This song is an anthem for boredom. The chord progression is repetitive as are the lyrics. However, boredom often births rage. At the very least it craves something… anything, to alleviate the state of boredom. This urgency can be heard at the end of the song as the singer is practically begging th...
[Chorus]
No fun, my babe
No fun
No fun, my babe
No fun
[Verse 1]
No fun to hang around
Feelin' that same old way
No fun to hang around
Freaked out for another day
[Chorus]
No fun, my babe
No fun
No fun, my babe
No fun
[Verse 2]
No fun to be alone
Walking by myself
No fun to be alone
In love with nobody else
[Bridge]
Well maybe go out, maybe stay home
Maybe call Mom on the telephone
Well c'mon, well c'mon
Well c'mon, well c'mon
Well c'mon, well c'mon
Well c'mon, well c'mon
[Verse 3]
No fun to be alone
No fun to be alone
Now hang on, don't you let me go
No fun to be alone
I said to be alone
I said to be alone
No fun
[Outro]
Well I say, well I say c'mon, Ron, I said, I said c'mon, Ron, I said c'mon, Ron and lemme
I said c'mon Ron and lemme hear you tell 'em
Lemme hear you tell 'em
Tell 'em how I, tell 'em how I, tell 'em how I, tell 'em how I, tell ' em how I feel
I say c'mon lemme hear you tell 'em, tell 'em how I feel
Yeah, yeah, yeah, huh
Well c'mon, well c'mon
Well c'mon, well c'mon
Well c'mon, well c'mon
No Fun was written by Iggy Pop & Dave Alexander & Ron Asheton & Scott Asheton.
No Fun was produced by John Cale.
The Stooges released No Fun on Tue Aug 05 1969.
In a Dutch TV interview from 1986 (interviewer Marcel Vanthilt), as seen here at 6:20, Iggy said: “I used Johnny Cash’s Walk the Line as a model for this [song]. You can actually hear it, if you listen to Walk the Line, you got [sings mimicking Cash] ‘I keep a close watch on this heart of mine, I ke...