Reply #35: Interesting. [View All]

[H2O Man]

I think it might be fairer to call Elvis an influence, rather than a hero or idol. It's also fair to say Jim influenced the older Elvis: when we think of Elvis in leather, it's post-Jim.

I think of how the Beatles thought so highly of Elvis ... until they met him, and recognized that the real Elvis was a pathetic figure, rather than the guy in their imaginations

There really are no great mysteries about either's death. At most, one can question who was in the apartment with Jim a few hours earlier. And perhaps the how much heroin he had ingested. But the idea that either Elvis or Jim "faked" their death speaks only to the minds of those who believe it. These things belong in the same group as the "Paul is dead" business. Of course, it sells a product.