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Hunden

Big Woof: Top 10 Rock Songs About Dogs

Ted Drozdowski

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02.17.2012

Dogs are man’s best friend. Women’s, too. Archeological evidence proves that humans and canines have been companions for at least 14,000 years. So it’s natural that our four-footed friends would frequently be the subjects of artistic endeavors, from cave paintings to rock songs. And now, we present our list of the 10 greatest rock songs about dogs:

“Black Dog,” Led Zeppelin
This 1971 classic leads the pack on the band’s epic fourth album. The tune was named after a black Labrador retriever who wandered around the studios at Headley Grange during the disc’s sessions. Cut in 5/4 time, this is a dog that has its own gait, as anybody who’s ever tried to play “Black Dog” in his or her garage has quickly learned. Jimmy Page’s incendiary guitar sounds like it’s being pumped through a wall of amps, but the truth is Page plugged his “Number One” Gibson Les Paul into a direct box and straight into a microphone channel on the mixing board. The board’s pre-amp was used to generate the distorted tone, which also was heavily compressed and then tracked three times – giving “Black Dog” plenty of bite.

“I Wanna Be Your Dog,” Iggy & the Stooges
The blueprint for punk rock – and maybe even heavy metal – is in this hound’s DNA. Cut in 1969 by Iggy Pop and his flea-bitten Detroit crew, Gibson Flying V brawler Ron Ashton chews through the G, F#, E changes with rabid mongrel abandon. Full of self-loathing and desire, it remains the ultimate anthem of confused disaffection.

“Walkin’ the Dog,” Rufus Thomas
One of nascent R&B’s first major crossover tunes, this number – complete with Thomas’ whistling and barking asides – entered the pop Top 10 in 1963 and remains a party favorite today. With references to nursery rhyme characters and its own dance craze, this dog rolled over to please.

“Atomic Dog,” George Clinton
Parliament-Funkadelic’s last #1 R&B single was this rippin’ 1982 song with the pooch-perfect chorus “bow-wow.” There was some “ruff” going in 2007 when the song’s composers filed suit again the group Public Announcement, who, the courts found, infringed on “Atomic Dog” with their “D.O.G. In Me.” But otherwise this pup sits pretty as one of the most sampled tunes of all time, with Biz Markie, Blackstreet, Digital Underground, Geto Boys, MC Hammer, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Insane Clown Posse and many others incorporating Clinton’s riffs into their work.

“Dogs of War,” Pink Floyd
This track from 1987’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason is essentially a blues in C and gets back to David Gilmour’s guitar-hero roots. The beast in question is money, and Gilmour sings about how it sinks its fangs into humanity through war profiteering.

“Hound Dog,” Elvis Presley
Gibson ES-295 legend Scotty Moore puts the yap in this Elvis smash, but the song already had a pedigree by the time the Memphis wonder recorded it in 1956. Blues great Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton had an R&B hit with “Hound Dog” in its first incarnation in 1952, and in 1953 country music performers cut five versions. But Elvis’ version of this Leiber & Stoller-written classic still carries the designation “best in show.”

“Martha My Dear,” The Beatles
This 1968 Beatles song is a real shaggy dog story. Ostensibly inspired by Paul McCartney’s Old English Sheepdog named Martha, this British music hall-style number is really an affectionate pat to his pre-Linda muse Jane Asher. A waggish subterfuge!

“Egg Sucking Dog,” Johnny Cash
Former Sun Studio engineer “Cowboy” Jack Clement penned this song and pitched it to Cash just before the Man in Black recorded his historic 1968 album At Folsom Prison, one of the greatest live discs ever recorded. It’s a novelty tune that cuts to the backwoods with lyrics like, “egg sucking dog/I’m gonna stomp you right into the ground/if you don’t stay out of my hen house/you dirty old egg sucking hound.”

“Diamond Dogs,” David Bowie
Bowie’s 1974 album of the same title was one of his last Ziggy-centric productions, cut as he was transitioning to his “Thin White Duke” persona. The tune’s about humanity’s dog days – a post-apocalyptic time when the remnants of society live like pack animals, keeping watch for food, prey and their fellows perched atop the high buildings of Manhattan. Creepy and cool…

“Rain Dogs,” Tom Waits
This angular number from Waits’ 1985 masterpiece hums with loss and longing. Waits uses lost dogs, wandering the city streets in rain, as a metaphor to get to the heart of how it feels to be adrift and alone. Is this a good time to suggest you support your local humane society, and if you’re getting a dog, don’t shop – adopt?

“Hunden,” Mårten Lärka
This angular number from Lärkas’ 2005 masterpiece hums with ha ha ha ha ha ha.......

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