇵🇱😊
I love this song
I didn't know this song existed! It's freakin' fantastic! "ELVIS esta muerto!"...
That's cool. Bananas and peanut butter in the shopping cart.
I sent this to a 55 year old black man yesterday. He is still crying.
No advertisement.... YES!
Awesome song & never gets old!
Living Colour=Awesome
Little Richard=Legend
Little Richard appearing in a Living Colour song/video...If I can quote Little Rich himself, Whooo Baby, I just felt my big toe rise!
Awesome bass lines
The same band that created "Cult of personality" ... everything makes sense
I don't think the point of this song was to trash Elvis, dudes.
Nope, the point was to make fun of the fact that there were so many people making money off his name and likeness. Such as with Elvis toilet seats.
Exactly, it's making fun of the conspiracy theories & not trashing Elvis and also, yes, there were some CRAZY souvenirs being sold!...For a long time after Elvis died, there were a lot of people who didn't think he was dead, that's the joke, and that's what they're talking about, today you can still find an occassional article or site saying he's still alive, in fact there's people who do not think Jim Morrision from The Doors is dead, however, there were A LOT more "National Enquirer" type magazines w/headlines saying Elvis was alive. I also know of a couple of other songs that have "Elvis is dead" in the title from the 80s & early 90s.
Thank you.
Very good live and completely true that they were underrated. I did notice that the “Elvis” cut out bears an embarrassing resemblance to Gary Glitter not sure the lady in the video would be wanting to grab him by the Gracelands.
Will and Vernon kept rocking it will a excellent drumming
Common people,Elvis isn't dead,he just left the building. ;-)
Why are you targeting people who aren't rare?
Oh, sorry... by the way it's spelt COME ON or C'MON, not COMMON.
THE LEGEND Mr BB KING spent A LOT OF TIME WITH ELVIS: 'Before Elvis we had Little Black Sambo, separate black restrooms and water fountains, and colored events that kept us away from the whites', BB King noted as he mention that Presley would attend events especially designated just for African-Americans.
In June 1956, Presley ignored Memphis's segregation ordinances by attending 'Colored Night' at the local fairgrounds amusement park. The following December, King was there as Presley opened up almost unbreakable racial barriers by attending and supporting the segregated WDIA black radio station's annual fund-raising event for 'needy black children' at Memphis' Ellis Auditorium. King wrote in his autobiography that he 'liked Elvis. I saw him as a fellow Mississippian. I was impressed by his sincerity.
When he came to the Goodwill Review (the event WDIA fund raisers of 1956 and 1957), he did himself proud'. 'The Goodwill Revues were important', he wrote. 'The entire black community turned out. All the DJs carried on, putting on skits and presenting good music'. In his autobiography, King said he held no grudges because 'Elvis didn't steal any music from anyone. He just had his own interpretation of the music he'd grown up on, same is true for everyone. I think Elvis had integrity'.
'If anyone says Elvis Presley was a racist', charged B.B. King in the 2010 interview. 'Then they don't know a thing about Elvis Presley or music history. 'Many nights after we finished our sets and I'd go up to his suite', King stated. 'I'd play Lucille (on Elvis' guitar) and sing with Elvis, or we'd take turns. It was his way of relaxing'. 'I'll tell you a secret', King winked and laughed. 'We were the original Blues Brothers because that man Elvis knew more blues songs than most in the business - and after some nights it felt like we sang everyone one of them."
'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said, 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'.
Rock gods. Originators. Sons of Hendrix!
What a cool and relevant thing to think about
Elvis aint dead, he just left the building
1:07 even to this day, I thought that line was funny and I'm still looking for that Uptown Comedy Club skit between Monteria Ivey and Jim Breuer with the aliens and Elvis, if anybody can find it!
One wicked band, living color is the truth
I didn't expect a to jam that hard WHOA!
1990
It's 2022 and The King is more alive than Living Colour, that's for sure. TCB baby!
We're still here!
How ironic that the same band that gave us the hit song 'Cult of Personality' also gave us this courageous indictment of a singer whose life(and death) pretty much embodies the phrase? Genius...
I swear I seen this one on Headbangers ball back in the day