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(5,183 posts)No wait, that's Chicago.
marble falls
(57,208 posts)House of Roberts
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marble falls
(57,208 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,022 posts)A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)Liked very few of their way too many songs when they were on the radio.
ballyhoo
(2,060 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,530 posts)When the song first came out, it was said that there were "naughty words" if you listened just right. Kinda like the backwards masking scare in the 70's.
TBF
(32,093 posts)This one has been debunked -
Claim: The lyrics to the song "Louie Louie" are really dirty.
FALSE
Origins: "Sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll" is more than an Ian Dury slogan; it also neatly encapsulates the three pastimes of America's youth that adults have expended the most effort in trying to control for the last half-century. Films
such as Reefer Madness and Blue Denim have been supplanted by "Just Say No" and sex education programs, and the lyrics of rap songs may concern parents more than Elvis Presley's hips or the Beatles' haircuts once did, but the battle continues.
At this point we should probably make note of the song's true lyrics:
Louie, Louie,
me gotta go.
Louie, Louie,
me gotta go.
A fine little girl, she wait for me;
me catch a ship across the sea.
I sailed the ship all alone;
I never think I'll make it home
Three nights and days we sailed the sea;
me think of girl constantly.
On the ship, I dream she there;
I smell the rose in her hair.
Me see Jamaica moon above;
It won't be long me see me love.
Me take her in my arms and then
I tell her I never leave again.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/louie.asp#6mWkBBfEUvQIm95d.99
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)"I sail the ship all alone," and then "Three nights and days we sailed the sea" would seem to be contradictory lyrics.
Didn't they ask Clinton and Bush to recite what they thought the lyrics were during the election, to hilarious results? Or was that just a parody I read in '91? Me forgets, yesss.
-- Mal
MADem
(135,425 posts)Dread, Natty Dread, Now....!
Children, get your culture!
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)... which it might well be, no guarantee Snopes has the lyrics right.
And I bet most people on DU think "I Shot the Sheriff" was written by Eric Clapton.
Oh, and have you seen that the Mighty Sparrow is back in action? Concerts in April and May, he's apparently recovering well from his coma.
-- Mal
MADem
(135,425 posts)If I am guilty I will pay!!!!
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Guarantees me strange looks wherever I go.
-- Mal
MADem
(135,425 posts)Clapton wields the ax well, but no one can sing out like Marley.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)Just kidding, this was released within the past year or so. I think the vocals were dubbed in over the original instrumental track, because it sure sounds similar.
MADem
(135,425 posts)It works...!!!!
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)him a feeling of being alone. What the hell am I doing analyzing Louie Louie?
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Incidentally, if you play "Kingdom of Loathing," you can create a Pastafarian character.
-- Mal
cilla4progress
(24,766 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)I shit you not. He assigned a special team of FBI investigators to
try to figure out what the lyrics "really mean".
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2013/05/24/louie_louie_why_the_fbi_spent_two_years_and_119_pages_investigating_one_song.html
Zambero
(8,968 posts)Berry's singing of the song lyrics were coherent and understandable. However, it did not climb very high on the charts and faded from the radar quickly. The Kingsmen's smash hit cover version some years later was poorly recorded with the (inebriated?) singer slurring and garbling the lyrics. However, listening to the Kingsmen version while comparing that recording with Berry's words shows no lyrical departure from the original. The so-called "naughty words" theory was contrived and caught fire at a time when validation options were limited compared to today's availability of information. So many people "bought" the story, which was not properly debunked, and the record was even banned in some markets. All the notoriety and ginned up controversy no doubt boosted sales, and ultimately conferred "classic" status on what might have been an otherwise throwaway performance. BTW, bad singing notwithstanding, the somewhat disjointed guitar solo is quite cool!
louis-t
(23,297 posts)to play the song! You can read up on the lead singer of the Kingsmen in his own words online. It was recorded in one take with one microphone overhead, singer had just had his braces tightened and had trouble pronouncing the words, had to sing up at the mic, spent the night before singing the song at a Louie Louie marathon, etc. I think one of the items I just mentioned may not have been true, but I don't think he was inebriated. In any case, he was out of the band before the song made it big.
Tikki
(14,559 posts)Nice song by Todd Snider by the way...
If you are interested...from the wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Berry_(musician)
Tikki
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)a few lifetimes ago. At the time I preferred Rockin Robin Roberts version, if I remember correctly. Also, danced to Paul Revere and the Raiders at D Street.
Tikki
(14,559 posts)a lifetime ago, also.
I remember Paul Revere and the Raiders tooling into town driving a gold Valiant pulling a little trailer.
Such great music for my teens...
another Richard Berry great recorded by the Sonics
Tikki
tularetom
(23,664 posts)My wife is from Portland and I worked there during the summer between my junior and senior years at Cal. So I guess it must have been 1965 since I graduated in 66.
The place I saw them was on Highway 99E (McLaughlin Blvd) in Milwaukie OR but the name escapes me. It was a real dump and I'm guessing it isn't there anymore.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Ken Chase, a KISN DJ.