Iggy Pop

Released to complete a recording contract, this documents Iggy's "Lust for Life" tour. Pop (joined by David Bowie) recasts Stooges cuts and cherry picks selections from his first two solo sets. The tempos are set so that all the tracks seem on the verge of taking off yet never quite do. "Nightclubbing" is so badly off that it earns a Special Olympics kind of respect.

In the great tradition of Uncle Lou, here's a live quickie for you--four songs from the two recent RCA albums, plus a classic or two from each hard-to-find Elektra, plus the collectors' single "I Got a Right." You get to hear "Lust for Life" without the laff-a-line chorus. "Funtime" with anti-Semitic flourishes, and lots of irrelevant bombast and concert-hall echo. Much of it works anyway, but that doesn't mean I can't dock it a notch for pissing me off. (Grade - C+)