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Song of the Day: Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to Iggy Pop.  Today’s song of the day was performed by Iggy and co-written by him and David Bowie.  Here is the anthemic Lust For Life.

Here comes Johnny Yen again
With the liquor and drugs
And a flesh machine
He’s gonna do another strip tease

Hey man, where’d y’get that lotion?
I’ve been hurting since I’m up again
About something called love
Yeah, something called love
Well, that’s like hypnotizing chickens

Well, I’m just a modern guy
Of course, I’ve had it in the ear before
And I’ve a lust for life
‘Cause I’ve a lust for life

I’m worth a million in prizes
With my torture film
Drive a GTO
Wear a uniform
All on a government loan

I’m worth a million in prizes
Yeah, I’m through with sleeping on the sidewalk
No more beating my brains
No more beating my brains
With liquor and drugs
With liquor and drugs

Well, I’m just a modern guy
Of course, I’ve had it in the ear before
Well, I’ve a lust for life (lust for life)
‘Cause of a lust for life

I got a lust for life
Got a lust for life
Oh, a lust for life
Oh, a lust for life

A lust for life
I got a lust for life

Got a lust for life

Well, I’m just a modern guy
Of course, I’ve had it in my ear before
Well, I’ve a lust for life
‘Cause I’ve a lust for life

Well, here comes Johnny Yen again
With the liquor and drugs
And a flesh machine
I know he’s gonna do another strip tease

Hey man, where’d y’get that lotion?
Your skin starts itching once you buy the gimmick
About something called love
Love, love, love
Well, that’s like hypnotizing chickens

Well, I’m just a modern guy
Of course, I’ve had it in the ear before
And I’ve a lust for life (lust for life)
‘Cause I’ve a lust for life (lust for life)

Got a lust for life
Yeah, a lust for life
I got a lust for life
A lust for life

Got a lust for life
Yeah, a lust for life
I got a lust for life

Lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life

Songwriters: Iggy Pop / David Bowie / David Robert Jones

Song of the Day: Femme Fatale by Nico and the Velvet Underground

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s song of the day comes from Lou Reed.  Andy Warhol reportedly asked Lou Reed to write a song about how Edie Sedgwick was a femme fatale.  It’s a song that captures the fascination that Edie inspired amongst artists in the 60s and beyond.  It may not be the most positive portrait of Edie as a person but at least it’s not quite as bitter as Bob Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone.

Here she comes,
You’d better watch your step,
She’s going to break your heart in two,
It’s true.

It’s not hard to realize,
Just look into her false colored eyes,
She’ll build you up to just put you down,
What a clown.

‘Cause everybody knows
She’s a femme fatale
The things she does to please
She’s a femme fatale
She’s just a little tease
She’s a femme fatale
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks.

You’re written in her book,
You’re number thirty-seven, have a look.
She’s going to smile to make you frown,
What a clown.

Little boy, she’s from the street.
Before you start you’re already beat.
She’s going to play you for a fool,
Yes, it’s true.

‘Cause everybody knows
She’s a femme fatale
The things she does to please
She’s a femme fatale
She’s just a little tease
She’s a femme fatale
See the way she walks,
Hear the way she talks.

‘Cause everybody knows
She’s a femme fatale
The things she does to please
She’s a femme fatale
She’s just a little tease
She’s a femme fatale
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
She’s a femme fatale
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
She’s a femme fatale
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
She’s a femme fatale

It’s about a hundred years old that song …

Songwriters: Lou Reed

Music Video of the Day: We Belong Together (2005, dir by Brett Ratner)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today, we wish a happy birthday to Eric Roberts!

In our music video of the day, Roberts nearly marries Mariah Carey, just for her to leave him for Wentworth Miller.  This video is a sequel to the video for It’s Like That and Mariah wears the same wedding dress when she married music exec Tommy Mottola.  (Make of that, what you will.)  Personally, I think Eric dodged a bullet here because everyone knows that he and Eliza were meant to be.

Enjoy!

Previous Eric Roberts Films That We Have Reviewed:

  1. Star 80 (1983)
  2. Runaway Train (1985)
  3. Blood Red (1989)
  4. The Ambulance (1990)
  5. The Lost Capone (1990)
  6. Love, Cheat, & Steal (1993)
  7. Voyage (1993)
  8. Love Is A Gun (1994)
  9. Sensation (1994)
  10. Dark Angel (1996)
  11. Doctor Who (1996)
  12. Most Wanted (1997)
  13. Mercy Streets (2000)
  14. Raptor (2001)
  15. Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001)
  16. Wolves of Wall Street (2002)
  17. Mr. Brightside (2004)
  18. Six: The Mark Unleased (2004)
  19. Hey You (2006)
  20. Amazing Racer (2009)
  21. In The Blink of an Eye (2009)
  22. Bed & Breakfast (2010)
  23. Enemies Among Us (2010)
  24. The Expendables (2010) 
  25. Sharktopus (2010)
  26. Beyond The Trophy (2012)
  27. The Dead Want Women (2012)
  28. Deadline (2012)
  29. The Mark (2012)
  30. Miss Atomic Bomb (2012)
  31. Assault on Wall Street (2013)
  32. Bonnie And Clyde: Justified (2013)
  33. Lovelace (2013)
  34. The Mark: Redemption (2013)
  35. The Perfect Summer (2013)
  36. Self-Storage (2013)
  37. A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
  38. This Is Our Time (2013)
  39. Inherent Vice (2014)
  40. Road to the Open (2014)
  41. Rumors of War (2014)
  42. Amityville Death House (2015)
  43. Deadly Sanctuary (2015)
  44. A Fatal Obsession (2015)
  45. Las Vegas Story (2015)
  46. Stalked By My Doctor (2015)
  47. Enemy Within (2016)
  48. Joker’s Poltergeist (2016)
  49. Prayer Never Fails (2016)
  50. Stalked By My Doctor: The Return (2016)
  51. The Wrong Roommate (2016)
  52. Dark Image (2017)
  53. Black Wake (2018)
  54. Frank and Ava (2018)
  55. Stalked By My Doctor: Patient’s Revenge (2018)
  56. Clinton Island (2019)
  57. Monster Island (2019)
  58. The Reliant (2019)
  59. The Savant (2019)
  60. Seven Deadly Sins (2019)
  61. Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker’s Nightmare (2019)
  62. The Wrong Mommy (2019)
  63. Exodus of a Prodigal Son (2020)
  64. Free Lunch Express (2020)
  65. Her Deadly Groom (2020)
  66. Top Gunner (2020)
  67. Deadly Nightshade (2021)
  68. The Elevator (2021)
  69. Just What The Doctor Ordered (2021)
  70. Killer Advice (2021)
  71. Night Night (2021)
  72. The Poltergeist Diaries (2021)
  73. The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
  74. A Town Called Parable (2021)
  75. Bleach (2022)
  76. My Dinner With Eric (2022)
  77. D.C. Down (2023)
  78. Aftermath (2024)
  79. Bad Substitute (2024)
  80. Devil’s Knight (2024)
  81. The Wrong Life Coach (2024)
  82. When It Rains In L.A. (2025