{"id":1750,"date":"2016-03-21T22:20:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T05:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2022-05-24T12:45:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:45:52","slug":"iggy-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/iggy-pop","title":{"rendered":"Episode 68: Iggy Pop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;American Valhalla&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SongExploder68-600x298.png\" alt=\"SongExploder68\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SongExploder68.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SongExploder68-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SongExploder68-560x278.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=f2bcbab634fafe99a0c523d9e3fce17b\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/cfa692a9-8b39-446c-ba9b-a8d228fdeeb5\/SongExploder68-IggyPop-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iggypop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iggy Pop<\/a> is a pioneer of punk rock, whose legendary career began over fifty years ago. In 2015, he began collaborating on music with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josh_Homme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joshua Homme<\/a>, of <a href=\"http:\/\/qotsa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queens of the Stone Age<\/a>. The result was Iggy Pop\u2019s 23rd album, <em>Post Pop Depression<\/em>. In this episode, Iggy and Josh break down the song &#8220;American Valhalla,&#8221; and tell the story of how it was shaped by reverb, opera, and the military.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy &#8220;American Valhalla,&#8221; from Iggy Pop&#8217;s album <em>Post Pop Depression<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/american-valhalla\/id1074544499?i=1074544879&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6&#038;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/iggy-pop-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;American Valhalla&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Iggy Pop is a pioneer of punk rock, whose legendary career began over fifty years ago. In 2015, he began collaborating on music with Joshua Homme, of Queens of the Stone Age. The result was Iggy Pop\u2019s 23rd album, Post Pop Depression. 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