Thursday, April 23, 2020

Iggy Had A Birthday

Iggy Pop turned 73 this week, and Funhouse turns 50 this summer! What has Iggy been up to since his Guest Spots featured on this blog last year? Ever the busy man, he has been popping up on a diverse range of recent releases. 

In today's set, Iggy lends his voice to tracks by Argentine trio Fémina; Lebanese vocalist Yara Lapidus; contemporary jazz singers ALA.Ni, Thomas Dutronc and Diana Krall; young rockers Warmduscher and Cage The Elephantand rapper Pan Amsterdam (an alias for Leron Thomas, who produced and played trumpet on Iggy's 2019 album Free).
Sean Lennon, Iggy Pop, and Yoko Ono waiting on a downbound train (2010)


Iggy and Leron Thomas perform the title tune for the recent Mose Allison tribute, If You're Going To The City. I also added a soundtrack appearance from the 2017 film Cornélius, le meunier hurlant (with Anaïs Demoustier), and my favorite song from Free

Iggy's duets with Chrissie Hynde and Vanessa Paradis were officially released in 2019, but were recorded years earlier, much like the Sly Stone cover that Iggy shared with the world this week. 

Speaking of duets, this is a fun video of a performance from a decade ago: Iggy joins the Plastic Ono Band (Yoko, Sean, Mike Watt, Nels Cline, and drummer Yuko Araki) to perform "Waiting On The D Train".

8 comments:

  1. Iggy 2019-2020 Guest Spots: https://tinyurl.com/yd6y8sen

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  2. 'A Real Cool Time' will be had listening to this this this is great Jonder and you know how I dig Sly! Listening NOW!!!

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    1. I didn't include the newly released "Family Affair", but you can stream or buy it on Bandcamp.
      https://iggypop.bandcamp.com/
      Bootsy Collins plays on it too!

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  3. 72 huh? Wow good for Jimmy, I wonder whose blood has more spiders in it, Keef's or Ig's? I'm still holding out hope that he and James get together a couple more times and show the others how it's done

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    1. Good question about the spiders. It's hard to believe that Iggy outlived all the original Stooges. I too would like to see him and James Williamson give us another dose of raw power.

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  5. what.the.fuck did I just watch?!?! holy shit, poor Iggy! That was excruciating

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    1. Not a fan of the Plastic Ono Band, Mr. Dave? That is honestly one of my favorite duets, along with this one of Etta James scaring Chuck Berry half to death: https://youtu.be/6U4x9mQ5K0s

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