+Daniel Thaler I believe the guitarist is Adrian Belew. He's worked with Bowie, Robert Fripp, Eno - you know, the Art Gods. He had a solo album back in the early '80's called Rhinoceros. Interesting album, interesting guitarist.
+Daniel Thaler TVC15ohoh is quite right - it is indeed Adrian Belew, and yes he IS frikkin amazing - my fave guitar player of all time, in fact. He was a founding member of 70s prog rock giants King Crimson, but I feel his best work was produced for other artist's albums, from Brian Eno, to Bowie & Iggy to Talking Heads. So if you like this, check out Robert Fripp's similar guitar playing on "Baby's On Fire" by Brian Eno (from Eno's awe-inspiring first solo album), and also Belew playing on THIS amazing Talking Heads concert in Rome from 1980 right here on RU-vid (woo-hoo!), where Mr Belew provides plenty more brain-melting "saw guitar" pyrotechnics : Talking Heads Live In Rome Full Concert. Cheers & enjoy! :-)
P.S: Just rewatching the concert, and Belew doesn't really start freaking out until they reach the "Remain In Light" songs around the 30 minute mark, starting with 'Cross-Eyed & Painless'...
Very short right, knowing the original version is more around 4 minutes. It is (was?) a French program "La Musicale" from Canal Plus, the main PayPerView tv channel.
Apologies if this has been answered already but does anyone have an idea what pedal Belew is getting that sound out of? My gut tells me it's probably some flavour of EHX? I think I heard a John McLaughlin thing that had the same vibe. I want that sound !
How very dare you! No, actually you've got a point. Although I would posit it's still better than 92% of the entertainment that's thrown at us in these here 21st century days.
+BlogBitch LoL! I felt exactly the same watching this - cringe city! Though I tend to think that Iggy was the more embarrassing of the pair, axually - perhaps if he'd lost that dorky pork pie hat and at least put on the jacket he'd worn on the cover of 'The Idiot' he may've lent the song the gravitas it so desperately required.
+MothraBlues I have said the same thing for several years now, Mothra, that Iggy Pop should cease going shirtless in public. In fact, in general, I don't think persons should go shirtless after about the age of 30 years old. And I include myself in this rule of etiquette. It is just nauseating for others to have to see that much aged human flesh (which is usually sagging in certain places and/or with wrinkles). Even Mick Jagger, who still has a relatively thin torso, is sensible enough to know this simple rule of human decency, and hasn't gone topless on stage for many years now. At the beach, even, I would advise older (and obese) persons to cover up, once one is out of the water. The naked or semi-naked human body is just not attractive to most normal people once a person has passed a certain age and/or a certain weight on the scale. So unless the intent is to induce vomiting, please, show some good common sense and cover up! On the other hand, if one is younger, slim and/or has a beautiful muscle tone, by all means strut your stuff! It is pleasant to look at beautiful things, like we enjoy looking at beautiful flowers in the garden. I am not against nudity in principle, only nudity in public by people who are not or are no longer attractive according to general standards. By the way, Iggy is wearing a common fedora, not a pork pie hat. A pork pie is the style with a shorter brim (usually worn turned up all around) and a flat crown. Two perfect examples of pork pie hats from popular culture are those worn by the late comic actor-director Buster Keaton, and animated character "Yogi Bear." Oh, and R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe often took to wearing pork pie hats, presumably to conceal his male pattern baldness. By contrast, Frank Sinatra, like Mr. Pop here in this video, was known for sporting fedoras in the 1950s through about mid-1960s. Fedoras are noted for wider brims (the front of which is usually turned down), and two indentations, one on each side of the crown. Fedoras were the more popular of men's hat styles from at least the 1920s through '50s, just as baseball caps are probably the most popular (though certainly less formal) men's hat style worn today.
@sirdoug3 Haha, there is a big misunderstanding here. ;) The 'he' I was talking about was the guitarist Geoffrey Burton who plays here. I was responding to 'The Popeya', but there must have gone something wrong there. Of course I know who Iggy is, that's how I got here in the first place. Have a good day. :)
