CONFUSION IS SEX

also appears on:

• Confusion is Sex/Kill Yr Idols CD
• Screaming Fields of Sonic Love video (twice)

• 06/21/87 "LIVE IN TORINO 1987"
• 11/05/88 "LIVE AT CABARET METRO 1988"
• 12/13/88 "LIVE AT CBGB'S 1988"
• 11/03/90 "LIVE IN IRVINE 1990"

Line-up:
Thurston - bass
Kim - vocals
Lee - guitar
Bob Bert - drums

Lyrics   status: confirmed

(These lyrics are for the full version from London '87 as appears on Screaming Fields)

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 favorite place

Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Aw c'mon!

Now I'm ready to close my eyes
Now I'm ready to close my mind
Now I'm ready to feel your hand
And lose my heart on the burning sands

Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Well c'mon!

Now I'm ready to close my eyes
Now I'm ready to close my mind
Now I'm ready to feel your hand
And lose my heart on the burning sands

Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Well c'mon!

NOTES:

• Originally performed by Iggy & the Stooges.
• Album version recorded live 11/15/82 @ the Pier, in Raliegh, NC.
• Iggy Pop joined the band onstage to sing with Kim in London '87, and this is featured on the Screaming Fields of Sonic Love video. The same version was also released on a bootleg 7" w/ "Sister" on the b-side from the same show (Schizophrenia as featured on the Sonic Love video). This 7" was later sold off thru the Sonic Death fanclub.
• The other performance on the Screaming Fields vid is from the 1989 Night Music broadcast, the band's first appearance on network television. It's a ferocious performance w/ Night Music host David Sanborn, the house band, the Indigo Girls (who also performed on the show), and possibly even others. It's also unfortunately rolled over with credits and then cut.
• Other guests on this song include Mudhoney's Mark Arm and Steve Turner, Nick Cave, and Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

• Screaming Fields VHS - LIVE - 5:10

  Recorded live on 6/4/87 at Town & Country in London, England. Iggy Pop guests on vocals. Also available on bootleg 7". Actually the only complete version of the song by SY that's commercially available (both the LP version and Night Music version are cut). Also available on "Search & Disobey" compilation.

• Night Music - LIVE - 2:49

  As seen on Screaming Fields of Sonic Love. SY's network television debut, a 1989 appearance on "Night Music". See list of "guests" above.