Video: Iggy Pop at South By Southwest 2007

If you've been watching our amazing video from SXSW, you know that punk icon and all-around Stooge Iggy Pop met with our own Pete Maiden and Jenny Eliscu before his riveting late-night set in Austin this weekend. Well, what you saw was just a taste! Watch now to see the full interview.

You'll see Iggy wax on about playing with the Stooges again, reveal what it's like to be mislabeled "classic rock" and get real about how it feels to compete with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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Song Stories

“Let My Love Open the Door”

Pete Townshend | 1980

A peppy, hopeful love song, "Let My Love Open the Door" became a U. S. Top Ten hit for Pete Townshend in 1980, anchored by the kind of repeating synthesizer figures that he'd used in some of the Who's recordings in the previous decade. Although Townshend brushed the song off as "just a ditty" in Rolling Stone shortly after its release, in 1996 he revealed it was about love of the holiest sort. "It's supposed to be about the power of God's love," he remarked. "That when you're in difficulty, whether it's major or minor, God's love is always there for you."

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