Iggy Vs The Corrs

as for iggy, the gig was great, loved when the mosh pit piled onto the stage.

Personally I'm all on for his metal shtick. Sounded pretty good live to me.

You sad, inadequate, sexist assholes.

If he had spat in Jim Corr's hair would yr attitude be different?

i can't honestly see how idespair's "girls must be treated special" sexism is any great improvement on what he/she's "despairing" (=posturing) about

It's not ok for people to be spat at because they've gone to an Iggy Pop gig for what you surmise may be inauthentic motives; or because you imagine they may have an unflattering view of other people present (including, most hurtfully of course, your wonderful self).

As a feminist I can hardly argue that women have a right to extra protection from men around them if some middle-aged boor want's to spit at them. Nevertheless in my experience most decent men seem to have a strong impulse to protect women in these circumstances. Not one guy here has unambiguously criticised Iggy for spitting on a woman's hair or expressed any sympathy whatsoever for the woman. I agree that this in itself can hardly be called sexism but I think I'm entitled to draw my own conclusions about the type of creeps you are.

But then again was offensive to women (including, most hurtfully of course, your wonderful self).

But then again this was offensive to women (including, most hurtfully of course, your wonderful self).

I'm not vegan; but I don't think the existence of worse suffering somewhere else is a reason for condoning cruelty where you find it.

As for suggestion that I am disqualified from objecting to sexism because I am a member of the class of people most affected. I mean that's just fucking genius isn't it? What a bright boy. Your mother MUST be proud.

Oh, what a tragedy. Poor women.

Careful there, old bean.

That it's possible to interpret a non-sexist text in a sexist way is true but beside the point. I'm interested in entering a debate to "prove" something to someone who already knows it but is being wilfully obtuse or just plain lying. Read the thread.

At the end of the day it's harmless entertainment for all! And there's nothing wrong w/that.

entertainment for all= for everyone else bar the corrs obv.

so am I.

''Julio how can it be just a bit of fun and also terrorizing?''

It was fun for the audience because the corrs were terrorized and humiliated.

''unless it's totally harmless and "just entertainment".''

Ultinately it was harmless. HA HA tarcer are you saying that it would have been bettah if Iggy and andrea FITE! (actaully i'd rather they mud wrestle). or are you just trying to screw w/ my head.

to me it really is entertaining. I don't know how you could read this much into the situation. maybe you could clarify? (it's OK if you don't).

''maybe he twigged that they were so lobotomized no amount of goading would provoke their inner freak-demon''

from the account given. First he spat at one of them at the end of one song. They didn't move and so Iggy started calling them out in the middle of the next one. Lobotomy indeed!

in 1970 he was playing to a far more 'dangerous' crowd. If he had spat at them he would've got it. nowdays he's a part of the world of entertainment and so he gets VIPs (and no confrontation).

Tom, you remember liking Toasted Heretic's "Galway & Los Angeles"? BP is namechecked in the lyrics.

The Corrs are a shame to Ireland since they performed at the Queen's 50th Jubilee Celebration.

Is Mise
Nik

Spitting on people is contemptible, regardless of the sex of the person being spat on.

I'd be disappointed if I went to an Iggy Pop concert and didn't get spat upon. It's like attending a Pogues show sober.

Doyle from France

Doyle from France

Or, could it be they were there because they happen to like (although I don't understand how anyone could) his music? Heavens no! No, they came because their popularity is dropping, and going to an Iggy Pop concert is going to help them get "hot" again. So you're saying if you go to one of the fucker's concerts, you're suddenly immensely popular? When did he get crowned king of the world!? ... No wait, on second thought, where can I get tickets!?

The Corrs should have sued him. Caroline is pregnant for God's sake!

And yes, I'm a big Corrs fan, and proud of it. So go on and leave me breathless with all your childish, idiotic comments now.

Oh, so just because you think that The Corrs will be long forgotten in twenty years time it means that you can spit on them?! Grow up.

What did they do to deserve that? Just because they went to one of his shows they deserved to be spat at?! Anyone who believes it's normal to spit at people for absolutely no reason other then hating them, is insane.

Quote from an interview with Andrea from December 4th:

[quote][b]Didn't you get abuse from Iggy Pop at one of his gigs?[/b]
Unfortunately, that's true. We have the same tour manager and we were in a box and I didn't want to make a spectacle of myself by dancing all night. The last thing you want is for the audience to be distracted by someone from another band being there. It's a respect thing. He got quite frightening, swearing at us and trying to throw things at us from the stage.

[b]So you'll be buying no more Iggy albums?[/b]
No. It frightened me; I was sitting beside my pregnant sister. It was looking very scary - he has apologised but I think he was out of order. It wasn't because it was us; he would have done the same to anyone up there and I find that behaviour disgusting.[/quote]

Interview can be found here: http://www.metro.co.uk/metro/interviews/interview.html?in_page_id=8&in_interview_id=469

keep telling yerself that luv, i reckon kelly osborne mightve got off a bit lighter...

Damn right it is.

You find that entertaining?

Even if you weren't a fan of the Corrs, wouldn't common decency indicate that not only do you not spit at people, you do not terrorise a pregnant woman? Hell! She could have miscarried or anything!

And it should go for everyone, not just because OMG, Iggy Pop is such a maniac and people should expect those kinds of things.

NO ONE should have to be treated like that, whether they're at an Iggy Pop concert or a S Club 7 concert. No one has the right to act like that.

And you ask why Jim Corr didn't retaliate? He may be protective of his sisters, but he's certainly not stupid. Anything that he did, he would probably have been set upon by people such as yourselves.

Hell! She could have miscarried or anything!
Spit has been known to have that effect. Second hand smoke at a concert, however, is fine. (I dunno - is there smoking at shows over there?)

If they had spit back at him (real lugey-like) and shouted "I got a right!" he would have laughed... next time they'll know.

The right answer:
If they had spit back at him (real lugey-like) and shouted "I got a right!" he would have laughed... next time they'll know.

*FINALLY* someone gets it! Thank you, J!

I think these theories as to why The Man-Corr didn't immediately leap to his feet and give Iggy the thrashing he so clearly and richly deserves, actually made me laugh even harder than the original story!

but who cares what you losers think of them, do they care ? no! they care about the fans they have, the fans they have had from the beginning and who has supported them throughout. not sad losers like iggypop, goodness, i would never even heard of iggy pop if he had never done the theme song to trainspotting. :rolleyes:

if u dont like the corrs stop talking about them and wasting time.

idiots, go do something constructive with your time than talk about people you obviously dont know at all!!!

How naive you are to think that we Corrs fans will ever forget them! You have no idea how hard i'm laughing right now.

I am fully aware that going to an Iggy concert is one where you the audience have to take some risks, but remember, it was not the Corrs who made their presence known, but Iggy himself. If the Corrs wanted the attention, they would have found a way to do it, like all humans do, but they didn't.

Think about it, if Iggy hated them so much, he would ignore them. Isn't that what we do to those we hate? I know i do.

Sit and think about what you're saying before your emotions run terribly wild, and leave you with an impression that may not be one you wish to see tomorrow, or even show your kids.

That is all i have to say on this

Personally I prefer to bludgeon them to death with a large, heavy, blunt instrument; cut their bloody, still-twitching corpse into chunks first with a chainsaw then into smaller pieces with a sharp kitchen knife; collect all the pieces and wrap them in black bin-liners (it pays to buy good quality bin-liners for this, otherwise you often need to use a second one, which is time consuming amd may well work out to be more expensive in the long run) then bury them under the patio.... but each to their own.

..And rude, indecent, people don't deserveblah, ... YES! That's what Iggy Pop IS!

The Corrs were just watching and taking no part in the show. Iggy was just trying to get them involved. ...man.

-- stevem (bluesk...), January 6th, 2003.

If Iggy is who I think/hope he is, he would've done 10-fold worse on Kelly Osborne.

also, someone said Iggy had no right to spit on stage. He has every right to spit on stage. It's part of his show, and this is no hidden fact. When you go to the "guy who spits on people show-- you cant complain when you get spit on

Do you get fed up with the whiter than white image?
No, I'm fine with it. The whiter the better

I dont know what they're talking about, but I'm going to just assume she's a skinhead punk fan in disguise.

Look, it's quite simple: fans of Iggy Pop and fans of the Corrs are *NEVER* going to reach an agreement on this issue.

My personal opinion, however, is that if you are sincerely a 'hardcore Corrs fan (a member of the HardCorr Corps?), you presumably don't take music very seriously. Face it. What do the Corrs ultimately do? They make pop music that is perfectly "pleasant" and "pretty" (with the faintest possible hint of Celtic folk music). That's fine and all, but said task has been handily accomplished by more talented hands for generations. Moreover, the real truth of the matter is that they wouldn't even have a recording contract if not for the fact that they're irrefutably lovely (well, `cept the brother, of course). Anyone who refutes that is living in a dreamworld. The music they make, while "pretty" and "pleasant" is inherently inconsequential and, once again, will in all probability not stand the test of time.

Iggy Pop, meanwhile, is quite undeniably a living legend. To brandish an adjective that is sorely overused in the lexicon of the rock hack, his work with the Stooges is positively *SEMINAL*. His solo career, while frought with hills and valleys of quality, has produced some equally seismic moments, not least among them THE IDIOT and LUST FOR LIFE. While it may be true that Ig's last several albums have failed to set the world ablaze, even his mose uninspired album (NAUGHTY LITTLE DOGGY? BLAH BLAH BLAH???) is more interesting and has more going for it than the entire artistic canon of the Corrs. I mean, really, what the fuck have the Corrs done besides make "pretty"/"pleasant" music and flit about as if life were one big fragrance commercial?

In terms of Iggy's arguably disgraceful behaviour that night, I'd love to believe that Iggy intentionally aimed his ire at them *because* they were Corrs, but I guess it was just dumb luck that they happened to be sitting in the balcony. As has been stated before, this is what Iggy does, and there's certainly enough documentation out there to have forewarned the Corrs about it. If they can't take Iggy's brand of heat, then what the fuck were they doing in his kitchen? Andrea deserved a good bit of rudeness for sporting that New York Dolls t-shirt on an album cover not too long ago anyway.

And shame on the pregnant Corr for going to a smokey rock club to begin with. Fuck was she thinking?

The Corrs weren't in the cheap seats, where you would embrace being bathed in human biohazard waste possibly tinged with HIV, HEPC, TB..., they were up in the balcony where it's commonly expected to watch all the shananigans without any imminent danger coming your way.

As for Carorline being preggers in a concert, big deal, she was seated and not in a mosh pit. Exposure to a bit of cigarette smoke and alcohol in moderation throughout the course of a pregnancy is not the detramental catastrophe that you peeps are making it out to be. Very matter of factly, some experts even argue that it produces a stronger baby, with a superior immune system. So her taking her pregnant self to a concert and sitting in a box surrounded by her family is really not a big deal. However, having some cut-up, oldfart, junkie with a few catchy songs, go out of his way to spit on her and throw shit up at her is.

As someone who is somewhat familiar with the Corrs, I have to admit that their not the high and mighty, smug individuals that the Iggy fans play them to be. They just aren't self hating and can't be bothered by those who take themselves too seriously, such as an anorexic, belittling, little man on stage and his throng of self deprecating followers(who think his music is higher than thou).

As I stated earlier it's just a matter of taste and how serious you actually take yourself for liking what you like. Some people seem to think that because they base their lives around a certain type of music and are well versed in it, they have the right to disparage others because they don't agree with their lifestyle or tastes. We are never going to agree, and a thousand points could be argued in favor of either side, but quite frankly, I just can't be bothered any further.

(Or, to put it another way, how many artists out there are imitating Michael Jackson? How many are imitating the Corrs? Which group is more successful?)

That was the first point of my last post, you ass.

Moreover, you take a potshot or two at people who take music seriously, oblivious to the fact that this is a music discussion board (i.e. *EVERYONE* here obviously takes music seriously).

As someone who is somewhat familiar with the Corrs, I have to admit that their(sic not the high and mighty, smug individuals that the Iggy fans play them to be. They just aren't self hating and can't be bothered by those who take themselves too seriously, such as an anorexic, belittling, little man on stage and his throng of self deprecating followers(who think his music is higher than thou).

..So, again, why the FUCK were they at an Iggy Pop concert?

What kind of quack would advise this, Dr. Pepper? Would love for you to come up with the research that advocated this.

Awwww! IIII wanted to say that!

"All? No ? one, less wary than his fellows or less fleet of foot, or perhaps simply possessed of a curiosity disarming in one so hideous of aspect, had lingered by the shelves, paging through a crumbling volume, of proust of all things. The door closed, as if it had never been, and he was trapped!! He would put a brave face on it, but there were clearly days when he he cursed the day he had ever arrived... "

If you had bother to read the thread you'll realise that this possibility has already been considered and rejected for the very simple and obvious reason that if they liked Iggy Pop they would have known exactly what to expect when attending one of his gigs.

and no, i don't like the corrs' music very much.

If the Corrs had just LOOKED AT THIS They would've known what they were up against.

How can anyone possibly know what to expect at any artist's concert? If everyone was predictable no one would go to the concerts, because they would know what to expect. The Corrs were obviously fans, and Iggy Pop is a totally irrational person. He would get really boring and not be as popular if he continually did the same things at every concert. How can anyone predict anyone's behaviour, especially Iggy Pop's?
By the way that little spat between the two "men" well it all seems very immature to me, why don't you both get lives.

and Sad Sad Iggy would make an excellent Chairman of the Bored...

So Iggy Pop makes a so-called ‘profession’ out of being an egocentric, altruistic, maniacal, twisted fuck. At least he makes money from it. But what can be said for you sad assholes that call yourselves his fans? Defending someone as disgusting as “Mr Pop” who salivates and hemorrhages on his drugged up, fucked up followers?? Not much.

It’s plain to see that you lowlifes know nothing about the Corrs. To say that they are lacking in talent is a complete joke. Try playing Toss the Feathers or Trout in the Bath on the violin (you know what that is right…?) and you’ll eat your own shit before saying that again.

Get a life you sad, sad cunts because the Corrs are absolutely fucking brilliant and as far as their true fans are concerned, here to stay (yes in 30 years time).

Amy G is absolutely right, The Corrs have every right to attend an Iggy Pop gig if they want to - what they DON'T have the right to do is complain afterwards when Iggy does the stuff that Iggy has always done. That's a bit like getting on a roundabout and then complaining that it goes round and round and round.

"So Iggy Pop makes a so-called ‘profession’ out of being an egocentric, altruistic, maniacal, twisted fuck."

"Altruistic"? Are you entirely sure?!?

Will The Corrs still be around in 30 years time?

Well.... why not? Stranger things have been known. The Eagles have been around that long, Phil Collins has been around that long

Will anyone (other than their own fans) consider them to be or have been in any way important or significant in the development of modern music?

I think not.

Try eating your own shit and I think you’ll find playing Toss the Feathers or Trout in the Bath on the violin are a far more appealing proposition.

So you're suggesting that maybe they should swap fans?

mark s- on the chartpopsters' side till the very end.

both IP and corrs are really as bad as each other.

*BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha*

OK shall i remove the 'chart' from this?
and don't tell me that Iggy is pop too OK (could this be the time for an 'Is Iggy pop rock?' thread).

FWIW I find the incident funny, in the sense that the Corrs being at the gig in the vip area in the first place seems typical for them and Iggy spitting on them seems typical for him.

Sorry Tom, but I can only think that you must have been off sick the day they covered Iggy & The Stooges!

I wouldn't describe myself as a "hardcore Iggy brown-noser" by any means (I've got maybe half a dozen Stooges / Iggy albums and I've seen him maybe 4 times in the last 25 years - and only one of those with him as headliner) but I do know that this is a guy who has been known to do an awful lot more than just spit at people when he's on stage!

From the AMG entry on The Stooges:

".... Iggy Pop became notorious for performing smeared in blood or peanut butter, diving into the audience.... earning a reputation for their wild, primitive performances, which were largely reviled. In particular, Iggy gained attention for his bizarre onstage behavior. Performing shirtless, he would smear steaks and peanut butter on his body, cut himself with glass and dive into the audience. The Stooges were infamous, not famous — while they had a rabidly devoted core audience, even more people detested their shock tactics...."

Tee hee - I think that may have been what mark s (mark@evazev.demon.co.uk) was hinting at in his post of January 10th, 2003 2:22 PM, Alex!

Maybe Iggy needs to post signs outside the venue: "Warning: You WILL get wet. Pregnant women or people with back problems or pacemakers should not ride this ride."

Nevertheless, point taken to an extent - however there remains a world of difference between lurking anonymously at the back or in the stalls to try to minimise the risk of getting yourself smeared in sweat / spit / snot / blood / puke (as indeed I'd be inclined to do myself!); and doing something as ostentatious as sitting in a stage-front box, isn't there?

Have you ever hired or even sat in a box at a gig Tom? I know I haven't!

Personally I'd have though that making a display of separating myself from the rest of the audience, when going to see a performer whose pretty much built his reputation as live performer on continually and often violently confronting and tearing down the barriers between performer and audience, would just be asking for trouble - wouldn't you?

If Iggy doesn't like the idea of stagefront boxes he shouldn't play venues with them. This is a poor argument but it's as valid as the "well they shouldnt have gone then" one.

(Can I just re-iterate to any Corrs fans reading this that yr favourite band is rubbish, by the way?)

GG was basically a (very) poor man's Iggy. Iggy without the tunes & talent, amped up to the nth degree.

Which kind of poleaxes the 'shouldve expected it' argument, no?

"I'd know that if I didnt want a peanut-butter-smeared Iggy diving on me I'd avoid the front of the audience"

"It's not a different stance at all. Iggy's rep as quoted above is that he does stuff to himself, not attacks the audience. If it was GG Allin you'd have more of a point I think!"

"I know [GG was basically a (very) poor man's Iggy. Iggy without the tunes & talent, amped up to the nth degree] Alex but the one thing everyone knew about him was that he threw shit into the audience! Just like the one thing everyone knows about Iggy is that he smears peanut butter on himself!"

Just how many times are you planning to completely revise your stance on this Tom? Time to stop digging that hole any deeper I think!

Incidentally I don't think the entry in AMG mentions that Iggy has sometimes been known bite his nails, scratch his arse and use naughty four-letter words on stage either - strange, eh?

Sorry. Just became Yoda for a second there.

But Tom, most of your "clarifications" seemed to revolve around persisently insisting, despite all my protestations to the contrary, that just because I believe that The Corrs were freeloading (do people still use the word "ligging"?) and maybe trying to improve their street-cred. a bit by attending an Iggy Pop gig - clearly without having a clue what the man's all about - and came (I think) very amusingly unstuck as a result; that this means that I am a rabid Iggy Pop fan myself and would have enjoyed being on the receiving end of similar treatment myself!

A Killing Joke fan you are

The Stewart-loves-Iggy stuff is me making jokes and has zero to do with the argt.

Absolutely. And now they know.

Again I am forced to agree that is theroretically "possible" Tom; although you would have had to somehow developed this liking for Iggy while somehow managing to avoid ever actually reading anything about him - and of course this would almost certainly mean that you were in for some VERY unpleasant surprises when you turned up at that gig.

Just ask The Corrs!

"Iggy Pop"

"Who's Iggy Pop?"

"He did Lust For Life"

"Oh right I like that song, sounds like it might be fun, let's see if we can get on the guest list."

i.e. the idea that Iggy Pop is the preserve of informed rock initiates is no longer valid.

Dave's point is OTM but it still means that saying 'tut tut the Corrs should have known is a bogus defense'- but then Dave's been quite honest throughout in saying yeah spitting is great good work Ig.

Maybe I'm just bitter that four people can be earning obscene amounts of money working in the music industry without having sufficient interest in their profession to have bothered to assimilate even the most basic background information about one of the most significant figures in that industry of the last 3 decades?

If I knew that little about the industry I worked in I'd confidently expect be sacked - and quite right too.

Actually before this thread I would have lazily assumed that the Corrs were maybe a band that nobody would get worked up about - I'm surprised and vaguely impressed (in a fearful way) by the depth of fan-love on display here.

Yeah, I was a bit surprised by that too. I mean, love'em or hate'em, you cannot deny that Killing Joke lend themselves to that sort've fanbase (i.e. loud, bug-eyed lunatics attract other loud, bug-eyed lunatics), but the Corrs are just so damn vanilla that I can't imagine anyone getting all fired up about them (or about their music, anyway).

In fairness to the Corrs, it sounds as if they'd have a fair chance of Avril "never even heard of David Bowie Lavigne"....

"Actually before this thread I would have lazily assumed that the Corrs were maybe a band that nobody would get worked up about - I'm surprised and vaguely impressed (in a fearful way) by the depth of fan-love on display here."

I dunno - it's a lot less than you might have expected if we'd been taking the piss out of Donny Osmond / David Cassidy / the Bay City Rollers in the mid-late '70's; New Kids On The Block / Bros in the late '80's; Take That in the early-mid 90's, Spice Girls / Backstreet Boys in the late '90's....

Just be thankful it wasn't Britney or Christina or one of N'Sync that Iggy spat at, 'cos I'm not sure the ILX server would have been able to cope!

will any of the questions in this three-hour iggyfan exam be on logic? bcz if so stewart and alex need to start mugging up NOW i think!!

.... and by logical extension therefore shouldn't be surprised or complain when this results in them finding themselves part of the performance.

Your point is?

Some people who know about music find this funny.

Tom and Mark miss the point entirely and think those people must be laughing because they love the man with the reputation for wild and unpredictable live performances and hate the nice little pop group.

http://www.bomp.com/Images/Iggy/Ig20.gif

Good point Julio - I'd like to make it crystal clear that I am prepared to revise my stance comprehensively, take back everything horrid I've said about The Corrs and condemn that nasty Pop man immediately if it means I've got a chance with Andrea.

Or Caroline.

Or Sharon.

I draw the line at Jim 'though.

caroline is mine!

my ans: now, by far

''Maybe I'm just bitter that four people can be earning obscene amounts of money working in the music industry without having sufficient interest in their profession to have bothered to assimilate even the most basic background information about one of the most significant figures in that industry of the last 3 decades?

If I knew that little about the industry I worked in I'd confidently expect be sacked - and quite right too.''

he's not seen as a significant figure in the 'industry' really. and again, they sing songs, they don't do research.

http://www.bomp.com/Images/Iggy/Ig9.jpg

I'm only prepered to show my "Appropriate Breathless Reverence for Great Wild Man of Rock Like It Clearly Says in the Careful Rockfan's Manual of Recieved Opinion" just so far and that is waaaaaay to far for me.

You knew that, didn't you Mark? That's why you only gave me 9/10, isn't it?

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Most do. Some, however, don't.

''Most do. Some, however, don't.''

how is spitting 'wild' alex? he's got fuck all (had fuck all in the first place actually)

Maybe they don't leave their wildness behind them if they think they still need to maintain that rep. to keep the crowds and therefore the money coming in?

I bet Iggy made more money out of his 1969 - 1977 catalogue than his 1978 - 2002 catalogue last year....

not knowing abt the industry is one of the roolz of punk stewart. breaking away from history and all.

What do you reckon Alex? Should we let him in or not?

Claiming to not know about the industry was one of the more fatuous and easily refuted claims of a vociferous handful of punk bands, certainly.....

Are you saying The Corrs are the new Sex Pistols?

I'm really fit as mark s will testify. caroline is mine.

''Are you saying The Corrs are the new Sex Pistols?''

the pistols were a one off.

If that's true - and if it is I have to agree with you - did it succeed in getting any coverage anywhere?

I haven't heard about it anywhere other than here (and no-one I've mentioned it too has seemed to have heard about it); but then I do make a very specific point of NOT reading the entertainment columns....

If it was a publicity stunt, were The Corrs in on it?

Very true - but a one off who were heavily influenced by The Stooges of course.

Weren't some of the Corrs Corps zealoulsy alledging that he didn't, in fact, know it was them?

When has Iggy *EVER* cared about headlines? It's not like he's ever had a squeaky clean image nor high-selling track record to defend.

I don't read the entertainment columns either so i wouldn't know. the show was in dublin so it might have got coverage there.

''Very true - but a one off who were heavily influenced by The Stooges of course.''

no it was early rock n'roll with lydon on vocals (which is why they were 'acceptable' to these ears).

I think he cares about it. if he's stops selling he gets dropped by the rec company.

I think the point is / was / would have been that it [would have] promoted precisely the opposite image - which is, of course, the one he trades on.

"[The 'Pistols were] early rock n'roll with lydon on vocals.

Even when The 'Pistols were busily denying any links with "that necrophiliac rock 'n' roll", The Stooges were one of the few bands that they were prepared to cite as a major influence - they even even covered "No Fun"....

Actually, from what I know of your musical tastes, I am genuinely surprised that you don't rate Fun House, Julio.

who knew!!??

No, thought not.

Right at the outset, I want to make a few things completely clear: Since I haven't liked anything Iggy's done in about twenty years, I wouldn't describe myself as a 'fanboy.' Moreover, I've never knowingly heard the Corrs, and I have no opinion on them one way or the other.

As a lawyer, I'm very interested in the idea of burden of proof. In this situation, I think the burden of proof would be on those who are criticizing Iggy's behavior rather than those who find it amusing.

The argument that Iggy doesn't have a reputation for spitting on people is asinine. Iggy has a reputation for doing stupid and gross things. Spitting is a stupid and gross thing. It's not too hard to draw the lines.

I'm very sorry that Andrea Corr got spat on and found it to be disgusting. If Iggy had spat on me I too would be disgusted. Perhaps I'm just unlucky that I don't have a bunch of fans I can rely upon to attack him for me.

Bottom line: if he spat on somebody non-famous, we wouldn't even have heard about it, and I barely heard about it as it is.

IHBT. IHL. HAND!

if he had spat on somebody non-famous he might have got beaten up and then we would have heard about it.

I don't think he would have spat on anyone non-famous tho'. not nowdays, anyway.

http://rockiguana.free.fr/pics/vienne1.jpg

prob=> you don't know then. and here i wuz thinking you knew everything there is to know about Iggy.

''Iggy's in fine shape to this day''

does he know kung fu as well?

You just can't stand it when I'm right, can you!

http://www.geocities.com/mnennoburke/news4.html

http://www.bomp.com/Iguana2.html

Documentation of Iggy Pop spitting on non-famous people, both recently and long ago. Choice quote (from 1974): "I don't spit at anybody I don't aim at. And the only people I spit at are people who are beng assholes."

however if he spat at p!nk she wd whup his ass hurrah!!

Aggreed, and I'm not even a Corrs fan. You're pissing me off and I'm on Iggy's side.

You're a lawyer? Great! I've got a question about entrapment you might be able to answer over on The Who's Townshend Says 'I'm Not a Pedophile' !

Before you do 'though, you do realise I'm not going to pay you anything, right?

I don't think he smeared peanut butter on himself either. He just played music. He did jump into the audience and probably showed his willy to us, but nothing sticky happened.

I feel cheated.

I have never seen Mr. Pop's willy myself, but from what I've heard seeing it isn't something that's likely to slip your mind - unlike, say, seeing poor little Captain Sensible's willy.

Fuck the pair of you, I was here first!

"Aggreed, and I'm not even a Corrs fan. You're pissing me off and I'm on Iggy's side."
-- Illuminate07 (keepitdown@hotmail.com)

Look, kids....for a start, this board represents a *DEBATE* (see the "vs" in the title?), i.e. I'm simply presenting one side of the argument. That you're failing to represent the other side of the argument adequately is your own fault. Moreover, you accuse me of "pissing people off," yet assume the name "Sad Sad Iggy Pop," a provocative a name as any comment I could come up with. Come up with a better retort than "stop posting on this thread" and maybe some progress will be made. (That the debate itself is a herculean example of pointlessness is another matter). Maybe check out some of the other non-Iggy/Corrs threads. This isn't simply a hallelujah chorus for any one single artist.

Are you callling Pink an asshole?

Hercules -vs- Sisyphus = Iggy -vs- The Corrs

So how much longer are we going to roll this particular boulder?

Aw come on Dave, aren't you having fun?

Oh, wait.
I guess I haven't gotten into the spirit of dave225's suggestion....

Was Led Zeppelin playing in the bar that night, Custos? (*sorry!*)
Nope...the Cranberries opened that night.

OK, I'll give it my best shot:

I think it was simply ghastly the way that horrid Pop fellow spat in poor dear Andrea's hair - didn't he even stop to think of the possible consequences?

Why she might have needed to use a different shampoo afterwards to get it out and that could have given her dry hair and split ends or anything which could have ended her entire career!

Is that better Dave?

I think it was simply ghastly the way that horrid Pop fellow spat in poor dear Andrea's hair - didn't he even stop to think of the possible consequences?

Why she might have needed to use a different shampoo afterwards to get it out and that could have given her dry hair and split ends or anything which could have ended her entire career!

Is that better Dave?"

You are so hilarious (for those who didn't realise, I'm being sarcastic) Everyone loves a lame ass.

Goody goody - being popular is just SO important, don't you think?

Is it just me, or does that Dixie Chicks cover of "Landslide" completely validate nu-country as a genre?

A decade later:

- The Dundalk "Fab Four" have become more famous for their everlasting career hiatus, than their poor, pissant "oeuvre", achieving
solely one goal: making Coldplay and Dolores O'Riordan sound like fuckin' Beethoven in comparison...

- Andrea still hasn't realized she sounds like a cat in agony, nevertheless she decides to put out not ONE, but TWO solo albums...

- Apparently too busy to save Obama, Bono didn't bother enlighting her as to the fact she still posesses the writing "auteur"
skills of a mentally challenged kid in last-stage leukemia.

- Undeterred in her grandiose endeavours, she painfully achieved the sale of merely two dozen copies of her first solo masterpeice
to her siblings' kids, which helped scoring a number #8 on the Philippines charts, due to the sheer number of the ever-expanding offspring that only Brangelina &Ben Affleck/Jennifer Garner can rival.

- With the looks of a junkie that could frighten Nicholson&Keith Richards in their prime coke roller-coaster days, she may eventually be coming to the conclusion that the Corrs beauty canon has always appealed solely to gay&senior audiences.
Thus she applied for a rock-solid life insurance by marrying a billionaire, while she struggles to reach 10000 followers on Twitter.

- Finally, Andrea says she's afraid of celebrity lifestyle. Her fucktard brother scares me way more.

- Sharon Corr, in a stroke of genius, puts out a solo album, too, apparently without Bono&Brian Eno's artistic endorsment, then
angrily blames the poor sales on the fiercy pirates who downloaded it for free, while struggling to learn how to turn a computer
on...her husband would gladly help, but couldn't, since he's too busy downloading on his own. Some serious porn. Sharon admits to smoking like a camel. Hubby actually realises she is one.

- The major failing of this second solo endeavor by a Corr is to be blamed on the Jewish-American-Masonic-Alien conspiracy, led by W. Bush&Winny the Pooh, who turned to be a major pedobear, says brother Jim (he has proof of all facts, since he dug out the secret archives of the World in the ruins ot the World Trade Center), in order to prevent camel sis to gain more followers than him&Andrea combined, on Twitter.

- Last but not least, the Corr-"Man" admits turning Goebbels by jerking way too much when spying on his sisters in the bathroom, thus having the idea behind the corporate incest ad that morphed into The Corrs.

- Two years from now, drummer Caroline either gives birth to 5 more kids, or reveals the truth of being a shemale. Like her sisters.

The Corrs, a band that will endure the test of time...

vnp

I prefer Iggy in this match up. I believe, because of his songs and because of the extra ability he has to drum, I would place him clearly above the CORRS on ability and overall results. On the other hand if the Corrs could quickly release three of the greatest rock records of all time, they could quickly catch up.

Boy I was a difficult s.o.b. on this thread. Ahh, youth.

Who are the Corrs again?

last time they left you breathless.

great story in the OP