January 29th marks the start of what is the Year of the Dog (if you want to get pedantic, it’s the year of the Yang Red Fire Dog) in the Chinese calendar. I ususally throw a Chinese New Year’s party, party because it’s fun, and partly because very few people do, and it means that there’s little risk for scheduling conflicts (unlike Valentine’s Day or Christmas). I was thinking of putting together an iTunes playlist of dog-related songs (the shizzled-up variants “dawg” and “dogg” are acceptable), and here’s what I came up with:
and last, but not least…
for which the lyrics are:
Evelyn, a modified dog
Viewed the quivering fringe of a special doily
Draped across the piano, with some surprise
In the darkened room
Where the chairs dismayed
And the horrible curtains
Muffled the rain
She could hardly believe her eyes
A curious breeze
A garlic breath
Which sounded like a snore
Somewhere near the Steinway (or even from within)
Had caused the doily fringe to waft & tremble in the gloom
Evelyn, a dog, having undergone
Further modification
Pondered the significance of short-person behavior
In pedal-depressed panchromatic resonance
And other highly ambient domains
“Arf,” she said
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Pet Shop Boys - Surburbia
"Come take a ride, run with the dogs tonight, in suburbia..."
Now do I get an invite to your party?
--Ice Queen
This search has about a year's worth of dog themed music in it.
-Year of the eldog
Hi Joey,
My iPod has many of those you have already considered. Here are some more:
Dog Eat Dog – Adam & The Ants
Givin The Dog A Bone – AC/DC
18 Dogs – Hank Dogs
Sample the Dog – Timbuk 3
Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War – Paul Simon
Straw Dogs – Stiff Little Fingers
Dog on Wheels – Belle and Sebastian
Sniffer Dog – Howie B
Do the Dog – The Specials
Maga Dog – The Specials
I love my Dog – Cat Stevens
Dog New Tricks – Garbage
Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
Colin.
Oh! Oh!
Jane Siberry's Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog!
-- Ice Queen
Sure! I'll let you know when it is once I've worked out the details with the wife.
"The wife". It still feels a little odd saying that.
Clearly the Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog" belongs on this list.
How could you forget Nazareth's classic Hair of the Dog, covered by Guns N' Roses, Warrant, Paul Di'Anno, Michael Schenker Group, and just about every rock'n'roll garage band that ever existed?
Motley Crue's Treat Me Like the Dog I Am is a good party tune, too.
Dog Dreams by The Story
No bad dog no stay
No basement no way
No choke chain no dry food no fetch game
No no no no
I love that song!!!! I have it on cassette in storage somewhere. Been a long time since I met someone who listened to the Story. Do I know you? :)
You need to add some zydeco tunes to the "dog" songs list:
Watch that Dog (John Delafose)
My Little Dog (John Delafose)
I'm Gonna Take Care of Your Dog (Rosie Ledet)
The tune by Rosie is especially risque, and is easily the BEST song about "dogs" ever recorded! You'll especially enjoy the dog "growls" in the background.
Garry K, Ann Arbor, MI