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Dave's neighborhood sprouted Wallace signs in 1968; the man with his greased hair looked like a steel worker, tough and uncompromising. They still grease down here; both the fathers and sons; flat-tops with fenders, massive Presley waves, or just a straight comb back. They drag race; '65 Chevies and second-hand Firebirds instead of the old '57 Chevy. They take pills and smoke a little dope and a few drop acid; but most of all they drink. They drink in bars or in alleys; beer after beer; shaking it hard to get a better lift. They wear Italian...
...from one of RCA's new quadradiscs is stunning. One of the outrageous things about Dr. Teleny is that he does not exist. His orchestra is a London pickup ensemble put together by the creators of the album, Freelance Arrangers Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, who number Elvis Presley among their clients...
...swingers on a budget. Now in its second season-but at an earlier hour so the kids can swing too-the show spotlights the uneven talents of the Bonos, husband and wife. With songs halfway between rock and pop, a kind of demi-rock, and costumes copied from Elvis Presley, the show is TV's idea of hip. Accepting that bias on the part of the producers, the songs are not bad, however, and Cher is one of the best stylists around...
...vulnerability. He is a butterfly for sexual lepidopterists, strutting and jackknifing across the stage in a cloud of scarf and glitter, pinned by the spotlights. Nonresponsibility is written into his whole relationship with the audience, over which he has less control than any comparable idol in rock history; Elvis Presley, who can still tune the fans up and down like a technician twisting a dial, is the opposite. Jagger's act is to put himself out like bait and flick away just as the jaws are about to close and the audience comes breaking ravenously over the stage...
...pushing 35 or 40, and the ducktailed boys of the '50s no longer have grease in their hair-if they have hair at all. Elvis, however, still sounds and looks almost like 1957. His hair, to be sure, is a little less shiny, and the famous Presley pout, an expression of his nearly platonic narcissism, has been replaced by the genial smile of acceptance and affluence. After 32 movies and untold millions in box-office receipts and record sales, Elvis at 37 is in many ways bigger than ever...