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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro
(Post 2577444)
I was going to say, "vinnea" aren't you a little old for Iggy Pop?
and then I looked them up :D
Iggy Pop - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iggy_pop
Born: April 21, 1947 (age 71), Muskegon, Michigan, United States
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor
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Ya young whippersnappers!! Got no respect fer yer elders!!...
One of the advantages of being older than sin (and twice as bad) is being present at the time when a lot of what later generations consider 'their ideas' were actually born. Iggy was punk long, long before John Lydon was 'discovering' or 'creating' punk rock. This is a picture of Iggy, at a concert in 1970 (
48 years ago!!), having waded out into crowd, being held up by the outstretched hands of the audience. He continued to sing from his perch and waled further into the crowd on the fan's hands, more 'crowd walking' than 'crowd surfing':
https://inktank.fi/wp-content/upload...usicphotos.jpg
Here is a clip of Iggy at the Cincinnati Pop Festival 1970, the event where the photo was taken; Iggy's crowd surfing is near the end of the clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFVPyRDmEZ4
Iggy lived here in LA for a good while and even performed at the rock club where I worked in the mid-late 70's. His performance was pure Iggy and, at one pint, when he saw a broken piece of glass on the floor, he picked it up and cut himself several times on his chest and continued singing with the blood slowly oozing down. It was in LA where both he and Bowie faced up to their out of control drug habits and began to get a better grip on their personal behavior. Iggy stooped performing and, like Bowie, tried to find a more "normal" lifestyle. There were rumors about in the rock underground in Hollywood that Iggy had actually taken a job at a bagel place working in the kitchen, but left when word got out about his gig. Both Iggy and Bowie moved to West Germany, went to ground, and supported each other in their efforts to clean up. The clip I posted before of
Funtime was from the period immediately following their return from West Germany and Bowie was trying to make Iggy much better know than before; Bowie essentially viewed himself as Iggy's 'sideman' and sought to keep the spotlight on Iggy. The clip is from the old
Dinah Shore Show, an afternoon talk show then aimed mainly at the housewife set. Here is the full clip with the interview of Iggy and Bowie; its interesting as a piece of music history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRtz8DNjwxM
BTW, if you're going by how long ago someone started, remember Bowie released his first single in 1964...
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