BBC insult to Elvis and genuine ETAs.

Hi Everyone,

I know there is a separate topic for the Elvis event on Sunday in Hyde Park, London but i thought members on here would like to see how the BBC portray Elvis.

Im sure most of you will cringe when you see these so-called fans in jumpsuits who turned up at this event on Sunday, its annoying that they have to do this when they know there are cameras gonna be there and they know that they are gonna get on the TV.

They probably think that its fun, harmless, and respectful but id like to tell them they are Wrong,Wrong and Wrong.

How is Elvis and genuine Elvis Tribute Artists supposed to be taken seriously when there are people like this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11279580

Amazes me that they didn't let Chris Connor go on yet they film that

I am sure those people like Elvis in their own way I dont think can blame them its the bloody BBC!!!

i thought that bloke in black at the start was having a stroke at the end of his interview , and please tell me guy's , please for the love of god tell me when did Elvis in the middle of an interview or when he was talking to anyone look at them or the dam bloody shitin camera and say ugh ugh ugh , where the hell do they get that from , some poeple make him out to be some sort of freak and i am so fed up of it , it makes me want to cry it really does , it aint fair on the greatest entertainer the world as ever seen not fair at all

dont cry Eddie, Eddie please don't cry....

Eddie you still got me & little tommy

dammit garry i was gonna say that

no guy's really it does really get to me , Elvis deserves more respect , you little piss takers you

When i was a kid, my dad was (and still is) also an Elvisfan. It was becourse of those clowns, that me and my dad realy thought that impersonators where LOSERS! Untill i met Johnny, I asked him, why in the world, he wanted to wear a suit, that only Elvis could wear and a specialy with a voice like his, he dint need it. He had told me, that it truly was a tribute, it was out of the love for Elvis, to let people know, there is more then just 'Blue suede shoes' and 'Hounddog'. I got the point and i knew, that he was a divoted Elvisfan. But guy's like this, they just screw it up for the real Tribute Artist. To bad, they had to show it and give attention to them.

that guy in the black costume thing should be beaten to death and then brought back to life just so we could beat him to death again. where do they get these people from?

I really wish i hadn't clicked on to that aaaaahhhhhhhhhh

jason wrote:

that guy in the black costume thing should be beaten to death and then brought back to life just so we could beat him to death again. where do they get these people from?

superb Jason , just superb

Well after hearing the show and seeing some footage it seems it wasnt as bad as that clip made it out to be.

Apart from those morons in that clip, it was good for Elvis to be remembered in that way, some of todays artists paying tribute to him in that way.

correct me if I am wrong..... but judging by facebook photos, it was not just fans that attended in elvis costume and wigs.... eta's did also....

The ETA's that I recognised at the event, none were in "costume" and I would say that only a small minority of people were dressed up like that.

Its a shame that the cameras and interviewers went looking for them, but we all know they always do. Its a shame that they didnt do their homework and hunted out some of the ETA's that were there and ask them for their views on Elvis and what an impact he had made on their lives instead of giving air time to these clowns.

The only other gripe that I had were the program vendors selling silly cheap wigs and glassess with th eprograms, but looking around the site again only a few people bought them.

On the whole, it was an excellant event to celebrate Elvis and the majority of people there just did that, including the "Guest Performers"