NEW 📀 Louie Louie - The Kingsmen {DES Stereo} 1963
Vložit
- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- 1963-64......#2 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #1 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #1 Canada
This DES stereo video has been abridged to support the hard work of its creators. Without sales of the CD on which this first-time DES song appears there can be no more new stereo like this based on mono originals. Please visit www.ericrecords.com to order and express your support! To find out more about spectral editing and sound source separation, go to www.monotostere...
"Louie Louie" is a rhythm and blues song written and composed by American musician Richard Berry in 1955, recorded in 1956, and released in 1957. It is best known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen and has become a standard in pop and rock. The song is based on the tune "El Loco Cha Cha" popularized by bandleader René Touzet and is an example of Afro-Cuban influence on American popular music.
"Louie Louie" tells, in simple verse-chorus form, the first-person story of a Jamaican sailor returning to the island to see his lover.
A significant error on the Kingsmen version occurs just after the lead guitar break. As the group was going by the Wailers version, which has a brief restatement of the riff twice over before the lead vocalist comes back in, it would be expected that Ely would do the same. Ely, however, missed his mark, coming in two bars too soon, before the restatement of the riff. He realized his mistake and stopped the verse short, but the band did not realize that he had done so. As a quick fix, drummer Lynn Easton covered the pause with a drum fill. The error "imbued the Kingsmen recording with a touching humility and humanity" and is now so well known that multiple versions by other groups duplicate it.
First released in May 1963, the single was initially issued by the small Jerden label, before being picked up by the larger Wand Records in October 1963. Herb Alpert and A&M Records passed on the distribution opportunity, deeming it "too long" and "out of tune".
Sales of the Kingsmen record were initially so low (reportedly 600) that the group considered disbanding. Things changed when Boston's biggest DJ, Arnie Ginsburg, was given the record by a pitchman. Amused by its slapdash sound, he played it on his program as "The Worst Record of the Week". Despite the slam, listener response was swift and positive.
By the end of October, it was listed in Billboard as a regional breakout and a "bubbling under" entry for the national chart. Meanwhile, the Raiders version, with far stronger promotion, was becoming a hit in California and was also listed as "bubbling under" one week after the Kingsmen debuted on the chart. For a few weeks, the two singles appeared destined to battle each other, but demand for the Kingsmen single, backed by national promotion from Wand, acquired momentum and by the end of 1963, Columbia Records had stopped promoting the Raiders version.
It entered the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for December 7, and peaked at No. 2 the following week, a spot which it held for six non-consecutive weeks; it would remain in the top 10 throughout December 1963 and January 1964 before dropping off in early February. In total, the Kingsmen's version spent 16 weeks on the Hot 100, selling a million copies by April 1964. "Dominique" by the Singing Nun and "There! I've Said It Again" by Bobby Vinton prevented the single from reaching No. 1 (although Marsh asserts that it "far outsold" the other records, but was denied Billboard's top spot due to lack of "proper decorum".) "Louie Louie" did reach No. 1 on the Cash Box and Music Vendor/Record World pop charts, as well as No. 1 on the Cash Box R&B chart. It was the last No. 1 on Cash Box before Beatlemania hit the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand". The Kingsmen version quickly became a standard at teen parties in the U.S. during the 1960s and, reaching No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart, was the preferred tune for a popular British dance called "The Shake". The first album, The Kingsmen In Person, peaked at No. 20 in 1964 and remained on the charts for over two years (131 weeks total) until 1966.
Due to the lyrics controversy and supported by the band's heavy touring schedule, the single continued to sell throughout 1965 and briefly reappeared on the charts in 1966, reaching No. 65 in Cash Box, No. 76 in Record World, No. 97 in Billboard and cracking the Top 40 in the Washington market. Total sales estimates for the single range from 10 million to over 12 million with cover versions accounting for another 300 million. In July 2023, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the song silver for sales and streaming figures exceeding 200,000 units.
Welcome to Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine!
We provide classic video music clips from the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's and occasionally the 1980's. We are dedicated in improving your viewing and listening pleasure by editing, restoring and remastering vintage film clips. Enjoy!
My Aunt had this 45 when I was a little girl and I always asked her to play it. One day her poodle ate it. Sad day for music.
Excellent restoration!
Keep 'em coming.
If anyone ever listened to Richard Berry,the original writer,and singer of this:song.His lyrics are very understandable.It is sung with a Jamaican style , there are no foul or dirty words!!!!
I love it!!!
Thanka so very much!! Our old eyes /ears
need all the help we can get!
My friend brought this song to music appreciation class in our Catholic school in 1964. About half way thru the nun pulled it off the turntable and broke it over her knee. It doesn’t get anymore rock and roll than that.
I guess she wouldn't have liked the Sex Pistols I suppose either....
And the Beatles mortified them.
Thats awesome. I love the image that left with me.
@@leemagrish3432 MY GRANDFATHER SED THE WERE COMIES..THEN I STARTED DRUMS AND ROCK AND ROLD...
The nun was right
I've heard this song hundreds of times since 1963 and I'll be damned if I can't understand a word he sings beyond Louie Louie.
Never stopped me from liking it though...
J. Edgar Hoover had an investigation on whether the song was dirty, whether the unintelligible nature of the lyrics was hiding secret smut.
@@vermontbred HAHA... That very thought would have excited the old sleazebag!
Rock on! 😎
You can see the lyrics on here,the youtube has everythang
Just looked up the lyrics. Still doesn't make any sense
On trial for "Obscenity" in a state court the trial judge's ruling stated, "At any volume, speed or direction I find these lyrics totally incomprehensible!" End of trial.
Drummer yells the f-word around 0:55
@@RepublicansAreDeplorable 0:59 exactly
I've sometimes quoted that as "...no matter what SPEED it is played on" 😃 (the FBI did try playing it at different rpm rates to look for hidden messages in the mix...)😁
@@RepublicansAreDeplorable it's 54 sec on the original track.
That is so funny! But any way you listen to it, Louie Louie is boss.
This is a great song I loved it when I was a child and I'm loving it at 70❤
Sounds just as good now as it did in '63!
what's the meaning? It's supposed to be provocative.
which is to say, wonderful
It's the same recording! 👌
I was there with all my friends 🎶🎊🏈⚾🏄🚴🌅🏃
My friend's son is named Louis. He had several strokes and when we would go over to visit his mom, I would say hi to him, but he would never respond. Then one day I walked in and started singing Louis, Louis, he made an effort to smile as big as he was able to! Go Louie! ☺
ouie, Louie, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Fine little girl she waits for me
Me catch the ship for cross the sea
I sail the ship all alone
I never think me make it home
Louie, Louie, oh, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Three nights and days me sail the sea
Me think of girl constantly
On the ship I dream she there
I smell the rose in her hair
Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Me see Jamaica moon above
It won't be long, me see my love
Me take her in my arms and then
I tell her I never leave again
Louie, Louie, oh, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go
I say, me gotta go
I say, me gotta go
Thanks, always loved the song but couldn't understand the words, made it hard to sing along
Lyrics at last....
Thanks mate!
The way he refers to himself - and the grammar in general - made figuring out the lyrics even harder! 😵💫
Missed out the “lyric” f**k shouted by the drummer at 1.00 😆😆😆
The song, including its lyrics, was originally done in a fake Jamaican dialect/accent by the original writer Richard Berry. Berry later sold his publishing and copyright ownership of the song for $750 to the owner of his record label Max Feirtag in 1957 in order to raise money for his wewedding. This still ranks to this day as one of the worst business decisions of all time.
I was there in '63 -----18 years old leather jacket on and rocking my socks off! Now 78 and this gem brings back wonderful memories of my teen years
what a fantastic story like a beautiful dream...
I think it's one of the greatest tunes ever recorded. It's just magical. This and Del Shannons "runaway".
Rock n Roll, pure and simple.
You remember tv showing neil Armstrong landing on moon?
@@luke9361 Yep also remember seeing Yuri Gagarin Russian first man to orbit the Earth on B&W TV 1965?
@@luke9361 yes, from an another old guy in Toronto Canada. They showed it on giant screens in City Hall Square
Back when I was a school boy the lyrics were a great topic of discussion and debate. A true 60’s garage band classic.
Innuendo for sex ( Louisiana French).
I think most people were sure of two of the words ... the rest is anybody's guess .
The FBI actually investigated the song (its lyrics). For real.
@@ericalexander5890 Louie, Louie and "Hang on Sloopy " were it at the time Ha ! I believe they did #1.."Windy" by the Association .The lyrics are about getting a blow job , " Who's creeping out from under the stairway , smiling at everybody she sees ,who's reaching out to capture a moment ,.... who's bending down to give me a rainbow " ( rainbow was slang for blowjob ),everyone knows it's Windy .Censors slipped , but we were still a pretty innocent society then , not like now. have a good one .
Congress determined the lyrics were undecipherable at any speed 😂.
I am an old man now, 82, However, in 1963 I was a college student at the University of Rochester in Upstate New York. Back then you could drink when you were 18. This tune was a favorite at beer blasts held in the student union. Get drunk and dance your ass off...lol. Great stress reliever. Maybe I'll have it played at my funeral.
Awesome my friend ❤ stay forever young xxx
I just missed the 18 y.o. cutoff, but my husband made it being born in 1965.
Animal House
i always forget americans can't drink until they're 21. land of the free huh? haha
@mj.l
Free enough to go to war and be a shooter of people, but not do a shooter of alcohol.
I'm 73 and I can still play the solo. Some things never leave.
I feel like dancing on a balcony.....
Hell Yeah!!!!!!!! Great Oldie!!!!!!!!! Takes me way Back!!!!!!!!!! Great Memories!!!!!!!!!!! I'm 71 Still Rock n Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!
The song that inspired me to play drums. To this day, this song never sounds dated.
I have listened to that song Many many times in my life and have NEVER understood the lyrics..So I searched for them & listened to this video and finally at 69 years old can Finally say I Know know what he was singing.
Better late than never, bro!
The FBI failed to decipher the lyrics too. :)
Still feels edgy 61 years later. One of favourite tunes from the 60s.
This is the first song every garage band learned back in the day.
So true. Followed closely by Gloria by Them.
Check!
Summertime blues seems to be another one
And please don't forget "Hang on Sloopy"
Yes, it's the archetypal garage rock classic.
68 grad, 74 yrs old, still listening to this song, love dancing to it when chance presents itself
Born in '68, love this tune!
Keep on dancing!
Class of’68 too!
Crestview class of 69
class of 64@@artszabo1015
Probably one of the best ever....we will struggle to have that melody again.
The DRUMS rule in this recording!!!! Love it, so great, fantastic beat and best anthem to rock and roll forever ♾️ 🥐🪨 🪘 💝💝💝💝
Course the guy who played the drums on the tune is the guy faking the vocals in the video. Lead singer split and drummer took over as lead in the band shortly after Louie Louie was recorded.
Yeah and nobody ever covers them properly. These drums are fire!
At the ripe, old age of 71, I still love this song. It rocks out loud. We dug it all the way.
CLASS OF '69 STILL RULES!
Just turned 78 and I agreed with you.
Yes it does 🎸👍😊
I am only 69 but me too.
Still digging it at 72.
Yeah, man😮!
One of the coolest songs ever written!❤
i had a band back in the 60's called The Novations we were in Fort Wayne, Indiana we played this song at our church dance while the priest watched he didn't like it lol
Almost completely unintelligible lyrics! Love it!
czcams.com/video/9udxbvHiqGw/video.html
Trust me they were fully intelligible -- memorized by every teenager in america - for all time!
The drummer is nailing it!!😀
thats Lynn Easton who became lead singer after originalsinger jack Ely left the band, Lynn is out front on this video singing
Lol he’s really hitting them drums 😂
@@recordguy4321 That's Jack Ely singing in this video.
@@williamgilmore4287 it's Lynn Easton on vocals on the video, I saw Jack Ely in 66 with his own band called The Courtman .They were on Bang records and cut Louie Louie 66 , flip side David's Mood. Jack left and so did Don Galluci of Little Don and the Goodtimes
@@recordguy4321 oh, I thought it was Jack Ely? Thanks for pointing it out. I knew the original band broke up soon after the song had become a major hit though,
Such a cool song. They rocked this performance. Especially the drummer.
this song is not as simple as it sounds to play must get the feel E chord is a miner
The funny thing is that this is all playback, and the guy seen singing here, Lynn Easton, is lip-synching to the vocals of the original singer, Jack Ely, whom he had driven out of the band! 😃
The Professor of Rock has a great documentary on this song. Well worth watching
This song Takes me way Back!!!!!!!!! Great Era!!!!!!! Want to go Back!!!!!!!!!! Great Video!!!!!!!!! I'm 70!! Still Rock n Roll!!!!!!!!! Till ☠️💀☠️!!!!!
rock on 9829
I'm 71 so of course danced to this song from the beginning. We had all the ( bad ) lyrics from the garage bands , loved this song. But had never seen the Kingsmen perform until right now. Never dreamed they were so COOL.
60 years gone and it's still so good!
" Louie Louie " is a national treasure. If you were a teen in the 60's and didn't know this song, you must of been dead. Also, the FBI went nuts investigating this song for so-called " dirty " lyrics.
You can read the declassified FBI investigation file online, I read a bunch of it one bored Saturday. I found it fascinating and pretty funny to read these memos and reports from probably long-dead FBI agents who were seriously investigating this "obscene" song. There are copies of letters that "Mr and Mrs Concerned American" sent in to the agency urging them to investigate this terrible, filthy song before it corrupts the nation's youth 😂. A particular highlight are various documents containing what some of these concerned citizens, and what some FBI staff, thought they could make out the "obscene" lyrics to be!
Absolutely timeless. This song could be covered today by almost ANY band and just KILL!
Thanks for all the fun over generations😎
It`s hard to imagine just how influential this song has been over the past 60 years.
It launched thousands of garage bands in the early 1960s.
Back in the day, people said this song was risque or even obscene. I don't know if they still think that! This is a great clip!
At .56 sec. It is.
After all this time, still the ultimate party song.
I’d say Mony Mony was its equal for party music…
I was born in 64... I love this song ...❤❤❤
THEY ARE NOT IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. PROTEST!
That guitar solo is so garage. Brilliant.
I used to think.. I can't dance..Then I see these folks "Dancing" and I realize ..Just act like you have your finger in a live light socket.you'll be fine..Not to worry. 😆
It never gets old.
I was about 10 years old, song came out. My older brother/sister play it and I fell in love with rock n roll.
Those three chords were everywhere in the sixties.
All bands played this song back in the day
Class of 84 here. This was 3 years before I was born. In my youth, this version was played heavily in all the bars in New Orleans. Even the dance clubs would spin it from time to time.
Awesomeness 👌
I heard this song in 1993 at a basketball game. I listen to it to this day.👏👌
great hit at this time and I notice that young people were very élégant in the 60
So many weird things about The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie". One of them was that it was banned because they couldn't understand what he was saying and thought the song was dirty! Two other odd things about the recording that I've noticed was that the singer comes in a bar too soon after the solo and then stops after the first word. Also it's one of the only recordings that the vocals are not clear. This gives it a unique charm to the song. It was the most covered song, even though it was a struggle to figure out what the lyrics were!
Today's kids don't know what good music is
My parents told me the same thing back in 1968.. ; )
Oh, stop. You know those kids' parents were saying the exact same thing about this song.
Yes they do. They love old music
😂cranky stupid old fool on every thread 😂
One of the worlds best ever songs!
Simplicity takes it to greatness.
That was a really good live performance . I loved that song even though I was a kid when it came out
Definitely not a live performance
Um, how do I break this to you....
Can you say "Lip Sync?"
Hey that's my grandmother dancing !
The one actually dancing?
One if ten or si songs you had to play if had a garage band back in the day.......along with G L O R I A ..Satisfaction, Wipeout, and a few others.....
Real music and maybe the greatest song ever
my husband and I were born in the 90s and were just jamming to this tonight. what a bop
Thanks for the improved sound. Great job.
A few points of clarification regarding the song and performance seen here and the recording.
The Kingsmen were primarily a cover band playing in a club when they recorded a cover "Louis, Louis" as a demo and it was played on the radio in the Nortwest before being pressed into a record due to its popularity and ended up getting released.
The original was written by Richard Berry who wrote "Louis Louis" in 1955 and released his recording in 1957. It was then covered by Rockin' Robin Roberts & The Whalers in 1961 - it was this recording that The Kingsmen heard and decided to learn the song. In fact the "OK, Let's give it to them right now" at the 1:30 mark (right before the guitar solo) was lifted from the Rockin' Robin version they heard (not the original) - so they kept that in. The guitar solo is also a copy of the Rockin' Roberts version.
Paul Revere & the Raiders also recorded a cover in the same studio as The Kingsmen the following week. Both versions were played in the Northwest on competing stations - with the more raw version by the Kingsmen (aided by garbled lyrics) was more exciting and won out with the young dance crowd.
This TV performance from 1965 performance was lip-synced to the original recording. This is clear from:
1. at the 0:58 mark someone yells in the background - that is from the original recording. The legend is that during the 1 take demo recording in 1962, the drummer dropped one of his sticks and exclaimed "F##k". It looks like Easton, the lip-syncing "singer" smiles when this is heard.
2. at the 2:05 mark the singer comes in 2 bars too early to start the next verse (he sings "Me see""), pauses and then resumes with the full line "Me see Jamaica ..." - that is also from the original recording.
3. This is not the original singer (Jack Ely) yet the singing is identical. Jack left band in 1963 and this TV appearance is from 1965. The "singer" here is Lynn Easton who has a different singing voice which can be heard in the 2nd song of that TV performance.
4. There are numerous mismatches between the singers lips and the words being sung. The first is at 0:17 with the words "oh no" and there are many more throughout. Also, during the guitar solo, the picking and movement on the frets do not match the music.
For a different take on this TV performance check out czcams.com/video/yuqwO2waWWc/video.html - the sound isn't nearly as good as the remastering to stereo done here, but there are several different camera shots. In fact in that video you can see the "singer" duplicating the original recording goof (#2 above) and does the extra "Me see" then look over to the guitar player with a sort of "I have to do that" look on his face. This other video also has a second song (not nearly as good) and a short interview with Easton between songs.
The guitar player in this version does not try to go with the track. To me he looks like an actor pretending to play. During the solo he turns the guitar away from the camera to avoid showing his lack of skill to mime the solo.
Did he fuck all girls in all kind of ways?🎼🎶🎼🎶🎶🎶
Pretty good analysis. Like almost everyone else in the NW at the time they copied the version by Rockin’ Robin Roberts and The Fabulous Wailers from Tacoma. The Kingsmen copied it closer than most and Mike Mitchel did a pretty good job of trying to copy the guitar solo laid down by Rich Dangle the Wailers lead guitarist. It was Rich who made the ultimate change to the Richard Berry version by altering the chord progression from a Major V chord to a Minor V which gave the song a haunting feel in the Wailers version. The Wailers version was almost a master class in precision for the NW bands at the time and we all loved it. The Kingsmen version was almost a train wreck by comparison which made it so much fun to listen to and the driving rhythm section just pushed the song to the wall. Listen to the bass on their version, it just slams. That’s Bob Nordby on bass using a Fender Jazz bass through an Ampeg flip top amp with a 15” JBL speaker. Both versions are a work of art for completely different reasons. Lynn played drums on their original recording..Norm Sundholm the founder of Sunn Amplifiers (along with his brother Conrad) replaced Bob on bass. The book Sonic Boom gives the best history of the band I’ve read so far and it’s fairly accurate. For those of us who lived and played in Portland in those days the song is permanently etched in our memories. There are lots of back stories here but there are few now living to tell them, as all the original members have passed on. Losing Mike Mitchel was a huge loss
Did you watch the video?
Incorrect. The record sounds nothing like this. The guitar player, Mike Mitchell, is playing the solo you hear correctly, in the right place of the guitar neck. The original 1963 studio recording was done on a Fender Stratocaster, not the Guild semi acoustic seen here, which has a different sound. The singer sings in a deliberate, slurred manner, but again, his phrasing is totally different from the studio recording. The drums give it away as live where the level increases at one part as he's getting really into it.
What you hear in this mix is a live recording. No ifs or buts. Whether it was as we see it, or they recorded it earlier, and then all 'mimed' as we see here could possibly (pffft) be argued, but personally I've played for over 40 years, including covering this song many times, and here it's 100% live.
I popped my rock in roll cherry on this song way back in 1966 at the tender age of 10 when an unknown band set up the local park pavilion. it literally changed my life i was hooked 😊
Born in '62. First song that I remember getting hooked on was Petula Clark's "Downtown". The next one that grabbed me was the Archie's "Sugar Sugar".
Nah
4/9/89, Louisville, Kentucky. The good ol' Grateful Dead opened the second set of their concert at Freedom Hall that night with "Louie, Louie". I know because I was there. One of the best moments at one of the 50 GD concerts I attended. Grateful Dead, one of the best "cover" bands anywhere any time. The crowd went a little wild too.
People knew how to party back then, love that drumming!
These are the originals and Nothing beats the ORIGINAL version who created this great tune!!
I could be wrong but I think this song was written by other artists in the late 50s but whoever wrote it, no version could beat this one. That drumming is a mover.
the Original was written and performed by Richard Berry in 1955 - and 3 other people covered it before Kingsmen in 1963 - but - this is the definitive version! :)
Oh, okay, I remember this song mainly from the movie, ANIMAL HOUSE. THANKS FOR THE INFO!
Written by Richard Berry, almost two different songs. I like both versions, Richards’s voice is deep and smooth. The Kingsmen version is the most well known.
@@shokizm1 Richard Berry original from 1957: czcams.com/video/z-2CKsaq5r8/video.html
Not only did we listened to it, we danced our asses off to it, as well!
Greatest tune 🤩
Im 73 now and this was the first song I wanted to learn when I began to play the electic guitar, last month!
There are not many songs that could claim to define rock and roll. Maybe 10. Louie Louie is one of them.
Great tune - and love how the drummer covers with that fill for the vocalist at 2.05 when he comes in too early!
And its the drummer you hear shout a curse when he dropped a stick, once you hear it, you cant unhear it lol
Yeah, I really like that part, which I later found out was a mistake . Great song, can't be covered. .right up there with Keep on Dancing and 96 Tears
This is not a live version. Jack Ely actually sang lead on this song not Lynn Eastman who is in this video. He and another member
left the group after the original recording before the song took off. All the mistakes here are from the original recorded version that
theyare lip syncing too. A later court case stopped Lynn from lip syncing to Jack's vocals.
@@jaycahow4667and the drummer is clearly not make the same fills throughout if you watch and listen
Love the crazy drum fills.
It's the feel-good hit o' this endless summer
It gets the kids out of control
Singin' along to that star spangled bummer
Hail, hail, rock 'n' roll - Todd Snider
This was very sophisticated on its time😊✅👍
good moving during the guitar solo
Wow! I remember this song very well. Just looked it up and it was written in 1955 and a hit with this American group in 1963. If you’d asked me to guess I would have said 1970 and that it was a British group! But there were some great songs written in America in the 1950s which we British don’t always appreciate.
A great song my parents grew up listening to!
I spent countless hours spinning the 45 rpm. when the tune hit 93 KHJ on Los Angeles radios. My needle was ground to dust trying to figure the lyrics. When I finally saved enough money for a Sears stereo system which had a headphone jack I thought now I'll get the words but still struggled! One summer's day, I hear live music pumping out of a garage and I'm a moth to a flame. There's Paul Revere & The Raiders rehearsing and they're playing this song and they just vamped over garbled word salad. I never met any musician in 59 years that knew the words until they were put on the internet.
Did you know the lyrics? Who cares eh? It's just a great friggin' groove that never leaves your head.
The Kingsmen and Paul Revere & the Raiders were local rivals, and they both did this song at area gigs long before it was recorded. Somehow the inferior version got out first and became the standard.
This is good work. The Kingsmen recorded this song originally with a single boom microphone positioned above their heads in the recording studio. It just went that way sometimes.
Apparently 3 mics in total. One on the bass, on for the guitar and the 'room mic' above for everything else. What a time to record :)
I heard that same story 😊
Everything was recorded in Mono back then. Better sound quality.
I read they did one pressing and a DJ blew it up and they had to go into production.
By the time it hit the top the band was broken up.
I think I remember right.
Too young to have been around back when this gem came out. However, the first time I heard it, I was hooked. Even with the lyrics being hard to decipher, it just has such a great hook.
I don't understand a word...
But the tune is absolutely catchy..
I did understand the "ok now lets give it to them right now.."😁😁😁
My mom bought me a Silvertone guitar from Sears when I was 13-I played Louie Louie till I drove her crazy-
Some of those guitars are worth big bucks these days
One of my favorites when I was little.
Louie Louie is truly a love song folks... and one never to be forgotten.
I turned 7 years old in '63 and started playing guitar around this time and Louie louie along with stuff like 'Gloria ' and 'House of the rising sun ' and in '64 and '65 of course the Beatles etc.
Me too. 1956 baby! and I learned to play guitar from Laura Weber
@@snippee1438 😎COOL
Lived in Cocoa Beah, FL when this song was popular - I absolutely loved it. I would be hanging out at The Roost, playing pool, and some adult would put money in the juke box and play this song - LOVED IT...!!! Best music generation - in my opinion.
On "The Lloyd Thaxton Show," our favorite after-school program of the mid-1960s.
Wow ! This and " Hang on Sloopy " were all we needed for our 7th and 8th grade recreation on Thursday nights !
I was 9 years old when this was on all the Hit Parade Radios, I'm 70 today, the people here are most likely 85 years Young today.
This song never fails to lighten my mood.!
Simply wonderful magnificent
In a matter of months, bands like this would be turned on their heads... and the entire Music world was not far behind. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
This is spectacular, for 1963 even unbelievable
VHi The first import i brought in 63 ,im now 75 years of age and still love it .The Kingman and the Kinks first garage bands .Regards Chris 👍😁❤️
Thanks Chris! Cheers.
A garage classic.... instantly recognisable from the first bar!
I first heard the Kinks cover this song and they did a good job and this orig8nal really rocks out. Unbelievable
The riff for "You Really Got Me" is clearly inspired by the main keyboard riff here.
It’s right there, red and white, clear as crystal
Looks so young and sounds so fresh , hard to believe this us far from today as this recording is from queen victoria
My ringtone 🎵🎶👍
When I was kid playing in garage bands the worst insult you could give another guitarist was, "Hey man. You can't even play Louie Louie on one string."
The song is so raw, for the times when it came out.
We used to play this in my high school band. Not garage band. School band.
This was recorded in Portland, Oregon in the spring of 1963, apparently in one take. They invented the garage band sound, soon to be improved upon by some English lads called the Rolling Stones.
Salem, Oregon