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".
Til Wrong Feels Right
Iggy Pop Lyrics
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From the radio today
I heard the radio say some piece of shit
Was it the sound of today ?
I took a bitin' 'beating'
When I saw my TV play, I saw my TV play
Over and over
And there were no escape
The box is hallow
And that riff is fucking dead,
That riff is fucking dead,
But the riff is poundin'
In my fucking head
They're gonna push it
Until false is true
Until day is night
They're gonna push it baby
Until wrong feels right
Until wrong feels right
It's a big industry
And they can beat my brain
With houses and wars and chains
They are insane
Yeah
But they can beat my brain
God and his captains
They won't pull a fucking plug
They won't pull a fucking plug
And give the skies
Back to the birds and bugs
Iggy Pop's "Til Wrong Feels Right" is a powerful commentary on modern media and the negative effects it can have on us. In the first verse, he talks about hearing "some piece of shit" on the radio and wonders if this is what passes for music nowadays. He then talks about seeing the same thing over and over on television and feeling like there is no escape from it. The repetition of the riff in his head drives home the point that this kind of media can be very insidious and persistent.
The second verse begins with Pop acknowledging the scale of the media industry and how much power it wields. He feels like his brain is being beaten with all the negativity and violence that is constantly on display. The final lines of the song are particularly potent, as he laments the fact that even God and his captains seem powerless to stop the relentless onslaught of media. The skies are filled with man-made objects, and the natural world is losing out.
Overall, "Til Wrong Feels Right" is a powerful critique of the modern media landscape and the negative impact it can have on us. It's a call to action, urging us to be more mindful of what we consume and how it affects us.
Line by Line Meaning
I took a poundin'
I was hit hard by something I heard on the radio today
From the radio today
It happened today and it was from the radio
I heard the radio say some piece of shit
The radio said something terrible
Was it the sound of today ?
Was this truly reflective of the current era's music?
I took a bitin' 'beating'
I was hurt by something I saw on TV
When I saw my TV play, I saw my TV play
I kept seeing the same thing on the TV again and again
Over and over
Repetitive and monotonous
And there were no escape
There was no way to evade it
The box is hallow
Television is void and empty
And that riff is fucking dead,
That rhythm or melody is no longer vibrant
But the riff is poundin'
But the rhythm still resonates within me
In my fucking head
It is stuck in my mind
They're gonna push it
They're going to prod us
Until false is true
They will keep banging until the fake becomes real
Until day is night
They'll persist until the distinction between day and night is blurred
They're gonna push it baby
They'll keep pushing relentlessly
Until wrong feels right
Until doing the bad thing feels like doing the right thing
Until wrong feels right
Until doing the wrongs feels like doing the right things
It's a big industry
Music production is a massive enterprise
And they can beat my brain
They can influence and control my thoughts
With houses and wars and chains
They use things like material gain, conflict and enslavement as tools
They are insane
They are crazy and irrational
Yeah
Acknowledgement and emphasis
But they can beat my brain
But they can still control me
God and his captains
The divine powers and their leaders
They won't pull a fucking plug
They won't stop this madness
They won't pull a fucking plug
They won't stop until it's too late
And give the skies
And return the heavens
Back to the birds and bugs
To the natural world that was once their home
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: IGGY POP
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
deadgirl82
I love this man!!!! I LOVE the fact that he hasn't had huge success-It means that the people who care enough about music had to go looking... If it's big, I ignore. Long live this fucking GENIUS!
Neon Bones
His voice reminds me of Johnny Cash...which makes me like him 10x more.
Shamanarts
hard core truth down to the fucking marrow....
Whitebolls92
AND THERE WAS NO ESCAPE
1312helloKiteKittyCat 1312helloKiteKittyCat
Everything is right until its wrong ?
Carl Stratton
@goofyskater180 It's not more famous for the reasons he states in the song itself in my opinion.
pillpucker
i did the same just then lol
Gonzo Caye
Houses, cars and shame..
Robert Visser
FN A
Keith Jagger
The fact that Iggy hasn't had major chart success just goes to show that the majority of the world are fucking idiots...and for this reason is what makes Iggy even cooler, if that is even possible. Iggy rules.