I've always loved legends. Modern legends as well. Who was where when and that sort of thing.
As a kid my family home received a famous visitor in the Sixties or the early Seventies. I have no recollection of it at all and indeed I may not have been at home. The visitor was one Billy Fury, the rock 'n' roll star aft dubbed the British Elvis. Family lore has it that he was a friend of my Parent's son-in-law at the time. He came round and Billy tagged along. I imagine my Mother swooned when he walked in!
The closest I actually came to seeing Billy was many years later when I stood next to his statue in his home-town of Liverpool, by which time he himself was long gone.
Elvis lore is always good value. he pops up regularly in work talk, especially about winning the lottery. "There is more chance of Elvis coming round for dinner than winning the lottery" and that sort of thing. Naturally there's a lot of "Elvis has left the building!" too.
I was aware that Elvis had set foot on British soil once. Its a well-documented and photographed stopover at Prestwick airport in Scotland in 1960, where the press and the local kids mobbed the young GI Presley. However, there is chatter this year of another visit earlier in the late 1958, where the King knocked about with one Tommy Steele, the UK's first rock' n 'roller and visited the sights of London town. Steele seems to regret this secret coming out.
I wonder if Billy Fury knew Tommy Steele? Did Fury ever meet Elvis? Blimey, imagine if all three had come round to my Mum and dad's house for a cuppa! My Mother would have fainted!
There is of course much more Elvis mythology and one I've mentioned before - the Elvis/ James Dean Harley Davidson Gift - appears to have become an urban myth over the years of it being retold and retold - exactly how I heard it - and as is always the case with rumours it changes over time. I have just read a whole chat room thread claiming that the Harley was in Australia. Who knows but I like the story.
Have you any rock 'n' roll star lore or legends to share readers? Have you any rock 'n' roll memorabilia?
Finding things is always fun. Little windfalls and lucky flotsam lying in the grass.
One such foundling appeared before me today. It was on our drive when we got out of the car. I thought, strange, I don't recognise that.
A small blue plastic ring as seen here next to my lunch pudding, a toffee crisp [yum! my fave!]
I was blown away by this shot of a life size Corgi Aston Martin in the grounds of Battersea Power Station. Iconic!
Being a Superhero film fan I saw that Netflix was showing virtually all of the Marvel Spiderman films. The last time I checked in on the webslinger was probably Toby McGuire's stint 20 years ago, the first and the one were his suit is Venomised.
For old time's sake I re-watched Toby's output, 1 and 3. Kirsten Dunst is a plausible Mary Jane and the Green Goblin family - Dafoe and Franco - are not bad at all.
Being a fickle controller I skipped Toby's 2nd film to sample more modern Spiders, the Tom Holland catalogue in Netflix. I have to admit I turned it off. I just couldn't watch it. The actor Tom Holland looks and acts about 10 years old and realising that this would be the real target age for the movie I watched something else.
I'm just too old for Spider-Man maybe.
There's another burst of Spidey films in between McGuire and Holland but I forget the young actor's name. Wasn't he Anakin Skywalker in a Star wars flick? Are they any good?
Maybe I'll give these later Spidermen another blast when Moonbase Junior wants to watch long movies. He's only 5.
Which is your favourite Spidey readers?
