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Want to be Elvis? You’ll need more than blue suede shoes

08 Jan 05:50am

Filed under: Elvis Festival, Elvis Presley, Entertainment, Music, Summer

I’d struggle to tell you more than one of the titles to Elvis Presley’s songs. And I certainly couldn’t name any of his movies.

Elvis idol Silas Lulic as the King

His outfits are outrageous and from what I’ve seen of his wink and swaying hips it’d it be enough to make anyone gag.

But I’m completely mesmerised by the Elvis festival that’s happening in Parkes this week. And my question is: Why?

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Lauren says:

10:03pm | 10/01/10

Elvis festivals and Elvis impersonators are just overkill to me. I’m 22, don’t know much about the singer except the typical fat costume, the cringeworthy movies, or that television clip of him performing shown waist up. I “get” that he is a bloody big deal, that its a historical fact… Read more »
cats says:

08:58pm | 08/01/10

Margaret Gray - what are you, like a hundred years old? “Such a sheltered life” - lol how is it sheltered to not have lived in the first half of the century. It’s called being born after Elvis died.. Being 20 years old, i don’t understand the Elvis obsession either.… Read more »

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