I don't know if you guys would've ever heard of it, but there's this pretty cool show on HBO called True Blood—it's got vampires and Anna Paquin and a lot of sex and some pretty cool music. Probably not anything you'd be interested in. Anyways, the show's music supervisor just happens to be KCRW DJ Gary Calamar and he recently got the opportunity of a lifetime: to co-write a new song for an upcoming episode performed by none other than Iggy Pop and Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino. I know, you've probably never heard of either of them either. Just go with me on this.
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The song is called "Let's Boot And Rally" and you can catch on air this Sunday (July 8), download it from iTunes now or give it a listen over at KCRW.com.
As explained by Calamar:
"Iggy Pop, or should I say Iggy’s people, had reached out to me saying he was a True Blood fan and if any opportunities come up, to please keep Iggy in mind. What? Music to my ears. We sent Iggy the demo of 'LB&R.' He loved it and said sign me up."
"…As I was listening to my favorite song this summer, 'The Only Place' by Best Coast, and I thought maybe Bethany might like to join in the fun of “Let’s Boot and Rally.' Nah, she’s too busy with her fabulous new album, her great fashion line and being the cover girl for all the hip mags. What the heck (I don’t talk dirty) I said. Why not give her a call. 'Hullo Bethany' ….She dug the song the most and jumped at the chance to sing with Mr. Pop."
It's a definite fit for the show—love the gritty, sludgy rock 'n' roll groove. Kind of puts a few extra beads of sweat between your boobs, right? Iggy Pop sounds appropriately spooky (Peter Murphy much?) and Cosentino makes for more than an adequate foil with her seductive but definitely tortured counter-vocals. Not entirely sure what booting and rallying entails, but if it's anything like what happens on True Blood week to week, I’m definitely down.
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