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Iggy Pop - Beat 'Em Up

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Release date: 17 July 2001

Iggy Pop - Beat 'Em Up

Iggy Pop : Beat 'Em Up

Oi grandad - no!

Now this might be extremely Freudian but the 'o' and 'p' at the end of Pop, as scrawled by the Iggster himself on the cover of his tenth solo album, look like a saggy, limp, stinking old man's cock. Fittingly, that's exactly what the record sounds like. After the introspective 'Avenue B' in 1999, 'Beat 'Em Up' is an attempt at...

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  • Jun 24, 2001

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Iggy Pop - Beat 'Em Up Lyrics

Iggy Pop - The Jerk Lyrics

Look, here comes the jerk

See, the guy with the fakey smile
Talkin' to my girl in a friendly style

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Iggy Pop - Ugliness Lyrics

Ugly
Ahho
Ugly
Come on! Yeah! Hey! All right

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Iggy Pop - It's All Sh*t Lyrics

If it walks like shit
Talks like shit
It must be shit
If it feels like shit

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Iggy Pop - Drink New Blood Lyrics

Blood
Stupid is stupid
Dumb is dumb
Bloody is bloody

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Iggy Pop - Weasels Lyrics

Weasels, weasels are runnin' me to death
I checked my gas there ain't much left
Still I will take a parting shot
Before I leave myself to rot

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Iggy Pop - Go for the Throat Lyrics

I was layin' in a coma
By the side of some damn road
My fuckin' heart was poundin'
Like I thought I would explode

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Iggy Pop - Death Is Certain Lyrics

Death is the best, better than all the rest
On the dutiful lies in the rock paradise
Losses and wear and the texture of age
Adds a truth to the heart and a light to the face

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Iggy Pop - Talking Snake Lyrics

Look what you have done
Ruined every single one
See what fools they are
Jealous of a simple star

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Iggy Pop - Beat Em Up Lyrics

You gotta beat 'em, beat 'em, beat 'em up
(Beat 'em up)
You gotta beat 'em, beat 'em, beat 'em up
(Beat 'em up)

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Iggy Pop - Savior Lyrics

If the saviour came again today,
Would you like him or turn him away,
would he have a girlfriend with a thong,
Or a boy group singing dumbass songs.

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Iggy Pop - Foot Ball Lyrics

I'm a football, baby
Rollin' round the field
I've been passed and fumbled
Till I don't know what I feel

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Iggy Pop - Howl Lyrics

Fuck it, I feel like howling
Got nowhere to turn
They'll kill you for your spirit
This is what you learn

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Iggy Pop - L.O.S.T. Lyrics

I got my work, I got my work
The profit of doom is walking the beach
With a psychotic, breakdown, cardboard sign
Everything's faked and there's nothing to teach

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Iggy Pop - Mask Lyrics

You're wearing a mask
You're wearing a mask
You're wearing a mask
You look better that way

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Iggy Pop - V.I.P. Lyrics

I'm a Very Important Person
I park in the V.I.P
And when I go to the bathroom,
i go in the V.I.P toilet

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