[Magdalen] FBI - Louie Louie (The Song)

[Charles Wohlers]

My recollection is also that the song has obscene lyrics. This apparently 
arose because the lyrics as sung are basically indecipherable, so one can 
say pretty much anything you want about them, and can't be proved wrong.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Lynn Ronkainen
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2016 10:44 PM
To: M list
Subject: [Magdalen] FBI - Louie Louie (The Song)

Sitting here tonight watching PBS do a huge retrospective of the 'rock and
roll' years from 'the beginning' complete with trivia, many of the original
artists performing their own work and the interspersed with 'film clips'
from the 50s, 60s and 70s of various venues featuring the artists when 'they
were young'.... The Kingsman song Louie Louie came on and I googled trying
to find something I came across last year that defined what all the 'hoopla'
was really about when the song was shrouded with controversy (a swear word
said when a microphone dropped during the taping that is barely discernable
and only if you know when to listen for it). A  quick google of the song
title had this link near the top of the screen -  and I was amazed!  The
FBI's 119 page report (in PDF form online)...

Thinking back to the spring of 1964 - can't believe this was such a priority
the spring we turned from advisors to warriors after 'the Gulf of Tonkin'. I
think that it really felt like things were falling apart in the USA (kind of
like today?)

https://vault.fbi.gov/louie-louie-the-song/louie-louie-the-song/view

Lynn