It was a big thrill to work with him and Bill Laswell. Bootsy’s a great star and there is so much life in his playing, and so much personality and truth in who he is. “I loved the music and I love what Bootsy did with it. There’s a lot of truth in it, especially in the second verse, about all sorts of questions that are coming around again now,” Pop told BBC 6Music’s Lauren Laverne about the version.

“I’ve always loved this song, it came out when I was kinda on the ropes in 1971. RELATED: Iggy Pop on Smoking Spiderwebs to Get High: 'It Was Harsh' 'Dropping this track to celebrate.' The track in question is a cover version of the Sly Stone tune that Pop recorded back in 1985 with Funkadelic legend, Bootsy Collins, on bass. 'Happy Birthday to Iggy and all Poptimists,' the rock legend shared on social media. In January 2020, Pop received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.It's Iggy Pop's birthday, and he's got a song on his heart: Sly and the Family Stone's 1971 classic #1, 'Family Affair.' His solo album The Idiot has been cited as a major influence on a number of post-punk, electronic and industrial artists including Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails and Joy Division, and was described by Siouxsie Sioux as a 're-affirmation that our suspicions were true: the man is a genius.' He was inducted as part of the Stooges into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. The Stooges' album Raw Power has proved an influence on artists such as Sex Pistols, the Smiths, and Nirvana. Bowie re-recorded and performed many of Pop's songs throughout his career.Īlthough Pop has had limited commercial success, he has remained both a culture icon and a significant influence on a wide range of musicians in numerous genres.

Pop's song 'China Girl' became more widely known when it was re-recorded by co-writer Bowie, who released it as the second single from his most commercially successful album, Let's Dance (1983).

hit, 'Candy', a duet with B-52's singer Kate Pierson. In 1990, he recorded his first and only Top 40 U.S. Though his popularity has fluctuated through the years, many of Pop's songs have become well known, including 'Search and Destroy' and 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' by the Stooges, and his solo hits 'Lust for Life', 'The Passenger' and 'Real Wild Child (Wild One)'. Pop, who traditionally (but not exclusively) performs bare-chested, also performed such stage theatrics as rolling around in broken glass and exposing himself to the crowd.Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the course of his career, including garage rock, punk rock, hard rock, heavy metal, art rock, new wave, jazz, blues, and electronic. He was one of the first performers to do a stage-dive and popularized the activity. Throughout his career, he is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics, poetic lyrics, and distinctive voice. Both musicians relocated to West Berlin to wean themselves off their respective drug addictions and Pop began his solo career by collaborating with Bowie on the 1977 albums The Idiot and Lust for Life, Pop usually contributing the lyrics. He had a long collaborative and personal friendship with David Bowie over the course of his career, beginning with the Stooges' album Raw Power in 1973. Designated the 'Godfather of Punk', he was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band The Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited many times since.Initially playing a raw, primitive style of rock and roll, the Stooges sold few records in their original incarnation and gained a reputation for their confrontational performances, which often involved acts of self-mutilation by Pop. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

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