Iggy Goes Eurotrash on New Album.

Gavin B. · 07-15-2009, 05:17 PM

Is Iggy turning into the next Serge Gainsbourg? It sure sounds like it on his new album Peliminaries. Iggy is actually quite a good crooner and sings these songs in smokey seductive baritone. Fans of Iggy the Wildman probably won't like Preliminaries but Iggy has never sung better. At age 62 Iggy may be ready to reinvent himself as Iggy the Lounge Lizard. Like it or not, Preliminaries is already being hailed as one of the more notable releases of the 2009 music spring/summer music cycle. The song Les Feuilles Mortes originally sung by French Canadian jazz chantuese Diane Nalini on an obscure 2001 indie label release. It's a song well suited to Iggy's meloncholy mood.

I'm one of those heretics that loved Brick by Brick, the 1990 album where Iggy used his expressive lower range of his voice to sing more pop oriented songs. I was also impressed with Iggy's duet with Francoise Hardy singing the old jazz standard "I'll Be Seeing You" on a tribute album to Parisian music about ten years ago. Don't worry, Iggy isn't about to turn into the American Maurice Chevalier, but he may just do a cover of Thank Heaven For Little Girls before he goes to the grave.

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Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	Iggy Goes Eurotrash on New Album. Is Iggy turning into the next Serge Gainsbourg? It sure sounds like it on his new album Peliminaries. Iggy is actually quite a good crooner and sings these songs in smokey seductive baritone. Fans of Iggy the Wildman probably won't like Preliminaries but Iggy has never sung better. At age 62 Iggy may be ready to reinvent himself as Iggy the Lounge Lizard. Like it or not, Preliminaries is already being hailed as one of the more notable releases of the 2009 music spring/summer music cycle. The song Les Feuilles Mortes originally sung by French Canadian jazz chantuese Diane Nalini on an obscure 2001 indie label release. It's a song well suited to Iggy's meloncholy mood. I'm one of those heretics that loved Brick by Brick, the 1990 album where Iggy used his expressive lower range of his voice to sing more pop oriented songs. I was also impressed with Iggy's duet with Francoise Hardy singing the old jazz standard "I'll Be Seeing You" on a tribute album to Parisian music about ten years ago. Don't worry, Iggy isn't about to turn into the American Maurice Chevalier, but he may just do a cover of Thank Heaven For Little Girls before he goes to the grave. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt Last edited by Gavin B.; 07-15-2009 at 05:24 PM.