Post by ChrisB on Jul 28, 2021 10:41:20 GMT
The Stooges - 'Dirt'
Dirt was on the Stooges' second album 'Fun House', which was released in 1970.
Head of Elektra Records, Jac Holzman asked Don Gallucci (keyboardist from The Kingsmen, who had had a massive hit with 'Louie Louie') to produce the Stooges' second album. Galluci's response was that he had seen them perform live and that he had thought they were interesting, but that he was doubtful that their sound could be faithfully captured on tape.
After the first day of run-throughs of the material, the taped results were pronounced by the band to be terrible due to the atmosphere in the studio, so on the second day, all of the absorbers, soundproofing, baffles and isolators were removed and the band set up as they would for a gig.
The result was a success, with the album conveying something of the aggression, grit and power of the band.
I loved The Stooges the first time I heard them and I knew the first three albums inside out, top to bottom and back to front. Dirt was always my favourite track - I loved the way it began, with the guitar playing short, aggressive phrases interspersed with quiet sparse sections. I loved the power of it, the solo was utterly deranged and the whole thing is a glorious racket.
I went to see The Stooges play a charity gig in 2007. Iggy played with original Stooges, Ron Asheton on guitar and his brother, Scott Asheton on drums and Mike Watt playing bass.
Knowing the music so well and having been to countless gigs before (always preferring the power and energy of live music over recordings), I thought I knew what to expect. It started off great and got better, but when the first stabs of guitar spat out of the speakers following the drum intro for 'Dirt', I was dumbfounded. I stood there, literally open-mouthed at what I was hearing. Don Galluchi had been absolutely correct back in 1970, the experience of seeing this band live could not begin to be captured in a studio. He'd made a pretty good stab at it, but the real thing was light years beyond.
I've scoured the web on your behalf to find the best live video of 'Dirt' to try to get across some of what I witnessed that night back in the summer of 2007 but, of course, the very same problem exists - you just can't bottle that power, energy and atmosphere. This video makes a fairly reasonable job of it though.
Dirt was on the Stooges' second album 'Fun House', which was released in 1970.
Head of Elektra Records, Jac Holzman asked Don Gallucci (keyboardist from The Kingsmen, who had had a massive hit with 'Louie Louie') to produce the Stooges' second album. Galluci's response was that he had seen them perform live and that he had thought they were interesting, but that he was doubtful that their sound could be faithfully captured on tape.
After the first day of run-throughs of the material, the taped results were pronounced by the band to be terrible due to the atmosphere in the studio, so on the second day, all of the absorbers, soundproofing, baffles and isolators were removed and the band set up as they would for a gig.
The result was a success, with the album conveying something of the aggression, grit and power of the band.
I loved The Stooges the first time I heard them and I knew the first three albums inside out, top to bottom and back to front. Dirt was always my favourite track - I loved the way it began, with the guitar playing short, aggressive phrases interspersed with quiet sparse sections. I loved the power of it, the solo was utterly deranged and the whole thing is a glorious racket.
I went to see The Stooges play a charity gig in 2007. Iggy played with original Stooges, Ron Asheton on guitar and his brother, Scott Asheton on drums and Mike Watt playing bass.
Knowing the music so well and having been to countless gigs before (always preferring the power and energy of live music over recordings), I thought I knew what to expect. It started off great and got better, but when the first stabs of guitar spat out of the speakers following the drum intro for 'Dirt', I was dumbfounded. I stood there, literally open-mouthed at what I was hearing. Don Galluchi had been absolutely correct back in 1970, the experience of seeing this band live could not begin to be captured in a studio. He'd made a pretty good stab at it, but the real thing was light years beyond.
I've scoured the web on your behalf to find the best live video of 'Dirt' to try to get across some of what I witnessed that night back in the summer of 2007 but, of course, the very same problem exists - you just can't bottle that power, energy and atmosphere. This video makes a fairly reasonable job of it though.
