Don’t have to love The Stooges to like ‘Gimme Danger’
[...] I want to address the non-Iggy Pop fans, either people unfamiliar with him or people who don’t like his music.
By the time I was a teenager, his band, The Stooges, had already broken up, and though I sometimes saw his face in rock magazines, I don’t think I’ve ever heard an Iggy Pop song until this documentary.
[...] his voice is a lot like that of Buster Keaton, another Midwesterner who didn’t sound anything like the way he looked.
Through a series of smart moves — all driven by some innate understanding of his own singular calling — he eventually found himself creating and fronting The Stooges.
[...] two fingers (one for each hand).
The concerts were a vision of chaos, and increasingly, they were fueled by drugs.
What’s odd and interesting about this, though, is that for Pop this was a sincere expression, not a gimmick, but a genuine bearing of the soul.
“Gimme Danger” probably will be a lot more enjoyable for people who actually find value in Pop’s music and performances.
[...] he may be an artist whose work you don’t like, but the movie makes clear that he is, in fact, an artist.