#ross carpenter

[lustnhim]

elvis in ‘girls! girls! girls!’ (1962) 𐙚˙⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩

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[hooked-on-elvis]

Here's more Ross Carpenter for us.

We totally deserve it. 🫠

[thetaoofzoe]

@eapep

I went back to rewatch the beginning for my own ummm... edification. Listen, he could have taken the money like a good little boy, but then if he did, no movie. :D

(after the husband pulls in the fish and is so seasick he has to lie down below decks leaving Mrs Morgan and Ross alone)

Mrs Morgan: Why don't you relax and come get some sun with me?

Ross: Why don't you check to see if your husband is all right.

Mrs Morgan: No!

Ross: Take a look, Chen.

Chen: Mr Morgan, he's sleeping.

Mrs Morgan: That's him!

(Mrs Morgan creeping up behind Ross who's sitting in the captain's chair steering the boat)

Mrs Morgan: Don't you feel sorry for me?

Ross: ln a way, yeah.

Mrs Morgan: You must get a lot of this. (stroking Ross's shoulder playfully an obviously hinting that he always gets this same attention she's giving him)

Ross: Quite a bit. You'd think if nothing else the fish smell would keep them away.

Mrs Morgan: You wanna keep them away?

Ross: No! No, l like girls.

Mrs Morgan: Not as much as the boat.

Ross: l live on the boat. l'd like to own her.

Mrs Morgan: What's stopping you?

Ross: Money.

Mrs Morgan: That shouldn't be a problem.

Ross: You must be kidding.

Mrs Morgan: l wouldn't do that. l don't give to organised charity. But there's a big charge in doing it this way... individual cases.

Ross: Mrs Morgan… l don't accept charity from anybody. l have to earn what l get.

Mrs Morgan: You would, honey. You would.

(Ross angrily accelerated the boat throwing Mrs Morgan back)

[deke-rivers-1957]

Just saw Girls! Girls! Girls!

That's the post.

[klizzie93]

Single

Taken

In love with Ross Carpenter

[thetaoofzoe]

Hey, Ross!

[taste-in-music]

songs for the start of the summer 2024

[yours-stevie]

A glimpse into the Grammys '24 after-party 📸

[hooked-on-elvis]

Elvis as Ross Carpenter in "Girls! Girls! Girls!" (1962)

[thetaoofzoe]

You ever look at something so gorgeous that you just clutch your chest and make wordless gasping sounds?

[deke-rivers-1957]

Controversial Elvis Movie Takes

What's a take about any Elvis movie that you think would result in this?

Mine personally is that Girls! Girls! Girls! is a better movie than Blue Hawaii. Even though the title doesn't fit, the story is significantly more clean regarding its romance.

Even though there isn't as much Polynesian representation, we still get a genuine Hawaiian feeling. Hawaii has more than just Polynesian and White people. There are other races and ethnicities that naturally live on the islands. It if anything gives you a more realistic interpretation of Hawaii than Blue Hawaii because it shows multiple demographics interacting with each other.

While Girls! Girls! Girls! also suffers from the misplaced songs at time, at least it didn't result in any missing character development. Even if Ross' character arc didn't end the way I personally would've done it, you can at least understand how he got from Point A to Point B.

What are yours?

Tagging: @another-identityofmine, @vintagepresley, @tupelomiss, @wanderingelvis, @jupiterssparkles,

@halieghhh, @arrolyn1114, @swingdownsweetchariot, @smokeymountainboy, @hooked-on-elvis

and @thelonelyheart.

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #21: 1970

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Simon and Garfunkel, The Carpenters, The Guess Who, B.J. Thomas, Edwin Starr, Diana Ross, The Jackson 5, Rare Earth, The Beatles, Frede Payne. End description]

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A major theme in doing these polls is that decades are rarely defined by the exact stretch of time. It's all arbitrary, and any kind of cultural change tends to take a while to kick into gear without waiting for the exact calendar date. The seventies, however, feels like the exception. Keep in mind that this is all coming from the benefit of hindsight, but many accounts I've read and heard describe the shift from the 60's to the 70's as being jarring. First, we need to address the losses. The transition to the 70's came with musical trauma. Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and many others would pass away between 1969 and 1970. The Beatles would permanently break up this year. Whatever 1970 was going to look like, it was going to be a decade without many of the artists that helped to define the previous era.

There is something from the sixties that was brought over into the seventies, however: The Vietnam War. By this point, it was becoming clearer to the general public that the war effort was less about any sense of patriotic duty, and more about President Nixon not wanting to be the first American president to lose a war. The anti-war movement wouldn't just be populated by the anarchists or the hippies. However, the movement won't get as much traction in the top of the mainstream music charts as it did before. War by Edwin Starr, occupies a strange space in the early seventies as well as a strange space in Motown Records. Originally recorded for The Temptations, the track was covered by Edwin Starr out of fear that the original version would damage the group's crossover appeal.

Motown and its divisions will continue to reign supreme (or The Supremes...I'll stop) this decade as the label introduces the nation to a new flock of superstars. In addition to Diana Ross' solo debut, we're also seeing the introduction of The Jackson 5.

It's really hard not to apply a narrative to the songs listed above. As I keep saying, trends are rarely that neatly-defined and we're just looking at the very tip of the most popular/mainstream in doing these polls. But I can't help but notice that most of these songs are about learning to cope with some kind of hardship. Again, that's probably just a coincidence, but I think it's neat.

Also feel free to check out the twenty minute album version of Rare Earth's Get Ready, if you're like me and you're disappointed that Iron Butterfly's 17 minute In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida didn't make any of the sixties lists.

[captainpirateface]

[not-so-rosyyy]

i love seeing snoopycore reblogs on my dash these days cuz it reminds me of my mom, the very first snoopycore person I've ever known. she had those little toys and stickers kept neatly when i was a kid and always tells me about the peanuts gang and charlie brown (for which my first thought was, "okay but why is this kid bald"). one of my earliest, most special memories was her face lighting up like a million stars when i asked for a red snoopy school bag upon entering first grade even though i was pretty much obsessed with hello kitty and kero-keroppi back then. she was so excited she immediately took me to the mall and got me the whole set, complete with the lunchbox and the pencil case and all that, even though i realized years later that she only had enough money for the bag. it warms my heart everytime i remember it now, as an adult, because i think it's such a special thing when your parent/s get the chance to share with you the things that make their heart giddy with joy.

[lustnhim]

ohmygosh girls girls girls is my fav elvis movie i’m screaming

This is a fun little quiz!

What fictional Elvis character would you be?

Do it if you'd like! Here

I- Thank you?😭

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[ruinedholograms]

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