'Cause I've a lust for life (lust for life)
#LUST FOR LIFE LYRICS IGGY POP SKIN#
Your skin starts itching once you buy the gimmick about something called love 'Cause of a lust for life (lust for life, oooo)Īnd the flesh machine I know He's gonna do another strip tease. Well, I've a lust for life (lust for life) Yeah, I'm through with sleeping on the sidewalk Of course, I've had it in the ear before. I've been hurting since I've bought the gimmick Its success was ignited by a legendary performance in the Dutch pop TV show Toppop, where Iggy Pop, shirtless, wrecked part of the stage set (which consisted of a couple of potted plants and some cardboard scenery).Although many viewers and newspapers complained about the apparent damage, the director of Toppop later admitted that they knew beforehand what Iggy was going to do and that the damage was minimal. In 1977, the song reached number 3 in the Dutch Top 40. Sales's use of the drumbeat was not original, as it was itself derived from "You Can't Hurry Love", released in July 1966 by The Supremes, and "I'm Ready For Love", released in October 1966 by Martha and the Vandellas. Burroughs' experimental novel The Ticket That Exploded, most notably mentions of "Johnny Yen" (described by Burroughs as "The Boy-Girl Other Half strip tease God of sexual frustration") and "hypnotizing chickens".Ĭo-written by Iggy Pop and David Bowie, Bowie providing the music (written on a ukulele), and Pop the lyrics, the song is known for its opening drumbeat (played by Hunt Sales). The song's lyrics contain a number of references to William S.
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