President Bush will be taking the Prime Minister of Japan to Graceland:
WASHINGTON — The king is getting big-time respect from the president and the prime minister.
Elvis, of course. As in Presley.
President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi are going to Graceland.
A private tour through the late rock ‘n’ roll legend’s Memphis mansion on Friday wraps two days of consultations between the leaders. The visit has spanned military pomp, the tinkling of crystal at a black-tie dinner and two hours of discussions on Iraq, North Korea, U.S. beef exports and other weighty matters in the Oval Office.
But their outing to the home of Koizumi’s undisputed musical hero, with its oddity quotient and celebrity patina, was the most-anticipated portion.
This one ranks right up there with Nikita Krushchev wanting to visit Disneyland.
Update: And here’s the photo that will go down in diplomatic history, Bush and Koizumi with Lisa-Marie and Priscilla Presley. As well as a full report on the visit
Or how about this one of the Prime Minister of Japan playing air guitar:
June 30th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
Elvis, clearly a prophet, knew that a Christmas-tree stealing cheerleader from Yale would someday run/ruin the United States. Check out these lyrics he sang in the 1964 film “Roustabout”:
“Poison Ivy League”
Hail to thee old ivy league
Poison ivy league
The ra-ra boys are sitting round the table tonight
The ra-ra boys have lots of plans in view
They’re gonna have panty raids
And make their own lemonade
They’ll live it up just like the big boys do
Poison ivy league, boys in that ivy league
Give me an itch, those sons of the rich
That poison ivy league
The ra-ra boys will go to bed so early tonight
Before exams they need a lot of rest
They gotta make good for dad
They gotta make good so bad
They’ll even pay someone to take that test
Poison ivy league, boys in that ivy league
How can they flunk, they’re so full of bunk
That poison ivy league
The ra-ra boys are being groomed for business some day
For better things to college they were sent
And you can bet they’ll be the head of the company
As long as dear old daddy’s president
Poison ivy league, boys in that ivy league
So loaded with cash, they give me a rash
That poison ivy league
So let it be told
I won’t touch them with a ten foot pole
That poison Ivy league