Every copy of that song, in existance, should be thrown into the fountain of living waters...or perhaos I should call it the fountain of deadly waters...and heard no more.
As shrilling an alarm clock as it was it did wake me up.
In thier defense I think the TWIts version is nicer than the official state version. as to changing the words I dare anyone to sing Louie Louie word for word as it was originally sung
"Beautiful Oh-God Please No" was not the only song they changed the words to. There are numerous songs in the singalongtheway book that were altered a bit to fit the doctrine.
As much as I disliked that song, neither singing it nor adapting it amounts to plagiarism.
Indeed. TWI never claimed it as original. You might as well claim they plagiarized the "Star Spangled Banner" since they used it every day at flag-raising!
Maybe George but they did not change the words to the Star Spangled Banner. They passed off their version as the Ohio state song it was not.
Change the lyrics to a Beatles song and record it and see how long before you hear from the record company.
I assume that "Beautiful Ohio" is in the public domain, and so adapting it is not a crime. (As opposed to, say, "Surfin' USA," which was "Sweet Little Sixteen" with different words. It took Chuck Berry about twenty years to get credit for the song.) And it was apparent to me from the very first time I heard the TWI version that it wasn't the original words.
Hey Georgio, I checked and your is one of but several considered versions. Nobody knows what the original words were. The FBI tried to have the guys arrested for obscene lyrics but could never figure out what they were saying, I found a whole website devoted to different versions
I like the song though and it really could have been a good replacement for Beautiful Ohio. I would rather have woken up to Louie Louie
Out There, you're not going to fathom this because it seems really rediculous but when I was a kid there were still people who thought that Louis Louis was evil. I also had heard about the FBI thing, which is true. But the FBI should have done what I did all those years ago. I wrote a letter to The Library of Congress and requested the lyrics. They were on file. That famous version of that song is a cover. It's an old raggae song by a guy named Richard Berry. The lyrics I printed are the ones from the origional copyright.
Martindale was one of the idiots who was saying that the Louie, Louie lyrics were evil, or dirty or both. I'd hear Way Corps people parrot it, and then ask them what the words actually were. They never knew.
The way I heard it, the classic Kingsman version is hard to understand for two reasons: it was recorded in one take, so some of the words were kind of mumbled over, and everything was recorded by one boom microphone, the singer having to shout UPWARDS to be heard.
Geez! Am I da only one dat liked dat song? I took the Advanced Class in 1979, and beautiful Ohio played in the morning, as well as the song where VP would say to swing and sway with Sammy Kaye. That summer they started with the Beautiful Ohio.
Boy...I gotta admit, I miss going to the Rock of Ages. Only hated it when I had to haul trash with a bad back. But mostly...I loved it...sigh...
Oakspear! "Louie, Louie"... Oh yeah. I remember that song about interracial love. "She was black, as the night....Louie was whiter than white...took her home to meet momma and poppa, Louie had a terrible fight...Louie, Louie Louie, Louie...Louie, Louie, Louie, Lou-ahh, etc.
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GrouchoMarxJr
...Beautifuuuuuuuulllllllll Ohiooooooo...
I can still hear that wretched song in my mind.
Every copy of that song, in existance, should be thrown into the fountain of living waters...or perhaos I should call it the fountain of deadly waters...and heard no more.
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WhiteDove
Be nice Groucho Or I'll send you a copy on CD......
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Linda Z
As much as I disliked that song, neither singing it nor adapting it amounts to plagiarism.
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GrouchoMarxJr
Linda is technically correct...be that as it may...I can STILL hear that damn song in my brain!
maybe I just need another Rolling Rock...
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WhiteDove
http://www.cyberbee.com/gotec/beautoh.html
Maybe but even the state had the sense to admit their changes.
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dmiller
Shoot -- I actually like that piano version!!
Ignore the words, and it would make great background music in some bar somewhere!
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Digger
Well, "Beautiful Ohio" DID wake us all up screaming every day at the Rock!
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Out There
As shrilling an alarm clock as it was it did wake me up.
In thier defense I think the TWIts version is nicer than the official state version. as to changing the words I dare anyone to sing Louie Louie word for word as it was originally sung
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Kevlar2000
...Although, I did hear a snippet of Stephen Foster's Beautiful Dreamer in there.
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Belle
LOL! WD, that IS good one! Funny how God gives us giggles sometimes, isn't it?
Man! I really DID miss some good times and good music, didn't I?
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Mine ears have never had the glory of the hearing of the song....
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lindyhopper
"Beautiful Oh-God Please No" was not the only song they changed the words to. There are numerous songs in the singalongtheway book that were altered a bit to fit the doctrine.
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Georgio Jessio
I hate to be a wise ars but:
Louie Louie, me gotta go. Louie Louie, me gotta go.
A fine little girl, she wait for me.
Me catch the ship across the sea.
I sailed the ship all alone.
I never think I'll make it home.
Louie Louie, me gotta go.
Three nights and days we sailed the sea.
Me think of girl constantly.
On the ship, I dream she there.
I smell the rose in her hair.
Louie Louie, me gotta go.
Me see Jamaican moon above.
It won't be long me see me love.
Me take her in my arms and then
I tell her I never leave again.
Louie Louie, me gotta go.
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GeorgeStGeorge
Indeed. TWI never claimed it as original. You might as well claim they plagiarized the "Star Spangled Banner" since they used it every day at flag-raising!
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Maybe George but they did not change the words to the Star Spangled Banner. They passed off their version as the Ohio state song it was not.
Change the lyrics to a Beatles song and record it and see how long before you hear from the record company.
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Georgio Jessio
Poor Sue Watson. Mega talented woman who's claim to fame is that Vic made her sing this song ever year.
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Would have been better off singing "Louie, Louie"..
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I assume that "Beautiful Ohio" is in the public domain, and so adapting it is not a crime. (As opposed to, say, "Surfin' USA," which was "Sweet Little Sixteen" with different words. It took Chuck Berry about twenty years to get credit for the song.) And it was apparent to me from the very first time I heard the TWI version that it wasn't the original words.
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They would have changed those words, too; and we'd STILL be having this discussion!
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Hey Georgio, I checked and your is one of but several considered versions. Nobody knows what the original words were. The FBI tried to have the guys arrested for obscene lyrics but could never figure out what they were saying, I found a whole website devoted to different versions
I like the song though and it really could have been a good replacement for Beautiful Ohio. I would rather have woken up to Louie Louie
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GeorgeStGeorge
How about "Wipeout"? Then, they would have had to change only ONE word?
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Out There, you're not going to fathom this because it seems really rediculous but when I was a kid there were still people who thought that Louis Louis was evil. I also had heard about the FBI thing, which is true. But the FBI should have done what I did all those years ago. I wrote a letter to The Library of Congress and requested the lyrics. They were on file. That famous version of that song is a cover. It's an old raggae song by a guy named Richard Berry. The lyrics I printed are the ones from the origional copyright.
Not bad eh?
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Oakspear
Martindale was one of the idiots who was saying that the Louie, Louie lyrics were evil, or dirty or both. I'd hear Way Corps people parrot it, and then ask them what the words actually were. They never knew.
The way I heard it, the classic Kingsman version is hard to understand for two reasons: it was recorded in one take, so some of the words were kind of mumbled over, and everything was recorded by one boom microphone, the singer having to shout UPWARDS to be heard.
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Geez! Am I da only one dat liked dat song? I took the Advanced Class in 1979, and beautiful Ohio played in the morning, as well as the song where VP would say to swing and sway with Sammy Kaye. That summer they started with the Beautiful Ohio.
Boy...I gotta admit, I miss going to the Rock of Ages. Only hated it when I had to haul trash with a bad back. But mostly...I loved it...sigh...
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Oakspear! "Louie, Louie"... Oh yeah. I remember that song about interracial love. "She was black, as the night....Louie was whiter than white...took her home to meet momma and poppa, Louie had a terrible fight...Louie, Louie Louie, Louie...Louie, Louie, Louie, Lou-ahh, etc.
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