is there, anywhere, any record as lean and forceful as 'funhouse'?

no disagreements here -- you about summed it up. i believe we are on the same page of the Fodor's Stooges Tourbook.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORD

See to me that sounds like a R'n'R cliche, I prefer the "Baby baby" stuff in Zep's "You Shook Me All Night Long" b/c it seems to have some humor in it. But my brainless cracks are really just a sign of my own frustration -- I feel like I usually have a pretty good radar re this kind of stuff & it's not working for the Stooges. Mostly I want to figure out why for my own purposes. Part of it might come from my general distaste for these nihilist drug guys, but I dunno.

iggy: "i guess you could call me jim jagger. or mick morrison."

The Stooges "Funhouse" is totally pure, and spews from the guts and souls of these truly rare & unique artists who were many decades ahead of their time. Listen to it, digest it and then listen to it again and again. Soak it in. You will never, ever experience a sonic onslaught like the one created by this legendary album of the highest order. "Funhouse" will forever be appreciated more and more as the sands of time trickle away. Only a depressed idiot of the highest magnitude would criticize this album (or the band) in a negative light. Part of the genius of the Stooges is that only a "precious few" can hear & feel the sacred magic in their timeless works. You can bet your life and soul that this album will be treasured one thousand years from now and beyond because it ranks in the upper echilon of Earth's many masterpieces...and Iggy Pop will always be remembered as one of the most electrifying frontmen in the history of music.

Hyerk hyerk. Not my own work....

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