Comments | bri_himself: It Still Sounds Dirty To Me

bri_himself

It Still Sounds Dirty To Me

May 11, 2006 01:11

'Back in 1963, everybody who knew anything about rock 'n' roll knew that the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" concealed dirty words that could be unveiled only by playing the 45 rpm single at 33-1/3. This preposterous fable bore no scrutiny even at the time, but kids used to pretend it did, in order to panic parents, teachers, and other authority figures. ( Read more... )

terrible things about human nature, porn, notable quotables

Comments 8

mistresssilver May 10 2006, 18:21:08 UTC

Well see, now I have to hear this song. And apparently buy the record and borrow my friend's turntable to squash the rumour for myself. And for crissake I miss you goddammit! *love*

bri_himself May 10 2006, 18:38:42 UTC

The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie [2:46]

If you do play it at 33-1/3 rpm, prepare to be afraid - at that speed, there's not a 45 in the world that won't end up sounding like Colonel Kurtz.

velvetunicorn May 10 2006, 19:29:35 UTC

yeah well, you would

bri_himself May 10 2006, 19:33:27 UTC

And yet 'marathon 90-minute "Louie Louie" jam' sounds so much worse.

spiralsheep May 11 2006, 09:29:00 UTC

I was going to write a whole post in response to this but ysi is being a non-uploady bastard so I'll have to try again tomorrow.

"Louie Louie rhubarb mumble blah... yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah..."

bri_himself May 11 2006, 11:14:24 UTC

You could likely ad-lib the entire song (apart from the 'Louie-Lou-EYE!'s) and completely get away with it.

It's part of the charm, I think.

spiralsheep May 11 2006, 11:48:34 UTC

"Ely was singing with braces on his teeth" is my new favourite piece of pop trivia.

spiralsheep May 11 2006, 13:31:57 UTC

Uploaded and posted at last. Play that ya bastard!