It's just a teen-age Graceland

Wouldn't that be the Axl Rose memorial then? I'm confused...

 

I went to Graceland two summers ago and loved it. When I got to the end and saw where he was buried it was tough not to break into Spinal Tap's version of "Heartbreak Hotel" they sang at Graceland.

 

<Elvis' grave, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee>
David: I'm not really sure this was such a great idea, I mean
I don't feel any better than I did at the hotel.
Derek: He was going to do a TV special from here, before he died.
David: Yeah, that's right, the musical version of "Somebody Up
There Likes Me"...
(Sings Well since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell
well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street, at Heartbreak
Hotel.
Nigel: Do it, do it with the harmony parts.
D + N: Well since my baby left...
David: The same key, though, I think.
D + N: Well since my baby left me...
Nigel: If I'm going: Well since my baby left me, meeee...
David: No, you can't hit that note!
Derek, D+N: Mmmmm...since my baby left me,
well, I found a new place to dwell...
Nigel: That's alright.
Derek: Not really, not really...voice down...
David: Well it sounds raga, don't want to go raga on this stuff.
Nigel: No, not with this you don't, Well since my baby left me,
David: It sounds...fuckin barbershop...
Derek: Hey!
David: Barbershop raga. A new hybrid.
Derek: Hey, watch the, watch the language, you're paying homage
to the King!
David: Oh sorry...well this is thoroughly depressing.
Nigel: It really puts perspective on things, though, doesn't it?
David: A bit too much fucking perspective.

 

There is an Elvis Radio on Sirius,

....you twatwaddle. haha. [thanks, Ace! no offense C_Kirk]

 

yeah, well answer me this, miss. What's their target demographic?

No offense taken. Have been called much worse, on and off the site.

Allthough, one point of clarification. I thought the correct term is twatwaffle. Did I miss where it morphed into twatwaddle. Or is Ace just being a twatwaffle. or twatwaddle as the case may be.

 

I waddle to my own twat. Wait, that sounds wrong.

The Elvis Radio target demographic is the exact same as that of newspaper readers, if I'm not mistaken.

 

Went to Graceland (for a third time) in 2004. There were many more young families like ours is as there were older folks.

I don't think Elvis' popularity is dwindling any time soon. It's been 30 years since his death and he's more popular now than he's ever been. My daughters (9 and 4) enjoy listening to Elvis as much as Hilary Duff or Raven. I have the Aloha concert on DVD, and they ask to watch it every now and then. Trust me, if I - a big but not diehard Elvis fan - can get my kids to listen to and appreciate Elvis Presley, there will be millions more.

 

Seriously, Graceland and the National Civil Rights Museum plus Beale Street BBQ make Memphis a good 1-2 day destination.

 

I'd add Sun Studios (Mecca for old-time rock and roll fans) and a Memphis Redbirds game at awesome AutoZone Park to that list too.

 

I saw the guy mentioned in the Forbes story interviewed on CBS Sunday Morning (or whatever that show is called), and he said research found that a huge majority of visitors to Graceland are younger than 30. So they'll be visiting for years to come, and bring their young children, and the cycle will continue.

 

My turn!

Mama's got a squeeze box, Elvis never sleeps at night?

(Crickets chirping ...)

... you see, because Graceland is being renovated and Elvis' restless spirit can't sleep at night? With his squeeze box?

Dammit! I suck at this Who/Elvis melding. My mind's caught up in whirlpool dragging me down.

 

My advice would be stick with what you do best... take a visit to Walmart and let us know how it went.