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The Survival of Iggy Pop

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Guess you could call Muskegon 'outside Detroit' but it's quite a ways outside! But to be truthful no one ever heard of him until he moved to Ann Arbor, I think when he was in middle school. But my friends in Muskegon are still quite proud, only rock star to come from their town.

If you haven't seen it Anthony Bourdain did a great interview with him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHnNlIjPe7M

Henry Rollins has a great Iggy Pop story.

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBIIoI6c93c Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFls7s_djY0

That 1996 gig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GsGuzbnkw0

If this story catches your eye, be sure to listen to The Ongoing History Of New Music, especially this one:

https://omny.fm/shows/ongoing-history-of-new-music/why-punk-...

But he's talked about Iggy in a few other episodes as well.

If you have any interest at all in music, this is the best podcast you'll ever find.

That picture of him in between Bowie and Reed.

Last man standing.....

Pop must be minute, Bowie was only around 5'5"

He' 5'7" according to Google. Posture tends to suffer with the amount of drugs they must have been taking, so who knows?

I attended his concerts twice, both times he was well past fifty and his posture was probably better than most of the audience (as was his fitness).

And it's really strange to see a thread discussing someone's height on this forum.

I've seen him several times over the years - firs time was '87, his "original" come back tour. I lived in Boston at the time, and the afternoon before the show I happened to be at the bar the show was being held. Iggy was sitting at the bar drinking water and talking to the bartender. I got a chat very briefly with him, but being in my early 20's at the time and a huge fan, I was too intimidated to really speak to him. About 2 years later, I met him for real at a wealthy person's BBQ in Los Angeles. I got a chance to sit and speak with him, and Bowie, for hours. One of my highlights of my life.

I saw him live about 3 years ago, so he must have been over 70 already, and he was still great. He even joined us briefly at the pit.

It was funny for me as I had gone through several hours of security compliance videos just that day, so that pogo (something I hadn't done in at least 20 years) was incredibly liberating. Had a few bruises for a couple of weeks but absolutely worth it!

I saw Bowie's stage costumes at the V&A exhibition in London, they were like a child's clothes, they were so small. I was just surprised to see in the photo that Pop appears even smaller.

I'd assume Bowie was in platform boots, which he wore a lot in that era.

Is there a way to read this article without the popups and other dark patterns that make it impossible to finish reading?

Firefox reader mode. It makes the web readable again by stripping everything except the main content out and removes js. And has dark mode :)

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"You pursue something with passion and dedication and they call you a punk".

I remember seeing a video clip with Iggy saying something to this effect, probably on MTV, but have been able to find it online. If anyone can verify this quote by Iggy, please reply.

Not the exact same quote, but there's a Mogwai used a recording of an interview with Iggy for the opening track to "Come on die young" and it's great. It reads great, and it's even better when heard.

I'm sorry the link I've found is full of ads but I think it's worth it: https://genius.com/Mogwai-punk-rock-lyrics

In this interview Iggy Pop expresses the same sentiment if not the exact quote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78S0yrMLfTU

His collaboration with Underworld was fantastic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatime_Dub_Encounters

Another great Iggy Pop story is the hilarious way in which his rider was written: http://www.iggypop.org/stoogesrider.html

Too bad he sold out to do car insurance ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlRjYlsC3bc

This "selling out" nonsense... attempting a career in art/music is by definition "selling out". Only rock n roll snobby gatekeepers have this attitude; in the rest of the world it's called "getting paid". Hip hop celebrates Getting Paid to the point of mocking the "selling out attitude" of rock n roll.

Yeah, I mean everyone knows real artists don’t ask for money.>.>

Got a lust for life... insurance

Tool's resurgence brought me back to their classic song Hooker With a Penis:

All you read and wear or see or hear on TV

Is a product, begging for your fat-ass, dirty dollar

Shut up and buy, buy, buy my new record

And buy, buy, buy, send more money

Fuck you buddy

Beyond his DS9 episode where he played an unconvincing Vorta, I’ve never heard of him. Cool name though.

Maybe you have heard The Passenger by him before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLhN__oEHaw ?

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