Slurs...people will say "Louie Louie".
If you ever wanted to hear every word of the lyric of "Louie Louie" in crystal clear clarity, for your consideration, I submit to you, the original version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-2CKsaq5r8
If you haven't heard the original from 1957, you're missing out. The bass line cracks me up. The plinky guitar chords are perfectly chosen. The drums play one beat front to back. Nice background vocals, doo wop-ish I guess. Soulful yet corny.
I remember reading a long time ago that the FBI tried to decipher the lyrics and couldn't. Why the FBI would want to do that....maybe they were trying to uncover coded encrypted communist messages in rock music lol.
All they had to do was seek out the original (duh!) and when you know the lyrics, you can then understand the Kingsmen's version.
One less popular example: Charley Patton's "Spoonful" (who Howlin' Wolf and Clapton later covered, and totally changed it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyIquE0izAg
I think this one song contains every single Fn crucial element of blues music. I could never understand what the hell Charley was saying...then I found the lyrics and I don't understand why I couldn't pick them out before.
You have to click "Show More" to see the full lyrics. I could go on and on about the nuances of this tune. What a badass this guy was. One nuance I like a lot is the fact that he only says the word "spoonful" one time, the first time it comes up. Every other time it would be spoken... he substitutes a 2 note slide figure, imitating his voice with the guitar. Seminal. Probably the deepest blues song I can think of. Parchment Farm? He was around then? Worked at Dockery's Farm? Yea I'm hooked. Charley could project his voice like no one else, it can be painful sometimes. He can sound like more than one person too. I'd better stop now, while I can.