Fun Music Information -> Kingsmen
This is the most recent information about Kingsmen that has been submitted to amIright. If we have more information about Kingsmen, then we provide a link to the section where it appears (the actual page whenever possible).
Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
The KingsmanBand Name Origins:
- The "Louie Louie" guys got their name from King's Men after shave, a brand that one of them was fond of wearing. Submitted by: Mark Speck
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Jolly Green Giant," | Mark Speck |
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" | "He's Loose From Az-ka-ban" | Red Zeppelin |
| "Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "Wereleno Prowls Tonight" | Sam Leno/The WereLeno |
| "Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "Jay Leno's on Tonight" | Dr Music |
| "Louie Louie" | "Mad-Eye Moody" | Darth Patronus |
| "Louie Louie" | "Noobie Noobie" | Jack Wilson |
| "Louie Louie" | "Furi Kuri (The Ballad of Naota)" | Josh Taylor Stingray (The Stimps) |
| "Louie Louie" | "Lou XVI" | John A. Barry |
| "Louie, Louie" | "What's Wrong With Huey, Dewey?" | Paul Robinson |
| "Louie Louie" | "A Way Louie Louie Could Maybe Be Misheard" | Jack Wilson |
| "Louie Louie" | "The Great Cave Offensive (Kirby Kirby)" | Olvan The Terrible |
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Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Louie, Louie | Special edition DVD of Animal House | Collegebuddy |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Louie, Louie | Any College, especially Dartmouth | Jake |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| It's Not Easy Being Green Kermit The Frog | The Jolly Green Giant Kingsmen | It's Not Easy Being The Jolly Green Giant | hec |
Misheard Lyrics:
"Louie Louie"
Misheard Lyrics: Louie Louie, oh, oh oregano
Original Lyrics: Louie Louie, oh no we gotta go
| "Louie, Louie"
Misheard Lyrics: Every night at ten, I laid her again.
Original Lyrics: Every night and day, I sail the sea.
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"Louie, Louie"
Misheard Lyrics: Every night and day, I sail the sea
F*** a girl a-constantly On that ship, I dream she there I felt a hole a-in her hair. Original Lyrics: Every night and day, I sail the sea
Think of a girl a-constantly On that ship, I dream she there I smell the rose a-in her hair. | "Louie, Louie"
Misheard Lyrics: I knew, I knew I ain't.
Original Lyrics: Louie, Louie
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Louie, Louie"
Misheard Lyrics: In 'Umm-al-Uwain, oh Lawd
I cut her up. Original Lyrics: Louie, Louie, oh no
Me gotta go. |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Maura Riding a bus across the Alps, 'Louie Louie' came on the radio. Jim, a pal of mine, began singing these lines. I cracked up with laughter. 'Umm-al-Uwain is one of the sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates, so this hints at a really lurid scenario (a harem intrigue?) |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Louie Louie"
Opening Lines: Louie Louie, oh no We gotta go Aye-yi-yi-yi Louie Louie, oh baby We gotta go.
Comments: So starts probably one of the most understood lyrics songs of the 1960's, but a definite party classic. "Louie Louie" was from a true garage band (and one of the first) from Portland, Oregon named the Kingsmen (at the time, in 1963 when the song was recorded, the members were: vocalist/rhythm guitarist Jack Ely, drummer Lynn Easton, guitarist Mike Mitchell, pianist Don Galluci and bassist Bob Nordby). "Louie Louie" deliberately sung by Ely as though he was drunk reached all the way to #2 for six weeks in December 1963 and January 1964. "Louie Louie" also has one of the most memorable and probably most copied beginning guitar riffs of all time. There is still a group called the Kingsmen still around, but it isn't the same group that recorded, "Louie Louie" back in 1963.
Submitted by: Peter
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Songs That Are Banned:
"Louie, Louie"
In 1964 fearing it contains obscene messages, then Indiana Governor Matthew Welsh attempts to ban the song. An FCC review of the song determines the song's lyrics are indecipherable.
Submitted by: Peter
