In hindsight, it’s amazing that the line “Love in the middle of a firefight” from ‘Search and Destroy’ is reflected in Bowie’s 1977 song, ‘”Heroes”’ in his lines, “ The guns shot above our heads / and we kissed as though nothing could fall.” My favorite lyric is when Iggy rhymes “using technology” with “make no apology” on the same song. Decades later, it became critically acclaimed, proving there were other people in the world with good taste. It highly repelled my parents and friends, so I was sure that I had discovered a real treasure. Raw Power was a dazzling mess, only because of the tight, powerful relentless band behind the metallic wall of sound – the Stooges. It was a fresh sonic abomination, completely re-defining our idea of music. To my teenage ears it sounded like a bunch of angry guys attacking some kind of loud machinery with razor blades. This razor-sharp edge secured the album’s place in history. The vocals and guitar were so prominent that the low end was barely audible. Admittedly, the original mix was done on old equipment, which further distorted (or enhanced) an already chaotic, unconventional and rebellious sound. When it was mixed by David Bowie and released in 1973, the album became history - fast. One day it appeared in all its magnificence, The Holy Grail – the Raw Power album. But first, let’s be thankful for the way it was. He’s the man, and this is it – the way it should have been. Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell (Originally titled "Hard To Beat")ģ.Cheers to Sony Legacy for giving Iggy Pop the ultimatum, “Either you re-mix it or we will!” No matter what Iggy did with the Stooges’ Raw Power master tapes, it would have been inarguably legitimate. Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 125/500!ģ. Raw Power became the LP that launched a million punk rock bands all around the world, leaving its flaming skidmarks on scenes from London to L.A. Released in May 1973, Raw Power was the last album by these pioneers of Punk before they imploded forever. Iggys intensity, bohemian lifestyle and all-round to hell with everything attitude is seldom given the proper credit for his role in defining what a true punk really was. Contains the classics Raw Power, Search And Destroy and Penetration. Columbia also contained the debut of one James Williamson thereafter a regular collaborator with the Ig. James Jewel Osterburg and the Stooges third classic album and their first one for U.S.
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