Elvis Presley: The Searcher Page #12

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the more he would

entertain even more.

Three days later,

I get a call

that Elvis would like

to see me again.

And the rest is history.

Elvis:

I'll always be

Loving you

Priscilla:

I learned so much

from Elvis about music.

Songs that he played

when I was in Germany

with him for those six months,

some of 'em

I could hardly connect to.

I was listening

to Frankie Avalon, Fabian.

And his selection of music,

I never heard really.

Elvis:

I'll be true

Priscilla:

The Ink Spots, The Platters,

Faye Adams, "Shake a Hand."

I didn't know

any of these people.

That's when I realized that

music was so much bigger

than what my music was.

Songs of loss,

songs of departing,

songs of hope.

I couldn't really even see him

as a movie star anymore,

that he was so much deeper.

Elvis:

I'll always be

Loving

You

Man:

Do you have any idea when

you'll be traveling back home?

Elvis:

Uh, no, I don't know.

Uh, I wish

I did know, you know.

Uh, how 'bout it?

Do you miss home?

Oh, boy,

you-- you-- (laughs)

I can't hardly talk.

(man laughs)

That's kind of--

kind of a silly question

on my part, I guess.

Elvis:

It's a lonely man

Who wanders all around

Lonely man

It's a lonely man

Who roams from

town to town

Searchin'

Always searchin'

For something

he can't find

Hoping, always hoping

That someday

fate will be kind

It's a lonely man

Who travels all alone

Chorus:
A lonely man

Elvis:

When he has no one

That he can call his own

Man:

Well, Elvis, now

you're really home.

How does it feel?

Elvis:

It's hard to get used

to it, you know?

I mean, I've been looking

forward to it for two years.

That-- that was the

hardest part of all.

Just being away

from show business.

It wasn't the Army,

it wasn't the other men.

It was that.

It stayed on my mind.

I kept thinking about

the past all the time.

Contemplating the future.

It's a lonely man

Who wanders all around

It's a lonely man

Who roams

from town to town

Searchin',

always searchin'

For something he can't find

Hopin', always hopin'

That someday

fate will be kind

It's a lonely man

Who travels all alone

When he has no one

That he can call his own

Always so unhappy

Taking shelter

Where he can

Here I am

Come meet a lonely

Lonely man

(Elvis vocalizing)

(song fades)

Oh, break it, burn it

You drag it all around

Twist it and turn it

You can't tear it down

'Cause every minute,

every hour

You'll be shaken

by the strength

And mighty power of my love

Crush it, kick it

You can never win

I know, baby,

you can't lick it

I'll make you give in

Every minute, every hour

You'll be shaken

by the strength

And mighty power of my love

Love, love

Baby, I want you

You'll never get away

My love will haunt you

Yes, haunt you

night and day

Touch it, pound it

What good does it do

There's just no stopping

The way I feel for you

'Cause every minute,

every hour

You'll be shaken

by the strength

And mighty power of my love

Yeah, yeah,

every minute, every hour

You'll be shaken

by the strength

And mighty power of my love

Man:
All right, we have

a wide shot, so no one

can be in here.

Standing by.

9:
12.

Jerry Schilling:

The ' 68 Special

really showed

Elvis's career in its entirety.

They took Elvis's

original songs

and they made 'em more modern.

Priscilla Presley:

This was bringing him

back to the beginning

but yet going into the future.

Well, I quit my job

down at the car wash

I left my mama

a goodbye note

Schilling:

There was the jam session

with his original musicians.

It had simplicity, spontaneity.

And it also had

the choreographed pieces

that really was

a reflection of the movies

and the post-Army years.

But nobody wanted

to hire a guitar man

Steve Binder:

The real spine

of the special

came from our writers.

They locked themselves

in their office

and played every Elvis record

you could find.

Chris Bearde:

We wove a story of Elvis

from his beginnings

to being a superstar.

It gave everybody a look

at Elvis as a musician.

I'm hopin' I can

make myself a dollar

Makin' music on my guitar

Priscilla:

It's funny. It's telling

Elvis's story, yes,

in a variety show.

It's got the girls.

It's got him playing guitar.

I look back now...

his life was so big,

I don't know if you can

get it in an hour. (laughs)

Elvis:

Yes, I'm gonna walk

On that milky white way

Oh Lord, some of these days

Elvis:

I started out when I was

just out of high school,

I started out

driving a truck,

and, uh, I was training

to be an electrician.

Some of these days

Well, well, well, well

One day at my lunch break,

I went into this

little record company

to make a record.

The guy put the record out,

and overnight, in my hometown,

people were saying,

you know, "Who is he?"

I'm gonna walk

on that milky white way

Oh Lord, some of these days

I started to play

little nightclubs

and little football fields.

Like a year and a half,

I was doing this,

I met Colonel Parker.

My mother howdy,

howdy, howdy...

In 1956, they arranged to,

uh, to put me on television.

So they dressed me

in a tuxedo,

had me singing

to a dog on a stool.

My mother howdy

when I get home

I went to Hollywood

and I did four pictures.

I was really getting used

to the movie star bit.

I'm gonna shake

my mama's hand

Just overnight

it was all-- all changed.

I will shake her hands

that day

I got drafted.

That's when we walk

On that milky white way

Oh Lord, one of these days

Choir:

On some of these days

Warren Zanes:

Returning from the Army,

coming back home,

getting ready to perform again,

it's obviously not the '60s.

Those '60s haven't come yet.

This is pre-civil rights.

Things are happening

in that regard,

but it's not really

coming to a head yet.

I'm sure he was aware

of how much had gone on.

He could've gone

in several directions.

Man:

Well, Elvis, now

you're really home.

How does it feel?

It's pretty hard

to describe, I'll tell ya.

It's hard to get

used to it, you know?

I mean, I've been looking

forward to it for two years,

and, all of a sudden,

here it is.

It's, uh...

It's not easy

to adjust to it.

Man:
Elvis, do you think

the music has changed

since you've been

out of the service?

I mean, since you've

been in the service.

Possibly, yes.

I-I... I can't say really.

I haven't been here

long enough to even know.

Elvis:

The only thing I can say

is if it has changed,

well, I would be

foolish not to...

try to change

with it, you know?

John Jackson:

When Elvis gets back

from the Army,

he was still

one of the biggest

stars on the planet.

But rock and roll,

that force that happened

between '54 and '59,

basically had evaporated

while he was away.

And you see,

immediately, the results

of the Colonel plotting--

"How do I make him

as widespread as possible

and polish his image?"

Get him on the path

towards being a Frank Sinatra

or a Dean Martin,

pop singers who have

very long careers.

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