# Marching Band prohibited from playing "Louie Louie" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 5, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591 "2005-05-05T20:37:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/21 "2005-05-06T12:54:13Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > [The Master speaks](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_316.html). > > Robin Every time that article is linked to, we get threads started on how Bob Denver and Jerry Mathers are still alive. I like marching band versions of “Louie Louie” I wasn’t in band in HS, but that song and “Baby Elephant Walk” were my two favorites that the band did at half-time. The world be be a poorer place without the genius of Richard Berry’s One Big Hit. ---
**Author:** ![Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/22 "2005-05-06T13:03:12Z")
Just wanna add, if you’ve only heard the pathetic Kingsmen, and never Richard Berry and the Pharaohs’ version, you’re missing something important in your life. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/23 "2005-05-06T13:06:25Z")
:smack: Jeeezzzz! Just when I think they can’t do any thing dumber, they pull this crap! These people are like a black hole sucking the brain cells right out of my head. Did she ever read the lyrics or even listen to the song? ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/24 "2005-05-06T13:16:25Z")
“It was not that I knew at the beginning and said nothing,” Dawning said. “I normally count on the staff to make reliable decisions. I found out because a parent called, concerned about the song being played.” So now all it takes is a single wack-a-doo parent to disrupt and entire school system. **adam yax** > [@](#): > > I can’t wait to see what high school football games will look like in 5-10 years. > > \*There will be no cheerleaders (cheering could lead to dancing). > \*There will be no marching bands. Since pretty much every song is about love or sex it is only a matter of time before they are all banned. > \*There will be no cheering at all by fans. We have to protect the feelings of the kids on the losing team don’t we? Better yet, they just won;t keep score. I would be funny if I didn’t think it was totally possible from these idiots ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/25 "2005-05-06T13:28:50Z")
I’m surprised that no one has mentioned [this](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_316.html). ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/26 "2005-05-06T13:40:35Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I’m surprised that no one has mentioned [this](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_316.html). **MsRobyn** was suprised that nobody had mentioned it back at post #14. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/27 "2005-05-06T13:42:49Z")
“Me gotta go.” Good thing this is the Pit, else I might be banned for quoting something so obscene. This is the same type of rectal haberdashery that got the Beach Boys banned from playing at the Washington Monument on 7/4/83. Because they might attract the “wrong element.” ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/28 "2005-05-06T13:57:30Z")
I missed it (was listening to the Mavs news after a brutal game last night) but this morning our local right-wing airhorn was apparently spreading this story around. A cube-mate came by saying “I can’t believe how dirty that song is.” I deftly pulled up Google and showed him how the school had already reversed their ban after removing their heads from their asses. Apparently Darrel Ankarlo doesn’t have access to the same cutting edge technology that I do. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/29 "2005-05-06T14:00:08Z")
Every time I see a thread like this, I feel the urge to link to one very particular [Parking Lot Is Full](http://plif.andkon.com/archive/wc161.gif) comic. I think it speaks volumes. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/30 "2005-05-06T14:07:18Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > In my collection is an LP from 1985 which is a special compilation by WMMR 93.3 FM Philly, and it includes the Rice University Marching Owl Band performing Louie, Louie. Allegedly the MOB, as they are known, concludes every halftime show with a rendition. I have Vol. 1 _and_ Vol. 2, although only on cassette. Two entire albums of nothing but Louie Louie…what more could one ask for? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/31 "2005-05-06T14:37:12Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Johnny L.A. has obiously not heard Iggy Pop’s rendition! Heh! Absolutely one of the rudest, raunchiest, nastiest versions ever! I love the intro (live): “Alright kids, we can play our normal set, or a 40 minute version of _Louie, Louie_. What’ll it be?” _clunk_ “Thankyou, whoever threw that beer bottle, it coulda killed me but you missed! _Louie, Louie_ it is then!” ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/32 "2005-05-06T14:46:02Z")
Ignoring **JeffB** ’s wise advice, the school has now [cleared the band to torture listeners with this overplayed song.](http://wwmt.com/engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=16228&template=breakout_local.html) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/33 "2005-05-06T16:53:40Z")
Here’s what the FBI heard… [http://www.xs4all.nl/~tdg/lyrics.html](http://www.xs4all.nl/~tdg/lyrics.html) Morons ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/34 "2005-05-06T17:05:30Z")
[QUOTE] [QUOTE= **adam yax** I can’t wait to see what high school football games will look like in 5-10 years. \*There will be no cheerleaders (cheering could lead to dancing).[/QUOTE] [You mean like this?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6124295&postcount=1) ] ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/35 "2005-05-06T17:57:42Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > I can’t wait to see what high school football games will look like in 5-10 years. > > \*There will be no cheering at all by fans. We have to protect the feelings of the kids on the losing team don’t we? Better yet, they just won;t keep score. This one already exists in some districts. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/36 "2005-05-06T18:03:29Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > > [@Liberal](#): > > > > I’m surprised that no one has mentioned [this](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_316.html). > > **MsRobyn** was suprised that nobody had mentioned it back at post #14. > 😉 **Robyn** should have paid more attention to post #6. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/37 "2005-05-06T18:06:13Z")
The first I heard about this was yesterday. Rush Limbaugh was on in the office next to mine and he was pitting the schoolboard for the same thing in a very long segment. Then I found this thread and have been following it. It is just surreal seeing the concensus on the SDMB and Limbaugh being in sync. I’m going to go see if hell has frozen over yet. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/38 "2005-05-06T20:01:27Z")
Yuo can find more information on the true meaning of Louie Louie [here](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_316.html). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/39 "2005-05-06T20:07:18Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > This one already exists in some districts. And yet some of us wonder why so many people feel a false sense of entitlement. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591/40 "2005-05-06T20:18:46Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Yuo can find more information on the true meaning of Louie Louie [here](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_316.html). You suppose it took Cecil 20 minutes to write that? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-band-prohibited-from-playing-louie-louie/302591.md?page=3)