Although punk rock was actually started by the Stooges and the MC5 in 1968-69, this video, and the moment Iggy Pop (James Osterberg) stood atop the supporting hands of the crowd like a collosus, marked the very instant this culture was seen by the outside world.

It wasn't widely understood then, and it still is not, even by those in the media who pretend to "get it".

The difference between the restraint of the confused, buttoned-down announcer, and the intensity, the unending energy, the feral strength of Iggy Pop is so dramatic that one wonders how people can survive and enjoy life when they are as rigid as the former.