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eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
edited December 2005 in Other Music
I love the song Gloria! it's such a fine tune! :)

plus, this is irrelevant when thinking about Patti's music, but I think she's pretty as hell! :p

so, anyone else like her? or like Gloria? or could recommend some other releases etc. for me?
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
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  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    http://www.peoples.ru/art/music/rock/patti_smith/smith_1.jpg

    http://www.born-today.com/Today/pix/smith_patti.jpg
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • brhf9brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    eMMI wrote:
    I love the song Gloria! it's such a fine tune! :)

    plus, this is irrelevant when thinking about Patti's music, but I think she's pretty as hell! :p

    so, anyone else like her? or like Gloria? or could recommend some other releases etc. for me?

    dont know much. "people have the power, gloria, RnR nigger, land..."

    but my favorite is "Summer Cannibals".
    'Go easy, step lightly, stay free!'

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  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    brhf9 wrote:
    dont know much. "people have the power, gloria, RnR nigger, land..."

    but my favorite is "Summer Cannibals".

    summer cannibals..? where is it?
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • brhf9brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    eMMI wrote:
    summer cannibals..? where is it?

    the albuns?

    Gone Again (1996) & the compilation Land (1975-2002).

    http://www.allmusic.com was my source.
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  • blacknapkinsblacknapkins Posts: 2,176
    Great interview ... listen to this:

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5046244
    "Information is not knowledge.
    Knowledge is not wisdom.
    Wisdom is not truth.
    Truth is not beauty.
    Beauty is not love.
    Love is not music.
    Music is the best."
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    You might like Land - 1975-2000 - its not so much a greatest hits as a compilation of some of her favorite and her best work.... there is a rare live recording of Piss Factory from 1974 on it which is amazing. She is one artist who if I ever met, I KNOW I'd make a fool of myself because I look up to her so highly.
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  • clutching_benjaminclutching_benjamin Posts: 95
    That first line of "Gloria" may be the best opening line of any song ever. It's certainly right up there in my books with The Stooges' "Search & Destroy."
  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    thanks for the replies you all. :)
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    clutching_benjamin wrote:
    That first line of "Gloria" may be the best opening line of any song ever. It's certainly right up there in my books with The Stooges' "Search & Destroy."

    it really is a good one. :)

    though I believe that Jesus died for my sins also.. :o
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • barcoachbarcoach Posts: 413
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  • anarchist_grungeranarchist_grunger Posts: 161
    patti kicks ass!
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  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    Free Money gets the job done for sure.
  • beachdwellerbeachdweller Posts: 1,532
    Patti is brilliant, and when she started off during the birth of punk, think about it, the only woman in a world full of MC5, the NY Dolls, the Stooges, the british scene with the Buzzcocks, the Clash, the Sex Pistols, and her is Patti Smith up at the front of the pack helping lead the way.

    She's brilliant, fearless, and it's bullshit that she isn't in the Rock n Roll hall of fame.
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  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    beachdweller wrote:
    She's briliant, fearless, and it's bullshit that she isn't in the Rock n Roll hall of fame.
    well said. I don't think anybody fucks with Patti Smith
  • MineAmIMineAmI Posts: 114
    one of the very best rock artists. love her to death.
    we were but stones....your light made us stars
  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    transplant wrote:
    well said. I don't think anybody fucks with Patti Smith

    I believe so too.

    she seems a bit scary. in a good way. so confident in what she's doing.

    she really "got to me" when I read the book Please Kill Me. (which I highly recommend to anyone interested in the origins of punk.)
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • BikePHLBikePHL Posts: 481
    Ive been on a big Patti Smith kick. Horses is one of those albums I can listen to, from start to finish, over and over again. It is truly a complete album, not just a collection of songs. She is doing a book tour this fall. I think Im going to have to pick up a ticket for when she visits the Philadelphia Free Library. I saw her open for Neil Young a few years back, what a great show!
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,056
    Patti Smith! Yes, Horses is amazing. Really loved her book, Just Kids, too.
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    brianlux said:

    Really loved her book, Just Kids, too.

    I was just talking about that book today. Amazing story. And the glimpse into that place and time is scintillating.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    dankind said:

    brianlux said:

    Really loved her book, Just Kids, too.

    I was just talking about that book today. Amazing story. And the glimpse into that place and time is scintillating.
    Love Patti Smith. Looking forward to her new book, M Train, out on October 6:

    "From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey into the mind of this legendary artist, told through the prism of cafés and haunts she has visited and worked in around the world. M Train is a meditation on endings and on beginnings: a poetic tour de force by one of the most brilliant multiplatform artists at work today."
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,056
    SD48277 said:

    dankind said:

    brianlux said:

    Really loved her book, Just Kids, too.

    I was just talking about that book today. Amazing story. And the glimpse into that place and time is scintillating.
    Love Patti Smith. Looking forward to her new book, M Train, out on October 6:

    "From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey into the mind of this legendary artist, told through the prism of cafés and haunts she has visited and worked in around the world. M Train is a meditation on endings and on beginnings: a poetic tour de force by one of the most brilliant multiplatform artists at work today."
    :plus_one:

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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    I've read all her books so far. I guess I'll have to read the new one too!
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Patti Smith Day in Boston tomorrow.

    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    Were you there tonight, Dan? She was awesome! I somehow missed when they announced the NYPL book reading and much to my dismay, the event was sold out :( But fortuitously, I found myself in Boston tonight. I love her to pieces. I can't believe I only started following her recently. She's the most genuine, uninhibited musician/artist I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing.
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Suziemay said:

    Were you there tonight, Dan? She was awesome! I somehow missed when they announced the NYPL book reading and much to my dismay, the event was sold out :( But fortuitously, I found myself in Boston tonight. I love her to pieces. I can't believe I only started following her recently. She's the most genuine, uninhibited musician/artist I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing.

    Missed it. We were all tuckered out from the Topsfield fair. I've seen her quite a bit, but still bummed that I missed the reading.

    Also, next time you're in Boston, ping me, ya jerk!

    :perturbed:
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    dankind said:

    Suziemay said:

    Were you there tonight, Dan? She was awesome! I somehow missed when they announced the NYPL book reading and much to my dismay, the event was sold out :( But fortuitously, I found myself in Boston tonight. I love her to pieces. I can't believe I only started following her recently. She's the most genuine, uninhibited musician/artist I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing.

    Missed it. We were all tuckered out from the Topsfield fair. I've seen her quite a bit, but still bummed that I missed the reading.

    Also, next time you're in Boston, ping me, ya jerk!

    :perturbed:
    OK :fearful:
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    Here are the remaining book tour dates, I have no idea if you can still get tickets but anyone who's even remotely a fan should attend:

    10-13 Toronto, Ontario - The Design Exchange
    11-06 Philadelphia, PA - Free Library of Philadelphia
    11-07 Portsmouth, NH - The Music Hall
    11-12 Atlanta, GA - The Variety Playhouse
    11-13 Nashville, TN - OZ Arts Nashville
    11-15 Miami, FL - Miami Book Fair
    11-16 Los Angeles, CA - The Orpheum Theatre
    11-17 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre
    11-18 San Rafael, CA - Dominican University
    11-19 Berkeley, CA - First Congregational Church
    11-20 Portland, OR - Newmark Theatre
    11-22 Seattle, WA - Town Hall Seattle
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