Happy Birthday to James Newell Osterberg, Jr.

[Elidor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hPnZUMBwA

61 years old today.

[CottonBear]

1. Happy Birthday Iggy! You ROCK!

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[taterguy]

2. Happy Birthday Iggy!

From your namesake

[CottonBear]

3. Awww!

What a cool dog!

My boyfriend's favortie singer/punk rocker EVER is Iggy Pop. He's been to over forty Iggy Pop shows and he was ALWAYS front row center. He's a musician and singer himself (punk rock bass player) and he even got pulled up on stage and he sang a song with Iggy! How cool is that?

[Elidor]

4. Here's some recent Iggy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOumTJ43Hw8

Good tune.

[MonkeyFunk]

5. ah, I adore him

glad he's still kicking.

[Elidor]

7. He's in better shape than I am, and he's got 20 years (and a long history of drug abuse) on me

I'm starting to think I wanna be like Iggy when I grow up.

[DBoon]

6. So when do we get to see him on the AARP mag cover?

or maybe not, since he will never retire....

[Elidor]

8. That would be hilarious

And at the same time, quite apt. He's proof that being a senior citizen doesn't have to involve nursing homes and shuffleboard. The man is amazing. And when I look at those old videos of the Stooges, I think he looks better today, with his long hair and super-lean look. He's the raw prototype that never quite made the big time, but he still has more going on than so many of the poseurs out there.