There are various arguments on the issue whether remixing Elvis Presley's music and techniques in a Las Vegas show is a good or bad idea. It is debatable if it's formally right or wrong to remix Presley's music in the show. One of the purposes for the show Viva Elvis is to entertain the younger audience in the present and demonstrate what Presley's performances looked like though rock n' roll is no longer popular in the country.
There are so many things wrong with this idea, we’re not even sure where to start—but here goes.
Cirque du Soleil is opening a new Las Vegas show called Viva Elvis which, you guessed it, gives the King of Rock’n'Roll’s music a special acrobatic spandex makeover.
Knowing Elvis’s fondness for Vegas kitsch and silly outfits, we’re not immediately horrified by this part (it’s still lame, but whatever).
The really horrible part is that the creators of the show have had a hand in creating Viva Elvis-The Albumfeaturing updated versions of Elvis’s hits reworked as, “…a unique way to bring Elvis’ music to a whole new younger audience,” according to AP’s report citing Tom Cording, vice president of media relations for LegacyRecordings, Sony Music Entertainment’s catalog division.
Why would you “update” the classic songs of a classic performer in order to reach a younger audience?
Young audiences buy Glee soundtrack downloads and watch Green Day on Broadway, their opinions are clearly kinda warped and real rock’n'roll is already dead to them—so maybe we don’t need to bother spoon-feeding Elvis to them?
Maybe all music doesn’t need to appeal to all listeners?
Just our two cents.
Do you think remixing Presley's music is legal in the show? Also, is the show a good method in "bringing back Rock N' Roll" to the younger audience?
ReplyDeleteThey most likely bought the rights to use some of his songs...I really don't think its a good idea to remix his songs to get a young audience. That would just show that we like the remix not Elvis'orginal work. And what good would that do?
ReplyDeleteI agree, sounds like a terrible idea. It seems like an idea to make money not bring back rock and roll which was alive and well last time I checked.
ReplyDeletei believe that it is good that they are trying to keep elvis music alive but it is not the best way to do it
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