"The Passenger" @mrjyn is proud to present you all with this overlong-edited Christmas video offering for all of you and all of the joy you bring, the ouroboros which this song is, mixed with a very fast German train, an irreducible break in his life, and the stones which are responsible--let's give Jim Morrison a little credit for poetic inspiration, as well as the unbelievable, unsurpassed creative team whose bombast would propel this record to be what it was, is, and always will represent: the smile on its cover, unambiguously devoid of modern irony or levels, except a dramatic irony which assumes one knows the life of the man at this time, makes this the the greatest song neither punk, techno, rock, or sea shanty (although, that last one would be closest).
passenger (def.)
"One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew." .
Q: "It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy."
1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay]
*for all #ecdysist passengers in the Holiday season, Doug Meet thanks you for your patronage and encouragement.
Orig. genius clip found courtesy TPE. Send message to find him. I can't write it here.
"The Passenger" is a song by Iggy Pop and Ricky Gardiner, recorded and released by Iggy Pop on the Lust for Life album in 1977. It was also released as the B-side of the album's only single, "Success". It was released as a single in its own right in March 1998, reaching number 22 in the UK Charts.
The lyrics, written by Iggy Pop allegedly aboard Berlin's S-Bahn (The S-train is a type of hybrid urban-suburban rail serving a metropolitan region. Some of the larger S-train systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble commuter or even regional rail. They are especially common in Germany and Austria, where they are known as S-Bahn, which in the 1930s was an abbreviation of either Schnellbahn, Stadtbahn or Stadtschnellbahn, depending on the city, but they must not be confused with U-Stadtbahnen), have been interpreted as embodying the nomadic spirit of the punk outcast. Guitarist Ricky Gardiner composed the music.
The song is loosely based on a poem by Jim Morrison.
https://youtu.be/18vpqvF_XKA
https://youtu.be/KMB8B2rFLfA
Iggy Pop spoke about how "The Passenger" was partly inspired by traveling with David Bowie on tour, "...I’d been riding around North America and Europe in David’s car ad infinitum. I didn’t have a driver’s license or a vehicle.
- 12 video Bowie Basket of Nachos @DavidBowieReal @TheNachoVideos @davidbowienews @zofdavidbowie @bowiebookpod @PKMBook @davidbowiesays @asarahlarson @mickronson @cartoonbowie @chrissteinplays @THEadrianbelew @BuckmasterSound @johnpeelarchive @CrayonToCrayon @loogoldham @reevesgabrels @Tonuspomus @mikegarson @MOJOmagazine @darkshark @andrewgallix @uncutmagazine @TRextasyBand @GaryOldmanSite @BowieGoesToJail @jeffslate @realearlslick @BBCFOUR @carlosalomar @kansaiyamamoto @WoodyWoodmansey @pitchfork @nytimesmusic @TheRealMickRock @TheRealIMAN @VandA
An erotic dancer who removes their clothes as a form of entertainment; a stripper. " I had never seen an ecdysiast before; toward the end she was wearing nothing but seven beads, four of them sweat." - 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me
