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The Survival of Iggy Pop
- HyperTalk2 7y agoJesus, the absolute cancer that pops up all over this site. You have to hunt for what to click to close these things again and again and again as the position of the content wildly shifts all over the place just for the privilege of seeing some creepy old guy grabbing his nipple. Great "hacker news" submission my dude. If dang were on top of things he'd ban not only OP but every account that upvoted this submission as well, they surely must be bots as no human would upvote this shit.
- blakesterz 7y agoIf this story catches your eye, be sure to listen to The Ongoing History Of New Music, especially this one: https://omny.fm/shows/ongoing-history-of-new-music/why-punk-happened https://omny.fm/shows/ongoing-history-of-new-music/why-punk-... But he's talked about Iggy in a few other episodes as well. If you have any interest at all in music, this is the best podcast you'll ever find.
- rmason 7y agoGuess you could call Muskegon 'outside Detroit' but it's quite a ways outside! But to be truthful no one ever heard of him until he moved to Ann Arbor, I think when he was in middle school. But my friends in Muskegon are still quite proud, only rock star to come from their town. If you haven't seen it Anthony Bourdain did a great interview with him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHnNlIjPe7M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHnNlIjPe7M
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- lazyjones 7y agoIs there a way to read this article without the popups and other dark patterns that make it impossible to finish reading?
- hourislate 7y agoThat picture of him in between Bowie and Reed. Last man standing.....
- olivermarks 7y agoPop must be minute, Bowie was only around 5'5"
- girlsrule1234 7y agoHe' 5'7" according to Google. Posture tends to suffer with the amount of drugs they must have been taking, so who knows?
- nbabitskiy 7y agoI attended his concerts twice, both times he was well past fifty and his posture was probably better than most of the audience (as was his fitness). And it's really strange to see a thread discussing someone's height on this forum.
- fipar 7y agoI saw him live about 3 years ago, so he must have been over 70 already, and he was still great. He even joined us briefly at the pit. It was funny for me as I had gone through several hours of security compliance videos just that day, so that pogo (something I hadn't done in at least 20 years) was incredibly liberating. Had a few bruises for a couple of weeks but absolutely worth it!
- bsenftner 7y agoI've seen him several times over the years - firs time was '87, his "original" come back tour. I lived in Boston at the time, and the afternoon before the show I happened to be at the bar the show was being held. Iggy was sitting at the bar drinking water and talking to the bartender. I got a chat very briefly with him, but being in my early 20's at the time and a huge fan, I was too intimidated to really speak to him. About 2 years later, I met him for real at a wealthy person's BBQ in Los Angeles. I got a chance to sit and speak with him, and Bowie, for hours. One of my highlights of my life.
- kolanos 7y agoHenry Rollins has a great Iggy Pop story. Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBIIoI6c93c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBIIoI6c93c Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFls7s_djY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFls7s_djY0
- antupis 7y agoThat 1996 gig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GsGuzbnkw0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GsGuzbnkw0
- paggle 7y agoWhy are we writing and reading positively-tilted stories about child rapists like Iggy Pop? Why are these white 70s musicians getting a free pass on sex crimes? Especially the only one with the shamelessness to record a song about raping a child? https://genius.com/Iggy-pop-look-away-lyrics https://genius.com/Iggy-pop-look-away-lyrics https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8i2NetVBzIc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8i2NetVBzIc
- mieseratte 7y agoDo you have more details than an unverified Genius annotation?
- paggle 7y agoAre you dense? These are actual David Bowie lyrics. Do you need to hear him say them? He was not the only rock musician to rape Sable Starr before she was 14 but he was the only one to brag about it on record. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8i2NetVBzIc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8i2NetVBzIc
- paggle 7y agoWell, I have my answer. A lot of child rape apologists here. Go party with Jeffrey Epstein.
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- sverige 7y agoNot OP, but this mentions Iggy Pop and Sable Starr. [0] Iggy and Bowie were close. This behavior is not exactly unknown. Not sure why the comments have been flagged and killed. [0] https://www.feministcurrent.com/2016/01/13/here-is-a-list-of-men-who-made-great-but-music-were-not-always-great-people/ https://www.feministcurrent.com/2016/01/13/here-is-a-list-of...
- kgwgk 7y agoMore details about what? https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/01/13/sable-starr/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/01/13/sable-starr/ The Star magazine referenced in that piece is available at http://star1973.com http://star1973.com
- JoeDaDude 7y ago"You pursue something with passion and dedication and they call you a punk". I remember seeing a video clip with Iggy saying something to this effect, probably on MTV, but have been able to find it online. If anyone can verify this quote by Iggy, please reply.
- fipar 7y agoNot the exact same quote, but there's a Mogwai used a recording of an interview with Iggy for the opening track to "Come on die young" and it's great. It reads great, and it's even better when heard. I'm sorry the link I've found is full of ads but I think it's worth it: https://genius.com/Mogwai-punk-rock-lyrics https://genius.com/Mogwai-punk-rock-lyrics
- clouddrover 7y agoIn this interview Iggy Pop expresses the same sentiment if not the exact quote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78S0yrMLfTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78S0yrMLfTU
- isostatic 7y agoBeyond his DS9 episode where he played an unconvincing Vorta, I’ve never heard of him. Cool name though.
- cc81 7y agoMaybe you have heard The Passenger by him before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLhN__oEHaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLhN__oEHaw ?
- JohnJamesRambo 7y agothis may be the most Hacker News comment ever
- malvosenior 7y agoAs noted by a now dead comment, Iggy Pop isn't exactly someone worth glorifying: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/01/13/sable-starr/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/01/13/sable-starr/ Time to move on from these ancient 20th century relics.
- whenchamenia 7y agoSo sex drugs and rock and roll arent cool anymore? Come off it. Living life isnt for everyone.
- malvosenior 7y agoYes, sex with underage girls isn't cool. Not sure I'd call that "living life" more like extinguishing it.
- phs318u 7y agoReally? Cos you haven’t lived until you’ve bedded a deluded 15 year old? Spare me.
- mieseratte 7y agoBased on my reading of the article, she was 13 when Iggy slept with her and knew that fact. That’s a bit materially different than standard rock-and-roll excess. Were age of consent laws less of a thing back in his day? Edit: Seems as though this should’ve been / is a crime?[0] [0] - http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/teaching-modules/230?section=primarysources&source=24 http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/teaching-modules/230?section=primary...
- WarOnPrivacy 7y agoOn reflection, most adults didn't care much about underage sex until they were able to leveraged it into public outrage - and therefore power for themselves. The proof of this lies with pre-1980s generations of child sex abuse victims, who knew (or quickly learned) to not go to adults in authority - especially police. At best, they could be expect to be ignored, marginalized and/or gaslighted. At worst could be more abuse, even if 'only' verbal, physical, etc. Reality is that most adults in authority didn't give a crap about child abuse until they could use abuse allegations as a weapon. Once they (police, legislators, administrators, etc) gained that power, all kinds of things suddenly became abuse, including consensual sexual activity. "Think of the children" tends to be code for "figure out how to leverage the children".
- UncleSlacky 7y agoToo bad he sold out to do car insurance ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlRjYlsC3bc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlRjYlsC3bc
- taneq 7y agoYeah, I mean everyone knows real artists don’t ask for money.>.>
- nefitty 7y agoTool's resurgence brought me back to their classic song Hooker With a Penis: All you read and wear or see or hear on TV Is a product, begging for your fat-ass, dirty dollar Shut up and buy, buy, buy my new record And buy, buy, buy, send more money Fuck you buddy
- goatinaboat 7y agoGot a lust for life... insurance
- bsenftner 7y agoThis "selling out" nonsense... attempting a career in art/music is by definition "selling out". Only rock n roll snobby gatekeepers have this attitude; in the rest of the world it's called "getting paid". Hip hop celebrates Getting Paid to the point of mocking the "selling out attitude" of rock n roll.
- dallen33 7y agoHis collaboration with Underworld was fantastic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatime_Dub_Encounters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatime_Dub_Encounters
- bq313 7y agoAnother great Iggy Pop story is the hilarious way in which his rider was written: http://www.iggypop.org/stoogesrider.html http://www.iggypop.org/stoogesrider.html