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Why "LOUIE LOUIE?"
LOUIE
LOUIE represents
a feeling, a groove, a state of being that can't always be
completely verbalized.
LOUIE LOUIE
is a license to use extremely simple tools, and develop a
beautiful monster of staggering proportions.
LOUIE LOUIE
is road map meant to be lost, found, ripped apart, and pieced
back together by musically-minded people that seek a path
of 3-part purity and intensely beautiful noise.
Back in 1963, when a band known as the Kingsmen recorded the
song "LOUIE LOUIE," they had
no idea that people would ever latch onto it, and make it
some sort of iconic beacon of great garage rock. They were
just five white teenagers out of Oregon, trying to cut a demo,
just so they could get other jobs outside of their regular
gig at the local teen dance hall. They didn't even like the
sound of their recording, and were shocked when their producer
asked them for $50 to cover the costs of the recording session!!
LOUIE LOUIE
represents freedom at it's purest level.
You don't have to be a millionaire rock star with the latest
technology to make great music. Any schmoo with a guitar,
a drum kit, a tin can, or simply a voice to sing with, has
the power to make real music from the heart. With a passion
for what one believes in, one can create great music, images,
moving pictures, or writings. With the spirit of that which
is LOUIE LOUIE, one can take the
simplest of concepts, drive it with intense passion, and transcend
stereotypes of bland simplicity.
If the concept behind LOUIE
LOUIE could ever be distilled, it would probably be outlawed.
Join us.
Eric Predoehl
producer/ director of THE
MEANING OF LOUIE,
webmaster for LOUIELOUIE.NET
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