Iggy Pop who celebrated his 65th birthday last Saturday, will release an album of covers next month titled Apres. A thoughtful album from one of the most thoughtful artists in the world.
The 10 track album will showcase Iggy covering the Beatles "Michelle", Old Blues Eyes " 'Only the Lonely', Edith Piaf's 'La Vie En Rose' and inlcudes a cover of the Harry Nielson cover for which he received global success " Everbodys Talkin" . Many of the songs on the album are French and in Iggys words " ..probably because it is French culture which has most stubbornly resisted the mortal attacks of the Anglo-American music machine."
Iggy likes the idea of music that doesn't beat you on the head stating , "All popular music forms of today get their strength from the beat. Rap, hip-hop, metal, pop and rock producers will tell you that the beats they use imitate the human heartbeat and that is where the power lies. I've always loved this other feeling, one that is intimate, sometimes a little sad, and does not try to beat me on the head."
Apres is the follow-up to 2009's Préliminaires. Tracklisting below.
'Et Si Tu N'existais Pas'
'La Javanaise'
'Everybody's Talkin''
'I'm Going Away Smiling'
'La Vie En Rose'
'Les Passantes'
'Syracuse'
'What Is This Thing Called Love?'
'Michelle'
'Only The Lonely'
Here is Iggy showcasing his deliciious velvet vox in Candy.
