Louie Louie
The History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock 'n Roll Song; Including the Full Details of Its Torture and Persecution at the Hands of the Kingsmen, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, and a Cast of Millions; and Introducing for the First Time Anywhere, the
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- 229,00 kr
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- 229,00 kr
Publisher Description
A new edition of Dave Marsh’s classic work on the three-chord song that rocked the world
“A tale as compelling as any John Grisham thriller.”
-Rolling Stone
“Dave Marsh’s Louie Louie is part rant, part rock criticism and part cultural analysis, with a good dose of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! thrown in.”
-The New York Times Book Review
“Marsh keeps the story of one trashy song interesting by revealing how 'three chords and a cloud of dust' contains within it the history and future of rock 'n' roll.”
-Booklist
“What you don’t know about 'Louie Louie' probably won’t hurt you. But everything you need to know is in Marsh’s book, including the lyrics-the real ones and the ones people thought they heard. If there is a better measure of your pop-cultural IQ, I don’t know where to find it.”
-USA Today
Since his days as the original editor of Creem, Dave Marsh has been revered as one of rock’s greatest critics. During the 70s he was record editor at Rolling Stone, and in 1983 he founded Rock & Roll Confidential. His other books include Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s (1987), and Before I Get Old: The Story of the Who (1983).
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In a vigorous discourse combining shrewd criticism and a conversational tone, Marsh ( Glory Days ) traces the evolution of one durable song from '50s cha-cha to '90s frat anthem. ``Louie, Louie,'' in his estimation, is an archetype whose infectious ``duh duh duh, duh duh'' chorus bewitches teenage garage bands and major-label rockers alike. Inspired by a riff from Rene Touzet's ``El Loco Cha Cha,'' ``Louie'' was written in 1956 by Richard Berry, who imagined a Jamaican sailor telling Louie, a bartender, that he's leaving to meet his girl (``Louie, Louie/Me gotta go''). ``Louie'' later achieved a cult following in the Pacific Northwest, and in 1963 a version by the Kingsmen became a national hit. Its slurred, indecipherable lyrics (the singer wore braces at the time) led to individual interpetations and an FBI obscenity investigation. Marsh closes the book on ``Louie''--for now, anyway--with a lengthy discography listing ``Louie'' performers from Ike and Tina Turner to Frank Zappa to grunge band Nirvana. Crammed with trivia and wit, this text convincingly argues in mock-profound terms its thesis that ``Louie'' is a melodic phenomenon far bigger than the mere mortals who perform it.
