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Sean_A

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Iggy Pop
« on: March 06, 2007, 10:41:14 AM »
For all you folks that like your music hard, Iggy is continuing to tour with The Stooges - now to support a new disc out shortly.  Most of the shows booked so far are sold out.  I think only Denver and DC have seats available.  I don't think he heads to Europe until Mayish.  

http://tix.concertmaps.com/iggypop/

Ciao
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Lloyd_Cole

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2007, 11:53:15 AM »
I've heard, but cannot confirm, that Mr Osterberg is occasionally seen on the golf course...
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John Kavanaugh

Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2007, 11:57:31 AM »
Has The Who lost it or are they worth a look.  I'm dropping my wife off at the airport in Indy early tomorrow morning and when looking for something to do tonight was a little surprised that their concert is far from sold out.  Can a rock group lose money on a tour that doesn't sell very well or is someone else at risk?
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Lloyd_Cole

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2007, 12:50:11 PM »
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on March 06, 2007, 11:57:31 AM
Has The Who lost it or are they worth a look.  I'm dropping my wife off at the airport in Indy early tomorrow morning and when looking for something to do tonight was a little surprised that their concert is far from sold out.  Can a rock group lose money on a tour that doesn't sell very well or is someone else at risk?
John,
Unless the promoter declared bankruptcy before he pays the band (as a London based chap did to me, Sting and Morrissey in 1991) touring, if budgeted properly, should be risk free. There will be a guarantee fee for each show, and then a bonus payment if sales exceed a cut point, for example 90% sold out. If a band is in a strong bargaining position the guarantee can be very high, in cases like this, if the promoter does not sell enough tickets, he can take a bath.
I'm not your guy for the Who. I can see for miles was their last good tune, I'd say. Townsend, however, was exceedingly nice to me when we worked at his studio in the mid 80's. Another vote for the Devil having all the good music.
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George Pazin

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2007, 01:05:41 PM »
I saw Iggy a few years ago and he was fantastic.

I also heard Dave Grohl tell a story in person about the time he played with Iggy many many years ago, when he was a nobody, and it was a classic. Iggy apparently showed up sans band and asked a few nobodies from the opener if they played bass and drums. Dave said yep, and played that night with Iggy.

The most telling part of the story was when Dave said, prior to Iggy picking them, the label snobs had told them to get lost, the opener was not welcome. And, of course, their attitude changed a bit when the nobodies joined Iggy onstage.
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Mark Bourgeois

Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2007, 01:43:58 PM »
Quote from: Sean Arble on March 06, 2007, 01:26:39 PM
Between the two bands there must have been 4 guys missing!


Well, you know where to find 'em...
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Craig Disher

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2007, 01:58:16 PM »
The Who were as much about visuals as music - and I doubt there's much visual left. Really, what's one to say about some 60-year olds singing Pictures of Lily? If you have a decent sound system and a big tv, it's more fun to watch The Kids are Alright or the Monterey Pop Festival film. What a show they could put on.

Lloyd - I think Moon's descent paralleled the band's.
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Jeff_Mingay

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2007, 01:59:14 PM »
Sean,

The Replacements opening for The Stooges. That must have been a great night.

There's a great poster out there, from the Grande Ballroom days in Detroit (early 1970s): Bob Seger System, The Stooges, and MC5 on the same bill.

Are all The Stooges alive?

Funhouse is one of my favourite albums... I'm frequently listening to it on my iPod while shaping bunkers!
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Jeff_Mingay

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2007, 03:28:30 PM »
Sean,

Is that Mike Watt... playing bass with The Stooges?
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Paul Payne

Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2007, 03:42:40 PM »
I'm crackin' up!

Stooges, MC5 and Bob Seger on the same bill?!?!?

I know Seger was young once but "kick out the jams M***F***" might have had him out of his element even then. I never saw Seger as the Heroin chic type either.
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Steve Lang

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2007, 04:18:40 PM »
Quote from: Paul Payne on March 06, 2007, 03:42:40 PM
I'm crackin' up!

Stooges, MC5 and Bob Seger on the same bill?!?!?

I know Seger was young once but "kick out the jams M***F***" might have had him out of his element even then. I never saw Seger as the Heroin chic type either.

not unusual to see 5-6 bands back in those days on one bill... often Battle of the Bands.. and don't forget Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels, Frost, and Brownsville Station for openers!!!

ohh and the Who... last time here a couple years ago, front rows stood up almost the entire show.. remember to bring ear plugs



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Kirk Gill

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2007, 05:21:35 PM »
Quote from: Jeff_Mingay on March 06, 2007, 01:59:14 PM
Funhouse is one of my favourite albums... I'm frequently listening to it on my iPod while shaping bunkers!

Mine, too. I listened to it when I was taking a tour of Graceland. Never got to see the Stooges, but did see Mr. Pop just once, on his "Brick by Brick" tour. Not the same. The little-known (at the time) opening act was Alice in Chains.

Mike Watt......a Stooge.....Loved the Minutemen.....Double Nickel on the Dime..............didn't care for Firehose much.........enjoyed Ball Hog or TugBoat........that tour was one of the best shows.............Eddie Vedder played guitar in Watt's band...........Foo Fighters opening..........man, the memories..........

Is it unfair of me to judge the world of Golf Architecture in this way:

I never expected a conversation about Iggy Pop on this site.

That said, I never expected to see one of his tunes used in a Cadillac commercial, either.......
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Adam Sherer

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2007, 08:43:47 PM »
Sean,

I like this post; it shows another side to the people on this site and that there is more to our collective interests than just golf.

I think its great that some of you (old timers) saw the Stooges back in the day. Did Iggy always do crazy s__t onstage or was it just the couple of shows that gave him that reputation. I have a bootleg vinyl, recorded from a live show at the Whiskey, during the Raw Power era: the cover is of Iggy cutting his chest with a broken beer bottle or something.

Seeing the Stooges during the late 60-early 70s is one of the great musical experiences of the rock era (definitely a Top 10 "What Musical Concert would you most like to have seen?"). Alice Cooper said, on his radio show last night, that the Stooges are one of the most underappreciated bands when it comes to the influence of rock and punk music.
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Steve Lang

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2007, 08:59:23 PM »
 8)

I wouldn't go that far for the Stooges.. they often stunk it up.. but greatest memory of them was at Toledo Sports Arena, I think they were one of several lead bands for Ted & MC5.. shirtless, sweaty Iggy did the backwards fall into the front row crowd.. no one caught him, knocked him out,, ..  .. .. next band..  
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Craig Sweet

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2007, 10:39:38 PM »
I believe the NY Times reviewed the latest Stoogies concert and said it was pretty good!

The other night I saw the movie Festival Express.....1970 train ride and tour across Canada with a bunch of the big acts from the era.....the sad thing, half those people are dead now.
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Jeff_Mingay

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2007, 08:29:19 AM »
Steve,

Grand Funk Railroad is another Detroit area band that came along in the wake of MC5 and The Stooges.

Sean's right, too. Listen to the Bob Seger System. It has a much different flavour - that fit in with MC5 and The Stooges - than later Silver Bullet Band stuff.
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Craig Sweet

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2007, 09:22:19 AM »
Ahhhh yes...J. Geils Band....mighty fine show each and everytime I saw them....we didn't get too many of those "Detroit" bands up in Vermont for live shows, but Geils was right down the road....

But speaking of Iggy....isn't a bit odd that Carnival Cruise Lines uses Iggy's Lust for Life in their commercials? I mean "here comes Johnny Yen again"....a song totally devoted to herion use.
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Jeff_Mingay

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2007, 09:25:14 AM »
I'm not a huge GFR fan either, Sean. But I do agree the bassist, MEL SCHACHER, is an excellent musician. His bass lines drive all of the very best GFR tunes.

Don Brewer - GFR's original drummer - is touring with Seger these days.

Re J Geils. Live Full House is a classic. I agree. I can see the album in my CD collection from here, where I type!
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mikes1160

Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2007, 09:48:51 AM »
Marshall Crenshaw, another fine Detroit boy.
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Brad Klein

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #19 on: March 07, 2007, 09:53:53 AM »
New Years Eve, 1973-74; Academy of Music in NYC, Iggy Pop and Blue Oyster Cult. Great concert, I sort of think . . . was kind of out of it.
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Jeff_Mingay

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #20 on: March 07, 2007, 10:04:40 AM »
Dr. Klein... "kind of out of it" at an early 1970s Iggy show!

Awesome  ;)
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Jerry Kluger

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #21 on: March 07, 2007, 10:29:07 AM »
Sean: PBS showed an old Rolling Stones concert this past weekend from the early 70's - John Lennon and Yoko Ono were in the audience - very cool.

Some of the old groups that are touring are great - took my boys, ages 10 and 13, to some concerts within the last year and we saw: Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Lenny Kravitz and Journey. Also saw Billy Joel who brought one of his roadies on stage to sing Highway to Hell.
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Brad Klein

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #22 on: March 07, 2007, 11:37:19 AM »
Jeff, I took three years off from golf and caddying during college. Ran the concert committee at SUNY-Binghamton and booked bands for the school, wrote rock music reviews for the newspaper. I wasn't all that far from being in a turf-related enterprise (!), but at least for a while it was not golf. Still have my Fillmore-East ticket stubs and programs, too, as well as very clouded memories of the 1973 Watkins Glen festival which saw the Dead, the Band and the Allman Bros. on stage.
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Billsteele

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #23 on: March 07, 2007, 11:50:31 AM »
Brad-Now I know why I've always thought of you as the Lester Bangs of golf course architecture.
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Jerry Kluger

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Re:Iggy Pop
« Reply #24 on: March 07, 2007, 12:08:36 PM »
Brad: I went to one of the last concerts at Fillmore East but I have absolutely no memory of who appeared - at that time I really don't think it mattered much who was playing; it was just the experience of being there.
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