Sunday, 2 May 2010

The Stooges - Raw Power


















In my twisted head, this is one of the greatest
guitar albums ever made and I have posted
this for no other reason that I am seeing the
Stooges tonight playing Raw Power in its
entirety.

Oh Yes!!!!

4 comments:

  1. Lucky bastard. The London ATP gig?
    This is a great album though, tune after tune

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  2. yeah, it was part of ATP.

    They also played other Pop/Williamson songs - I got a Right, Johanna, Cock in my Pocket, Kill City, Open up and Bleed + Dog, 1970, Funhouse.

    Suicide were the support - so loud it was like listening to a small war going off in your skull.

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  3. Nobody has rocked the joint before or since like The Stooges did that night. James Williamson was truly astonishing, it was hard to believe he hadn't touched a guitar for over
    thirty years.

    I thought that The Stooges couldn't match the
    night they played "Fun House" back in 2005, which was the best gig I have ever seen.

    I was wrong.....

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  4. It was a fantastic night, I agree about the Funhouse gig in 2005, to hear those songs played at that volume was never going to be topped ..... until
    that Raw Power performance. Williamson looked like a roadie just tuning up but when he played ...... well , you were there, so know that words cannot really describe the feeling.

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