Tune of the Week: Repo Man

Alex Cox’s “Repo Man” is one of the quintessential 80s punk and new wave statements. Themes of capatalism, existentialism, conformity and conservative religiosity are presented through a story and world that seems completely absurd and on the verge of collapse. Executive Producer Mike Nesmith was a member of The Monkees who kept on making music and silly films after their breakup. Quite a bit of attention was paid to the soundtrack. Bands from the forefront of the American hardcore scene are featured, such as Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Suicidial Tendencies and Fear. Proto-punk legend Iggy Pop starts off the preceedings in fine form with his theme song that serves as a great summation of what is about to go down.

The film’s main title sequence gives nothing away, however, opting for an instrumental version of the tune.

Iggy Pop may have resonated with the picture because he seems like he’s actually from another world in this clip from (gasp) 2016. A true force of nature!