Think you may have all overdone it with the tributes to David Bowie guys. I mean I loved the guy and his music but I found myself noticing all his kitsch horrors rather than focusing on the good stuff. And at the end of the day, he was quite secretive and very much…well…full of shit. We tried to focus on his sparse moments of self depreciation and irony to survive.
Well take Iggy Pop instead then! A man who has urinated on many of us, sung horribly and literally been naked in front of us. His lack of voice, talent or musical knowledge never stopped him. He boldly went were nobody wanted to go, the underbelly of modern nothingness. He never pretended to be stylish or knowledgeable.
And as he reaches his end, he gives us a gem like this:
While others wax lyrical about the “chameleon” that was Bowie, maybe you want to take a quick look back at Iggy’s voyage. The man just didn’t give a shit in the most creative ways possible. Every time you wonder why he even bothered.
But like, in a good way. I think. Sure, the rhymes are like, well, I have always suspected his grasp of English stayed at the level of 15 year old wannabe. So how does he do it?
Well he sucks what little talent or musical sense there is on his records from producers, collaborators and musicians. Stone Roses, Stone cold from drugs or stones hitting on his head. It all ends up as music of sorts. And it’s a cry for love, a passenger, a cry for love and lust for life.
Iggy I love you. I just wanna be your dog.