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Home › Forums › Discuss Anything But Politics › Jack Ely, Kingsmen Vocalist Behind Legendary ‘Louie, Louie,’ Dead at Age 71
I think we all can connect with that song.
This is something I never knew.
Ely’s vocals ended up landing the band in some amount of hot water, exactly because no one could tell exactly what he was saying. Many fans claimed to have obtained the “true lyrics” to the song, claiming there to filth of all sorts hidden in his message. These rumors led the governor of Indiana, Matthew Welsh, to ban the song from the state’s airwaves, while the FBI led a 31-month investigation of the track for supposed pornographic lyrics, eventually turning in a 455-page report confirming that there was no proof this was true (and you thought Homeland Security was bad).
The true subject matter? A Jamaican sailor who missed his lover.
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
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