9 Chapter 8 Elvis Flops

Chapter 8 Elvis Flops Elvis started making the same silly movies again, starting with G.I. Blues. Though he longed to make a great film, he played a singing lifeguard in Fun in Acapulco, a singing race-car driver in Spinout, and a singing doctor who falls in love with a nun in Change of Habit. Still, people kept buying tickets for Elvis Presley movies. The songs in the movies were good. There was "Can't Help Falling in Love" in a 1961 movie called Blue Hawaii. It remains a classic love ballad. The next year, he had another hit with "Return to Sender" from the movie Girls! Girls! Girls!

从《美国大兵》开始，埃尔维斯又开始拍同样愚蠢的电影 蓝调。虽然他渴望拍一部伟大的电影，但他在《阿卡普尔科的乐趣》中扮演了一个唱歌的救生员，在《飞车党》中扮演了一个唱歌的赛车手，在《改变习惯》中扮演了一个爱上修女的唱歌医生。 尽管如此，人们还是不停地买猫王电影的票。 电影里的歌很好听。 1961年一部名为《蓝色夏威夷》的电影中有“情不自禁坠入爱河”。 它仍然是一首经典的爱情情歌。 第二年，他又凭借电影《都市女孩》中的“Return to Sender”大获成功!女孩!女孩!

In real life, the only girl in his life was Priscilla. She and Elvis were reunited when she left Germany and came back to the United States.

在现实生活中，他生命中唯一的女孩是普丽西拉。 当她离开德国回到美国时，她和埃尔维斯团聚了。

The couple was married on May 1, 1967, at the Aladdin Hotel, in Las Vegas. Less than a year later, on February 1, 1968, their daughter Lisa Marie was born. But the happy times didn't last. Colonel Parker was working Elvis too hard. With an overloaded schedule, Elvis never had time for acting lessons. Sometimes he didn't start learning his lines until he was in the car driving to the movie set.

这对夫妇于1967年5月1日在拉斯维加斯的阿拉丁酒店结婚。 不到一年后，1968年2月1日，他们的女儿丽莎·玛丽出生了。 但快乐的时光并没有持续多久。 帕克上校对埃尔维斯太苛刻了。 由于日程排得满满的，埃尔维斯从来没有时间上表演课。 有时他直到开车去片场的时候才开始背台词。

His movie schedule also prevented him from recording new music. There wasn't time to spend recording in a studio. And young people's tastes were changing. It was the 1960s. People were listening to Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones. Folk singers were protesting the Vietnam War and racism. Then there was Elvis. He sang "Old MacDonald (Had a Farm)" in a terrible movie called Double Trouble. He seemed to belong to the past.

他的电影日程也使他无法录制新音乐。 没有时间在录音室录音。 年轻人的口味也在改变。 那是20世纪60年代。人们在听鲍勃·迪伦、披头士和滚石乐队的歌。 民谣歌手抗议越南战争和种族主义。 然后是猫王。他在一部叫《双重麻烦》的恐怖电影中演唱了《老麦克唐纳(有一个农场)》。 他似乎属于过去。

Elvis's biggest fear was coming true. He was only thirty-two and no longer popular — not the way he had been before. People didn't take him seriously. Elvis felt trapped and jealous. When the Beatles came to his house to meet him, at first Elvis barely looked up at the younger musicians. He pretended to keep watching TV. In the end, they did "jam" together on a couple of songs. Elvis grew more and more depressed. All the work made it hard for him to get much rest. Once again, Elvis got in the habit of taking pills to stay awake. Then, when he needed rest, he took other pills to go to sleep. Elvis started staying up all night and then sleeping through the days. All the drugs made him puffy, and he started to gain weight. Worst of all, he and Priscilla, the wife he loved so much, started to argue a lot.

埃尔维斯最大的恐惧即将成真。 他只有三十二岁，不再受欢迎——不再像以前那样受欢迎了。 人们不把他当回事。 埃尔维斯感到被困住了，嫉妒不已。 当披头士乐队来他家见他时，起初埃尔维斯几乎没有抬头看这些年轻的音乐家。 他假装一直在看电视。 最后，他们确实“凑合”了几首歌。 埃尔维斯变得越来越沮丧。 所有的工作使他很难得到休息。 埃尔维斯又一次养成了吃药保持清醒的习惯。 然后，当他需要休息时，他吃其他药片入睡。 埃尔维斯开始整夜不睡，然后白天睡觉。 所有的药物使他浮肿，体重开始增加。 最糟糕的是，他和他深爱的妻子普丽西拉开始经常争吵。