At first Queen Elvis seems to simply be an artist, something Hitchcock himself identifies with, but as the song progresses he seems to break from the subject, stand apart from it, and he appears to be singing about celebrity. The title fuses two iconic figures into one, after all.
At first Queen Elvis seems to simply be an artist, something Hitchcock himself identifies with, but as the song progresses he seems to break from the subject, stand apart from it, and he appears to be singing about celebrity. The title fuses two iconic figures into one, after all.