Elvis Lives Here!
Elvis, after all these years, is still a phenomenon. His music is still as good today as ever, as witnessed by the
success of the recently released #1 Hits CD. But also, there remain countless other bizarre phenomenons surrounding
his myth, as well. Religions, sightings, some toungue-in-cheek, some scarily serious. But my favorite is the
continued production of Elvis paintings on velvet, mass-produced in Mexico. It is to these that this page is dedicated.
Click on the following thumbnail pictures to see bigger versions of each painting.
Non-Elvis Velvet Paintings
Non-Elvis Dogs Playing Cards
Elvis Elsewhere
More Elvis On This Site:
Other Not-So-Dead Elvises:
Velvet Elvis
My life, it used to be incomplete
Elvis On Velvet
Velvet Elvis has been used to name several businesses around the country, like
The Velvet Elvis Arts Lounge, an all-age rock club in Seattle which closed in 1999. A chain of bars in Houston was forced
to close after the Elvis Presley estate sued them
for using the king's image. Also, there's a graphic design firm in
Minnesota which, at www.velvetelvis.com, gets a lot of my
wayward visitors! For a great resource for more fun Elvis stuff, visit
The Girl's Guide to Elvis.
by Weird Al Yankovic
'Till I saw what I was looking for at a drive-in swap meet
My life it won't be the same again
Now I'm proud to say the king lives on inside my den
Oh, it's all I live for, it's all I need
My velvet Elvis
My velvet Elvis
My velvet Elvis means the world to me
Although he may not be worth much dough
He means much more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh
Check out those sideburns, there's nothing greater
You can tell that he's no velvet Elvis imitator
Oh, it's all I live for, it's all I need
My velvet Elvis
My velvet Elvis
My velvet Elvis
Oh, now you can't you see
My velvet Elvis
My velvet Elvis
My velvet Elvis means the world to me
In my own private Graceland
In my own little shrine to the king
I don't want nothin' else
No, I don't need anything
Don't need no lava lamp
Don't need no soap on a rope
No pictures of Mexican kids with those really big eyes
Or dogs playing poker
When I'm at home watching my TV
I know the king is always looking down on me
He looks so handsome, he stands so tall
So glad he's big enough to cover up that hole in the wall
(Velvet Elvis) He's so fuzzy
(Velvet Elvis) He's so great
(Velvet Elvis) Never ages
(Velvet Elvis) Never puts on weight
(Velvet Elvis) Look at those rhinestones
(Velvet Elvis) He's just so fine
(Velvet Elvis) You can look but don't touch now
(Velvet Elvis) 'Cause he's mine all mine
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