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| From | Mark London <mrl@psfc.mit.edu> |
| Subject | Re: The person who wrote Louie Louie, and what happened to him (a |
| Date | Mon, 26 Oct 2020 01:31:15 -0400 |
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Michael - Thanks for the additional information. Man, this song has
more myths and fun facts that I never knew.  Regarding the Raiders version:
"Paul Revere & the Raiders also recorded a 1963 version of "Louie
Louie", probably on April 11 or 13, 1963, in the same Portland studio as
the Kingsmen. Columbia Records issued the single nationally in June
1963 and it went to #1 in the West and Hawaii. The quick success of
"Louie Louie" suddenly halted, however, and a few years later Paul
Revere & the Raiders learned the reason—Columbia A&R man Mitch Miller, a
former bandleader (Sing Along With Mitch) who hated rock and roll, had
pulled the plug on their version."
"The Raiders version contains a scarcely audible "dirty lyric" when Mark
Lindsay says, "Do she fuck? That psyches me up!" behind the guitar solo.["
Sorry though, that I can enjoy any other version, especially one that
doesn't have someone playing the organ. - Mark
On 10/25/2020 10:26 PM, Michael Myers wrote:
> A couple of extra points sort of glossed over on Youtube....
> The Kingsmen and Paul Revere and the Raiders both got their hands on the song at about the same time. Mark Lindsay of the Raiders claims that they recorded their version first but the Kingsmen got theirs released first. Not only that but the 2 bands recorded their differing versions in the same recording studio in the Pacific Northwest basically the same week. The studio engineer must have thought "what's going on here?" And yes, Jack Ely of the Kingsmen was a young man (I believe 16) and he had braces when he sang which caused his garbled pronunciation. The version by the Raiders is pretty raw and hot as well, but I'm a lifelong Kinks fan and their version is both fey and fun.
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> On Sunday, October 25, 2020, 09:12:14 PM EDT, Mark London <mrl@psfc.mit.edu> wrote:
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> See:
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> https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/he-wrote-the-most-recorded-song-in-rock-history-then-sold-his-rights-for-750-dont-worry-he-got-revenge-eventually/
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> And FWIW, here the story of the government's investigation in the 1960s
> of the supposedly obscene lyrics of the the Kingsmen's version:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXascwDxu6I&ab_channel=RockN%27RollTrueStories
>
> There actually IS a swear word uttered, but it not from the singer
> himself! And it's really hard to notice.
>
> - Mark
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