LUST FOR LIFE (The Ugly)
The last two cuts on the compilation CD Disorder by the Ugly come from their final performance in the winter of 1978, “Hey Little Girl” and “Lust for Life”. “Lust for Life” is the most accessible Iggy Pop song – sometimes misidentified as a Stooges song – and was co-written by Iggy Pop and David Bowie; remarkably, the song was used for several years as the theme song for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, starting right after Peggy and I had our honeymoon aboard one of their big ships. At the end of that performance, Raymi Gutter smashed his guitar, shook hands with the other bandmembers, and split.
(November 2011)
