I saw Iggy Pop on the Colbert Show this week, and it occurred to me that I’d never put him in this feature. Truth to tell I was only dimly aware of his existence back in the day, though I knew he was in the same basic camp as Lou Reed and David Bowie. So, I figured, put him up, which led to the next question. Put up what? I really have no idea what the creme de la creme of Iggy’s oeuvre might be. Well, much to my surprise, but probably not to the cognizanti, I discovered that he and Bowie wrote China Girl together, and he recorded it first.
I can’t quite figure the shirtless thing, which is still part of his act now that he’s well into his sixties (seventies?). I guess sticking to it gave him some incentive to keep his abs in shape.
My wife insisted, as we checked Iggy’s version out, that Bowie’s was better, so here’s your chance to compare. Actually, I’m putting up two versions by Bowie. They’re quite different one from the other.
You might want to advance the second version to somewhere around the two minute mark.
Great song.
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