Iggy Pop's Ray Of Light

Iggy Pop attempted to honor Madonna last night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a rendition of her hit song “Ray of Light.” Instead, he scarred us for life. Someone needs to shoot this guy with a tranquilizer gun.

Mar 11, 2008 · posted by Whitney · Link · 22 Responses
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Comments (22)

No. 1 Kittenpaw says:

I love his “Blue Steel” face during the photo session! HA!! He’s beyond awesome. (and weird how Madonna and him have similar biceps…)

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 4:15 pm
No. 2 meep says:

“Scarred us for life?”

How old ARE you? Go back to your Rhianna MP3s. Iggy is a rock god.

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 4:18 pm
No. 3 Stupid Racoon says:

If by “rock god” you mean “re-animated corpse,” then you would be correct. I’ll be hanging tin cans on a string outside my apartment tonight to warn me of his approach.

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 4:22 pm
No. 4 sexyback says:

Meep: you’re wrong. That was horrifying. He may be a god, but remember that we should fear the gods. Especially this one, with all is hair and druggy muscle flesh that hangs about.

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 5:18 pm
No. 5 Ann R. Key says:

The only god on that stage was Mike Watt.

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 5:21 pm
No. 6 noel says:

wow. that’s like watching really bad drunk karaoke. terrifying and uncomfortable, but still mildly amusing.

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 5:23 pm
No. 7 mae says:

Iggy can do no wrong. Iggy and the Stooges are in my Top 10 favorite bands. I mean *hello* “The Stooges” is STILL a great album that I listen to regularly. Their sound was revolutionary that it reverberated through the Woodstock era, inspired the countless disenfranchised youths who became the punk movement in the mid-seventies and continues to echo today. And yes, you could say bitter teens and 20somethings would have likely used music as an outlet even without the Stooges. But Iggy and co. should be accredited for founding the style by which so many of them did.

Oh, and Iggy was a decent looking dude back in the late 60s early 70s. I may be biased, because I’m a *huge* classic punk / classic rock fan.

- End rant.

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 5:25 pm
No. 8 mae says:

And by album, I mean records. Do you kids even remember what records are? Hm??? Hm???

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 5:26 pm
No. 9 joined says:

I hate the look on that smug bitch’s pulled face.

I offer sacrifices to the gods for my brief period of lace gloves.

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 5:28 pm
No. 10 gayledi says:

Oh Whitney, you probably think Madonna deserves to be in the R&RHOF.
Love you Iggy, most 60 year olds don’t look as good as you!

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 5:50 pm
No. 11 Ruby Jackson says:

My favorite bits:

The look on her face the first time he sings the chorus, and the fact he danced half naked in front of Clive Davis! Then he shook his money maker at them all!

Priceless.

Question: who’s more f*cked up from past drug use… Iggy Pop or Keith Richards?

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 6:21 pm
No. 12 good times says:

aw, come on whitney! i’ll admit that the performance may have been a little uncomfortable, but it was definitely more entertaining/hilarious than the usuall circle-jerk that is the rock and roll hall of fame induction ceremony. and “the stooges” (the album) is still great.

more importantly, leonard cohen still owns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7IuCKfA0PM

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 10:15 pm
No. 13 ilnazhad says:

Yeah, “The Passenger” is one of my favorite songs, but that performance was so substandard I thought I was still watching my high school talent show. Maybe people should shut up about how great concerts were in the before because the Hives live are a MILLION times better than this rubbish. Stop waiting for MTV to point out quality bands, cock ferrets.
Iggy, at least you are a better frontman that Axl.

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 10:24 pm
No. 14 jujuhag says:

A gerbil on speed is a better frontman than Axl. It makes me so sad because I used to love him. But I had to kill him.

Posted: Mar 11, 2008 at 10:30 pm
No. 15 Maggie..UK says:

WTF WAS THAT IGGY YOU JUST RUINED RAY OF LIGHT

Posted: Mar 12, 2008 at 2:38 am
No. 16 bedbugsandballyhoo says:

How many ways can you spell sell out? Sail out? Sale out? Cell out? Iggy out?
And Maggie, you have it backwards. Ray of Light just ruined Iggy.

Posted: Mar 12, 2008 at 10:08 am
No. 17 chelsea says:

STICK TO CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE ADS

Posted: Mar 12, 2008 at 12:22 pm
No. 18 chelsea says:

LUST FOR LIFE

Posted: Mar 12, 2008 at 12:23 pm
No. 19 ilnazhad says:

Bedbugs, Iggy did not sell-out. He always stated he made records and performed mainly financial power. And I actually think that whole performance was a practical joke.

Posted: Mar 12, 2008 at 2:47 pm
No. 20 ilnazhad says:

Bedbugs, Iggy did not sell-out. He aoften stated he made records and performed mainly for financial power. And I actually think that whole performance was a practical joke.

Posted: Mar 12, 2008 at 2:48 pm
No. 21 ilnazhad says:

Oops. Guess that “save” was a little too late. My bad.

Posted: Mar 12, 2008 at 2:48 pm
No. 22 Max Thrax says:

Ohhh, Madonna, sooooo rock and roll. Madonna sux, and only suburban soccer moms like Molly and queeny gay guys like Perez Hilton like her garbage music.This is a big improvement over the original. Iggy Pop rulez, Madonna sux…I’m out!

Posted: Mar 12, 2008 at 4:15 pm
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