{"id":6683,"date":"2015-04-03T17:49:04","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T00:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=6683"},"modified":"2015-04-03T17:49:04","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T00:49:04","slug":"the-strangers-crab-louie-louie-mutant-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=6683","title":{"rendered":"The Strangers – “Crab Louie” – LOUIE (Mutant) of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend Hawkeye Jose Scott<\/strong> shared this week’s LOUIE…<\/p>\n

At long last, my cousin’s novelty 45 from 1959 is now available!
\nThe Strangers – Crab Louie (Christy 107)<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is certainly an interesting one, which came out two years after Richard Berry’s original LOUIE LOUIE recording in 1957.<\/p>\n

It was originally released on the Cristy record label with the “Christy 107” catalog number…<\/p>\n

\"45-Strangers-LL-Christy-label1\"<\/p>\n

.. as noted in Billboard magazine, February 9, 1959 as a Pop Record” on page 52….. <\/p>\n

\"billboard-1957-02-09-CrabLouie\"<\/p>\n

… and reissued in France as a part of a 4-song 7″ record on the America Records label!<\/p>\n

\"45-Strangers-LL-EP-a\"<\/p>\n

\"45-Strangers-LL-EP-b\"<\/p>\n

The song itself doesn’t really share a lot in common with the usual LOUIE LOUIE composition, other than the name and the “Louie Louie Louie” phrase within the lyrics.<\/p>\n

In the LOUIE community, we’ve come up with a cataloging system for defining the LOUIE Variations. Here’s three variations that we’ve come up to define these things…<\/p>\n

LOUIE BASTARD \/ LOUIE CLONE<\/strong> – (blatant rewrite – “Farmer John,” “Beg Borow & Steal”, etc..)<\/p>\n

LOUIE MUTANT\/ RIFF SWIPE<\/strong> \u2013 songs that borrowed the riff -“Wild Thing,” “I Can’t Explain,” “More Than A Feeling,” “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” etc…<\/p>\n

LOUIE QUOTE<\/strong> – songs that use LOUIE LOUIE phrases w\/o actual melody- (The Cramps – \u201cGarbage Man\u201d)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps this song is more of a “LOUIE QUOTE,” but that doesn’t seem to roll off the tongue as well as a “LOUIE BASTARD” or a “LOUIE MUTANT”… so for lack of a better definition, we’ll just call it a LOUIE MUTANT for now…<\/p>\n

There’s some other LOUIE Variations worth mentioning, but we’ll save that for a future blog post!<\/p>\n

Here’s “Crab Louie” by the Strangers<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Bon App\u00e9tit!!<\/p>\n