# The Stooges!!! (Iggy, not Moe) Concert report **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744 "2003-08-26T14:39:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/1 "2003-08-26T14:39:35Z")
What can I say, I hit their homecoming reunion show last night (postponed because of the blackout), and it was one of the best concert moments of my life, and I’ve seen a lot. The Von Bondies started out the show, followed by Sonic Youth, who did a rather noisey but way cool set. All of that was forgotten when Jimmy Osterberg, looking pretty amazing for 56, took the stage with the Asheton brothers (Mike Watt on bass) and kicked into “Loose.” DTE Music Theater (Pine Knob) security had their hands full with the 14,000 rather energetic (okay…insane) fans. One by one, people slipped by and managed to reach the stage. Somewhere around the 5th or 6th song, Iggy started screaming “Get up here…Let 'em up…” People started pouring onto the stage until it was jammed full of fans moshing around as the band kicked into “No Fun.” Iggy always seems to make a point that he’s not afraid of the fans, usually by taking over their mosh pit. Even at his age, he managed to get in quite a few stage dives. Traditional at Iggy shows, people started pelting the stage with whatever they could, although at $7 a piece, there was a lot less beer thrown than in the old days! This show was nothing more than pure energy. Just wanted to share that with any Stooges fans out there. You can read about it in the local paper [here.](http://www.freep.com/entertainment/music/iggy26_20030826.htm) ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/2 "2003-08-26T14:45:13Z")
Sonic Youth, then the Stooges with Mike Watt on bass. If you used a host of scientific instruments, you could not design a show I would want to see more. I hate you. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/3 "2003-08-26T14:46:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vibrotronica \* > \*\* > > I hate you. \*\* Why thank you 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/4 "2003-08-26T15:05:58Z")
I’m glad this reunion thing is working out, and I really hope I get a chance to see the greatest band ever. I don’t hate you, lost4life, I just want to be you 🙂 Jon ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/5 "2003-08-26T15:34:10Z")
Please tell us what was on the set list so we can stew in our hatred a little more. ---
**Author:** ![Sad\_Waters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Sad\_Waters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sad_Waters)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/6 "2003-08-26T15:48:36Z")
I hear they are playing the Roseland next. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/7 "2003-08-26T16:49:10Z")
Arg! Another jealous one here! Iggy and Sonic Youth would be among the few bands that would get me off my antisocial ass and go to a club again. Are they heading west at all? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/8 "2003-08-26T17:22:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vibrotronica \* > \*\*Please tell us what was on the set list so we can stew in our hatred a little more. \*\* I’m usually bad at recalling the set lists, but it was all old Stooges and no solo Iggy. I know I heard Loose, Dirt, TV Eye (friggin awesome), 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog (twice!), No Fun, Cool Time. It was only about an hour long show, but any more would have been too much. There were a few songs noticably missing, mainly Search & Destroy, and Raw Power, but IIRC, Ron Asheton didn’t play on that album. It looks like The Stooges will be at Roseland tomorrow, but it doesn’t seem like Sonic Youth will be there. ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/9 "2003-08-27T07:10:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I Wanna Be Your Dog (twice!) I hate you, too. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/10 "2003-08-27T13:50:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by j.c. \* > \*\*I hate you, too. \*\* Yeah, keep it coming! I’m ruined for concerts for a while. Anybody else go through this? You see a truly amazing show, and other shows then seem pointless… Next up, Rev Horton Heat with The Blasters, but that’s not until next month, so hopefully I’ll be over it by then. ---
**Author:** ![Sad\_Waters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Sad\_Waters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sad_Waters)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/11 "2003-08-27T17:00:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lost4life \* > \*\*Next up, Rev Horton Heat with The Blasters, but that’s not until next month, so hopefully I’ll be over it by then. \*\* Sinner. I’ll see you there. Can’t wait for RevHo to jump on Jimbo’s bass. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/12 "2003-08-27T19:13:22Z")
[Here’s a bunch of photos from the show!](http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls====33954) Mike Watt’s home page says that in addition to the New York show tonight they’re playing in Spain and France the second week in September. No word on any further shows. Let’s keep our fingers crossed, American dopers. Any New York dopers going to the show tonight? ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/13 "2003-08-27T22:11:13Z")
Mike Watt? Reading that name makes me feel old. Seeing those photos of Iggy in such great shape despite being much older and much more careless (re substances) makes me feel even older. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stooges-iggy-not-moe-concert-report/197744/14 "2003-08-28T13:42:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by j.c. \* > \*\*Seeing those photos of Iggy in such great shape despite being much older and much more careless (re substances) makes me feel even older. \*\* Well, Iggy was always “special” looking, so he didn’t have those pretty boy looks to lose. It’s like Keith Richards. He looks pretty much the same now as he did 30 years ago. Iggy must only weigh like 90 lbs.