Posted October 10, 200618 yr It’s 6pm on Thursday 27th June 1968 and as Elvis prepares to step onto the stage at the NBC studio in Burbank, California for the first of the two one-hour ‘informal’ sets in front of a live audience, he panics. It has been more than seven years since Elvis has appeared in front of a live audience. What if he freezes up, he asks Steve Binder, the director of the special. ‘Then you go out, sit down, look at everyone, get up and walk off,’ says Binder. ‘But you are going out there.’ His performance on the night marks a high-water point that is still riveting today; the fear that he has expressed translates into a degree of engagement rarely revealed on stage. So says Peter Guralnick and Ernst Jorgensen in their book, Day By Day – The Definitive Record Of His Life And Music And he did go on and the ’68 Comeback Special is one of the most critically acclaimed music specials of all time! :dance: He looked and sounded fantastic! And if you don’t believe me, just watch these two clips :cool: He was HOT!!!!! :wub: Trying To Get To You [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZiGMrClwmE.swf :wub: Baby What You Want Me To Do [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJwFH1EIRbo.swf :wub: Here’s just a trivia question about those sit down shows ;) Can you name the four friends of Elvis who joined him on stage to perform? And can you name the tambourine player sitting ringside who also happened to be Elvis’ stand in for a number of his films
October 10, 200618 yr Author Just bumping this up cos he looks soooooooo good :wub: , it's a shame to lose him half way down the page :o :cheer:
October 11, 200618 yr Author the first performance is amaze :wub: It sure is :wub: The whole show is just so fantastic, I'll have to post some more
October 13, 200618 yr Great clips and he does look HOT :dance: Wouldn't surprise me if this is where MTV got the idea for their Uplugged sessions, they follow the same format as Elvis' sit down show, another "where it all began" :elvis: Edited October 13, 200618 yr by Jacfrost
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