I want to be your dog
| I want to be your dog | |
|---|---|
| The Stooges | |
| publication | June 1969 |
| length | 3:09 |
| Genre (s) | Protopunk , hard rock , Detroit rock |
| music | Dave Alexander , Ron Asheton , Scott Asheton , Iggy Pop |
| Producer (s) | John Cale |
| Publisher (s) | Elektra |
| album | The Stooges |
" I Wanna Be Your Dog " is a song by the US rock band The Stooges from 1969. It appeared on their self-named debut album The Stooges . Characteristic is a catchy guitar riff , consisting of only three chords (G, F♯ and E), which is repeated throughout the song, except for two short transitions of 4 bars each.
The Stooges were in this song with a noisy and distorted guitar intro , a repetitive, consisting of a sound Pianoriff (played by producer John Cale ) and the straight and driving beat as a pioneer of the punk rock establish sounds.
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The lyrics were described as evoking feelings of hidden lust and self-contempt . This is interpreted as an allusion to a society of alienation and work-filled monotony, industrial Michigan of the 1960s. This break with the working class was later widely echoed in the works of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited .
In the media
Film & television
- CBGB , Iggy Pop sings iton stagewith Debbie Harry
- Jack, Queen, King, grass
- Transporter 3
- Friday Night Lights - Touchdown on Friday
- The Crow: City of Angels , in which Iggy Pop plays the villain Curve
- The Purple Rivers 2 - The Angels of the Apocalypse
- The Runaways
- Sid and Nancy
- Sorry , a skateboard video from Flip Skateboards
- Skins - Up Close : Episode 2.9 ( Cassie )
- How I Met Your Mother : Episode 2.16 ( Stuff )
- Dogtown and Z-Boys , a documentary
- Faster
Computer games
- Vietcong
- Grand Theft Auto IV , where Iggy Pop as Radio - DJ occurs
- Download pack The Stooges 01 of the rock band series
Cover versions
- David Bowie , played live on their Glass Spider Tour in 1987.
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, on her album Up Your Alley .
- Sid Vicious , on the Sex Pistols ' live album Raw and Live .
- Sonic Youth , on their album Confusion is Sex .
- Uncle Tupelo , on their compilation 89/93: An Anthology . The cover version also appeared as a bonus track on the re-release of their album March 16-20, 1992 in 2003.
- Breathing Fire , on the Years of Lead album
- Slayer , on their album Undisputed Attitude , parody the song with altered lyrics and the title I'm Gonna Be Your God .
- Vicious White Kids played the song live on their only show on August 15, 1978, at the Electric Ballroom .
- Mephisto Waltz , on her album The Eternal Deep .
- bob hund , a Swedish interpretation of the song called Din Hund (your dog) can be found on their album 10 år bakåt & 100 år framåt .
- The House of Love , (live version) on House Of Love Disc 2: Singles, B-Sides, Rarities .
- Émilie Simon , on her album Émilie Simon .
- World of Skin , a side project of the American post-punk band Swans , recorded an acoustic version of the song in the form of a lament , which was published on the Compilation Children of God / World of Skin .
- Hotel_Rock'n'Roll , first song in the film (the hotel band plays).
Trivia
- In 2013, the song was ranked # 445 of Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Best Songs of All Time .
- Pitchfork Media placed the song at number 16 in the "200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Trynka, Paul: Iggy Pop: open up and bleed . Broadway Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-7679-2319-7 , p. 95.
- ↑ Friskics-Warren, Bill: I'll Take You There: Pop Music And the Urge for Transcendence . Continuum, London 2006, ISBN 0-8264-1921-6 , pp. 118, 119.
- ↑ The Vicious White Kids: Live in Concert at Allmusic.com
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/the-stooges-i-wanna-be-your-dog-20110526
- ↑ http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6405-the-200-greatest-songs-of-the-1960s/1/