From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!floyd!whuxlb!gummo!harpo!seismo!presby!burdvax!floyd Newsgroups: net.misc,net.music Title: Re: unintelligible lyrics to songs Article-I.D.: burdvax.685 Posted: Sun Apr 24 21:50:05 1983 Received: Mon May 2 08:52:50 1983 References: cbosgd.3454 Remember "Louie, Louie" ? The words were intentionally garbled: "... tonight, at ten, I'll get her again..." ????? But, as in many cases, the garbled words don't hamper the song much. The rythm and melody of the vocals is often more important than the actual words. Not to mention the mystique of a song whose lyrics are open to individual interpretation and it also helps fight what is known as "listener fatigue".