INFORMAL POLL: Graceland

I agree with this. One of the 3-4 homes of famous folks everyone should visit.

 

Pretty cool, sweet Nike outlet store down the street as well.
What's more interesting, in terms of snapshots, is that the part of town Graceland was in, was once the highestm high rollers lived and now it is ghetto.
If in Memphis, a Graceland visit is worth it. Also check out the Coors tour, they give out samples at the end. Or at least used to. Gibson Guitars is also pretty cool.
Lots of neat things to do in Memphis.
Graceland Too is the strangest, trippiest thing I've ever done sober.

 

Coors in Memphis as compared to Bud in St. Louis (which also has a tour?) Can't compare the two. Bud rules!

 

I was part of a group that went to Memphis several years ago for the NCAA Tournament. On the off day we decided we would do Graceland. On the way, we were in general agreement, asking each other, "Are we really doing this?" But it was well worth it. Everyone needs to go once in their lifetime.

Thank ya, thank ya very much.

 

Goin' to Graceland
We're goin' today!
I'm so happy I just can't wait!
Gonna see the place where Elvis Presley died

When we get to Graceland
We'll have to ride a bus
We'd better watch our language
Or the guards will beat us up
We'll get to make some cheap jokes
And buy cheaper souvenirs
If this were Disneyworld
I'd buy a pair of Elvis ears
They say it costs eight-fifty
Just to see his house
Where they keep all his records
And his fifteen foot long couch
It might seem like a rip-off
But I'm goin' anyway
We're goin' to Graceland today

Goin' to Graceland
It's gonna be great!
I'm so happy I just can't wait!
Gonna see the bucket that Elvis Presley kicked

Goin' to Graceland
It's gonna be fun
We'll get to see all Elvis's guns
Gonna tell us all about his favorite TV shows

Goin' to Graceland
We'll stand in line
We'll get to have a wild time
Gonna get to buy Love Me Tender Shampoo

When my time comes
That's how I wanna go
Stoned and fat and wealthy
And sitting on the bowl
Lots of people say
That it's sad The King is gone
Well Elvis might be dead
But his cash flow lives on
I'll be so excited
When I see the Jungle Room
Where Elvis made some records
Including Moody Blue
Graceland is callin'
And I just can't stay away
We're goin' to Graceland today

Goin' to Graceland
We're gonna cut loose
There's plenty of tourists for us to use
Gonna act real stupid and try to pick up girls

Goin' to Graceland
We're gonna go wild
We'll go to his grave and try to smile
Gonna buy velvet paintings and Elvis Presley forks

Goin' to Graceland
We're goin' to Graceland
We're goin' to Graceland
We're goin' to Graceland

Goin' to Graceland
We're going to Hell
We're gonna sing Heartbreak Hotel
Gonna see the uniform that Elvis Presley wore

What are we waitin' for?
Let's leave right now
We're goin' to Graceland
And I don't care how
E Pluribus Elvis
That's what I say
We're goin' to Graceland today

- The Dead Milkmen

"Goin' to Graceland" from the Bucky Fellini album [1987]

 

I went to Graceland more than 20 years ago. It was aight. Memphis itself, which I haven't been to in about a decade, kinda had a decrepit feel, like St. Louis. Been to Tunica, too. The road through Mississippi to get there feels like a third-world country, plus kudzu, but the casinos were friendly.

 

Love that fucking song.

 

Dooley cryin the blues

 

Everybody ought to go ... once, as has been said here by others.