> Sure, Elvis was born in Tupelo, but Memphis better embodies all things Elvis. Tupelo is a pretty dull town with nothing that screams "white polyester sequin-spangled cape" like Memphis. Essence is everything.
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> This topic really shows the difference between "home" and "birthplace."
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Not that i care a whole lot, because i've already said i'm not from Tupelo, and i'm not really all that big of an Elvis fan (he did some quite popular covers that got white people doing a lot of music which had been getting done perfectly well without the interference; aside from that, he proved how absurd the general deification of entertainers is for all parties involved), but it seems to me that replies thus far to Grace Land's post are a bit one-sided (not that i think RinkForum should scientifically screen replies, but i know we've got a wider range of people to draw on than has yet been exampled here).

What about those who spent (as did Elvis) their entire growing-up experience in one place (like Tupelo) and then branched out in their adult life to elsewhere? Memphis, at least by my impression, claims the older over-weight Vegas act, whereas Tupelo produced the handsome and mildly rebellious young man whom any young woman would love to bring home to Mama.

Penny*even though the dullness of Tupelo was sort of my point from the beginning*stamp