The Stooges – L.A. Blues
This is why it’s sometimes said The Stooges ushered punk rock into the underground, & I won’t stand in the way of that argument. Abrasive experimentation in their live shows translates without pause on Funhouse more so than any other of their albums (the most criminally loved of which is Raw Power, for reasons I’ve never gotten), & “L.A. Blues” is the prime example of that improvisatory racket captured in its brilliance. It’s a free-jazz track pretty much through & through, but with pre-punk aesthetics behind it & a mad man drug addict for a frontispiece. Truly something that history has forgotten, & one of noise rock’s most shamefully unknown pieces.
Posted in Daily inTune 10 months ago at 8:45 am. 1 comment
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i didn’t even know you were still writing about music, nice. i noticed yr blind willie song post (none more mediatrix sampled) but this song was also an nsftm classic (on that one mixed/noise tape, i think?). i have listened to this far more than other stooges songs, as you surely have. agreed with you that it is seen as filler (we will fall is also as good/hated) but packs more power than other songs on that lp. fun house would be a sweet/expensive find on vinyl (breaks!)….someday.
good to hear you mentioning the classics. they never go out of style.