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Just bought the double vinyle reissue of "Funhouse". I know it's been released for years, but I found a brand new copy for €15, so I paid for it, no matter if I've had the CD reissue since the very day it came out.
I first bought the analog reissue of "Funhouse" and discovered it some 20 years ago. This album Has been a gem to me ever since, "Down on the street", "Loose", "Dirt" "TV eye" and "Funhouse" make it a real manifesto.
I've never liked the first album as much, though it has its moments. It's less intense, though no release '69 really matches it.
"Funhouse" is a melting pot filled with lava.
The MC5 did comparable stuff, but the Stooges' albums were a tad more consistent, and they didn't have any weird pseudo-revolutionary speech to sell.
To me the '77 punk wave was a bunch of altar boys compared to the Stooges.
I saw them twice, once in Colmar, Alsace , in the middle of the huge wine festival in August 2005 - a blast, I'll never forget Iggy's diving right after the first verse and chorus of "Loose" with which they started. From then on he dived down about two dozen times. Ron Asheton played his classic riffs with composure, his brother Scott played his drums like a hefty showroom dummy, Steve McKay blew his sax just like he did on "Funhouse" and the new bass player fit the job perfectly.
I saw Iggy & the Stooges in July 2010, without Ron Asheton who had passed away but with James Williamson on guitar.
I dig "Raw Power" (where Ron Asheton was on bass, leaving Williamson on guitar) since Iggy remastered it himself, putting an end to Bowie's shitty, spoiling mix), which to me is one of the very most incredibly raging rock album ever.
But I was a little disappointed with their show, Iggy looking diminished and James Williamson playing with as much presence as Mick Taylor for instance... I had been looking forward to being there (on the swiss side of Lake Geneva) to hear the legendary "Search & destroy", "Your pretty face is going to hell", ""Raw Power", "Penetration", ""Death Trip, "Gimme Danger", and the outcome was a little disappointing. Motorhead played on the same night. i hoped for them to play "No class", but they didn't.
They're still touring - props to Iggy who didn't let his old mates down -, now in Stockholm and soon in the south of France in July. Iggy Pop is a very cool guy (he gives "real" interviews like Keith Richards) and his discography includes a handful of solid records.
Well, playing that vinyle copy of "Funhouse" (with the outtakes like on the CD) is a damn great pleasure. I've never got rid of it, and I think I never will. Unlike many other albums by many other artists.
Iggy and the Stooges live at Cincinnati Pop... par Ziggy_27
I first bought the analog reissue of "Funhouse" and discovered it some 20 years ago. This album Has been a gem to me ever since, "Down on the street", "Loose", "Dirt" "TV eye" and "Funhouse" make it a real manifesto.
I've never liked the first album as much, though it has its moments. It's less intense, though no release '69 really matches it.
"Funhouse" is a melting pot filled with lava.
The MC5 did comparable stuff, but the Stooges' albums were a tad more consistent, and they didn't have any weird pseudo-revolutionary speech to sell.
To me the '77 punk wave was a bunch of altar boys compared to the Stooges.
I saw them twice, once in Colmar, Alsace , in the middle of the huge wine festival in August 2005 - a blast, I'll never forget Iggy's diving right after the first verse and chorus of "Loose" with which they started. From then on he dived down about two dozen times. Ron Asheton played his classic riffs with composure, his brother Scott played his drums like a hefty showroom dummy, Steve McKay blew his sax just like he did on "Funhouse" and the new bass player fit the job perfectly.
I saw Iggy & the Stooges in July 2010, without Ron Asheton who had passed away but with James Williamson on guitar.
I dig "Raw Power" (where Ron Asheton was on bass, leaving Williamson on guitar) since Iggy remastered it himself, putting an end to Bowie's shitty, spoiling mix), which to me is one of the very most incredibly raging rock album ever.
But I was a little disappointed with their show, Iggy looking diminished and James Williamson playing with as much presence as Mick Taylor for instance... I had been looking forward to being there (on the swiss side of Lake Geneva) to hear the legendary "Search & destroy", "Your pretty face is going to hell", ""Raw Power", "Penetration", ""Death Trip, "Gimme Danger", and the outcome was a little disappointing. Motorhead played on the same night. i hoped for them to play "No class", but they didn't.
They're still touring - props to Iggy who didn't let his old mates down -, now in Stockholm and soon in the south of France in July. Iggy Pop is a very cool guy (he gives "real" interviews like Keith Richards) and his discography includes a handful of solid records.
Well, playing that vinyle copy of "Funhouse" (with the outtakes like on the CD) is a damn great pleasure. I've never got rid of it, and I think I never will.
Unlike many other albums by many other artists. Iggy and the Stooges live at Cincinnati Pop... par Ziggy_27
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