# I'm enjoying the new Iggy Pop album **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-enjoying-the-new-iggy-pop-album/502013 "2009-07-05T21:47:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-enjoying-the-new-iggy-pop-album/502013/1 "2009-07-05T21:47:26Z")
Maybe you’ve heard the new one, _Preliminaires_ (the French word, there should be an accent mark over the first ‘e’). I always assumed Iggy Pop would be a sort of musical William Burroughs because of the rumors or whatever of his heroin use. I don’t know any Iggy Pop songs. I heard something on the radio from Preliminaires and decided to grab it. It is better than I thought. There is dramatic talk in French a la Paolo Conte punctuated by the kind of horns I’m a big sucker for. Some pipe organ. There’s New Orleans charlatanism, touchy-feely bass and percussion, Rob Zombie-esque production that they pull off shamelessly because everything stays so low-key… it’s pretty good 🙂 There is plenty of talk of death, and the parts I haven’t caught yet could very well be some kind of dirty joke or story, but still- nice job, Iggy Pop. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-enjoying-the-new-iggy-pop-album/502013/2 "2009-07-05T23:46:56Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > I always assumed Iggy Pop would be a sort of musical William Burroughs because of the rumors or whatever of his heroin use. I don’t know any Iggy Pop songs. I heard something on the radio from Preliminaires and decided to grab it. I heard him on Fresh Air, and he is very intelligent, with reasons for everything he does. My daughter got to act with him. He is a totally nice guy - friendly, polite and unassuming. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-enjoying-the-new-iggy-pop-album/502013/3 "2009-07-06T02:10:23Z")
This thread seems better suited for Cafe Society, so I’ll move it there. twicks, MPSIMS mod ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-enjoying-the-new-iggy-pop-album/502013/4 "2009-07-06T06:57:22Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > I always assumed Iggy Pop would be a sort of musical William Burroughs because of the rumors or whatever of his heroin use. I don’t know any Iggy Pop songs. I heard something on the radio from Preliminaires and decided to grab it. Please tell me that you’ve at least heard of _Lust for Life_. Which cracks me up that they use it for an anthem for Carnival Cruises. Check out _Raw Power_ for some classic Iggy. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-enjoying-the-new-iggy-pop-album/502013/5 "2009-07-06T12:34:35Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Please tell me that you’ve at least heard of _Lust for Life_. Which cracks me up that they use it for an anthem for Carnival Cruises. Check out _Raw Power_ for some classic Iggy. Unless I know it subconsciously, I don’t know it. Ah well. Every once in a while I learn of another good musician I’ve been missing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Falling_Reverend)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-enjoying-the-new-iggy-pop-album/502013/6 "2009-07-07T01:27:51Z")
For Iggy I highly recommend “Funhouse”. This is the Stooges at their peak, just before heroin took over. T.V. Eye is one of the greatest rock&roll songs ever.