Would Jesse Presley (Elvis's twin) have been a better singer than Elvis?

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  1. crimpies

    crimpies Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Imagine for a moment Jesse Presley survived and went on to have even nearly as much talent as Elvis.

    Would the older twin have dominated and bullied the younger, shyer Elvis, who would abandon any dream of a career in showbiz due to his inferiority complex caused by his superior twin brother?

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    Or could they have both succeeded and even been a duo? The two brothers, while enjoying the perks of success, would never allow one another to go overboard. This enabled them to sustain a long and prolific career as the greatest entertainers of all time.

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    Warhol's Double Elvis may have just been the two brothers side by side!

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  2. GuyDon

    GuyDon Senior Member

    Let me ponder this while I listen to Dominick (The Impotent Bull) and I'll get back to you.
     
  3. Jackson

    Jackson Senior Member

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    I'll ask The Colonel what he thinks.
     
  4. Colin Allstations

    Colin Allstations Forum Resident

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    I reckon he would have sounded like Layne Staley of Alice In Chains.
     
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  5. seg763

    seg763 Forum Resident

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    neither would be as good a singer as McCartney
     
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  6. MikeP5877

    MikeP5877 V/VIII/MCMLXXVII

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    He'd sound more like their English cousin Reg

     
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  7. Easy-E

    Easy-E Forum Resident

    or drummer
     
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  8. dlokazip

    dlokazip Forum Transient

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    The original or the imposter?
     
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  9. alchemy

    alchemy Forum Resident

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    What does Ricky Nelson's twin sons Gunnar and Matthew Nelson who formed the band Nelson have to say?
     
  10. alchemy

    alchemy Forum Resident

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    Does any one if Jesse & Elvis were fraternal or identical twins?

    Imagine listening to recordings of there twin speak.
     
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  11. Even if he lived, they still wouldn't have been as great as The Everly Brothers... ;) ...but I'm also serious...love Elvis, love The Everly Brothers that much more (even vs. double the Presleys)...
     
  12. houston

    houston Forum Resident

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    I think Marlon Jackson's twin brother would have been a phenomenal vocalist, he would have taken the lead in the Jackson 5, Michael would have been a warbling background singer, and would have never made "Thriller"....Marlon's twin would have essentially become Michael, and we wouldn't care about Jesse Presley :cool:
     
  13. Colin Allstations

    Colin Allstations Forum Resident

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    probably "Please can we be famous again"
     
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  14. He would have been a transsexual dancer.
     
  15. Yannick

    Yannick Forum Resident

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    If anybody would have gotten Elvis off of the medication that he succumbed to, it would have been his brother.
     
  16. PaulKTF

    PaulKTF Senior Member

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    What kind of a question is that?!
     
  17. bizmopeen

    bizmopeen Senior Member

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    Double Trouble, baby!!

     
  18. Paul Saldana

    Paul Saldana jazz vinyl addict

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    All Jesse was born to do was die in darkness. He never could have replaced The King
     
  19. hi_watt

    hi_watt The Road Warrior

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    Would Priscilla be able to tell? Would there be jealous between them, or tag team stuff?
     
  20. zebop

    zebop Well Known Stranger

    He would have sounded just like Billy Joel.
     
  21. ganma

    ganma Senior Member

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    If Elvis' twin had lived and been a girl she might have looked something like this.
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  22. Digital-G

    Digital-G Senior Member

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    Obviously Jesse would have been the successful singer. He probably would have had Elvis's good looks and voice and, like you say, be the dominant personality. Elvis would have remained a shy electrician, quietly wishing for a taste of fame his older twin brother had. No, I don't think the two of them would have performed as siblings (ala the Everly Brothers). But "J", as the Memphis Mafia would have called him, would undoubtedly have suffered the same fate as Elvis in the 1970s with drugs and an early death. The difference is that Elvis would have become part of the Jesse 'group' after his comeback in the late 1960s. It would be discovered that he could actually sing quite well and would sing backup and even some harmonies on Jesse's 1970s recordings. No, they would never become a duo because Jesse would be so well established already and didn't want to share the spotlight. But after Jesse's death the record company, along with the other band members, would persuade Elvis to step up to the microphone, at least in the studio, to discover that their voices were quite similar after all. Elvis's music career would actually start in 1977/1978 recording his first album. And although much of his music would pick up where Jesse left off, he would quickly change his style over the next several years to fit in perfectly with the 80's "new wave" sound.

    By this time conspiracies would be running wild too. Everything from Elvis had his brother Jesse killed to really crazy things like Jesse didn't die, he had Elvis killed and then assumed his personality to evade taxes. Some fans would be true to Jesse, saying he was the true King, that Elvis was the little brother to the King. Others would embrace the Presly legacy and love both Jesse and Elvis - Jesse with his rags to riches story and Elvis with his shadows to wispy stardom story.
     
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  23. AZRunner

    AZRunner Forum Resident

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    Elvis killed Jesse in the womb. He didn't want the competition. He was trying to forget with the drug use.
     
  24. carrolls

    carrolls Forum Resident

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    Elvis's Twin Sister (A real poem I kid you not:D )

    In the convent, y'all,
    I tend the gardens,
    watch things grow,
    pray for the immortal soul
    of rock 'n' roll.

    They call me
    Sister Presley here,
    The Reverend Mother
    digs the way I move my hips
    just like my brother.

    Gregorian chant
    drifts out across the herbs
    Pascha nostrum immolatus est...
    I wear a simple habit,
    darkish hues,

    a wimple with a novice-sewn
    lace band, a rosary,
    a chain of keys,
    a pair of good and sturdy
    blue suede shoes.

    I think of it
    as Graceland here,
    a land of grace.
    It puts my trademark slow lopsided smile
    back on my face.

    Lawdy.
    I'm alive and well.
    Long time since I walked
    down Lonely Street
    towards Heartbreak Hotel
     
  25. musicore77

    musicore77 Well-Known Member

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    WTF are you smoking man?? Hell no I don't want any of it.
     
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