Though his popularity has fluctuated through the years, many of Pop's songs have become well-known, including "Lust for Life", "The Passenger", "Real Wild Child", "Candy" (a duet with Kate Pierson of The B-52's), "China Girl", "Nightclubbing", "Search and Destroy" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog".
In 2010, The Stooges were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Pop was the lead singer of The Stooges, a late 1960s/early 1970s band that featured brothers Ron and Scott Asheton and Dave Alexander and was highly influential in the development of hard rock. The debut album was produced by the Velvet Underground's John Cale. The band's "I Wanna Be Your Dog" is a garage punk standard.
Raw Power was first released in1973, perhaps the first record that could truly be called punk. It was the confluence of The Stooges ages, hormones, creativity, ability, experience, tastes, lack of supervision, contempt for authority and ambition that has made Raw Power one of the most influential albums of all time.
The Stooges were infamous for performances in which Pop leapt off the stage (hence, the "stage dive"), smeared raw meat or peanut butter over his chest and cut himself with broken bottles. A glimpse of the vibrating intensity of Iggy live can be seen in the Ramones movie "End of the Century." Guitarist James Williamson became a key collaborator, a partnership documented on the 1978 album Kill City.
In 25 years as a solo artist, Pop's best-known songs have included the thumping Lust for Life, to be heard on the soundtrack of the find-a-vein, shoot-it-up movie Trainspotting, I'm Bored and The Passenger (the latter based on a poem written by Jim Morrison). David Bowie played a key role in reinvigorating Pop's post-Stooges career and was a collaborator on the albums Lust for Life and The Idiot. Iggy may be under-rated as a songwriter. Bowie and Tina Turner covered his "Tonight". Bowie also put out his own version of "China Girl," while Grace Jones covered the icey "Nightclubbing".
Black Sunshine
Iggy Pop Lyrics
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The wheels of his Mustang exploding on the highway like a slug from a .45
True Death: 400 Horsepower of maximum performance piercing the night
This is Black Sunshine)
Yeah! Move me in the silence Baltic motorway
Hang me on the edge before I fall away
Apocalypse is dawnin' action on the mile
Sweet'n the ride Black Sunshine
Sweet'n the ride, yeah!
Sweet'n the ride Black Sunshine
Sweet'n the ride, yeah!
Cry a river 'cosmic', moon in Scorpio
Feel her body 'breathe', acid radio
Tell me that you like it, when I'm going down
Tell me that you like it, move to the speed of
Sweet'n the ride Black Sunshine
Sweet'n the ride, yeah!
Sweet'n the ride Black Sunshine
Sweet'n the ride, yeah!
Go! Slide into, I said '44' cool heart can
A hypnotize dream into infinity, I turned the love to lies
Crawl across the water, wave and sink into the sea
Reflect'n onto everything, that you can never be
'Check-out!', yeah!
To the devil a daughter comes 200 worlds away, yeah
Born to lose the love you choose, destroy another day
Check out!!
Sweet'n the ride Black Sunshine
Sweet'n the ride, yeah!
Sweet'n the ride Black Sunshine
Sweet'n the ride
Stare into the T.V. kiss off the pain
Wonderland is falling, no sing, no rain momentary
Damage into the high drift me to the circuit sky
(Finally nothing moves. High noon
Black top rolling below the asphalt drive
A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing
This is Black Sunshine)
The lyrics of Iggy Pop's song Black Sunshine are ambiguous and difficult to decipher, but one possible interpretation is that the song is about the exhilaration and danger of driving a fast car. The opening lines describe a man gripping the wheel of a Mustang and driving recklessly fast, enjoying the power of the car as it explodes down the highway. The chorus repeats the phrase "Sweet'n the ride Black Sunshine," suggesting that the driver is addicted to the adrenaline rush of driving at high speeds.
The second verse introduces the notion of apocalypse and revolution, implying that the driver is rebelling against a society that has become stagnant and oppressive. The references to cosmic and acid imagery suggest that the driver is also exploring altered states of consciousness. The bridge features a surreal and dreamlike sequence, in which the driver imagines sinking into the sea and reflecting onto everything that can never be.
The final section of the song describes a moment of stillness and reflection, as the driver comes to a stop on a deserted road. The concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing suggests a feeling of existential emptiness, as the driver realizes that the thrill of speed and rebellion can only offer temporary distraction from the void.
Line by Line Meaning
Gripping the wheel his knuckles went white with desire
He was so eager to go fast that he held onto the wheel tightly causing his knuckles to turn white
The wheels of his Mustang exploding on the highway like a slug from a .45
The tires on his car made a sound like a bullet being shot from a gun as the car moved quickly down the highway
True Death: 400 Horsepower of maximum performance piercing the night
The car's powerful engine was loud and fast enough to make it feel like he was facing death while driving it
This is Black Sunshine
The high-speed experience he was having felt like a black sunshine
Yeah! Move me in the silence Baltic motorway
He wants to be taken for a ride down the Baltic motorway in silence
Hang me on the edge before I fall away
He wants to be taken to the edge of falling off before he is brought back to safety
Apocalypse is dawnin' action on the mile
There is a feeling of impending doom and destruction as they drive down the road
A 'can-do' revolution, earth to the river
There is a feeling of change and power, as if they can do anything and even the earth and river can feel that energy
Sweet'n the ride Black Sunshine
The fast, exhilarating ride feels sweet like a black sunshine
Cry a river 'cosmic', moon in Scorpio
He is expressing his emotions to the universe, noting the position of the moon in Scorpio
Feel her body 'breathe', acid radio
He can feel the vibrations of the music and radio in his body
Tell me that you like it, when I'm going down
He is asking for approval and affirmation that they enjoy the sensation of speeding down the road
Tell me that you like it, move to the speed of
He wants them to move in time with the fast speed of the car
Go! Slide into, I said '44' cool heart can
The next verse details a metaphorical journey where he transcends reality and has a hypnotic dream thanks to the car
A hypnotize dream into infinity, I turned the love to lies
He gets lost in a dream as he almost transcends time and space
Crawl across the water, wave and sink into the sea
He seems to sink into the sea, feeling weightless and almost like he's underwater
Reflect'n onto everything, that you can never be
He reflects on everything he has done and experienced that other people have not
'Check-out!', yeah!
This is a call to escape from reality and check out from the world
To the devil a daughter comes 200 worlds away, yeah
He seems to travel to different worlds in his mind
Born to lose the love you choose, destroy another day
Frustration at lost love and anger at the world seem to be expressed in this line
Stare into the T.V. kiss off the pain
Using television as a form of escape to forget about pain and suffering is implied
Wonderland is falling, no sing, no rain momentary
An ephemeral moment when everything feels like it's falling apart and there's no sound or rain
Damage into the high drift me to the circuit sky
He is describing a dizzying, drifty, and dreamlike sensation as he drives fast down the road
Finally nothing moves. High noon
Everything comes to a stop, signaling the end of the ride
Black top rolling below the asphalt drive
The black road rolls beneath the car, getting smaller and smaller as they drive away from it
A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing
Driving fast on a concrete road edge, as if they're close to nothingness
This is Black Sunshine
The entirety of the high-speed ride felt like a black sunshine
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ROB ZOMBIE, SHAUNA YSEULT REYNOLDS, IVAN PETER DE PRUME, JAY NOEL YUENGER
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LYRICS:
Gripping the wheel
His knuckles went white with desire
The wheels of his Mustang
Exploding on the highway
Like a slug from a forty-five
True death, 400 horsepower
Of maximum performance
Piercing the night
This is black sunshine
Yeah, move me in the silence Baltic motorway
Hang me on the edge before I fall away
Apocalypse is dawnin' actions on the mile
Can do revolution, earth to the river Nile
Sweet'n the ride black sunshine
Sweet'n the ride, yeah
Sweet'n the ride black sunshine
Sweet'n the ride, yeah
Yeah, cry a river cosmic, moon in a Scorpio
Feel her body breathe, acid radio
Tell me that you like it, when I'm going down
Tell me that you like it, move to the speed of sound
Sweet'n the ride black sunshine
Sweet'n the ride, yeah
Sweet'n the ride black sunshine
Sweet'n the ride, yeah
Slide into, I said, "Forty-four cool heart can hypnotize"
Dream into infinity, I turned the love to lies
Crawl across the water, wave and sink into the sea
Reflecting onto everything, that you can never be check out
Yeah, to the devil a daughter
Comes 2000 worlds away, yeah
Born to lose the love you choose
Destroy another day, check out
Sweet'n the ride black sunshine
Sweet'n the ride, yeah
Sweet'n the ride black sunshine
Sweet'n the ride, yeah
Stare into the TV kiss off the pain
Wonderland is falling
No sing, no rain momentary
Damage into the high drift
Me to the circuit sky
Finally nothing moves high noon
Black top rolling below the asphalt drive
A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing
This is black sunshine
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