Patti is great and embarrassing at the same time, because she brought into the whole rock n' roll as liberation fantasy as only an ambitious, working class Jersey outsider could. So to me what makes her great is also what makes her seem like a complete fool. It's both sides of the same romantic rock fantasy. And there's no doubt she's important, while very few musicians quote her style directly, she's just too odd and eccentric, there wouldn't be a Pretenders, Raincoats, or Banshees without Patti. Plus, in that early 70's Mapplethorpe portrait, Patti looks downright vulnerable, so I'd claim just the opposite. What makes the picture so alluring is the absence of any attempt at control. But who knows, I'm not privy, to what type of relationship Patti and Mapplethorpe had. So Patti, yeah...
― leavethecapital, Saturday, 14 March 2009 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 21 March 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Modern shamans: Patti Smith vs Jim Morrison
mods plz rename board thx
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 March 2009 00:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd never seen that SNL vers. of Gloria before:
http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/7731156-1298996642.html
― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 21 March 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Speaking of Patti and SNL
― xhuxk, Saturday, 21 March 2009 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
\m/
― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 21 March 2009 17:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 22 March 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
my mind is so blown
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Sunday, 22 March 2009 01:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Quick!
Women In Music: Meredith Monk vs. Kathleen Hanna! poll
― She Is Beyond Food In Weevil (Mackro Mackro), Sunday, 22 March 2009 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Alice Coltrane v. Courtney Love
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Sunday, 22 March 2009 09:18 (fifteen years ago) link
http://reduxfilms.com/img/James_Wah_Wah_lg.jpg
― If You Don't Love the Preachers Fuck You (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 March 2009 10:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Joan's "Roadrunner" cover is so well-used in an episode of "The Wire," season two.
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 March 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
ILM ♥ iceberg lettuce
― M.V., Sunday, 22 March 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
iceberg lettuce > wilted chard
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 22 March 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Really?
― M.V., Sunday, 22 March 2009 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Joan Jett wins!!!! Yeah! :) :)
I'm not a huge fan of her or anything but love the first two Runaways albums and her cover of Stooges "I Wanna Be Your Dog" is to die for. Didn't someone here say she covered some other cool stuff? I know about Crimson & Clover, but what else did she cover?
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 22 March 2009 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Noodle, much as I love Brian Eno, that James album is an absolute snoozefest.
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 22 March 2009 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
oh sorry Roadrunner! must read thread before posting...
My love of Patti Smith is definitely not based on the nuanced sophistication of her poetic vision...
― Sundar, Sunday, 22 March 2009 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Bimbs that goes without saying but the title seemed appropriate.
― Hongroe Like the Wolf (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 March 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahaha. :)
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 22 March 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Hongroe like the wolf! Oh my god, Noodle, your screen names never fail to make me LOL. I really think we should all take you as an example for screen names.
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 22 March 2009 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
To a kid looking up to me, life ain't nothing but zings and no money.
― Hongroe Like the Wolf (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 March 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I loved the Roadrunner cover, wow, thanks ILM.
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 23 March 2009 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
who the fuck would've voted for Patti Smith?!?
― How About a Nice Cuppa Shit on a Shingle, Soldier? (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 08:33 (fourteen years ago) link
me! you got a problem with that?
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
"do you want to touch me (oh yeah)" is my favourite song ever
― taoiseachizown (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
how to vote? For Joan?
― runaways fan, Thursday, 7 January 2010 06:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Poll's over. Joan won.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 January 2010 06:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Now that I've seen the Patti Smith doc on PBS where she and Flea talk about pee, I want to change my vote.
― Zachary Taylor, Thursday, 7 January 2010 07:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Sorry to be late to the party, but I think Patti is gorgeous. I love the Mapplethorpe photos, and the story of their friendship. I would love to have been there when all that was happening! And BTW Kenan, I LOVE that I can see her ribs :)
― Jojoseahorse, Thursday, 6 May 2010 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.sohoblues.com/SoHoBluesBWPortraits/previewpages/preview10.jpg
― Zachary Taylor
lol
― i'm a desperate bicycle (leavethecapital), Saturday, 8 May 2010 14:42 (fourteen years ago) link