Elvis presley never called it the jungle room.
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But perhaps the crowning jewel of graceland s quirk is the jungle room.
The jungle room was loaded with exotic plants animal prints and floor to ceiling shag carpet in what can only be described as an african motif.
Elvis loved the idea of a waterfall but it became a nuisance because it regularly flooded and leaked.
Constructed in 1965 as an additional part of the mansion the jungle room was the space in which elvis spent a large majority of his time.
The jungle room was not called that when elvis lived at graceland but was given that name after his death and once the home opened for tours.
Exotic plants floor to ceiling green shag carpet and animal prints comprised the jungle room s decor.
Elvis added his.
For him his breathtakingly garish tiki tinged lair sui generis in the realm of ostentatious kitsch was merely the den constructed in.
A majority of the jungle room material was released as from elvis presley boulevard memphis tennessee in the spring of 1976 featuring the top 10 hit hurt a year later in july 1977 more of these sessions were paired with overdubbed live material and released as moody blue.
Elvis bought the furniture on a whim in 1974 supposedly to rile his father vernon had said it was the ugliest furniture he d ever laid eyes on.