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  • that interviewers a prick

  • This is around 77

    .

  • Mogwai sampled this, had to find it. How awesome.

  • @BruisedEyeSockets spor did 2

  • This interviewer is very good; calm and respectful. In most of the interviews that I've watched with early "punk" performers the interviewers are complete assholes to them.

  • What year was this?

  • He was all over the place. If the interviewer would have tried to dominate him or talk him to death after the fiasco of not being allowed to play his music, he would have exploded. By being quiet and calm and actually listening and apologizing for the cheap shot especially, it disarmed him.

  • What Gzowski does well here is use silence, waiting for Iggy to answer, something George Stromboloupolous, who has a late night CBC gig now, by contrast would not do. Thinking on it, maybe the silence was not for the best, and Iggy would probably enjoy meeting George more. George would better relate to the music and the man.

  • Peter Gzowski has done a lot of great interviews. This was awkward and uncomfortable at times, with Iggy/Jimmy seeming dangerous, like a cornered animal at times. Gzowski even went passive aggressive, refusing to give his name and saying that at least he uses the one he was given.

  • what is art?

  • I don't think i've heard a more convincing speech on anything. Iggy could be a clown in interviews but he seems more sincere than ever here.

  • aboot. aboot. aboot. seriously, do you canadians realize how fucking lame that is? It's so out of context, just going from an american accent to like a fucking indian pronounciation of the word about.

  • controlling the proceedings. fuck yeah!

  • @VioletDeliriums the interviewer is Peter Gzowski from the CBC.

  • I love this interview! I don't know how many times I have watched over the past 4 years. I have even transcribed the words.

    Of course, the things Iggy says at 1:20-2:15 is incredible, but we have to give the interviewer a lot of credit for what he does to lighten the mood up at 2:40, because Iggy was clearly upset and he didn't owe it to us to say the things he did later. If it weren't for the host, we might not have heard 3:52-4:51 and from 7:52 on.

    Does anyone know the host's and show name?

  • Hes so high! lol 

  • absolute genius and a very bright person

  • Truth and self realisation exudes out of this guy.

  • Woah, this seems like the sort of conversation you have 1 on 1, not on television. Awesome.

  • @TheJacksterman yeah exactly .. the days when celebrities were totally real and it wasn't just some phoney light hearted comedy show ... the world is sooo bullshitted today !! hate it!!!!!!.. LOVE IGGY ... he's as real as it gets x))))

  • @TheJacksterman when i was a kid there was stuff like this on tv and more- check out his interveiw with dinah shore and bowie's with cavett. intricate long talks and I remember it. Iggy and bowie freaked out allotta housewives in the 70s

  • Poetry

  • I wish he was my REAL father.

  • 2:43

    Iggy: I'm going to let you get away with that. Once.

  • In which year was this interview? I'd like some music from him in that time.

  • @ennybm I'm guessing The Idot, or Lust for Life era.

  • @ennybm 1977. 

  • @ennybm 1977. Because here they show some quotes from this interview:

    imdb.com/name/nm0006563/bio

    ;)

  • Dude lost his Aunt-ALL you HATERS, leave him alone! i FEEL he is COMPLETELY, AWESOMELY REAL!!!

  • This is radical. Awkward/funny/winning

  • Omfg im realated to iggy pop my mom looked him up on wikki and it says osterberg and its true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I totally agree with what he said about punk label...THATS a real great quote!

  • He is.....kind of insane.

  • Punk Rock: - Mogwai

  • can someone please tell me who Sidman Froyd is .... i have no idea who he is comparing the efforts of Johnny Rotton to and i really wanna know !!... someone help me out pleassse!! x?

  • @arealOpia1991 im sure he meant sigmund freud and he was a pschyologist dealing with human drives

  • @texasvamp8 ... thank you ... yeah never heard of this person so i only went on ears for the spelling i put :/... thanks very much !

  • @arealOpia1991

    It's Sigmund Freud, arealOpia. The founding father of psychoanalysis.

  • @chumptowers thanks so much .... !!.... Jimmy is a genius!!O.O ... seriously ... this whole interview from him was amazing ... and Sigmund Freud-i must go research him as that's epic that's what he's done and a topic that highly interests me THANKS x)

  • @arealOpia1991 Sigmund Freud. He was a psychologist. Most all modern psychology is based off his work. He was also a raging coke head.

  • @fullmetalfunk Thanks so much !.... that is so interesting!! ... i will definitely go researching into this man as he Psychology is something that highly interests me ... THANKS X)

  • @arealOpia1991 Haha, no problem. I suggest finding his Wikipedia page.

  • what an amazing and open interview... not what you would see today...

  • Mogwai ftw

  • I've always felt the very same way about the labeling of music and it's all a bunch of superficial bullshit getting into fashion trends and music SCENES. I love music not just "punk rock" and if you are a closed minded individual who only listens to one genre of music you should kill yourself.

  • what a brilliant beautiful free human being...

    fuck

  • I'm curious whether or not Iggy's opinion of Johnny Rotten dramatically changed shortly after this interview...

  • @ragingbullette care to elaborate on how it would've changed?

  • lol greatest interview ever..

  • Chuck Norris on heroin

  • Heh? Iggy has an xtian cross and are advocating Freund being a hero?

    Hey, aren't we supposed to be rebels here?

  • @klepzo punk rocker wearing a cross is rebeling against punk rock ultiamte rebbelion rebellion against everything rebellion against being a rebel

  • lol @ iggy looking like a big lil boy and and acting condescending

  • that's not iggy, that man is wearing a shirt

  • i dont understand people something must be wrong with me i guess.as far as i can tell the interviewer is bein real cool he obviously dosnt understand this music or iggy pop but you can tell hes honestly trying to and iggy is giving really geniuene answers i dont see em acting like an asshole in any way shape or form to the interviewr. and what he did on stage didnt have any purpose. there were REASONS he did what he did on stage but no purpose to it. this was a great fuckin interview

  • he's fuuuuucked up!

  • The interviewer is great for being a person of his age at that time. On the other hand, it is a bit of a myth that the adult world always has been inappreciative and negative towards rock'n'roll. For instance, in the 1950's, even a lot of elderly people back then had high regards about Elvis Presley. It wasn't exactly like he was condemned by everyone over 40 and the same goes for Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols etc, etc.

  • He doesn't so douchie to me, he seems annoyed that he can't perform after traveling to do it. I don't think he's meaning to take it out on the interviewer; the expressions on his face, the smirks and subtle smiles make me think he actually likes the guy, but he probably wants to annoy the producers or maybe the CBC. If you've ever seen Iggy's interview with Dina Shora, you'd see he can be a very kind, well-mannered guest...but regardless, you can't see he isn't at least trying to stay genuine.

  • i have the utmost respect for the music of Iggy Pop and the Stooge which really was punk before punk. And despite all the outrageous things he did on stage, Iggy really was an intelligent guy. That's why it's so frustrating here to watch him reply to the interviewer's earnest questions with contrived bullshit answers like "What i do on stage is utterly no purpose!" like he's straining to be edgy and controversial. No need Iggy, you already are! John Lydon pulled the same crap with Tom Snyder.

  • @manwithnoname123 shut up moron

  • @baf929 your an idiot, "gothic" kiddies?? when did iggy label his music as goth faggot?

  • @baf929 u fuckin son of a bitch

  • Iggy sucks. Harbor and Edinger, Santa Ana, if ANY Iggy queer fans wish to....uh....discuss music. LOL....Hey Iggy...same goes for you, chump ! ! ! ! !

  • HE'S WEARING A SHIRT! :O

  • best interview ever, period, shows what punk, hardcore, even hiphop has to deal with since it is a newer genre and most older people are against because they dont understand what really connects the artist with their fans

  • @kbop hardcore and hip hop is crap why? well i'd tell you why but youre not really gonna get what im saying because youll choose not to get it so im not gonna bother. just thought id say dont compare punk to those tryna be and wanna be genres because punk has a purpose and those dont.

  • probably pissed about having a performance cancelled.

  • "the brilliant music of a genius"...........oh boy.

  • iggy pop's an idiot? LOL.

    without him, punk would've gone NOWHERE.

  • @over18

    oh I would like punk gone nowhere and iggy is really an idiot, LSD blown idiot...

  • @zagkalidor yea, what you said. Especially the part where you sound like a huge douche.

  • @over18 WRONG! Iggy Pop invented Punk and he Is Punk- we forgive you good job- you are young

  • kinda choppy

  • iggy was being harsh as shit. the interviewer was nice and trying to understand, he was just acting dochie.

  • @xXdarkrosepedalXx thats his job 

  • Iggy's sad .......but what a talent...... and with age...... just gets better....... and whoever the canadian dude was, he was great to handle Iggy's 'sensativities', great interview.

  • First time I've ever identified certifiable demon-possession, if you watch some of the other videos available online. He's true mess.

    Perhaps a hot mess but a mess. He gets to do crap that would put the rest of us in jail or a mental institution. He's nutz.

  • "I worked very hard for a very long time to try to make something that's beautiful enough so that I can enjoy it and other people can enjoy it and I will continue working at it because I haven't nearly achieved it yet."

    For a musician this interview is incredibly inspiring, so much truth about what music is really about, it's not about sales or number 1's or trashy music videos. It's about expression and creating something that is your own, and maybe people will like it.

  • What an incredible interview, Mogwai used it so so perfectly in one of thier songs... he's on something, but it's still pretty special...

  • cool haircut back then! looks like a mullet now.

  • Igy was really high in this interview, had some good things to say but was way out there... too bad.

    You gotta light? hahha so great!

  • I don't know why but I think he's the cutest thing at 3:45

  • @ofalltheranters

    haha, yes! That little groan of embarrassment and that face......he's like a little puppy ^-^ 

  • the interviewer is smarter than iggy in here

  • classic interview! I've never seen a copy of this that was very good quality though.

  • great mind and for those who laughed at him just felt awkward coz they dnt no wt he means

  • @medusasbiotch lol yeah. I don't really get some of the things he said. Like the not feeling anything thing. wtf? Come on you gotta feel something performing in front of thousands of people delivering something that's supposed to give off a feeling.

  • Peter Gzowski was a typical CBC creep, and Iggy reveals him to be just that. Good for Iggy.

  • The only elitist here in this video is Iggy. What a snob! At least in this he seems so.

  • At 2:45, Iggy's thinking, "I'm gonna let you get away with that, this once"

  • I agree with that last thing he said. About working hard and tirelessly to make something that he felt was beautiful. I feel that is the sign of a true artist. Art makes you feel something, but an artist is always working to make someone feel something.

  • I'm guessing this is 77 or 78 anybody know the exact date?

  • "I've read reviews about vomiting on the stage, I would like to know the purpous behing all that.."

    The purpous or the reason sire? I vomited, I was Ill, I'm not sorry I was ill... amh... everybody get's ill, sometimes...

  • There needs to be an IGGY POP  movie about his life.

  • very cool i have heard this interview through a mogwai song called punk rock.

    It is nice to see were it came from, and of course I love iggy

  • @eric144144 Bowie did help Iggy many times in a big way because he was just so reckless and wild. Iggy was hard to handle. But Bowie could and they were best friends. Their combined talents made some interesting music. They both have their own style. It's not fair to say that Iggy is a moron because he uses words like dilettante. He is articulate. His unmanaged aggression made him seem like a total nutter.

  • @eric144144 ur fucking HIGH lmao bowie stole so much from iggy and used him as a guinea pig ur a total idiot

  • Somebody got this interview in better quality??

    Iggy's facial expressions are priceless, like to see 'm sharper

  • This interview changed how I view Iggy Pop.. made him even more awesome than he already was. The interviewer really does well for how difficult that was.

  • @PunkMartyr i didnt think he was difficult at all..just totally real; the complex nature of human that too many try & overplay with a public façades..&if that's seen as difficult well goes further to reiterate my point- the world is complex both cruel & beautiful & too many mother fucking social drones try & live a fantasy in a world that does not exist..i thought the interviewer was pretty much one of these taking cheep shot remarks and making a tribute to popularity..i absolutely love Jimmy!

  • wow how right you might be. he is not even close to a genius and is factly a punk in every aspect of the word. "PUNK ROCK" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • the word disasterz or whoever is looking for isn't god its dionysic art, or intuitive.

    Like when you fuck correctly its intuitive.

  • I LOVE IGGY

  • Fuck, I love him! :)

  • Yeah, Gzowski is pretty awesome, aint he?

  • yeah i've seen a ton of interviewers and am very disappointed in them , especially these days. But Gzowski is pretty damn awesome. Hes honest , straight forward. and sharp on the edge at the same time :)

    <3 iggy pop

  • I think he's discribing God when he sais he's "looking for something beautiful"... I totally get the "when i am in the gripps of my music i dont feel pleasure and I dont feel pain" i have been withing Gods gripps too and its amazing, its like warm, its like, i imagined the last time i felt that way must have been in my mothers woomb, it just felt like i had come home as in the deepest and truest meaning of the word...

  • @desasterz yeah, sure...lunatic

  • @PurpleILL i understand exactly what hes talking about

  • @desasterz what are you on about? it's not about god, when you perform on stage you go into almost a trance and it feels amazing.

  • I know that he was describing himself.

  • Iggy Pop was valedictorian of his class at Pioneer High School class of 65 or 66, in Ann Arbor

  • @hyzercreek Wow, I never knew that!

  • i cant believe this is the same guy who now sells car insurance :/

  • @KimdraculaM wtf!? Are you serious? He's not rich!?!?

  • brilliant interview.

  • one of my most viewed interviews... It is indeed brilliant. Another is when Patti Smith talks to Tom Snyder

  • you shouldnt blame it on the individual... yes Iggy, Rotter etc... were suposed to happen because of that kind of bullshit... But you shouldnt blame it on an individual interviewer, critic bla bla because they learned it from each other and that it was apropreate to do their job that way... these artists are around to brack roomers and kik walls down and they have methods that would wake them up if they were left ot get on with it but dont go on saying people are "arse holes"...

  • i bum chickens in notin but a diving mask...thats me non conforming or is it?.

  • No, that is just nonsense

  • what a charachter.. :)) great person he is!

  • yeah I think I can see your point,Iggy still is a good rocker and a darn smart one too,despite his craziness.

  • i love iggy. but of all the dickhead interviewers ive seen, this canadian guy seemed to be a nice, open kinda dude.

    iggy was a bit harsh in his youthful arrogance.

    maybe iggy was expecting a grilling from some hack broadcaster?

    i imagine the iggy of the present would feel slighty guilty if he watched this back.

  • @StevieWondersWhy24 no way, this is one of the best rock n roll interviews of all time. if you dont understand why hes being the way he is then you dont understand why rock n roll or punk rock had the attitude that it did.

  • @tengobotas

    so because iggy falls under the catagory of "punk", his aggression can never be misplaced?

    "best rock n roll interviews of all time"? you are a fucking nerd aint ya? i bet you think the hall of fame actually means something you dumb cunt.

    please excuse my fucking attitude, im just being "PUNK".

  • @StevieWondersWhy24 thats pretty much it

  • @StevieWondersWhy24 stevie wonders cant see hes an asshole wuta shock

  • @StevieWondersWhy24 I don't know if he was particularly rude. I think the worst case of rudeness I've seen was Zappa on... gosh, I can't remember the program but he was a total ass. I really don't know much about Iggy just yet but he seems like a genuine artist here

  • @StevieWondersWhy24 you got it right!!!

  • @StevieWondersWhy24 the government said they couldn't play that day. he seemed to take it pretty well. 

  • @hesse77

    fair enough, but that wasnt the presenters fault.

  • @StevieWondersWhy24 very very true observation, and i think iggy realized that at around the 5:15 mark. He kinda tries to disarm the thing with a lil aw-shucks self-deprecation, and he goes out on a nearly BEYOND humble note when talking about himself in the last minute. Total turnaround from the coked-up and mean confidence that he entered in on.

    iggy is a smart guy, and def a fan of humanity in the end, and this clip captures that coked-out paranoia of the period well.

  • @StevieWondersWhy24 harsh?? wtf how any ppl are "harsh" tpward punk icons....? everyone dumnass. EVERY single think he says is waranted.

  • @Skitziod that wasnt even a sentence you fuckin moron. never try to comment on anything again. save yourself the embarassment.

  • @StevieWondersWhy24 you rule stevie, i couldn't stop laughing when i read what you and this guy said. this skitzoid is either a drunk or a retard

  • @wallymeldrum i hope for his sake he was drunk. otherwise hes a fuckin tradgedy!

  • @wallymeldrum YOU GOTA FUCKIN PROBLEM WITH DRUNK SKITZOS people you fuckin peice a shit

  • @sidewalkwalker wha? it's cool you bought me back to this comment. it's fucking funny. "never try to comment on anything again".

  • @wallymeldrum ? thats not funny you homo

  • @wallymeldrum what? wha? whats wrong you dont understand what i asked you, are you a fucking idiot wha?

  • @sidewalkwalker I'm going to kiss you.

  • @StevieWondersWhy24 and youre a fuckin jerkoff too

  • @sidewalkwalker hurtful. way to bruise my ego you fuckin genius.

  • @StevieWondersWhy24 thats just for starters

  • @sidewalkwalker ooo fucking fucking look at me im steve wonders i say fucking before thing im cool

  • @Skitziod Lick a piece of dog shit.

  • punk rock changed my life for the better. i learned that self expression and inner passion are what really make you a human and that those are things that some people will never experiance. punk rock is art and you have to feel it, not evaluate it. punk has and will continue to change the world.

  • @fakepoetry unfortunately most punk rockers are tied to style, fashion and social mores and tend to be a bit snobbish if you don't fit their particualr specifications.....many i've known will act friendly with you one-on one, then ignore you you when their surrounded by their fascist peers......blue cheer.

  • is that 'heartless manipulators" comment about malcolm mclaren?

  • aboot

  • Great personality.

  • and now he does insurance adverts

  • seriously?

  • genius

  • goddamn...iggy is amazing. after watching this interview i no exactly who he is, i can understand his music so much more now. go iggy, go non conformity!

  • what year

  • i like the interviewer

    i wouldn't kick him outta bed for farting

  • What did he say about punk rock at the beginning?

    "Punk rock is a word used by dilitons"?

    What's dilitons?

  • dilettante is "like" an amateur...someone that practice a science or an art without having the necesary skill/hability(?)...

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  • delitant...means the rich established order who knows only what they read and make assumptions without experience

  • no it doesnt you idiot

  • as i said above it doesnt mean that and you are a moron

  • A person who enjoys the arts or someone who engages in a field as an amateur out of casual interest rather than as a profession ..thats the fucking definition which is pretty much what i said - when u refer to someone mainstream as a dilletante in regards to their knowledge of something like Punk Rock - i think my definition pretty much was right - rich white mainstream America trying to define punk without knowing anything about it but what they have seen on TV or read without experiencing it

  • gooood yer such an idiot

  • @kdance11 guilt?

    seriously?

  • satanism? he may be overdoing it a bit

  • mean i love him

  • does he like johnny rotten then -no ?

  • you can tell he really thinks about what he says

  • You are right, I also noticed that. Iggy is a wise and thoughtful person, unlike other people who get carried away speaking stuff that come from emotional reactions or fake stuff that is used to be socially accepted. Iggy truly is a role model to follow.