The Stooges - T.V. Eye

The Stooges - T.V. Eye

Copyright - Elektra Records

Fun House is the second album by the American rock band The Stooges.

It was recorded in May 1970 and released in July of the same year. Like its predecessor, The Stooges (1969), Fun House did not sell well. In subsequent years, however, it has been cited as very influential on later musicians, notably in punk rock. In 2007, the album was voted Loudest Album Ever by Q Magazine

The tracks were recorded live in the studio with few or no overdubs, in roughly the same order as on the record. The Stooges were known at the time more for their cataclysmic live shows than for any established musicality, so "Funhouse" being recorded in this pseudo-live fashion made it the Stooges album which most closely captures the essence of their sound[2]. It also allowed for the collector-friendly release of 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions in 2001.

The Stooges intended that "Loose" open the album, but Elektra thought "Down On The Street" would be the stronger opener.[3]

An alternate version of "Down On The Street", with Doors-style organ overdubbed on it by producer Don Gallucci, was pulled from the album and made into a single.[3] It was released the same month as Fun House, and fared slightly better on the charts.

In 1985, singer Henry Rollins cited Fun House as one of his favorite albums in Spin.[4]

In 1999 Rhino Records released a limited edition box set, 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions, featuring every take of every song from every day of the recording sessions, plus the single versions of "Down On The Street" and "1970". On August 16, 2005, the album was reissued by Elektra and Rhino as a two-CD set featuring a newly remastered version of the album on disc one and a variety of outtakes (essentially highlights from the Complete Fun House Sessions box set) on disc two. Jack White contributed a quote to Iggy biographer Paul Trynka's liner notes to the reissue, in which White dubbed Fun House "by proxy the definitive rock album of America."

In 2003, the album was ranked number 191 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. [1]

In 1998, the Paris-based music magazine Rock & Folk placed Fun House in the top position of its "discothèque idéale."

In 2005 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.

Famed musician/engineer Steve Albini cites Fun House as his favorite album of all time.

Lyrics: Lord
See that cat
Yeah I do mean you
See that cat
Yeah I do mean you
She got a TV eye on me
She got a TV eye
She got a TV eye on me, oh
See that cat
Down on her back
See that cat
Down on her back
She got a TV eye on me
She got a TV eye
She got a TV eye on me, oh
See that cat
Yeah I love her so
see that cat
Yeah I love her so
She got a TV eye on me
She got a TV eye
She got a TV eye on me, oh
Right on, right on, right on
See that cat
Yeah I love her so
see that cat
Yeah I love her so
She got a TV eye on me
She got a TV eye
She got a TV eye on me, oh

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[narozzz]

Hey, I just noticed something freaky about the cover - Check out how SEAMLESSLY the face blends into Iggy's body. The nose makes a shape on one shoulderblade that mirrors the shadow across the opposite armit, and the upside-down eye is only a little bit rounder than the lines made by his ribs. Thus it takes about five minutes of staring at the thing to realize you've been mind-fucked.

Just another reason why this record is, you know, FUCKING WICKED.

[Punk93Metal]

@blackflag277

I always thought it was Lord.

[eqlong]

@SonofMrPeanut The Doors were contemporaries of The Stooges, not their predecessors, and The Doors were no gods, by any means. Iggy was, and is, a god. If you wanna talk about lineage, and "passing the punk rock torch", The MC5 deserve the most credit for inspiring The Stooges, NOT The Doors.

[eqlong]

@SonofMrPeanut Shut up. Jim Morrison is just another stupid rock'n'roll heroin overdose and The Doors were an overrated, over-marketed waste of energy. Anyone who knows a damn thing about the history of the punk movement will tell you that Iggy and his Stooges drew much of their inspiration from the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lee Hooker, Little Richard, Howlin' Wolf, The MC5, and The Sonics--NOT The Doors.

[sethipoo]

this may be my favorite record... of all time.

[Megajosh2]

I never saw even saw Iggy's body in it. I always saw the upside down face.

[wpollock1]

Love this...I used to have the live album with Bowie playing with Iggy, but I never got the album back from lending. Iggy is a god in Detroit. He is the godfather of punk along with Patti Smith.

[blackflag277]

that" LOOOOOOVVEEEEE!!!" always get me moving

[headache888]

sounds nike monster magnet^^

[4211959]

I remember blasting that song on my stereo when I was A teenager. My mom used to say thats the wildest damn thing I ever heard in my life. lol

[SonofMrPeanut]

Anyone who dares ask what The Doors wrought?

THIS IS IT!

This whole album is the gift Jim & CO. handed down to us mortals, and Iggy was the prophet left to preach.