Graceland
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| - | [[Labiel]] is onstandvastig, wankelbaar. | + | '''Graceland''' is the estate and large white-columned mansion, located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. It is located in South Memphis' vast Whitehaven community about twelve miles (19 km) from Downtown and less than four miles (6 km) north of the [[Mississippi]] border. It currently serves as a museum. It was opened to the public in 1982, was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on November 7, 1991 and declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] on March 27, 2006. |
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| - | I've mentioned [[Michael Jackson]] twice[http://jahsonic.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/in-defense-of-michael-jackson/][http://jahsonic.wordpress.com/2006/12/25/james-brown-1933-2006/] on this blog, once when I was amazed by his choice of footage in "[[They Don't Care About Us]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvWMLAWrEjU], and once when I did the obituary of [[James Brown]] when I mentioned that Brown's "rapid-footed dancing inspired Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson". | + | |
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| - | Jackson was the embodiment of things gone [[awry]] as the result of [[fame in the 20th century]], when he was catapulted from [[child prodigy]][http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40623000/jpg/_40623000_jacko9.jpg] to [[natural freak]][http://www.belch.com/celebs/jacko.gif]. | + | |
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| - | With more than 100 million albums sold, ''[[Thriller (album)|Thriller]]'' (1982) is the bestselling album of all time and is iconic in the history of [[20th century popular music]], where he is the natural heir to [[Elvis Presley]]. Beyond both dying from an abuse of prescription drugs, parallels beween Presley and Jackson are numerous ([[Graceland]]/[[Neverland]]). [[Lisa Marie Presley]], for a short time married to Jackson in the nineties wrote at the time of Jackson's death that he knew "exactly how his fate would be played out" and feared his death would echo that of Elvis Presley. | + | |
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| - | Jackson dies, long live Jackson. | + | |
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| - | Here he is reincarnated in [[Shinehead]]'s reggae version[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10FUwJldKM&] of "[[Billie Jean]]."[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7MmEMrCRfc&]. But one of the earliest samples of "Billie Jean" was in 1983, when Italian studio project [[Clubhouse (group)|Clubhouse]] mixed [[Steely Dan]]'s "[[Do It Again (Steely Dan song)|Do It Again]]" (1981) with "Billie Jean" as the "[[Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwt0qQGqp0U] . | + | |
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| - | <nowiki>*</nowiki>[[Daryl Hall]] has claimed that [[Michael Jackson]] admitted to copying the [[bassline]] from "[[I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=606KHmS8VhU] song in his song "[[Billie Jean]]". | + | |
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| + | [[Elvis Presley]], who died at the estate on August 16, 1977, his parents Gladys and Vernon Presley, and his grandmother, are buried there in what is called the Meditation Gardens. | ||
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Graceland is the estate and large white-columned mansion, located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee. It is located in South Memphis' vast Whitehaven community about twelve miles (19 km) from Downtown and less than four miles (6 km) north of the Mississippi border. It currently serves as a museum. It was opened to the public in 1982, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991 and declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006.
Elvis Presley, who died at the estate on August 16, 1977, his parents Gladys and Vernon Presley, and his grandmother, are buried there in what is called the Meditation Gardens.
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