Iggy or Lou?

Which of these Godfathers of punk and colossal rock icons do you prefer?

Pioneering Band
Lou: Velvet Underground
Iggy: The Stooges

Best Band Songs
Lou: Heroin, Femme Fatale, I'm Waiting for the Man, Sweet Jane, Rock and Roll.
Iggy: 1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog, No Fun, Down on the Street, Search and Destroy.

Landmark early 70s Album:
Lou: Transformer.
Iggy: Raw Power.

Timeless 70s Solo
Lou: Berlin, Coney Island Baby, Street Hassle.
Iggy: Kill City, The Idiot, Lust For Life.

Weird Live Album
Lou: Take No Prisoners
Iggy: Metallic K.O

Hit and Miss 80s
Lou: Growing Up in Public, The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts, New Sensations, Mistrial.
Iggy: Soldier, Party, Zombie Birdhouse, Blah Blah Blah, Instinct.

Underrated Classic
Lou: The Bells (1979).
Iggy: New Values (1979).

Strong Comebacks
Lou: New York, Magic & Loss.
Iggy: Brick by Brick, American Caesar.

Signature Solo Song
Lou: Walk on the Wild Side.
Iggy: Lust for Life.

 

Louggy!

 

Tough call, definitely. But if I had to pick just one... Iggy Pop.

 

Almost too close to call, but if I had to choose, lou

 

good question. has to be Lou

 

I think Metallic K.O. is a strong contender for Iggy's " weird live album".
As much as you've gotta love the Iggster, I'm going with Lou Reed here for sheer influence and maybe a bit broader artistic scope as well. Two all-stars here for sure.

D.D.

 

Lou Reed, for me. I love The Velvet Underground and his solo stuff. Transformer rules!

 

Don't know about The Bells being an underrated classic....plus I chose Ig the Pig.

 

Iggy.

Lou was WAY too mellow. Not only that, but anyone who's ever covered a Lou Reed song has improved upon it. The same can't be said of the Stooges.

 

Both, but Lou.

 

No vote from me, Both are important.

 

Iggy.

 

Both

 

Iggy for me.

I'm bored
I'm the chairman of the bored
I'm a lengthy monologue
I'm livin' like a dog
I'm bored

I bore myself to sleep at night
I bore myself in broad daylight

'Cause I'm bored
Just another slimy bore
I'm free to bore my well-bought friends
And spend my cash until the end
'Cause I'm bored
I'm bored, I'm the chairman of the board

I'm sick
I'm sick of all my kicks
I'm sick of all the stiffs
I'm sick of all the dips
I'm bored

I bore myself to sleep at night
I bore myself in broad daylight

'Cause I'm bored
I'm bored
Just another dirty bore
All right doll-face, come on and bore me

I'm sick
I'm sick of all my kicks
I'm sick of all the stiffs
I'm sick of all the dips
I'm sick

I'm sick when I go to sleep at night
I'm still sick in the broad daylight

'Cause I'm bored
I'm bored
I'm the chairman of the bored

 

Ask me in 1975 and I'd say Iggy, but now I'd say Lou. For me, both had similar paths - very patchy good/bad records but in hindsight Lou's history was more consistent, his good records were mixed in along the bad whereas Iggy just got worse and worse after 1980 or so, just a bad cliche of what he once was like he could never figure out how to use what he had in a more mature setting.

 

Lou Reed.

 

I've seen both live a few times. Lou phoned it in every time. Iggy performed like it was his last day on Earth every time. Iggy for me.

 

Love them both. I just automatically choose Lou. Lou wrote the classics. Iggy is a great entertainer.

 

Lou Reed

 

Iggy by a gazillion...

 

Love the Stooges plus his Berlin/ Bowie period but overall: Lou! Much more consistent. Better 80's albums. Plus: Metal! Machine! Music!

 

I would argue that the Stooges were the more influential band.

 

A forgotten album I think. This album was the last gasp of an old regime for Lou. He would move onto a new sound within a couple of albums to the comparably sober The Blue Mask. I've always considered this to be Lou's unheralded masterpiece. Reed’s old sparring partner Lester Bangs wrote, “With The Bells, more than in Street Hassle, perhaps even more than in his work with the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed achieves his oft-stated ambition—to become a great writer, in the literary sense.” This is perhaps the great lost Lou Reed album, and upon closer examination it could be said that this is as brave and interesting as any album in Lou's repertoire (see the amazing All Through the Night). An empathetic album, compassionate, displaying an emotional depth rarely seen from the artist and his characters. If The Bells is the forgotten Lou Reed album, the powerful and disturbing title track is his most unjustly forgotten song. Any true Lou Reed best-of should include the track The Bells, but unsurprisingly few of them do. Go Lou! I voted Iggy.

 

Lou; Iggy is not in the same building as a songwriter. That said, Kill City, The Idiot, Lust For Life and New Values are essential and Ig is a great performer.

 

Reminded me of this from Blazing Saddles:

I'm Tired

Here I stand, the goddess of Desire

Set men on fire

I have this power

Morning noon and night it's drink and dancing

Some quick romancing

And then a shower

Stage door johnnies always surround me

They always hound me

With one request

Who can satisfy their lustful habits

I'm not a rabbit

I need some rest



I'm tired

Sick and tired of love

I've had my fill of love

From below and above

Tired, tired of being admired

Tired of love uninspired

Let's face it

I'm tired



I've been with 1000's of men

Again and again

They promise the moon

They always coming and going

Going and coming

And always too soon

Right girls?



I'm tired,

Tired of playing the game

Ain't it a crying shame

I'm so tired

God dammit I'm exhausted



Tired, tired of playing the game

Ain't it a crying shame

I'm so tired



[Soldiers:]

She's tired (She's tired)

Sick and tired of love (Give her a break)

She's had her fill of love (She's not a snake)

From bellow and above (Can't you see she's sick)

Tired (She's bushed)

Tired of being admired (Let her alone)

Tired of love uninspired (Get off the phone)

She's tired (Don't you know she's pooped)



I've been with 1000's of men

Again and again

They sing the same tune

They start with Byron and Shelly

And jump on your belly

And bust your ballon

Aye!



Tired, tired of playing the game

Ain't it a freakin' shame

I'm so...

Let's face it everything below the waist is kapput!



[Soldiers:]

Tired!

D.D.