Talk:Elvis Presley/Archive 7

message: There should be a new paragraph concerning Elvis's allegedly wild sex life in the article. As the quotes above and Priscilla Presley's statements in her book Elvis and Me (see ) prove, Elvis was not overtly sexual towards his wife and other women as has been claimed in the "Relationships" section of the article. According to Peter Guralnick and other sources, he spent the whole day and night with men from the Memphis Mafia, "living on speed and tranqs." See Talk:Memphis_Mafia#Additional_sources.  It could well be that Elvis was a victim of his own image, of all these built-in expectations of him as a womanizer and a sex symbol. There should be some critical remarks concerning these facts in the article. Onefortyone 11:50, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As there has not yet been a sufficient discussion on the topic above, I have reinstated the last paragraphs from the archive6 page. Onefortyone 16:43, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone who has ever taken strong prescription medications, especially tranquilizers, b/p meds, etc knows it does affect the sex drive and sexual performance.  Elvis was a handsome gentleman that the women were crazy about.  However, I'm sure it got old really fast.  It has too be tiring to know that a herd of half-crazed females are going to try to rip off your clothes and will beat the day-lights out of you attempting to do so.  I wouldn't care for it one bit.  The man had no life because of his fame and because people acted irresponsibly and would not respect his privacy.  --Bumpusmills1 12:03, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Elvis's sex life

message: I don't think page protection is getting us anywhere.  I'm unprotecting. Anyone engaged in disruptive editing may be blocked under the blocking policy subject to review one the administrators' noticeboard for incidents. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 11:12, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, Tony! fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 17:37, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Unprotecting

message: According to Steve Wright on BBC Radio 2 a few days ago, Elvis was reported to be alive and well and driving a gritter through a snowstorm down a Welsh country lane. Come to think of it, a few years ago he was winning cycle races in Scotland. I know that because for several years in succession I presented him with the prize for winning our local race. (Or rather to a guy who went on to win "stars in their eyes"..) Viewfinder 13:48, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Elvis Alive

message: Can anyone confirm the ship he sailed to Europe aboard was operated by USN & N USNS (civil under USN control)? (If so, she'd be USNS, N USS.)  Trekphiler 16:34, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Elvis Afloat?

message: I'd Q if gospel gave birth to R&B. As I recall, gospel (as we now know it) was a product of R&B influences, & grew out of an earlier spiritual music tradition.  Trekphiler 16:40, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Gospel?

message: Why exactly did you remove the "died on the toilet" from the "Death and burial" section? You didn't give any reasons in your edit summary. Maybe you could share those reasons with us here in the discussion page (129.241.134.241 08:07, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  To user 70.250.215.242 

message: As there has not yet been a sufficient discussion on the topics above, I have reinstated the paragraphs from the archive7 page. Onefortyone 14:30, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Archiving not yet necessary

message: ...as if every day was like Christmas. By the way, if you don't mind, we wish you'd tell the angels in Heaven we wish them a happy Christmas, too. Onefortyone 11:37, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: We wish you a Merry Christmas, Elvis !

message: I have added some notes to the paragraph on Priscilla Presley in the Relationships section. In Suzanne Finstad's book, Child Bride: The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, there is a completely different account of Priscilla's life, painting her in a rather negative light and describing her as a "wild child" and "sexpot". The sources of this book are several people who knew Elvis and Priscilla well, among them many friends from Priscilla's childhood and adolescence, Elvis's stepbrother Rick Stanley, Mike Edwards, Elvis's ex-girlfriends and the wives of the Memphis Mafia men. The author writes that Priscilla promised sexual favors in exchange for meeting Elvis with Currie Grant, a married, 27-year-old man who knew the singer, that she wasn't a virgin on her wedding night, as she and Elvis slept together on their second date. The book also says that Priscilla didn't want to come to live with Elvis, but that her marriage was part of a mastermind for fame hatched by Priscilla and her mother and that she never loved Elvis. Finstad takes many quotes that Priscilla has made and calls them a web of lies that she has spun. Some more details from this book may be added. It should be noted, however, that Priscilla launched a lawsuit against Currie Grant for his claims in the book. Onefortyone 00:20, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Suzanne Finstad's account of Priscilla Presley's life