I’ve always hated Elvis Presley from an early age. A really boring Irish cousin of mine used to be in the Irish Army. He was an Elvis fan, and he came over to my family’s house and brought all these Elvis records and sat down in my room because I had the record player. He played them for eight solid hours. Over and over. I’ve never forgotten that nonstop sound, which left me with a solid hateful impression for THAT Elvis Presley. If anyone who plays in a band digs Elvis, then it’s clearly not for me. I absolutely did not visit Elvis’s Graceland (during the Pistols' last tour), and I think Paul and Steve might have. I know I didn’t, even though we drove past it on the way to the gig. I deliberately turned my head away. I didn’t even want to see it...

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I’ve always hated Elvis Presley from an early age. A really boring Irish cousin of mine used to be in the Irish Army. He was an Elvis fan, and he came over to my family’s house and brought all these Elvis records and sat down in my room because I had the record player. He played them for eight solid hours. Over and over. I’ve never forgotten that nonstop sound, which left me with a solid hateful impression for THAT Elvis Presley. If anyone who plays in a band digs Elvis, then it’s clearly not for me. I absolutely did not visit Elvis’s Graceland (during the Pistols' last tour), and I think Paul and Steve might have. I know I didn’t, even though we drove past it on the way to the gig. I deliberately turned my head away. I didn’t even want to see it..." in the context of "John Lydon, known also by his stage name with the Sex Pistols (Johny Rotten) explaining in Far Out's August 2, 2024 edition why perhaps without the efforts of a cousin of his, as well as his obvious inferiority complex vis-a.vis Presley, he might have held at least some appreciation for him." to mean that wisdom is timeless.