Anyone getting the new Iggy Pop box set this week? It's got all kinds of stuff from the days of the Stooges, all the way up to his latest album - plus it has a few goodies from compilations and whatnot, including the song he did with Debbie Harry for 'Red Hot + Blue'....I ordered my copy for cheep on Overstock.com, because of course, it's all about the O.

And I also ordered the new director's cut DVD of John Waters' CRY-BABY, which of course features the acting talents of one Mr. James Osterberg.

How much more Iggy could one person want?

Anxiety said:

You mean the two CD Anthology "A Million In Prizes". I will deeply consider it since I have no Iggy Pop stuff but am a fan. Looks good. I wanted to buy his last CD but kept putting it off. I saw him live with the Stooges a few years ago....wow! "Skull Ring" stuck out as one of the new songs although it's better live then recorded.

VinnyM27 said:

yup, that one. for some reason i thought there was a bonus DVD, but i think that's being sold separately. i've heard mixed things about 'skull ring', as well as most of his recent stuff...i quit buying his albums after 'avenue b', which i thought was kinda dreadful and depressing, though i think there are always at least one or two really good songs on his albums, which i hope is represented well in the anthology.

Anxiety said:

I have "A Million in Prizes". It's a fairly predictable run through his career. Lots of great things missing (like why only ONE song from the seminal "Funhouse"?), no "Pumpin' For Jill", "Shades", "Avenue B", "Loco Mosquito", "Pussy Walk", "VIP" but a good helping of "The Idiot/Lust For Life", so all in all well worth getting.

The DVD is released simultaneously. It's from the "Avenue B" tour of 1999/2000. I haven't nought it and doubt I will. I would have preferred a live CD from that tour, because I think "Avenue B" is one of his most underrated albums. In its own way, it's as good as "Lust For Life", albeit focusing on a different kind of lust.

Seeing The Stooges play Funhouse here in August.

Anxiety said:

"Skull Ring" is great. Buy it. You won't be disappointed. If you are, I'll buy you a drink in your town if I ever set foot in it (and provided you don't live in the middle of a trailer park in Plummer, Idaho). "Avenue B" isn't dreadful at all. It's very funny, albeit in a despairing and middle aged kind of way. You'll be able to relate to it someday, Anx.

Shapeshifter said:

i just remember when 'avenue b' came out (which, oddly enough, was during a time when i spent a lot of time on avenue b ), david bowie had also just released 'hours' and it seemed like iggy and david had both released their "HOLY SHIT, I'M OLD!!!" albums. even though 'hours' isn't exactly one of my top bowie albums, i really liked his take on aging and loneliness, even if he claimed it was more of a character album than an autobiographical statement. iggy's album just seemed...i dunno...sad. more vulnerable than i really wanted to experience. maybe a bit indulgent, i dunno. i mean, god bless him for making an honest album that takes this piss out of his own invincible rock god image, but it just felt a little painful to listen to at the time. now, who knows, maybe if i revisited it i'd really like it.

luve the Igster.And the man is still GREAT live.Looks like a good compilation,but I'm waiting for the Stooges remasters next month

downloading what I don't have and remasters aren't always better than the original. I still need The First Stooges allbum on vinyl.

Thx for heads up, gotta love all that is the original Punk Rock God, Iggy Pop.

Why does music have to cost so much money? I feel like I work to get a fix sometimes.

Slave2daGroove said:

well, like i always say, it beats heroin or crack.

Anxiety said:

I wonder does the complilation has the duet Iggy did with the member of B52 called Candy.

Anxiety said:

Yeah check it out again. The title track is a complete classic, right up there with his very best songs, and "Long Distance" comes pretty damn close too. And those spoken word interludes are downright hilarious, especially "She Called Me Daddy": "I was always ashamed she read Cosmopolitan. I should've been proud of her".

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Yep it does

Hotlegs said:

indeed it does.

i love that song.

Hotlegs said:

As said before, it's on there. It would be a shame if didn't. That was a pretty big hit. Sounded a bit like the stuff that evantually became some of the bigger hits of alternative radio in the mid ninties.

VinnyM27 said:

True. This is what's the tragedy of it all. Once again, Iggy is ahead of his time.

VinnyM27 said:

not to mention, it's just a really great rock duet ballad.

i got my copy of the anthology in the mail today, and i'm not disappointed in it at all. it sounds great, it has a really nice selection of songs, and the liner notes go on and on. i thought it would be in a slightly more delux-a-riffic package like some of the rhino anthologies (which i thought this was, but it's on Virgin), but oh well. i likes what i gots.

Anxiety said:

Tracklisting:

Disc: 1

1. 1969 - The Stooges
2. No Fun - The Stooges
3. I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
4. Down On The Street - The Stooges
5. I Got A Right! - Iggy And The Stooges
6. Gimme Some Skin - Iggy And The Stooges
7. I'm Sick of You - Iggy And The Stooges
8. Search And Destroy - Iggy And The Stooges
9. Gimme Danger - Iggy And The Stooges
10. Raw Power - Iggy And The Stooges
11. Kill City - Iggy Pop & James Williamson
12. Nightclubbing - Iggy Pop
13. Funtime - Iggy Pop
14. China Girl - Iggy Pop
15. Sister Midnight - Iggy Pop
16. Tonight - Iggy Pop
17. Success - Iggy Pop
18. Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
19. The Passenger - Iggy Pop

Disc: 2

1. Some Weird Sin - Iggy Pop
2. I'm Bored - Iggy Pop
3. I Need More - Iggy Pop
4. Pleasure - Iggy Pop
5. Run Like A Villain - Iggy Pop
6. Cry For Love - Iggy Pop
7. Real Wild Child (Wild One) - Iggy Pop
8. Cold Metal - Iggy Pop
9. Home - Iggy Pop
10. Candy - Iggy Pop w/Kate Pierson
11. Well Did You Evah! - Iggy Pop w/Debbie Harry
12. Wild America - Iggy Pop
13. TV Eye (live 1993-previously unreleased) - Iggy Pop
14. Loose (live 1993-previously unreleased) - Iggy Pop
15. Look Away - Iggy Pop
16. Corruption - Iggy Pop
17. I Felt The Luxury - Iggy Pop
18. Mask - Iggy Pop
19. Skull Ring - Iggy Pop

Anxiety said:

No penetration or mass production

Anxiety said:

I'm so happy this is finally coming out! I'm in love with Hatchetface.

GangstaFam said:

One thing about it is that his face and vocals reflect the grittyness of Rock N Roll and thats what I dig about Iggy.

Hotlegs said:

LMAO. I was talking about a character in the movie Cry Baby. But I spose that'd be a good nickname for the ol' Iggster too.