Iggy Pop (Official Thread)

[souvarine]

Have you heard about the song 'In The Deathcar' ? It is a bit soft, but interesting.



Iggy is vocal there, that is the song from the movie Arizona Dream. Fun fact is that this song was written by Goran Bregović, and French court said Bregović is guilty of plagiarism, because he stole that song from Enrico Macias, A Solenzara:



When Iggy heard about that, he immediately called mutual friend of him and Bregović to ask is that true, because he was so stunned, he couldn't believe that Bregović is stealing songs. Unfortunately I can't find any article in English about that case, but it just showed how Iggy should be respected unlike some other 'musicians'.

 

[mrJim]

Iggy announces a new album and shows up on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The album "Post Pop Depression" is a collaboration with Josh Homme. Iggy and Homme were interviewed and gave background on the album calling it the official announcement.

They performed "Gardenia" a track from the album.

Its good to see Iggy still at it, particularly with the recent loss of David Bowie.

Album out March 18th

Edit Here are the clips from the Show







Jim

 

[mrJim]

Post Pop Depression



Tracklist:

A
01: Break Into Your Heart (3:54)
02: Gardenia (4:14)
03: American Valhalla (4:38)
04: In The Lobby (4:15)
05: Sunday (6:06)

B
01: Vulture (3:15)
02: German Days (4:47)
03: Chocolate Drops (3:58)
04: Paraguay (6:25)


Gardinia


Another track just released
"Break Into Your Heart"

 

[mrJim]

They also performed "Break into your Heart" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert studio after the television show aired. It was introduced as a "Web only" performance in front of the shows live audience.




A 20 show tour was also announced and tickets went on public sale Thursday. The venues appear to be more upscale smaller than expected performance spots.

Jim

 

[rtbuck]

Can't wait for the new Iggy!!! Already preordered it & got those 2 tracks & love them!

 

[Sweaty]

Will have to have a listen this, got most of his albums, from what I hear it's not too bad, legend that he is.

 

[Jon Zelazny]

Weirdly enough, I also first saw Iggy on the "Brick by Brick" tour, just down the Thruway at the Lost Horizon in Syracuse. Went on to see him solo in '93 (where I helped pass him overhead back to the stage), '96, '99, with the Stooges in '03, '07, and '11, and just got my tickets for the Greek Theater here in L.A. for April. Did anybody else take him up on his 1993 pledge to respond to all fan mail? I wrote him, and maybe nine months later, he sent me a one-page handwritten reply. Framed it, of course.

 

[Sweaty]

Weirdly enough, I also first saw Iggy on the "Brick by Brick" tour, just down the Thruway at the Lost Horizon in Syracuse. Went on to see him solo in '93 (where I helped pass him overhead back to the stage), '96, '99, with the Stooges in '03, '07, and '11, and just got my tickets for the Greek Theater here in L.A. for April. Did anybody else take him up on his 1993 pledge to respond to all fan mail? I wrote him, and maybe nine months later, he sent me a one-page handwritten reply. Framed it, of course.

What a great story, I love the man.

 

[mrJim]

Post Pop Depression - The Album

After being able to listen to the entire album a handful of times now I thought I would share some thoughts.

First off Iggy pairing with Josh Homme and Dean Fertita, Matt Helders is just brilliant. It gave Iggy extremely good music capability that was able to mesh completely with exactly who and what Iggy is. Nothing seemed “force fit” nor did Iggy change his vocal style to meld to some extremely good musicians. Absolutely phenomenal job and these guys must have had a lot of respect for Iggy and a desire to put something special together without changing him. My only wish is that it could have happened 5 or so years ago, but I am grateful and happy regardless.

Iggy’s lyrics throughout are typical Iggy lyrics and revolve around sex, angst with what is occurring socially and in the case of this album cautiously thinking about what’s ahead and what I call “finishing the journey”. The first four tracks include the singles already released "Break Into Your Heart", "Gardenia", "American Valhalla" the singles are all really good, but I did feel in a couple minor spots the lyrics seemed a bit calculated in order to fit. The fifth track “Sunday” is when the album really began to excel, I just kept thinking before or after that song Iggy’s voice should have been heard stating “This is an Iggy Pop album!”. From here the album was pure gold Iggy Pop going right back to the late 70’s early 80’s solo albums. In the track “Vulture” Iggy says “fat black vulture white head hung low eating dead meat on the side of the road” then a guitar whines out reaching just the limit to still be under control until the end of the track when both Iggy and guitar let loose… but all of it is just enough to be under control throughout. This is the brilliance that comes out with the involvement Josh Homme and the guys. Maybe the best overall track is Chocolate Drops it simply demonstrates classic Iggy vocals/lyrics, brilliant instrument work and these smooth backing vocals that make for something very special.

Anyone wondering how it relates to Iggy’s other albums I would definitely put it in the area of the late 70’s early 80’s solos “New Values”, “Soldier” and “Lust for Life”. It is not the Iggy Pop of the mid 80’s or hard/fast late 80’s-90’s, it is Not The Stooges and not some the experimental things Iggy’s done.

It is going to be a classic Iggy Pop Album. Been looking forward to this album more than any other release in many years and I am not disappointed. I am looking forward to getting my vinyl copy sometime around the Mar 18th.

I highly suggest giving it a try.

Jim

 

[mrJim]

"Lust for Life" from the Post Pop Depression Tour Teragram Ballroom 3/9/16

Iggy still has it at age 68 Wow!


The Post Pop Depression release for me is easily going to be the greatest release in the last 10 or more years and probably for the next 10 years to come.

I feel like I am 20 years old again I enjoy this so much. It's good to see Iggy get such a quality album and work with a bunch of hungry talented guys so late in his career.



Jim