# Modern-day 70's Elvis Equivalent?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-70s-elvis-equivalent/670675>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 8, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-70s-elvis-equivalent/670675 "2013-10-08T13:17:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-70s-elvis-equivalent/670675/41 "2013-10-09T19:08:49Z")

</div>

Thankfully Jim Morrison died when he did, otherwise he’d win this hands down.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-70s-elvis-equivalent/670675/42 "2013-10-09T19:22:26Z")

</div>

> [@slightly\_askew](#):
>
> Is it too soon to say Miley Cyrus? But she probably wasn’t popular enough in her first incarnation to count.

It certainly is noteworthy how quickly she went from Hannah Montanna to the comical parody she is now.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-70s-elvis-equivalent/670675/43 "2013-10-09T20:22:35Z")

</div>

> [@woodstockbirdybird](#):
>
> I’d say Dylan. Basically a sad parody of himself, though his fans still maintain he’s doing “great” work despite all objective evidence to the contrary.

I agree with this. He did a Christmas album (Christmas From The Heart) in 2009 and every time a song from it comes up on my Holidays Radio random selection I have to check to see if it’s some comedian doing a parody. It’s just…grotesque.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-70s-elvis-equivalent/670675/44 "2013-10-09T22:15:36Z")

</div>

> [@casdave](#):
>
> Whitney Houston - her decline into sheer irrelevance was quite some fall. She really did become painful to watch, forgetting words and missing notes by entire time zones.

Interestingly, Whitney’s mother, Cissy Houston, was a longtime backup singer with Elvis himself. You’d think Whitney might have learned something from his example about the dangers of drugs and of surrounding yourself with sycophants.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-70s-elvis-equivalent/670675.md?page=2)