Is Iggy Pop overrated?

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I'm playing devil's advocate here, because I like Iggy and The Stooges well enough and listen to them when the mood takes me, but I work with a bunch of people who think that Iggy is beyond reproach, beyond criticism, the most creative and inspiring and exciting artist who ever walked the earth, they even tried to tell me that Iggy invented Techno "by hanging out in Berlin"! Why is there such slavish devotion to Mr Pop in particular?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

We the comet comes we must all be ready. Everyone should make sure their robes are clean.

― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Stop that.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, wait. I see now...

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Of course Iggy's overrated. So are the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan and the Velvet Underground and Dizzee Rascal and Jay-Z and OutKast and Radiohead and Captain Beefheart and Miles Davis and James Brown and Killing Joke and...and...and...

The problem isn't Iggy or any other musician. The problem is that music fans (and most critics) have lost the ability to convey modulated approval or disapproval. It's hyperbole or bile, no middle ground. It's as though saying, "Yeah, that was pretty good" marks you as some kind of pussy.

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

But Iggy Pop fans are...different, somehow. I don't know what it is. Maybe I have some issues to work out.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I do think it's sweet how so many punks listen to even the most sappy Pogues songs because Shane Mcgowan needs his face pimped.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

How much of Iggy's legacy is attributable to his time with the Stooges, and how much to his solo recordings? There are really only two solo albums worth the time anyway, n'est-ce pas? Granted those two albums are pretty goddamn great. What if he had never hooked up with Bowie? If he had never released any solo records at all, would people rate him as highly?

― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Iggy solo albums "worth the time" (taken here to mean "more good songs than bad songs"):

Lust For Life
TV Eye
New Values
Zombie Birdhouse
Instinct
American Caesar

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Friday, 2 April 2004 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

i'd have to agree with broheems assessment of Iggy and his recording career. after the two bowie albums, it gets pretty damned spotty including the albums phil lists. really the Iggyists aren't different in their obsession than the Radioheaders or whatver. the structure is the same, just different acoutrements draped on the framework.

― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 2 April 2004 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Iggy's massively intelligent, got a huge dong, he's audacious, exciting, and has changed music at least twice. It's good going.

― de, Friday, 2 April 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Of course he's not overrated. Just ask him.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 2 April 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil, you rate the ham-fisted metal moves of Instinct but can't find anything joyful or compelling or ass-whipping in the music of Albert Ayler? Bizarre. I don't think I'll ever figure out the way you listen to music. But hey, I'm certainly glad you write about and promote the things that you do like; lord knows free music doesn't get nearly enough coverage.

I remember seeing Iggy on Letterman in '88 or thereabouts promoting Instinct - not knowing all that much about him - and thinking he was this crazy wildman. He did the interview with his shirt off, and was all twitchy and scatterbrained like he was on blow, and he just seemed incredibly cool.

He's very good at presenting himself.

― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 2 April 2004 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

My girlfriend is the world's biggest Iggy fan. I'm not. I like him OK, own the first 3 Stooges albums and "New Values," which is about half-good. I've put up with more Iggy videos, bootlegs, photos, etc., than any man should have to. I play my Beach Boys records and she plays Iggy, it works OK and we just use it as shtick, because although she's fanatical about him she knows it's all a joke...
That said, I think the above comment about balance in all things rock says it all. I love Captain Beefheart and Alex Chilton, just to name two people I'm fairly obsessive about, but do I think they changed the face of rock? Well, Beefheart did some amazing stuff, and Alex is one of my models of cool. But no, I don't think anyone outside of maybe James Brown deserves that kind of praise, in rock and roll at least. Charlie Parker or Ellington or Monk, now we're in a different league.
But yeah, Iggy fans seem to be different. It is an interesting story full of a kind of pathos, I suppose. He's a strangely endearing figure. "Fun House" really is something, too, though in 1970 my touchstones would be more like "Lick My Decals Off" or "Tribute to Jack Johnson." Neither of which Jennifer can stand--"bad beatnik shit with marimbas" and "jazzbo wank-off" respectively. And there is unfortunately a strong case to be made for the rightness of those assessments. Call it an emotional attachment on my part. Iggy fans have bought into that tired old noble-savage myth, I think; give me pop music, thanks, and James Brown, while perhaps not noble, is pretty savage, unlettered, nuts--far more nuts, truly, than Iggy Pop could ever be. Plus just think what Iggy Pop could've done had he had a really great, disciplined band behind him instead of those trailer-park guys from the dire gut of Michigan or wherever. Cult of personality here much more than anything truly substantial musically.
God help me, she's playing "Metallic K.O." just to annoy me...stop typing...

― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Friday, 2 April 2004 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

An excellent piece on Iggy's overratedness:

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0008/smith.php

Myself, I have no use for these:

Zombie Birdhouse
Instinct
American Caesar

But I did always kinda like *Soldier* (especially "Dogfood.") I haven't heard TV Eye (or Kill City, for that matter) (or hell, Lust for Life or The Idiot even!) for so long that I forget whether they were actually any good or not. *New Values* is GREAT, however.

― chuck, Friday, 2 April 2004 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)

He's the worst part of that new Stooges song "Little Electric Chair."

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 2 April 2004 20:32 (twenty-two years ago)

And the Stooges' live "reunion show" last year at Roseland was even less bearable than Rocket from the Tombs at Maxwell's, in case anybody's wondering.

― chuck, Friday, 2 April 2004 20:46 (twenty-two years ago)

'Kill City' is great. It was years before I actually got round to hearing it and was surprised at how good it is.

― rw, Friday, 2 April 2004 21:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Apart from "The Idiot", I would say he is, yes.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 2 April 2004 22:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil Freeman 100% completely OTM

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 2 April 2004 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

What would you say to Iggy pop?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 April 2004 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd say fuck me please.
I don't care if i am straight, i'm not going to let a dick like that go to waste.

― ..., Friday, 2 April 2004 22:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Is it that great?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 April 2004 22:42 (twenty-two years ago)

nah. he's no john holmes.

― ..., Friday, 2 April 2004 22:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Christ is overrated too, but that doesn't stop people from gettin' all hot and bothered over him.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 2 April 2004 22:51 (twenty-two years ago)

That reminds me of some grafitti in Berkeley : "Yeah the pope has a huge cock, but Jesus had the biggest cock of all time".

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 2 April 2004 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Christ never recorded anything as mind-blowing as Funhouse, so I'll go with Iggy over the Son of God every damn time.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 2 April 2004 22:58 (twenty-two years ago)

As much as I love Funhouse (I definitely don't think Iggy Stooge is overrated), that whole feeding of the 5,000 things was probably more astonishing than the Metallic K.O. concert. In both cases I have to take someone else's word that it actually happened as they say it did.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 2 April 2004 23:01 (twenty-two years ago)

the music jesus inspired is a lot better than the music iggy inspired, on the whole

― de, Friday, 2 April 2004 23:03 (twenty-two years ago)

the music jesus inspired is a lot better than the music iggy inspired, on the whole

You Creed fan!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 2 April 2004 23:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Overrated? Funhouse was released about 35 years ago and it still hasn't reached the 100k copies sold mark. If anything, he was ridiculously underrated, and seemingly forgotten up until the reappraisal, circa Trainspotting's release. The hip crowd mostly brings him up when talk arises of the predictable stage antics, more than anything. We just happen to be a very loyal, hardcore bunch, is all. Adam, quit being such an anal, neurotic fule!

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Friday, 2 April 2004 23:40 (twenty-two years ago)

He is a bit overrated but who cares, he made some of the greatest tunes of all time also a great "self flagelating rock god"

He does have some very dodgy recent tunes though. By recent i mean the last 10 to 15 years.

― hector (hector), Saturday, 3 April 2004 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Depends on who's rating. Iggy's got lots of great stuff, just the cream of the crop probably isn't as earth-shattering as some would have you believe.

I'd say that in my opinion the initial solo albums are pretty darn overratted. Although it's overlong, American Ceaser is a great songwriter-showcase album. And Avenue B ain't that bad either...

― John 2, Saturday, 3 April 2004 20:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Iggy's put out way more than his fair share of indefensibly crappy albums (Naughty Little Doggie, Beat'em Up, Party and, yes, Avenue B spring immediately to mind), but when he's "on", so to speak, he's better than any band you can name.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 3 April 2004 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Nah, Avenue B is one of his better ones. Hell, even Doggie has some classic moments. Seriously! It's better than Skull Ring...

― John 2, Saturday, 3 April 2004 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Anything's better than Skull Ring, IMO, but Alex = OTM.

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Saturday, 3 April 2004 22:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Iggy live is always more consistent and mind-blowing than on record, for the most part.

― Sara Sherr, Saturday, 3 April 2004 23:07 (twenty-two years ago)

The thing to bear in mind is that Iggy is a performer, not a musician. His problem is that he will not share the spotlight with any musicians who will challenge him. If he could hire a few guns worth their salt ala Morrissey's solo records, he would be considered a genius.

― The Rebukes of Hazard (mjt), Sunday, 4 April 2004 07:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks to this thread, I had a dream last night and in one part of it, I was listening to the radio and "Lust for Life" came one. I got happy and tried to sing along. One of my friends and some other guy were there with me. I think the guy was some one who you could say worshipped Iggy and my friend totally thought he was overrated. The guy was singing along, word for word and then my friend turned down the radio. The guy told her to turn it back up and then they began to argue. That's when I left.

My mom says that Iggy really is great live. Makes me want to see him live. I'm sure he's great. But doesn't he get tired?

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 4 April 2004 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)

That's a giant stack of crap.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 4 April 2004 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha.

But does Iggy play any instrument?

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Iggy is an instrument.

He occaisionally plays guitar. But to suggest that Ig's nothing more than a "performer" is doing the man a disservice. Not that I reccomend anyone buy it, but if you listen to the Complete Funhouse Sessions boxset, you'll find that Ig is entirely plugged into the creative process, and not just some hooting mountain gorilla they throw onstage.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

He's got talent and is fun to watch. Let's leave it at that.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

No let's not. Ig has more talent in his urine than Kurt had in his whole miserable body.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

come down grandpaw.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I said he was talented. I never said Kurt had more talen than Iggy! If I could I'd grab your ear and put it up agianst a stereo and play "In Bloom" for ya!

Duh Iggy is more talented than ol' Kurt.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I've heard more inspired sounds come from the depths of my toilet than "In Bloom".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)

He's got talent and is fun to watch. Let's leave it at that.
-- Aja (AsiaKitty200...), April 4th, 2004.

It's SO much more than that, gurl.

I've heard more inspired sounds come from the depths of my toilet than "In Bloom".
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...)

Go home, dad, you're drunk. ;)

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

That is why I'd play it for ya. Also, that begining can get a bit loud. I jump out of my seat and go, "Oh, that song."

So Alex, why did you shove your head into your toilet agian?

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

That's a giant stack of crap.

And his post-bowie albums are shite because???

He is in exactly the same league as Morrissey, great singer, great editor, but like Moz he needs a Marr to bounce ideas off of.

― The Rebukes of Hazard (mjt), Sunday, 4 April 2004 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

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Well done.

― Woke Up Scully (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 17:41 (ten years ago)

Commenters are super pissed that I ranked Blah-Blah-Blah higher than The Idiot.

― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 17:45 (ten years ago)

that is an excellent overview.

― new noise, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 18:50 (ten years ago)

Commenters are super pissed that I ranked /Blah-Blah-Blah/ higher than /The Idiot/.

Saw that- not the comments but the ordering- but for you the ranking was relatively uncontroversial.

― Woke Up Scully (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:01 (ten years ago)

A terrific reading – I learned something! I've put down Brick by Brick more times than any catalog album I've read about. And what a relief to see Blah Blah Blah so high.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:06 (ten years ago)

*read

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:06 (ten years ago)

One kinda weird thing about all of Iggy Pop's discography is that for a guy that is known for playing live, there really was no real effort to try to film and/or record him live and release that to the public. By all counts I have heard over the years, Iggy was always good live. It seems downright an oddly missed opportunity.

― earlnash, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:19 (ten years ago)

The Stooges' first reunion tour is on DVD. I was gonna go to one of the Michigan shows, but then there was a huge power grid blackout and it was postponed. I was like, eh, it'll come out on DVD. And it did! I did catch them all the times they came through Chicago after that, glad I did.

― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:30 (ten years ago)

Wow, New Values over Raw Power. That's crazy, but okay! Just glad you got #s 1-2 right.

― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:55 (ten years ago)

16. American Caesar (1993)
This isn’t Peak Iggy, but it’s definitely Peak ’90s Iggy.

But then you go and put Naughty Little Doggie and Avenue B over it. Huh?

― cock chirea, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 01:52 (ten years ago)

I listened to Naughty Little Doggie last week for the first time in 20 years, and OMG, "Pussy Walk" is another one of his painful cringers, though it did make me laugh.

― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 15:45 (ten years ago)

This makes me want to delve into the Arista albums of '79-81. I seem to recall a time circa 1984 when virtually everything by Iggy or the Stooges was out of print in the US. One exception was a budget compilation I had on cassette of highlights from the three Arista albums - although missing "Bang Bang," oddly. From the cuts on the comp I assumed New Values was the strongest of the three. I did have Soldier on tape, which was fun but erratic and silly too.

― Josefa, Thursday, 24 March 2016 19:38 (ten years ago)

Was it this one? I had the vinyl. At one point my Iggy collection consisted of that, Blah-Blah-Blah, and a cutout of the original Skydog issue of Metallic K.O..

― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 24 March 2016 19:52 (ten years ago)

Exactly that one.

The first Iggy I ever had - or even maybe heard - was Zombie Birdhouse of all things

― Josefa, Thursday, 24 March 2016 20:40 (ten years ago)

I like that album. "New Values" is f'kin' great btw.

― A Fifth Beatle Dies (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 March 2016 21:02 (ten years ago)

Iggy Pop is not overrated. And The Idiot is a flawless album.

― Heiress Too (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Friday, 25 March 2016 02:25 (ten years ago)

just had my first truly satisfying Spotify experience…

checking out Post-pop experience pointed me towards "Where the Faces Shine vol 1" which I did not know existed until today …oddly enough, never listened to TV eye live…had to evaluate every Iggy record after 1992 for the RS record guide update in 2004, but there's a lot of the 80s shit I never fucked with. So I gotta say the Sales Brothers/DB/ Scott Thurston (pretty interesting career that guy has had, huh?) band sounds awesome live, having only messed with The Idiot and L for L.

as I write, the third of the sixth shows is on deck: "Penetration" with Sonic Rendezvous Band. Kinda shocked that I didn't know til right now that he played with Smith and Scott A. again

― veronica moser, Saturday, 26 March 2016 17:52 (ten years ago)

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1063-invisible-hits-iggy-pops-decade-of-destruction/

An ilxor's piece with video and audio excerpts from the '70s.

― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 March 2016 14:11 (ten years ago)

The 1970 video footage in Ohio with the play by play announcer, linked in the Pitchfork piece, is a highlight (I think someone mentioned it previously here on an ilx thread as I had already seen it)

― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 March 2016 15:20 (ten years ago)

Iggy is in the album chart at number five.

He has not been in the albums top ten before.

― Mark G, Monday, 28 March 2016 15:53 (ten years ago)

xp lol "that's peanut butter."

― new noise, Monday, 28 March 2016 16:18 (ten years ago)

thank the lord that clip exists ...

― tylerw, Monday, 28 March 2016 16:21 (ten years ago)

nine years pass...

Just saw Iggy Monday night at Anthem in DC. Fun show. Opened with T.V eye, Raw Power, I got a Right. Also did The Passenger, Lust for Life, I wanna be your Dog. Moved around the stage a lot. Of course he didn't wear a shirt.

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 September 2025 04:37 (one year ago)

I was there! I never saw him live before and didn’t realize he was such a tiny guy.

― Mr. T's Ballroom (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 30 September 2025 12:10 (one year ago)

Someone I know just saw him at this CBGB anniversary/tribute thing in NYC.

― Seductive Barrytown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 September 2025 12:26 (one year ago)

5'1" iirc..

― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 30 September 2025 13:47 (one year ago)

lol

― Seductive Barrytown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 September 2025 14:19 (one year ago)

Looks like Joan Wasser was playing keyboards for him!

― Seductive Barrytown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 September 2025 14:56 (one year ago)

Besides his height, another thing that was surprising (but made sense) was his hearing issues. I saw him at the NYFF when they showed Gimme Danger and he had to have the post-screening questions repeated to him up close right into his ear.

― birdistheword, Tuesday, 30 September 2025 16:45 (one year ago)

Nick Zinner from Yeah Yeah Yeahs on guitar

I last saw him on a visit to NYC in 1980 where I saw him at the long gone Great Gildersleeves. I was a teen then.

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 September 2025 20:03 (one year ago)

How have you found the lineup? I was curious who was on the band.

― Mr. T's Ballroom (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 30 September 2025 20:52 (one year ago)

Someone I know tagged Zinner in their Instagram story of Iggy Pop at Anthem and I saw Zinner had posted a photo of himself playing with Iggy in Brazil. James Redd recognized Joan Wasser on keyboard above.

Googling I just saw this-- Stereogum.com states in 2024 that he had a different all-star backing band that included Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner, Chavez frontman and freelance guitar hero Matt Sweeney, the Armed’s Uriah Hackney, Las Nubes leader Ale Campos, multi-instrumentalists Joan As Police Woman and Pam Amsterdam, and jazz trombonist Corey D. King.

And just to be clear regarding my grammar, I saw Iggy Pop in 1980 in NYC not Nick Zinner.

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 September 2025 22:19 (one year ago)

Reddit says a 2024 band was Urian Hackney - drums, Matt Sweeney - bass, Ale Campos - guitar. Nick Zinner - guitar, Joan Wasser - keys, Pan Amsterdam - trumpet, Corey D King - trombone

and I think that was the band at Anthem

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 September 2025 22:25 (one year ago)

tbc I myself didn't recognize Joan Wasser. A friend of hers– and of Garth Hudson, Jamie Saft, posted about it on Instagram.

― Seductive Barrytown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 September 2025 22:36 (one year ago)

I don’t think I’ve ever heard Iggy with a horn section before.

― birdistheword, Wednesday, 1 October 2025 02:29 (one year ago)

It was fun!

― Mr. T's Ballroom (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 1 October 2025 03:07 (one year ago)

“5'1" iirc..” WHAT? How could I be this shockingly old and not know that etc?

― beige accent rug (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 1 October 2025 04:14 (one year ago)

He is that tall only in the song "Five Foot One".

― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 1 October 2025 04:26 (one year ago)

All the night he's working in the amusement park.

― I Didn't Always Agree With What He Said But... (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 October 2025 06:18 (one year ago)

5"7 it seems.

So, Amber and Alice are both taller than Iggy.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 October 2025 07:20 (one year ago)

Meantime, a new Iggy gig (check to see who the narrator of the accompanying documentary is)

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 October 2025 21:37 (one year ago)

one year passes...

This guest vocal with Mogwai is pretty great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOOQ2wTS8I

He also did an excellent collaboration with the Teddy Bears on "Punkrocker" in the last Superman movie.

Any other favorite Iggy guest appearances?

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 22 October 2026 16:58 (one week ago)

"Aisha", Death in Vegas

― Vast Halo, Thursday, 22 October 2026 17:08 (one week ago)

on Underworld’s Teatime Dub Encounters

― Professor Woods and His Blues-singing Dummy (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 22 October 2026 17:53 (one week ago)

Peaches - "Kick It"

― henry s, Thursday, 22 October 2026 19:00 (one week ago)

This makes me want to delve into the Arista albums of '79-81. I seem to recall a time circa 1984 when virtually everything by Iggy or the Stooges was out of print in the US. One exception was a budget compilation I had on cassette of highlights from the three Arista albums - although missing "Bang Bang," oddly. From the cuts on the comp I assumed New Values was the strongest of the three. I did have Soldier on tape, which was fun but erratic and silly too.

― Josefa, Thursday, March 24, 2016 3:38 PM (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink

OMG me too this tape and raw power was the entirety of my Iggy for my whole teen years! As a result, New Values remains my favorite Iggy album. I'm gonna recreate that tape's sequence later today...

― sookie stackhausen (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 22 October 2026 19:08 (one week ago)

new order vs iggy pop :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVD170OnZdU

― mark e, Thursday, 22 October 2026 19:40 (one week ago)

xp I learned much later that that comp is really ALL of New Values plus two cuts each from the other two Arista albums

― Josefa, Thursday, 22 October 2026 20:53 (one week ago)

Risky with Sakamoto, on Ryuichi’s Neo Geo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTK8Z2vPodQ

― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Thursday, 22 October 2026 21:05 (one week ago)

Guest appearance I quite like is him on John Moran's The Manson Family: An Opera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j7qJ7wEFaE

Musically an unlikely predecessor to those albums like Free he's done more recently

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 22 October 2026 21:21 (one week ago)

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