Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, made him enormously popular—and controversial.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate, just 42 years of age.
Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, blues, and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.
What Now My Love
Elvis Presley Lyrics
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How can I live through another day
Watching my dreams turn into ashes
And all my hopes into bits of clay
Once I could see, once I could feel
Now I'm numb, I've become unreal
I walk the night, oh, without a goal
What now my love, now that it's over
I feel the world closing in on me
Here comes the stars tumbling around me
And there's the sky where the sea should be
What now my love, now that you're gone
I'd be a fool to go on and on
No one would care, no one would cry
If I should live or die
What now my love, now there is nothing
Only my last goodbye
Only my last goodbye
Elvis Presley's song "What Now My Love" is a sad and heart-wrenching ballad that speaks about the aftermath of a lost love. The song's lyrics capture the despair and pain felt by someone who has lost someone they love most dearly. The singer expresses difficulty coping with the reality of his situation and struggles to make sense of what his life will be like now that his love is gone. He wonders how he can continue living his life without his love and feels like all his dreams and hopes have been shattered. The lyric "I feel the world closing in on me" encapsulates the singer's feelings of suffocation and hopelessness.
Sung in Elvis Presley's signature voice, the lyrics of the song are filled with a sense of numbness and detachment that come with losing someone. The lyrics reveal that the singer's sense of purpose and direction in life have been lost, and he feels stripped of everything that was once important to him. The star references his inability to see or feel as he narrates how he walks aimlessly without a goal. The bridge of the song also communicates the extent of the pain that he is feeling as he describes the world tumbling around him.
What makes "What Now My Love" a significant song is the universal feelings of heartbreak it evokes in its listeners. It is an unforgettable song that provides insight into the psychological effects of lost love. Elvis's performance of the song is a heartfelt rendition that touches the soul of the listener.
Line by Line Meaning
What now my love, now that you left me
What should I do now that you have left me?
How can I live through another day
How can I survive another day without you?
Watching my dreams turn into ashes
I can only witness my dreams be destroyed like ash.
And all my hopes into bits of clay
All my hopes have been shattered and wasted.
Once I could see, once I could feel
I was once optimistic, but now I feel nothing.
Now I'm numb, I've become unreal
I am numb and disconnected from myself and reality.
I walk the night, oh, without a goal
I wander aimlessly without aim or purpose.
Stripped of my heart, my soul
My heart and soul were taken away from me.
What now my love, now that it's over
What should I do now that it's all over?
I feel the world closing in on me
I feel trapped by the world
Here comes the stars tumbling around me
The stars are falling down around me.
And there's the sky where the sea should be
I am lost and disoriented, unable to tell sky from sea.
What now my love, now that you're gone
What do I do now that you have left me?
I'd be a fool to go on and on
Continuing to go on without you would be foolish.
No one would care, no one would cry
Nobody would care or cry if I were to live or die.
If I should live or die
If I should continue to live or not.
What now my love, now there is nothing
What do I do now that there is nothing left?
Only my last goodbye
My last words to you, goodbye.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Carl Sigman, Gilbert Becaud, Pierre Delanoe
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Elvis Presley - It's Over (Lyrics)
If time were not a moving thing
And I could make it stay
This hour of love we share
Would always be
There'd be no coming day
To shine a morning light
And make us realize our night is over
When you walk away from me
There is no place to put my hand
Except to shade my eyes against the sun
That rises over the land
I watch you walk away
Somehow I have to let you go
Because it's over
If you knew just how I really feel
You might return and yet
There are so many times
That people have to love and then forget
Oh, there might have been a way somehow
I have to force myself to say it's over
So I turn my back
Turn my collar to the wind
Move along in silence
Trying not to think at all
I set my feet before me
Walk the silent street before me
Now it's over
If time were not a moving thing
And I could make it stay
This hour of love we share
Would always be
There'd be no coming day
To shine a morning light
And make us realize our night is over
It's over
Over!
@georgehorner1578
There is Elvis Presley, and then, there is everybody else.
@dennishanna710
The greatest entertainer of all time. No one else is even close to Elvis. He is in a class of his own.
@user-kb6ot8zh4g
I totally agree.
@user-lg8kv5bc4x
I totally agree with you no one has ever come close to elvis he his and always will be
@teresapotter7701
At all!!!!!!
@daniloneumann7772
MARAVILHOSO !!! NÃO DÁ PARA EXPLICAR. POR QUE USAR. DROGAS ?...?..PQP
@gljm
Imagine, this is live, Billions of people are watching and it's just Elvis, the Orchestra and chorus, no gimmicks, no manipulation, just pure talent.
@davidorr6696
Never to be repeated❤
@stege9979
It happened once.
@riseharris5204
#KingOfTheWholeWideWorld💫👑💙