Iggy Pop, one of David Bowie's greatest collaborators whose first two solo albums were produced by the late singer, remembered the rock legend in a new interview where the Stooges singer thanked Bowie for saving his music career. Pop told the New York Times, "He resurrected me."
Pop said,
"The friendship was basically that this guy salvaged me from certain professional and maybe personal annihilation ? simple as that. A lot of people were curious about me, but only he was the one who had enough truly in common with me, and who actually really liked what I did and could get on board with it, and who also had decent enough intentions to help me out. He did a good thing."
Bowie first met Pop in 1971; six years later, Bowie would serve as producer and co-writer on Pop's debut solo album The Idiot, followed five months later by Lust for Life. In his Bowie tribute, Pop spoke about making those albums, including how The Idiot track "Nightclubbing" was recorded using a cheap keyboard and a drum machine.
