Sunday, August 19, 2007

WOW!


The last 3 days in Memphis have been incredible!
No one could ask for more. The turnout in the Unbreathable and relentless heat, The THOUSANDS in the shut down streets with candles throughout the night and into the next day. I was so overwhelmed and in AWE on the night of the 16th, that after 30 years he can still sell out a stadium with people from all over the world and even have to have a second show that same night. I was overwhelmed at the Unity and the Love that permeated the room that when it was time for me to speak after the video and performance, all that would come out was how overwhelmed I was. Lame **** that I am I forgot to thank all of the people who helped make this almost impossible task happen in less than 2 weeks!!!
I must thank them now or I won't sleep!

First of all:
Mac Davis (who wrote the beautiful song!) I spoke to him the day before it went out and told him my plan. He was very appreciative and sweet about it.

Simon Fuller, Lian Prarie, Jesse Albert and 19 Management (for helping us with getting it up on iTunes in much less time than they usually do things and for all of the work that took!)

Steven Saftig and the team at iTunes (for making it happen).

David Foster (one phone call and he gave me the only 4 hours he had to sing and work on the track before he had to leave the country) and he did it for nothing.

His engineer Jochem van der Saag (he continued work on it once David left and took minimal pay).

Michael Lockwood (helped get the mix right to keep it Organic).

Tony Kaye (He is in the middle of shooting a movie in New Orleans but took this video on anyway and made it happen in a matter of days! We shot it on Saturday, in a few hours on his day off from the movie and Premiered it On WEDNESDAY 4 days later, he did it for nothing.) We both wanted more time on it but had to let it go because of deadlines.

I would also like to include his staff in this for working overtime and losing sleep.

Stig Edgran who did such an amazing job with "Elvis in Concert".

Paige Dorian (took over after everyone else told me all the reasons it
couldn't be done in less than 2 weeks and made it all happen).

Gary Hovey (Skeptical as you were, you got the clearances and made them happen regardless

RCA and Sony ATV (For giving them).

Gary Stiffelman (He did whatever he could to help me make it happen).

Billy Mann (helped with many great ideas, got inspired and helped in any way he could including coming up with the location idea in New Orleans to build the second Presley Place).

Joseph Llanes for your photographs and sleepless nights working on the project.

Hair and Make up, (Charged less because it is for charity).

GMA, ET, iTunes and AOL for having some faith. (All locked down on showing and promoting the song and video before ever even hearing it or seeing it!)



Thank you guys who are downloading as well. I am hearing IT IS NUMBER ONE ON ITUNES!!

When the building goes up, it is you who helped put it there!

Regarding the video:
This was a symbolic visual meant to represent the following:

They DON'T belong together at all! But that's not the reality in life.

No matter what race, faith or religion, we all start out the same, with a clean slate, un-jaded, relatively happy and innocent. It is the circumstances and conditions that are around us that contaminate us, that don't educate us and THAT leads to crime, usually for survival. THAT is our fault and is what WE need to change.





As unpleasant as it is to look at, they are intentionally put together to show HOW THEY DON'T IN ANY WAY BELONG TOGETHER BUT THEY SURE AS HELL WILL GO THERE IF THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE RAISED AROUND. Obviously it is the most unnatural and disturbing combination that could exist. It is to point out that we can change and are responsible for changing the conditions and circumstances that surround our children that would ultimately cause them to have to go there one day.





It's graphic and in your face, but not a detour from the message of the song ultimately. We need to do something to stop that combination from happening in their lives. No human would have a natural inclination toward guns and crime. That is what it was intended to show. That's what I feel about it anyway. Everyone is entitled to feel how they will.



Thank YOU for putting up with all of my Thank Yous!

ONE MORE THING:
There has been recent question about the repulsive and degrading "Viva Viagra" commercial as to WHO is responsible for okaying that and letting it out there. There is no way in hell we would ever authorize anything like that. I have found out WHO did and I will tell you. The rights to that song are owned by "Doc Pomus' Estate". The guy's name is Will Bratton. WILL BRATTON and WARNER CHAPEL TOGETHER are Who Licensed it. They are the ones who are profiting and who are responsible for this LIMP **** OF A COMMERCIAL. Feel FREE to tell them how you feel about it if you want to wink wink.

Much Love
~LMP

Gotta love LMP is all I have to say!

YOU ARE THE ****!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!!

Thanks to EVERYONE that helped you put this together.....it meant more to us fans that you will EVER Know!!!

As far as the LIMP **** COMMERCIAL!!! Consider us on IT!!!!

Thanks for getting us the info we needed.....MOFO's will hear from US....ASAP!!!!

Thanks again Lisa and everyone.....you totally brought me to tears....my poor eyes were stil swollen the next day from all the tears.

Seeing you with your family at the concert was so awesome....in the end WE are all a HUGE ELVIS FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peace to you and your family!!!!!!

Lisa rawks!!!

I saw it earlier but the blog is gone?????wtf? lol

No Lisa THANK YOU!!! Been saying it for awhile but bears repeating LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU! This was the most amazing thing I've seen since 1997 (excluding your live concert/you )

Thanks chick for posting.

Love & Thank YOU!

Yeah, I posted to it a bit ago and now I don't see the blog there either...lol..Where'd it go?

YW Suz! Yeah I was a bit confused as well...lol. I saw it through a new blog subscription post before I even went to her myspace...lol. Then I went to her myspace and didn't see it and was a little confused...lol.

lol...

and now it's back...lol..

Lisa you rock

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Originally posted by ParadiseV:
lol...

and now it's back...lol..

P ...getting whiplash..LMFAOOOOOOOOOO

OMG! Dora.... Lmfaoooo,

LOVE LOVE LOVE HER!

You go Lisa Marie!!!! I just love her

lisa is an amazing person just have to love her!

Lisa's a crazy wicked writer whether it's lyrics or blogs. Love her. And, hi Suzana. I'm not around much these days, busy busy, but hi anyway lol.