On The Idiot, Iggy Pop looked deep inside himself, trying to figure out how his life and his art had gone wrong in the past. But on Lust for Life, released less than a year later, Iggy decided it was time to kick up his heels, as he traded in the mid-tempo introspection of his first album and began rocking hard again. Musically, Lust for Life is a more aggressive set than The Idiot, largely thanks to drummer Hunt Sales and his bassist brother Tony Sales. The Sales' proved they were a world class rhythm section, laying out power and spirit on the rollicking title cut, the tough groove of "Tonight," and the lean neo-punk assault of "Neighborhood Threat," and with guitarists Ricky Gardner and Carlos Alomar at their side, they made for a tough, wiry rock & roll band -- a far cry from the primal stomp of the Stooges, but capable of kicking Iggy back into high gear. (David Bowie played piano and produced, as he had on The Idiot, but his presence is less clearly felt on this album.) As a lyricist and vocalist, Iggy Pop rose to the challenge of the material; if he was still obsessed with drugs ("Tonight"), decadence ("The Passenger"), and bad decisions ("Some Weird Sin"), the title cut suggested he could avoid a few of the temptations that crossed his path, and songs like "Success" displayed a cocky joy that confirmed Iggy was back at full strength. On Lust for Life, Iggy Pop managed to channel the aggressive power of his work with the Stooges with the intelligence and perception of The Idiot, and the result was the best of both worlds; smart, funny, edgy, and hard-rocking, Lust for Life is the best album of Iggy Pop's solo career.
*train·spot·ting:* / noun U.K. Definition: 1. hobby of collecting railroad locomotive numbers: a hobby that consists of collecting the numbers of railroad locomotives2. looking for vein: the search for a vein that is prominent enough to inject drugs into ( slang ) ...I've been working at a new gig in a high rise building in downtown LA...commuting can be a bitch in this town but I'm jumping su.
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...Care for a little pop art with your Iggy Pop?...Back when I lived in New York, the installation artist "*Spencer Tunick*":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Tunick took one of his infamous mass nude photos in Times Square (I worked a couple of blocks over in a building on Madison)...this was a decade and change before I'd ever hear of Britain's Banksy but I think the two are going in simil...
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I took quite a few pictures through my rock-tutelage. It started in high school with the old kodak and proceeded through college when I graduated to a Mamiya-Sekor slrMost of these pictures only exist in an album. I'm trying to put them on digital. Did a first pass last week.By the mid-seventies, Bowie and Iggy had been, ahem, pal-ing it up for a few years. Bowie even toured with Iggy, doing pi...
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*train·spot·ting:* / noun U.K. Definition: 1. hobby of collecting railroad locomotive numbers: a hobby that consists of collecting the numbers of railroad locomotives2. looking for vein: the search for a vein that is prominent enough to inject drugs into ( slang ) ...I've been working at a new gig in a high rise building in downtown LA...commuting can be a bitch in this town but I'm jumping su.
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Just read the new bio of Iggy Pop "Open Up and Bleed." Think I'll hop in the shower and get that decadence off-a me! Needless to say I could hardly put the book down. Great photos too! Not much needs to be said about the influence of Iggy and The Stooges. I am impressed by his "indomitable spirit," as the saying goes. Not to mention physicality, which seems to keep getting more pumped up, the o...
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Wow, I feel dirty for that title. It was too easy and far too dumb. Also, never actually been to fucking California, so it's also a bold-faced lie.But yeah. Four day weekend like a motherfucker, after a month or so of 1 day off a week. I find myself finally wanting to drag my ass out to California, either to the nearby San Diego or the way off San Francisco, but I've not a fucking clue what I'd...
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Things I've Read & Stuff That May Be Of Interest To Some :Elijah Wood who played Frodo in The Lord of The Rings trilogy is scheduled to play Iggy Pop in a new bio-pic called "The Passenger" that's in development.in other mainstream movie news: Full Length "Transformers" Trailer Up Now at Yahoo...CGI feature film geeks rejoice, those who could give a rats behind...keep reading...http://movies.ya...
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While this documentary was filmed in 1986, the subject matter and content is timeless. The film is interspersed with live footage of Iggy Pop with his solo band in 1986 in Germany, STOOGES performance clips, various photos relating to his career up to that point, and various other clips. The heart of the [...]
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| 1 Lust for Life |
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| 2 Sixteen |
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| 3 Some Weird Sin |
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| 4 The Passenger |
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| 5 Tonight |
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| 6 Success |
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| 7 Turn Blue |
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| 8 Neighborhood Threat |
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| 9 Fall in Love With Me |
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