Iggy Pop Interview circa '77

[InatorCorp]

I feel bad for Gzowski. He seems like a good journalist. Mogwai featured parts of this interview in the song, "Punk Rock:" and they did a really good job of editing it into sounding like an intelligent rant instead of the childish rock-star drivel that it is.

[3ReJcTs510]

The interveiwer is completly bashing him it seems like so he is kinda forced to bash him back

[eliaspratt]

DRUGS. ALOT OF COKE IT LOOKS LIKE

[xXBIazeXx]

Never seen Iggy Pop dressed up like this before...

to be honest, i never seen Iggy Pop totally dressed up before XDDD

GO IGGY, YOU STILL ROCK!!

[bearswilleatme]

dilettante: a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge. ie, someone who blames iggy's strange behavior on drugs.

[brigadersuede]

NOTICE HE CAN'T KEEP STILL!

[68Strut]

My God! Iggy cracks me up!

[bonbon1995]

man i'd be so nervous if i found out i had to interview him.

[bonbon1995]

"You see what sounds to you like a whole lot of trashy old noise, is in fact the brilliant music of a genius...myself" ha ha!

[capricious71]

"that's showbiz?"

"is it?"

"Well you should know, you're in it" :)))

[nmcniemann]

@ jemjean

Iggy said what he felt and did -

Don't judge before you know and understand-

[jemjean]

He's either incredibly stoned or incredibly asinine. I can't really decide. The interviewer is pretty sharp though. No, I don't know what you mean, Iggy.

[wojtek0000]

media people always try to dissect art. it happened in 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. the reason they need to do it is profit. they want to be controversial to improve ratings. what an inartistic way to do it.

[mortadelka]

He was fun of Kurd Cobain

I love him

Marcos Kurdt

I feel strong with my art too. Kicked ass in Berlín! 08´

[blueamerican54]

Iggy is a genius.

He is punk rock incarnate.

[makisemimaru]

Rock stars should still be like this

[Stackpot]

he came to perform and was shut down at the last minute by red tape he didn't understand or want to understand at the time. So he was pissed that's all (and maybe a bit too lit)

[PhiloCentinel]

Iggy Pop looks like he's at both the top and bottom of the world.

[Khooper38]

Probably the top of his world. bottom of ours.

[NevenDayvid]

well they sure don´t make interviews like that anymore...

[DBCrowns]

Why is he so cocky, LOL. He had TWO great LP out at this time and had sell out shows with Bowie. hm

[staircase27]

the look on iggys face says dont push me im behaving

[triviani1234]

I pressed the wrong thumbs down. You're totally right!

[JuicyJessie64]

i personally love iggy, but he's making himself look like an ass. he's talented and sexy, and he knows it. but his rudeness was unnecessary.

[GawdMachine]

I don't think it was intentional, I think he was just VERY stoned when he did this.

[srb1369]

"I don't like to hear (the term 'punk rock') come out of someone's mouth." "Okay...where do you like to hear it come out of?"

Hilarious.

[handsomedevil98]

This is my fave Iggy PoP period during 1977 THE IDIOT album is the BEST!!!!!

[lapislazuli7]

....vomit... with some style....?!

[tonglinstone]

Yeh, the host's a square, but he's not stupid. He tries to take him seriously and to let him explain his position. Really, Iggy is a pompous ass.  I remember watching this as a teenager on the night it was on the CBC and feeling embarrassed for Iggy, because I really liked his music and I so wished he could talk like a normal human being instead of hiding behind this ridiculous facade.

[noisyRhy]

I second that InuvikPhil, Iggy Pop plays that whole subversive game where he won't answer a single straightforward question just to put on a show. Note where he calls himself a genius with a completely serious face. His ego is extremely inflated (probably by cocaine..) and he won't give Gzowski an inch. I don't think any interviewer could interview him properly at this stage in the stooges with a few exceptions..

[redfieldTnT]

i love it how we are in on the secrets (answers) the host dosent understand

[InuvikPhil]

Actually, you know -- I take that back. He's doing his best with a very very difficult interview.

[InuvikPhil]

What a square host! It's like having your high-school english teacher host a show.