Iggy and the Stooges – Ready to Die
May 8th, 2013 by admin
Just got this new Iggy and the Stooges CD last week and I have had it in my truck since. At first I instantly liked “Gun” and “Job” but as I have listened to it over the last week the whole album has become my latest favorite from start to finish. Every song is awesome. Love the songs above but also can’t get “Beat that guy” out of my head.
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Recently Iggy gave an interview to NPR. Give it a listen. Here is an excerpt:
At this point, is it a point of pride that The Stooges won’t make money from the record?
“No, baby, here’s the way it works: We make an album; everybody complains for the first five years. And after about 10 years, people start saying, ‘Hey, you know, that’s pretty good.’ The money kicks in about 20 years later.
“In the mid-’90s, The Stooges and Fun House turned over into the black, and all the band members who survived started getting checks. And then a little later, the same happened to Raw Power. Little by little, that old band has defeated a lot of our shag-haired, frilly-vest-wearing crapola, corporate rock gods and goddesses of the ’60s and ’70s. The problem now, of course, is do I have 30 years to wait for royalties for this record? [Laughs.] See, because I’m 66. I think people need to hurry up and buy a record.”
Got to love this photo that was posted on facebook recently.
