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Tuesday, September 6, 2005

Re: Raw Power

Posted by on September 6 at 10:12 AM

Jennifer’s review below is pretty right on. The Stooges rocked harder than many bands half their age and performed most of the songs people wanted to hear, though I wish they’d done “Shake Appeal” and “We Will Fall.”

I relished seeing Security have a massive heart attack as Iggy invited the crowd to come onstage. “Sometimes you need to bridge these formalities,” he explained with perfect understatement after the band finished “No Fun” and Security scrambled to clear the stage of “Seattle dancers.”

You also gotta give it up to a 58-year-old dude who can still inspire young women to shout, “Whip out your cock!