Guest guest Posted July 31, 2000 Report Share Posted July 31, 2000 Yay! Just what we needed! Thanks. Dancing around the printer here. xx ph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2000 Report Share Posted July 31, 2000 Louie Louie Louie Louie, me gotta go Louie Louie, me gotta go A fine girl, she wait for me Me catch the ship across the sea I sailed the ship all alone I never think I'll make it home Louie Louie, don't leave me Louie Louie, me gotta ride Three nights and days we sailed the sea Me think of girl constantly On the ship, I dream she there I smell the rose in her hair Louie Louie, don't leave me Louie Louie, me gotta ride Me see Jamaican 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, don't leave me, me gotta ride Louie Louie, don't leave me, me gotta go " What the hell are the lyrics to that song Louie Louie, anyway? Contrary to popular belief, this song was not written by the Kingsmen, though it is their particularly incoherent version of the song which has given it such a reputation for incomprehensible lyrics. The original writer (and performer) of this song was Berry, a musician who is still working to this day apparently. His last name is possibly what gave rise to the occasionally encountered misconception that the Kingsmen ripped the song off from Chuck Berry. The narrator is talking to Louie, a bartender, about his lady love, describing how he needs to hurry back to be with her again. I see it as a sort of Jamaican sailor's precursor to Radar Love. " http://www.afn.org/~barbecue/louie.htm The original song is copyrighted material, and protected by U.S. copyright laws, and probably by Louie as well. Louie, Louie, oh no, me gotta go. Louie, Louie, oh no, me gotta go. A fine young girl, she wait for me. Me catch the ship across the sea. Me sail the ship all alone. I never think I'll make it home. CHORUS Three days and nights we sail the sea. Me think of girl constantly. On the ship, Me dream she there. Me smell the flowers in her hair. CHORUS Me see Jamaican moon above. It won't be long me see me love. Me take her in my arms and then I tell her I never leave again. REPEAT CHORUS UNTIL SOMEONE TELLS YOU TO SHUT UP. other opinions: AFRIKAANS by Rod Fountain Louie Louie , oh liefling , ek moes gaan Louie Louie , oh liefling , ek moes gaan 'n fyn meisietjie , sy wag vir my Ek vang die skip oor die see Ek het die skip stokalleen geseil Ek glad nie gedink ek sal maak dit tuis toe nie Drie aande en dae het ons die see geseil Ek dink van die meisie voortdurend. Op die skip, ek droom sy's daar. Ek reuk die roos in sy haar. Okay, laat ons dit vir hulle dadelik gee! Ek sien Jamaican maan daarbo. Dit sal nie lank wees nie ek sien my liefde. Ek vat haar in my arms en dan Ek se vir haar ek sal nooit nie weggaan nie. Louie Louie, oh liefling, ek het gese ons moes gaan Laat ons gaan (index) http://www.xs4all.nl/~tdg/louie3.html AFRIKAANS (vernacular) by Rod Fountain Louie Louie , oh liefling , ek moes gaan. Louie Louie , oh liefling , ek moes gaan. Sy wag vir my,'n fyn meisietjie. Ek vang die skip oor die see. Ek het die skip stokalleen geseil. Ek glad nie gedink ek sal maak dit tuis toe nie. Ons het die see geseil vir drie aande en dae. Ek dink van die meisie altyds. Op die skip, ek droom sy's daar. Ek reuk die roos in sy haar. Okay, laat ons dit vir hulle dadelik gee! Ek sien Jamaican maan bokant. Dit sal nie lank wees nie ek sien my skat. Ek vat haar in my arms en dan. Ek se vir haar ek sal nooit nie weggaan nie. Louie Louie, oh liefling, ek het gese ons moes gaan Laat ons gaan also: the dirty lyrics: " Back in 1963, everybody who knew anything about rock 'n' roll KNEW that the Kingsmen's Louie Louie concealed dirty words that could be unveiled only by playing the 45 rpm single at 33 1/3. Eventually the FBI got involved,conducting a thirty-month investigation that led to Louie's reputation as a dirty song. This investigation led to the following most common set of dirty lyrics, collected by the FBI in Tampa,Florida in 1964 " : http://www.xs4all.nl/~tdg/louie1.html#dirty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2000 Report Share Posted July 31, 2000 That's insane - I always wanted to know that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2000 Report Share Posted July 31, 2000 That's insane! - I always wanted to know that (though I can live without the Afrikaans versions - never heard either of those, strangely) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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