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Sound Hound: Neil Young’s Ode to a Hound

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Just as with visual artists - painters, sculptors, photographers and the like — songsters of genius also tend to have puppyhearts and houndishness in their bones.

Indeed, it is a little Archibald hypothesis of mine that houndishness in the heart is a sign of true genius!

That old King was a friend of mine
Never knew a dog
that was half as fine

Neil Young is one such songster whose repetoire includes songs in honour of things houndish. His Harvest album (1992) contains an ode to his hound dog called King.

Old King

King went a-runnin’ after deer
Wasn’t scared of jumpin’ off the truck in high gear

King went a-sniffin’ and he would go
Was the best old hound dog I ever did know.

I had a dog and his name was King
I told the dog about everything

There in my truck the dog and I
Then one day the King up and died.

Then I thought about the times we had
Once when I kicked him when he was bad

Old King sure meant a lot to me
But that hound dog is history.

King went a-runnin’ after deer
Wasn’t scared of jumpin’ off the truck in high gear

King went a-sniffin’ and he would go
Was the best old hound dog I ever did know.

That old King was a friend of mine
Never knew a dog that was half as fine
I may find one, you never do know
‘Cause I still got a long way to go.

Here is Neil Young with his dog Art. This was in Malibu in front of a beach house that Neil had there. This was one of his favourite dogs and Neil just put the sunglasses on him. Unfortunately, shortly after this the dog was shot by a neighbouring rancher for chasing his cattle. You see — it’s a sort of unwritten law in America that if a dog chases your livestock, you have the right to shoot it. Awooo!

I had a dog and his name was King
I told the dog about everything
Old King sure meant a lot to me
But that hound dog is history.

King went a-howlin’ after deer
Wasn’t scared of jumpin’ off the truck in high gear

King went a-sniffin’ and he would go
Was the best old hound dog I ever did know.

Awooooooo! SuperWoof to Neil Young!

Awoof! Archie

Posted 22 Jun 07