Louie Louie by Dave Marsh7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() In his book "Louie Louie," Marsh sets out to discover why. The bass line duh duh duh, duh duh has become a national totemic image, an aural touchstone, played at Super Bowl half times and in "Louie" radio marathons. There is probably no fraternity party of the past 30 years that hasn't offered up a sacrifice of at least one playing of the song. barely a song at all - three chords and a cloud of dust." As Marsh describes it, "Louie Louie" is "a song that roots into the brain until there's no erasing it. ![]() "It is the best of songs, it is the worst of songs." With this spin on Dickens's classic line, critic Dave Marsh begins his expedition to plumb the depths of the "Louie Louie" phenomenon, "Louie Louie," of course, being a rock-and-roll song so nonsensical and dumb, not to mention infectious and riotous, that it has become a staple of Americana. ![]()
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