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Louis XIV

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Biography

The core unit of San Diego's Louis XIV had originally played together in the rootsy, alt-rocking Convoy, which issued an album called Black Licorice in 2001. Having moved on by 2003, vocalist/guitarists Jason Hill and Brian Karscig and drummer Mark Maigaard hooked up with bassist Jimmy Armbrust and began fleshing out the Louis XIV concept -- irreverent, oversexed lyrics and songwriting that channeled glam rock, scratchy punk, and vintage The Rolling Stones. A self-recorded EP caused quite a stir locally, MP3s helped spread that buzz to England, and Louis XIV released more material to keep up with the growing demand. That spring and summer they played the 2004 South by Southwest festival, toured the U.S. with The Killers and The Von Bondies, and signed with Atlantic Records, which issued the introductory EP Illegal Tender in January 2005 and the debut full-length The Best Little Secrets Are Kept the following March. After time spent touring -- and being banned in Alabama for the nature of their lyrics -- the band returned in 2008 with their second album, the decidely more somber and world-weary Slick Dogs And Ponies. ~ Johnny Loftus, Rovi

Top Tracks

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  1.  
    Lyrics
    Ah, chocolate girl
    Well you're looking like something I want
    (Finding out true love is blind)
    Ah and your little Asian friend
    Well she can come if she wants
    Finding Out True Love Is Blind - (4:05)  -  9,145 plays
  2.  
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    If you want to take my body tonight
    Then you got to be somebody tonight
    Use me just to make your body feel right
    If you want to take my body tonight
    (Well God killed the Queen)
    God Killed the Queen - (2:49)  -  6,839 plays
  3.  
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    Well I'm a weapon of mass destruction
    Got no apologies for a hyper concussion
    I might swipe your identity
    Take your love and turn it into obscenity
    You say that I don't care about
    Louis XIV - (3:05)  -  5,371 plays
  4.  
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    Ah, bang a gong or get it on
    Ah, we don't need to take off our clothes to get it on
    Pull your skirt up a little bit
    Pull down your top and show me a little tit
    I said, "Hey short girl, you're like a midget
    Paper Doll - (3:25)  -  5,702 plays
  5.  
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    Ah, little Stacy Q, when she doesn't have a thing to do
    She comes to my house, well, let's keep that between me and you
    She takes off her clothes, she likes to tell this boy what to do
    Let's keep that between me and you, okay
    She said, "Oh, come on, boy aren't you tired of talking about sex?"
    Pledge of Allegiance - (3:38)  -  5,046 plays
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