Bad Dog by Iggy Pop

Well, it's short, less than a minute, but I find it inspiring. Iggy is in fine voice, strong and passionate with his delivery.

He starts with a growl then a couple of short barks. Bill's prepared piano stabs during the opening barks and words adds a sense of urgency, one might even say dire urgency to the proceedings:

Bad dog
Just keep going
Going going going
Never never never stop
If you stop, you will suffer
They all wish you would stop
They all wish that you would stop
And curl up by a puddle somewhere
And just lie around and absorb KICKS
They wish that you would cringe and fold back your ears
And squint your eyes, and cover your nose with your paws
Because YOU are a DIFFERENT dog.

Iggy then barks and howls as the prepared piano crescendos the "I Wanna Be Your Dog" chord progression.

It's brevity has me considering it a fossil poem. It certainly says a lot with few words and barks.

The opening few lines recalls how Israel Regardie begins his opus, The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic:

PERSISTENCE AND DETERMINATION

Over the years I have been asked over and over again what are the most important qualities that a student should possess in approaching the Great Work. Other than normal intelligence and emotional stability, I find two other qualities which are essential for success. They are best summed up in the following quotation (by Calvin Coolidge):

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Regardie left out the last line of the quote but I find it appropriate:

The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.