'Louie Louie': The story behind the song everyone knows but no one understands
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'Louie Louie': The story behind the song everyone knows but no one …
Oct 31, 2023
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3.1M Commanders on Instagram: "“Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen hit in 1963 and quickly became one of rock history’s wildest stories. The singer’s slurred vocals led parents, teachers, and politicians to claim the band had hidden obscene lyrics in the song. The rumor spread so widely that the FBI launched a full investigation. Agents slowed it down, sped it up, played it backward—everything—to decode the words. After 31 months, they concluded the lyrics were completely “unintelligible.” By then, ho
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History | Ancient History on Instagram: "The song “Louie Louie” was written in 1955 by Richard Berry, a rhythm and blues musician in Los Angeles, who was inspired by the Caribbean calypso and R&B styles that were popular in the postwar music scene; Berry crafted the song as a narrative about a sailor returning home to see his love, using a simple three-chord progression and catchy, repetitive melody that made it easy to sing along to and adaptable for different interpretations. Originally record
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