Hey all elvis fans i was listening to AYLT the laughing version today and this is such a great funny recording i just wish there was footage of this song!!!! I just have a question what is the exact story of why elvis was laughing??
Last edited by david72; 02-04-2010 at 05:32 PM.
What Joe Esposito related was that Elvis started doing the song
and a woman jumped up on a long table that ran towards the stage and she was running crazy down the table towards Elvis
and that started the laughing
then as she ran, she knocked into a guy and knocked his toupee off
i love this version of the song, there also a version i think form the 68 special where he changes the words.
You can't help but laugh along to the live version.
I never looked for trouble but I never ran.
Originally Posted by monk37
LOL...........I got a slight variation of that.
I e-mailed EPE, the reply was, that a guy 'tipped' his toupe at Elvis because he changed the line........'gaze at your bald head and wish you had hair'........that set Elvis off laughing.............take your pick!!!!!!
"NO-ONE, BUT NO-ONE,IS HIS EQUAL, OR EVER WILL BE. HE WAS, AND IS SUPREME".Mick Jagger
The song is priceless at showing the fun Elvis could have while performing. He had a very off kilter sense of humor and thats one of the things I like about him.
Work in Progress!
I've also heard it was a woman running and the toupee guy as separate versions.
Whatever it was that happened, I don't think it's unreasonable that Elvis did the bald head line and just cracked himself up without anything else
after all, the audience doesn't seem to be reacting to anything
And yet another version that various people have repeated, is that Charlie Hodge was making faces at him.
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