Chapter 14 of a book which analyzes the musical ability and achievement and cultural importance of Elvis Presley through a selection of quotations. This chapter shows why Elvis is better considered a democratic than a king, a man who sang for the people and who articulated their dreams and crystallized visions.
Chapter 12 of a book which analyzes the musical ability and achievement and cultural impact and importance of Elvis Presley. This chapter looks at the classical roots of Elvis songs as well as the strange appeal that Elvis has for opera singers. The appeal is easily explained - Elvis was a damned good singer who communicated.
Chapter 10 of a book which analyses the musical and cultural importance of Elvis Presley. This chapter addresses the accusation that Elvis Presley was a racist and shows emphatically that not only was Elvis Presley not a racist, he was a force for racial integration, peace, harmony, equality and liberation. That the truth has been perverted and inverted to the extent it has been reveals more about the age we live in and its loss of hope and ambition than it does about Elvis.