STOOGES RAW POWER CRACK

Finally, the third and most brutal album from these Detroit legends gets both the rawness and the power it deserves. A 1997 reissue of the album experimented with a thicker, less dynamic mix this new version reinstates BowieвЂ™s trebly, off-kilter production while adding clarity and heft the original LP lacked. BluesвЂќ and all that came after, crawl on your belly down the long line of bespattered history as the world shudders to its final apocryphal release.To even hear the rhythm section on co-producer David BowieвЂ™s 1973 mix of Raw Power, you need to crank the volume until it feels like James WilliamsonвЂ™s reckless guitar leads are piercing your skull. Leaving the remains for вЂњDeath TripвЂќ to finish off, the only logical follow-up to вЂњL.A. James InfirmaryвЂќ resemblance to neatly counterpoint вЂњGimme Danger,вЂќ Iggy on his best behavior here, while вЂњShake AppealвЂќ is the throwaway, basically a half-developed riff boosted by a nice performance, great guitar break, and some on-the-beam handclaps. вЂњRaw Power is a boilinвЂ™ soul/Got a son called rock вЂnвЂ™ roll,вЂќ and when was the last time you heard anything like that? вЂњI Need SomebodyвЂќ builds from a vague вЂњSt. вЂњRaw PowerвЂќ flips the record over, and the title track is a sure sign that things arenвЂ™t about to cool down.

STOOGES RAW POWER CRACK

вЂњPenetrationвЂќ closes off the side, the Stooges at their most sensual, lapping at the old in-out in a hypnotic manner that might even have a crack at the singles games, Clive and ColumbiaвЂ™s promotion men willing. Soundtrack music for a chicken run, and will it be your sleeve that gets caught on the door handle? Hmmmm вЂ¦Д¬ut to вЂњYour Pretty Face Is Going to Hell,вЂќ first called вЂњHard To BeatвЂќ and the original title ditched in favor of FunhouseвЂs вЂњ1970.вЂќ If it didnвЂ™t seem like such a relic of the past, the Grande Ballroom would have to be resurrected for this one, high-tailing it all the way from IggyвЂ™s opening Awright! through JamesвЂ™ hot-wired guitar to a lavish, lovingly extended coda whichвЂ™ll probably be IggyвЂ™s cue to trot around the audience when they ultimately bring it onstage. The record opens with вЂњSearch And Destroy,вЂќ Vietnamese images ricocheting off the hollow explosions of ScottвЂ™s snare, Iggy secure in his role of GI pawn as вЂњthe worldвЂ™s most forgotten boy,вЂќ looking for вЂњlove in the middle of a fire fight.вЂќ Meaning youвЂ™re handed a job and you do it, right? Yes, but then вЂњGimme DangerвЂќ slithers along, letting you know through its obsequiously mellow acoustic guitar and slippery violin-like lead that maybe he actually likes walking that tightrope between heaven and the snakepit below, where the false step canвЂ™t be recalled and the only satisfaction lies in calling your opponentвЂ™s bluff and watching him fold from there. Iggy similarly benefits, double and even triple-tracked, his voice covering a range of frequencies only an (I wanna be your) dog could properly appreciate, arch-punk over tattling sniveler over chewed microphone. For the first time, the Stooges have used the recording studio as more than a recapturing of their live show, and with David Bowie helping out in the mix, there is an ongoing swirl of sound that virtually drags you into the speakers, guitars rising and falling, drums edging forward and then toppling back into the morass. Ron Asheton has switched over to bass, joining brother Scott in the rhythm section, while James Williamson has taken charge of lead the power trio that this brings off has to be heard to be believed. Even the вЂњloveвЂќ songs here, Iggy crooning in a voice achingly close to Jim MorrisonвЂ™s, seem somehow perverse, covered with spittle and leer: вЂњGimme Danger, little stranger,вЂќ preferably with the lights turned low, so вЂњI can feeeel your disease.вЂќ Hovering around the same kind of rough, unfinished quality reminiscent of the VelvetsвЂ™ White Light/White Heat, the record seems caught in jagged pinpoints, at times harsh, at others abrupt.

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