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"Iggy
Pop the punk king from Ann Arbor, Michigan. I loved Iggy and the Stooges. They were my #3
favorite band behind David Bowie and Roxy Music. I hadn’t became a fan until a few
years after his earlier albums, The Stooges, Funhouse, and Raw Power were released.
By that time, the albums were rare and hard to find since production was discontinued.
Only at the used record stores could we find these gems. I looked long and hard but was
able to find them in good condition. I started to collect every Iggy album that I’d
find. |
1977 Idiot Tour Information
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Iggy
Pop Concert
Masonic Temple Auditorium
Detroit, Michigan
March 25, 1977 |
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Rock
Around The World
May 1977
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Tickets went on sale for Iggy Pop at the Masonic Temple
Auditorium for a concert on
March 25, 1977. That was our chance to see Iggy live in concert. I was so excited and I
remember just counting the days down waiting in anticipation. Then, about a week before
the Iggy concert we heard a major concert announcement over the local radio program. It
was announced that David Bowie was to join Iggy on his tour. Playing keyboards as a member
of his band. The concert had already been sold out for weeks. All the Bowie fans were
jealous that they had not gotten tickets to this concert. We smiled with pleasure that we
had bought our tickets to see Iggy and now were getting a double treat by seeing Bowie
perform with him too.
The Idiot album was released just one
week before the Detroit concert.
I had not known the
impact this new Iggy album comprised of Iggy’s lyrics and David Bowie’s music
was to have on us. To this day, The Idiot and Lust For Life are amongst my all time
favorites." ......Linda
Stone |
| History
states that David Bowie coaxed Iggy out of semi-retirement and helped him shape THE IDIOT,
perhaps the most critically lauded album of Iggy's solo career. The album is a
collaboration in every sense of the word (all songs were co-written by Iggy and Bowie),
but the results are 100% Iggy. This was the world's first taste of the "new, mature
Iggy Pop" - a theme that would continue on into the '90s. The album's neo-European
overtones slashed and burned all preconceptions the world held of Mr. Pop, and became a
classic along the way. Nearly every song on THE IDIOT has played a part in the soundtrack
to your life, whether you realize it or not. From the glitter-rock of "Funtime,"
to the sing-along familiarity of "China Girl," to the electronic syncopation of
"Sister Midnight" and "Nightclubbing," every note rings true and
perfect. |
Iggy was on a roll now. The critical and commercial success of THE IDIOT
propelled his career upward with great velocity. Next stop: LUST FOR LIFE. Once again
collaborating with his old friend Bowie, the album feels more loose and fun than anything
he has done before or since. By this point, Iggy had come into his own as a songwriter.
"Sixteen," "The Passenger" and the title track all reverberate with a
new sense of self-assurance and maturity, not to mention a perfect sense of rhythm and
catchy lyrics. In 1977, most of the world was preoccupied with the mindless disco craze.
Thank God Iggy knew better; he always does.
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