Walkin' My Cat Named Dog - Norma Tanega (1966) скачать видео бесплатно

1966 was a great year to be a teenager, and "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog," playing frequently in the background helped make it so. Written and performed by Norma Tanega, this unpretentious, freewheeling, goofy and poetic "closet classic" is considered to be one of the greatest pop tunes of the

pre-psychedelic era.

Comprised of a haunting vocal, lyrical twists and a production spiced with simplified wall of sound elements, it caught the public's fancy. Tanega explained the meaning behind the lyrics

to "Walkin," saying: "I had always wanted a dog, but because of my living situation I could only have a cat; I named my cat dog and wrote a song about my dilemma." Apparently, others could

relate, because "Walkin'" zoomed to #22 on the Billboard charts, and became a huge hit in the UK as well.

Lyrics:

WALKIN' MY CAT NAMED DOG

I'm walkin' all around the town

Singin' all the people down

Talkin' around, talkin' around

Me and my cat named Dog

Are walkin' high against the fog

Singin' the sun

Singin' the sun

Happy, sad and crazy wonder

Chokin' up my mind

With perpetual dreamin'

Driftin' up and down the street

(Driftin' up and down the street)

Searchin' for the sound of people

(Searchin' for the sound of people)

Swingin' their feet, swingin' their feet

Dog is a good old cat (dog is a good old cat)

People what you think of that

(People what you think of that)

That's where I'm at, that's where I'm at

Happy, sad and crazy wonder

Chokin' up my mind

With perpetual dreamin'

---- Instrumental Interlude ----

Dog is a good old cat

People what you think of that

That's where I'm at,

That's where I'm at, that's where I'm at