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markie_farkie		2005-12-15 11:46:14 AM

Iggy wins the "Sinewy Rocker Who Should Have Been Dead Years Ago" award.

Even Keith Richards saw his pic and shuddered..

StrikitRich		2005-12-15 12:14:59 PM

Jim probably just played louder than the limit to show how punk he still is.

ElCorridor		2005-12-15 12:39:47 PM

Must've turned it up to 11.

puckhead		2005-12-15 12:40:44 PM

If it's too loud, he's too old.

/iggy still rocks.
//just hope he's retired the see-through pants.

lostcat		2005-12-15 12:40:53 PM

So did Iggy Pop produce the musical event? Because if he didn't, the headline isn't quite factual, and you know how important factual headlines are on Fark.com.

ElCorridor		2005-12-15 12:44:19 PM

I went to an Iggy show a few months ago and he did the coolest thing I've seen done at a major rock show. He invited the crowd up on stage. The WHOLE crowd, or as many as would fit. He kept biatching out and threatening the security guys until they started letting people pour up on stage. And there's Iggy, playing and singing as a mosh pit forms around him.

Then he got on all fours and barked like a dog.

What a crazy show.

DrBenway		2005-12-15 12:44:21 PM

Was this with the re-assembled Stooges, or is he back playing with his "normal" band now?

Mr. Fenster Manifester		2005-12-15 12:44:33 PM

Saw Iggy and the Stooges two years ago in Detriot.
Over 100 decibles indeed and put the Stones to shame.

jambajosh		2005-12-15 12:45:49 PM

while performing at July's Blue Balls Festival...

Appearantly, they made him stop playing just before his big finale.

Crazytree		2005-12-15 12:46:01 PM

poor Iggy.

sold his music to BofA and Carnival Cruise Lines.

hooks4feet		2005-12-15 12:46:23 PM

Iggy Pop is proof that heroin doesn't necessarily kill.

El Brujo		2005-12-15 12:47:07 PM

Iggy rules

anyone seen him in "Dead Man"??

J. W. Booth		2005-12-15 12:47:57 PM

'excessive' and 'blue balls' thats an unusal match in the same sentence.

I heard an Iggy song on a cruise line commercial the other day. What a sell out. Using his music to make money. Bah.

/being sarcastic.

mattwakeman		2005-12-15 12:48:36 PM

So no fine was trivially 'given' oh no, they were slapped, slapped I say, with it...

PerpetualHaze		2005-12-15 12:49:16 PM

Man those Swiss officials are no fun, how dare they stop a real wild child like Iggy from having a real cool time like it's some wierd sin. This is just not right - he's no neighbourhood threat. I personally think they're just jealous of his success and his shake appeal, so what if he gets a little loose - it's because he has lust for life and either way any dirt bag who fines Iggy for the raw power of his music should become a passenger on a death trip.

/Seriously you bastards, your pretty face is going to hell.

GoldSpider		2005-12-15 12:50:06 PM

Turn it up!!

whidbey		2005-12-15 12:50:56 PM

ElCorridor: What a crazy show.

I knew you were talking about the Bumbershoot...:)

schmack		2005-12-15 12:51:11 PM

markie_farkie: Iggy wins the "Sinewy Rocker Who Should Have Been Dead Years Ago" award.

Even Keith Richards saw his pic and shuddered..
You're nuts, pal. Rock star or not, at that age, you have two choices. Fat, wrinkled, and horrible looking, or skinny, sinewy, and tougher than beef jerky. Iggy has always looked awesome and always will until he takes his dirt nap.

JohnnySpook		2005-12-15 12:51:33 PM

I have a picture of Iggy when he was with the Stooges. He's bent over backwards. It's farking awesome.

And don't badmouth Iggy - he's too hardcore. He'll give you the clap for looking at him wrong.

/has read "please kill me" like 12 times
//anyone who doubts iggy's greatness should read the same book
///no, i'm not gay, but yeah, i'd hit it

cryptozoophiliac		2005-12-15 12:52:59 PM

"I'll stick it deep inside, stick it deep inside...

CAUSE I'M LOOSE!!!!

/ALWAYS

Crill		2005-12-15 12:54:26 PM

Well done Iggy. I expect nothing less.

The man is simply a vessel that contains 100% pure rock and roll.

FredGarvin		2005-12-15 12:57:38 PM

Iggy rocks. I always smile at the cruise line commercials, have they actually LISTENED to Lust for Life?

Widespread Panic was so routinely fined for breaking the noise/curfew ordinance at Chastain Park they would just make out a check before the show. They're banned from that venue now.

Hacker_X		2005-12-15 12:59:20 PM

I loved it when he showed up as an alien on DS9. They barely had to use any makeup. :)

bongmiester		2005-12-15 12:59:59 PM

Iggy on Letterman circa '92

Dave: So what have you been up to this summer?

Iggy: Oh licking and sucking

artman		2005-12-15 01:04:24 PM

Yeah. I can see this happening. Iggy has never been one to EVER follow the rules. I am a big fan since his Stooges daze and he has never disappointed (seen him about 12 times). Well, there were a few albums (mostly on the Arista label) but in live performance? No one. NO ONE can top him. And from what he stated on NPR's Fresh Air he's retiring soon. Don't miss him (& the Stooges) when he comes to town.

Here's the link to that NPR interview...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4754027

downtownkid		2005-12-15 01:15:13 PM

Someone actually mentioned widespread panic in an Iggy thread? Ugh, punk is dead.

"We're at the lucky number bar, it stays open til four..."

kentriccubed		2005-12-15 01:19:51 PM

Iggy Pop eh, He's cool 'Course you can't put much stock in a man who spends the most part of a conversation talkin' to a bear... talkin'to a goddamn bear.

/Ok, I admit this one is pretty friggin obscure

11235		2005-12-15 01:20:38 PM

HOOKS FOR FEET
and william burroughs isn't?

darkhorse23		2005-12-15 01:24:25 PM

meh - I have a big scar on my upper arm from where he hit me with a mike stand when I was 17. We both partied the rest of the night with the Stooges, it rocked.

Adman12		2005-12-15 01:27:49 PM

Good for you, Iggy.

And as for selling "lust for Life" ("Search and Destroy" was used for a Nike ad, IIRC), good for him there, too. Selling his songs about drugs and nastiness as soundtracks for glossy mainstream ads is beautiful irony. Plus, the man needs and deserves a good retirement fund.

BrotherTheodore		2005-12-15 01:28:10 PM

I'm willing to bet that's not his given name.

NuttierThanEver		2005-12-15 01:31:11 PM

Iggy is GOD!

That is all.

Asmenoth		2005-12-15 01:31:19 PM

Mmmm $1100 fine? The use of slapped in the aticle is well used here.

Adman12		2005-12-15 01:32:41 PM

BrotherTheodore

You would be correct. But someone else will beat me to revealing the name to you, because I'm a slow typist.

Adman12		2005-12-15 01:33:45 PM

I was wrong.

It's James Newell Osterberg.

gitarkid		2005-12-15 01:38:42 PM

100 decibels? whats that, like a lawn mower?

plummet		2005-12-15 01:45:36 PM

El Brujo:

There's possum in those beans, and spices too. I worked hard.

moorebeer		2005-12-15 01:47:43 PM

When I was a kid, I remember a story about Iggy getting arrested for exposing himself onstage, and I thought this might just be more of the same. I don't think his appearance has changed that much over the past 20 years, and I get a huge kick out of the cruise line ad campaign with his heroin addiction song.

Adman12		2005-12-15 01:47:49 PM

artman
I am a big fan since his Stooges daze and he has never disappointed (seen him about 12 times). Well, there were a few albums (mostly on the Arista label)...

I'm a huge fan, and I'll be the first to admit that at least half of what Iggy has committed legally to vinyl is crap. That's part of the charm for me. Ig is so bold that he's not afraid of looking silly (Blah-Blah-Blah), or failing commercially (Zombie Birdhouse). And yet, take the time to sift through either of those albums, and there's absolute gold to be had. ("Cry for Love," "The Villagers," etc.) His lyrics are awesome, and when he remembers what a powerful rocker he is, he can really give it. But I also enjoy the way that, when he fails, he fails so spectacularly and unashamedly. I mean, he covered goddamn "Sea of Love" on one album, crooning and everything. It was horrific. But it was very Iggy. God I love that guy.

jambajosh		2005-12-15 01:55:30 PM

OK, seriously, not one 'blue balls' joke? Oh Farkers, I thought I knew ye....

farkulous!		2005-12-15 01:58:32 PM

Please, 100 vs 102???

At that point is there any difference?

artman		2005-12-15 02:00:35 PM

Adman12

Totally agree. What better is an artist if they don't fail more than once? He has influenced so many and his music has been covered by others too many to mention.

I suggest you listen to that NPR interview. It's one of his best.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4754027

/knocking them down in the city

von fapowitz		2005-12-15 02:00:38 PM

you mean Jim Osterberg of the Iguanas?

gr8fultom		2005-12-15 02:03:29 PM

jambajosh OK, seriously, not one 'blue balls' joke? Oh Farkers, I thought I knew ye....

I though yours was pretty funny...

Occam'sLadySchick		2005-12-15 02:09:31 PM

yes, i'm an idiot. i stood next to the stage speakers for an entire show. was half deaf for a week. nothing permanent.

but i am amazed at what the human body can endure. simply look at iggy himself. i've witnessed what he does to his body on several occasions.

and i'm glad he's making a buck off his tunes.

kanesays		2005-12-15 02:09:38 PM

Adman12

I still like a great deal of 'Blah, Blah, Blah'. It's hardly a timeless record, mostly due to Bowie's very sample-heavy production. But I believe that Iggy trusted Bowie's vision. Let's be honest, Iggy owes his career and perhaps his very life to Bowie for resurrecting him with the 'China Girl' cover and getting him back on his feet with the royalties.

Like you said 'Cry For Love' is a rock solid tune with Ex-Sex Pistols Steve Jones on guitar. That Iggy is still around, let alone making music, is a miracle.

'Walking down the
Broken highway
Sucking sugar
'cause it's my way......'

aiiee		2005-12-15 02:09:57 PM

von fapowitz: you mean Jim Osterberg of the Iguanas?

Is that real? Good Lord. Is it good?:)

FredGarvin		2005-12-15 02:10:08 PM

downtownkid, I submit I referenced them as a rock band fined for being too loud in a a rock band fined for being too loud thread, but hey...

Doesn't the Who still have the Guiness record for loudest concert, circa 1976?

inkswamp		2005-12-15 02:13:35 PM

You know what's cool about Iggy? The fact that he's so famous and has never written a half-decent song. That's cool.

whidbey		2005-12-15 02:17:49 PM

inkswamp: he fact that he's so famous and has never written a half-decent song. That's cool.

Thank you for your stupidity.

Now STFU and GBTW or we'll feed you dog food.

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