We've made it to 50 episodes! To celebrate, we're presenting another chapter in our study of the world's greatest song, "Louie Louie" ... In 1964, The Angels (of "My Boyfriend's Back" fame) recorded a super-fun version, and it's one of the all-time best, with some great Jersey girl heys! and hos!, and a solid rock band backing them. The drummer even pays tribute to Lynn Easton's frantic fills! (2:35). That same year, HB & the Checkmates sprang out of Springfield, Oregon and they flipped the script with an adaptation called "Louise Louise" (39:27). It's one of those "party in the studio" tracks we specialize in, and it's also a Pacific Northwest stomper with hints of Raiders, Sonics, and even some Remains thrown in. If those guys couldn't put the Kingsmen's version in check, then it was up to The Checkmates Ltd. to continue the gamesmanship in 1965 - their rendition of "Louie Louie" is part of a medley which even includes a Bobby Darin song! (1:10:10). A crucial digression on "Yesterday" ensues here. Last and least- Honey Ltd.'s version shows just how bad things got in America by 1968 (1:56:02). Jack Nitzsche's arrangement wants to sock it to us, but we're ducking and diving from the bum bassline and revoltingly re-written lyrics of Lee Hazelwood. Hey guys, this is trash - not art!!
