You Sound Like Louis Burdett

"You Sound Like Louis Burdett"
Single by The Whitlams
from the album Eternal Nightcap
Released	January 1997
Recorded	1996
Length	4:01
Label	Black Yak / Phantom
Songwriters	Tim Freedman, Mark Wells
Producer	Rob Taylor & Tim Freedman
The Whitlams singles chronology
"Met My Match" (1995) "You Sound Like Louis Burdett" (1997) "No Aphrodisiac" (1997)

"You Sound Like Louis Burdett" is a song by Australian band The Whitlams. It was released in January 1997 ^[1] as the lead single from their third studio album, Eternal Nightcap . The single was placed at number 53 of Triple J's Hottest 100 of that year.

Louis Burdett is an eccentric inner-west Sydney personality. ^[2] Tim Freedman once shared a cottage in Tempe with Burdett, who is described on the Whitlams' official site as "an underemployed avant-garde musician." The song's narrator repeatedly scolds himself for sounding like Louis Burdett.

Reception

The Guardian said, "Named for the drummer and Freedman’s one-time housemate, this energetic song is filled with sleazy guitar, jangling piano and a breathless account of life in Sydney that is bewildering to Whitlams fans living anywhere else." ^[3]

Track listing

1. "You Sound Like Louis Burdett" – 4:00
2. "10 or 11 Drink Clown" – 3:49
3. "Charlie No.3" – 4:29
4. "Hurt" – 3:17

References

1. "The Whitlams singles - Release 6 (You Sound Like Louis Burdett)". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
2. "Louis Burdett". Australian Broadcasting Corporation .
3. Sian Cain (11 September 2022). "The Whitlams: their 25 best songs – sorted!". The Guardian.