I've never heard this record before although I've certainly heard my share of Iggy Pop over the years. It sounds like Rolling Stone had initially given this album a positive review. So what, right? This particular cut is one of the deeper cuts on the album and it's completely hilarious. It starts off with this melodramatic slow introduction (like it's Broadway) during which Iggy explains that he used to live such a horrible life. Enter machine-gun distorted guitars. "Hello my friends! I'm a conservative and I like all the crazy girls that I screw. Hey," he explains, "I know them all well." 

"You're always on the right side when you're conservative."

"It would mean so much to me if you would only be like me."

The lyrics are delivered in a straight, unironic tone -which only deepens the weirdness. 

4/5 Black Stars!

Someone mentioned Alice to me yesterday in reference to his radio show. What a career this guy has had! I'm only now discovering that all of his records since the 80s are actually pretty fun. I think The Last Temptation might have been a concept record (Alice loves concept records). This is basically a mid-90s stompin' rock tune with clever lyrics and a little social consciousness.. "My dad's got a wife but she ain't my mom/Mom's looking for a man to be my dad/But I want my mom and dad to be my real Mom and Dad!" This could be any song by Van Halen or AC/DC or whomever but the lyrics are far more interesting. In my 10-second Wikipedia research here, I see that when this record came out, it accompanied a 3-part comic book written by Neil Gaiman. WOW. I think a lot of people do not realize that without Alice Cooper, popular culture as we know it simply would not exist.

4/5 Black Stars!

And could there have been any doubt... Growing up in Winnipeg, there was no escaping Burton. He hated Winnipeg with a vengeance and swore he'd never return. At some point, he made nice and bought all the Salisbury House restaurants. If you're not from Winnipeg, this is the most interesting restaurant chain of all time. You simply MUST go when you make your pilgrimage to Winnipeg. But I digress..

Never Had A Lady Before comes from Burton's My Own Way to Rock, his second solo offering after leaving the Guess Who. As if there was any doubt in anyone's mind, this funked-up disco tune reminds anyone why Burton has to have his own way to rock. "I've had girls! I've had women! But I've never had a lady before!" And this nugget of truth: "I've seen brains! I've seen brilliance! But I've never got them through my head before!"

You cannot resist. You cannot deny. Run.. don't walk. This is even better than Rod Stewart's Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

5/5 Black Stars