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4. Snopes is your friend -
Sun Sep 21, 2014, 01:21 PM
Sep 2014

This one has been debunked -

Claim: The lyrics to the song "Louie Louie" are really dirty.

FALSE

Origins: "Sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll" is more than an Ian Dury slogan; it also neatly encapsulates the three pastimes of America's youth that adults have expended the most effort in trying to control for the last half-century. Films
such as Reefer Madness and Blue Denim have been supplanted by "Just Say No" and sex education programs, and the lyrics of rap songs may concern parents more than Elvis Presley's hips or the Beatles' haircuts once did, but the battle continues.

At this point we should probably make note of the song's true lyrics:

Louie, Louie,
me gotta go.
Louie, Louie,
me gotta go.

A fine little girl, she wait for me;
me catch a ship across the sea.
I sailed the ship all alone;
I never think I'll make it home

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.

Me see Jamaica 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.

Read more at http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/louie.asp#6mWkBBfEUvQIm95d.99

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Does anyone really care? House of Roberts Sep 2014 #1
Thanks for the kind words. I hope your cat feels better tomorrow! marble falls Sep 2014 #5
How did my cat get into this? House of Roberts Sep 2014 #7
The real question is why is your cat involved at all. I leave the answer to that to you. Chiao! marble falls Sep 2014 #22
+1 FailureToCommunicate Sep 2014 #26
I haven't heard a song by Chicago on the radio in ages, and I never missed them. A Simple Game Sep 2014 #27
Sweet Jesus, are you kidding me?......... ballyhoo Sep 2014 #2
Ya know, I looked them up one time, but I'm not sure he was singing those lyrics. Arkansas Granny Sep 2014 #3
Snopes is your friend - TBF Sep 2014 #4
Well, they must have been under the influence of *something* malthaussen Sep 2014 #10
They're pretending to be Jamaicans, apparently. MADem Sep 2014 #11
Sure, but it should be "me sail the sea," malthaussen Sep 2014 #13
Or, "Me sail de sea mon, and pass de duchy!" MADem Sep 2014 #14
I always prefered Marley to Clapton.:) malthaussen Sep 2014 #16
You're correct, actually. MADem Sep 2014 #21
Here it is in the original French tularetom Sep 2014 #19
J'ai tué le commissaire!!!!!!! MADem Sep 2014 #20
You can be "all alone" even with other people around. I think it meant her not being there gave rhett o rick Sep 2014 #15
It's DU. We argue about anything. malthaussen Sep 2014 #17
This is an awesome song ... cilla4progress Sep 2014 #6
J. Edger Hoover assigned a task force to cypher these lyrics 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #8
The original 1955 Richard Berry version of the song Zambero Sep 2014 #9
And some schools forbade their marching bands louis-t Sep 2014 #23
I'm betting Richard Berry knew the words.. Tikki Sep 2014 #12
I dance to live performances by the Kings Men to Louie Louie in a small teen night club in Portland rhett o rick Sep 2014 #18
Whole NW was Louie, Louie, I danced to the Sonics' and Robin Roberts and the Wailers' version... Tikki Sep 2014 #24
I might have been there tularetom Sep 2014 #25
That's the place. I was there about 63ish. I think it was called The Chase after the owner rhett o rick Sep 2014 #28
Just for THAT.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #29
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