There's nothing to be done.. Iggy always surprises us..

We thought he was just any old clodhopper, especially compared to a PhD like Lou Reed or a genie like Bowie, but no way, you give him ten centimeters of advantage and he outdoes everyone.. What a beast, man!

This new album from the pseudo Stooges (I like Gina but I get with Pina.. eh.. Gina dies.. oh! what a pity! finally we can get with Pina in peace: come here James Williamson..) is frightening. It is a masterpiece of musical intelligence, marketing, and cheekiness.
Compared to the previous "The Weirdness" which reeked of retirement, this one is explosive. But it's the concept behind it that keeps me up at night with admiration: they made a perfect album for me. Complete, summarizing, absolute.

I listen to this one and I don't have to move anymore, I don't have to listen to anything else: everything is copied and reviewed in a 2013 web 5.0 key. I listen to "Unfriendly World" and I don't have to pull "American Caesar" off the shelf anymore.. I listen to "Ready to Die" (nomen omen?) and I don't have to go looking for "Naughty Little Doggie" anymore (who knows where it is, by the way, it's from 1996..); I listen to "Gun" and I don't have to pull down either "Brick by Brick" ("Home") or "Raw Power" ("Your Pretty Face..").. Who knows what SIAE says about someone who copies themselves? Boh. I listen to "The Departed" and I don't have to go and download "The Undefeated", I listen to "Double Ds" and I don't remember "Pussy Walk" anymore.. I listen to shitty nursery rhymes like "Job" and "Dirty Deals" and I don't have to bother to re-listen to "Free and Freakin' in the USA" (and then always "usa", Iggy.. why? errare humanum est, sed perseveare diabolicum).. I listen to "Burn" and I don't even have to bother pulling down Deep Purple.. Ahahahahhahahahhah... Just kidding.. :)
Listen to it on Spotify. There's also the bonus track "Dying Breed" which, together with the calm "Beat that Guy", makes the album.

Shall we go see him in Milan? We can always throw a tomato at him.. and see if he throws it back at us or smears it on his sixty-six-year-old muscular chest...

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