It took a few tries before he could make it but when he was in the aisle, Pop was singing and dancing amidst fans (and photographer Bob Gruen). Pop threw himself into the crowd’s arms not once but twice, and hilariously, the second time, it seemed like the crowd only wanted to push him back on stage, instead of allowing him to go into the seated area as he intended. His was one of the best no-nonsense rock performances I’ve ever seen and he never shied away from making fun of himself, grandiosely skipping across stage while singing “la-la-la-la lalalala” or stuffing his microphone in the front of his pants, nor did he shy away from having fun.
He reminded that he can still blow our minds today, and that’s a bit more satisfying.” Happily, the fans were up for it: like a jazz legend, he wasn’t just playing the songs that blew our minds in the first place. As noted, “this show saw an artist who became a legend by challenging his audience, challenging them one more time.
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Though the set avoided any Stooges songs, Pop dazzled fans with numerous other classics and the full weight of the songs from Post Pop. Currently on tour in support of the record, Pop has taken Homme (guitar, bass, keys), and other album collaborators, including QOTSA’s Dean Fertita (guitar, keys), Matt Helders (drums) of Arctic Monkeys and Those musicians, as well as QOTSA/A Perfect Circle’s Troy Van Leeuwen Matt Sweeney from Chavez, on the road with him. But even if that is the case, at 68-years-old, Pop has made one of the strong albums of his career and a rock album that all others will have to live up to in 2015. Like a cook I gather all the ingredients and keep mixing and stirring and tasting until the kind of effluvia starts to rise, then I’m off to the races.Iggy Pop’s latest album Post Pop Depression, made in collaboration with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, may be his last according to him. He also produced and directed the seminal music videos for Bowie: ‘John, I’m Only Dancing’, ‘Jean Genie’, ‘Space Oddity’, and ‘Life On Mars’.Ī classic quote from Mick in the London Times, who dubbed him ‘the music world’s top snapper’: “I’ve never felt like a voyeur, although I’ve certainly done plenty of looking! I work from the inside out.
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He recently shot special stills for the new TV version of Rocky Horror, featuring the transgender actress Laverne Cox as Frank n Furter. He was the chief photographer on the films The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus. Rock was instrumental in creating many key rock ‘n’ roll images, such as album covers for Syd Barrett’s Madcap Laughs, Lou Reed’s Transformer and Coney Island Baby, Iggy and The Stooges’ Raw Power, Queen’s Queen II (recreated for their classic music video ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’) and Sheer Heart Attack, The Ramones End of the Century and Joan Jett’s I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll, among many others. Elevate your space with framed prints, unframed prints, canvas prints, acrylic prints, or aluminum prints.
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