jaja-:
Hey there,
Sorry if I explain something you know, but you didn't say exactly which words you didn't understand.
Basicly what Underground0 is saying is that "advertising space" is an empty space (like in a news paper, or on a sign at the side of the road) where ads can be placed.. So "You had that look upon your face - Advertising space" would mean to have a blank look in the face. She thinks this could be about how Elvis is being used today. For example, people are still selling things related to Elvis, "best of"-collections, making remixes of his songs and so on. And many times the image of Elvis is being used to sell things that has nothing to do with him or his music.
My explanation of the "Special agent for the man"-part of the song was that in 1970 Elvis asked the President of the USA to be made an agent because he believed he could help. ("the man" usually means the president, the government, or some other group of people with a lot of power).
Elvis was made an agent by Richard Nixon who was the president at that time. Nixon was involved in the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam war (search wikipedia or google if you don't know about these two things, it's too complicated to explain in a short way) and they both happened while Elvis was an agent.
"No one really gave a damn" means that even though Elvis was made an agent, nobody cared about it, not even the CIA (The American Central Intelligence Agency).
jaja-: Hey there, Sorry if I explain something you know, but you didn't say exactly which words you didn't understand.
Basicly what Underground0 is saying is that "advertising space" is an empty space (like in a news paper, or on a sign at the side of the road) where ads can be placed.. So "You had that look upon your face - Advertising space" would mean to have a blank look in the face. She thinks this could be about how Elvis is being used today. For example, people are still selling things related to Elvis, "best of"-collections, making remixes of his songs and so on. And many times the image of Elvis is being used to sell things that has nothing to do with him or his music.
My explanation of the "Special agent for the man"-part of the song was that in 1970 Elvis asked the President of the USA to be made an agent because he believed he could help. ("the man" usually means the president, the government, or some other group of people with a lot of power). Elvis was made an agent by Richard Nixon who was the president at that time. Nixon was involved in the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam war (search wikipedia or google if you don't know about these two things, it's too complicated to explain in a short way) and they both happened while Elvis was an agent. "No one really gave a damn" means that even though Elvis was made an agent, nobody cared about it, not even the CIA (The American Central Intelligence Agency).
Hope this explains it better. :)