Same Stooges. Different World. Finer Wine. [Iggy Pop at 60]

New York Times ^ | 2/25/07 | Ben Ratliff

[TFFKAMM]

THERE are the Stooges, from Ann Arbor, Mich., accidental inventors of punk, in the summer of 1970, on nationwide television. And there’s Iggy Pop, their singer: bare torso and sausage-casing jeans, silver gloves, dog collar, chipped front tooth.

The song is “TV Eye,” and they have gotten wickedly good at their primitive groove — as good as they will ever get. Iggy weaves in and out of the beat: one second borne by the music, one second abstracted from it. Suddenly he does a violent knock-kneed dance and slips into the audience, gone except for his wounded-animal noises.

“There goes Iggy, right into the crowd,” says the host of the special NBC program “Midsummer Rock.” It’s Jack Lescoulie, an announcer on the “Today” show, the Al Roker of his day. In his late 50s he looks like the anti-Stooge: professional, good-natured, well fed, well insured.

After a commercial break we see Iggy crawling on the stage. “Since we broke away for our message, Iggy has been in the crowd and out again three different times,” Mr. Lescoulie says. “They seem to be enjoying it, and so does he.” The camera centers on a scrum of teenagers looking downward. Iggy surfaces, hoists himself up so he’s standing on shoulders, and remains aloft, pointing forward like the prow of a ship. Next he’s scooping something out of a jar, wiping it on himself, flinging it around. “That’s peanut butter,” Mr. Lescoulie says, incredulous.

I’M going to be straight,” Iggy Pop said recently, talking about that film, which circulated for years in certain circles and is now of course available on YouTube. "I was more than a little high..."

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

ain't NOTHIN' like the Eastown Theatre used to be, is there? Then hustle across to your 'hood for the Melody Arts afterward, LOL. Yup....a "seiko football" night, LOL.

(Royal Oak here)

[zook]

I never got to the Eastown. Got to the Grande once. Remember Russ Gibb? He's a staunch conservative now with his own Dearborn-oriented web site.

[t_skoz]

I've got tickets for the Stooges show in Detroit this April. It's going to be a long drive from New Hampshire, but I wanted to see them in their hometown!!!

[Neidermeyer]

I'm A Conservative Lyrics
Artist: Iggy Pop
Album: Soldier



I used to lead a quiet life
In fact it was a bare existence
I passed out on many floors
I don't do that any more

Hello my friends
Is everybody happy?
Hey look me over
lend me an ear
I'm a conservative

I like the small black marks on my hands
I'm a conservative
I like the crazy girls that I screw
Hey I know them all well

And when I run out of bread I laugh
All the way to the bank
Sometimes I pause for a drink
Conservatism ain't no easy job

I smile in the mornings
I live without a care
Nothing is denied me
And nothing ever hurts

I got bored so I'm making my millions
When you're conservative you get a better break
You're always on the right side
When you're conservative

You walk with pride
Pride is on your side
Pride pride pride
Is on our side
Oh boy
Pride is on our side

I like my beer
I like my bread
I love my girl
I love my head

I'm in the clear man
I'm in the dear
Because I'm a conservative
I'm a conservative
I really am
Oh yes l am

And it would mean so much to me
If you would only be like me
Yes it could mean so much to me

Hey look me over
lend me an ear
I'm a conservative

[zook]

I warned you. The link below is a .wma download (like a .mp3) of my daughter and I performing "No Fun." Please be kind.

No Fun

[jdm]

I love it -- too cool! She has a great voice and it's really rocking. What attitude!

I'm glad you posted it -- made my day.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Ohmigod that's so cute!!!! :D

How old is your daughter?

[To Hell With Poverty]

Hee hee hee hee....since you brought it up....Yngwie Malmsteen, LOLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!

You must be an engineer....LLLLLOOOOLLLLL!

(all in good fun, my FRiend. As you can probably tell I'm more moved by "fire in the belly" than precision at the fingertips. Yup it's a pretty subjective thing!) ;)

[subterfuge]

Iggy made music? Who knew? I thought he was just a wacked out personality that dated Ziggy Stardust.

[zook]

Thanks! She's 12 now, but probably had just turned 11 when she sang that.

[zook]

Thanks! We've got a whole cd of stuff. You can hear more at
http://www.personal.psu.edu/rcs8/Pingtung_Calling.htm

and at

http://www.personal.psu.edu/rcs8/ems.htm

[mylife]

Sounds like youre having fun to me!

[zook]

It's a ball for me. And it's a good "daddy-daughter" thing!