The Amazing Adventures of Archibald Esq.
Sound Hound: The Roches
Crash lyrics
since he’s gone away
i’m a sad dog… lie around all day
no bowl of water for me
i’m asleep… let me be
train on the railroad track singing oo oo oo
as if i didn’t know that he’s never coming back
his warm and crazy love
that’s what… i want some of
he sure did know… how to wag my tail
since he’s been gone… i’m in dog jail
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Posted 28 Nov 08
Sound Hound: Roy Orbison’s Hound Dog Man
Roy Orbison’s Hound Dog Man lyrics (1979)
Hey, hound dog man,
Where you been now, where you been?
I wish that you were back,
It was too good to ever end.
Once in a while someone like you
Will give everything for what you wanted to do.
Elvis Presley died in his Memphis mansion on 16 August 1977, at the age of 42. Elvis is one of the world’s most famous rock stars ever.
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Posted 13 Aug 08
Sound Hound: Stray Cats on Doggish Love
Dig Dirty Doggie
Got an educated dog you see
He only reads books and watches T.V.
Howling at the moon I can’t understand why
Howling at the pretty girls passing by
Dig dirty doggie dig dig
Dig dirty doggie dig dig
Dig dirty doggie go bury your ol’steak bone
Well he’s half hotdog and half great dane
Call him a mut and he’ll bark insane
Posted 09 Aug 08
Sound Hound: Louis’ Gone Fishing
This little Louis Armstrong ditty was done as a duet with Bing Crosby.
Two greats of the greats. And wouldn’t you know it…? A hound dog called Cindy features in the song…. Awoooo!
Gone fishin’ (bah-boo-dah-do-dah-do-dah-do)
Got your hound dog by your side (that’s old Cindy-Lou goin’ with me)
Gone fishin’ (mmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm)
I’ll tell you why I can’t find you
Every time I go out to your place…
You gone fishin’ (well how you know)
Well there’s a sign upon your door (uh-huh)
Gone fishin’ (I’m real gone man)
You ain’t workin’ anymore (could be)
There’s your hoe out in the sun
Where you left a row half done
You claim that hoein’ ain’t no fun (well I can prove it)
You ain’t got no ambition
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Posted 07 May 08
Sound Hound: Four Men and a Dog
Four Men and a Dog are legends in the traditional Irish musical community. They have long been recognised as masters of traditional Irish music with a slight twist, whether it’s a touch of bluegrass, country or polka. Their shows elicit laughter, mirth, as well as dancing.
Four Men and a Dog made their debut performance as a band in Murphy’s Bar, Dungiven, Co. Derry in 1990 before going on to steal the show at the Belfast Folk Festival later that year, with a high-energy approach that combines furious traditional dance tunes with irreverent new music and inimitatible covers.
Barking Mad, their debut album, won the coveted award for Album of the Year from Folk Roots magazine in 1991, marking the first time that an Irish group had ever won the prize.
SuperWoof to Four Men and a Dog!
Woof! Archie
Posted 11 Apr 08
Sound Hound: Van Morrison on Love ‘n Dogs
Van Morrison — George Ivan Morrison on his passport — was born August 31, 1945. The legendary Irish singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, has been a professional musician for more than four decades. He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums and saxophone. Not to mention that distinctive smooth growling voice…
Van Morrison’s “characteristic growl” is a mix of throaty folk, blues, Irish, scat, and Celtic influences. Some say he is one of the most unusual and influential vocalists in the history of rock ‘n roll. Critic Greil Marcus is on record as audatiously saying “no white man sings like Van Morrison.”
“Van the Man” rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Northern Irish band Them, penning their seminal 1964 hit “Gloria.” A few years later, Morrison left the band for a successful solo career.
With your hound dog by your side
And your arms stretched out open wide
I wanna keep you satisfied in the morning sun
COME RUNNING
By the side of the tracks where the train goes by
The wind and the rain will catch you, you will sigh
Deep in your heart
Then you’ll come a-running to me
You’ll come a-running to me
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Posted 07 Mar 08
Sound Hound: Cat Stevens’ Dachshund
I’ve heard it said that Cat Stevens wrote this about a dachshund he found tied to a post when he was young. When nobody claimed the dog, the young Cat took the little dog home.
Between you and me, I have my doubts that it was a dachshund. Certainly the rumour is not upheld by the cover art I’ve been able to dig up.
Despite my doubts about the dachshund part of this story, good old groovy Cat most certainly did write a song about his dog. And as it happens, this little happy/sad ditty is currently being used by an advertising campaign running on television. Awoof!
I love my dog as much as I love you
All he asks from me is the food to give him strength
All he ever needs is love and that he knows he’ll get
So, I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.
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Posted 02 Feb 08
Sound Hound: Craig Morgan’s Recipe for Life
It cannot escape the careful listener to the fact that Craig Morgan’s recipe for living rates having a hound dog in your life as part and parcel of the ‘good life’. Awooooof!
Little Bit Of Life lyrics
A little bit of guitar; a little bit of truck.
A little bit of hound-dog an’ a little bit of luck.
A little bit of bacon, a little bit of beans;
A little bit of you lovin’ up on me.
A little bit of how it’s s’posed to be:
A little bit of life.
Craig Morgan - Little Bit of Life — released 2006
Little Bit Of Life
International Harvester
Tough
I Am
The Ballad Of Mr. Jenkins
Nothin’ Goin’ Wrong Around Here
Sweet Old Fashion Goodness
The Song
My Kind Of Woman
Look At ‘Em Fly
A little bit of back-seat, a little bit of moon.
A little bit of radio goin’ boom, boom, boom.
A little bit of sugar, a little bit of spice,
A little bit of nasty, a little bit of nice.
A little bit of how it’s s’posed to be:
A little bit of life.
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Posted 21 Nov 07
Sound Hound: Iggy Pop — I wanna be your dog
I WANNA BE YOUR DOG
So messed up I want you here
In my room I want you here
Now we’re gonna be face-to-face
And I’ll lay right down in my favourite place
And now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Well c’mon
Posted 10 Aug 07
Sound Hound: Neil Young’s Ode to a Hound
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
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Posted 22 Jun 07
Sound Hound: Loving You Like a Hound Dog Loves His Bone
Jim Reeves was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967. He stands out as one of the most distinctive singers in the history of country music.
His warm baritone sound was a major component of the sophisticated “Nashville Sound” that emerged during the late 1950s and early 1960s and boosted country music to new commercial heights while strengthening Nashville’s role as a music center.
Overnight
I met you on the Sunday night by that Monday morning
Overnight although I wondered overnight what’s wrong with me
Overnight love walked right in and shook me like a tree
The album ‘Distant Drums’ (released 1966) features the song ‘Overnight’, which employs the image of a dog and it’s bone as a figuration of love — Awoof!
Oh I sat down when I got home and gave my heart a warnin’
Overnight I dreamed about you overnight while counting the sheep
Overnight I fell for you so hard I couldn’t sleep
All night long I wished you were my own
And when I came to I was huggin’ you like a hound dog hugs a bone
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Posted 13 Apr 07
Have a Very Woooful Christmas!
The world’s first all-canine band is heading for a Christmas No 1 in Germany. The Little Wolves (Die Kleinen Woelfe), which features Labrador Max amongst others, howl, bark and growl along to Christmas classics like “Jingle Bells” and “O Christmas Tree.” Awooof!
Co-producer Monika Knuth auditioned dozens of dogs before picking the nine most tuneful. “At first, people thought we were crazy when we came up with the idea,” she said. But The Little Wolves’ debut album Spectaculum has sold record numbers online.
Posted 20 Dec 06
Elvis’ ‘Hound Dog’: The Sound of the Fifties
Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog’ took 31 takes in the studio, but 11 days later the single appeared in the shops and soon became Elvis’ 4th American No 1 Hit Song. Elvis’s recording sold over 4 million copies in the United States at the time of its release.
The song had been originally recorded by the blues singer Big Mama Thornton in 1953.
Big Mama’s rendition held the top spot on the Billboard rhythm and blues charts for 9 weeks. Awooooof!
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Posted 05 Dec 06
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