10 Genuine Reactions That Made Songs Better
10. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
The history of this song will always be remembered for the FBI's 31 month investigation into the supposed obscenity and subversiveness of the nearly unintelligible lyrics. Unsurprisingly, the FBI were not able to find anything wrong in the songs words, no matter how hard they tried. Yet the one thing the FBI didn’t seem to pick up on was an "F" bomb in the recording.
The actual recording of song, itself, is filled with errors. Singer, Jack Ely's vocals are hard to understand due to the mics being positioned too high in the studio. At one point he comes in too soon after the lead guitar break, and the song, as a whole, was unintentionally recorded in the wrong time signature.
But, it is a mistake by the drummer, Lynn Easton, that first hits your ears. Around the 0.54 mark on the record, Easton can be heard yelling “f***”, in the background. He did this due to messing up a drum solo. It is a funny moment in a fun song, but it leaves you wondering what the FBI were looking for when investigating the song.