Harry Styles copying Elvis

[KyliesChild 16,907]

6 minutes ago, Ooolong said:

Delusional.  

He wore a basic outfit and played guitar. Elvis was NOT the first, and Harry won't be the last. Not to mention, Elvis himself is widely argued about in regards to stealing from black artists. 

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And Harry has far more talent. 

 

During Presley's interview in New York City in 1956, it was noted by one of the reporters that Elvis named several blues singers who obviously meant a lot to him such as black blues performers like "Big Boy" Crudup, "Big Mama". His entire persona and style sonically was heavily influenced by black artists so it isn't a stretch to say that he stole from them. Black artists had sold very little amounts of their recorded music relative to the national market potential. Black songwriters had mostly limited avenues to earn a living. But after Elvis purchased the music of African American Otis Blackwell and had his "Gladys Music" company hire talented black songwriter Claude Demetrius, the industry underwent a drastic change. Everyone said that black artists “stole" from Elvis but due to the racist notions at the time people couldn't simply fathom favoring the works of people of color. 

[Ooolong 4,440]

Just now, Skai Jackson said:

During Presley's interview in New York City in 1956, it was noted by one of the reporters that Elvis named several blues singers who obviously meant a lot to him such as black blues performers like "Big Boy" Crudup, "Big Mama". His entire persona and style sonically was heavily influenced by black artists so it isn't a stretch to say that he stole from them. Black artists had sold very little amounts of their recorded music relative to the national market potential. Black songwriters had mostly limited avenues to earn a living. But after Elvis purchased the music of African American Otis Blackwell and had his "Gladys Music" company hire talented black songwriter Claude Demetrius, the industry underwent a drastic change. Everyone said that black artists “stole" from Elvis but due to the racist notions at the time people couldn't simply fathom favoring the works of people of color. 

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[Harry 26,836]

Y'all can NOT make this about shading Elvis. He always gave credit to black performers for their influence on him. E.g. "The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I’m doin' now, man, for more years than I know. They played it like that in their shanties and in their juke joints and nobody paid it no mind 'til I goosed it up. I got it from them. Down in Tupelo, Mississippi, I used to hear old Arthur Crudup bang his box the way I do now and I said if I ever got to a place I could feel all old Arthur felt, I'd be a music man like nobody ever saw." So you can now CEASE with that.

Secondly I don't think Harry is "copying" Elvis. Maybe he's paying homage to him but this isn't an iconic outfit from Elvis. Could just be that he decided to wear a pink jacket with a black shirt underneath.

The guitar does not resemble Elvis'. Harry's is an electric whilst Elvis' is a very generic looking acoustic - most acoustic guitars look like that. Is everyone playing acoustic guitar "copying" Elvis because he once played an acoustic guitar???

[Pharamon 6,839]

1 hour ago, Thomas P said:

Harry's better.

sorry not sorry

...said noone with good taste in music ever

[911 16,707]

Is he now copying Joanne or Elvis

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doesnt matter, both are legends

 

 

[Adakam 2]

Elvis didnt invent pink suits, and he wasnt even known for that outfit..

And the guitars have nothing to do with each other, theyre not even the same kind of guitars...

 

So no

[That J 12,166]

That was the style back in the day tho and I'm glad to see someone bring it back.  It's cool, sexy, smooth and clean.  I like it. 

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Y'all making a big deal out of everything, delete your tumblr's

[Fingerella 3,170]

Why are you even reaching on this it's a basic soft pink suit get over it. 

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18 hours ago, Harry said:

Y'all can NOT make this about shading Elvis. He always gave credit to black performers for their influence on him. E.g. "The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I’m doin' now, man, for more years than I know. They played it like that in their shanties and in their juke joints and nobody paid it no mind 'til I goosed it up. I got it from them. Down in Tupelo, Mississippi, I used to hear old Arthur Crudup bang his box the way I do now and I said if I ever got to a place I could feel all old Arthur felt, I'd be a music man like nobody ever saw." So you can now CEASE with that.

Secondly I don't think Harry is "copying" Elvis. Maybe he's paying homage to him but this isn't an iconic outfit from Elvis. Could just be that he decided to wear a pink jacket with a black shirt underneath.

The guitar does not resemble Elvis'. Harry's is an electric whilst Elvis' is a very generic looking acoustic - most acoustic guitars look like that. Is everyone playing acoustic guitar "copying" Elvis because he once played an acoustic guitar???

“Rock ’n’ roll was around a long time before me,” he admitted at the press conference there. “It was really rhythm and blues. I just got on the bandwagon with it. Then, I lived in a country where there were all-day singings, and sang religious songs when I was real young in church. They were the rockin’ type of music—spirituals.”

Later in 1957, at a November press conference in Hawaii, Presley was asked point blank, “Did you invent rock ’n’ roll?” He explained, “I explored it. It existed long before I did. It was called rhythm and blues. I just tried a new interpretation.”

Perhaps the most reasoned view of Elvis Presley’s debt to the black rhythm and blues musicians of the 1950s was that of singer Rufus Thomas. He had been a WDIA disc jockey who Elvis heard in Memphis and met during the station-sponsored charity shows in 1956 and 1957. In 2004, the year before his death, Thomas said, “Well a lot of people said Elvis stole our music. Stole the black man’s music. The black man, white man, has got no music of their own. Music belongs to the universe." 

"A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis." Jackie Wilson

“Blacks didn’t have the air-waves Elvis had. He delivered what he obtained beautifully.”
Chuck Berry

“Elvis had an influence on everybody with his musical approach. He broke the ice for all of us.”
Al Green

“Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more”
B.B. King

Black artists in the 50s/60s loved and supported his music, cause back then not everything had to be a black and white war when it comes to art, not like right now with this social justice Tumblr era where it gets pretty ridiculous. @Ooolong

[River 116,719]

Don't be a Madonna, he's not copying, he's inspired and I find it cute.

[Harry 26,836]

10 minutes ago, kyanewest said:

“Rock ’n’ roll was around a long time before me,” he admitted at the press conference there. “It was really rhythm and blues. I just got on the bandwagon with it. Then, I lived in a country where there were all-day singings, and sang religious songs when I was real young in church. They were the rockin’ type of music—spirituals.”

Later in 1957, at a November press conference in Hawaii, Presley was asked point blank, “Did you invent rock ’n’ roll?” He explained, “I explored it. It existed long before I did. It was called rhythm and blues. I just tried a new interpretation.”

Perhaps the most reasoned view of Elvis Presley’s debt to the black rhythm and blues musicians of the 1950s was that of singer Rufus Thomas. He had been a WDIA disc jockey who Elvis heard in Memphis and met during the station-sponsored charity shows in 1956 and 1957. In 2004, the year before his death, Thomas said, “Well a lot of people said Elvis stole our music. Stole the black man’s music. The black man, white man, has got no music of their own. Music belongs to the universe." 

"A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis." Jackie Wilson

“Blacks didn’t have the air-waves Elvis had. He delivered what he obtained beautifully.”
Chuck Berry

“Elvis had an influence on everybody with his musical approach. He broke the ice for all of us.”
Al Green

“Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more”
B.B. King

Black artists in the 50s/60s loved and supported his music, cause back then not everything had to be a black and white war when it comes to art, not like right now with this social justice Tumblr era where it gets pretty ridiculous. @Ooolong

Thank you. It might seem ridiculous in 2017 to say that these black performers were actually grateful to this white man - but they were. That's how it was. I'm simply not about this generation trying to smear his legacy over this bullshit. There are plenty of artists you can criticise for appropriating different cultures without fair recognition and appreciation, but Elvis is simply not one.

Are we really running out of things to be faux-outraged about that we have to try and drag down a legend that hasn't been alive for fourty years??