DOG DITTY DAILY #16

A Motivational Moment for Misguided Masters & Mutts

By Hugo Hotagen, DDD (Duke of Doorknobs & Doghouses), a loyal lapdog-in-training apprenticed to the affable, agnostic and all-round air-headed Court of the Quipping Queen.




Here are a few quirky, quizzical and sometimes questionable pooch song titles in honor of the "Year of the Dog":

• "Black Dog" (Led Zeppelin)
• "Dog Breath" (Frank Zappa)
• "Der Deitcher's Dog" (Public domain, composer unknown)
• "Hair of the Dog" (Guns N'roses)
• "Hound Dog" (Elvis Presley)
• "How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come Around)? (Dr. John)
• "How Come Your Dog Don't Bite Nobody But Me? (Mel Tillis)
• "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo" (Kent Lavoie)
• "Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone" (Public domain, composer unknown)
• "Old Dog Tray" (Jerry Ernst)
• "Pavlov's Dog" (MP3 - composer unknown)
• "Puppy Dog Song" (Christopher Kavi Carbone)
• "Salty Dog Blues" (Elvin Rooks & the Blue Grass Ramblers)
• "Sick As a Dog" (Aerosmith)
• "Stray Dog Strut" (Cowboy Bebop)
• "Walking the Dog" (Rufus Thomas)
• "Wanna Be A Dog?"(Barry Louis Polisar)
• "Wrong Side Dog" (Linda Book)

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Trivia buffs will be pleased to know that there are only 6,650,000 web pages devoted to dog song titles.

There's no shortage of musicians with doggy monikers: "Big Yellow Dog", "Bonzo Dog Band", "Dog Eat Dogs", "Hound Dog Taylor", "Temple of the Dog", and "Three Dog Night".

And, in case you're wondering what a "Wrong Side Dog" looks like, you can fill your boots with all you ever wanted to know about this fascinating furry critter at: http://www.mp3tunes.com/album_details.php?album_id=25101.