![]() He performed no Stooges material, partially because he had focused on a revived Stooges for most of the 2000s and right up until founding drummer Scott Asheton’s death in 2014. Even with a joyous performance, death hung over his choice of songs. Iggy also doesn’t have the most PBS-appropriate mouth - at one point he said “Just because I can say f*** doesn’t mean you can say f***” and gave the mic to audience members to immediately contradict his statement. His voice carried the youth of 60s Detroit with a worldly experience, a balance only he can pull off. He never missed a chance to go into the crowd, punk forefather he is, and if he wanted to scale the entire Moody Theater, he could have done so. He came charging onto the stage with the booming drum pattern from “Lust for Life,” dancing with the vigor of someone who doesn’t know what aging is. It’s even questionable if he’s human like the rest of us. Click here to see more photos of Iggy Pop in concert and more pictures from the first day of the SXSW Music Festival.Still, the audience in the room, and eventually home audiences when the episode airs, got a taste of how Iggy Pop has managed to not only outlive some of rock’s most hard-living performers, but still give anyone of any age serious competition. After all, there are some compromises you have to make for television. ![]() You might be surprised to hear that for Iggy Pop’s Austin City Limits taping last night, he kept his blazer on for the first two - yes, two! - songs.
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