Iggy pop-Lust for life-Turn Blue

RECORED:Hansa tonstudio 3,Berlin,June 1977
RELEASED:RCA,September 1977
PERSONEL:Iggy Pop(v),Carlos Alomar,Ricky Gardiner (gtr),Tony Sales (bass),Hunt Sales(drums),David Bowie (pno)
PRODUCER:David Bowie
ENGINEER:Edu Meyer,Colin Thurston

Lyrics:

See a black Eldorado
Oh, rolling along down below my window
That black girl in the back looks pretty good
Christ! She's beautiful
You know how soft she is
Just what you feel like

Oh, I'm so far away from her
Jesus this is Iggy
You, you might as well come with me,
When you ride the ride
There's talk and I don't wanna talk

Oh mamma, I shot myself down [x4]

They're stepping on our hearts
Stepping on our hearts
I don't know why they're stepping on our hearts
Damn, I don't know why
Stepping on our hearts [x5]
Can't you see, oh no, Stepping on our hearts

How come the blacks, how come they copy you so good?
They get off on you, so ?
If you wanna make it
Young man you gotta make somebody come
Come out of your black [x2] and strong
Black! Strong! Black!

Jesus it's cold in this room, it's really cold
You know I never told you about this, but there's one guy
Somebody I really love, he's never around
Well he was taking things that could be alright, that could be nice
And make him ugly, so damn ugly
And we put out the lights on them
Yeah, we'd make it dark, we put out the lights....on them
It's idiots like you that screw me up
I know there's nothing to you
And I don't know why I treat you so kind
Come down and dance with me, dance with me
You got nobody left but me
Oh accept me, don't reject me, don't forget me
Mamma, what colour will the lights be? Will they turn blue on me? [x2]
Mamma, I shot myself up, woh mamma, I shot myself up, up, up, mamma
Up down, up down mamma
Oh oh oh oh oh mamma
I didn't know what I was doing, I didn't mean to, but I did it, I shot myself up
Mamma I shot myself!

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Tags:

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• blue

[vintagezigg]

Iggy really feeling his roots. Anyone capable of covering this one this one is dead.

[loveupskirts]

i love iggy so much, i cant hardy stand it

[thewaste510]

Its pretty incredible how none of the songs on Lust For Life sound at all like the stuff Bowie was doing on his "Berlin" albums. What an incredible musician and songwriter.

[lyonslaforet]

@ianspringham Yes. Isn't the song about a junkie "turning blue"?

[obnoxious612]

Iggys best.

[ianspringham]

I hope Jesus appreciated the call from Iggy - I would have!

[Jochimo]

This song sux after 6:50, but part 0:00-6:49 is quite good

[zqfd]

oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, ooow oooww

[zqfd]

@McDjB1

yeah, that's some fine soul !

[swampgravy]

Thanks, omfgRyan.

Here's our dirty secret: people can converse in this venue without arbitrary scorn.

It seems so many threads give over to the naysayers. Will they turn blue? 

Here's hoping.

Much love to you, too.

[omfgRyan]

dude you get so much love for that comment

[swampgravy]

"Anyone capable of covering this one is dead."

Bravo, goddamn, bravo, Vintagezigg.

One for us.