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Patti Smith — When Doves Cry
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calypsus_1
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 14:03
 

patti smith by ~fever-dream

Leslie
(Antioch, CA)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 16:48
 
I can't stand Prince and I really like this, but then I like Patti Smith.

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 16:46
 
a rare 2 for me.

AaronOfMackenzie
(Canada)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 16:46
 
Very No.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 16:46
 


This is a noble attempt to cover the Prince song with an original twist, but it sounds like she took too much Valium before she stepped in the studio...  pure putrid buttmud and bad for the ears...



brander
(Southern California)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 16:44
 
No.


Johnny_Wave
(California, baby)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 16:44
 
Blech.  Nice try, but no cigar

heythere
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 14:01
 
why would anyone listen to this crap. when you do a cover it's supposed to be better than the original or at least have a personal stamp that's interesting. pathetically bad effort.

rockola
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:56
 
WOW GREAT COVER, IMHO, of When Doves Cry - Patti Smith - Never liked the original much but this is gentle and sweet yet powerful - like Because the NIght, cool thanks for letting me know about this

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:53
 
 unclehud wrote:
Hello!  It's Patti Smith ... what did you expect?  Personally, I think her voice adds a big load of pent-up passion, which is the real meaning of the lyrics.
 
{#High-five} Yes! Well said.

Why does this song have such a low rating? After doing a little research in the RP library it would appear that RP song raters don't have a great love for Patti Smith or Prince or this song. (although to be fair the original doesn't have a bad rating - 6.6) I do think this artist has a strong catalog and other songs may have rated higher. ....Who knows? {#Ask}


TheFriendlyCat
(BC)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:52
 
wow, i wasn't paying all that much attention, but the song didn't seem THAT bad, it was only at Bill's comment about this song getting no love that i actually pulled up the page... 38% 1 votes o.O holy cow!

Bocephus
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:51
 
Why Patti Why?

FrankMc
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:51
 
I'm with you, Bob. Very cool. Also enjoyed The Missing Fingers truly wonderful Billie Jean earlier. Prince cover day.


unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:51
 
Jeez, so many with attention spans of milliseconds each ...

kaubey
(Phoenix)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:50
 
 ch83575 wrote:
This song must have the larges percentage (36%) of 1 votes of any song I have ever seen.
 
Yea, no doubt.  I'm one of them.


ch83575
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:49
 
This song must have the largest percentage (36%) of 1 votes of any song I have ever seen.

Edit: 38% and counting...


wenatchee
(Duvall, WA)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:49
 
Station Changer

donnyballgame
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:49
 
When Dove Cry on a quaalude. Why?

bbryan
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:49
 
Fantastically bad bordering on camp-ish Leonard Nimoy recording territory

crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:49
 
 sirrus wrote:
Did she really say "touch if you will, my belly" ?

Patti... {#Naughty}
 
Yes, she did. This is absurd. She must have been really high.{#Lol}

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:48
 
 handyrae wrote:
If it weren't for the vocals, this would be pretty good. As it is the vocals are lifeless and drain the passion from the song.
 
Hello!  It's Patti Smith ... what did you expect?  Personally, I think her voice adds a big load of pent-up passion, which is the real meaning of the lyrics.


DigitalJer
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:48
 
 unclehud wrote:
Bill, you are THE MAN!  Where do you find all these marvelous covers?
 
I heartily agree :)

well done!!


ginger
(Connecticut)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:47
 
Huh.

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 13:47
 
Bill, you are THE MAN!  Where do you find all these marvelous covers?

Marley
(Portland, Or)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:29
 
 wenatchee wrote:

Oh c'mon, the BGT lead singer is not able to mumble her way into making any sense let alone any references to touching a belly
 
Well, you're entitled to your opinion as much as I am to mine. Never was a Prince fan, but do like BGT cover, but then again, I like pretty much anything from BGT anyway. 

The_Enemy
(The Sewer)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:26
 
Damn.

I love Patti Smith in an obsessive unhealthy way but this is.... is.... so..... bad

wenatchee
(Duvall, WA)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:23
 
 Marley wrote:
I much prefer the Be Good Tanyas cover of this song. I love Patti, but this just isn't doing it for me. 
 
Oh c'mon, the BGT lead singer is not able to mumble her way into making any sense let alone any references to touching a belly


handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:23
 
If it weren't for the vocals, this would be pretty good. As it is the vocals are lifeless and drain the passion from the song.

leathepea
(Hickory, NC)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:23
 
One of those songs that you don't want to cover, almost impossible to do it justice. 2 from me.

Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:23
 
 sirrus wrote:
Did she really say "touch if you will, my belly" ?

Patti... {#Naughty}
 
yeah. 
I think Bill owes us an explanation for playing this.

suebee3
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:22
 

Recent exposure to a muzak-like re-make of Billy Jean and this combined causes me to want to date William Shatner.



Tana
(Lancaster, PA)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:22
 
 crockydile wrote:

I disagree. It takes that song to new lows. Now with wretched flavor!! {#Puke}
 
Yeah, but it's such an intriguing juxtapositioning. I mean, whodathunk, Patti Smith covering Prince?


songbirdfemme
(syracuse ny)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:22
 
 pdhski wrote:
Ani DiFranco does a far better cover of this
 
AWESOME!!!


Smoove_D
(Milwaukee)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:21
 
I like it, but I guess I have a soft spot for novelty covers. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a novelty, but it sounds like it to me.

Kite_Flyer
(Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:21
 
I like a lot of Patti's stuff.  But definitely not this.

zipper
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:21
 
{#Lol}  ouch.

It's tempting to rate it higher than deserved, just because it proves how talented Prince is.


sirrus
(yesterday)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:20
 
Did she really say "touch if you will, my belly" ?

Patti... {#Naughty}

Marley
(Portland, Or)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:20
 
I much prefer the Be Good Tanyas cover of this song. I love Patti, but this just isn't doing it for me. 

pdhski
(O-town)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:20
 
Ani DiFranco does a far better cover of this

Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:19
 
Unnecessary.

Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:19
 
I don't much care for either Prince or Patti Smith, but for some reason I sort of like this one.

crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 12:19
 
 laytin1119 wrote:
The only thing this song has going for it is that it can't possibly be worse then Prince's original.
 
I disagree. It takes that <bad> song to new lows. Now with wretched flavor!! {#Puke}

Mari
(île de lesvos)
Posted: Nov 05, 2008 - 19:46
 
hi amy {#Wave} hmm? they don't play this one much, do they? {#Daisy}

laytin1119
(Thomaston, CT)
Posted: Jul 03, 2002 - 07:37
 
The only thing this song has going for it is that it can't possibly be worse then Prince's original.
Tribs
(Naugatuck, CT)
Posted: Jun 27, 2002 - 09:00
 
I don't know about this. No soul really. Nothing Compares 2 U was about the closest anyone's ever come to getting a Prince song right and when I heard a live version of that by Prince himself I was floored. Easy to cover because the lyrics are always great, hard to Master though.
TreborG2
(Marshall, VA)
Posted: Jun 06, 2002 - 22:30
 
81 RP Listeners can't be totally wrong... hence why this version of Princes' song keeps going down & down & down...

another country twang take on the song... and another southern headin' rating...

same diff, just wish it were burried in the south instead of re-infesting the 'air'waves from RP.
alpizzy
(Whitmore Lake, MI)
Posted: May 23, 2002 - 10:12
 
Yikes!
redbird
(Monterey, CA)
Posted: May 23, 2002 - 10:12
 
Originally Posted by Radio_Man:
I gave it a "1" only because there is nothing lower than "1"!


Agreed!!
Radio_Man
(South Carolina)
Posted: May 17, 2002 - 10:53
 
I gave it a "1" only because there is nothing lower than "1"!
RonH
(St. Paul (1981 miles NE of RP), MN)
Posted: May 17, 2002 - 10:50
 
Dub out the vocals and this could be a good tune.
Patti, leave this one to Prince or whatever he's calling himself these days. :D