Concert Review: Fun House

Iggy and the Stooges :
Funhouse

Man, fuck this review. It's just bragging really. I went to the greatest show on earth. A performance. From minute one, i was jumping flailing, reaching for what was a temporary god. Iggy Pop and the Stooges played the Hammersmith Apollo last Wednesday, and my life is different for having been there. And there's no way to describe the concert in a fucking blog without sounding like a teenage fanboy.

Like mad, Iggy rushed out on stage. Instantly we were moving. No moshing, no real thrashing, but a collective heave-ho came out of everyone within 30 ft of the stage. He never stopped. Humping the speakers, stage-diving mid song, and running around like an ostrich. During "I Wanna Be Your Dog" Iggy motioned to the audience and screamed, "Any of you fuckers with the balls to get on this stage, come on!" Anyone that knows me is well aware of my inability to resist a dare, least of all from one Iggy Pop. After a karate-flip over the security area and onto the stage, i was coke-dancing around like Iggy on the cover of The Idiot, out of my head like a zombie plugged into an electrical socket. As i meandered around the stage, pulsing incoherently and hugging large rock chicks, i moved towards Iggy, crouched down at center stage. I reached around his back and gave his Iggy-tits a good shake, then fell backwards in a swoon, content to have grabbed "the greatest body in rock & roll." The rest of the concert was a sustained, yet primal, denoument to that moment.

See that blood on his chest? That's from my fingernails digging into the King of Punk.

The concert is part of the Don't Look Back series, which brings a successful band and a successful album back to a live audience for a complete run-through of every track. Dinosaur Jr. played "x", and Belle & Sebastian are coming in October to play through "If You're Feeling Sinister".

Setlist:
Down On Street
Loose
TV Eye
Dirt
1970
FunHouse
LA Blues

Skullring
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1969
Dog
Real Cool Time
No Fun
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Little Doll
Not Right
Dead Rockstar

Reviews of the concert:
The Guardian
The Independent
The Times
Gigwise