tattoos

baker1 · Post by **baker1** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:46 pm

I'm looking for the comment that Elvis made on his Island Records Journal site about the current trend of tattoos...The journal site doesn't seem to be archived. Does anyone have the quote available? Thanks.

Bob And Charlotte · Post by **Bob And Charlotte** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:13 am

welcome baker1,

sorry i can´t help you

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:17 am

I think I recall him saying something like how stupid it was that the spoilt kids nowadays are trying to go tribal.

baker1 · Post by **baker1** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:34 am

That's the one I'm looking for, although the way he put it was a bit more "discreet" (for lack of a better word). I was hoping to find the exact quote to help me convince my niece that it might not be the best idea to get one.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:44 am

Maybe you should tell her that in thirty years, that tatt will be all stretched out of shape. An afternoon at some thermal baths in Budapest, surrounded by naked seventy-year-old women, cured me of any desire for a tattoo.

baker1 · Post by **baker1** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:53 am

Exactly. But she is 17--at the age where she says things such as, "I want to be different....just like everyone else".

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:00 am

Tell her if she really wants to be different, she could get a tattoo of her face...on her face. That'd be different.

ice nine · Post by **ice nine** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:24 pm

One good reason for not getting a tattoo is you can't donate blood for many years after the fact.

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:09 pm

It really depends on the tattoo she wants. If she is intending to get something relatively discreet on the shoulder or belly, then I would see no problem with it.

I would say that at her age she is probably not going to be convinced whatever you tell her and whoever you site on the subject.. in fact, it might not be such a good idea to quote EC as he is probably not exactly the kind of person she would identify with as a role model anyway (being from her parents generation).

I would be more inclined to attempt to convince her to be a little selective about where she gets the tattoo placed.. at least she might see that as a workable compromise.

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 6:14 am

Im a big fan of tats, but don't have a tat....though I think that I would like a crow with wings outstretched across my shoulder blades. I never understand how little girls and boys get oriental or maori symbols tattoes on them these days, when they have no knowledge or blood link to those cultures. Always like hearing about some essex girl who thinks she has the chinese for love on her arse, then finds out it means plastic or something!

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 6:50 am

See E.C.'s 2002 journal here -

http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB2 ... c6e49617c4

firebetty · Post by **firebetty** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:03 pm

i think it was in the questions and all he said was - filthy habit
but don't quote me.