#its refreshing to hear from someone who was exposed to es talent so early and yet remained so casual with him

[heartbrake-hotel]

the incomparable madi @missmaywemeetagain asked for a further explanation of my tags on this post, and when she asks, i deliver...

this is an excerpt from elvis up close: in the words of those who knew him best (which i highly recommend btw !) it's a series of interviews w various family, friends, and neighbors of the presleys, collated to follow the narrative of his life, and it has tons of stories id never heard before, including this one:

"you never told that fucker you liked something or he'd hand it to you" is perhaps the most apt description ive read of elvis yet, and it hasn't left my mind in days 😂