But that fizzled when both halves of the former couple weren’t interested. “She told The Spokesman Review, the Spokane paper,” Shafer said, switching into a classic “little old lady” impersonation voice, “’Ross Shafer wants to change the state song to ‘Louie, Louie.’ He should change the state flower to marijuana.’”. Thus, legally speaking, “Washington, My Home” remains the state song, while Woody Guthrie’s “Roll On, Columbia” became the state folk song in 1987. "Washington, My Home" is a lovely song, but I've never heard a Washingtonian whistling it while walking down the street or break out into singing it in a fit of pure state … Their first idea? Washington state has a rich and unique cultural history. Have you heard ‘Louie Louie’?” Davis also figured prominently in one of the jokes Shafer developed for all the public speaking engagements he did in support of the campaign. on the Seattle TV station KING, spearheaded an effort to have "Louie Louie" replace "Washington, My Home" by Helen Davis as Washington's official state song. 2: Anyplace Crazy as Anywhere Else, Motörhead Live: Everything Löuder than Everything Else, Classic Albums: Motörhead – Ace of Spades, Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three, Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie: Reinterpreting Black Flag, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louie_Louie&oldid=1009348807, Songs written by Richard Berry (musician), Articles with dead external links from January 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2020, Articles needing additional references from November 2020, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2020, Articles needing additional references from January 2020, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Wikipedia articles with multiple identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century, Ultimate Jukebox: The 100 Singles You Must Own, The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time, The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years, Big Bangs: 100 Records That Changed The World, In 1972, Berry released the song again as a single on the, Other 1970s releases and bootlegs included versions by, The Kingsmen led the audience in a performance of "Louie Louie" at the end of, Multiple marching band versions were released in the 80s including the, Other 1980s releases and bootlegs included versions by, Other 1990s releases and bootlegs included, In August 2003, 754 guitarists played a ten-minute rendition of "Louie Louie" at, "Louie Come Home", 1965, The Epics (Zen 202), "Louise Louise", 1966, H.B. “She didn’t want to have her song displaced,” Shafer said. Twenty years later, it almost became Washington’s state song. These two events in mid-April 1985 marked the height of the effort to make Louie Louie the official state song of Washington. The Seattle Mariners play "Louie, Louie" every 7th inning stretch, right after "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". The measure failed, but “Louie Louie” is still listed on government websites as the “unofficial” state rock song. 1: Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else, The Wörld Is Ours - Vol. 'Louie Louie, oh no, me gotta go, "Indiana Gov. "Louie Louie" is an American rock 'n' roll song written by Richard Berry in 1955 and best known for the 1963 hit version by The Kingsmen. And for that, maybe we should all be thankful for Sonny and Cher. Sure it’s got a good beat and it’s easy to dance to, but is a song about a Jamaican sailor longing for his girl really the best tune to represent Washington State? Of course, the latter seems more appropriate as a state song, but even to be considered, says something about Louie, Louie. April 2, 1986 – “Louie Louie Day” proclaimed by the state of Oregon. “It just shot us so far ahead …  and we sold out every ad” on the half-hour version of “Almost Live,” Shafer said, inspiring KING 5 to expand the show to a full hour to capitalize on the ad sales. The roots of the song go back to northwest garage bands, including the Fabulous Wailers. Was “Louie Louie” ever made a state song in Washington or Oregon? Esquire Magazine also gave the campaign one of their “Dubious Achievement Awards” that year. On March 15, 1985, Ross Shafer spoke in support of the resolution in the Senate Chamber in Olympia. From mountain peak to fields of wheat. Louie Louie (GC1T102) was created by rockitbiker on 1/31/2009. It was perfect.”. It’s hard to overstate the ubiquity of “Louie, Louie” in the early to mid 1960s, and it’s no joke that J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI actually did spend months trying to figure out whether or not the indecipherable lyrics were obscene. As a joke, he tried to get the Washington State Legislature to designate "Louie, Louie" as the official state rock 'n roll song. “So we had a villain. Washington, my home. Washington State Song [edit | edit source] In 1985, Ross Shafer, host and a writer-performer of the late-night comedy series Almost Live! The Seattle Mariners play "Louie, Louie" every 7th inning stretch, right after "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". 00:05:52 - In the 1980’s, the Washington State Legislature considered making it the official state song. The song Louie Louie by Richard Berry (later made popular by The Kingsmen and The Sonics, another local Washington State band) is not only a more contemporary song, but a better representation of the culture of Washington than our current state song.
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