40: Iggy Pop’s The Idiot (1977)

This record really snuck up on me. I’ve always been a fan of the Stooges stuff, but for whatever reason never backtracked to any of Pop’s early solo material. After watching Control last year, I was inspired to listen to the record found on Ian Curtis’ turntable at his suicide scene. It totally blew me away, and it was not at all what I was expecting. It’s very dark, very cynical, very disturbed. It’s ghastly in such a gorgeous way. Soon I discovered there is a blog dedicated to discussing the record and learned so much more about it. I highly recommend browsing that site if you’re at all interested in gear, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, 70s post punk or rock’n'roll in general.

Iggy Pop “China Girl” (mp3)