Yeah, I'm voting for LA Blues. Just as focused as TV Eye, and the unaffected/uncondescending merger of rock and free jazz Sonic Youth have never been able to manage.
― Formerly Painful Dentistry, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
i voted "fun house"...i think i should have voted "1970". i'm no good at these poll things, y'know.
― Creeztophair, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Thursday, 31 January 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
That's about right to me.
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 31 January 2008 01:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Yup. The people is genius.
― contenderizer, Thursday, 31 January 2008 02:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Object quite strenuously to "this album didn't invent punk; it invented disco (and later house...
Yeah, I don't really believe that. More a provocation to indulge in while drinking. But I will stand behind it as a house-like album, what with all those breaks and builds. Plus it dances about as well as any rawk album ever.
And thanx for the kind words. Back at ya! ("1970" is terrifying enough that it prolly wouldn't work that well on the dancefloor.) For such an intense album, this has been one of the more humane poll threads.
P.S. Yet another great Gorge review!!!
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 31 January 2008 03:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd go for Loose or Dirt...hard to choose between the two though (and I'm becoming ever fonder of the song Funhouse these days).
http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/the-stooges-fun-house-round-20-toms-selection/
― yugi ex, Saturday, 28 January 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
I never could choose, but Down on the Street wz robbed...
― George of the Jangle (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 29 January 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
Sad news to pass on via FACEBOOK that after a month of hospitalization, Steve Mackay has passed on. Goddamn if his sax playing isn't the pinnacle on this thing.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 11 October 2015 13:46 (eight years ago) link
Dunno why the capitalization there. Maybe in tribute to the thread title.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 11 October 2015 13:50 (eight years ago) link
Awwww :-(
― cortez the sissy (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 11 October 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
Love this Stooges set from a couple years back when the stage at Sonisphere Finland collapsed from the weather and the Stooges go on anyway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdVQOQcdF_k
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 11 October 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
My first reaction to these poll results = "'Fun House' was robbed!!!" but then I can't think what other song I'd switch with it. So maybe this is just an impossible poll, because every song on the album perfectly accomplishes what it sets out to do, & the whole thing is finished before it ever gets old.
― Songs from a One Room House in an Uninteresting Location (bernard snowy), Sunday, 11 October 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
sad news about Steve -- I can't tell whether he was actually taking cues from Iggy during recording ("BLAAAOOOOOWWWWW, STAAAYYEEEVE!!") but I've always loved his playing and the energy it brings to this album
― Songs from a One Room House in an Uninteresting Location (bernard snowy), Sunday, 11 October 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
What I love, actually, is that on "Fun House," the band (including Mackay) is fully cranked up from the beginning, and Iggy's saying "Lemme in," which could mean "let me into the fun house," but it could also mean, like, let me into the music, Steve - I need to sing now!
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 11 October 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
I've definitely always thought it was the latter.
RIP Steyyyyyvvvvve!
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Sunday, 11 October 2015 20:19 (eight years ago) link
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/jim-jarmuschs-gimme-danger-cannes-895695
New movie doc on Iggy and the Stooges
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 May 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
i been hurt and i don't care
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 6 October 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
Can't believe 3 people voted LA Blues over (for example) Dirt.
― Duke, Saturday, 6 October 2018 10:14 (five years ago) link
Third Man to issue recently unearthed soundboard tape from a Funhouse-era show.
https://thirdmanrecords.com/news/third-man-records-announces-the-stooges-live-at-goose-lake-august-8th-1970-out-on-vinyl-cd-and-digital-on-august-7-2020
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:42 (four years ago) link
The version of "T.V. Eye" smokes - I've already pre-ordered the CD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RupgNCPGEkg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
why is the cover design so shitty
― na (NA), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
Just looking for a thread to post this news on.People elsewhere have been noting the presence of bass which the legend says wasn't played as Dave Alexander was so out of it he was catatonic. So looking forward to hearing how much of it there is. Would be good to have a live set by them taht has him fully functional anyway, if not this.Ungano's which i think was the Funhouse lp launch party has a new bassist and a rhythm guitarist
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
A film of the festival this is from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7RFG000QGo&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3x5zgQny0CWUgXe60dxrUdrr21lZoi7YXRxowtXZtPH4e71JKwWYY8ryk
Stooges come on at 55:17
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/o7RFG000QGo
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
wow that's cool
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
Doing the legendary full album live show before releasing the album and breaking up after the gig :)
― willem, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7RFG000QGo&t=55m15s
― Jeff Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
Sorry, that trick doesn't work I guess.
― Jeff Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 21:25 (four years ago) link
Nor that.
I smashed it all and rubbed peanut butter on it, sorry.
https://youtu.be/o7RFG000QGo?t=55m15sLAWWWWWWWD!
― Jeff Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 21:31 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WoiuP5yvUM
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 21:57 (four years ago) link
lol, thanks
― Jeff Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 22:06 (four years ago) link
Would you believe that...Alexander actually DID play bass on this occasion? Or that, despite grievous failures on some songs, Alexander is damn solid on others? Especially on the bass-led songs “Dirt” and “Fun House”? Does Iggy provoke the crowd to tear down festival barriers? Did the powers that be pull the plug on the Stooges? So many questions are answered only to have more arise.
― Mark G, Thursday, 11 June 2020 07:30 (four years ago) link
So it's come to this, in case you really needed 28 takes of "Loose" on vinyl: https://store.rhino.com/1970-the-complete-fun-house-sessions.html
― ernestp, Saturday, 13 June 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link
alexander is definitely flailing on some of the songs here, but honestly it just adds to the awesomely dangerous vibes.
― tylerw, Saturday, 13 June 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
50 years old today.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
wiki says August 18, 1970 though?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 17:10 (four years ago) link
the sidebar on the wikipedia page says august 18, but the article itself says july 7
― na (NA), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
july 7 seems to be the date mentioned most often in various articles i found by googling
― na (NA), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
This used to be my stock answer for "what's your fave album ever?". Probably isn't any more. But I love it dearly.
― Duke, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
it's been my stock answer for "best (american) rock album ever" and still is
― na (NA), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
This is out today and it's amazing:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/third-man-records-stooges-original-lineup-final-concert-goose-lake-lp-1012771/
― StanM, Friday, 7 August 2020 11:12 (four years ago) link
Hoping mine will arrive soon. Can't remember whether I had it shipped to my apartment or my PO box.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 7 August 2020 11:59 (four years ago) link
Has anybody got a lidst of what the other tapes in the Goose Lake box were?Is anything else going to be seen as worthy of release?
― Stevolende, Sunday, 9 August 2020 13:16 (four years ago) link
Been listening to this on Spotify. Will have to order this, but this may be as close to the holy grail as we'll ever be (the holy grail being the great and definitive live Stooges release). Sound quality is probably the best of any circulating recording, with a better balance in the mix. Iggy really lays into Dave Alexander in the liner notes, but regardless, even if the bass playing is inconsistent, at least Iggy and the Asheton brothers perform well.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 9 August 2020 19:19 (four years ago) link
The Goose Lake set is pretty great. The liner notes, by Jaan Uhelszki, focus a lot on Dave Alexander’s clams, due to possible PCP ingestion, but he sounds ok, give or take one or two early/late key changes. Also, fun fact: Tom Wright, who helped organize the Goose Lake festival, and who managed the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, was Pete Townshend’s flatmate when both attended Ealing Art College in London in the early ‘60s. When Wright got busted for pot possession, he was deported, and left his record collection — Ray Charles, Jimmy Smith, James Brown, Charles Mingus, Nina Simone, Chuck Berry, Booker T and the MGs, Jimmy Reed, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery — to Townshend, for whom it was endlessly revelatory.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 August 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
Oh right remember hearing about that record collection from reading Who bios years ago.
Still interested in finding out if anything else from this box of Goose Lake tapes has any hope of seeing the light of day. Have seen the poster for the festival so would be interested in a couple of bands getting released but not sure what was taped. The other Detroit bands would be welcome.Alice Cooper would be working up to Love It To Death or is that a year later?
― Stevolende, Monday, 10 August 2020 00:30 (four years ago) link