Music review: Iggy Pop – ‘Post Pop Depression无毛视频�
Iggy Pop无毛视频檚 engaging collaboration with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age pairs the godfather of punk with one of contemporary rock无毛视频檚 visionaries, resulting in nine tracks that may serve as Pop无毛视频檚 final musical statement.
The 68-year-old proto-punk icon has stated 无毛视频淧ost Pop Depression无毛视频� could indeed be the last album of his celebrated career.
On a majority of the new tracks, Pop channels David Bowie and the duo无毛视频檚 successful partnership in Germany during the late 1970s. During the Berlin period, Bowie would release 无毛视频淗eroes,无毛视频澪廾悠禎Low无毛视频� and 无毛视频淟odger,无毛视频� while Pop would deliver two of his finest solo efforts with 无毛视频淭he Idiot无毛视频� and 无毛视频淟ust for Life.无毛视频� Influenced by Bowie无毛视频檚 experimental vision, Pop无毛视频檚 career was resurrected after he departed the legendary Stooges.
On the track 无毛视频淕erman Days,无毛视频� Pop and Homme construct a nostalgic look back at this creative and volatile period when both Pop and Bowie fed off each other无毛视频檚 creative energies both musically and socially.
With Pop无毛视频檚 weathered and worn baritone vocals and Homme on guitar, bass and backing vocals, the two are joined by Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age) on guitar and Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) on drums.
无毛视频淏reak Into Your Heart无毛视频� opens the album by detailing a flawed and unusual courtship with Pop announcing, 无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 gonna break into your heart/And follow till I see where you begin.无毛视频� While initially coming off as creepy, the song无毛视频檚 deeper meaning reveals a more vulnerable message of wanting to steal the love and affection of someone at the most intimate level.
Fueled by a hypnotic, thumping bass, 无毛视频淕ardenia无毛视频� is a seedy love song that manages to be both disturbing and beautiful at the same time.
无毛视频淰ulture无毛视频� showcases a dark acoustic track that ominously reminds us about the abundance of scavengers in the world, always waiting and willing to feed off the weak.
A sense of finality is heard on 无毛视频淎merican Valhalla无毛视频� as Pop faces his own mortality and reflects on the aftermath of his personal battles by singing, 无毛视频淚无毛视频檝e nothing but my name.无毛视频�
无毛视频淧araguay无毛视频� draws the final curtain with Pop waxing poetic in his own way with a profanity-laced swan song that has Pop going out on his own terms by declaring, 无毛视频淚 wanna be your basic clod/Who made good/And went away while he could/To somewhere where people are still human beings.无毛视频�
If Pop intends to walk away from it all, it is only fitting he does it with the same gritty, uncompromising swagger he first flashed the world back some 47 years ago.
Clint Rhodes is the 无毛视频-Standard music reviewer. He can be reached at crhodes@heraldstandard.com.