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Originally Posted by viewtiful alan redux
Iggy can be so hard for me to stick by sometimes... I hate to say it but I think he needs to stop with new material, it hasn't been legitimately good in a long time.
We can pretend all we want, but he hasn't made a genuinley goood album since Brick by Brick (and even that was pretty spotty).
He can't write an interesting song anymore, and his voice isn't really surviving. The live show is still great, but unfortunately both Iggy and the Stooges are better suited to a throwback act these days.
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I don't know...while I agree that he's had some awful albums, his last solo effort "Preliminaires", was pretty good I thought. The acoustic track (think it's titled "she's dead"???) was nothing short of amazing. His voice is getting more "blusier" as he ages. Hopefully he'll use this to his advantage the same way he did on preliminaires.
As much as I absolutely adored Ronnie, the more recent Stooges shows have been better, I think. Cool to see them incorporating harmonica + Steve Mackaye into a lot of this songs. Really beefing them up and keeping things interesting + dark. Glammy blues by old guys....I'm still so fucking proud of 'em.
As far as solo Iggy, I still would like to see an acoustic effort. Just him and a guitar w/ that bluesy/croony voice.
Stooges break up (for good...) in three years. Would be nice to see Iggy (if he decides to back out of rock) go onto other things...blues, spoken word, audio books, maybe some weirdo jazzy stuff. No reason for him to stop unless he wants to.
He's still one of the best front men out there.