I had a funny daydream waiting for my chashumen the other day...
A medium sized ramen shop in Tokyo.
The last bars of "Our house" by Madness are fading out on the radio,
Our house, in the middle of our street Our house, that was where we used to sleep Our house, in the middle of our street Our house, in the middle of our street Our house....
as three japanese rockabilies strut in. Lots of attitude.
They yank out three little stools and take position at the large thick wood slab table.
They shout out their orders in time, as if counting down the start of the next song: "Shoyu!", "Miso!", "Chashu!"
Cue music: "Rock this town" by the Stray Cats.
As the waitress scuttles away with a gleeful "Haaaaaiii!", the three jump up... and start to dance.
We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out We're gonna rock this town, make 'm scream and shout Let's rock, rock, rock man rock, rock We're gonna rock till we pop, We're gonna roll till we drop We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out
Salary men slurping their soup 'n noodles, trying hard to not notice. Office ladies giggling, and looking away quickly...
Well we're having a ball just bopping on the big dance floor Well there's a real square cat he looks nineteen seventy four Well, you look at me once, you look at me twice, You look at me again there's gonna be a fight We're gonna rock this town, we're gonna rip this place apart
General mischief...
As the song ends, the three all at once return to their seats as their meals are plopped down before them.
"What a wonderful world" croaked out by Louis Armstrong takes us, through a retreating zoom-out, to fade...
I see skies of blue..... clouds of white Bright blessed days....dark sacred nights And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world.
(With thanks to Lil for the classic snaps of japanese rockabilies and everyone else who posts to Flickr.)
