Showing posts with label iggy pop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iggy pop. Show all posts

Sunday, March 11, 2007

I'm Worth a Million In Prizes

I've seen Iggy Pop perform twice, both in 1988. I saw him once with roommates Mark and Dan and some other friends at the Cabaret Metro, which was a two minute walk from our Wrigleyville apartment, and later, in the summer with the Ramones and the Dickies at the infamous Aragon Ballroom (aka the Aragon Brawlroom). He kicked ass in nine different ways both times.

So what's even better than seeing Iggy perform again? Try seeing the Ig perform with all the original surviving Stooges. It gets even better: former Minuteman and Firehose bassist Mike Watt is filling in for the late bassist Dave Alexander.

I'll be seeing Iggy and the reconsituted Stooges on April 15 at the Congress Theater, here in Chicago. I bought my ticket online last night after talking to Dan, who had already gotten his ticket. It'll be a busy concert week-- Kim and I are seeing Lucinda Williams, something we've wanted to do since we met, at the Vic Theater the night before that.

Remember the story that went around in the eighties about the ridiculous riders on Van Halen's concert contracts? I think it was something like removing the brown M and M's in the post-concert buffett. Well, Smoking Gun got ahold of Iggy's funny, stream-of-conciousness concert rider:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1004061iggypop1.html

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Well, I'm Just a Modern Guy...

Three or four times a day, I get a hit on my site from someone googleing the lyrics for "Lust For Life," the Iggy Pop song that the name of my site comes from.

The song has been used recently in commercials for a cruise line. Supposedly the song is about the joys of heroin use. Maybe that's what they do on that cruise line instead of shuffleboard. I've always seen the song differently-- I think it's about enjoying life without being fucked up. Of course, Iggy was way into drink and drugs when he wrote it with David Bowie, so what the hell do I know?

I just think it's funny that the cruise line cuts the song off before he gets to "Of course I've had it in the ear before..."

In any event, as a public service to all those searchers, here are the lyrics to Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life."

Lust For Life
by Iggy Pop and David Bowie

Here comes Johnny Yen again
With the liquor and drugs
And a flesh machine
He's gonna do another strip tease

Hey man, where'd you get that lotion?
I've been hurting since I bought the gimmick
About something called love
Yeah, something called love
Well, that's like hypnotising chickens

Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in the ear before
'Cause of a lust for life
'Cause of a lust for life

I'm worth a million in prizes
With my torture film
Drive a G.T.O.
Wear a uniform
All on government loan

I'm worth a million in prizes
Yeah, I'm through with sleeping on the sidewalk
No more beating my brains
No more beating my brains
With the liquor and drugs
With the liquor and drugs

Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in my ear before
'Cause, of a lust for life (lust for life)
'Cause of a lust for life (lust for life, oooo)
I've got a lust for life (oooh)
Got a lust for life (oooh)
Oh, a lust for life (oooh)
Oh, a lust for life (oooh)
A lust for life (oooh)
I got a lust for life (oooh)
Got a lust for life

Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in my ear before
'Cause I've a lust for life
'Cause I've a lust for life.

Well, here comes Johnny Yen again
With the liquor and drugs
And a flesh machine
I know he's gonna do another strip tease

Hey man, where'd ya get that lotion?
Your skin starts itching once you buy the gimmick
About something called love
Oh Love, love, love
Well, that's like hypnotising chickens.

Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in the ear before
And I've a lust for life (lust for life)
'Cause I've a lust for life (lust for life)
Got a lust for life
Yeah, a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Oh, a lust for life
Got a lust for life
Yeah a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Lust for life [repeat and fade]