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Being the Man
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Being the Man |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Being the Man While they were on vacation everyone was having a good time, especially Miko who had met a man named Pachinko, who liked to believe he was the Japanese Elvis. He wore his jet black hair the same and like Elvis he owned an old Cadillac car, and he played a replica of an Elvis guitar. Even Miko's Uncle Romantic and Aunt Daisy noticed the young girls going crazy when Pachinko walked thru the hotel lobby. On Saturday nights Pachinko would go to the "Dazzle Me" Karoake Club to put on his Elvis show, except the announcer would call it an "Elvis Revue" and when this Japanese Elvis began to sing his songs, lots of young impressional girls would sing along, imagining they lived in Elvis's world and hoping they could become one of Elvis's girls. On that very night at least three girls fainted in delight when Elvis sang "Love Me Tender", and when he sang "I want you, I need you, I love you with all of my heart", every girl in the place thought he was singing a love song to their heart. Then he'd close with his personal favorite, "Wise men say, only fools rush in, but I can't help falling in love with you", and those silly young impressional girls took it as an open invitation to come into Elvis's world. So after the show, they'd follow him to the back, and load into his Cadillac, for a fantasy ride through the backstreets of Tokyo... Seeing this, Miko would become distressed, because she liked Pachinko the best, and she had only a few weeks more to learn how to play his guitar. As bad as Miko wanted a whirl, to him Miko was just another silly young girl and he wasn't about to let her play with his guitar, for now he was having too much fun being the man in Elvis Land. JamesLee 27December 2010 |
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Spiros Zafiris Senior Member
since 2002-10-20
Posts 982Canada |
..hi James..much enjoyed reading..>>spiros |
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XGarapanX Senior Member
since 2008-06-19
Posts 1435Antarctica |
I like very much! ·´~`·»Garapan«·´~`· |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
A Japanese Elvis. Why not!?! Treat me like a fool I'll be sad and blue Buuuut love me!! Good little story James....Poor Miko Ah well. Eric ain't doin nothin at all just answerin the call |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
I some how never understood the Screaming jumping and fainting of the teen aged girls who did this to Sinatra, or Elvis. But I know some woman who still carry the torch and hold on to the memories. I am sure I did not really miss a thing.You wrote it well James. latearrival |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
An interesting look into being "The Man." If I remember reading correctly, The whole Sinatra thing was a set up. Sinatra's manager noticed a girl throwing a rose up on stage one week, so it gave him the idea of hiring a few girls to sit in the front row and fake fainting at his concerts during the ballads. He even had them rehearse before the concert and hired an ambulance to sit out front of the theatre ready to take the girls away. The ploy had such great affect that other teenage girls, those the manager didn't hire, started fainting too. Thus, a star was born. It says something about the power of mass hysteria. "We'll chase them like rats across the tundra." |
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