The Stooges “1969″ 1969/2009 reissue for Record Store Day, b/w “Real Cool Time.” The Stooges released the original proto-punk single in ‘69, the lead song on the band’s debut album The Stooges. (They also released “I Wanna Be Your Dog” as a single from the LP, one of my favorite Stooges songs ever.) The album, and “1969,” was produced by John Cale (though the final mix of the album was not Cale’s but Iggy Pop’s and Jac Holzman’s). The song is brutal, frustrated and distorted…and timeless 50 years later. It’s been covered by many others over the years including Sisters of Mercy, Pretenders, Joey Ramone, The Mission and U.K. Subs. The B-side, “Real Cool Time,” was kind of an album afterthought; The Stooges originally only had five tracks for The Stooges when they entered the studio to record. Told that wasn’t enough, they whipped out three more (”Real Cool Time,” “Not Right” and “Little Doll”) and played them for the very first time at the studio. Like “1969,” “Real Cool time” is snarling and distorted with not overly complicated lyrics (“Can I come over tonight? I say we will have a real cool time tonight” and that’s about it).