Villa 21 - I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges Cover)

From '' Electric Poison ''
Label: Wipe Out! Records – WOR 007
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album + Vinyl, 7", Limited Edition
Country: Greece
Released: Nov 1987

Tracklist
Poison A
A1 Bad Luck
A2 Future Survivors
Backing Vocals – Andreas Papadopoulos (Ανδρέας Παπαδόπουλος), Babis Dalidis (Μπάμπης Δαλίδης)
A3 Sentimental Trip
A4 Tombstone Blues
Poison B
B1 (The Land Where The) Sun Never Shines
B2 Blackout Baby
B3 I Wanna Be Your Dog
Written-By – The Stooges
B4 Bottomless Well
Bonus 7"
Snake Side
C Right Answers Wrong Questions
Poison Side
D Need Nobody Around

Music By – Villa 21 (tracks: A1 to B2, B4)
Lyrics By – Costas "Fever" Pothoulakis (Κώστας Ποθουλάκης) (tracks: A1 to B2, B4)

Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Costas "Fever" Pothoulakis (Κώστας Ποθουλάκης)
Rhythm Guitar – Anda Labara (Άντα Λαμπάρα)
Drums – Babis Dalidis (Μπάμπης Δαλίδης)
Bass – Andreas Papadopoulos (Ανδρέας Παπαδόπουλος)

Management – John Itchoubick

Photography By [Inner Cover Photo] – P.S.

Engineer, Mixed By – Christos Manolitsis (Χρήστος Μανωλίτσης)

Executive-Producer – Gregg Vaios (Γρηγόρης Βάιος), Teo Kritharis (Θοδωρής Κρίθαρης)
Producer, Arranged By, Sleeve [Concept] – Villa 21

Notes
Recorded at 'Blue Moon' studios during July '87.

First 1.000 copies came with a bonus 7".
Pressed in 1.700 copies in total.

Comes in gatefold sleeve and includes:
-Two postcards (band photos).
-12"-sized sheet (tracklist, credits).
-A4-insert with Wipe Out! releases (WOR001 to WOR010).

"This Record Is Dedicated To John Itchoubick".

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"I Wanna Be Your Dog" is a 1969 song by the American rock band The Stooges. The song is featured on their self-titled debut album.
Its memorable riff, composed of only three chords (G, F and E), is played continuously throughout the song (excepting a brief 4-bar bridge).
The 3-minute-and-9-second long song, with its raucous, distortion-heavy guitar intro, pounding, single-note piano riff played by producer John Cale and steady, driving beat, established The Stooges at the cutting edge example of the heavy metal and punk sound.
The lyrics have been described as evoking a sense of lubricity and self-loathing, a monument to a state of blue-collar tedium and alienation of their era, late 1960s industrial Michigan.
This sense of working class disenfranchisement was widely echoed later by the Sex Pistols, Public Image Limited and Eminem.
In 2004, the song was ranked number 438 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Cover versions

The song has been covered by many artists, including:
Nirvana,
Misfits,
Slayer,
GG Allin,
Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13,
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts,
Vicious White Kids,
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Sonic Youth,
Cage the Elephant,
Mission of Burma,
Chris Whitley,
Swans,
Uncle Tupelo,
Alejandro Escovedo,
Emilie Simon,
Styles of Beyond,
Forgotten Tomb,
The House of Love,
Breathing Fire,
Ida Maria,
Stereophonics,
Las Ultrasónicas,
Pat MacDonald,
David Bowie,
The White Stripes,
Mephisto Walz,
Atari Teenage Riot
and many others.

Slayer recorded a tribute parody called "I'm Gonna Be Your God" for their Undisputed Attitude album.

"Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Let Me Be Your Hog" is a parody of the garage-punk genre and contains obvious elements of the song.

In 2007, R.E.M. performed this song with Patti Smith in their induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Use in popular culture

The song is featured in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Transporter 3, Friday Night Lights, The Crow: City of Angels (in which Iggy Pop played the role of Curve, one of the villains), Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse, the skateboard video by Flip entitled "Sorry", an episode of TV show Skins (Episode 2.9: "Cassie"), an episode of the TV sitcom How I Met Your Mother (Episode 2.16: "Stuff"), in the 2010 film The Runaways, and in the film Sid and Nancy.

It was also used in the games Vietcong and Grand Theft Auto IV, the latter of which features Iggy Pop as a DJ.
The song was released as part of "The Stooges 01" pack DLC from the Rock Band series. However, the "shaker" sound at the end of the song in GTA IV is cut off, leaving the guitar solo as the last bit of the song.

#garagerock

[SydHendrixExperience]

Οι Villa 21 ήταν από τα σημαντικότερα Ελληνικά γκρουπ στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 80 . Υπήρχε ένα κύμα από πολύ αξιόλογα συγκροτήματα στην ανεξάρτητη σκηνή τότε, τα οποία θα μπορούσαν να είχαν καταφέρει πολλά τόσο στην Ελλάδα όσο και στο εξωτερικό αλλά γιά το τότε ντόπιο εταιρικό/δισκογραφικό mainstream, απλά δεν υπήρχαν . Υπήρχε μόνο Άντζελα Δημητρίου και "Ποια θυσία" . Last Drive, Mushrooms, Villa 21 . Τhis is Rock'n'Roll !

[mademan_music]

Sweeeet cover! I just uploaded a cover of this song as well, have a listen if you'd like!