Iggy Pop has been knocking the hell out of rock and roll with raw power for decades, but now, as he displays his more artful side with a documentary about his painting exploits, we had a quick chat with the great man...
You reunited with the founding members of the Stooges when recording Skull Ring, do you think you will ever reunite with David Bowie to make any new music?
You never know. The way etiquette in the rock world works is that the larger giant approaches the smaller giant so that would be entirely out of my curfew.
What visual artists are you into at the moment?
Well I was watching Tracy Emin on the TV the other day, and I thought
she was a hoot! Jeff Koons is a friend and I'm happy to see him do well
as some people didn't get it for a while. There is a guy called Chris Ofili who did an elephant shit painting that so upset the
mayor in NY; well, I think he has made some beautiful things.
There is supposed to be a film of your early career being made - have you had any input? Would you be in it?
Would you be in it? No, I don't have any input, I don't want to be in it and I don't know anything about it.
Will you release any new material/albums free online a la Radiohead?
That's not something I'm legally empowered to do at the moment, but if and when, then that's definitely my kind of thing.
What do you think of the US presidential elections? Are you an Obama booster?
I do like Barack, but the election is strange, particularly for
someone of my generation to see television advertising used as the
most dynamic component in the election. It's very strange because you
know that advertising is at the end of the day bullshit, so in effect,
we are just giving up. His adman is not as good as McCain's which is a
shame. I don't know who is going to win, it's a very delicate time
right now.
In case you need any reminding, click here to see Iggy performing "I wanna be your dog" way back when.
Do you think Iggy might have said "purview" rather than "curfew"? That would seem to make more sense in that context.
Posted by: Pulsar8 | Monday, 20 October 2008 at 11:48 PM
artists find meanings that go back to origins -- curfew means 'cover fire', which implies that those subject to curfew must hide their light, which implies that it's up to their betters to lift the curfew
Posted by: Willis Wade | Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 01:13 AM
Don't be ridiculous. Of course he said purview. It means "defined limitations". You ought to learn yours when it comes to perverting meaning.
Posted by: The Barman | Friday, 24 October 2008 at 04:25 AM