Elvis has left the building.

It's queer how the death of someone you don't even know can affect you so much. how can you possibly feel for someone you have never ever met in ur life. its strange for me cz Ive never had that euphoric fan feeling for any artist ever.
well this is not abt me...its about Elvis Aron Presley. Thirty years ago on this day..he died. he was just 42.

for those who don't know...Elvis died of a drug overdose and an enlarged heart which was an ailment he suffered throughout the latter years of his life. the drug over dose was the result of a good for nothing doctor prescribing him medicines drugs in the months leading to his death.

well...what's done is done. but he continues to live for us even decades after he died. the strange thing abt Elvis is, ppl who aren't his hard core fans...even they feel for him. there was this charisma in him. that was becz he was an amazing person. a great soul nd a kindred spirit. i have forever believed that no person can ever achieve something in life if they aren't good ppl. somewhere down the line. it just gets back to u. what goes around comes around.

elvis had this endearing appeal in him. like this empathy in his looks and this pain and compassion in his voice which I've never come across.
i sometimes wonder why do great ppl have such tragic ends and such un naturally short lived life spans.

i was listening to Britney the other day and was reminiscing the middle school days when she was all i listened to. what happened to her? instead of calling her a mad woman..we must realise how sad and hopelessly traumatic life can be for these people. they are constantly scrutinised for everything they do, no privacy whatsoever. the very fame and adulation for which we crave ..is the sole reason for them to lose it. i mean..take Britney...she was 16 when she got more popular than the queen of England. at such tender age.. things just awfully go wrong.
even Syd Barrett[ the founding member of pink Floyd] ...he died of schizophrenia...he was the person behind those wonderful lyrics we love so much. 'comfortably numb' and 'wish u were here' were written for him as a tribute after his untimely death.

whenever i see or hear abt these ppl...something inside begins to hurt immensely.
i donno if I'm just the only person but isn't it so painful..the way their lives end up? they say...when Elvis was found dead in his bathroom..he was in a knelt down position as if he was praying. they say he was an ardent god follower and died in that position spending his last moments for his faith.
its just too hurtful.
he was the undisputed king of rock n' roll and forever will be. nothing can change that. and he was also the man who can make a 17 year old cry thirty years after his death when she hadn't even seen him. he was magical. that's why he was called back early i think.
listen to this song. one of Elvis' best. u can hear the feeling tearing apart and reaching you.
'Love me tender'


the follwing is a song which Elvis loved and which so puts to words the thoughts we have for him.
"killing me softly"
'Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
I heard he sang a good song.'

Elvis,u'll forever be alive.