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Class is not water
"I composed some pieces for a contemporary dance work, worked on the script for a new film, participated in a couple of feature films, and found time, between commitments, to design a new line of condoms... and I had a lot of fun.".
With these words, the rock Iguana Iggy Pop announced the release of his new CD, Skull Ring, the result of a collaboration—after thirty years of separation—with Ron and Scott Asheton (The Stooges), with whom he produced four songs ("It was not difficult to find Ron, he has had the same phone number since 1973!").
In Skull Ring, we also find his friends The Trolls, his personal band, but not only that: the indestructible Iggy wanted new forces for his new album. From the height of his thirty-year experience, he shares music with a rare (I would say unique) spirit of sharing aimed at the younger generation: to "rejuvenate" his sound, he relied on the experience of the melo-punkers Green Day and Sum41 (a highly criticized choice by purists), whose freshness and melodicity Iggy appreciates.
While with Peaches, another collaborator, the relationship is based on utmost respect; the singer has gained his favor. An exchange of tracks (two by Peaches on Iggy's album, one by Iggy on Peaches' album) solidified this alliance that feels like a divine consecration for the Canadian singer.
But enough chatter about this ineffable, vigorous, unparalleled artist. Let's get to the heart of it (!), let's move on to the new album.
Skull Ring kicks off with an energetic Little Electric Chair, and things are clear from the start: pure Stooges garage rock 'n' roll. A delight.
Perverts In The Sun and Skull Ring ("Skull ring, fast cars, hot chikies, fancy things…") follow the same exciting coordinates. '70s lysergic flavors with Superbabe, then Loser, Private Hell, Little Know It All: pure Detroit style punk: metallic, fast, immediate, sharp.
Follows Dead Rock Star, a wonderful track suited for a mescaline-infused Bowie. A scream with Rock Show and Motor Inn by and with Peaches.
In conclusion: with the Trolls, we're in the psych-seventies r 'n' r area, with Green Day and Sum41 comes a sharp, elastic, non-commercial punk-rock.
With the Stooges, well, it's already clear: this sound kicks ass! And with Peaches... forget White Stripes and all today's pseudo rock 'n' roll couples! Here we have the Real Attitude, made of blood and sweat.
In total, fourteen tracks that will silence all the young sprouts of nu-garage rock 'n' roll for a while. As Iggy himself says: "These young gentlemen today know the scores perfectly, but they don't even know what it means to vomit..." Holy words!
In conclusion: this is the record to impose on your teenage brother who dabbles with nu-metal nihilism.
It could be the right time for him to convert to the wholesome and pure punk rock 'n' roll...
Tracklist and Lyrics
03 Skull Ring (03:51)
Skull rings
Fast cars
Hot chicks
Money
Skull rings
Fast cars
Hot chicks
Fancy things
The touch of a hand in the wasteland
you're walking asleep and dreaming cheap
A bird's wing don't beat for free
You're freezing cold and your family
Skull rings
Fast cars
Hot chicks
Money
Skull rings
Fast cars
Hot chicks
Fancy things
Fingers on fire to do what's bad
Ring on the finger is a skull man
Strong as a bar of steel
Weakness is that you can't feel
Skull rings
Fast cars
Hot chicks
Money
Skull rings
Fast cars
Hot chicks
Fancy things
My life is dirtied, my mind is loaded
I'm feeling and breathing and fighting
To see
People get ready now
Baby come on give your heart to me
Skull rings
Fast cars
Hot chicks
Money
Skull rings
Fast cars
Hot chicks
Fancy things
07 Little Know It All (03:33)
I'm the kid that no one knows,
I live a life I never chose.
But these thoughts in my mind,
Are my own, my own.
I'm face to face with the unknown,
My scary movie will be shown.
I've got one evil mind,
Of my own, of my own.
We take from one another,
We never stop to wonder,
How it feels from the other side.
But nothing lasts forever,
When stupid turns to clever,
Why are you surprised?
Little know it all (little know it all),
Ten bucks in my hand.
Little know it all (little know it all),
Don't cry, I understand.
So!
I'm a target of the smart,
They got ambition, I got heart.
I'm analyzed and tagged,
Before I start.
So tell me who can I respect?
I feel the leash around my neck.
As I find out there's shame,
In the game (in the game).
We take from one another,
And never stop to wonder,
How it feels from the other side.
But nothing lasts forever,
When stupid turns to clever,
Why are you surprised?
And I feel like I've crawled outside the box.
And I feel like I'm sleeping when I'm not.
We take from one another,
And never stop to wonder,
How it feels from the other side.
But nothing lasts forever,
When stupid turns to clever,
Why are you surprised?
Little know it all (little know it all),
Ten bucks in my hand.
Little know it all (little know it all),
Don't cry, I understand.
You little know it all (little know it all),
Ten bucks in my hand.
Little know it all (little know it all),
Don't cry I understand.
You'll never know it all.
13 Inferiority Complex (04:13)
Standing on the poop deck of a wreck -
Inferiority complex
Waiting for the tugboat of respect -
Inferiority complex
Trying to see the good side of a bad life
Showing real courage with a sad wife
Your soul is full of holes air could blow through
People that you meet don't want to know you
People are strange when they don't respect -
Inferiority complex
People are mean when they get the chance -
Won't anybody have this dance
People are weird when they don't respect -
Inferiority complex
Are you heel or just a toe?
It's hard to say cause you feel so low
The man is eyeing and you like a suspect -
Inferiority complex
Your every word is something to correct -
Inferiority complex
Everything about you repels sunshine
Every deep desire leaves you flat lined
Walking trough the world you leave no traces
You don't feel a part of any places
People are strange when there's no respect -
Inferiority complex
People are bad when they get the chance -
Won't anybody have this dance
People are strange when there's no respect -
Inferiority complex
It's hard to say when you're down so low
So low
Inferior but not a bore
Inferior but not a bore
Inferior but not a bore
Inferior but not a bore
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