Iggy Pop has covered The Beatles‘ ‘Michelle‘ as part of a new album to be released next month.
‘Apres‘ will also feature covers of artists including Frank Sinatra and Edith Piaf as part of an album primarily focusing on French culture, whose songs Iggy believes have ‘most stubbornly resisted the mortal attacks of the Anglo-American music machine’.
“All popular music forms of today get their strength from the beat,” he said. “Rap, hip-hop, metal, pop, and rock producers will tell you that the beats they use imitate the human heartbeat and that is where the power lies. I’ve always loved this other feeling, one that is intimate, sometimes a little sad, and does not try to beat me on the head.”
“I wanted to sing some of these songs myself, hoping to bring the feeling I felt as a listener to my listeners through my voice. Many of these songs are in French, probably because it is French culture which has most stubbornly resisted the mortal attacks of the Anglo-American music machine.”
The album will be released on May 9th.
‘Apres’ tracklist:
‘Et Si Tu N’existais Pas’
‘La Javanaise’
‘Everybody’s Talkin”
‘I’m Going Away Smiling’
‘La Vie En Rose’
‘Les Passantes’
‘Syracuse’
‘What Is This Thing Called Love?’
‘Michelle’
‘Only The Lonely’