STAGE DIVING: OFFICIALLY DEAD

[defrog]

Or, “The Decline Of Western Civilization (2010)”.

ITEM: At a March 1st Tibet House Benefit at Carnegie Hall, Iggy Pop stage-dives into the audience ... which promptly gets out of his way rather than catch him.

“When I landed it hurt and I made a mental note that Carnegie Hall would be a good place for my last stage dive. The audience were just like, ‘What are you doing?’ ”

That’s just wrong. Maybe they were all too busy live-tweeting to notice he’d jumped, or maybe Carnegie Hall draws a different class of rock fan. But still ...

Anyway, at least Iggy tried to make up for it by trying to put a dent in the stage with the mike stand. Because showmanship is important. And peanut butter.

Like so.

"tricot『節約家』MV" (Watch on YouTube)

Now THAT’S how you rock’n’roll, children. So put away those goddamn My Chemical Romance albums and listen to yr decrepit Uncle Iggy. And for God’s sake catch him when he’s trying to crowdsurf.

Catch me now I’m falling,

This is dF

Comments

[jasonfranks.livejournal.com]

I saw Mike Patton do an epic crowdsurf at the Faith No More gig a month ago. He climbed onto one of the stacks, did a somersault into the crowd, and just kept singing til they put him back on stage.