Exactly he's talking like that in 1970. This dude wasn't doing social justice warrior BS for Instagram brownie points. He grew up in plight and he felt connected to his fellow people that were born with obstacles.
@@jennyjorgensen9935 Elvis didn't frow up in the ghetto, he spent some time there. You do know Mac offered to a black artist first right? Here's a question, if Elvis cared so much about when did he speak about it? If you answer it will be an interesting read, but I think it is a baffling question.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425Elvis was the only one with the clout to get this song recorded and published. The record companies were afraid of the song but elvis was too famous to ignore
Elvis was a beautiful soul who loved people. His life is so tragic. He was taken advantage of, driven to near bankruptcy by a corrupt manager, and was basically forced to work an insane schedule just to keep from losing everything. All of this drove him to drugs which ultimately damaged his body beyond help and caused his early death. Such a great talent, such a vulnerable person, such a tragic end. “What shall it profit a man should he gain the whole world and lose his soul?”
Elvis gave away a lot of his money as well. For instance he was driving and came upon an old couple broke down on the side of the road in a beat up pickup truck. Elvis stopped picked them up and brought them to a car lot and bought them a new truck. Then followed them back to their broke truck and helped them transfer their load from the old truck to their new one.
This song was written by Mac Davis in 1969. RCA and Col. Parker told Elvis not to record this song. Elvis said "I'm recording this song" and walked out. Plus, once his backup singers, the Sweet Inspirations, were with Elvis down South for a show. The hotel Elvis was going to stay in said his back-up singers had to stay somewhere else. Elvis told the manager, if they can't stay here neither will I. Elvis was born in Tupelo MS. in a 2 room shack. He moved to Memphis with his parents when he was 12. They were dirt poor and lived in the projects. Elvis used to go to the black church sometimes, just to listen to the Gospel music. He loved R& B also. He was good friends with BB King and used to go to his club in Memphis. Elvis was color blind. He respected all people and shame on some of the young black entertainers who talk trash about him. Elvis broke barriers back in the day. How many entertainers would go on a stage in Las Vegas full of a predominately white audience and sing "In The Ghetto", only Elvis. He was also good friends with Sammy Davis Jr. This country will never really be at it's greatest until people come together as Americans and stop letting Political Parties divide us for their own personal agendas.
You said it all you said it right we all need to pull together because if we keep going down the same road that keeps splitting us up and not voting a good leader for our country America we will fail and our enemies will not be concerned about us we will be locked up and live by their rules we need to make a change and now
Frank Sinatra did the same thing for Sammy down south. I think it was Dean Martin who got up in the venues owners face along with Frank (and his Italian body guards) - they told him there would be no show if Sammy wasn't allowed to perform. He performed 😂
I grew up in the 60s and honestly didn't like some of his earlier stuff. But when he came out with In The Ghetto and Don't Cry Daddy I took notice. He had a good heart and bad demons.
You are my favorite song analyzer. I'll repeat the same song just to feel your reaction. As to your saying "You don't have to be one of us", listening to this kind of poetry makes us one, opens our hearts. Mac Davis understanding how a mother's heart can break in so many ways is so powerful. Blessings.
Elvis was born in Tulelo, Mississippi and raised in Memphis. He was poor and with a father in jail during part of his childhood. Elvis was singing from the heart and soul.
Elvis wasn’t from Chicago but he grew up dirt poor In Tupelo Mississippi . They lived in a two room wooden house. He knew what it was to be desperate. That’s one of the reasons he was so generous with his money. He could really relate to poverty and never forgot where he came from .
You might also realize that he has black background singers. That wasn't common back then. He had organizers tell him to leave the black girls at home. He told them that they either come all or he won't come either. Even made the organizers seat them all in the best area.
I met Elvis just before one of his last performances, he was staying in a beachfront hotel that one of my best friends was the bartender. I had come in from the ocean all sandy and salty and gone to the outdoor bar. There were a lot of guys all hitting on me. He came down in a robe thingy and was getting a soda. I looked over at him, his back was turned and he had beautiful hair. The guys noticed and said “oh you like him “. He came over and talked to me and said that I looked familiar, he told me his name was Elvis and I thought what a weird name. He asked if I knew his family and told me his last name. I told him I didn’t know any Pressleys. He gave me tickets to the concert that night and signed them saying that will get you backstage. I went home and was taking a shower when my roommate came and dragged me out, she had seen the tickets and was really excited . I told her that some old guy had given them to me. I obviously did not who he was. I had to convince her that we didn’t have to go to the concert, but we were invited to the after party. So I begrudgingly got dressed and took her to it. He came over and sang a love song to me and he asked how I liked the party. I told him it had everything but lobster, we were standing by the buffet. So, he had a table set with lobster dinners and asked me to join him. I was so embarrassed by all of the attention. I went out into the hall headed for valet to bring my car , it was so crowded and I knew it would take a while and I could find my roommate; I was whisked into a room by some bodyguards. A few minutes later Elvis walked in from the adjoining room. He was a perfect gentleman, he just wanted me to listen to a few new songs. It kind of frightened me as those same guys were standing guard duty at the door. I managed to leave to find my friend. She was waiting in line in the ladies room and I literally grabbed her and told her that we are leaving now!! She was calling her family and all excited. I gave her the tickets for her mom . My mother called a few days later and I was just telling her random things that I had been doing and mentioned that I had met this guy and he thought he knew my family and did she know any Pressleys? She said no and a few seconds later, do you mean Elvis Pressley? I had never heard my mother get all flustered like she did. She said well I am not really a fan but your aunt is going to go crazy!! Tell me all about it. I got to he came to the pool bar to get a soda, when she interrupted me and said and you went up to his room didn’t you! I was shocked. I said mom I don’t go up to strange mens rooms!! She was disappointed which I felt was confusing. I told her about the party leaving out the detour to his room seeing as I didn’t really choose to go there I was ushered in there by some bodyguards. But now, just recently I have started listening to his music and know who he was and I feel so sad that I probably hurt his feelings at a time in his life that was feeling vulnerable. He died a few months later. I just want to say, Elvis I am sorry that I didn’t know who you were. You were phenomenal, I also cried the first time that I heard in the ghetto. Thank you for the kindness you showed to me and I hope that you know that I am truly sorry for any hurt or disappointment.
The first time I listened to "In the Ghetto" it made me cry! I was a 10-year-old girl living thousands of kilometres away from Chicago in Australia. I didn't know what a ghetto was, and I wasn't aware of poverty. However, even though I wasn't a mother, I could feel the pain and despair and the truth in Elvis' heartfelt words! That was 55 years ago, and this song STILL makes me cry every time I hear it. I still ask myself why these mothers are still crying for their children and WHY " Do we simply turn our heads, and look the other way?"
Very powerful song - full credit to its writer, Mac Davis, and to Elvis for having the guts to release it. An entire scene and history painted in under three minutes. Cleverly powerful too - it's a jolt to realise that it's never mentioned in the song what colour the boy's skin is, but we all get the same picture of how he looks. And what that says about America, American society, and us, is very telling.
Elvis bought a Black Lady a Cadillac, because he saw her peering into the Cadillac showroom window. She loved the Cad on the Showroom Floor. It became hers. It was in Memphis. This I was told.
I think Elvis had more love compassion and care in his pinky than most have in a lifetime. Hope I see him in heaven someday Then we will hear a song beyond anything he ever did before
Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in a shotgun house.He was taught to sing in a black church with open arms and love.Im from Mississippi, I live 45 minutes south of Tupelo. He was a twin,(brother),he survived, (Elvis).He always felt guilty from that.He moved to Memphis,Tennessee, there is where he resided until death.His home in Memphis, Tennessee is known as,GRACELAND. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
I saw a story were Elvis was on the phone with MLK and wanted to go march with him. And King said no you keep doing what you are doing. And that is why he was so tore up when he was killed. Check out the song If I Can Dream. It is in honor of MLK and Robert Kennedy Jr..
Elvis was born in Tupelo,Mississippi in a shotgun house and was dirt poor. His father was put in jail for writing a bad check for groceries, and Elvis and his Mother became homeless. Elvis learned how to sing in the black juke joints after moving to Memphis. Elvis could sing that song with no judgment because he lived in abject poverty and unstood what poverty could lead anyone to do out of desperation. Whitney Houston’s mother sang backup vocals for Elvis with the Jordanairs. Elvis came from where the blues were the music. I think everything in Elvis’ life influenced the great singer he became.
This was always one of my favorites of all of his songs. Because it was so moving and it touched your heart. It used to make me cry every time I heard it. Great song.
I did get to meet him in the 70s he came too Cedartown Georgia he was my cousin's uncle we have alot of music coming out in Polk Co Georgia love your reaction on this my brother it hits deep
Elvis was born poor in Tupelo, Mississippi. This was recorded in 1969. The song was written by Mac Davis, who was from Lubbock, Tx. Mac wondered why his friends were living in the bad part of town. Sadly, yes 54 years later, it's reality still. And it is not just one race, it happens to all people born into poverty. It is so very sad.
I heard this song recently and it is definitely one of my favorites. The words are so true yet so sad. I can't see someone else singing it. Elvis really puts emotion into the song.
The record label and his manager didn’t want him to record this .. Elvis said he was because he wanted to highlight the ghetto since he grew up in the ghetto ! He told them play it or he’s gone ! So they played it and it was a hit !!
May I recommend you watch 3 6 Mafia's remix of this song. They explain how much this song meant to one of the singers mother who lived in the ghetto. Elvis didn't shy away from songs he liked and he put his feelings in all of them. The 👑 is 🔥
Elvis grew up in the ghetto of Tupelo Mississippi his mother father & him were extremely poor so poor his father changed a check amount ended up in prison for a time for that. Incredible to learn his music teacher actually flunked him and he went on to be The King Of Rock N Roll. Check out his gospel music
I've heard that song thousands of times, and I really enjoy people seeing it for the first time, and give me their perspective. I have to say, your review is the absolute best reaction I've ever seen. I have always.....well, just thank you. I subbed
You are an adorable young man. Your intro about moods and smiling and having hope got me hooked. Your reaction to Elvis was great, and your mic problem added some humor. You are a nice person.
Elvis's parents were poor,Elvis seen it and lived it. In all seriousness you would think after 54 years us government would do something to help there fellow man ..
Please don’t ask the government to get involved again! The government got them (poor people) on SS and just enough to keep them down and made it to where if a woman has a child with a father involved they lost the money so now you have generations of fatherless children in the ghettos. So the government took their American dream and flushed it down the toilet.
He was born in an impoverished mississippi. He was a twin his brother died, and his mom became overly worried something would happen to him. He was picked on a lot so he started teaching himself to play the guitar. He paid to have a recording at sun records for his mom. My favorite song. If I remember correctly the black music of the south, at that time, was hugely influential to his style of music
This song came out the year I was born. I didn't hear the song until I was 13, it helped change my perception of our world and how I react to things. The chorus basically says it...if we ignore what's happening in our world, the poverty and desperation, this is what happens. We need to find a way to break the cycle and help each other. If Elvis had lived, he would have turned 89 this past January.
What always touched me about this song is how real the lyrics are. How they make you think of how hard it is to live when you are poor. The mama cries when her baby is born and she cries when she loses him young, but I am sure she cried many times in the years in between. It makes me more said that nothing has been done and that this is still how it is today over 50 years later.
Hi there. New subscriber. I absolutely love this one from Elvis as I am an Elvis fan. The one major thing I respected him for was that back in the day (I think you can actually google this) he was due to do a performance at a casino and because his three back up were three black ladies and the casino refused to have them on stage with him. Elvis told the casino that if that was the case then he would not perform and then the casino said okay they can perform on stage with you but they have to go through the kitchen entrance and Elvis refused once again. Stating that if they didn’t walk through the front door with the rest of the band he would not perform and finally the casino gave in and allowed them to walk in through the front door with the rest of the band. Elvis came, from a very poor background and he respected people of all colour. To me that is the most important thing. Absolutely love your channel so please keep it going because you do it so well take care and blessings to you from England.
I really don't understand why you've never heard Elvis sing this song. He was an amazing artiste and this is a fabulous record. I find that really hard to believe.
JayTDeion... This was a song written for Elvis, by Country Singer/ Song Writer Mac Davis. One of the last songs I remember hearing from Mac Davis was written in the early 80s. (" The Love Of Texas In My Rear View Mirror.") But Elvis himself grew up poor down in Tupelo Mississippi. I don't know why he chose to sing this song, I guess back then in 1969, he recognized the need for a universal message that Knowone could complain about, because like you said, he's talking FACT !
I’m sorry I know this is a reaction channel not a social justice platform but this is such a true song from such a long time ago. How much better this world could be if we were all just a little kinder to each other. Don’t have to buy people a new house, but what are you doing with your old shoes that you don’t were anymore. Take the time to donate them!
Was on Jr High School in Las Vegas story there about wanting to meet him m Hot Tickets but for My Mom Who took a moment to Go Had a Great time turned out to be VIPSeats it was also that night a guy thought Elvis took a Guy out using Karate. ❤❤❤ I was 17 the morning of his passing Cried for Days❤ My Grandmother said God wanted him home because of his Angelic voice❤
In a short song Elvis tells of the vicious circle that unfortunately is still happening today, 5 decades later. Kids getting involved in "Gangs" generally from underprivileged societies, they want everything, and they see their leaders with all the "Bling" so they get radicalized, and inevitably end up in trouble, sometimes dead and the circle starts again. So sad, and it's so hard for parents to get this message through to their kids. As the song says, the community need to "lend a helping hand". Thankfully this is starting to happen, ex-gang members are talking to the younger kids about their lives, the friends they've lost. Unfortunately, I can't see this circle ending in the near future, the gangsters are always looking for young recruits. Hearbreaking.😪
Elvis was born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi and the lower ends of Alabama and sang in his Church's Choir singing Gospel music in a predominantly black Choir and Black Gospel music as written by the Black writers of the Church's Choir singers and Baptists that were present in those days and still to this present day . And so was the birth of Rock n Roll as we know it today. There are many Rock n Roll songs that are actually Gospel songs sang by actually and factual song group's like the "Staple Singers " " I'll Take You There " or " Norman Greenbaum's " "Spirit in the Sky " and others that topped the charts at number one for a long time as pure rock and listened to only the Younger Generations of the time but condemned by their elders as anti-socialists and the 'Devil's Work' and was responsible for the corruptions of the youth's of society's beliefs or what the elders believed was "right and wrong " with today's morals and laws being processed by those in charge of making laws and what was being played on radios and TV across this Nation's airwaves and publications being printed by leftists propaganda aleven across the oceans and landscapes influences in other countries of political Populations that our country was or were contingent to and deemed true to our political way of living. People heard nothing but noise without actually listening to the words being conveyed or spoken in the song or musical compositions and directed at or towards the young soon to be adults that would soon be able to decide as to who would be selected and elected into powers that would control or at least influence how their contrys future would and will depend on those peoples choices and many of those were already being of voting age and not accounted for when those younger generations ideals' were shaping already and could no longer be ignored. In other words "today's likes and dislikes that are being made now. What happens today can be largely to blame for today's problems and how yesterday's prejudice and knowldges of right and wrong is the results of closed ears andinds that were ingrained in the youngs beliefs and determinations are being made by the same minds that are now grown and making adult decisions , whether it be the music or ideas based upon what they were told or taught by outdated and incorrect text of the School of Higher and Elementary teachings or just common sense being formally instructed or actual known History that should have been used as references of actual events and transcribed by known and respected scholars of our Encyclopedias and not those who actually author Learning Texts of our school systems and in the Elementary to Collegiate Levels of teaching or instructors of Higher Learning Institute's and finally being realized by those attending and the ears of Common Sensibilities and Institute's tenet's of known facts ..
He came from very very poor beginnings and he worked hard to get where he did I believe that’s why people loved his music he sang from the heart and from experience thank you for sharing this video always brings tears to my eyes during this time people still carried a lot of prejudice and because he hired black singers he was boycotted from many places in performing and he went to this one concert that they basically said you can’t perform because you have black singers he said either they go or I don’t perform❤
Elvis and Johnny Cash were two white artists who understood black plight, because they lived very similar lives. It's poignant and heartbreaking every time I here this song. I grew up Northeast of Chicago, in the Northwest corner of Indiana, and my father was a huge bigot and racist. We went through white flight several times. And, even though Elvis was his number one favorite musical artist ever, he couldn't stand this song. I, on the other hand, found this to be my favorite song from the King. He knew what he sang and he sang what he knew. Bless Mac Davis (also one of my favorites) for having the guts to write this, and bless Elvis for having the guts to sing it - over and over again, no matter what the blowback.
This is the first video i have seen of yours. I really like your channel. Im extremely surprised you never heard that song before. Im old and a music freak. Im so happy you are checking out the old songs. You need to listen to ( Red Sovine - teddy bear )
I'm a white 55 year old English man watching a black American reaction to elvis presley and I've been a elvis fan since 9 years old and the majority of tv and films I watching and the majority of music I like American rock music please don't think the English hate america because we don't
Elvis at his best. This is why we need to take care of each other. I see this child and his parents every damn day and I know we have laws that treat dogs better than this.
I’m a little late to the party, I’m sure others have said this already. Elvis was born in 1935 and grew up dirt poor in Mississippi. So he definitely knew what he was talking about. Definitely was not born with a silver spoon his mouth. Anyway. Excellent video. I subscribed. Keep up the great work!
Good to review some of thr older songs. Powerful songs. If you havent reviewed Staples Singers check them out. MLK was a fan and they marched with him. I grew up listening to Elvis as a white kid in rural 🇨🇦. My mom loved Elvis and she came from large very poor family. This song always made me feel deeply even though I had no connection to Chicago. The message is timeless and relatable. Peace and Blessings.
The most powerful part of the song is the last line because it shows nothing changed it starts all over again from the beginning and 50 years later this is still going on.
People acted like Elvis was an idiot. The man was not. He knew he could reach the world and did. Elvis Presley is still probably the most influential and relevant musical artist of all time. He was addicted to drugs. His manager kept, and Dr kept him so drugged at the end I'm surprised he could speak. But he did songs like this. He also did Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender and Blue Christmas. His voice was perfection. He will always be my favorite. Follwed closely by Michael Jackson.
This song was written by Mac Davis, and he recorded it, but Elvis loves the song, so he asked Mac Davis for permission to record it. Mac Davis did some fantastic song himself. Like baby, don't get hooked on me and hard to be humble when you're perfect
Exactly he's talking like that in 1970. This dude wasn't doing social justice warrior BS for Instagram brownie points. He grew up in plight and he felt connected to his fellow people that were born with obstacles.
you do know the song writer was, right?
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425what's your point? Elvis grew up in a ghetto and sang about it perfectly with soul. He didn't write it.
@@jennyjorgensen9935 Elvis didn't frow up in the ghetto, he spent some time there. You do know Mac offered to a black artist first right? Here's a question, if Elvis cared so much about when did he speak about it? If you answer it will be an interesting read, but I think it is a baffling question.
Elvis was a Social Justice Warrior, sorry that hurts your feelings
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425Elvis was the only one with the clout to get this song recorded and published. The record companies were afraid of the song but elvis was too famous to ignore
Elvis was a beautiful soul who loved people. His life is so tragic. He was taken advantage of, driven to near bankruptcy by a corrupt manager, and was basically forced to work an insane schedule just to keep from losing everything. All of this drove him to drugs which ultimately damaged his body beyond help and caused his early death. Such a great talent, such a vulnerable person, such a tragic end. “What shall it profit a man should he gain the whole world and lose his soul?”
Elvis gave away a lot of his money as well. For instance he was driving and came upon an old couple broke down on the side of the road in a beat up pickup truck. Elvis stopped picked them up and brought them to a car lot and bought them a new truck. Then followed them back to their broke truck and helped them transfer their load from the old truck to their new one.
This song was written by Mac Davis in 1969. RCA and Col. Parker told Elvis not to record this song. Elvis said "I'm recording this song" and walked out. Plus, once his backup singers, the Sweet Inspirations, were with Elvis down South for a show. The hotel Elvis was going to stay in said his back-up singers had to stay somewhere else. Elvis told the manager, if they can't stay here neither will I. Elvis was born in Tupelo MS. in a 2 room shack. He moved to Memphis with his parents when he was 12. They were dirt poor and lived in the projects. Elvis used to go to the black church sometimes, just to listen to the Gospel music. He loved R& B also. He was good friends with BB King and used to go to his club in Memphis. Elvis was color blind. He respected all people and shame on some of the young black entertainers who talk trash about him. Elvis broke barriers back in the day. How many entertainers would go on a stage in Las Vegas full of a predominately white audience and sing "In The Ghetto", only Elvis. He was also good friends with Sammy Davis Jr. This country will never really be at it's greatest until people come together as Americans and stop letting Political Parties divide us for their own personal agendas.
You said it all you said it right we all need to pull together because if we keep going down the same road that keeps splitting us up and not voting a good leader for our country America we will fail and our enemies will not be concerned about us we will be locked up and live by their rules we need to make a change and now
Frank Sinatra did the same thing for Sammy down south.
I think it was Dean Martin who got up in the venues owners face along with Frank (and his Italian body guards) - they told him there would be no show if Sammy wasn't allowed to perform.
He performed 😂
I grew up in the 60s and honestly didn't like some of his earlier stuff. But when he came out with In The Ghetto and Don't Cry Daddy I took notice. He had a good heart and bad demons.
You are my favorite song analyzer. I'll repeat the same song just to feel your reaction. As to your saying "You don't have to be one of us", listening to this kind of poetry makes us one, opens our hearts. Mac Davis understanding how a mother's heart can break in so many ways is so powerful. Blessings.
The whole world too!!
Elvis was born in Tulelo, Mississippi and raised in Memphis. He was poor and with a father in jail during part of his childhood. Elvis was singing from the heart and soul.
Elvis wasn’t from Chicago but he grew up dirt poor In Tupelo Mississippi . They lived in a two room wooden house. He knew what it was to be desperate. That’s one of the reasons he was so generous with his money. He could really relate to poverty and never forgot where he came from .
Yep in most cases poverty is the same everywhere.
He's talking about the cycle of violence in Chicago; one man dies, and another one is born. WOW. He was ahead of history talking about Chicago.
You might also realize that he has black background singers. That wasn't common back then.
He had organizers tell him to leave the black girls at home. He told them that they either come all or he won't come either. Even made the organizers seat them all in the best area.
Elvis was the truth; He lived that life when he was young. They called him the king for a reason.
I met Elvis just before one of his last performances, he was staying in a beachfront hotel that one of my best friends was the bartender. I had come in from the ocean all sandy and salty and gone to the outdoor bar. There were a lot of guys all hitting on me. He came down in a robe thingy and was getting a soda. I looked over at him, his back was turned and he had beautiful hair. The guys noticed and said “oh you like him “. He came over and talked to me and said that I looked familiar, he told me his name was Elvis and I thought what a weird name. He asked if I knew his family and told me his last name. I told him I didn’t know any Pressleys. He gave me tickets to the concert that night and signed them saying that will get you backstage. I went home and was taking a shower when my roommate came and dragged me out, she had seen the tickets and was really excited . I told her that some old guy had given them to me. I obviously did not who he was. I had to convince her that we didn’t have to go to the concert, but we were invited to the after party. So I begrudgingly got dressed and took her to it. He came over and sang a love song to me and he asked how I liked the party. I told him it had everything but lobster, we were standing by the buffet. So, he had a table set with lobster dinners and asked me to join him. I was so embarrassed by all of the attention. I went out into the hall headed for valet to bring my car , it was so crowded and I knew it would take a while and I could find my roommate; I was whisked into a room by some bodyguards. A few minutes later Elvis walked in from the adjoining room. He was a perfect gentleman, he just wanted me to listen to a few new songs. It kind of frightened me as those same guys were standing guard duty at the door. I managed to leave to find my friend. She was waiting in line in the ladies room and I literally grabbed her and told her that we are leaving now!! She was calling her family and all excited. I gave her the tickets for her mom . My mother called a few days later and I was just telling her random things that I had been doing and mentioned that I had met this guy and he thought he knew my family and did she know any Pressleys? She said no and a few seconds later, do you mean Elvis Pressley? I had never heard my mother get all flustered like she did. She said well I am not really a fan but your aunt is going to go crazy!! Tell me all about it. I got to he came to the pool bar to get a soda, when she interrupted me and said and you went up to his room didn’t you! I was shocked. I said mom I don’t go up to strange mens rooms!! She was disappointed which I felt was confusing. I told her about the party leaving out the detour to his room seeing as I didn’t really choose to go there I was ushered in there by some bodyguards. But now, just recently I have started listening to his music and know who he was and I feel so sad that I probably hurt his feelings at a time in his life that was feeling vulnerable. He died a few months later. I just want to say, Elvis I am sorry that I didn’t know who you were. You were phenomenal, I also cried the first time that I heard in the ghetto. Thank you for the kindness you showed to me and I hope that you know that I am truly sorry for any hurt or disappointment.
You're lucky.. He was a legend.. When he died, it was the first time I ever saw my grandmother cry.
The first time I listened to "In the Ghetto" it made me cry! I was a 10-year-old girl living thousands of kilometres away from Chicago in Australia. I didn't know what a ghetto was, and I wasn't aware of poverty. However, even though I wasn't a mother, I could feel the pain and despair and the truth in Elvis' heartfelt words! That was 55 years ago, and this song STILL makes me cry every time I hear it. I still ask myself why these mothers are still crying for their children and WHY " Do we simply turn our heads, and look the other way?"
Very powerful song - full credit to its writer, Mac Davis, and to Elvis for having the guts to release it. An entire scene and history painted in under three minutes. Cleverly powerful too - it's a jolt to realise that it's never mentioned in the song what colour the boy's skin is, but we all get the same picture of how he looks. And what that says about America, American society, and us, is very telling.
Just what I was thinking, poverty and helplessness doesn't see color or nationality...
Elvis bought a Black Lady a Cadillac, because he saw her peering into the Cadillac showroom window. She loved the Cad on the Showroom Floor. It became hers. It was in Memphis. This I was told.
TRUE STORY!!!
It happened more than once
The genius of the songs writer, Mac Davis, is that race is not mentioned at all. Mac later became a huge star in his own right.
Elvis Presley gave millions to inner city charities.
He took his background singers to a hotel that did not allow blacks. Elvis left until he found a hotel for everyone.
Mac Davis, from Lubbock TX, wrote this song. Elvis felt it because he was raised in the ghettos of Mississippi and Memphis.
I think Elvis had more love compassion and care in his pinky than most have in a lifetime.
Hope I see him in heaven someday
Then we will hear a song beyond anything he ever did before
Elvis was a messenger
Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in a shotgun house.He was taught to sing in a black church with open arms and love.Im from Mississippi, I live 45 minutes south of Tupelo. He was a twin,(brother),he survived, (Elvis).He always felt guilty from that.He moved to Memphis,Tennessee, there is where he resided until death.His home in Memphis, Tennessee is known as,GRACELAND. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
I saw a story were Elvis was on the phone with MLK and wanted to go march with him. And King said no you keep doing what you are doing. And that is why he was so tore up when he was killed. Check out the song If I Can Dream. It is in honor of MLK and Robert Kennedy Jr..
Elvis wanted to sing this song. Who was going to tell Elvis no? It was a hit.
I'm 80 years old. Born and raised on east side of Detroit. Our neighborhood was that song. You did a beautiful job on interpretation of that song.
Mac Davis wrote this song. Elvis did grow up in the ghetto. His dad was in prison.
Elvis was born in Tupelo,Mississippi in a shotgun house and was dirt poor. His father was put in jail for writing a bad check for groceries, and Elvis and his Mother became homeless. Elvis learned how to sing in the black juke joints after moving to Memphis. Elvis could sing that song with no judgment because he lived in abject poverty and unstood what poverty could lead anyone to do out of desperation. Whitney Houston’s mother sang backup vocals for Elvis with the Jordanairs.
Elvis came from where the blues were the music. I think everything in Elvis’ life influenced the great singer he became.
This song broke my heart as a child and ripped it from my chest after I became a mother.
That’s why he’s called the king❤
Great reaction❤ Elvis is wonderful, such a beautiful voice❤❤❤
This was always one of my favorites of all of his songs. Because it was so moving and it touched your heart. It used to make me cry every time I heard it. Great song.
I did get to meet him in the 70s he came too Cedartown Georgia he was my cousin's uncle we have alot of music coming out in Polk Co Georgia love your reaction on this my brother it hits deep
And read up on Elvis the generous man...
Many many many people through the
Decades have misjudged him terribly
Elvis was born poor in Tupelo, Mississippi. This was recorded in 1969.
The song was written by Mac Davis, who was from Lubbock, Tx. Mac wondered why his friends were living in the bad part of town.
Sadly, yes 54 years later, it's reality still.
And it is not just one race, it happens to all people born into poverty. It is so very sad.
I heard this song recently and it is definitely one of my favorites. The words are so true yet so sad. I can't see someone else singing it. Elvis really puts emotion into the song.
Brings tears to my eyes
The record label and his manager didn’t want him to record this .. Elvis said he was because he wanted to highlight the ghetto since he grew up in the ghetto ! He told them play it or he’s gone ! So they played it and it was a hit !!
May I recommend you watch 3 6 Mafia's remix of this song. They explain how much this song meant to one of the singers mother who lived in the ghetto. Elvis didn't shy away from songs he liked and he put his feelings in all of them. The 👑 is 🔥
Mac Davis is such an incredible songwriter. I’ve been crying over this song for decades. Every. Time.
The king
Elvis grew up in the ghetto of Tupelo Mississippi his mother father & him were extremely poor so poor his father changed a check amount ended up in prison for a time for that. Incredible to learn his music teacher actually flunked him and he went on to be The King Of Rock N Roll. Check out his gospel music
I remember listening to this in the 70s crying. It's timeless.God bless the children. He was born in Tupilo Mississippi.
I've heard that song thousands of times, and I really enjoy people seeing it for the first time, and give me their perspective. I have to say, your review is the absolute best reaction I've ever seen. I have always.....well, just thank you. I subbed
I cry every time I listen to this song. So many of us, me included have no idea how lucky we are in a better life. It breaks my heart so bad.
You are an adorable young man. Your intro about moods and smiling and having hope got me hooked. Your reaction to Elvis was great, and your mic problem added some humor. You are a nice person.
Elvis's parents were poor,Elvis seen it and lived it.
In all seriousness you would think after 54 years us government would do something to help there fellow man ..
Please don’t ask the government to get involved again! The government got them (poor people) on SS and just enough to keep them down and made it to where if a woman has a child with a father involved they lost the money so now you have generations of fatherless children in the ghettos. So the government took their American dream and flushed it down the toilet.
He was born in an impoverished mississippi. He was a twin his brother died, and his mom became overly worried something would happen to him. He was picked on a lot so he started teaching himself to play the guitar. He paid to have a recording at sun records for his mom. My favorite song. If I remember correctly the black music of the south, at that time, was hugely influential to his style of music
My favorite song by elvis
Elvis was raised poor, Dad in prison, amongst Blacks in Tupelo Mississippi.
He was from Mississippi.
This song came out the year I was born. I didn't hear the song until I was 13, it helped change my perception of our world and how I react to things. The chorus basically says it...if we ignore what's happening in our world, the poverty and desperation, this is what happens. We need to find a way to break the cycle and help each other.
If Elvis had lived, he would have turned 89 this past January.
If Elvis had never done another song, this would have made him an important singer.
What always touched me about this song is how real the lyrics are. How they make you think of how hard it is to live when you are poor. The mama cries when her baby is born and she cries when she loses him young, but I am sure she cried many times in the years in between. It makes me more said that nothing has been done and that this is still how it is today over 50 years later.
Great singer love his music❤❤❤❤😊😊😊
Elvis was born in tupelo mississippi. Sadly he died on my 14th birthday. What a very sad day it was for the world
Elvis and Frank both loved everyone, and treated people with respect regardless of race ,that's what a king is
Elvis was born in a two room house in Mississippi.
Suspicious minds from live in Las Vegas and all songs in his black leather outfit
Hi there. New subscriber. I absolutely love this one from Elvis as I am an Elvis fan. The one major thing I respected him for was that back in the day (I think you can actually google this) he was due to do a performance at a casino and because his three back up were three black ladies and the casino refused to have them on stage with him. Elvis told the casino that if that was the case then he would not perform and then the casino said okay they can perform on stage with you but they have to go through the kitchen entrance and Elvis refused once again. Stating that if they didn’t walk through the front door with the rest of the band he would not perform and finally the casino gave in and allowed them to walk in through the front door with the rest of the band. Elvis came, from a very poor background and he respected people of all colour. To me that is the most important thing. Absolutely love your channel so please keep it going because you do it so well take care and blessings to you from England.
I really don't understand why you've never heard Elvis sing this song. He was an amazing artiste and this is a fabulous record. I find that really hard to believe.
Always brings tears when I hear this song
Everytime this song plays i just 😢 because it just hits so raw
From what I’ve read when Elvis sang in one of his concerts he’d sing like he was singing just for you.
This song makes me want to cry so much all the time just knowing what the folks went through
Love your reaction sir. Elvis grew up in poverty. Poverty breeds crime. Lack of education breeds poverty. Education is the key. We need to care more.
Love your message at the start about bad times. We all can relate and tomorrow's always a new day.
Elvis recorded the song in 1969 but it was written by Mac Davis. Elvis was from TN, born in Tupelo Mississippi.
JayTDeion... This was a song written for Elvis, by Country Singer/ Song Writer Mac Davis. One of the last songs I remember hearing from Mac Davis was written in the early 80s.
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But Elvis himself grew up poor down in Tupelo Mississippi. I don't know why he chose to sing this song, I guess back then in 1969, he recognized the need for a universal message that Knowone could complain about, because like you said, he's talking FACT !
He is from Tupelo, Mississippi . You should listen to if I can dream by him.
He was a good man . He knew no color only people
I’m sorry I know this is a reaction channel not a social justice platform but this is such a true song from such a long time ago. How much better this world could be if we were all just a little kinder to each other. Don’t have to buy people a new house, but what are you doing with your old shoes that you don’t were anymore. Take the time to donate them!
I always cry 😢 when I hear him sing this song 🎵
Breaks my heart everytime i hear this song 😢
Fantastic response. Whole visual and your magnetic review 😊 Elvis, born in Tupelo. Mississippi..
Elvis raised in Mississippi. Was friends with a number of blues musicians
Was on Jr High School in Las Vegas story there about wanting to meet him m Hot Tickets but for My Mom Who took a moment to Go Had a Great time turned out to be VIPSeats it was also that night a guy thought Elvis took a Guy out using Karate. ❤❤❤ I was 17 the morning of his passing Cried for Days❤ My Grandmother said God wanted him home because of his Angelic voice❤
3:26 just the overwhelmingness of it all I watched that with my own mother she was Raising seven children on her own
I heard this song many years ago and it really touched me. So sad.
Elvis lived in Memphis at Graceland.
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Elvis went to black churches, had black friends, he was a poor kid in Tupelo.
Elvis and K.D. Lang...pitch-perfect voices, that can sing any range, to mesmerize & include us, in their magical, musical world!
Hello from Cody Wyoming 😊 you're awesome keep it up
Love you man!! It’s so cool to see your reaction. Awesome!!
In a short song Elvis tells of the vicious circle that unfortunately is still happening today, 5 decades later. Kids getting involved in "Gangs" generally from underprivileged societies, they want everything, and they see their leaders with all the "Bling" so they get radicalized, and inevitably end up in trouble, sometimes dead and the circle starts again. So sad, and it's so hard for parents to get this message through to their kids. As the song says, the community need to "lend a helping hand". Thankfully this is starting to happen, ex-gang members are talking to the younger kids about their lives, the friends they've lost. Unfortunately, I can't see this circle ending in the near future, the gangsters are always looking for young recruits. Hearbreaking.😪
Elvis was born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi and the lower ends of Alabama and sang in his Church's Choir singing Gospel music in a predominantly black Choir and Black Gospel music as written by the Black writers of the Church's Choir singers and Baptists that were present in those days and still to this present day .
And so was the birth of Rock n Roll as we know it today. There are many Rock n Roll songs that are actually Gospel songs sang by actually and factual song group's like the "Staple Singers " " I'll Take You There " or " Norman Greenbaum's " "Spirit in the Sky " and others that topped the charts at number one for a long time as pure rock and listened to only the Younger Generations of the time but condemned by their elders as anti-socialists and the 'Devil's Work' and was responsible for the corruptions of the youth's of society's beliefs or what the elders believed was "right and wrong " with today's morals and laws being processed by those in charge of making laws and what was being played on radios and TV across this Nation's airwaves and publications being printed by leftists propaganda aleven across the oceans and landscapes influences in other countries of political Populations that our country was or were contingent to and deemed true to our political way of living.
People heard nothing but noise without actually listening to the words being conveyed or spoken in the song or musical compositions and directed at or towards the young soon to be adults that would soon be able to decide as to who would be selected and elected into powers that would control or at least influence how their contrys future would and will depend on those peoples choices and many of those were already being of voting age and not accounted for when those younger generations ideals' were shaping already and could no longer be ignored.
In other words "today's likes and dislikes that are being made now.
What happens today can be largely to blame for today's problems and how yesterday's prejudice and knowldges of right and wrong is the results of closed ears andinds that were ingrained in the youngs beliefs and determinations are being made by the same minds that are now grown and making adult decisions , whether it be the music or ideas based upon what they were told or taught by outdated and incorrect text of the School of Higher and Elementary teachings or just common sense being formally instructed or actual known History that should have been used as references of actual events and transcribed by known and respected scholars of our Encyclopedias and not those who actually author Learning Texts of our school systems and in the Elementary to Collegiate Levels of teaching or instructors of Higher Learning Institute's and finally being realized by those attending and the ears of Common Sensibilities and Institute's tenet's of known facts ..
I love this song and he knew it.
He came from very very poor beginnings and he worked hard to get where he did I believe that’s why people loved his music he sang from the heart and from experience thank you for sharing this video always brings tears to my eyes
during this time people still carried a lot of prejudice and because he hired black singers he was boycotted from many places in performing and he went to this one concert that they basically said you can’t perform because you have black singers he said either they go or I don’t perform❤
Elvis and Johnny Cash were two white artists who understood black plight, because they lived very similar lives. It's poignant and heartbreaking every time I here this song. I grew up Northeast of Chicago, in the Northwest corner of Indiana, and my father was a huge bigot and racist. We went through white flight several times. And, even though Elvis was his number one favorite musical artist ever, he couldn't stand this song. I, on the other hand, found this to be my favorite song from the King. He knew what he sang and he sang what he knew. Bless Mac Davis (also one of my favorites) for having the guts to write this, and bless Elvis for having the guts to sing it - over and over again, no matter what the blowback.
Listen to Elvis song, Don’t Cry Daddy. I cry my eyes out
Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi and he came from Poverty
This is the first video i have seen of yours. I really like your channel. Im extremely surprised you never heard that song before. Im old and a music freak. Im so happy you are checking out the old songs.
You need to listen to ( Red Sovine - teddy bear )
I'm a white 55 year old English man watching a black American reaction to elvis presley and I've been a elvis fan since 9 years old and the majority of tv and films I watching and the majority of music I like American rock music please don't think the English hate america because we don't
50 years of progress and the USA has stood still.
You gotta hear his amazing grace
Elvis at his best. This is why we need to take care of each other. I see this child and his parents every damn day and I know we have laws that treat dogs better than this.
Elvis was born in Tupelo Mississippi ion Jan 8, 1935
I’m a little late to the party, I’m sure others have said this already. Elvis was born in 1935 and grew up dirt poor in Mississippi. So he definitely knew what he was talking about. Definitely was not born with a silver spoon his mouth. Anyway. Excellent video. I subscribed. Keep up the great work!
Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, MS
Good to review some of thr older songs. Powerful songs. If you havent reviewed Staples Singers check them out. MLK was a fan and they marched with him.
I grew up listening to Elvis as a white kid in rural 🇨🇦. My mom loved Elvis and she came from large very poor family.
This song always made me feel deeply even though I had no connection to Chicago. The message is timeless and relatable. Peace and Blessings.
Hard hitting brother, genuine reaction good job.
The most powerful part of the song is the last line because it shows nothing changed it starts all over again from the beginning and 50 years later this is still going on.
I like the explanation of this song by this guy.
Elvis grew up with black people, and he admired their music.
If I can dream
People acted like Elvis was an idiot. The man was not. He knew he could reach the world and did. Elvis Presley is still probably the most influential and relevant musical artist of all time. He was addicted to drugs. His manager kept, and Dr kept him so drugged at the end I'm surprised he could speak. But he did songs like this. He also did Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender and Blue Christmas. His voice was perfection. He will always be my favorite. Follwed closely by Michael Jackson.
This song was written by Mac Davis, and he recorded it, but Elvis loves the song, so he asked Mac Davis for permission to record it. Mac Davis did some fantastic song himself. Like baby, don't get hooked on me and hard to be humble when you're perfect