Glen Boyd: "I Wanna Be Your Dog" from TV Eye (1977 Live) by Iggy Pop
This morning I scored tickets to see Iggy And The Stooges (everyone else was tripping over themselves to get Police tickets), and brothers and sisters, I am stoked. So do you think I celebrated by dusting off my copy of Raw Power? Nope. I went straight to TV Eye, the live album recorded during the 1977 tour he did with Bowie on keyboards right around the time Lust For Life came out. Much as I love the original Stooges (and can't wait to actually see them live), the band heard on this performance combines the Stooges well, "Raw Power", with razor sharp musical chops cleverly disguised as sheer, unbridled punk-rock energy.
Iggy is one of the few guys in music who can couple lines like "I'm so messed up, I want you here" with "Now I Wanna Be Your Dog" and make you actually believe it. The last time I saw him in the eighties, he was banned from playing in Seattle by starting a near riot with members of the audience storming the stage and tipping over the P.A. columns. Maybe this time around, I'll actually get to hear the band. Either way, I can't wait.
Anna Creech "IKEA" from Smoking Monkey by Jonathan Coulton
I saw Jonathan Coulton last night in Seattle, and leading up to and after the show, I've had a variety of his songs on rotation in my mental jukebox. He played all of them at the show except one, which was a slight disappointment because I love the song "IKEA" almost as much as I love the furniture. Like most of his tunes, it's lyrically witty and easy on the ears. (You can download it for free from his website, but do consider chipping in a buck for it anyway).
Article comments
1 - DJRadiohead
Sir Saleski, I have stayed away from Lily Allen for reasons I can't quite remember or explain. I am going to have to investigate this further.
2 - Tom Johnson
Ah, dangit, I ran out of time this weekend and forgot to contribute for this week. Next week, for sure.
3 - DJRadiohead
Tom, I'll be looking forward to hearing from you next week.
In the meantime, have you spent anytime investigating Pulp yet?
4 - Tom Johnson
Not yet - Pulp's on my ever-expanding mental list titled "to check out," the rank of which shifts from week to week. I'm going to have to bite the wax tadpole here soon and just order one of those deluxe editions. How about you - any progress on GBV?
5 - zingzing
hey djr, i would suggest pulp's "we love life" (i think that's what it is called...)
it's kind of the ugly stepchild of pulp's later stuff, career killer kinda thang... produced by scott walker as well.
6 - DJRadiohead
Zing, I'm listening to We Love Life as we speak. I was able to score it locally (for an outrageous sum of money that I shouldn't have paid) and I think it's quite a good listen.
"Weeds" and "I Love Life" are both great. "The Trees" is also pretty great. I don't think there's a song on it I don't like.
7 - Jon Sobel
I just discovered Jonathan Coulton recently. Very hard to get "Chiron Beta Prime" or "Code Monkey" out of your head once they're in there. Yikes!
8 - Mat Brewster
Sorry I missed out this week. Went out of town then got hit with a nasty stomach thing, that is just now letting me crawl away from the bed.
9 - DJRadiohead
No worries, Sir Brewster. I hope your digestive track returns to a more pleasant state.
10 - Connie Phillips
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11 - DJRadiohead
My copy of Jarvis and Different Class arrived this week. I'm not sure which album will be represented next week but I can virtually guarantee one of them will.