pass the salt

PLEASE KILL ME should be required reading for any fan of rock music. It's an oral history that tells “the full decadent story of the American punk scene, through the early years at Andy Warhol’s Factory to the New York underground of Max’s Kansas City and later, its heyday at CBGB’s.” Anyway, there’s this Iggy Pop quote about Mick Jagger that struck me as funny, “he can only sing one note, there’s no tone, and he just goes, ‘hey, well baby, baby, I can be oeweowww…’ Every song is the same monotone, and it’s just this kid rapping.” He’s actually not too far from the truth.

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