Iggy Time

Ive been listening a lot lately to a combination of solo Iggy Pop records, mostly his first two releases the Idiot and Lust for Life. For the uneducated, David Bowie played an integral role in both records (producing both, and working up music on the Idiot tour that would become Some Weird Sin, the track listed below and other numerous music related to these projects). Just as Iggy provided a vital role in Bowie's Heroes (Pop's approach to writing lyrics). In fact, the creative symbiotic relationship that fostered between Bowie and Pop during the late seventies yielded some truly great and inspiring music (note: the late Ian Curtis of Joy Division fame, listed the Idiot as his favorite album, and it played in the back round while he hung himself). I am backing Lust For Life more, atleast for now. I love the looseness of the Sales brothers (Hunt-drummer, Tony-bass) rhythm section, especially Hunt, who pounds the distinctively propulsive party beat on the title track, Lust For Love, that now is such a staple of Carnival cruise line commercials and the opening music to the film Trainspotting.

Some Weird Sin.
http://www.mediafire.com/?24uiemsjy0z

I also forgot to include on my top music of 2007 unearthing the entire catalog of the (late and great) Fluid (someone needs to seriously reissue their catalog) Ive included the song, Much Too Much from their 2nd lp, Clear Black Paper. This song totally steals the koolaid from the Stooges' Raw Power, which is not actually a bad thing.

Much Too Much
http://www.mediafire.com/?2h2nmlye9dm
The song still slays, although not quite as hard as Raw Power, but then again most music compared to the first three Stooges albums amounts to weak sauce.
I am off to Tahoe to Go Off for MLK Weekend.


*Note* this photo was stolen from this site http://modobs.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/look-what-youve-done/