{"id":8160,"date":"2005-05-05T13:31:38","date_gmt":"2005-05-05T20:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/05\/05\/because-yknow-people-might-uh-sing-along.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T11:12:49","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T18:12:49","slug":"because_yknow_p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/05\/05\/because_yknow_p.html","title":{"rendered":"Because, y&#8217;know, people might, uh, <em>sing along!<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A middle school marching band in Michigan has been <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&#038;u=\/ap\/20050505\/ap_on_fe_st\/no_louie_louie\" target=\"_blank\">forbidden by the school superintendent to play &#8220;Louie Louie.&#8221;<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Yes, it&#8217;s not that anyone would actually hear what the lyrics are &#8212; assuming that there <em>are <\/em>actual lyrics, or that anyone actually <em>knows <\/em>them beyond the chorus &#8212; since it&#8217;s a <em>marching band<\/em> we&#8217;re talking about.  And it&#8217;s not like they were having any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/05\/04\/now_that_all_of.html\" target=\"_blank\">rogue Texas cheerleaders<\/a> dancing to it.  No, it was just considered inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Which leaves the band songless for their Saturday performance.  Great lesson there, Ms. Superindendent Ma&#8217;am.<\/p>\n<p>There have long been rumors that the lyrics for &#8220;Louie Louie&#8221; are raunchy (or, at least, raunchy for the 50s-60s), but &#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">&#8220;Louie Louie,&#8221; written by Richard Berry in 1956, is one of the most recorded songs in history. 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