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Thread #75611   Message #1334208
Posted By: Little Hawk
21-Nov-04 - 01:09 AM
Thread Name: Corigliano 'classical' setting of Dylan
Subject: RE: Corigliano 'classical' setting of Dylan
Yeah. All the kids in my high school were under the impression that "Louie, Louie" had dirty lyrics. Accordingly, the song became so popular and notorious that the local radio stations banned it (on account of the dirty lyrics it didn't actually have)!

What a farce. In retrospect it's pretty funny. The fact that the song was banned raised its value to virtually priceless, of course. Everybody wanted that record...except me, I guess...I was listening to Joan Baez, Ian & Sylvia, stuff like that. I couldn't care less about "Louie, Louie" at the time. I have since grown a bit nostalgic for it.