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Two things i forgot to mention on these pages…<\/p>\n
1) KCRW Radio<\/strong> (KCRW.com) launched a new radio series “LOST NOTES<\/strong>,” sharing stories of LOUIE LOUIE for the first episode on April 12, 2018 (one day after International LOUIE LOUIE Day)!<\/p>\n The life of one of the world\u2019s most ubiquitous rock n\u2019 roll anthems – the song that every teenager bangs out on their first guitar – stretches far beyond the Kingsmen<\/strong>\u2019s definitive version and \u201cAnimal House<\/strong>.\u201d As performed by the Kingsmen, and as it began tearing up the charts \u201cLouie Louie\u2019s\u201d ambiguous lyrics became the target of a lengthy FBI investigation. By this point, its writer Richard Berry<\/strong> had already sold the rights to this soon to be national phenomenon in order to buy an engagement ring. But the song comes back into his life later in a most spectacularly 1980s fashion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n LISTEN AT:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.kcrw.com\/news-culture\/shows\/lost-notes\/louie-louie-the-strange-journey-of-the-dirtiest-song-never-written<\/a><\/p>\n 2) NPR Radio<\/strong> (NPR.org) used some LOUIE LOUIE questions on their “WAIT, WAIT.. DON’T TELL ME<\/strong>” quiz show which aired on June 16, 2018.<\/p>\n My friend Robert B. Stevenson<\/strong>\u200e was the first to tell me about this one:<\/p>\n Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, the weekly NPR radio quiz, today highlighted Louis Louis. Guest Louis Anderson<\/strong> answered three multiple choice questions about the song, According to NPR host Peter Segal<\/strong>, the FBI spent two years listening to the song at different speeds and could not find any obscenities. However, at the 54 second mark, the drummer dropped his drumstick and then dropped an f-bomb.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He also added:<\/p>\n Here are some incorrect answers offered in the quiz;<\/p>\n The bass line contains Morse code for an obscene reference to genitalia<\/p>\n Chicago White Sox baseball player Lou Brock<\/strong> had the song played as walk-up music when he went to bat, and was soon traded to St. Louis.<\/p>\n When asked about Louie Louie, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover<\/strong> said he thought the lyrics were trite but otherwise the song was danceable.<\/p>\n Feen-A-Mint<\/strong> laxative used part of the song in a commercial, “Me gotta go now”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/npr-LOUIE-Anderson-radio.png\")
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