I had to learn the song when it first came out, to perform with a cover band in my middle school, so I took the lyrics and while memorizing them, I found a profoundly beautiful love song. When it came out in 1963 My musician buddies and I played it for school dances and school parties. When my junior high band played it at school dances and parties, everyone went nuts. Still does. When it first came out, it got banned for profanity. At one school party a teacher pulled the plug on our amps and p.a. We kept going. The teacher told us to get off the stage and we got a standing ovation as we defiantly waved at everyone and walked off the stage. Next day, in the principals office, I was told to never play that song again at school or I would be expelled. It amazes me how hyper critical people can be. "Louie Louie" is an American rhythm and blues song written by Richard Berry in 1955 and best known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen. It has become a standard in pop and rock, with hundreds of versions recorded by different artists. The song was originally written and performed in the style of a Jamaican ballad. It tells the first-person story of a Jamaican young man returning to the island to see his lady love. Awwww. Sweet. The Kingsmen's edition was the subject of an FBI investigation, (of course) about the supposed but totally non-existent obscenity and sexual under and over tones, of the shamefull and satanicly inspired lyrics, spawned in hell, by the devil and his angels, with an investigation that ended without prosecution. The fight ended in a fizzle out stare down contest stretched out over an unreasonable amount of very costly time and lot's of ice water sipping in court. I wonder what that cost the American tax payers. A bundle, I'm sure. Let's take a look at these horribly obscene and lacivious lyrics. This is rich! You really have to look hard and deep to find something wrong with this beautiful love song of a young man willing to sacrifice all, to see his lady love again. Let's examine the lyrics. Even if you play it backwards, still nothing wrong with it. Uh louie louie Oh no said uh we gotta go Yeah yeah yeah yeah I said uh louie louie Oh baby I said uh we gotta go Yeah yeah yeah yeah Ya said a louie louie Oh baby said we gotta go A fine little girl she wait for me Catch a ship across the sea We sail that ship ah all alone We never think how I make it home Uh louie louie ya ya ya now I said uh we gotta go Oh no I said uh louie louie Oh baby I said uh we gotta go (Here in this spot in the song, the drummer missed the fill segway and said quite loudly the expletive; "F- #%&!" That raised a few eyebrows, and got the song temporarily banned on radio stations around the country, (USA) the rest of the world thought it was a hoot, and kept climbing the charts elsewhere in the world. The song went deep underground in the USA, and despite the critics and religious communities efforts to ban the song entirely, Louie Louie rose to the top of the charts anyway.) 3 nights and days I sailed the sea me think of a girl constantly Ah on that ship I dream she there I smell the rose ah in her hair 2nd Chorus Ok lets give it to em right now! Solo 16 bars (oops goofed 2+ more bars) Me see Jamaica a moon above It wont be long me see me love Me take her in my arms again I tell her I’ll never leave again 2nd Chorus I said said we gotta go now Let’s go hustle on outa here Lets go
I had to learn the song when it first came out, to perform with a cover band in my middle school, so I took the lyrics and while memorizing them, I found a profoundly beautiful love song. When it came out in 1963 My musician buddies and I played it for school dances and school parties. When my junior high band played it at school dances and parties, everyone went nuts. Still does. When it first came out, it got banned for profanity. At one school party a teacher pulled the plug on our amps and p.a. We kept going. The teacher told us to get off the stage and we got a standing ovation as we defiantly waved at everyone and walked off the stage. Next day, in the principals office, I was told to never play that song again at school or I would be expelled.
It amazes me how hyper critical people can be. "Louie Louie" is an American rhythm and blues song written by Richard Berry in 1955 and best known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen. It has become a standard in pop and rock, with hundreds of versions recorded by different artists. The song was originally written and performed in the style of a Jamaican ballad. It tells the first-person story of a Jamaican young man returning to the island to see his lady love. Awwww. Sweet.
The Kingsmen's edition was the subject of an FBI investigation, (of course) about the supposed but totally non-existent obscenity and sexual under and over tones, of the shamefull and satanicly inspired lyrics, spawned in hell, by the devil and his angels, with an investigation that ended without prosecution. The fight ended in a fizzle out stare down contest stretched out over an unreasonable amount of very costly time and lot's of ice water sipping in court. I wonder what that cost the American tax payers. A bundle, I'm sure.
Let's take a look at these horribly obscene and lacivious lyrics. This is rich! You really have to look hard and deep to find something wrong with this beautiful love song of a young man willing to sacrifice all, to see his lady love again. Let's examine the lyrics. Even if you play it backwards, still nothing wrong with it.
Uh louie louie Oh no said uh we gotta go
Yeah yeah yeah yeah I said uh louie louie
Oh baby I said uh we gotta go
Yeah yeah yeah yeah Ya said a louie louie
Oh baby said we gotta go
A fine little girl she wait for me
Catch a ship across the sea
We sail that ship ah all alone
We never think how I make it home
Uh louie louie ya ya ya now I said uh we gotta go
Oh no I said uh louie louie
Oh baby I said uh we gotta go
(Here in this spot in the song, the drummer missed the fill segway and said quite loudly the expletive; "F- #%&!" That raised a few eyebrows, and got the song temporarily banned on radio stations around the country, (USA) the rest of the world thought it was a hoot, and kept climbing the charts elsewhere in the world. The song went deep underground in the USA, and despite the critics and religious communities efforts to ban the song entirely, Louie Louie rose to the top of the charts anyway.)
3 nights and days I sailed the sea
me think of a girl constantly
Ah on that ship I dream she there
I smell the rose ah in her hair
2nd Chorus
Ok lets give it to em right now!
Solo 16 bars (oops goofed 2+ more bars)
Me see Jamaica a moon above
It wont be long me see me love
Me take her in my arms again
I tell her I’ll never leave again
2nd Chorus
I said said we gotta go now
Let’s go hustle on outa here Lets go
"-Alright Frank, now do the lead."
"-No."
"Now do the lead on it, Frank!"
"No."
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
From a mad keen 74yo Aussie fan.
insane
Never heard this
What a pity!