Post #297244 by donhonyc on Fri, Apr 6, 2007 4:26 AM

I've seen Iggy perform three times solo and twice with The Stooges. He never ceases to amaze me. You could look at that classic footage of him from Cleveland, 1970 where he goes out into the audience and smears peanut butter on himself, and go see him tomorrow and nothing about his performance has really changed. He has managed to keep the same level of insane energy all these years. He is and always will be the true rock and roll animal (take that Lou Reed!). The first time I actually saw or heard Iggy was during his appearance on the Dinah Shore show back in '77 or '78 when he was on with David Bowie promoting 'The Idiot'. I was 11 or 12 years old and was blown away. Truly mind boggling, scary, and intriguing all at the same time. The weirdest part of the show was watching Iggy and David being interviewed by Dinah and her 'co-host' that day, Rosemary Clooney. Back then the mainstream were confused by people like Iggy and the message was that this guy was weird and important. But back here in the present day it's good to see that Iggy keeps going, and get this...later this month, he will be celebrating his 60th (!) birthday. We should all hope to be as energized when we get to that age. Happy Birthday Ig!!!!

Oh yeah... a word of advice on dealing with the loud volume: do yourself a favor before you go to a loud gig like that and stop off at Walgreen's or wherever and get yourself some of those foam ear plugs. I never go to a show without using them. It will save you a lot of grief in the aftermath.