Elvis
Presley and my opinion about this project
Elvis Presley (1935-1977)
was the first widely known rock-and-roll singer star - and subsequently named
the King of Rock and Roll. He rose from
poverty to fame in the mid 1950s, attracting large audiences in concerts and
especially teenage girls everywhere he went.
Elvis was young and attractive, had great voice, and his sound and style
was something totally unique.Elvis' musical style was a combination of black
Rhythm & Blues, country, blues, pop music of the day, and gospel. His stage performance was a novelty thing in
the 1950s, with lots of swiweling dance movements that some parents and church
people considered vulgar and a dangerous influence to their teenagers. He even got nicknamed "Elvis the
Pelvis" for his swinging dance.
Elvis also started
making movies in 1956 with the film "Love Me Tender" - acting had
been his dream for a long time. Between
1956 and 1961 he was both recording, giving live concerts, and making movies
(with the exception of his time in army) and achieved international fame. Other movies from this early period are
"Loving You", "Jailhouse Rock", and "King
Creole". Soon after returning from
the army in 1961 he abandoned singing to live audiences and turned exclusively
to film making.
1960s saw Elvis acting
in one movie after another (for example "Flaming Star", "Blue
Hawaii", and "Viva Las Vegas"), until finally his films ended up
being produced like from an assembly line with a set pattern. Elvis grew dissatisfied with his acting
career and totally quit making movies in 1969.
Instead he started giving live concerts again - encouraged by the good
response of the TV special aired in 1968 and by the triumphant success of a
month-long concert engagement at the Las Vegas International Hotel in 1969.
The time from 1970 till
his death at 1977 Elvis spent touring in concerts all over the United States -
around 1,000 concerts total. He also had
long engagements in Las Vegas International Hotel each year. He made history with these elaborate shows,
his costumes (most often various jumpsuits) breaking box office records. Elvis
Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in 1967 after 7 years of courtship. They had one child, Lisa Marie Presley, born
in 1968. They separated in 1972, Priscilla retaining the custody of Lisa Marie
Elvis died totally unexpectedly in
1977 from heart attack, prescription drug abuse being indicated as a cause.
My
opinion
Personally, I think
this was a very fun project and maybe something that should have been a little
more often. When it comes to your own performance so I think I have done a good
job and spent some time on the project to get as good a result as possible.
Du har god flyt i språket, og ikke minst god grammatikk. Bra! Du forteller det viktigste fra Elvis sitt liv, og det gjør du på en god måte. Jeg savner at innlegget er enda mer som et blogginnlegg, altså med en innledning og avslutning med din "stemme".
SvarSlettJeg synes det er bra å høre at du synes dette har vært gøy, og jeg må jo si at du har gjort en god jobb :)