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RP4Prez
(Great White Not-So-North)
Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 18:04
 
PSD - and the album cover?

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: May 22, 2012 - 13:45
 
First time I've heard Bill provide a book recommendation - but I can heartily join him in recommending Patti's wonderful, and Bill is right, beautifully written memoir, Just Kids. 

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: May 22, 2012 - 13:34
 
Poppiest Patti song, but its about her beloved Fred Smith so I can't say much, except love to Patti.

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: May 22, 2012 - 13:32
 
 ColdMiser wrote:
Yet another great production by Todd Rundgren
 

affirmative...

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 09:27
 
 Darlington wrote:
I started to post this and realize that I'd posted it almost 5 years ago! Scary...

Don't know if this has been posted here yet, but it does sound like "Because the Night," because its tune is based on or is derivitive of the long intro for the live version of another song, "Prove it All Night" used by Bruce Springsteen during the Darkness on the Edge of Town tour, circa 1978. I read somewhere (I think) that Patty Smith heard this this long intro, liked it, and wrote a song around it. I am pretty sure that Jimmy Iovine, who gave Because the Night (then unfinished) to Patti Smith also had a hand in this one too, but I am not sure.
 
As far as I remember, "Because The Night" was co-written by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith.


Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 05:54
 
I really recommend buying this double album from Patti. In her words. . . one cd is what people expect to hear from her and the other is what she wants you to hear.

She is certainly on my list of ultimate dinner party guests. 

guiguy
(Kyoto)
Posted: Nov 14, 2011 - 05:50
 
There are So many better PS songs, this is really AOR stuff, every genius blinks once.

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Aug 11, 2011 - 19:16
 
 roborob wrote:
I used to think Patti Smith was a fresh sound in rock and roll.  I no longer think so.  Here, we have Patti Smith sounding like Patti Smith.  (I was able to lip dub the lyrics to Because the Night right over top of this dog.)

 
huh?
WTF u talking bout Willis?
Patti Smith sounding like Patti Smith??

Maybe she should sound like someone other than Patti Smith?
Or maybe she should sound like Patti Smith instead?
There again, there's always Patti Smith to sound like!



roborob
Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 10:21
 
I used to think Patti Smith was a fresh sound in rock and roll.  I no longer think so.  Here, we have Patti Smith sounding like Patti Smith.  (I was able to lip dub the lyrics to Because the Night right over top of this dog.)


Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jul 11, 2011 - 10:19
 
The cover art reminds me of the one about the six blind men and the elephant (and one of them sticks his hand up the elephant's arse).


Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 13:39
 
 ColdMiser wrote:
Yet another great production by Todd Rundgren
 
+1

ColdMiser
(Out in the Cold)
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 12:50
 
Yet another great production by Todd Rundgren

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 12:49
 
 Darlington wrote:

Don't know if this has been posted here yet, but it does sound like "Because the Night," because its tune is based on or is derivitive of the long intro for the live version of another song, "Prove it All Night" used by Bruce Springsteen during the Darkness on the Edge of Town tour, circa 1978. I read somewhere (I think) that Patty Smith heard this this long intro, liked it, and wrote a song around it. I am pretty sure that Jimmy Iovine, who gave Because the Night (then unfinished) to Patti Smith also had a hand in this one too, but I am not sure.
 
Now that you mention it, yeah, it does sound like "Prove it all night".


1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 - 12:47
 
I'd like to look at her eyes..nice comment  Mister Misterfixit wrote:
Patti had a rough time of life after Fred died, followed by Todd Smith, her brother and one of her oldest and dearest friends, Rick Sohl; her trip off of the stage in '77 still causes her all kinds of agony from her neck injury.  After that fall and receover she could hardly turn her head to check the mirrors in her car.

Personally Patti is wildly acerbic, warm, empathetic, courageous, emotive, witty, outrageous, creative, and and all around terrific person.  Been that way since forever.  Read her poetry and next time you see her perform look at her eyes.
 



ParkerH
(Naples, FL)
Posted: Dec 02, 2010 - 19:46
 
An incredible lyricist with a distinctive voice. She always makes me think of an old, wise, smoking aunt who tells you things you remember when you finally grow into them and they make sense. I always like Patti!!

bobcat1963
(the netherlands)
Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 03:32
 
{#Hearteyes}

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 30, 2010 - 11:59
 
 lmic wrote:
Patti playing FOR FREE at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park this Sunday!
 
Oh, man - I WISH I could be there!  Talk about once-in-a-lifetime... *sighs in envy*


lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Sep 30, 2010 - 11:57
 
Patti playing FOR FREE at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park this Sunday!

Alpine
(N39d39mW121d30m)
Posted: Jul 28, 2010 - 12:18
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Provinssi 07: Patti Smith VI by ~ineb
Beni Köhler  ©2007-2010 ~ineb

Patti Smith performed in Provinssirock, she did a very good gig, and even though I was only allowed to photograph during the first song, I managed to get a good selection of colourful photos.

  I like her music.  And I can understand why she doesn't want her picture taken.  Sheesh, she has a thicker mustache than I do!



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 26, 2010 - 15:23
 
This is much more upbeat and positive than some of her songs - I've never heard it before, but I like it. (I might have to just create a signature-line that says, "I've never heard this before, but I like it!" since that seems to be the comment I'm posting on every song played so far. I am lame. *facepalm*

plaice3
Posted: May 25, 2010 - 19:28
 
"Come on my spirit, are you ready to go?" 

"My soul surrenders, astonished to death"

How can you not love this joy?

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Mar 23, 2010 - 11:32
 
I usually like Patti Smith's work, but not this piece.  Maybe it's the drumming.


SweTex
(Swede living in Texas)
Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 11:34
 
 muzakluver wrote:

Yes, it really is.

 

I beg to differ.

paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 15:53
 
The best show I've ever seen in my life - and I've seen hundreds ranging from Cream and Hendrix in the 60's to Radiohead and Spoon in the last couple of years - was Patti at the 40 Watt in Athens, GA, in 2001. Unbelievable - I and several others stumbled out the door and into the gutter, exhausted from the sheer exhiliration afterwards. From the moment the band jumped into "Rock and Roll Star" and traveled through a range of songs - "Horses", "Babelogue", "Southern Cross", "Spell" - so many gems. I can't imagine any show ever being as good as that. And I had my 14-year-old son with me, both of us right up at the edge of the stage. In the first or second song she looked down at him and immediately handed him her guitar pick. He still has it. I love her. What a human.


jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth)
Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 15:45
 
One of the best true love romance marriages in all rock n' roll.
And this song? Rocks. And Patti herself? RnR Goddess.

musickat
(Mid MO)
Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 15:45
 
try listening to her Easter album

 elstring wrote:


Don't feel bad, I don't either.  To each his own.
 



muzakluver
(Santa Clarita, CA)
Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 15:44
 
 SweTex wrote:

Hannio wrote:

Oh, come on.  It's not that bad.

 handyrae wrote:


Yes it is.
 

No,It's not. (I can do this forever, you know)
 
Yes, it really is.


TernaryBit
(O-town)
Posted: Sep 15, 2009 - 15:08
 
no.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 12:15
 
Patti had a rough time of life after Fred died, followed by Todd Smith, her brother and one of her oldest and dearest friends, Rick Sohl; her trip off of the stage in '77 still causes her all kinds of agony from her neck injury.  After that fall and receover she could hardly turn her head to check the mirrors in her car.

Personally Patti is wildly acerbic, warm, empathetic, courageous, emotive, witty, outrageous, creative, and and all around terrific person.  Been that way since forever.  Read her poetry and next time you see her perform look at her eyes.

Grammarcop
(Hey, I can see Canada from here!)
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 12:07
 
Fred "Sonic" Smith was a local legend in Detroit. He left us too soon.
 

elstring
(NC)
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 12:06
 
 mirland wrote:
I don't get it. I simply just don't get the Patti Smith phenomena.
 

Don't feel bad, I don't either.  To each his own.

4merdj
(donde el viento se devuelve)
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 12:06
 
Can't find 'fast-forward' button ... help!!! {#Crashcomp}

SweTex
(Swede living in Texas)
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 12:06
 

Hannio wrote:

Oh, come on.  It's not that bad.

 handyrae wrote:


Yes it is.
 

No,It's not. (I can do this forever, you know)

Limpopoking
(The Parish of St. Alfonzo)
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 12:05
 
if you don't get it..... then you just don't get it!!

The lady rocks

handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Apr 10, 2009 - 08:31
 
 Hannio wrote:


Oh, come on.  It's not that bad.
 

Yes it is.

tovarisch
(Calgary)
Posted: Apr 10, 2009 - 08:30
 
to quote Mr. Zappa... " A marvelous little arpeggio"

dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Apr 10, 2009 - 08:30
 
 Hannio wrote:


Oh, come on.  It's not that bad.
 
give me a break, I'm PMSing!!

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 10, 2009 - 08:28
 
 dogpound wrote:
brings a tear to the eye
 

Oh, come on.  It's not that bad.

dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Apr 10, 2009 - 08:28
 
brings a tear to the eye

arissimo
(Bellingham, WA)
Posted: Mar 09, 2009 - 19:47
 
did we just get on the `sucko barfo` train?
this is the third horrid song in a row....
yaaaaahhhhhh!

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HarrO
(Just Down the Hill from Paradise)
Posted: Mar 09, 2009 - 19:47
 
 RadioDoc wrote:

You kinda had to be there.

I was.

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Me Too

"Because the Night" We played it to shreds in high school.


Darlington
(Columbia, South Carolina)
Posted: Feb 06, 2009 - 05:56
 
I started to post this and realize that I'd posted it almost 5 years ago! Scary...

Don't know if this has been posted here yet, but it does sound like "Because the Night," because its tune is based on or is derivitive of the long intro for the live version of another song, "Prove it All Night" used by Bruce Springsteen during the Darkness on the Edge of Town tour, circa 1978. I read somewhere (I think) that Patty Smith heard this this long intro, liked it, and wrote a song around it. I am pretty sure that Jimmy Iovine, who gave Because the Night (then unfinished) to Patti Smith also had a hand in this one too, but I am not sure.



RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Jan 05, 2009 - 14:33
 
mirland wrote:
I don't get it. I simply just don't get the Patti Smith phenomena.

You kinda had to be there.

I was.

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steeler
(Staring, blankly, into the abyss)
Posted: Jan 05, 2009 - 14:32
 
 mirland wrote:
I don't get it. I simply just don't get the Patti Smith phenomena.
 

Try "Horses" or "Easter"

mirland
(Denmark)
Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 00:40
 
I don't get it. I simply just don't get the Patti Smith phenomena.

justin_thyme
(Windward O`ahu, Hawai`i)
Posted: Nov 03, 2008 - 12:05
 
No, it's not a punk track.  "Frederick" was heavily influenced by Todd Rundgren's slick production skills; he's responsible for the pop hooks.  Patti resisted, but ultimately relented.  Both she and Todd hoped that Wave would get wider airplay than her previous releases.  It was a partially-successful effort.

cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC)
Posted: Nov 03, 2008 - 11:59
 
 sub-arctic wrote:

And how on earth can this be classified as punk???!!!

 
If you are so obsessed with classifying art, you kind of miss the point of punk.


Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 21:46
 
 sub-arctic wrote:

And how on earth can this be classified as punk???!!!
 
She doesn't shave her underarms?

sub-arctic
(63°50' N)
Posted: Sep 01, 2008 - 08:43
 
 bytejunkie55 wrote:
Patti Smith is the goddess of punk
 
And how on earth can this be classified as punk???!!!


xviti
(españa)
Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 05:02
 
bytejunkie55 wrote:
Patti Smith is the goddess of punk
Only a 5.9 come on are you people sleeping.



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