Not that anyone asked, but American Caesar is way damn underrated.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 3 April 2009 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Gotta go with "I'm Bored," but i have to say that I adore "Wild America" (great, great riff).
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 3 April 2009 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I was surprised to find when the album came out that no members of Sonic Youth were playing on "Wild America," because it's a total SY type riff.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2009 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
"Lust for Life" won't win because of Trainspotting and that ad for a cruise ship line, but I think it should. In a perfect vacuum, it's so good.
― tits akimbo (kenan), Saturday, 4 April 2009 06:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Just the drum sound makes it untouchable.
― tits akimbo (kenan), Saturday, 4 April 2009 06:12 (fifteen years ago) link
between "some weird sin" and "success"
― laying | (goole), Saturday, 4 April 2009 06:52 (fifteen years ago) link
it's a total SY type riff.
Hadn't occurred to me, but it strikes me as being too clean-sounding to be SY (although now that you mention it, it is pretty similar to the riff of "Titanium Expose" on Goo).
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 4 April 2009 11:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, it lacks the disorder of a real Lee/Thurston riff, but it's kind of coming from the same place.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 4 April 2009 11:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not sure if he played on the American Caester album, but didn't hirsute string-bender Wattie Watchell (sp?) play with Ig circa that period? (And wasn't he later busted in some kiddie-porn computer scam ala Garry Glitter?) He now plays for ::::barf::: Stevie Nicks.
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 4 April 2009 11:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Caeser
The internet says Brick by Brick, but he may have hung around for American Caesar in an uncredited manner.
He's been with Stevie longer than some ILMers have been alive.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 4 April 2009 12:14 (fifteen years ago) link
l (sp?) play with Ig circa that period? (And wasn't he later busted in some kiddie-porn computer scam ala Garry Glitter?) He now plays for ::::barf::: Stevie Nicks.
wtf?? He's played with Nick since 1981
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 April 2009 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link
*Nicks
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 April 2009 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I voted for "Lust For Life" ahead of "The Passenger" but I need to remedy my ignorance of solo Iggy outside of that album, because my third choice would be "Candy" which I LOOOOVE and I figure if I like that I'll find things to like in the rest of the catalog. I mean "Candy" has an overheated lyric, and I giggle when I listen closely to Iggy struggle to hit and hold the notes, but I love the way the chorus bursts out of the clipped-guitar verses.
― Euler, Saturday, 4 April 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
To my ears, "Candy" is absolutely the worst thing he's ever done (and that includes licensing "Lust for Life" to Carnival Cruise lines et al.)
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 4 April 2009 15:45 (fifteen years ago) link
ahem
― Straight from the Top of My Dom (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 4 April 2009 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's not great either -- but it doesn't make me wince like "Candy" does.
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 4 April 2009 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
woulda voted for candy
― lorax enforcement officer (electricsound), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link