Song of the Day 9/13: Iggy Pop, “Mask”

What is it with MAGAnuts and their hatred of masks? Have you seen videos of these disturbed people, frothing at the mouth over the fact that their kids have to wear facemasks in school? Not only is wearing a mask a crucial step in public health, I have to agree with Iggy here — you look better that way, and you have balls in place of brains.

Iggy didn’t tour behind his 2001 “Beat ‘Em Up” LP because his bassist, Lloyd “Mooseman” Roberts, was murdered in a drive-by shooting shortly after the album was finished. This appearance on Letterman was the only publicity he did for the disc, which wasn’t all that well-received by either critics who liked him or those who didn’t. Robert Christgau, though, thought he worked up a “fine head of dudgeon for such an old guy.”