Stooges: The SXSW Interview
As I mentioned in the previous post, here's Jaime Lees' report from the Stooges' Q&A session. This post is only separate because of one particularly amusing photo she took, which is seen below.
David Fricke (a veteran writer at Rolling Stone) made no effort to hide his delight and took the opportunity to ask many intense, discussion-provoking questions. Though he made every attempt to contain himself, Iggy Pop commanded 90% of the talking time. When he managed to pass questions on to his bandmates, guitarist Ron Asheton released hilarious antidotes. I fully realized how old the Stooges were when drummer Scott Asheton finally spoke. Though his drumming might just be as hard-hitting and solid as the old days, his speaking voice is the measured, scratchy voice of an old man. Betraying his age once again, Pop spewed forth witty observations about topics such as rock & roll legends (the Velvet Underground's John Cale "looks like the antagonist from Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls"), his own fashion adventures (he purchased his legendary dog collar from "the bowzer boutique") and the state of new music ("contemporary tuna melt standard"). Pop also casually deconstructed classic Stooges tunes. For example, in the song "No Fun," the riff was inspired by belly dancing, the construction is lifted from Johnny Cash's "Walk The Line," the "no" is from the Rolling Stone's "Satisfaction" and the "fun" is from the Beach Boys' "Fun Fun Fun." Who knew?
Photo number one:
Yup, that's our Iggy.
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