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Patti Smith — So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star
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craighoog
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 17:21
 
I like WonderLizard's remarks, too.

craighoog
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 17:19
 
A nice rendition of a great old song.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 09:50
 
 Wardleader wrote:
I forgot this cultural transmission of rocking kulchur, PaTTi does covers with the love of a Mother for a son or daughter for a Father.  Her "Smells like teen Spirit" is the song as a hit from the next possible world of our Earth.  If we could travel dimensions of possible earths, we would be familiar with the sea of possibility because of Shaman Patti.

 
Maybe you should check the label the next time you do that stuff.

silby
Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 09:35
 
 Stingray wrote:

SHE IS NEITHER A SINGER NOR A MUSICIAN!

 

THE MOST TERRIBLE AMATEURISH CONCERT I HAVE EVER SEEN!

...and I saw many!!



 
and yet, she is far more Rock n Roll than most...   

Wardleader
(Philadelphia USA)
Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 22:59
 
I forgot this cultural transmission of rocking kulchur, PaTTi does covers with the love of a Mother for a son or daughter for a Father.  Her "Smells like teen Spirit" is the song as a hit from the next possible world of our Earth.  If we could travel dimensions of possible earths, we would be familiar with the sea of possibility because of Shaman Patti.

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Feb 12, 2013 - 14:38
 
Patti, baby, I wanna be a Rock N Roll star!

buddy
Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 20:33
 
Oh HELL ya!

{#Bananajam}{#Bananapiano}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana}

LPCity
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 11:57
 
 Stingray wrote:

SHE IS NEITHER A SINGER NOR A MUSICIAN!

 

THE MOST TERRIBLE AMATEURISH CONCERT I HAVE EVER SEEN!

...and I saw many!!

 
The fact that you are proud to have gone to many terrible amateurish concerts makes me begin to understand you a bit.

Not much mind you, but a bit.

Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 11:42
 
{#Dancingbanana}{#Drummer}

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 11:41
 
 dwhayslett wrote:

I rethought my entire life twice (just to be sure), but I still gave this a 7.
 
I've recreated my life several times...it involved a good deal of thought each time...still giving this a seven.

rpdevotee
(San Jose, CA)
Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 13:28
 
{#Drummer}

vivyruest
(San Rafael)
Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 13:28
 
 neuticle wrote:
If you didn't at least rate this an eight, you need to rethink your life. Yes, I mean it.
 
Rated eight.

bachbeet
Posted: Jun 05, 2012 - 21:33
 
She should have decided NOT to cover this song.  Terrible job.

Stingray
("ANONYMOUS INTERNET")
Posted: May 05, 2012 - 03:36
 

SHE IS NEITHER A SINGER NOR A MUSICIAN!

 

THE MOST TERRIBLE AMATEURISH CONCERT I HAVE EVER SEEN!

...and I saw many!!



ocbrander
(Orange County, CA)
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 10:44
 
 rdo wrote:


She was on Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people.  I seriously do not get it.  I must have missed something.

Read her book "Just Kids." You'll discover she is one multi-talented artist!

onelittlemoose
(Mooseville, Canada)
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 10:42
 

{#Lol}

neuticle wrote:

If you didn't at least rate this an eight, you need to rethink your life. Yes, I mean it.
 



dwhayslett
(Pawleys Island, SC)
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 10:42
 
 neuticle wrote:
If you didn't at least rate this an eight, you need to rethink your life. Yes, I mean it.
 
I rethought my entire life twice (just to be sure), but I still gave this a 7.

onerb
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 10:40
 
Bill, please bottle the latest combination of tunes for all of us toiling at our computers. Superb!

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 18:08
 
If you didn't at least rate this an eight, you need to rethink your life. Yes, I mean it.

number7
(Napanee, Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 18:05
 

Patti.......is the best.

Truly an original, one of a kind.



Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 01:54
 
 vandal wrote:

We all used to have that haircut. . . 
 
 
Nope, not me.  Of course, I was born in 1978, had a "jew-fro" (no insult to any jewish person intented!) for a large part of my life.  Kept it cut short so I didn't look like a white Billy Dee Williams, then one day I got a burr up my butt and decided I needed a change.  The girl I was with at the time suggested I shave it.  I decided a preemptive strike against male pattern baldness wasn't a bad idea and I haven't looked back since.

Chicks dig bald guys.


horseplayer
(Lincroft, NJ)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 14:04
 
 ktnsb wrote:
When Patti says 'don't forget who you are, you're a rock n roll star', it's just a helluva lot more compelling than when the Byrds said it. I don't know why.
 
Good call, and I'd say it's because she came up in the punk wave, when "rock and roll star" was an insult, but she had this whole love of rock history and a real understanding of where rock and roll had been, and then here is this seminal song that made the "rock star insult" thing very early on, so for her to do the song embodies two levels of irony.  And then, she does it more or less as straight kick-ass rock and roll, which is even funnier.

Especially if you saw her do it live — I saw her scale the amplifier wall and perch on top like King Kong going up the Empire State Building, pumping her fists and yelling "Don't forget who you are!!! Don't forget who you are!!! You're a rock and roll star!!!" while the band rocked out.  

Now that's compelling.



unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 13:47
 
Best version (so far) of a hilarious song!


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 13:46
 
 Stingray wrote:
PRETENDER!
 
Uh, no. That's Chrissie Hynde.

Quixmundi
(on the banks of Eagle Creek, Indiana)
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 22:05
 
Still don't get it - never understood Patti being such a rock critic darling - never will.

gatorade
(Peninsuland)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 00:48
 
Such a great tune, no matter who covers it. Byrds blew it open.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 00:47
 
 treatment_bound wrote:

Here's a shot of Jay Dee in his early 20's...Hey, I used to have that haircut!

 
We all used to have that haircut. . . 
 

rdo
(DC)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 08:54
 
 spigolli wrote:

She had a strong influence on me to always change the station when she was played.

 

Now that explains it.  {#Roflol}  At least you heard her on a station.  I never did.

spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 08:50
 
 rdo wrote:


She was on Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people.  I seriously do not get it.  I must have missed something.
 
She had a strong influence on me to always change the station when she was played.


treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 08:49
 
 lemmoth wrote:


Jay Dee Daugherty my friend
 
Here's a shot of Jay Dee in his early 20's...Hey, I used to have that haircut!




rdo
(DC)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 08:48
 
 Propayne wrote:
I love this cover.

Enjoyable book out now on the history of Todd Rundgren's production work with a very interesting chapter on Patti Smith and the making of Wave.
 

She was on Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people.  I seriously do not get it.  I must have missed something.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 19:26
 
 kurtster wrote:
8 to 9
 


I gave this cover one of my rare tens long ago...  I love it...

 

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 06:46
 
I love this cover.

Enjoyable book out now on the history of Todd Rundgren's production work with a very interesting chapter on Patti Smith and the making of Wave.

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 16:53
 
This was an OUTSTANDING addition to my skiing mix... hearing it in my helmet (with 40mm SkullCandy speakers) gave me some higher energy on a recent outing to Squaw Valley.

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 16:52
 
PRETENDER!

Johnny_Wave
(California, baby)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 16:51
 
 Eric_Denison wrote:
Doesn't get much better than this!  
 
actually, it does



lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 13:48
 
 keller1 wrote:
This one rocks out in no small part thanks to some kickass drumming —- Moon-like, which I'm guessing is why the segue from The Seeker.
 

Jay Dee Daugherty my friend

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 13:35
 
I love this!  Hadn't heard her cover this song before - that chunky beat, the yummy, throaty vocals and the spontaneous poetry spiel - no bad here.  I love the Tom Petty and Roger McGuinn/Byrds versions for different reasons, but this one is definitely worthy of an "I'm not worthy" icon...{#Notworthy}

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 13:31
 
Patti may have been dubbed the Queen of Punk but she had enormous respect for the great rock and roll she grew up with — and this is a great cover.

Eric_Denison
(British Columbia)
Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 21:18
 
Doesn't get much better than this!  

Actually this whole set has been quite exceptional.

kurtster
(Area code 216)
Posted: Jul 11, 2010 - 04:48
 
8 to 9

Ntropy
(Cleveland, OH)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 08:06
 
 Poacher wrote:
6.4? Only a 6.4 rating!?

I really don't understand. . . seriously - this is a total classic in every respect.

Hey ho.  
 

I know! It makes no sense. It's beyond a 10!

Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: May 08, 2010 - 19:25
 
I prefur da Boids.

justin_thyme
(Windward O`ahu, Hawai`i)
Posted: May 08, 2010 - 14:30
 
Another brilliant production and engineering accomplishment for Todd Rundgren.  (And, of course, Patti was superb!)

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: May 08, 2010 - 14:29
 
6.4? Only a 6.4 rating!?

I really don't understand. . . seriously - this is a total classic in every respect.

Hey ho.  

paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Mar 06, 2010 - 07:43
 
 lemmoth wrote:


I've seen Patti and the band do this live, and it was fantastic.
 

I saw Patti open with this song at a show in 2000. Was an instant foretelling of what was to come - to me, the single greatest live music experience I have ever witnessed (out of literally 100's of live shows seen). I left the club spent, exhausted after having been alternately exhilirated and brought to my emotional knees (that feeling lingered for days afterward, too). No doubt Patti and the band did, too.

calypsus_1
Posted: Nov 02, 2009 - 12:32
 

Patti Smith - "Horses" & "Hey Joe" Live (1976)



jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth)
Posted: Aug 29, 2009 - 12:29
 
You're a little insane...

I love her for it.

kurtster
(Seeking shelter from the cold)
Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 04:46
 
Love a great cover of a great song. 

oilydwarf
Posted: May 26, 2009 - 09:25
 
Bill's on fire today!  Haven't had such a good 'wind it up' RP day for ages.  Rock On Bill!