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Post by chrislc on Jan 17, 2020 16:30:22 GMT -5
Okay so was it -
Oowee, you're coming with me. The local police
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Louie, you're comin' with me. The local police
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Louise, you're comin' with me And no more movies
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Oo-wee You're coming with me Said the local police
or a hybrid of those? or something else entirely?
I have never before seen FOUR different interpretations in the first four Google hits!
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Post by rgmike on Jan 17, 2020 17:27:49 GMT -5
"Louie, you're comin' with me. The local police" -- L&M version
"You're coming with me Said the local police" -- Poison version
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Post by chrislc on Jan 17, 2020 18:16:24 GMT -5
"Louie, you're comin' with me. The local police" -- L&M version "You're coming with me Said the local police" -- Poison version Thanks. It always sounded to me something like - Ooowee you're comin'with me - something something POlice - but I just got around to looking it up. |
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Post by chrislc on Jan 19, 2020 23:24:22 GMT -5
"Louie, you're comin' with me. The local police" -- L&M version "You're coming with me Said the local police" -- Poison version This darn song has been an earworm for me for about a week. I just listened with headphones to L&M on YouTube and now I'm leaning towards the Louise/movies theory (meaning the guy shining the flashlight was Louise's father). I don't hear the words local police at all. I must add - it's a great record. I think I've listened to it more times in my brain in the last week than I did on the radio when I was 16 years old, 47 winters ago. Now - on Live From Daryl's House, Kenny clearly sang Ooowee and local police. But maybe he just went along with Poison on that?  |
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Post by adam31 on Jan 21, 2020 13:39:23 GMT -5
I'm always fascinated by the possiblity of a lyric I've heard my way for 40+ years to not be the "actual" lyric. I've always heard "local police". You guys are messing with my mind though! lol
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Post by chrislc on Jan 21, 2020 20:40:03 GMT -5
I'm always fascinated by the possiblity of a lyric I've heard my way for 40+ years to not be the "actual" lyric. I've always heard "local police". You guys are messing with my mind though! lol Today I got around to asking my wife what she thought (she was 14 when the song came out). I didn't mention any of the theories before she said she thought it started with "Louise". I wish there was a remastered version somewhere to prove the Louise/movies interpretation. The best quality available has a real "wall of sound" quality which makes it tough. Even if Louise/movies was proven, though, it wouldn't explain whay Kenny has switched to the local police version that he sang on Live From Daryl's House. To me. listening on Youtube with headphones, it sounds more than anything like Louie (not Louise) and "no moe moe vees". There is no hint of words starting with L or P. It's all very strange. On Wikipedia it is stated as fact that the kid was arrested. Louise's father wouldn't have done that. It's such a good record. The competition in the Top 5 was stiff to say the least with You're So Vain and Superstition and Me and Mrs. Jones and Crocodile Rock. Even though I am long since burned-out on Superstition and Crocodile Rock I must admit we were so spoiled with the great songs on Top 40 radio that winter. That level of competition makes the meteoric chart rise of You're So Vain all the more impressive. What a great singer and songwriter she was! |
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Post by Rodney on Jan 22, 2020 22:11:47 GMT -5
I always sang... hold the cord long hair, Louise, you’re coming with me, your lovin’ Maurice... Never knew who Maurice was, but figured he knew the girl who was with the long hair guy... All these years, I’m thinking Maurice’s girl is fooling around with some long haired guy.
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