(An American Folk Tale)
~Iggy Pop
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| IGGY & the STOOGES (An American Folk Tale) |
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| The Stooges rocked! During those days of psychedelic, love and peace rock , out came the grimy, dirty relentless sound outta Michigan that the Stooges were responsible for. Like the Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges showed the darker side of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll but weren't as cerebral as the VU. Influenced by the British blues, American garage bands and with the audience bantering of the Doors, the Stooges were raw, intimidating and downright vulgar. Too weird and too dangerous to be mainstream, their record sales did not catch up with them until the last two decades. The originals of modern day proto punk.... ....who would've thought that in the summer of Woodstock. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "I was saying No to organizations, No to assholes, No to ideals. ~Iggy Pop |
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| The Stooges: The first one made in 1969 was a commercial flop, but was the first album to suggests the roots of punk. Produced by former Velvet Underground member John Cale, this album for me is good. The better tracks are 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog and No Fun. Couldn't stand We Will Fall ; too long. Although I thought it was a good first album, the sound of Cale makes them too clean. Rougher sounds were to come. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fun House: The Stooges at their best. The whole album is raw sounding and is just about ready to fall apart at all times. I have to admit, there are some repeated riffs throughout, but the sheer sound of the whole album makes it seem like it was just one long track. This is the Velvet Underground exploration-esque record minus the artistic intentions plus a lot of feedback. Nothing like it in 1970. Booo-teee-ful. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raw Power: My favorite CD (the reissued, remastered one) of last year. Ok, I'm a Iggy neophyte, but this is the Fun House album cleaned up a bit, making it less murky and more focused in the actual tracks. The result is the Stooges album that fans recognize the most that has inspired countless bands since it's release in 1973. The Ashton brothers still rock and helped make tracks like "Seek and Destroy," "Gimmie Danger, " and the title track one rock album to buy. Essential. Holy fistfuck, Batman. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Metallic K.O. : Whoa....some gig eh. This is one of the more famous bootlegs. Iggy and the Stooges' last gig in of all places, Detroit in 1974. The setlist and performance itself isn't all that great, but the interaction and the taunting with the crowd quite captivating. Iggy tries to get the fans to get into "Louie Louie" which he does as his last number. Shovels, glass jugs and M-80s are being thrown everywhere. He is "knocked out cold" in this picture cover. In the inlet, there's also a picture of Iggy sliced up in the gut with one of the Ashton brothers giving him a choke hold with a club in a Nazi outfit...geeeze Louise. The set ends with a bottle being hurled at Iggy's head. Oh yeah, disc two is another set in a previous year which is great as well. A lot of Raw Power stuff there. Fortunately, it has been recently reissued. A must have for fans. Wonder what the mosh pit was like there. This ain't no Backstreet Boys concert. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| There are qutie a bit more bootlegs than presented here. Such prominent ones include Kill City, I Got a Right, and The Year of the Iguana. Iin addition, a new "Nuggets" double CD has been issued on the same label as Metallic K.O. It has a lot of rare tracks that the others don't have. A good purchase. When I can get those thumbnails pics., I'll put them up. In the meantime, the three originals with the Metallic K.O. will satisfy most and will show you the RAW POWER of Iggy and the Stooges....an American folk tale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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