My Mother's Records
The hippies liked to sneer at the older generation for being too uptight and square to ever tune in, turn on, and get high. But just because they didn't sit in a field with flowers in their hair didn't mean they never got spaced out — they just did it with different drugs. My mother was very partial to the occasional Cinzano Bianco and popped a Valium or two whenever the pressure of raising two kids on her own got too much. And I don't doubt that chilling out with The Sandpipers on the record player helped a lot too. This wispy Easy Listening vocal group were probably the complete opposite of what was hip and turned-on but their version of "Louie Louie" is as blissed-out and spacey as the most trippy psychedelia. Not only that but they sing the damn thing in Spanish — how far-out is that, man?
Download: Louie Louie - The Sandpipers (mp3)
2 Comments:
Great timing I'm on folky buzz at the mo' too. There's a touch of 'You've Lost That Love Feeling' about this version. I've got a great semi acapella rework of 'Louie Louie' somewhere.
Perfectly chosen! The Sandpipers were a huge part of the true hippy thing. They were laid-back. Smoke a joint or two, and then tell me that this ain't cool! Nice one. From Canada.
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