In our latest episode we bring you the conclusion of our Bowie Battle as we take a look at Iggy Pop's 1977 solo debut 'The Idiot' (and again spend more time talking about David Bowie than the actual artist whose album this is). Along the way we take in all sorts of ephemera, including the story of what happened when Iggy Pop was paid a visit in rehab by David Bowie Dennis Hopper and/ or Dean Stockwell (depending on whose account you read), some top notch Henry Ford chat (as promised last week), and a nice little anecdote about what happened when Bowie met Iggy's folks.
Also this week, having previously championed the work of one of our favourite directors, in the latest instalment of our 'video killed the radio star' feature we get stuck in to someone to whom the concept of subtlety seems to be nothing more than an abstract hindrance.
Other snippets to look forward to this week include:
- Tim reveals his irrational hatred of an 80s synth-pop icon;
- We (repeatedly) use several adjectives to basically make the same point about the songs on 'The Idiot'; and
- Kev struggles to deal with the fact that Tim might not agree with his opinion of one of these two albums...
Finally, we bring the whole bloated mess to an end by revealing which two albums will be going head-to-head in our next clash.
This. Is. ALBUM CLASH!
