Iggy Pop - Acoustics KO (Complete Soundtrack) '2024

Tracks list

       Nope, didn't think this would be much, either. A chairbound-acoustic Ig
means missing the singular spectacle of him slithering about a stage like a
spastic snake eating a runaway garden hose. But our Mr. Pop is, like Robert
Pollard, an aggressive guitarist you rarely see playing an instrument (not even
his ‘60s Iguanas gig, drums), so this is already interesting. On the DVD,
he manhandles the thing in much the way he sings: full-out on hard stuff, and
with dexterity on lighter tunes. No surprise he breaks strings near the onset of
the eight-song acoustic troubadour Barcelona 1993 footage, including firm
versions of Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers' "Pablo Picasso," Them's "Gloria,"
and Richard Berry's "Louis Louie" updated for the fall of the wall. There's also
two Stooges tracks (and a few OK new American Caesar numbers--where was "Wild
America?"). It's surprisingly good viewing, despite the immobile limitation. But
truly compelling is the seven-song solo-electric 1990 Virgin Megastore
appearance in Paris. Clearly feeding on a surrounding crowd, standing/moving,
and tripling his guitar volume/density, the Ig lets 20 times more of his mayhem
genie out of the bottle (and nearly his pants--showing the adoring French his
underwear-clad butt). If he doesn't quite transform tepid Brick By Brick
numbers, they're still better. And as for the four Stooges numbers like "Down in
the Street" and "Loose," well… classic! Finally, the disc-two CD of demos
is, frankly, boring. But the DVD is great for fans to view another side of a
living legend.

© Jack Rabid

Tracklist:
1 Mixing The Colour (Live Sputnick TV, Barcelona 1993)
2 Louie Louie (Live Sputnick TV, Barcelona 1993)
3 I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live Sputnick TV, Barcelona 1993)
4 Pablo Picasso (Live Sputnick TV, Barcelona 1993)
5 Loose (Live Sputnick TV, Barcelona 1993)
6 Gloria (Live Sputnick TV, Barcelona 1993)
7 Social Life (Live Sputnick TV, Barcelona 1993)
8 Highway Song (Live Sputnick TV, Barcelona 1993)
9 Beside You (Live Sputnick TV, Barcelona 1993)
10 Nightclubbing (solo)
11 Miss Argentina (live)
12 Planet of Dogs (monologue)
13 Butt Town
14 Foolish Dreams
15 Beggar
16 The Wind
17 Starry Night
18 Brick By Brick
19 I Am
20 Think Alone
21 L.A. Blues
22 Down On The Street (Live at Paris Megastore, 1990)
23 I Won't Crap Out (Live at Paris Megastore, 1990)
24 Loose (Live at Paris Megastore, 1990)
25 I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live at Paris Megastore, 1990)
26 Brick By Brick (Live at Paris Megastore, 1990)
27 Butt Town (Live at Paris Megastore, 1990)
28 1969 (Live at Paris Megastore, 1990) 

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