085: Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
This week, the street-walking cheetahs of Discord and Rhyme take a stroll down the dark, sketchy alley that is Iggy and the Stooges’ 1973 classic Raw Power. Mostly ignored upon release, its primal, menacing energy would become a blueprint for countless punk and hard rock bands in the decades to come. In our discussion, we detail the drug-fueled, messy production of the record that yielded two radically different mixes of the album that continue to divide fans to this day. Shirts are optional.
Miscellany
Mike consulted the liner notes in the booklet of the Iggy mix, as promised, and the swords in “Search and Destroy” were sabres they found in an antique shop.
The closing cover of Madonna’s “Ray of Light” is from the Stooges’ performance at the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Rich mentioned the Adult Swim show Venture Bros, and Iggy Pop actually plays a role on the show as henchman to David Bowie, Sovereign of the Guild of Calamitous Intent. He’s voiced by Venture Bros. co-creator Christopher McCulloch, though, not Iggy Pop himself.
Other links
Rock Band's "Search and Destroy" isolated guitar track (YouTube)
Discord & Rhyme’s Raw Power playlist (Spotify)
Discord & Rhyme Roll Call
Dan Watkins (host)
John McFerrin (moderator)
Rich Bunnell
Mike DeFabio
Raw Power tracklist
Search and Destroy
Gimme Danger
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (originally titled “Hard to Beat”)
Penetration
Raw Power
I Need Somebody
Shake Appeal
Death Trip
Other clips used
The Stooges:
TV Eye
Down on the Street
I Wanna Be Your Dog
Loose
Gimme Danger (Iggy mix)
We Will Fall
No Fun
Penetration (Iggy mix)
I Need Somebody (Iggy mix)
Fun House
Ray of Light
Iggy Pop:
Butt Town
Lust for Life
Real Wild Child (Wild One)
Consolation Prizes (with James Williamson)
Sister Midnight
Some Weird Sin
Others:
The Three Stooges - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Duran Duran - Success
Ministry - Search and Destroy
Def Leppard - Search and Destroy
Dudley Moore Trio - The Millionaire
Ewan McGregor - Gimme Danger (from Velvet Goldmine)
Blue Öyster Cult - Subhuman
The Doors - Strange Days
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
David Bowie - The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell
Yo La Tengo - Raw Power
The New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
Mogwai - Punk Rock:
Alice Cooper - I’m Eighteen
The Smiths - Never Had No One Ever
Badfinger - No Matter What
Slade - Get Down and Get with It
The Beatles - It’s All Too Much
Little Richard - Jenny, Jenny
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
Band/album personnel
Iggy Pop – lead vocals, celesta (4), piano (2, 5), production and mixing for 1997 reissue
James Williamson – guitar
Ron Asheton – bass guitar, backing vocals
Scott Asheton – drums
David Bowie – mixing (1973 version)
THE Bruce Dickinson – executive production on 1997 reissue
Credits
“Discord & Rhyme (theme),” composed by the Other Leading Brand, contains elements of:
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
Amon Düül II - Dehypnotized Toothpaste
The Dukes of Stratosphear - What in the World?? ...
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
Herbie Hancock - Hornets
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Talking Heads - Seen and Not Seen
The Stooges - Penetration (this episode only)
You can buy or stream Raw Power and other albums by Iggy and the Stooges at iggyandthestoogesmusic.com, your local record store, or the usual suspects such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and Amazon. Follow Discord & Rhyme on Twitter @DiscordPod for news, updates, and other random stuff. Editing is by Rich Bunnell, and special thanks to our own Mike DeFabio, the Other Leading Brand, for production and original music. See you next album, and keep as cool as you can.