the best and the worst iggy lyrics

I figured it wasn't Iggy's viewpoint but I didn't know it was about George Dubbya, it makes more sense now.

Nadja wrote:

I thought it was one of the better songs lyrics-wise on The Weirdness ...
anyway surely he doesn't mean killing everyone literally

Of course he didnt mean that literally, would you? But I bet probably GG Allin would ha ha ( sorry for off topic )

ZinZin wrote:

Don't think that this song is made by Iggy with the thought;
'I'm gonna sing this line.. but people know that I actually want to say something completely else with it.'

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why ever not?
He knows that you can have more than one interpretation of a song
and what's with the 'duh' comment?

and JW, you're right I probably wouldn't mean it literally either if I sang it...

i think its sarcastic, thats how i took it, i thought it was words coming from the mouth of the bushs etc, the warmongers ''my idea of fun is killing everyone''

i dont think its a metaphor either, i think its a joke almost, initially it hit me as ''this is supposed to be shocking'' - ironically i was more shocked that iggy was trying to shock lol

I always took it quite another way, thought the whole thing was from just one viewpoint, Iggy's own, and I know I've read about him saying that line was metaphorical, of course it would help if I had the link.

I thought it being metaphorical would fit in more with the 'they steal your soul' and 'that is why I hate mankind' stuff. or is Bush meant to be saying that bit too
Obviously I've got too much time to think about it. I'm out of this.

i think its turning out to be quite a good song, lyrically, look at all of us trying to figure it out lol

i think you have a point nadja, esp if you read he meant it as a metaphor

i actually think 'they steal your soul' and 'i hate mankind' are quite literal, well steal your souls more figurative obviousy, but i think theyre really honest, and i think thats straight from iggy, not from a 'master of war' kinda person

havent listened to this in ages, im going to listen to it and ill post what i think again, need to listen to it

homesickjameswilliamson wrote:

i think you have a point nadja, esp if you read he meant it as a metaphor

Thank you! Makes me feel less silly.

I think iggy just wanted a "catchy" line, at concerts he mostly let someone from the audience sing that line.

Take *search and destroy* just those words, it's not much more
"intelligent" if you put it that way..

'Search and Destroy' is more intriguing I think.
It was realistic that he sang such a line in that period,
take the drugs and total mess he lived in.
This makes it acceptable to me.

btw. Iggy got that line from a head in the Time magazine.
The article was about the Vietnam war techniques like firefighting and napalm.

OUTBURST wrote:

Take *search and destroy* just those words, it's not much more
"intelligent" if you put it that way..

Now that is a song that most definitely does use metaphors outburst quite striking imagery, and cohesive
y're probably right about Iggy just wanting a 'catchy' line in that other song too

yeah, zinzin and Nadja. I just ment the very three words... I heard the story (magazine title..) in an interview with Iggy-
He took it *because* they're dumb in order to express criticism
-and I guess he did the same with "My Idea Of Fun.."

OUTBURST wrote:

heard the story (magazine title..) in an interview with Iggy-
He took it *because* they're dumb in order to express criticism
-and I guess he did the same with "My Idea Of Fun.."

that's quite disingenuous of him!

BEST: (hard to pick just a few)

look into it later
when the dust is clearing off the crater
- Run Like a Villain

there's nothing left alive
just a pair of glassy eyes
- Gimmie Danger

I'm lookin' for the joke
with a microscope
- Repo Man

seize the world
and turn it upside down
and every stinking bum
should wear a crown
- Cry for Love

when your alarm clock beeps
you turn into a creep
carry on, modern guy
- Modern Guy

WORST:
I like spaghetti in tomato sauce
- Boogie Boy

one of these days
I'm gonna squeeze you
just like a tomato
- Pleasure

some good examples there trailerborn

gimme danger was probably the first song that made me realise iggy was up there with the greats, he's very underrated, but like i said, the crap lyrics get in the way and people probably just forget how good he can be

Iggy didn't really start with the crap lyrics until later in his solo career imo. Earlier on he had the Stooges & Bowie to keep him sharp. I think by the time he was with the Trolls he started consciously dumbing it down - perhaps to appeal to the 90's fratboy rape-rock crowd.

He's not up there with Tom Waits or Leonard Cohen, but I'd rate him with Zappa and Alice Cooper in terms of being a severely underrated lyricist.

Personal fave:

I played tag in the auto graveyard,
I looked up at the radio tower

I grabbed tit by the railroad tracks
Concrete poured over steel grids

I pondered my fate
while they built the interstate

- Cold Metal

'Trollin'' from 'The Weirdness' has Iggy's worst:
My dick is turning into a tree. NO. JUST NO.

Talking about a single number, I'll name V.I.P. Never was he more sarcastic than here. Talking about an album, I'll name most of the lyrics from Brick By Brick.