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Louie Louie
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Three-chord rock and roll was invented not by The Kingsmen (as many believe), but by Richard Berry -- who wrote the song in 1955, recorded it in '56, and released it in '57.
Berry based the song on an Afro-Cuban cover by René Touzet titled El Loco Cha Cha, which itself was based on the tune Amarren al Loco ("Tie Up the Madman") by Cuban bandleader Rosendo Ruiz.
Ahí viene el loc, que amarren al loco
Que yo no quiero tener problemas con ese loco
Ahí viene el loc, que amarren al loco
Que yo no quiero tener problemas con ese loco
La gente se está volviendo loca
Nadie sabe dónde iremos a parar
Y según el comentario de la calle
La culpa la tiene el cha cha chá
Díselo porque se va a bailar el cha cha chá
Here comes the lunatic, they should tie up that lunatic
I don't want to have problems with that lunatic
Here comes the lunatic, they should tie up that lunatic
I don't want to have problems with that lunatic
People are going crazy
No one knows where we're going to stop
And according to the word on the street
The cha cha chá is to blame
Tell him why he's going to dance the cha cha chá
Que yo no quiero tener problemas con ese loco
Ahí viene el loc, que amarren al loco
Que yo no quiero tener problemas con ese loco
La gente se está volviendo loca
Nadie sabe dónde iremos a parar
Y según el comentario de la calle
La culpa la tiene el cha cha chá
Díselo porque se va a bailar el cha cha chá
Here comes the lunatic, they should tie up that lunatic
I don't want to have problems with that lunatic
Here comes the lunatic, they should tie up that lunatic
I don't want to have problems with that lunatic
People are going crazy
No one knows where we're going to stop
And according to the word on the street
The cha cha chá is to blame
Tell him why he's going to dance the cha cha chá
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
Fine little girl she wait for me
Ya catch the ship across the sea
I sail the ship, all alone
I never think I'll make it home
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
Three nights and days me sail the sea
Me think of girl, constantly
On that ship, I dream she there
I smell the rose in her hair
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
Well, Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
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 -- ah -- I never leave again
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
I say me gotta go
Me gotta go
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
Fine little girl she wait for me
Ya catch the ship across the sea
I sail the ship, all alone
I never think I'll make it home
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
Three nights and days me sail the sea
Me think of girl, constantly
On that ship, I dream she there
I smell the rose in her hair
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
Well, Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
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 -- ah -- I never leave again
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
Louie Louie
Me gotta go
I say me gotta go
Me gotta go
Me gotta go
Berry sold the rights to Max Feirtag, the head of Flip Records, for $750, to raise cash for his upcoming wedding.
Me gotta go
Berry sold the rights to Max Feirtag, the head of Flip Records, for $750, to raise cash for his upcoming wedding.
Roberts died young in a car accident in 1967. Dave Marsh (The History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock'n'Roll song; including the Full Details of its Torture and Persecution at the Hands of the Kingsmen, J. Edgar Hoover's F.B.I., and a Cast of Millions; and introducing, for the First Time Anywhere, the Actual Dirty Lyrics [Hyperion] 1992) dedicated the book "For Richard Berry, who gave birth to this unruly child, and Rockin' Robin Roberts, who first raised it to glory."
A wonderful "mistake" occurs here, when Ely begins his vocal too soon.
"Grab yo woman, it's-a 'Louie Louie' time!"
from his debut album Pain in My Heart.
The first girl group to cover the song. Their big hit was My Boyfriend's Back (1963).
A little slower and draggy, it's not quite on level of their bigger hit, You Really Got Me.
Easy listening, You knew it had to happen.
And you also knew an instrumental version was sure to appear. He reportedly achieved that fuzztone by playing through an overdriven drive-in movie speaker.
An interesting take, with a completely different harmonic changes. Instead of the usual I-IV-V-IV, they do I-bIII-IV-bIII (B-Flat/D-Flat/E-Flat/D-Flat). Raunchy.
And, of course, someone had to come around and bring the tune back to its original Afro-Cuban roots. Some great blaring trumpet playing, here.
Zappa called the riff "The Archetypal American Musical Icon."
Primal.
Are you kidding me? Thirteen minutes of this guy? Bring on the root canal.
"Before punk it was like you had to have a double degree in music. It was a liberation for someone like me who was totally unmusical but wanted to have a go."
Okay, now go. Please.
I'm getting a headache.
The Boss rocks out.
Mercifully brief.
A couple of real muzishins take hold of the old chestnut. Duke's solos (staccato synth and funky piano) are severely understated.
Up-tempo Latin groove -- "Comin' home, Jamaaaica!"
The composer (Berry) loved it, saying he thought that White finally brought to life his original vision of "all the timbales and congas going."
The composer (Berry) loved it, saying he thought that White finally brought to life his original vision of "all the timbales and congas going."
Hip hop. "I want that fat-ternity closed down," says an old white dude on the phone. The video -- Animal House-style -- is hilarious. The lyrics pointedly focus on the 60's mania about the "dirty lyrics." (The FBI spent over two years trying to figure it out) ... very tight backing.
Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross and Daniel Stern argue about the lyrics. Hilarious!
Some nice lyrics substitutions:
And now, the news
The communist world is fallin' apart
The capitalists are just breakin' hearts
Money is the reason to be
It makes me just wanna sing, Louie Louie
And a fine little girl, she is waitin' for me
But I'm as bent as Dostoevsky
I think about the meaning of my life again
And I have to sing Louie Louie again
Oh man, I dunno, like man, you know
I dunno like health insurance
And the homeless and world peace
And AIDS and education, I mean that
I'm tryin' to do right but hey
Life after Bush and Gorbachev
The wall is down but something is lost
Turn on the news, it looks like a movie
It makes me wanna sing, Louie Louie
And now, the news
The communist world is fallin' apart
The capitalists are just breakin' hearts
Money is the reason to be
It makes me just wanna sing, Louie Louie
And a fine little girl, she is waitin' for me
But I'm as bent as Dostoevsky
I think about the meaning of my life again
And I have to sing Louie Louie again
Oh man, I dunno, like man, you know
I dunno like health insurance
And the homeless and world peace
And AIDS and education, I mean that
I'm tryin' to do right but hey
Life after Bush and Gorbachev
The wall is down but something is lost
Turn on the news, it looks like a movie
It makes me wanna sing, Louie Louie
The band broke up and Nadarajah turned to crime and in 2004 was sentenced to seven years for supplying cocaine to a London drug gang.
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