Revisiting The Stooges' Fun House

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🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In a Classic Album Dissection, Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot examine The Stooges' Fun House record from 1970. The album brought together garage rock, rhythm and blues and free jazz, setting a template for the punk revolution to come. Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton talks about the album as well as producer Don Gallucci, whose unorthodox studio technique is credited with capturing the singular sound of The Stooges. Plus Greg Kot adds a song by Gene Clark to the Desert Island Jukebox.

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Featured Songs:

The Stooges, "T.V. Eye," Fun House, Elektra, 1970

The Stooges, "Down On The Street," Fun House, Elektra, 1970

The Stooges, "Loose," Fun House, Elektra, 1970

The Stooges, "Dirt," Fun House, Elektra, 1970

The Stooges, "1970," Fun House, Elektra, 1970

The Stooges, "Fun House," Fun House, Elektra, 1970

The Stooges, "L.A. Blues," Fun House, Elektra, 1970

Iggy Pop, "Dum Dum Boys," The Idiot, RCA, 1977

The Stooges, "I Wanna Be Your Dog," The Stooges, Elektra, 1969

The Stooges, "Not Right," The Stooges, Elektra, 1969

MC5, "Rocket Reducer N.62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)," Kick Out The James, Elektra, 1969

The Stooges, "No Fun," The Stooges, Elektra, 1969

The Stooges, "Loose (Demo Version)," Fun House (2005 Deluxe Edition), Elektra, 2005

The Stooges, "Slide (Slidin' The Blues)," Fun House (2005 Deluxe Edition), Elektra, 2005

Bread, "It Don't Matter to Me," Bread, Elektra, 1969

The Kingsmen, "Louie Louie," The Kingsmen In Person, Wand, 1963

The Stooges, "T.V. Eye (Takes 7 & 8)," Fun House (2005 Deluxe Edition), Elektra, 2005

The Stooges, "1970 (Take 3)," Fun House (2005 Deluxe Edition), Elektra, 2005

Iggy and The Stooges, "Louie Louie (Live)," Metallic K.O., Jungle, 1976

James Brown & The Famous Flames, "I Feel All Right (Live 1967)," Live at the Apollo, Vol. II, Polydor, 1968

John Coltrane, "A Love Supreme Pt 2 Resolution," A Love Supreme, Impulse!, 1965

The Doors, "Touch Me," The Soft Parade, Elektra, 1969

The Stooges, "1969," The Stooges, Elektra, 1969

Sonic Youth, "Kool Thing," Goo, DGC, 1990

Minutemen, "Maybe Partying Will Help," Double Nickels On The Dime, SST, 1984

Mission of Burma, "The Ballad of Johnny Burma," Vs., Ace of Hearts, 1982

Depeche Mode, "Dirt," Exciter, Mute, 2001

The Damned, "I Feel Alright," Damned Damned Damned, Stiff, 1977

Radio Birdman, "T.V. Eye," Radios Appear, Trafalgar, 1977

Nirvana, "Scentless Apprentice," In Utero, DGC, 1993

Mudhoney, "Touch Me I'm Sick," Touch Me I'm Sick (Single), Sub Pop, 1988

The Stooges, "Down On The Street (Single Mix)," Down On The Street (Single), Elektra, 1970

Gene Clark, "Some Misunderstanding," No Other, Asylum, 1974

David Bowie, "Heroes," "Heroes", RCA, 1977

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0:00.0	Hey sound opinions listeners, if you support us on Patreon, you get to listen to our podcast
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0:09.6	You're listening to Sound Opinions and this week we're doing a classic album by section
0:37.1	of the Stooges Fun House.
0:47.2	The second album by the Stooges, a band better known for a spawning Iggy Pop than any hit
0:52.5	singles, Iggy was only 23 when they recorded Fun House, a few years removed from when he
0:58.3	was known as Jim Osterberg.
1:00.4	The record has two very different sides, side one is Protopunk Blues songs.
1:06.2	The single, down on the street, loose, TVI, and dirt, side two gets more and more chaotic
1:26.8	with Steve McKay's saxophone bringing a complete free jazz beat to songs like 1970.
1:32.9	Fun House, an LA Blues.
1:45.3	The hard rock avant-garde combination sold poorly and the Stooges were dropped from their
1:50.2	label only a few months later.
1:51.7	Still, a lot of musicians hold Fun House as a creative peek to the band.
1:58.9	Jim, we're very excited to talk about the Stooges period and what I think in many ways
2:04.6	is the greatest rock and roll record ever made of Fun House.
2:10.2	Get out and take a look at that.
2:12.6	baller by the Beatles, I'd put four home albums.
2:15.4	Yeah, put Fun House right up there with all of them, you know.
2:17.8	I think it's a fantastic record.
2:19.6	Oh, I know.
2:21.6	It was one of those records that accrued in depth and influence
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