CHILDRENS BOOK LOVE ME TENDER BY ELVISS DAUGHTER, PRISCILLA
PRESLEY.
>> WHAT ARE A LOVELY IDEA.
>> IM SO PROUD OF IT.
>> ITS THE LYRICS TO THE SONG
LOVE ME TENDER.
THE MOVIE WAS REALLY CALLED
THERE WILL BE NO BROTHERS, BUT BECAUSE THE SONG WAS SO POPULAR,
IT WAS LIKE FIVE WEEKS ON THE
CHARTS THAT THEY CHANGED THE
TITLE TO LOVE ME TENDER. >> HE SINGS IT IT TO HIS MOTHER
IN THE MOVIE.
>> HE DOES, YES.
PLAYING GUITAR. IT WAS SWEET BECAUSE WHEN YOU
WATCH THE MOVIE, HE WAS SINGING
AND SPONTANEOUSLY WENT OVER TO
MAKE HIM LAUGH.
YOU KEPT IT IN THE MOVIE.
>> WHEN YOU HEAR THAT SONG, WHAT FEELINGS GO THROUGH YOU?NG, WHAT
FEELINGS GO THROUGH YOU? >> WHEN WE WATCHED THAT PART,
YOU GET SO CAUGHT UP WHEN HE IS
SINGING, YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN
HIS VOICE, BUT ALSO HOW HE
DELIVERED A SONG.
YOU CANT KEEP YOUR EYES OFF OF
HIM.
HIM.
I FIND MYSELF DOING THE SAME
THING.
OF COURSE I HAVE SEEN HIM SING
SO MANY TIMES IN VEGAS, BUT ITS LIKE NEW TO ME.N VEGAS, BUT ITS
LIKE NEW TO ME. >> I WAS READING HE NEVER SANG
TO YOU OR THE FAMILY MEMBERS OR
HIS FRIENDS.
HIS FRIENDS.
HE SAVED THAT FOR HIS FANS. >> HE DID.HAT FOR HIS FANS.
>> HE DID. HE DID SING --
>> OTHER SONGS.
>> HE SANG GOSPEL SONGS, YES.
HE SANG FOR ME WHEN WE GOT
MARRIED AND HE CARRIED ME ACROSS
THE THRESHOLD.
THE THRESHOLD. HE SAID CANT HELP FALLING IN
LOVE WITH YOU WHEN LISA WAS
LITTLE, BUT THATS IT.
HE DIDNT GO AROUND THE HOUSE
SINGING HIS MUSIC.
>> THE ILLUSTRATIONS GRAB YOU
RIGHT AWAY.
RIGHT AWAY. >> ITS SO TENDER AND VERY
COMPASSIONATE AND TELLS SUCH A
STORY OF BIRTH.
OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW.
IT JUST COMES IN ALL RACES AND
ALL COLOR.
ALL COLOR. EVERY CULTURE.
EVERY CULTURE. ANYONE CAN ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES
WITH THIS.
WITH THIS.
THE LOVE OF THEIR CHILDREN AND TELLING THEIR CHILDREN HOW MUCH
THEY LOVE THEM AND READING IT TO
THEM.
THEM.
ITS TIMELESS. >> IT WAS INSPIRED BY YOUR
GRANDDAUGHTERS.
GRANDDAUGHTERS.
>> YES. I GAVE IT TO THEM AND THEY LOVE
MUSIC.
MUSIC.
THEY ARE JUST READING NOW.
>> THEY ARE 9? >> THEY ARE 9 NOW, YES.
>> WHAT KINDS OF THINGS ARE YOU
DOING?
DOING?
>> WHAT 9-YEAR-OLDS DO NOW. ITS SO ADVANCED.LDS DO NOW.
ITS SO ADVANCED. AND I THINK MY DAUGHTER DOES
TOO.
TOO.
THEY JUST GO RIGHT TO IT. YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.O IT.
YOU HAVE TO DO THIS. YOU PUSH THIS.
>> THEY KNOW HAVE TO DO
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. >> OUR TOUGH PART AS PARENTS IS
TO HELP THEM DISCOVER THE WORLD
AWAY FROM ALL OF THAT.
>> TRYING TO.
YES.
>> DO THEY ENJOY ELVIS A MUSIC?
>> THEY LOVE HIM.
FIRST OF ALL, WE DONT PUSH IT ON THEM. ALL, WE DONT PUSH IT
ON THEM. IT HAS TO HAPPEN NATURALLY.
SO WHENEVER THE MUSIC PLAYS AND
ITS HIM, THEY LISTEN.
THEY KNOW ITS HIM RIGHT AWAY.
>> SUCH AS I DISTINCTIVE VOICE.
>> THEY PRETTY MUCH KNOW THE
LYRICS.
LYRICS.
NOT JUST HIS SONGS, BUT ALL SONGS.ST HIS SONGS, BUT ALL
SONGS.
THEY ARE LOVE KELLY CLARKSON.
THEY ARE HIP. THEY LOVE HIS MUSIC AND THEY
KNOW WHO HE IS, BUT AGAIN IT WAS
ALL NATURALLY.
ALL NATURALLY. THEY DONT GO AROUND BRAGGING IN
ANY WAY BECAUSE THAT IS NOT
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
THE BOOK, I THINK -- THEY LOVE THE BOOKS.I THINK -- THEY LOVE
THE BOOKS. THEY ARE READING NOW TOO WHICH
IS A GREAT BOOK FOR US AS
PARENTS TO READ TO THEIR
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. KNOWING LOVE ME TENDER AND THE
LYRICS, THEY WILL NOW KNOW WHO
ELVIS PRESLEY IS.
THEY WILL KNOW ITS HIM.
>> GOOD JOB.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.