The song “Louie Louie” covered by the Kingsmen, a garage band from Portland, Oregon, is considered the first major hit song from such a band. Many garage bands from the 1960’s were simply one-hit wonders that were only well known by locals. The Kingsmen managed to break this mold; most of their fame was contributed to their version of the 1950’s song “Louie Louie” written by Richard Berry. Personally, while I am able to admit the song is fun to dance to, I do not see what made this song so appealing to listeners. The vocals are completely garbled to the point of being impossible to understand, which led to an FCC investigation, but it was determined that there was no profanity or explicit sexual references in the lyrics. Another demonstration