Grab a box of tissues before you watch the video at the bottom of the
page, you'll need it.
June
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Lisa Marie Remembers Elvis
Posted Aug 16th 2007 9:00PM by Beville Darden
Filed under: Spinner Interview

She's the daughter of music's biggest icon, a singer-songwriter in
her own right, a mother of two and the head of one of the world's
biggest tourist attractions. Lisa Marie Presley is also very
outspoken. On the week of the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's
death -- which she commemorated by filming a duet of 'In the Ghetto' -
- she shared with Spinner her candid opinions on the
commercialization of his music, her distaste for young Hollywood and
why she doesn't need fans to remind her how wonderful her dad was.

Tell us about the making of the 'In the Ghetto' video.

I wanted to use this anniversary for something really good. So first
I picked the song. David Foster produced it. I called him last minute
and he had four hours to lay a track down of mine on the original
version -- and that turned out really good. And when it came to the
video, I wanted Tony Kaye ('American History X') to direct. He's
controversial; he's cool. He was in New Orleans filming a movie, and
he had just a few hours. So I flew to New Orleans.

And this video is not only for the 30th anniversary, it's also for a
good cause.

All of this -- the song, the video -- is going to charity. The money
from the downloads is going to help build another Presley Place in
New Orleans, which is a transitional housing program that we started
in Memphis. Families come in and live there, get their life skills
and get it together. They get jobs ... and then about a year later,
they move out when they can get back on their feet. This program has
been doing incredibly well for the past few years, so I wanted to
branch it out. It's something [Elvis] was very interested in, because
it's kinda where he started from. And Presley Place is near where he
was raised. I wanted to do this [video] and use it for something
good. All fingers pointed towards New Orleans. I landed there to do
the video and I looked around when I got off the plane, and it looks
like Katrina happened six months ago. That's when it all fell
together. And all proceeds -- not a portion of -- all proceeds are
going towards building a transitional housing building in New Orleans.

Did you find filming the video to be an emotional experience, being
that you're singing with your dad in a setting that's still suffering
the effects of Katrina?

The next morning, I heard the rough [recording], and just lost it
when I heard it. And I've never cried when I've done anything --
ever. So I know it's good. It's pretty organic. There are no bells
and whistles -- they just added me into the original recording.

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