![]() ![]() On the riotous Neo Punk, the “Godfather” sounds like the bands he influenced while lampooning what the punk movement has become (“My hair is blue, and my prescription, too”), enjoying himself so much you can hear his chuckles on the recording. this listing is for the 2005 2xCD+DVD issue of the Iggy Pop anthology titled a million in prizes: the Iggy Pop anthology. As Pop – who gave up substances years ago – drily admits, “I ran out of blow a long time ago / I can’t smoke a J, all my ducks fly away”.Īn all-star cast, including Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, infuse Every Loser with a controlled sense of insouciance. As executive producer, co-writer, guitarist and pianist, Watt has made Iggy Pop’s music sound contemporary but not at the expense of his inimitable voice and character.įew adult males – never mind septuagenarians – could get away with a lyric like “I’ve got a dick and two balls, that’s more than you all,” on the furious hardcore-ish opener Frenzy, in 2023, but Pop can, and he quickly signals that he won’t enter his later years quietly: “My mind is on fire when I should retire.” The singer is in a similarly time-defying mindset on Modern Day Rip Off, which affectionately pastiches the Raw Power-era Stooges sound down to the plinky-plonk piano, but replaces drugs with a smidgeon of dry self-mockery. It doesn’t seem the most obvious fit, although Watt’s pedigree with legacy rockers includes Ozzy Osborne’s recent return-to-form solo albums, and he has been highly enthusiastic about working with Pop, a “true fucking icon”. His choice of musical foil for this endeavour is one Andrew Watt, the Grammy-winning super-producer whose recent clients have included Miley Cyrus, Morrissey and Elton John. When many of his contemporaries are dead or mining their hits in order to continue touring stadiums, rock’s eternal free spirit promises “music made the old-fashioned way”, which will “beat the shit out of you”. All of this makes it slightly eyebrow-raising that, at 75, Pop has suddenly returned to harder rocking. ![]()
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