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[[Louie Louie (CC)|Louie Louie]] is 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 [[Frank Zappa|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]] as [[Louie Louie]]
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*''[[Uncle Meat]]'' as "[[Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London)|Louie Louie]]"
*[[Unmitigated Audacity (BTB)]] as [[Louie Louie]]
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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.)
*[[Welcome To The United States]] on [[The Yellow Shark]] briefly quotes Louie Louie.
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'''"[[Son Of Suzy Creamcheese]]"'''
*[[Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top]] on [[Bongo Fury]]
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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]]".
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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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