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".
Plastic & Concrete
Iggy Pop Lyrics
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These are the facts of life
I'm a nightmare child
Stuck on my own knife
I'm glad my mother loved me
I'm sick and paranoid
The hotel generator
Hums into the void
plastic and concrete, baby
I gotta learn to slow down
Something new from chemistry
Is jacking my brain around
I have got the plastic
And I have got the stone
Out there in the suburbs
I learned to be alone
In plastic and concrete
plastic and concrete sandwich
You'd like to eat me, but
Later you 'll reject me
I' m too much to bite off
The salad on my outside
Is made of suicide
The guy who squirts my mayonnaise
Is on a one-way ride
In plastic and concrete
Plastic and concrete
The lyrics to Iggy Pop's Plastic & Concrete tackle the themes of urbanization, detachment, and existential crisis. The singer describes his life and his surroundings, emphasizing the cold and artificial nature of living in a world made of plastic and concrete. He expresses his struggle with inner turmoil and paranoia, suggesting that the noise from the hotel generator served as a reflection of an empty void inside.
The lyrics also refer to the dangers of addiction and how drugs can alter behavior and perception. Iggy Pop mentions something new from chemistry that is jacking his brain around, alluding to the use of drugs. He says he has got the plastic and the stone, which refers to his drug habit. The line "I'm a nightmare child, stuck on my own knife" highlights the self-destructive tendencies of addiction and how it can lead to isolation and despair.
Overall, Plastic & Concrete is a bleak commentary on the modern world, with its emphasis on materialism and artificiality. Iggy Pop's lyrics suggest that these factors can contribute to a sense of detachment and detachment from one's self and others, leading to existential crisis and personal struggle.
Line by Line Meaning
Plastic and concrete, baby
The hard and artificial elements that surround us in modern life
These are the facts of life
This is the reality we must live in
I'm a nightmare child
I'm unmanageable and unpredictable
Stuck on my own knife
I am damaging myself with my actions and behavior
I'm glad my mother loved me
I appreciate the love and support I received from my mother
I'm sick and paranoid
I feel mentally troubled and delusional
The hotel generator
The mechanical, emotionless system that powers the temporary shelter of a hotel
Hums into the void
Produces a constant and meaningless sound that fills the emptiness
Of plastic and concrete
Of the sterile, artificial environment that engulfs us
I gotta learn to slow down
I need to stop rushing and take my time
Something new from chemistry
An unknown substance created by scientific experimentation
Is jacking my brain around
Is messing with my mind and causing disorientation
I have got the plastic
I have become artificial and empty
And I have got the stone
I am cold and unfeeling
Out there in the suburbs
In the lifeless and detached outskirts of the city
I learned to be alone
I became self-sufficient, but also isolated and disconnected from others
In plastic and concrete
In an environment devoid of warmth and humanity
Plastic and concrete sandwich
A metaphor for the soulless and inedible nature of modern life
You'd like to eat me, but
You find me appetizing or intriguing, but there are negative consequences to consuming me
Later you 'll reject me
Eventually, you will realize that I am unsatisfying or detrimental to your well-being
I' m too much to bite off
I am overwhelming or excessive in some way
The salad on my outside
The superficial layer of my personality or appearance
Is made of suicide
My facade is self-destructive and harmful
The guy who squirts my mayonnaise
The person who adds a seemingly insignificant detail to my existence
Is on a one-way ride
Is stuck in a cycle or path with no escape or change
In plastic and concrete
In the artificial and dehumanizing landscape of modern existence
Plastic and concrete
The false and sterile reality that we must navigate
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Written by: IGGY POP
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