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ZEITmagazin: Did you call Iggy Pop \u201cJim\u201d from the very start?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Esther Friedman: Yes, his proper name is James Osterberg, but I always called him Jim, never Iggy. He named himself Iggy when he was 18. His first band was the Iguanas, so that\u2019s where that came from. David [Bowie] always used to call him Jimmy in Berlin, his parents called him Jim. Iggy is his stage name. And there are actually two characters, there\u2019s Iggy, and there\u2019s James.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZEITmagazin: What is the difference between the two?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Esther Friedman: The difference is rather large. Iggy is 99 percent unbearable. And James, Jim, is 99 percent bearable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Esther Friedman: Berlin left Jim alone. In Berlin Jim could just be Jim when he wanted to, he could live, sit in the local bar next door and drink a beer. He loved it. David had studied the literature and art that came from Berlin or took place in Berlin. Christopher Isherwood\u2019s book Goodbye to Berlin from 1939, the works of the \u201cDie Br\u00fccke\u201d group\u2014all of that fascinated David, and he took Jim with him. They often went to the Br\u00fccke Museum. \u201cThe Passenger\u201d …<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZEITmagazin: …Iggy Pop\u2019s greatest hit\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Esther Friedman: …well, it\u2019s a hymn to Berlin\u2019s S-Bahn [Stadtschnellbahn, light rail system]. Jim went on the S-Bahn almost every day. Those trips inspired him to write the song, especially the section that goes out to the Wannsee. Jim and David also frequently traveled together to East Berlin, in a Mercedes-Benz 600 that David\u2019s chauffeur took care of.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZEITmagazin: Is it true that Iggy Pop was in a telephone booth and some punk locked him in from the outside?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Esther Friedman: Yes, that happened at three o\u2019clock in the morning. Telephone booths actually used to have locks. Jim had just come from the Dschungel Club in N\u00fcrnberger Strasse and called me: \u201cListen, I\u2019m locked in a telephone booth here! You have to help me!\u201d I said, \u201cThink up a better story. How come you\u2019re calling me at three in the morning and waking me up?\u201d Then I hung up.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZEITmagazin: Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Esther Friedman: Maybe I can explain it this way: When he called at three in the morning, it was not Jim on the line, but Iggy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZEITmagazin: The boisterous punk rocker.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Esther Friedman: The poor guy, he sat in that phone booth until six in the morning. A taxi driver discovered him and was able to open the door with a master key. To this day we don\u2019t know who locked him in there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ZEITmagazin: Did you call Iggy Pop \u201cJim\u201d from the very start? Esther Friedman: Yes, his proper name is James Osterberg, but I always called him Jim, never Iggy. He named himself Iggy when he was 18. His first band was the Iguanas, so that\u2019s where that came from. David [Bowie] always used to call him … L\u00e6s videre Esther & Jim<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n