ocr: This desire to - keep the past intact IS only natural, and perfectly in keeping with lggy's sharp focus on the here and now. For, to - - à a much greater extent than contemporaries like David Bowie and Lou Reed, lggy Pop continues to create pure, energetic rock music devoid of pretense or nostalgia. And backin New York, the surprisingly young crowd IS - just eating itu up. Even though some members of lg's backing band weren't even born when The Stooges first got together, they seem perfectly in sync with lggy's unstoppable, manic energy-tearing brilliantly through material both old and new.
