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"Louie Louie" is an American rock 'n' roll song written by Richard Berry
in 1955. It has become a standard in pop and rock, with hundreds of
versions recorded by different artists. The song is written in the style
of a Jamaican ballad; and tells, in simple verse-chorus form, the
first-person story of a Jamaican sailor returning to the island to see his
lady love. The singer brags of his "fine little girl" to the Louie of the
title, presumably a bartender.
A recording by The Kingsmen in 1963 is the best-known version. The
Kingsmen's edition was also the subject of an FBI investigation about the
supposed but non-existent obscenity of the lyrics, an investigation that
ended without prosecution. The song is ranked #55 on the Rolling Stone
magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
After the Kingsmen and Raiders' versions, several other bands recorded the
song:
American soul singer Otis Redding for his 1964 debut album Pain in My Heart
The Beach Boys recorded a rendition of "Louie Louie" for their 1964 album
Shut Down Vol. 2.
Ray Davies has stated that he wrote The Kinks' first hit, "You Really Got
Me" (1964) while trying to work out the chords of "Louie Louie". The band
recorded "Louie Louie" on 18 October 1964 and it was released in November
on the "Kinksize Session" EP, but still the chords were not quite right.
The Who were directed in their early recording career by the riff/rhythm
of "Louie Louie". This was due to the song's influence on The Kinks, who,
like the Who at the time, were produced by Shel Talmy, with the Kinks on
the Pye label and the Who on Brunswick. Talmy wanted the successful sounds
of The Kinks' 1964 hits "You Really Got Me", "All Day and All of the
Night" and "Till the End of the Day" to be copied by The Who. As a result,
Pete Townshend penned "I Can't Explain", released in March 1965. During a
pre-song interview with host Brian Matthew on Saturday Club in May 1965,
Pete explained that "I Can't Explain" was released to "introduce The Who
to the charts" and that they were now trying to get away from all that and
wanted to create the sort of sound they achieved on stage at present,
hence their new single which they were about to sing live on Saturday Club
now - the feedback-driven, Mod-inspired "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere". (In
1979 "Louie Louie" would be featured on the soundtrack album to
Quadrophenia.)
The American folk group The Sandpipers did a cover of the song in 1966
with a slower tempo and in Spanish.
Prototype English punk/garage band The Troggs recorded a version of "Louie
Louie" in 1966. Their cover version hit-single "Wild Thing" also uses a
very similar riff to "Louie Louie."
It underwent a psychedelic treatmeant courtesy of Friar Tuck on his 1967
album Friar Tuck And His Psychedelic Guitar.
"Louie Louie" repeatedly figured in the musical lexicon of Frank Zappa in
the 1960s. An early live version of his original composition "Plastic
People" (from his You Can't Do That Onstage Anymore series of live albums)
was set to the melody of "Louie, Louie" (The official version was released
on the album Absolutely Free in 1967). Also from the Absolutely Free album
is the song "Son of Suzy Creamcheese", a song that has a melody that
sounds like a sped-up version of "Louie Louie". Zappa reportedly fired
guitarist Alice Stuart from The Mothers of Invention because she couldn't
play "Louie Louie." At a Zappa concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London,
Mothers Of Invention keyboardist Don Preston climbed up to the legendary
venue's pipe organ, usually used for classical works, and played the
signature riff (this can be heard on the 1969 Zappa album Uncle Meat).
Quick interpolations of "Louie Louie" also frequently turn up in other
Zappa works.
The Sonics also recorded a very rough, fuzz-tone-drenched version in the
'60s.
The Swamp Rats protopunk/garage rock band heavily influenced by above
band, The Sonics, also recorded a version, featured on their album Disco
Still Sucks!
By the 1970s the song was inspiring other songs and numerous other versions.
Covered by the Flamin' Groovies on their 1971 album Teenage Head
In 1972, Berry released the song again as a single on the Happy Tiger
label. This was the label's final release before it folded.
Also in 1972, The Stooges covered the song which was never released.
In 1972, Led Zeppelin performed a version of the song in Los Angeles. It
can be heard on bootleg recordings entitled Burn Like a Candle.
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I took my kids to London a few moths ago, my 12 yr old daughter and 9yr old son stood outside Waterloo Station and sang, "Millions of people swarming round flies round Waterloo underground."but my Father in Law grew up with Ray Davies and said you never good see the sunset from Waterloo!!!!!
PaganMam 2 months ago
It is like a document from a time long ago.So many thanks for you uploading this!
fannypapillon 3 months ago
un himno al rockandroll!!
Sargentpepp3r 4 months ago
the kinks - the best band ever
RobertLockwoodJr 6 months ago
Richard Berry
papulk 1 year ago
GREAT CLASSIK ROCK SONG
lokter13 1 year ago