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".
Loose
Iggy Pop Lyrics
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I took a record of pretty music
I went down and baby you can tell
I took a record of pretty music
Now I'm putting it to you straight from hell
I'll stick it deep inside
I'll stick it deep inside
Cause I'm loose
I feel fine, I'm a shakin' leaf
I feel fine to be dancin', baby
Cause it's love, yeah I do believe
I'll stick it deep inside
I'll stick it deep inside
Cause I'm loose
And I'll stick it deep inside
And I'll stick it hey
Well I'm loose, well I'm loose
Well I'm loose
The lyrics to Iggy Pop's song "Loose" describe a sense of carefree abandon and liberation. The singer in the song is relishing in their freedom and feeling "fine" to be dancing and shaking loose like a "shaking leaf." The singer has taken a record of "pretty music" and is now sharing it with the listener, straight from "hell." The repeated line, "I'll stick it deep inside," suggests a primal, instinctual desire to merge with the music and express oneself fully. The word "loose" is repeated throughout the song, emphasizing the singer's unbridled feelings and sense of being unburdened.
There are a number of possible interpretations of the song's meaning. It has been suggested that the "pretty music" the singer refers to may actually be drugs or alcohol, which the singer has ingested and is now feeling the effects of. Alternatively, the "pretty music" may refer to the vagaries of human emotion, which the singer is now attempting to express through physical movement and connection with others. The sense of chaos and unpredictability in the song's lyrics points to a desire to escape from the constraints of everyday life and immerse oneself in the moment.
Line by Line Meaning
Now look out
Listen up and pay attention
I took a record of pretty music
I discovered some beautiful music
I went down and baby you can tell
I experienced something intense and you can see it on my face
I took a record of pretty music
I really want to share this great music with you
Now I'm putting it to you straight from hell
I'm giving it to you with a lot of intensity and passion
I'll stick it deep inside
I'll give it to you with everything I've got
I'll stick it deep inside
I'm going to keep going and keep it intense
Cause I'm loose
I'm free and uninhibited
I feel fine to be dancin', baby
I'm feeling great and I want to dance
I feel fine, I'm a shakin' leaf
I feel amazing and I'm full of energy
I feel fine to be dancin', baby
Dancing makes me feel fantastic
Cause it's love, yeah I do believe
This amazing feeling is because of love
And I'll stick it deep inside
I'm not going to hold back
And I'll stick it hey
I'm going to keep going and keep it intense
Well I'm loose, well I'm loose
I'm going to let myself go completely
Well I'm loose
I'm free and uninhibited
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Written by: ANDREW CAIRNS
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R Robinson
on Livin' On The Edge Of The Night (edit)
Here are corrections to incorrect lyrics - outrageously, stupidly incorrect: The first line is, "ILL WIND off the river". (And that's ill, not I'll.) The second line is, "smoke stacks fade to BLACK". Second verse: "I've made my bed but I can't REST my head". And "so much COULD be misunderstood". Bridge: "WELL maybe it's just my life". An artist crafts his work meticulously , then this is what happens to it. Disgusting.