WITH “IF I CAN DREAM” ELVIS MAKES A PROMISE NOT TO RECORD A SONG HE DOESN’T BELIEVE IN AGAIN
Towards the end of the special, Elvis appears in a long production number that includes singing, dancing, karate and various situations.
The number is about a young man’s journey from a struggling guitarist, through the challenges, dangers and compromises on the way to his dreams of success and stardom. Something gets lost along the way. Once the dream is achieved, the man realises that not everything he wanted has been fulfilled and that he has abandoned his true self.
He decides to return to his roots, doing what made him happy, what he does best. He sings “I’ll never be more than what I am… a swingin’ little guitar man.”
The parallels to Elvis and his own life are clear and deliberate, and doing “Special 68” represents his own return to his true self, to his roots. Free from the confines of his Hollywood routine, this is Elvis the singer, the artist, the musician, the man, the real Elvis.
At the end of the special, Elvis appears alone, wearing a simple white two-piece suit, standing in front of the imposing backdrop of red lights with his name on it, singing a new song, “If I Can Dream,” written especially for the show. The writers created the song based in part on conversations with Elvis about his own thoughts on what was happening in the turbulent ’60s. It seemed appropriate to close the show with some sort of personal statement.
Information provided by Club Elvis Spain http://www.clubelvis.org
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