A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.

Today's double selection: Leonard Cohen/Iggy Pop "You Want It Darker" - 2016/2022

Leonard Cohen's last album, released on his 82nd birthday and 17 days before he died - this being the title track. Iggy Pop recorded a cover of this song for "A Tribute To Leonard Cohen" in 2022.

Leonard Cohen was born in Quebec in 1934. He was a poet and novelist but began a music career in the mid-60s. His most famous song was "Hallelujah" released in 1984. He stopped recording in 1991. In 2005, he discovered that his money and publishing rights had been stolen by his manager so he returned to music and released three more albums. "You Want It Darker" was released three weeks before he died in 2016.

Jim Osterberg Jr was born in Muskegon, MI and began later moved to Ann Arbor. Although he began as a drummer, he found his calling as a front-man. His rise to fame as Iggy Pop began when he was the song-writer and vocalist of the local Detroit band, "Iggy & The Stooges". Considered a proto-punk band, they produced two albums before breaking up due to Iggy's heroin addiction. The name "Iggy" came from an earlier band called "The Iguanas". The rest of the band began calling Iggy "Pop" in reference to another local character who had a similar look after shaving his eyebrows. Iggy Pop wrote David Bowie's hit "China Girl" and other songs covered by Bowie.

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