Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for January 28, 2025

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I remember when this first appeared. So funny! Still funny if you retained the memories.

I still cite this strip when I sing “Louie Louie.” Somewhere I still have it clipped in a scrapbook. Remember those things?

Bill’s version is pretty close to what we sang in the fraternity back in the day.

We used to think the lyrics were so dirty…

I never noticed he shortened his name.

Whether they were or were not, we sang ‘Louie, Louie’ dirty.

The FBI actually sent agents to the studio to listen to the Kingsman tapes. What was really nasty was Little Richard’s original Tutti Fruity.

This prompted me to listen to Louie Louie on Apple Music … first time hearing the song in years. The Kingsmen recorded it in 1963. They weren’t around too long — broke up in 1967. Along with the album information was this: “It’s hard to believe, but three simple chords, a sloppy drum beat, and unintelligibly slurred vocals changed history.”

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They left out a verse: Every night at 10, we do it again, …