Classic song. One of the foundations I think, that led the form to be waht it would be. A classic showing that technical expertise is nice, but sometimes there's more soul in it when you just #$@*&!% wail.

I've got 55 versions of the song here and I think it's super interesting to see everyone's different interpretations.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0DNJAGB3

01. 39 clocks - Psychotic Louie Louie [3:00]
02. Arnie Fruit Quartet - Louie Louie [4:07]
03. Barry White - Louie Louie [7:22]
04. Black Flag/Dez Cadena - Louie, Louie [1:27]
05. BunnyBrains 88 - Louie Louie [2:49]
06. Eddie and The Subtitles - Louie, Louie [2:29]
07. Finale 2008 - Louie Louie with a Groove [2:31]
08. Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids - Louie Louie [2:43]
09. Frat Rock - Louie, Louie [2:43]
10. Friar Tuck - Louie, Louie [4:40]
11. Get a Life Marching Band - We're An American Band + Louie Louie [3:17]
12. Gidget and Ghandi - Louie Louie [3:02]
13. Grateful Dead - Iko Iko + Louie Louie + Samson and Delilah [17:19]
14. Grateful Dead - Louie Louie [2:47]
15. Iggy Pop - Louie, Louie [3:54]
16. Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Louie Louie [2:57]
17. John Belushi, The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie [3:06]
18. Joske Harry - Louie Louie [2:26]
19. Led Zeppelin - Louie, Louie-Everyday People [4:22]
20. Matthew Fedak - Louie Louie [2:50]
21. Maureen Tucker - Louie Louie [2:42]
22. Michael Sweeny - Louie Louie [3:15]
23. Motorhead - Louie Louie [2:52]
24. Ophir Prison Marching Band - Louie, Louie [2:54]
25. Otis Redding - Louie, Louie [2:07]
26. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Louie Louie [2:45]
27. Pep Band - Louie Louie [1:37]
28. Re-Ree - We Are Re-Ree + Louie Louie [3:58]
29. Richard Berry - Louie, Louie [2:23]
30. Richard Berry and The Pharaos - Louie Louie [2:11]
31. Richard Berry/arr. Michael Sweeney - Louie, Louie [2:28]
32. Rick Barr - Louie Louie [2:27]
33. Robert Plant - Louie,Louie [2:52]
34. Rockin' Robin Roberts & The Wailers - Louie Louie [2:55]
35. Sisters Of Mercy - Louie Louie [5:25]
36. Sonics - Louie Louie [2:56]
37. Stanley Clarke - Louie Louie [5:07]
38. The Beach Boys - Louie Louie [2:23]
39. The Clash - Louie Louie [3:08]
40. The Doors - Louie Louie (live San Diego 1970) [2:30]
41. The Fat Boys - Louie, Louie [4:11]
42. The Kingsmen - Louie Louie [2:41]
43. The Kinks - Louie, Louie [2:57]
44. The Lenz-Krafterz - Louie Louie [1:17]
45. The Mothers of Invention - Louie Louie (At The Royal Albert Hall In London) [2:19]
46. The Sandpipers - Louie, Louie [2:52]
47. The Stooges - Louie Louie (live) [3:41]
48. The Three Amigos - Louie Louie [3:49]
49. The Troggs - Louie Louie [3:05]
50. The York & Tunes Show - Louie Louie [3:00]
51. Thee Headcoats - Louie Louie [2:58]
52. Too Loose Ta Truck - Louie Louie -> [7:53]
53. Toots and the Maytals - Toots and the Maytals - Louie Louie [5:47]
54. V/VM - louie louie (i gotta go now) [3:17]
55. Various Artists - Steve Plunkett-Louie Louie [3:16]

Excuse me if this is against the rules, I'll remove, but it's not like a commercial release and many of these aren't even available anywhere official.

I just think it's too interesting not to share. It's almost like a hard partying hymn at this point.

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Fifty-five different renditions of that song and none of them got the lyrics correct.



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Ha!

And it was banned on some radio stations because of the lyrics which no one could agree on.

-T

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-T

"You can't spend what you ain't got, you can't lose what you ain't never had" ~ McKinley Morganfield

Nuff said........... ................... Mike

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

The Kingsmen - - where are they now...

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Motorheads version has the original lyrics, ironic that the hardest rock band who you would think would do the raunchiest version does it correctly.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Miami Mike want's to know where the Kingsmen are now, my guess would be a retirement home. they did that song when I was just a little zit farmer,and I'm an old geezer now .

TheK ingsmen are still going actually. The toured in 09. And their website says they have dates coming soon.

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Out in Seattle one year they had a rally to see how many guitar players they could squeeze into a stadium to play that song. I don't know if it is an annual event or not.

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"Another day in paradise!"

I have a book,I think it's The Stratocaster Chronicals,or something like that,and there's a pic of a Strat saying it might be the most heard Strat in the world....yep,it was the Strat used on the Kingsmen recording of Louie Louie.

You can see that very same guitar in a special display at the Experience Music Project in Seattle.

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"Another day in paradise!"

That is one of the most ageless songs I know of!!


Jim

That is one of the most ageless songs I know of!!


Jim

Lots of turnover in that band :

Mike Mitchell (1959-present)
Dick Peterson (1963-present)
Steve Peterson (1988-present)
Todd McPherson (1992-present)
Dennis Mitchell (2006-present)

Past members


Lynn Easton (1959-1967)
Jack Ely (1959-1963)
Bob Nordby (1959-1963)
Don Gallucci (1962-1963)
Gary Abbott (1962-1963)
Norm Sundholm (1963-1967)
Barry Curtis (1963-2005)
Kerry Magness (1966-1967)
J.C. Reick (1966-1967)
Turley Richards (1967-1967)
Pete Borg (1967-1967)
Jeff Beals (1967-1968)
Steve Friedson (1967-1973)
Fred Dennis (1972-1984)
Andy Parypa (1982-1984)
Kim Nicklaus (1982-1984)
Marc Willett (1984-1992)
Keith Blake (1994-1999)

http://www.louielouie.org/

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!