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\n\tNearly three decades ago, Mogwai<\/a> sampled parts of an interview Iggy Pop<\/a> gave to the CBC in 1977 for their Come On Die Young<\/em> album opener \u201cPunk Rock.\u201d \u201cPunk rock is a word used by dilettantes and \u2026 it\u2019s a term that\u2019s based on contempt,\u201d he said seriously then, set to the group\u2019s slow-building moody post-rock. Now the Iguana has collaborated with Mogwai on \u201cUnderground,\u201d a funny new song with a video directed by Scott McPherson that features on their upcoming compilation, Happy Tears<\/em>, out Jan. 8.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI am a robot and I am unhappy,\u201d he says, sounding as serious as he did on \u201cPunk Rock\u201d on the new song. \u201cI have been designed to make money, but I want to make love.\u201d Then the guitar comes in (sounding very \u201cpunk rock\u201d) and Pop\u2019s signature sense of humor juts out: \u201cI don\u2019t need to suck a cock,\u201d he sings. \u201cAll the friends that I have got understand these words I spit\/I don\u2019t need to sing bullshit.\u201d Unlike Mogwai\u2019s early music, \u201cUnderground\u201d has a hard beat on which Pop sings, \u201cUnderground, you\u2019re my home\u201d with the same affinity for underground music he had when talking about punk in \u201977.<\/p>\n \n