SO EXCITED!!!!! Way to go Lisa, doing this on your own terms

She sure is! How many more hours? lol

BUMPY just cause I'm SOOOO EXCITED!

this is sure a crummy time to have crummy sinusitis kick in but THIS NEWS sure does help me feel better than anything has in a couple months and i'm on an l m freak'n p HIGH!!!! i'm afraid to be excited, afraid it won't happen... WOW... i could just run in circles i'm sooooooo buzzed about this..... THANK U CHICA SUZ FOR THIS AMAZING MUCH-NEEDED SMILE!!!!!! and thank YOU, our pirate leader, oh mizz lisa marie, for a heart that could enfold the whole world!!!!! i'm a bit nervous to listen to it, 'don't cry daddy' really flooded me, and i can't swim, anyone have a life jacket i can borrow before friday???????

Your sooo welcome mia bella and here catch, life jacket!
OMG I know this is so fabulous...IS IT FRIDAY YET??????LOL

Presley Father and Daughter Together Again

(08/16/07 - UNDATED) - It's been said that it doesn't matter who your parents were - it matters who you remember they were.

Elvis Presley died 30 years ago today when his only child, Lisa Marie Presley, was 9 years old, leaving her with memories of a loving, but troubled father.
This week, as tens of thousands of people make a pilgrimage to Graceland, Lisa Marie is making new musical memories with the help of her father in a virtual video duet of his song "In the Ghetto" to be released Friday.

Lisa Marie remembers a dad who used to sing her lullabies, even in the wee hours of the morning.

"I remember him as my dad, but he was a very exciting dad," she told Diane Sawyer, in an exclusive interview on "Good Morning America."

Had Elvis lived, he would have been 72 years old - something that might be difficult for his fans to contemplate, but not his daughter.

"I can imagine it, yeah," she said.

But returning to Graceland, the family's famous Memphis, Tenn., home, is not so easy for her.

"It's hard. It's also really comforting," she said. "I don't know if anyone has, you know, the place that they were raised, you know, held in a capsule like this. It's not often that you have that."

Elvis' daughter would grow up into a walking reminder of her father's smile, his eyes and his daring.

Lisa Marie has worked hard to build her own music career; she released her debut album, "To Whom It May Concern," in 2003.

New Take on a Radical Old Song
While tens of thousands make a pilgrimage to her family home today and millions remember the king in other ways, Lisa Marie wants her own tribute to her dad.
So to memorialize his songs and his passion, a new video of Lisa Marie singing "In the Ghetto," accompanied by her father, will be posted Friday on the AOL Web site Spinner.com, and on iTunes. The video will also include images of Elvis.

"My father lived in a family housing project, transitional housing project, when he was young," Lisa Marie said.

Never forgetting his roots, Elvis would eventually build Presley Place, a shelter for Memphis-area families in crisis, where they can get job and life skills training.

"In the Ghetto" was a pioneering song at that time - the very word "ghetto" was a new one for America.

Lisa Marie said she thought about using many other songs for the duet, but this is the one that spoke to her the most.

"It's got a pretty strong message," she said. "There may be a little bit of a reaction to the content."

Lisa Marie had a strong reaction while recording the song, at one point breaking out in tears.

"I got more emotional during that recording than I've ever gotten," she said.

When her mother, Priscilla Presley, heard the song, "she lost it," Lisa Marie said.

"She was shocked," Lisa Marie said. "I guess she saw there was something special about it."

i got goosebumps reading that txpixies!! thanks for posting!

I cannot wait to hear this! Thank you for all the info you guys have posted, I've been somewhat absent of late and I regret that so much.

I can't wait to hear it.

I don't know who all so it, but I cried during the GMA interview...and to see that teardrop roll down her face in the new video, OMG....HEARTBREAKING.
It's ok Miss Sarah, I've missed you and your post's...welcome back and your pretty much all caught up.

Thanks tx for posting the excerpts from the interview.

LOLBUMP! ONE MORE DAY!!!! OMG SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!

BUMPETY BUMP you guys don't forget, as if we would or could, to buy this tomorrow on iTunes such a WORTHY AND GREAT CAUSE and it's our Miss Lisa!

Don't worry, i'm on it!!

Hiyas!!!!
I got it! YAY I'm SOOOO HAPPYYYYYYY!!!!! Did u get it LMP Fan?

soon as i get done here, i'm off to buy it, is the vid there on i tunes too? the whole gma interview wiped me out. i held up fairly well til i saw that one tear on our lisa's cheek-then the flood hit.... such a poignant powerful vid, so brilliant, i hope/believe it will provide a lot of support for the people in new orleans. i am devastated to learn that after all this time, things are still so bad down there...