David Bowie and Iggy Pop moved to Berlin in '76-'77 to get off drugs together. This record Lust for Life and The Idiot were made then with Bowie playing in the band, producing and co-writing most of the songs. And, yes, Jim Morrison was a great influence on Iggy. Great records! Great reaction!
Passenger has appeared in countless movies and television shows. The sound is very late 70s garage club dance scene. Danced to this many times. Iggy is a legend.
Late 1970s. Iggy was one of the original American-style punk rockers with his band The Stooges. He had a serious drug problem for a few years after that, as did David Bowie, and the two helped each other come clean with an extended time in Berlin where they worked on each other's albums and co-wrote a few songs (both of them recorded versions of the song "Tonight", which they co-wrote, for instance). The title track of this album ("Lust for Life") is another must-hear. Hadn't noticed the Morrison influence before, but you're right. The instrument you were trying to remember is a tambourine.
Iggy Pop launched himself on the world as the lead singer of The Stooges back in the late sixties. The Stooges were a raw power rock and roll proto-punk quartet from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a sound that was years ahead of its time. They put out two albums that flopped -- surprising in retrospect given the hard groove of "Down on the Street" among their other songs -- and eventually broke up. Then Iggy Pop met David Bowie and they hit if off. Bowie convinced Iggy and the band to give it another shot and they did, releasing the album Raw Power in 1973, featuring the classic sonic fuzz bomb "Search and Destroy". Fire! Audiences began to catch up with their sound but it came too late to save the band. Iggy Pop persisted. He supposedly inspired the title character of the David Bowie hit "The Jean Genie" from his 1973 album Aladdin Sane. Iggy Pop released his debut solo album, The Idiot, in the spring of 1977 and his follow up album, Lust for Life, in the fall. David Bowie produced both albums. "The Passenger" was the lead single from the second album. It found its market twenty years later. I remember that Siouxsie and the Banshees cover of the song got a lot of radio play on alternative rock stations back in 1987. Iggy Pop scored a top forty hit in 1986 with "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" and again in 1990 with "Candy". More recently you might have heard snippets of the song "Lust for Life" in a television commercial. It was also featured in the 1996 film Trainspotting. Iggy Pop also co-wrote "China Girl" with David Bowie. Bowie took his version to the charts in 1983. It featured Stevie Ray Vaughan on lead guitar along with Nile Rodgers setting up the jam. Iggy Pop continued performing and releasing new music in the decades since. He even got to play an alien apparatchik on an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine at one point. His most recent album was released in 2019, two years after he turned 70.
Yes!! They incorporated that Swinging nostalgic mood and made it dark. So beautiful. Many nights driving across the Bay Bridge to SF with the stars and the lights and probably one too many under our belts. How did we survive it? Love Iggy. ...late 70s
Im joking. They suck. My sister loved them in the 70's. I was very young and liked them untill i heard my first riffs from the new highway to hell album. Shot down in flames was my first acdc song. In 1979. I was 8. I was kinda scared of them, i was going to catholic school. 😂. Then iron maiden and black Sabbath. I felt like i needed to hide when listening to them 😂 seriously.
Right before you made the comment about who Iggy Pop sounds, I thought, he reminds me of Jim Morrison & the So you nailed that comparison, as far as I'm concerned. Used to listen to L A. Woman driving around in the winter or at night watching the city lights of Anchorage, Alaska in the early 70s & this song would've fit perfectly. I'm 72 & don't know how I missed this one--heard it about a month ago for the first time can't get enough of it. Call it my "Socialist Song" after the lyrics toward the end: "And all of it was made for you & me, 'cause it belongs to you and me," so let's take a ride to see "what's yours & mine." The moon, the stars, the ripped sky, silvery winter twilight, makes you feel like singin' Lala, lala, la, la, la, LALA, LALA, la, la, LA . . .
Speaking of Dexter, did you know the guy who plays Dexter has his own band? It's called "Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum". Iggy can be hit or miss for the most part. It seems like you (generalization) either love his stuff or absolutely hate it. "The Passenger" is my go to but I don't "hate" the rest of his work. Almost Friday y'all!!! I hope you are all having a great week. -Amber
Another great song from this period by Iggy Pop is "Lust For Life". That would be a good one to check out next. It's iconic.
David Bowie and Iggy Pop moved to Berlin in '76-'77 to get off drugs together. This record Lust for Life and The Idiot were made then with Bowie playing in the band, producing and co-writing most of the songs. And, yes, Jim Morrison was a great influence on Iggy. Great records! Great reaction!
Passenger has appeared in countless movies and television shows. The sound is very late 70s garage club dance scene. Danced to this many times. Iggy is a legend.
Late 1970s. Iggy was one of the original American-style punk rockers with his band The Stooges. He had a serious drug problem for a few years after that, as did David Bowie, and the two helped each other come clean with an extended time in Berlin where they worked on each other's albums and co-wrote a few songs (both of them recorded versions of the song "Tonight", which they co-wrote, for instance). The title track of this album ("Lust for Life") is another must-hear. Hadn't noticed the Morrison influence before, but you're right. The instrument you were trying to remember is a tambourine.
Yes the tambourine I always forget it
Late 60's-early 70's. Iggy and the Stooges PRE-date the punk movement. But they were the one of the sparks that lit the fucking dynamite! 😎🧨💥
@@echopryme True - I meant that the song "The Passenger" is late 70s. 1977 IIRC.
Iggy Pop launched himself on the world as the lead singer of The Stooges back in the late sixties. The Stooges were a raw power rock and roll proto-punk quartet from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a sound that was years ahead of its time. They put out two albums that flopped -- surprising in retrospect given the hard groove of "Down on the Street" among their other songs -- and eventually broke up. Then Iggy Pop met David Bowie and they hit if off. Bowie convinced Iggy and the band to give it another shot and they did, releasing the album Raw Power in 1973, featuring the classic sonic fuzz bomb "Search and Destroy". Fire!
Audiences began to catch up with their sound but it came too late to save the band. Iggy Pop persisted. He supposedly inspired the title character of the David Bowie hit "The Jean Genie" from his 1973 album Aladdin Sane. Iggy Pop released his debut solo album, The Idiot, in the spring of 1977 and his follow up album, Lust for Life, in the fall. David Bowie produced both albums. "The Passenger" was the lead single from the second album. It found its market twenty years later. I remember that Siouxsie and the Banshees cover of the song got a lot of radio play on alternative rock stations back in 1987. Iggy Pop scored a top forty hit in 1986 with "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" and again in 1990 with "Candy".
More recently you might have heard snippets of the song "Lust for Life" in a television commercial. It was also featured in the 1996 film Trainspotting. Iggy Pop also co-wrote "China Girl" with David Bowie. Bowie took his version to the charts in 1983. It featured Stevie Ray Vaughan on lead guitar along with Nile Rodgers setting up the jam.
Iggy Pop continued performing and releasing new music in the decades since. He even got to play an alien apparatchik on an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine at one point. His most recent album was released in 2019, two years after he turned 70.
Yes!! They incorporated that Swinging nostalgic mood and made it dark. So beautiful.
Many nights driving across the Bay Bridge to SF with the stars and the lights and probably one too many under our belts. How did we survive it? Love Iggy.
...late 70s
cool song love it.
You should check The Stooges, the band Iggy was in before going solo. I recommend I Wanna Be Your Dog. Thanks.
I second that. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" was ground-breaking.
ALL TIME CLASSIC!!! 😎😎😎
Iggy pop underrated
dexter is great - haven't seen any of the new ones but I'm pretty sure the original series used this song.
Yes, I do watch Dexter and you're so right, they do play this and I didn't even notice till now🤪
Yea Now I need to binge watch it again
The bay city rollers! Music and fashion gods. Saturday night, Saturday Night!!
Im joking. They suck. My sister loved them in the 70's. I was very young and liked them untill i heard my first riffs from the new highway to hell album. Shot down in flames was my first acdc song. In 1979. I was 8. I was kinda scared of them, i was going to catholic school. 😂. Then iron maiden and black Sabbath. I felt like i needed to hide when listening to them 😂 seriously.
Iggy Pop and MC5, early punk from the Motor City
Right before you made the comment about who Iggy Pop sounds, I thought, he reminds me of Jim Morrison & the So you nailed that comparison, as far as I'm concerned. Used to listen to L A. Woman driving around in the winter or at night watching the city lights of Anchorage, Alaska in the early 70s & this song would've fit perfectly. I'm 72 & don't know how I missed this one--heard it about a month ago for the first time can't get enough of it. Call it my "Socialist Song" after the lyrics toward the end: "And all of it was made for you & me, 'cause it belongs to you and me," so let's take a ride to see "what's yours & mine." The moon, the stars, the ripped sky, silvery winter twilight, makes you feel like singin' Lala, lala, la, la, la, LALA, LALA, la, la, LA . . .
More from Iggy Pop.... I wanna live, Highway song, Wild América, Heart is saved, Social Life, Mixing the colors, Corrupción. Thanks!
Love this song
Lust for life written by David Bowie..
Detroit psychedelic Punk and so much more.
Imagine the Stoogies in Frisco for a Gig! Those freaks would be tore up. Back in 69.lol. Detroit Grit 🇺🇸🪖
I like how you were convincing yourself to put on Dexter in the middle of the reaction lol
🤣🤣 I love that show
❤😊
Check out
Siouxsie and the banshees
cover of this song
The video version
Siouxsie! Good one.
great horn arrangement in that version
Lust For Life
You should check out CB Song by the Legendary Shack Shakers.
Speaking of Dexter, did you know the guy who plays Dexter has his own band? It's called "Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum". Iggy can be hit or miss for the most part. It seems like you (generalization) either love his stuff or absolutely hate it. "The Passenger" is my go to but I don't "hate" the rest of his work. Almost Friday y'all!!! I hope you are all having a great week. -Amber
Try the Iggy song "I'm Bored".
Nice review. I didn't realize you were into recording techniques. A psychologist would have fun with the psycopath.
Ig and Bowie. Doesnt get much better than that!
Check out Iggy's "I Wanna Be Your Dog."
Real wild child by iggy has to be next
Killin' villains. Iggy has a song I recommend called Run Like A Villain th-cam.com/video/nH5w4PTg9QU/w-d-xo.html
NO! The Stoogies. 1969, Bob Seger singing, Ain't Got No Money 💰💰
Just not for me.
No. Not worth it.
Why did he do this?