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@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Poll: What is your pick for the greatest "Party" song of all time?
@surlechapeau
@surlechapeau 10 месяцев назад
Get Down Tonight- KC & The Sunshine Band. runnerups: Love Shack - B52s; Celebration - Kool & The Gang; 1999 - Prince.
@stephenbrown4211
@stephenbrown4211 10 месяцев назад
Shout Hi Ho Silver Lining Oops Upside Your Head(anyone remember the row boat dance)? Quarter To Three Gary US Bonds Come On Eileen Just waiting for someone to mention The Birdie Song 🤬
@christineml1476
@christineml1476 10 месяцев назад
"Brass Monkey" Beastie Boys
@cjpew
@cjpew 10 месяцев назад
Mas Tequila - Sammy Hagar
@llamasugar5478
@llamasugar5478 10 месяцев назад
@@stephenbrown4211 Haha! I forgot about Oops Upside Your Head!
@mournblade1066
@mournblade1066 10 месяцев назад
The best use of "Louie Louie" is near the end of _The Naked Gun_ , when Ricardo Montebahn's character falls off the top of the stadium, hits the pavement, is flattened by a steamroller, and a marching band playing "Louie Louie" marches over him. George Kennedy's character breaks down in tears, and says, "My father. . . went the exact same way." That always cracks me up.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Good call!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
I am gonna rewatch that.
@Eidolon1andOnly
@Eidolon1andOnly 10 месяцев назад
I loved that scene in _The Naked Gun._ One of my other favorite uses of this song in cinema is in the movie _Down Periscope_ where Kelsey Grammer is put in command of a misfit crew tasked to participate in a war games scenario as a bet between two high ranking Navy officials. Grammer had the odds stacked against him by having a crew made up of the Navy's rejects and a WWII era submarine while his rival gets the best crew and a top of the line nuclear sub tasked to hunt them. In a moment of genius to evade detection of the more capable nuclear sub hot on their heels Grammer's crew surfaces the sub and puts up a string of lights and takes other measures to modify their sub's silhouette/profile to disguise it as a fishing boat, then plays the song Louie Louie and sing along to it as loud as possible, slurring all the lyrics, not singing in sync and off key, so when the nuclear sub finally approaches the blip they've been tracking on their screens and raise their periscope to see their target they see what looks like a fishing boat, and by using their hydrophones to listen in all they hear is what sounds like a drunk crew of fisherman so they leave the area to continue their hunt for Grammer's sub. What I loved about that scene was not only the brilliance of hiding in plain sight but also how it reminded me of the scene in _Coup de Ville_ mentioned in this video where one of the brothers claims the song is a sea shanty.
@HaberfieldchiropracticAu
@HaberfieldchiropracticAu 9 месяцев назад
Y and a half
@johnmccall5576
@johnmccall5576 8 месяцев назад
It's a classic.
@heathentongue
@heathentongue 10 месяцев назад
I saw the Kingsmen on a comeback tour in the 90s (they opened for Three Dog Night). They were great! They introduced Louie Louie by saying: "Ladies and Gentlemen, please stand for our national anthem!"
@beatlesrgear
@beatlesrgear 10 месяцев назад
I've seen 3 Dog Night twice and they absolutely kick ass!! One of the best bands I've ever seen in concert in my life. I saw them in '88 and they wiped the floor with the Beach boys. It was embarrassing (for the BB)!! I liked 3 Dog Night when I originally heard them, but after seeing them live twice, I freakin' love 'em!
@MovieMakingMan
@MovieMakingMan 9 месяцев назад
@@beatlesrgear I was driving with my friend and we decided to go to the only radio station in Pasadena, Texas. He knew people there so we just walked through the back door. We were hanging around talking and in came Three Dog Night! They had a concert the following night in Houston so they were there to promote their show. While they were waiting we all sat in the back room and talked. Then they pulled out a few joints so we ended up passing around joints on a roach clip. They had their guitars out so I got to jam with them awhile. Things were so much looser then. No security. Everything was laid back. It was a treat to meet them and especially play guitars with them. But at the time it was just another day. I got to do a lot of things that would probably be hard to do now.
@tooterooterville
@tooterooterville 9 месяцев назад
@@MovieMakingMan Know what you mean. I grew up in the sixties in the same area. Those were great days, bro!
@Sable30
@Sable30 10 месяцев назад
I fell in love with Louie Louie he first time I heard it. Animal House sealed it. Whatever they’re singing, it’s a classic!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Of course it is! Timeless.
@michaelszczys8316
@michaelszczys8316 10 месяцев назад
I remember when it came out. It was pretty big. Everybody was looking for bad lyrics, I thought " who cares, it's bad- ass "
@michaelszczys8316
@michaelszczys8316 10 месяцев назад
Second to this song is Kingsmen version of " Little Latin Lupe Lu "
@violeteyes5255
@violeteyes5255 10 месяцев назад
I remember back in the 60s when "Louie, Louie" by the Kingsmen first came out and was played on the radio, I was seven and a half years old, and everyone was talking about it. I didn't know what they were talking about, but when everyone was saying it was a dirty song, of course I had to get it. I had the 45, later got the album, and played it over and over trying to decipher the words. My friends and I would sit around telling each other what he was singing, and of course, we decided on the dirty words. We moved to Stuttgart, Germany and lived at Patch Barracks, my father was in the Military, and by then the Beatles had come out. Long story short, I made new friends, and we would ride the bus to school. Back then there was no back door to the school buses, there was a long seat like a couch in the back. Me, my brother, and a friend named Steve Scramstead, would sit back there and sing songs. All the other kids on the bus would always save that back seat for us because they liked us singing all of the popular songs, especially ones by the Beatles and Herman's Hermits. But there was that one song they always wanted to hear, and it was "Louie, Louie." So, when we sang it, using the bad words, all the girls would scream, and the boys would laugh. The three of us were like little Rock Stars. For me, it kind of went to my head, and also being a class clown, whenever I got off the bus, I never left the bus by the door, I always climbed out the window, and man, the girls loved that. I remember hearing the girls say when they saw us, "Hey, those are the guys who sing on the bus." Those were great times.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
All I could make out was “yi yi yi yi”.
@specialk3357
@specialk3357 6 месяцев назад
Wow! What a time to be alive!
@dtw63
@dtw63 5 месяцев назад
She would have made this story shorter but didn’t have time. 😂
@philmann3476
@philmann3476 Месяц назад
Very true. Was under 10 when it was popular, and all my buddies had an older brother (probably all of 15) who told us what the "real" lyrics were, which made absolutely no sense to us who still had far more interest in making gunpowder and burning bugs with a magnifying glass than in girls. Fun times indeed.
@georgemathie8123
@georgemathie8123 10 месяцев назад
What's so great about this channel is everyday we're treated to a new lesson or story about music history that not only educated us the loyal and new viewers but gives us a whole new appreciation for the artist being spotlighted every day
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Thanks George! What would you like to see next?
@georgemathie8123
@georgemathie8123 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock I would like to see some spotlights on obscure 80s acts such as David sylvian and japan, classic producers such as Ron nevison and Rupert Hine these artists created so much amazing music that they should be spotlighted
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Will do. I will work on it!@@georgemathie8123
@RBS_
@RBS_ 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock ...GINO VANNELLI, Prof.! ...he's on Tour, STILL vital, and has a History that can EDUCATE, man....class, is awaiting..... ; )
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
I've interviewed him!@@RBS_
@adderman1950
@adderman1950 10 месяцев назад
I was the lead singer in a local band in high school and Louie, Louie was on our playlist. Frankly the way I sang it would have been illegal if you could understand it but part of the charm was to slur the lyrics as much as possible so no one could actually be sure what they were hearing. It entertained the crowds and kept us out of trouble! Incidentally the 2 most popular tunes we did were probably Louie, Louie & Gloria by Van Morrison's band Them. Had a lot of fun and made a little money back then. We were fairly successful because in those days most people just bought 45s and most of the songs we did were Covers of Rolling Stones tunes off their first 2 US Albums. Most people thought it was original material because they weren't familiar with the songs off the Stones albums that weren't released as singles so they thought we were pretty talented. Loved it!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Definitely a song for the drunken!
@harrisvideo
@harrisvideo 10 месяцев назад
There were no lyrics in the album that the people including the FBI could read?
@carlacook5181
@carlacook5181 10 месяцев назад
Great story, thanks for sharing.
@adderman1950
@adderman1950 10 месяцев назад
@@harrisvideo When anyone performed that song they sang what they thought they were hearing or just plain made it up. Anyone that says different is lying or very deluded. There was no way to look up the lyrics to most any song back then.
@harveyabel1354
@harveyabel1354 10 месяцев назад
@@harrisvideo LPs with lyrics were a later thing.
@kinjunranger140
@kinjunranger140 10 месяцев назад
When hasn't the FBI wasted our money?
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Shame.
@roberttimstarliper1671
@roberttimstarliper1671 5 месяцев назад
I think there was a time somewhere around the early 1980's where they went 5 or 10 minutes without wasting our money.
@HickSquatch
@HickSquatch 10 месяцев назад
I loved the rawness of the song, the very unpolished "noise" sound to it: just a straight up fun song! My FAVORITE use of it was in the movie Down Periscope with Kelsey Grammer: a Navy submarine commander is given a WWII era diesel submarine and has to evade modern nuclear boats searching for him; at one point, the old diesel sub gets found by the modern nuclear boat and has to distract the hunter sub, so they surface, put a light on the periscope and get the crew to start loudly singing Louie Louie!! The modern sub listens to the sounds coming from the target boat and the captain declares "congratulations, we tracked down a boat load of beer-ed up fishermen! Move out!" It was PERFECT!!!
@leesully1669
@leesully1669 10 месяцев назад
Yes!!! Such a fun movie!!! One of my all time favorites!!! And such a fun version by the crew of the USS Stingray!!!
@benjaminhawthorne1969
@benjaminhawthorne1969 10 месяцев назад
"Let's Give It to 'em Right Now!" to me means, as a performer, "Let's show this audience what we've got and play the hell out of this tune!"
@mrc6182
@mrc6182 5 месяцев назад
I always interpreted that as an intro to the guitar solo, so didn't feel it was unusual in the slightest.
@Poppaea-Sabina
@Poppaea-Sabina 15 дней назад
I figured that out too!
@skaz777
@skaz777 10 месяцев назад
Well can we all at least agree Jack Ely was the most underrated gibberator ever?
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
😝
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Poll: What is the greatest singalong of the rock era...A song you can't help but belt out?
@surlechapeau
@surlechapeau 10 месяцев назад
Joy To The World- Three Dog Night; Loves Me Like A Rock- Paul Simon; Saturday In The Park- Chicago.
@freezer8530
@freezer8530 10 месяцев назад
I'll nominate "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond.
@Code.Name.V
@Code.Name.V 10 месяцев назад
Styx - Come Sail Away
@RBS_
@RBS_ 10 месяцев назад
....we will, we WILL...........you know the REST!! ....ha-HAAA!! >p.s.itsROCKYOU
@Lam_3-22-23
@Lam_3-22-23 10 месяцев назад
China Grove- Doobie Brothers Call Me Al- Paul Simon Rock This Town - Stray Cats
@PR-BEACHBOY
@PR-BEACHBOY 10 месяцев назад
My Band played “Louie Louie” back in 1968-69. I remember that I made up my own verses because nobody really knew what they actually were! I’m 72 and a half and still enjoy the song immensely!
@_Pauper_
@_Pauper_ 10 месяцев назад
I was just thinking yeah I can write verses to this! Now just time to find my old band mates. It’s cool to read that you improvised on this.
@GDawg2K2
@GDawg2K2 10 месяцев назад
Same here.. It was the first song I ever learned on bass. We too just made up our own lyrics! Except for the "Every night at ten I lay her again"!
@leekidman6128
@leekidman6128 8 месяцев назад
Haha that’s brilliant 😂
@jamesharrington1456
@jamesharrington1456 8 месяцев назад
I read it in a Beatles book that John Lennon had his own lyrics to it before the Beatles got popular and my guess for one of the verses was " I ain't gonna break -a my heart no more 😊
@brahmburgers
@brahmburgers 7 месяцев назад
Me 71, and have been gigging with bands since age 14. Similar fun experiences. What better way to make it with the girls, ...than to be lead singer in a band! I once had a groupie who told me I was exactly like lead singer Keith Relf of Yardbirds, ...who she had been nasty with - 15 years earlier.
@gregwasserman2635
@gregwasserman2635 10 месяцев назад
I remember hearing this when I was quite young, but my best recollection of the song comes from "Animal House". Who can forget the drunken wailing of the denizens from the Delta House of this song? I can sort of remember singing this of key at parties in grad school. Those days were kind of foggy, and certain events could have made it into the movie. It's a good thing I have no aspirations to run for political office, though I would never deny what was done back then. It was stupid fun, and that song always seems to bring back those foggy memories.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
That Animal House scene is iconic.
@tnrodgers
@tnrodgers 10 месяцев назад
I grew up in the 60’s so I’ve known this song forever. Outrage wasn’t about attention or money, and the FBI…well it’s still messed up. Remember a few years ago was the dress Gold or Blue? The lyrics are like that. Be offended or not, Louie Louie is a Classic. Don’t change a thing. Thanks Adam!
@williamsanders2439
@williamsanders2439 10 месяцев назад
The craziest thing was this wasn't the "best" take! Probably why it was so popular and powerful...something that punk would emulate later.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
The Ramones can thank this song for their success.
@Galloway278
@Galloway278 10 месяцев назад
Iggy covered it.
@_Pauper_
@_Pauper_ 10 месяцев назад
Definitely a vibe that punk would find later. Love that vibe.
@SLQQPY88
@SLQQPY88 10 месяцев назад
When Washington began considering Louie Louie for the official state rock song, it inspired a Columbus newspaper columnist, Joe Dirck, to suggest Hang On Sloopy be Ohio's official rock song. The Ohio General Assembly formally recognized the song on November 20, 1985.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Oh, that sounds familiar! Thanks.
@gr8fullytedicated
@gr8fullytedicated 10 месяцев назад
I went to high school with the sister of The Kingsmen's lead guitar player, Mike Mitchell. During the hey day of the song, Mike lived at home with his parents. I can still remember the first time I was over at the house and his sister took me into his bedroom. He had a bed on what looked like a marble pedestal, with the gold record of Louie Louie hanging on the wall above the headboard. Those were the days!
@Rob_Baker1962
@Rob_Baker1962 10 месяцев назад
Another reference: From 1985 to 1989, radio station WMMR in Philadelphia held a Louie Louie Parade on April 1st, where anyone who wished to do so could join the parade and play Louie Louie on a kazoo.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Did you try and get on the trend?
@Rob_Baker1962
@Rob_Baker1962 10 месяцев назад
Except for 1989, I always had to work that day and in 1989 I was in the process of moving to Florida. So, the answer is no - I never did participate.
@markallen2984
@markallen2984 10 месяцев назад
The DIY aspect of the Kingsmen and their rough, unskilled musicianship make them very punk rock in my book.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
First Punk Rock band in my opinion!
@86crud
@86crud 10 месяцев назад
Makes sense, absolutely.
@w.llawrence86
@w.llawrence86 10 месяцев назад
MY vote is 1st garage rock band as opposed to punk
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
I agree.
@davidpanzer6746
@davidpanzer6746 9 месяцев назад
I don't agree that it's punk. Punk music was TRYING to sound rough and unpolished.
@mikefinch4878
@mikefinch4878 8 месяцев назад
I knew Lynn in his later years. He was one of those guys who livened up the place when he walked in - never at a loss for a witty, often stinging, comment. One day we're sitting around, and his cell phone rang. I commented that "Louie Louie" was an interesting ring tone for him. He lamented that he had to pay $2.99 for that ring tone. Whenever we would have a jam, Lynn would play percussion on whatever was available. At least once it was a salad bowl. Sadly, he passed during COVID while living in Canada and his family was forbidden from travelling there to make arrangements. He's one of those people who leave a big hole when they're gone. RIP my friend.
@HpwithBea2013
@HpwithBea2013 10 месяцев назад
First heard Louie Louie on the film Quadrophenia over 40 years ago,,,,,,in my opinion the first true punk rock record......stunningly and simply brilliant..never get tired of hearing it ..
@_Pauper_
@_Pauper_ 10 месяцев назад
There is an argument. As a fan of old punk I wouldn’t argue with ya.
@johnnyplunkett8532
@johnnyplunkett8532 10 месяцев назад
Paul Revere was an awesome guy who made records for charity for years and toured endlessly. RIP
@johnnyplunkett8532
@johnnyplunkett8532 10 месяцев назад
And that was His REAL NAME minus the last name he dropped..
@carlcushmanhybels8159
@carlcushmanhybels8159 10 месяцев назад
@@johnnyplunkett8532 Thanks. I never knew til now.
@mikehenson819
@mikehenson819 10 месяцев назад
The very fact this song is still well known even by the current generation proves it’s all about the sound and dance ability that no one really ever cared what it was about! It’s just a funky feel good song that everyone loved listening to and singing!
@The_real_Y2
@The_real_Y2 10 месяцев назад
The line “Okay, let's give it to 'em, right now!” is the lead singer introing the guitar solo. It’s not part of the story, it’s an exhortation from one guy to the rest of the band. It’s that simple.
@emmettmckenna4565
@emmettmckenna4565 8 месяцев назад
It’s so obvious! I don’t know how ‘the professor’ could miss THAT!
@robertmalone3525
@robertmalone3525 6 месяцев назад
Kind of like Billy Joel queueing the saxophone player with "Alright, big guy"
@nathanrowland6222
@nathanrowland6222 4 месяца назад
We need to give something like this to the FBI in this day and time cause they got nothing to do but waste our money anyway.
@katie-didellis2437
@katie-didellis2437 10 месяцев назад
Louie Louie was my high school's unofficial high school song. We had a high school song which we sang at every football basketball whatever game. When the band played the opening notes of Louie Louie the place went went wild. Everyone was dancing on the bleachers and singing the words which nobody knew just having a load of fun. When I hear Louie Louie I remember some of the best years of my life. 😅😅😅
@cosmicinsane516
@cosmicinsane516 10 месяцев назад
Love the story about the radio station changing formats at the end. A local station in the 90s used to play country. One day they started playing The Banana Boat Song by Harry Belefonte, for 3 or 4 days straight. They came back on the air as Banana 101 and went to playing rock. Even cooler, while I was in high school, someone literally chopped down their main broadcast tower with an axe. They were off the air for a few days and ended up temporarily setting up their studio in a camper in the field next to their repeater tower behind our high school.
@davidjoiner1411
@davidjoiner1411 10 месяцев назад
In 1990 the Seattle Mariners started playing Louie Louie at the 7th inning stretch after the obligatory Take Me Out to the Ballgame. It was a tradition for that team for over three decades. They ended that tradition in 2022, to the dismay of many fans (including myself). It was most appropriate during the years that Lou Piniella was their manager from 1993 to 2002. I read that in June of 1990 the Mariners actually had the Kingsmen play Louie Louie live during a game. Wish I had been at that game!
@ericbgordon1575
@ericbgordon1575 10 месяцев назад
The part about the fumbled drum fill immediately puts me in mind of another record that I hope will be covered on this channel, assuming it hasn't already, "Along Comes Mary" by the Association. During the tracking for that record, session bass guitarist Jerry Scheff (whose son Jason was in Chicago for 1985 to 2017) played a flub near the song's finish. He wanted to rewind and get it right, and even Producer Curt Boettcher couldn't pick up on it. Several years later, Jerry heard a muzak instrumental interpretation of it that included a duplication of his flub.
@darcyjane8031
@darcyjane8031 5 месяцев назад
I loved Along comes Mary ! Didnt they also do "' Cherish " ?
@ericbgordon1575
@ericbgordon1575 5 месяцев назад
Yes, @@darcyjane8031.
@garybevers
@garybevers 9 месяцев назад
The State of Washington has unofficial "Louie Day". All the musicians around the area get together to set a world record for the largest number of people playing Louie Louie at a time.
@Ksinthehouse
@Ksinthehouse 10 месяцев назад
I love how our highschool marching band in the 80's, and almost every highschool marching band, plays this. It always pumps up the crowd and the team with enthusiasm
@TomParmenter
@TomParmenter 9 месяцев назад
I heard the Pat Metjjjhene Band
@TomParmenter
@TomParmenter 9 месяцев назад
I heard the Pat Metheney Band play this as an encore! Garage rock rules!
@brahmburgers
@brahmburgers 7 месяцев назад
I was in a one-time marching band playing Louie Louie - but the 6 of us had chainsaws (with no chains on 'em).
@rogerdeahl9629
@rogerdeahl9629 10 месяцев назад
❤ Louie Louie! Love this song! Every fraternity party in the 80s played this incessantly. Great memories! Happy Thanksgiving Professor! You're no Turkey! 😅
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Happy Thanksgiving Roger! Any big plans?
@rogerdeahl9629
@rogerdeahl9629 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock Eat 100 pounds of turkey!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Same here!@@rogerdeahl9629
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
I bet!
@downtoearthdad7741
@downtoearthdad7741 10 месяцев назад
This was our go-to marching band song when I was in Jr. High. I can still hear that riff coming from my trombone. Ha! I've also seen that it was one of the songs that inspired Kurt Cobain to write Smells Like Teen Spirit. Which you can't un-hear once you recognize it.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
That's right! You know your history!
@arribaficationwineho32
@arribaficationwineho32 10 месяцев назад
Cool band director!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
My mom played the drums in marching band.
@arribaficationwineho32
@arribaficationwineho32 10 месяцев назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I always wanted to play drums but played flute instead
@OathTaker3
@OathTaker3 10 месяцев назад
My friends and I would refer to this as the drunk song because you had to be drunk to sing & or understand it.🤔 After seeing your video I love the song even more! It's an American classic.🇺🇸
@scottburton9701
@scottburton9701 10 месяцев назад
"Louie Louie" is the quintessential party song,hands down!-60 years later,it still sounds great!
@lenimbery7038
@lenimbery7038 10 месяцев назад
One of the first songs i played in my band when I was 14. I also remember and loved the version in Animal House where the drunken dorm room mates sung it just as slurred (and even better) as the original
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
I love that scene too.
@toastnjam7384
@toastnjam7384 10 месяцев назад
Every time I hear a reference to that song I immediately think of that scene.
@randyinredmond
@randyinredmond 10 месяцев назад
I played in a cover band / bar band in the 80's We played classic rock from the 60's and 70's . This was our closing song at 2 a.m. ! I knew about the controversy around the song. Made up my own perverted lyrics and the people loved it ! 😂
@tedbecker4051
@tedbecker4051 10 месяцев назад
Crazy story! I always thought the song was a bar song and the reason the singing was mostly unintelligible was because the singer was either drunk or pretending to be drunk. When you mentioned the customer talking to the bartender it made even more sense. It's a fun song in which its imperfections actually enhance the song, giving it more of a party feel.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Thanks for sharing TED!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Ted... What were some of the song you were talking about yesterday!
@tedbecker4051
@tedbecker4051 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock - Two songs that instantly came into my head were: "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks and "Love Rollercoaster" by The Ohio Players. The rumor for "Seasons in the Sun" was that Terry Jacks wrote and recorded the song while he was dying from a terminal illness. I didn't find out until much later that he didn't even write the song. "Love Rollercoaster" was rumored to have accidentally recorded a murder that occurred in one of the other rooms in the recording studio while the band was recording the song. All fictional, yet memorable.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
The diction was very garbled!
@harveyabel1354
@harveyabel1354 10 месяцев назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 There's a myth that's because the singer just came from the dentist!
@mrc6182
@mrc6182 5 месяцев назад
I have some fond memories of "The Kingsmen" playing at the Meadow Acres Ballroom in Topeka, Kansas in the mid-60's (aging myself here.) At the time I was in an up-and-coming band and we knew The Kingsmen from several appearances in the area. At one time, we were speaking to their bassist, Norm Sundholm, and he mentioned he and his brother were soon to manufacture Sunn Amplifiers. He offered us a 40% discount we probably should've taken. Ultimately, our entire Fender Amp setup was purchased from Quigley's in Kansas City.
@justmyopinion3450
@justmyopinion3450 10 месяцев назад
Louie Louie, oh no, you take me where ya gotta go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby Louie Louie, oh baby, take me where ya gotta go A fine little girl, she waits for me Me catch the ship across the sea Me sailed the ship all alone Me never think I'll make it home Louie Louie, oh no no no, me gotta go, oh no Louie Louie, oh baby, me gotta go Three nights and days I sailed the sea Me think of girl constantly On the ship, I dream she there I smell the rose in her hair Louie Louie, oh no, me gotta go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby Louie Louie, oh baby, me gotta go Okay, let's give it to 'em right now Me see Me see Jamaica, the moon above It won't be long me see me love Me take her in my arms and then I tell her I'll never leave again Louie Louie, oh no, me gotta go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby Louie Louie, oh baby, me gotta go I said me gotta go now Let's hustle on out of here Let's go
@songmarysmith
@songmarysmith 10 месяцев назад
My beginning band played "Louie, Louie" after we learned about 6 notes on our instruments. We didn't even have a proper notation! Our band director wrote out the note names and some dashes to indicate length on a sheet of paper! I wish I still had the sheet! It was really fun!🤘🥰😆
@mathewfullerton8577
@mathewfullerton8577 10 месяцев назад
The strange thing about Louie Louie is that I love the but never worried about the lyrics. I ALWAYS learned the lyrics of my favorite songs.
@constipatedinsincity4424
@constipatedinsincity4424 10 месяцев назад
This song was from a Caribbean song.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Which one?
@constipatedinsincity4424
@constipatedinsincity4424 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock I forgot the name I have to think about it. I met the band members when I was visiting Robert Palmers home in the 90's!
@darthmeow1370
@darthmeow1370 8 месяцев назад
"A two year FBI investigation"... ladies and gentlemen, your tax dollars at work. We "can't" afford to provide health care for our citizens, or solve homelessness or hunger, but we can investigate whether someone said some naughty words in a song! Priorities, am I right?
@3rdmin1st3r
@3rdmin1st3r 10 месяцев назад
All I know is that Louie Louie sounded good in Animal House
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Classic use there!
@3rdmin1st3r
@3rdmin1st3r 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock thanks buddy. Love all the rock knowledge you share.
@llamasugar5478
@llamasugar5478 10 месяцев назад
And in _Down Periscope!_
@wendywhite4537
@wendywhite4537 10 месяцев назад
I love Louie Louie. And the FBI has always wasted American tax dollars. This is so typical of the government and people who don’t understand music
@mossygreen2790
@mossygreen2790 10 месяцев назад
I know right, unfortunately on the other side of the pond, we end up saying " only in America" ! Wth? I question "their" filthy minds, ( the accusers, lol?) I remember all the satanic panic, when the British group "Judas priest" were accused of having disguised messages in their songs/lyrics, which told listeners (kids, youngsters, etc) to k*'ll themselves. It was so untrue, & subjective. It was a case of hearing what you want to hear. Unbelievable!... only in....... ! It's funny to us in Europe, though deep down the perceptions of government agencies is worrying.... in America? Otherwise it's a catchy, addictive song, great to dance too, love it & the many, many covers of It! 👍😁👍
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
They investigated this song for nothing!
@mossygreen2790
@mossygreen2790 10 месяцев назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Yes, when they could have been doing investigations into real criminal behaviours & situations. I bet their assistance would have been needed in other serious scenarios instead?
@koshersalaami
@koshersalaami 10 месяцев назад
One of the funniest things about the FBI investigation is that there is an obscenity on the recording that they absolutely would have pulled it over. How did they miss it? It’s not in the lyrics. Remember, the band didn’t expect this take to be used. The drummer drops a stick a little over half a minute in and screams “F*CK!” It’s way in the background, barely audible, but there.
@jgarrison1309
@jgarrison1309 6 месяцев назад
This song was play at every Frat Party I ever attended during my college years in the late 1980s. Throw in Shout! and every other Animal House type record and you get the idea of the vibe. Good Times!
@jessedorsettii9988
@jessedorsettii9988 10 месяцев назад
Why is this story NOT made into a movie? I would pay to see it. It is so wild and far fetched and TRUE not to be made into a movie
@princessinvidia
@princessinvidia 10 месяцев назад
I recall a time back in the 80s when a station started playing Prince's 1999 over and over again for days and, just like in your story, it turned out that they were changing format. I was certainly confused about it and had no idea why it was going on, but I wasn't as imaginative as those kids you describe with theories about kidnappings and aliens.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Now I know what to expect the next time I hear the same song over and over on the radio.
@jeansmith-wl7xt
@jeansmith-wl7xt 15 дней назад
I remember hearing that some dj. Locked himself in a d played Yellow submarine for hours!😅
@samfoster6682
@samfoster6682 10 месяцев назад
I had a band who lived behind me when I was a kid and they played it all the time. They were the cool older teenagers and I would walk around singing it all the time, my dad hated it lol
@MIB316
@MIB316 10 месяцев назад
It was also used in one of my favourite ever films "Quadrophenia" (1979) in the classic scene at the Mod disco where Jimmy climbs up on the balcony and dances to it, jumping onto the crowd below to avoid the bouncers getting him!
@Mahim1968
@Mahim1968 8 месяцев назад
The craziest story of a song ever! Thank you, prof!
@PixieStitchs
@PixieStitchs 10 месяцев назад
Wow that's wild about the f.b.i. investigation 😮... sounds so silly now, as moral panics usually do lol! I look forward to your videos because I always learn something new 🙂! So close to 1mill Professor 🎉 woohoo 🙌 keep rockin!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Isn't that insane?
@JL-nb1yc
@JL-nb1yc 10 месяцев назад
There are people out there with chainsaws, and the FBI is worrying over music?
@littlecatfeet9064
@littlecatfeet9064 10 месяцев назад
It’s amazing how many people recorded this fantastic song. Though I love the precise musicianship of Motown, the Kingsmen’s shambolic tour de force is the best. It’s a floor filler and you can dance as messily as they play. I wonder if any FBI agents were embarrassed trying to find obscene lyrics in Louie Louie.
@CP-nl2zb
@CP-nl2zb 10 месяцев назад
The Kingsman version is the BEST version
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
FOr sure!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Agree. Nothing can top it..
@irishis3
@irishis3 10 месяцев назад
Louie Louie and Dirty Water were staples of every teen dance and Juke of my young life in the 60s
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Dirty Water is such a classic!
@davidpanzer6746
@davidpanzer6746 9 месяцев назад
I saw The Standells open for the Stones along with The McCoys and Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells!
@evanstaub2548
@evanstaub2548 10 месяцев назад
For those who are wondering, it was kept out of number 1 by 2 songs: The Singing Nun’s “Dominique” and Bobby Vinton’s “There! I’ve Said It Again”. Please do more pre-Beatles songs in the future. Great job professor!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
The singing nuns! Ha ha. My grandma had their record....Thanks Evan... Your a viewer from way back! Where've you been?
@RBS_
@RBS_ 10 месяцев назад
....p.s. ....the 'singing Nuns', turned out to be....ummm... "sapphic lovlies" , living privately together, for DECADES! ...go-FIGGA! ...ha-HAAA!!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Ha!@@RBS_
@orbyfan
@orbyfan 10 месяцев назад
I picked "Dominique" as the most unique one-hit wonder (for those that reached #1) in the comments on a previous video of the Professor's. It was sung in French by a Belgian nun, and it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in December 1963; as far as I can tell, it was the only chart single she ever had anywhere.
@evanstaub2548
@evanstaub2548 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock I’ve been busy working so I haven’t had time lately to leave a comment on a video in a while. I just happened to be off for the holiday when this video was released.
@JackSparrow-yb3lq
@JackSparrow-yb3lq 7 месяцев назад
This sounds like exactly how an FBI investigation would go.
@Bongwater33
@Bongwater33 10 месяцев назад
My Mom claims that one of my great Uncles had a recording studio in the 60s in Portland Oregon ( the whole family is from Oregon even today) and was involved with the recording by the Kingsmen of Louie Louie.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Do you have his name?
@revsharkie
@revsharkie 10 месяцев назад
When I was nine or ten, there were a bunch of compilation albums put out by K-Tel, and "Louie Louie" was on one of them. I had a little record player in my room and I played it over and over and over and over.... I'm surprised my mom didn't confiscate the record.
@allengray5748
@allengray5748 10 месяцев назад
K-TEL! Nice! I had the one called MIND BENDER! ☮️
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
“What are you listening to?”
@allengray5748
@allengray5748 10 месяцев назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 K-TEL put out vinyl records of Top Hits of all genres. For examples Google; K-TEL albums of 1977 and you will get a good list! ☮️
@marktait2371
@marktait2371 10 месяцев назад
yep good ol ktel last week.i got county line country crossover pretty sure is on my power hits vol.2 also have 20 explosive hits and love songs
@Dave-lq2le
@Dave-lq2le 10 месяцев назад
My older sister had the 45 and listened to it all the time! As I recall, we didn't care that we couldn't understand some of the lyrics because the music and beat were awesome!! 😎👍
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Very Cool!
@linda.christie
@linda.christie 10 месяцев назад
I had no idea what they were *then* and I still don't! Does anyone? LOL
@glittermama
@glittermama 10 месяцев назад
@@linda.christie No!!!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
All that matters is the groove.
@Dave-lq2le
@Dave-lq2le 10 месяцев назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Amen, sister!! 😎👍
@PartyCodeBand
@PartyCodeBand 6 месяцев назад
The video of The Kingsmen doesn't include the original vocalist they had, my friend Jack Ely (RIP) I played guitar with Richard Berry for one week. On payday he shorted me $40. so I didn't show up the following week. He was a bully.
@Ldastro
@Ldastro 10 месяцев назад
1982 and my high school had a tradition of a senior talent show on the last day of school. Some friends and I were going to do Louie, Louie and The Who's My Generation. We were forbidden to do Louie, Louie because the rumors of vulgarity were still around. We did My Generation and then smashed a drum kit and a guitar. Great stuff! Oh, and the marching band seniors (myself included) were allowed to do the popular at the time, Centerfold by the J. Geils Band. We did with our marching band instruments and Playboy centerfolds attached on our backs. Also, all the teachers' hubcaps were stolen. Yep---last time the seniors were allowed to have a talent show ever.
@thebluesrockers
@thebluesrockers 10 месяцев назад
Adam, you should cover the old 60's band "Pretty Things" They were an amazing band that warmed up for Led Zeppelin back in the day. They had some iconic hits in their era.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Never heard of them. That’d be cool. I’ve got a suggestion: The Sonics!
@huverdoose
@huverdoose 10 месяцев назад
WBBE where I live played it for 24 hours straight when they switched to a 'greats from the 60's til now' station back in '06 or '07 Edit: Also, the FBI only admits to investigating it from February to May in '64, and they've never been dishonest with the public.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
What did they play before?
@huverdoose
@huverdoose 10 месяцев назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Mostly talk radio I think.
@lorensims4846
@lorensims4846 8 месяцев назад
In the late '70s, our local Columbus radio station changed formats by playing only Led Zepplin songs for two weeks. All I can say is they knew their audience.
@indiedavecomix3882
@indiedavecomix3882 10 месяцев назад
The song had a scene in the movie "Down Periscope"! When I lived in San Diego there was a radio station changing to a Spanish music format and they played "Macarena" for at least 3 days straight. 😂
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Nonstop?
@indiedavecomix3882
@indiedavecomix3882 10 месяцев назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 yup. No DJs at all, no commercials.
@TheRyanDomengeaux
@TheRyanDomengeaux 10 месяцев назад
My personal definitive edition of this song is the cover by The Sonics. The Sonics really represent the wild and crazy rock and roll music that is best. It's wild and crazy. They aren't singing, they're screaming. (I'm honestly a little concerned for the singers voice because I know they didn't know how to properly scream in the 60's. We didn't figure that out until like 86 lmao). But its so good. The Sonics are great.
@reneecole6744
@reneecole6744 9 месяцев назад
❤ This was by far the most enjoyable show I've seen yet. It is funny crazy learning about all of the attention to the lyrics. 😂😂 thank you for this blast from the past present and future...
@owlnswan4016
@owlnswan4016 10 месяцев назад
When you hear "Louie Louie" off a well mastered source, it's actually a nice sounding recording, even with the garbled singing in parts.
@SchmittyTheDJ
@SchmittyTheDJ 10 месяцев назад
Great Song and so fun, BUT Etta James' version of "One More for the Road" is the BEST
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Can you link to it?
@SchmittyTheDJ
@SchmittyTheDJ 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ituIrdqgHxY.html
@Virgo9-9
@Virgo9-9 10 месяцев назад
It was a holiday, and we were having a pot luck on the nursing unit where I worked. One of the Doctors brought in a radio and tuned it to a radio station that was only playing Louie Louie that day. This was in 1989, or '90. Good times 😃
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Those were the days.
@chrisbird6996
@chrisbird6996 10 месяцев назад
Great stuff as always Adam, 2 pther songs I never could work out what they were singing was Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs and Promised You A Miracle by Simple Minds. Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl is a great song that has been censored over the years because of certain words in it, don’t think it was ever a hit in the States but I think it holds the record in the UK for most weeks in the top 10 without ever getting to #1 with all the times it’s reappeared on the charts. Have a great Thanksgiving to you and your family.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
THanks!
@arribaficationwineho32
@arribaficationwineho32 10 месяцев назад
Sam the Sham had ties near my hometown. Funny
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Also, most of Duran Duran’s songs are gibberish.
@loopylou2584
@loopylou2584 10 месяцев назад
Fairytales of NY is my xmas go to song ❤
@jamesgorski7551
@jamesgorski7551 10 месяцев назад
One would think the FBI had better situations to investigate.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Right? So stupid.
@questionmanga3963
@questionmanga3963 10 месяцев назад
This epitomizes garage rock!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
No question!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
💯
@TheGameBench
@TheGameBench 10 месяцев назад
One of the best inclusions in a movie was in Down Periscope.
@stephenbrown4211
@stephenbrown4211 10 месяцев назад
Classic! Covered so many times, my favourites are ones by Robert Plant and Motörhead
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Awesome!
@runulfrraui6602
@runulfrraui6602 10 месяцев назад
Couldn't agree more! 🤘😎
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
You know you’re a legend when one of rock’s golden gods covers your song.
@glittermama
@glittermama 10 месяцев назад
I sing this to my dog, whose name is--guess what. I ran across the original on RU-vid and played it--guess who came running into the room!!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Louie?
@glittermama
@glittermama 10 месяцев назад
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Got it!!
@shaunjayes8842
@shaunjayes8842 10 месяцев назад
What a brilliant story. I've loved this song since I was a kid in the 1960s, and have never worked out what the hell they were singing 🤣 Brilliant channel, I'm a long time subscriber and have never been bored with one single episode. Loved them all, thanks for this.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
It's crazy right?
@shaunjayes8842
@shaunjayes8842 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock Yes, beautifully so.
@AndrewGruffudd
@AndrewGruffudd 10 месяцев назад
I remember first hearing the song on one of the last season episodes of The A Team, in a scene where they were having a party. I fell in love with it immediately - so much that I wanted to find out about it. I originally thought it was a Rolling Stones record, but soon realised it was by an obscure band called the Kingsmen.
@peterflynn2111
@peterflynn2111 10 месяцев назад
Louie Louie never made the top 50 here in Australia Kingsmen version peaked at 61 in February 1964 ;There was a version by Pink Finks that peaked at 45 in June 1965 the highest position of the 4 versions to chart here
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Wow!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
I’m surprised!
@tedingram516
@tedingram516 10 месяцев назад
I don't think I ever dissected songs back in the day maybe I should have. I loved music for its beat and I interpreted the lyrics to my own interpretation, often changing the lyrics in my own mind, I thought putting warnings on records was dumb, but it might of been a good thing for some bands, in helping their sales to curious listeners. The old banned in Boston idea. I personally never got the hoopla about Louis Louis. I thought it upbeat tune. Yeah, Rock and Roll is a vicious game. Thanks for the post and memories take care. 🤗🤘🤘👍👍✌✌
@hallacar
@hallacar 10 месяцев назад
I don't ever remember any radio stations having a marathon of the song, but when I was in college the Sigma Chi fraternity had a Louie Louie party and sent out a college wide flier looking for obscure performances of the song. I went to a small private college and it turned out I was the only one who had the Beach Boys version. I think I got my name on a poster by the DJ booth or something as a musical contributor. Who really remembers what happens at a fraternity party?
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Frat patties are all about getting wasted! 😜
@x1melanie
@x1melanie 10 месяцев назад
The first movie that comes to mind when I think of this song is PeeWee's Big Adventure 😊
@Jims_Camera_at_dawn
@Jims_Camera_at_dawn 10 месяцев назад
Yes, I wondered what the words were? Listened to it over and over and finally just enjoyed the music. 😎
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Amen! Great song!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
I just found out today! It’s a sea shanty type song.
@figmo397
@figmo397 7 месяцев назад
Not all of the versions of "Louie, Louie" were done by "wannabes." I was a member of KFJC's staff when the "Louie, Louie" marathon was announced. Because of some quirks in the way California funds schools, KFJC is actually a class you can sign up for an endless number of times, and your tuition goes to help fund the station. Anyhow, in that staff meeting, everyone was handed a copy of the sheet music to "Louie, Louie" and ordered to create at least one version of it. I did two, and for the life of me, I can't remember what I credited them to. Towards the end of either the first or the second marathon (I forget which), the station had to put a stopping point on the marathon because they had more versions of it than time to play them! My all-time favorite version, done by the Palo Alto Early Music Consort, never made it onto the compilation albums.
@marcusvaughn7019
@marcusvaughn7019 10 месяцев назад
Though the song certainly is part of Pop/Rock culture, it's never been a favorite of mine. Most memorable in IMO as a scene from "Animal House" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" Another good, in depth show, Professor! Thank you for your hard work.
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Thanks for watching! Any requests?
@marcusvaughn7019
@marcusvaughn7019 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock Thank you for asking. I wouldn't mind hearing some of the back stories behind "Bubble Gum Rockers" like Klaatau, Billy Thorpe, and Aldo Nova. Or histories of early industrial bands like Skinny Puppy, Front 242, and KMFMD. I know some of these are quite obscure and never had a huge following, so it won't hurt my feelings should you decide to skip these bands. Happy Thanksgiving!
@spikejones1908
@spikejones1908 5 месяцев назад
Jack was a good friend of mine since 89. I've worked on over an album of songs in that time, he passed away a few years back. He was a professional all the way, and lots of fun to play music with. I miss my friend Jack. One of a kind!!!
@GDawg2K2
@GDawg2K2 10 месяцев назад
I've been an artist & musician for 60yr. I remember being in primary school outside of Boston in the 60s and hearing about this track. Which setoff a class rm hunt for the record! Amazingly enough, it wasn't a Beatle track, it was Louie Louie that was the first song I ever learned how to play. Great Show!
@1171karl
@1171karl 9 месяцев назад
I'd heard about the FBI investigation into this version of the song before. It really beggars belief, particularly as The Kingsmen didn't write it, and while the lyrics are garbled and unintelligable, they'd be clear enough to make out if the original published lyrics were there in front of you! I can't help thinking someone in the FBI decided to pursue this instead of doing some proper work! This really is the definitive version though, the mistakes and poor recording all manage to work in its favour.
@mentalswill
@mentalswill 10 месяцев назад
A friend borrowed my tape recorder to record his version of Louie Louie for the KFJC 24 Hours of Louie Louie event & it made it on the air. It was amazing to hear all of different versions of the song. I listened to several hours before I was Louied out.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Do you have an archive of it somewhere?
@mentalswill
@mentalswill 10 месяцев назад
I do not have a copy. It was long ago. My friend who borrowed the tape recorder may have something. Don't know.
@BrianMiller-XavierMan66
@BrianMiller-XavierMan66 10 месяцев назад
A station i used to listen to was changing its' format and for 2 days played 2 different songs all day long, the 1st day they played "don't let the sun catch you ctying" by gerry marsden and the pacemakers and on the 2nd day they played "i'll follow the sun" by the beatles. Each song was played for 24 hours straight in back to back days.
@anthonyotte5223
@anthonyotte5223 10 месяцев назад
Great video as always ! I love all the crazy history of this song I never knew and it is fascinating ! Thanks for the great content 👍
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Thanks for listening
@The1stDukeDroklar
@The1stDukeDroklar 10 месяцев назад
It's pornographic! Really? What does it say? I dunno exactly but... but... IT'S PORNOGRAPHIC!
@constipatedinsincity4424
@constipatedinsincity4424 10 месяцев назад
Hey ProRo 🤓not minimizing your previous content. But I'm actually pleased because of the last 2 episodes! Just giving props where props are due💯
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
Thanks! What are you doing for Thanksgiving?
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
You staying in vegas?
@constipatedinsincity4424
@constipatedinsincity4424 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock Fasting
@constipatedinsincity4424
@constipatedinsincity4424 10 месяцев назад
@@ProfessorofRock Yes most of the family that I would want to see 👀 is here in Las Vegas!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад
Pleased for what exactly? Just curious 😊
@TimDecker989
@TimDecker989 10 месяцев назад
The FBI investigation of this song would make a hilarious movie. Someone with the means needs to do it!
@suemiller2522
@suemiller2522 10 месяцев назад
When I was a teenager in the mid-90s a local radio station switched from pop to oldies without warning. Just one weekend they played this song on repeat all weekend and Monday morning they had new DJs and we all had to find a new pop station. It is one of life's great ironies that that oldies station is now one of my favorites lol Edit: I made this comment before I reached the end of your segment and when I got there I laughed so hard I'm glad I work from home on Wednesdays!
@ProfessorofRock
@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад
I've heard of this! It happened in my town too!
@Sparty1986
@Sparty1986 10 месяцев назад
Hey, was this in Toledo, OH by any chance???
@fat_ugly_white_guy
@fat_ugly_white_guy 10 месяцев назад
This happened in Salt Lake almost 30 years ago. Not sure where else it occurred.
@Rob-yr3vw
@Rob-yr3vw 10 месяцев назад
I'm in northern Illinois and the same thing happened with a local station, at about the same time.
@suemiller2522
@suemiller2522 10 месяцев назад
@@Sparty1986 No, NE Wisconsin. Nice to know it wasn't just us, though! lol
@JavierBrent
@JavierBrent 24 дня назад
Havana Moon is very different to that song. I can tell you have never played in a band. No music talents..Just research and talk, talk. Anyone can read and talk later..
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