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Louie Louie was a song written by Richard Berry, and is one of the most simple rock tunes to play. In the 1960s, it was also a highly-requested song and very much overplayed (it has been considered the original "Smells Like Teen Spirit", for example).
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[[Louie Louie (CC)|Louie Louie]] is a song written by [[Richard Berry]]
  
Louie Louie was also musically quoted by FZ ad nauseum, alternatively praised and loathed by him due to it's simple harmony and catchy melody, and because it was overplayed so much.  
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[[Richard  Berry]] & the Pharaohs - Louie Louie / You Are My Sunshine (Flip 45-321 1957)
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Louie Louie was often musically quoted by [[Biography|FZ]]. In ''[[Data For Sensitive or Critical-sensitive Position]]'' Zappa named the song his ''"favorite predecessor."''
  
 
==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==
 
==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==
===Official Zappa Albums===
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==="Louie Louie" on Zappa Albums===
[[Uncle Meat]]<br>
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*''[[Uncle Meat]]'' as "[[Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London)|Louie Louie]]"
[[Unmitigated Audacity (BTB)]]
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*''[[Unmitigated Audacity (BTB)]]'' as "[[Louie Louie]]"
  
Louie Louie shows up in the following songs:
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===Zappa Songs Quoting "Louie Louie"===
*[[Son of Suzy Creamcheese]] is almost a direct parody of the song, with added time signature changes and of course different lyrics.
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'''"[[Plastic People]]"'''
*[[Plastic People]] on the album [[Joe's Corsage]] was based directly on the Louie Louie progression.
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*on ''[[Joe's Corsage]]'' (Based directly on the "Louie Louie" progression.)
*[[Plastic People]] evolved for [[Absolutely Free]] and only briefly quotes Louie Louie during the "DOOT DOOT DOOT"s in the beginning.
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*on ''[[Absolutely Free]]'' (Only briefly quotes "Louie Louie" during the "DOOT DOOT DOOT"s in the beginning.)
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'''"[[Son Of Suzy Creamcheese]]"'''
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* on ''[[Absolutely Free]]'' (Almost a direct parody of the song, with added time signature changes and of course different lyrics.)
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'''"[[At The Gas Station]]"'''
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*on ''[[Lumpy Gravy]]'' (briefly interpolates voices singing the title of the song)
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'''"[[Ruthie-Ruthie]]"'''
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* on ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]]'' (Direct parody with lyrics about an incident featuring [[Ruth Underwood]].)
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'''"[[Florentine Pogen]]"'''
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*on ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' (Briefly quotes "Louie Louie".)
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'''"[[Welcome To The United States]]"'''
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*on ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' (Briefly quotes "Louie Louie".)
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'''"[[Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top]]"'''
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*on ''[[Bongo Fury]]'' (Briefly quotes "Louie Louie" towards the end.)
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'''"[[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]"'''
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*on ''[[Broadway The Hard Way]]'' (Quotes the refrain of "Louie Louie" as "Jim and Tammy / You gotta go" in the end.)
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
* [[Alice Stuart]] got fired from The Mothers because she couldn't play "[[Louie Louie]]".
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* [[Alice Stuart]] allegedly got fired from [[The Mothers]] because she couldn't play "[[Louie Louie]]".
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==See Also==
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*[[wikipedia:Louie Louie|Wikipedia Louie Louie article]]
  
 
[[Category:Conceptual Continuity]]
 
[[Category:Conceptual Continuity]]
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[[Category:Covers And Musical Quotes]]

Latest revision as of 16:49, 17 July 2021

Louie Louie is a song written by Richard Berry

Richard Berry & the Pharaohs - Louie Louie / You Are My Sunshine (Flip 45-321 1957)

Louie Louie was often musically quoted by FZ. In Data For Sensitive or Critical-sensitive Position Zappa named the song his "favorite predecessor."

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

"Louie Louie" on Zappa Albums

Zappa Songs Quoting "Louie Louie"

"Plastic People"

  • on Joe's Corsage (Based directly on the "Louie Louie" progression.)
  • on Absolutely Free (Only briefly quotes "Louie Louie" during the "DOOT DOOT DOOT"s in the beginning.)

"Son Of Suzy Creamcheese"

  • on Absolutely Free (Almost a direct parody of the song, with added time signature changes and of course different lyrics.)

"At The Gas Station"

  • on Lumpy Gravy (briefly interpolates voices singing the title of the song)

"Ruthie-Ruthie"

"Florentine Pogen"

"Welcome To The United States"

"Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top"

  • on Bongo Fury (Briefly quotes "Louie Louie" towards the end.)

"Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk"

  • on Broadway The Hard Way (Quotes the refrain of "Louie Louie" as "Jim and Tammy / You gotta go" in the end.)

Trivia

See Also