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Patti Smith — Nine
Album: Banga
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Released: 2012
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Night a nine of diamonds
A woman lay and cries
At the sister of Mercy
On a Sabbath day
Night a nine of diamonds
As revelers commence
To shiver as she bore
In a babe, a radiance

Brave in constant motion
Wherein perfection brews
Darkness as his brother
Mischief as his moon
Summoning beneath
With his gypsy moves
Yearning as the foal
Shy and beautiful

Every card he drew
Had a different face
Lingering and lost
Unholy holy ghosts
I tend to play them all
He spoke with confidence
Another kind of strange
To shift in loneliness

He sought not for himself
The empire he would find
Save the golden womb
He enter in his mind

We will die a littler
The rogues whistling
Nine blue-eyed sailors
Tip their caps to him
As he passes through them
More vagabond than king
With diamonds on his sleeves
Like a harlequin
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Nine but in reality ten!
Posted 2 days ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

I hear Emmylou Harris singing "Deeper Well". 



I guet that.
Posted 2 months ago by brosen    [ Reply ]
 theirongiant wrote:

Over reliance on AutoTune. Cher, she is not.



LOL. Thanks for the laugh!
Posted 6 months ago by longliverp    [ Reply ]
 Orodrigues wrote:

10 to 9.



nine
Posted 6 months ago by longliverp    [ Reply ]
10 to 9.
Posted 6 months ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
 alexandersmcmillan wrote:

Who is playing guitar on this track? Great tone and phrasing.



The late great Tom Verlaine
Posted 1 year ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Who is playing guitar on this track? Great tone and phrasing.
Posted 1 year ago by alexandersmcmillan    [ Reply ]
 Akazungu wrote:

I have to assume this is a troll, because the alternative is stupidity on a mind-boggling scale.


Gotta be!
Posted 1 year ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

this song remind me of bob dylan 



Yep.  And for that reason I'm skipping.  Bleh. 
Posted 1 year ago by amb599    [ Reply ]
 Akazungu wrote:

I have to assume this is a troll, because the alternative is stupidity on a mind-boggling scale.
perhaps it was sarcasm...

Posted 1 year ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 rednred wrote:


If you ever get a chance to see Patti perform live, do it. I have seen her 8 or 10 times and each time is totally unique and brilliant. One of the best live performers ever, and I have been to hundreds of rock concerts going back to the mid-60s.


Same. I am going to see her twice next week, in San Luis Obispo and in Monterey. She is incredible live. I have also seen her many times over the years, and she never disappoints. 
Posted 1 year ago by poetdancer    [ Reply ]
Nine just became a ten!
Posted 1 year ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
 nightdrive wrote:



My guess is much simpler. The comment was meant for another song. Especially after checking theirongiant's comment history, he does have lots of upvotes.


Yeah, that's probably it.  Still, Patti Smith *is* using a lot of AutoTune here.  You can't deny that part.  The song is great regardless.

They turned it off for the last verse.  She sounds REAL and authentic here.  Much grittier. 
Posted 1 year ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
Nine it is and the last three hours  is the reason I spend all my music listening money on RP. Keep it up!
Posted 1 year ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
OK William/Alanna, you made your point, Lee DeWyze' "Blackbird Song" does have sonic similarities with this lovely tune 
Posted 1 year ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
Reading her book, Just Kids. Fascinating--highly recommend.
Posted 2 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
this song remind me of bob dylan 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 theirongiant wrote:

Over reliance on AutoTune. Cher, she is not.


 Akazungu wrote:

I have to assume this is a troll, because the alternative is stupidity on a mind-boggling scale.


My guess is much simpler. The comment was meant for another song. Especially after checking theirongiant's comment history, he does have lots of upvotes.
Posted 2 years ago by nightdrive    [ Reply ]
 h8rhater wrote:

Especially since the OP is not idiot_wind!


that dude leads the league in dumb comments
Posted 2 years ago by roadie    [ Reply ]
 Akazungu wrote:

theirongiant wrote:

Over reliance on AutoTune. Cher, she is not.


I have to assume this is a troll, because the alternative is stupidity on a mind-boggling scale.

Especially since the OP is not idiot_wind!
Posted 2 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
I have every album.............................!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:

Windy afternoon and bright sunshine, I'm in the yard refinishing a maple table with Patty Smith's encouraging voice transporting me. ✌


Hope it turned out well. Patti's voice has that ability.
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
9 for Nine!!!
Posted 3 years ago by gregskrtic    [ Reply ]
I've been a Patti Smith fan since the late 70s. I generally don't like punkish music but I like her style of punk-pop. She's an amazing songwriter.

Do yourself a favor and watch her greatness with "Dancing Barefoot" live. She's on a show called Later With Jools. I'm pretty sure it's from 1979. I'm pretty sure too she has to zip her pants mid performance but that's okay. Happens to us all.

And if if don't know about her relationship with the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, check him out. RM was a world-class artist too.

Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot (Later with Jools)
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
 rednred wrote:


If you ever get a chance to see Patti perform live, do it. I have seen her 8 or 10 times and each time is totally unique and brilliant. One of the best live performers ever, and I have been to hundreds of rock concerts going back to the mid-60s.
 
I will definitely do that.  I regret that I did not realize her greatness when I was young.  
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
 khardog145 wrote:
The guitar work is utterly amazing.  Well that is redundant - i didn't look at the other comments below.  Still true, tho.
 

If you ever get a chance to see Patti perform live, do it. I have seen her 8 or 10 times and each time is totally unique and brilliant. One of the best live performers ever, and I have been to hundreds of rock concerts going back to the mid-60s.
Posted 4 years ago by rednred    [ Reply ]
The guitar work is utterly amazing.  Well that is redundant - i didn't look at the other comments below.  Still true, tho.
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
 theirongiant wrote:
Over reliance on AutoTune. Cher, she is not.
 
I have to assume this is a troll, because the alternative is stupidity on a mind-boggling scale.
Posted 4 years ago by Akazungu    [ Reply ]
this is just so..... patti smith. 
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]


T    om   V    erlaine

 rdo wrote:

So, why was it called Television and why did this song make you realize that?  I have been racking my brains here.
 

Posted 5 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 memoryboxer wrote:
thankful to RP for the many Patti Smith offerings; had never really known more than Because the Night.
 Memory Between radio paradise and WFMU I have gotten to hear music that I have never heard of before, it is so wonderful
Posted 5 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 theirongiant wrote:
Over reliance on AutoTune. Cher, she is not.
 
the hell er you talkin about?
Posted 5 years ago by meatmike    [ Reply ]
wow, that last verse... beautiful piece of work
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
A master at work.  What a body of work she has given us….
Posted 5 years ago by liveaudio608    [ Reply ]
thankful to RP for the many Patti Smith offerings; had never really known more than Because the Night.
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
Such a distinctive voice. Volume turned down very low at 2 am while I'm in the bathroom (the room without a squeezebox), thinking `nice to hear Patti again on RP´.
Posted 5 years ago by palatin8    [ Reply ]
Over reliance on AutoTune. Cher, she is not.
Posted 5 years ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
This song is amazing.
Posted 6 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
This is a rockin' dirge
Posted 6 years ago by clickfaster    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
I hear Emmylou Harris singing "Deeper Well". 

 
What a divine mash-up that would be....
Posted 6 years ago by dc_zee    [ Reply ]
Sublime.
Posted 7 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
Glorious!!

One Serious Artist

 Charles M. Blow Trump and the Parasitic Presidency

Trump and the Parasitic Presidency - The New York Times
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 dragon1952 wrote:
Holy shit...what a segue from Yoshida Brothers, Storm.....wow. It might be my vodka haze but I don't think so. Now you just need to segue into Eight Miles High or something similar.....Time by Chambers Brothers? ( long version please)

 
Can I have some vodka too? And all those songs are even better. 
Posted 7 years ago by dmellis    [ Reply ]
This is a good album and a great song!{#Cheers}

And Verlaine adds just the right trimmings.  Mighty Fine.
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Holy shit...what a segue from Yoshida Brothers, Storm.....wow. It might be my vodka haze but I don't think so. Now you just need to segue into Eight Miles High or something similar.....Time by Chambers Brothers? ( long version please)
Posted 8 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
I hear Emmylou Harris singing "Deeper Well". 
Posted 8 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:
Bill

Upon hearing Tom Verlaine on this track I renew my call for more Television on RP.

Just saw them last month and they were still incredible.

Marquee Moon anyone, 

 
Yes, I'm surprised there isn't more Television on RP, especially tunes from their first album.  The title track is the only track from that album here, and that hasn't been played since 2010.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Windy afternoon and bright sunshine, I'm in the yard refinishing a maple table with Patty Smith's encouraging voice transporting me. ✌
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:
Bill

Upon hearing Tom Verlaine on this track I renew my call for more Television on RP.

Just saw them last month and they were still incredible.

Marquee Moon anyone, 

 
I have submitted several TV tunes only to be rejected.
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
 garyalex wrote:
Tom Verlaine's guitar work on this is amazing.

  

Stephenater wrote:

I concur.

 

Yes 2 on Verlaine and Patti the High Priestess. 
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
 garyalex wrote:
Tom Verlaine's guitar work on this is amazing.

 
I concur.
Posted 8 years ago by Stephenater    [ Reply ]
Tom Verlaine's guitar work on this is amazing.
Posted 8 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
open to her as an example, a person who writes, sings and lives the strong feelings and emotions of a Teacher, a sample of life lived successfully and to the fullest as a kick-ass rocker       : )   Peace
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Not heard this before and quite sorry to have missed it. Nice, but, as per her usual output, fairly impenetrable to me.
Posted 8 years ago by NevDavey    [ Reply ]
                         
                     Night a nine of diamonds
                  Nein !  with his gypsy moves.
                  I was at 19 and she was at 66
                      Way of telling her nine
                    We both a league ahead.
                 
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
How about her and Shakey Graves on the same bill?
Posted 8 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
She's a fabulous artist!  (amazing December evening, high 50's and star filled sky, off Elm St. there is a house with a large yard, walking my Patterdale terrier Jake he stops, his brindle hackles slowly rise and I have to listen to sense what's up, too dark to spot anything I hear it, from several locations, owl hoots (!) there an individual style to each series, coming from the deep shadowy banks of trees in turns of three, one close to us, then a response further away judging by its lower volume, and then  seconds later a third, from the opposite area of darkness, hoooo hoooooooooo
whoa, Jake turns his head to catch each of their calls, tense leg and shoulder muscles ready to chase whoever is responsible but also wondering, trying to figure out who could that be ...  )

 
Whoa... nice.
Posted 8 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
Happy Birthday
 
Posted 9 years ago by Susan_Amati    [ Reply ]
She's a fabulous artist!  (amazing December evening, high 50's and star filled sky, off Elm St. there is a house with a large yard, walking my Patterdale terrier Jake he stops, his brindle hackles slowly rise and I have to listen to sense what's up, too dark to spot anything I hear it, from several locations, owl hoots (!) there an individual style to each series, coming from the deep shadowy banks of trees in turns of three, one close to us, then a response further away judging by its lower volume, and then  seconds later a third, from the opposite area of darkness, hoooo hoooooooooo
whoa, Jake turns his head to catch each of their calls, tense leg and shoulder muscles ready to chase whoever is responsible but also wondering, trying to figure out who could that be ...  )
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
See her live if you get a chance. Fantastic performer.
Posted 9 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
This album is solid
Posted 9 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Like this more every time I hear it. Great bluesy groove too! Really like the drumming. Love how the bass sort of wanders around and then drops into the end of each lyric phrase. Strange lyrics, still have not figured them out. Great bridge. Just amazing texture and musicianship: everyone on this is superb!
Posted 9 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
She is Bursting with Positive Mojo
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Saw this doc on her at Sundance years ago.  Ran away from South Jersey to NYC and found her way to the Factory.  Most of her friends from the Warhol/Band crowd had died young, from drugs, accidents and aids.  She was living alone upstate NY in a country hovel, basically withdrawn and depressed.

Hope she has recovered some mojo...
Posted 9 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
 z11355 wrote:
The Doors 'The End'.

 
Yep...despite  the blatant rip-off of almost the exact guitar riff , and with a little Roger McGuinn Eight Miles High thrown in, a most excellent song.
Posted 9 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
Bill

Upon hearing Tom Verlaine on this track I renew my call for more Television on RP.

Just saw them last month and they were still incredible.

Marquee Moon anyone, 
Posted 9 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Love the bass in this
Posted 10 years ago by Cambium    [ Reply ]
 sirrus wrote:
Maybe my ears deceive me but I hear a lot of auto-tune in this. Patti, say it ain't so!

 
Your ears are probably deceiving you.  I don't hear anything in this vocal track that resembles auto-tune, there's hardly even any reverb on her voice.  
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:

Tom Verlaine

 
That explains a lot. I finally stopped what I was doing to listen more carefully. Thought maybe Thurston Moore. Gave it an 8.
Posted 10 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
"Nine" is reportedly a birthday song for Smith's friend Johnny Depp." according to Wikipedia..
Posted 10 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Maybe my ears deceive me but I hear a lot of auto-tune in this. Patti, say it ain't so!
Posted 10 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
Thrilled to see Patti finally get rated in the "7s" here. If all the RP listeners had the chance to see her perform live I am certain her ratings would be much higher. I've seen her live show in San Francisco around 7 times in the past 10 years and she is right up there with the all-time greats I have seen live over the past close to 50 years. Yeah, I am getting up there in years, but still a Rock 'n' Roller at heart, mind, and body. And being in my 60s now means I got to see many of the greats like Dylan, Springsteen, Neil Young, and the Stones in their prime in the 70s.
Posted 10 years ago by rednred    [ Reply ]
This is amazingly overwritten, even for Ms Smith. Like something from a symphonic metal band.
Posted 10 years ago by ottojschlosser    [ Reply ]
Yeah, saw her once at a small folk fest in Chicago about 10 years ago.   She is the real deal...for authentic rocked up, punked up, pure artistic creative, raw music.
Posted 10 years ago by musickat    [ Reply ]
patti smith
Recommended Thursday Show: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, and Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers at Southpaw

There’s a lot of really great things about this show, but the bottom line is that you’ll get to see Patti Smith perform in a fairly intimate venue for $20.  That is some serious bang for your buck, especially if you’ve never seen Patti Smith before (I mean, look at that picture, the woman is 100% all-out amazing).  But there’s some even better details.  First of all, the show is a benefit for a publication called Fortnight Journal.  I’d never heard of it, but I looked it up, and here’s the mission statement: FORTNIGHT IS AN ONLINE MULTIMEDIA JOURNAL THAT PAIRS 14 UNHERALDED YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS FROM THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION IN CRITICAL & CREATIVE DIALOGUE WITH LUMINARY MENTORS. FORTNIGHT PROMOTES THE UNIQUE CAPACITIES OF THE NEW MEDIA GENERATION, WHILE REASSERTING ITS COMMITMENT TO PRECEDENT. FORTNIGHT IS NOT AN ACADEMIC, POLITICAL OR LITERARY JOURNAL; RATHER, IT IS A MULTIMEDIA ARCHIVE OF A GENERATION IN THE MIDST OF THEIR LIFE AND WORK. THERE IS MUCH SAID ABOUT OUR GENERATION’S FAILURE TO LAUNCH; FORTNIGHT IS A MODEST REBUTTAL.”

Woah!  What a brilliant idea!  I love that!  That really gets right at so many things that I have issues with when it comes to music journalism.  The need to move forward, but the failure of the craft in so many ways on the Internet.  Hey, if you guys need a budding wannabe music journalist to pair with a mentor, I am GAME.  Anyways, it seems like a really good organization to support.  On top of THAT you get to see Shilpa Ray, which is always an energetic, boozy pleasure.

in newyorkrockmarket, on November 10, 2010


Posted 10 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
8 to 9 and could be riding
Posted 10 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
A good song and an incredible Tom Verlaine.
We miss you Tom!
Posted 10 years ago by Ptijoc    [ Reply ]
9 to 10
Posted 11 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:

The great awesome, innovate, legendary Tom Verlaine.

Bill - How bout some Television on RP

Marquee Moon hasn't been played since 2010.

Surely we can get some Elevation or See No Evil.

Thanks

 
I did not know Tom Verlaine played on this album, but it sure sounded like someone of his majestic talent, and had to look it up. Still Brilliant!
Posted 11 years ago by akiml    [ Reply ]
reads as a poem, and the sound of her voice with that guitar arrests me totally   She is a Grand Master, a student can watch her way of moving, obstacles are effortlessly passed by 
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I respect her place in Rock music. She has a good Rock voice. I just have never cared for her style or repertoire. 
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Nice song!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

Regrettably, I got distracted from reading The Master and Margarita after the first two chapters, but they were brilliant. Bulgakov got blacklisted by the Soviet government but had the crazy courage to make a fuss, even writing Stalin himself to complain and request permission to emigrate. For some reason Stalin personally supported and protected Bulgakov even though government censors were suppressing his work. 
 

Very interesting...

this song rocks...  love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:

Tom Verlaine

 
The great awesome, innovate, legendary Tom Verlaine.

Bill - How bout some Television on RP

Marquee Moon hasn't been played since 2010.

Surely we can get some Elevation or See No Evil.

Thanks
Posted 11 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
if six was
Posted 11 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
outstanding music, with exceptional company to enjoy it with!  Thank you all for the great info
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 grant wrote:
who's playing the tasty electric geetar in this tune?  it's good stuff. 
 
Tom Verlaine
Posted 11 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
who's playing the tasty electric geetar in this tune?  it's good stuff. 
Posted 11 years ago by grant    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:


Thank you!  Love this song...

Patti Smith named this album — Banga — after Pontius Pilate’s dog in a novel called The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov...  the novel was written in 1937 in the Soviet Union, but it was not published until 1967...  the novel is a satire of the Soviet bureaucracy...  the novel alternates between two settings—  the first is in Moscow, and Satan visits Moscow...  the second is Jerusalem, and it is about the trial of Jesus...

“Truthfully, when you look at that story,” she replies of the 1940 novel, “Pilate is made to wait for 2000 years on the edge of heaven to talk to Christ. And Banga sits patiently with him, and watches over him. Then they say, ‘OK, you can talk to Christ’, and Banga gets up with him and they walk down the Golden Road”...



 
Regrettably, I got distracted from reading The Master and Margarita after the first two chapters, but they were brilliant. Bulgakov got blacklisted by the Soviet government but had the crazy courage to make a fuss, even writing Stalin himself to complain and request permission to emigrate. For some reason Stalin personally supported and protected Bulgakov even though government censors were suppressing his work. 


 
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Are we allowed to rate this anything but 9?  {#Nyah}
Posted 11 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
 Sloggydog wrote:
After seeing her two years running at the Hop Farm Festival I am a total convert.  She proper kicks arse live.

 

"It is with great sadness that Hop Farm 2013 has been cancelled."
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Carl wrote:

I was thinking, "She really looks old in that photo…" Then remembered that she's a couple years younger than I. Gulp! She's still great!

 
My guess is that she has had more ... experience. 
Posted 11 years ago by Chris101    [ Reply ]
The Doors 'The End'.
Posted 11 years ago by z11355    [ Reply ]
 The_Enemy wrote:
A friend took this shot at Patti's recent concert in Toronto.  One of the best live performers I've ever seen — and I've seen quite a few. A large part of that is that she has a great rapport with the audience.
 
I was thinking, "She really looks old in that photo…" Then remembered that she's a couple years younger than I. Gulp! She's still great!
Posted 11 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
A friend took this shot at Patti's recent concert in Toronto.  One of the best live performers I've ever seen — and I've seen quite a few. A large part of that is that she has a great rapport with the audience.

Patti Smith in Toronto
Posted 11 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
 gvan wrote:

Ha! Good one.
 

Thank you!  Love this song...

Patti Smith named this album — Banga — after Pontius Pilate’s dog in a novel called The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov...  the novel was written in 1937 in the Soviet Union, but it was not published until 1967...  the novel is a satire of the Soviet bureaucracy...  the novel alternates between two settings—  the first is in Moscow, and Satan visits Moscow...  the second is Jerusalem, and it is about the trial of Jesus...

“Truthfully, when you look at that story,” she replies of the 1940 novel, “Pilate is made to wait for 2000 years on the edge of heaven to talk to Christ. And Banga sits patiently with him, and watches over him. Then they say, ‘OK, you can talk to Christ’, and Banga gets up with him and they walk down the Golden Road”...


Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
That's Numberwang! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_6RbP3CNUg
Posted 11 years ago by mrgus    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
 
Ha! Good one.
Posted 11 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 Nadine wrote:
not at all familiar with her work. but this tune caught my attention :o)
 
Get familiar.  Start with the Land collection.
Posted 11 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Collaboration of two great artists (plus her great band) that meant so much to me back in the days when I frequented the Mudd Club, CBGBs and especially Max's Kansas City.

Always interested in anything new from Patti or Tom
Posted 11 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Hear this song for the first time and I thought that it was Joan Osborne...
Posted 11 years ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
Apart from her vocals, the sound and arrangement are very reminiscent of Fairport Convention at their best.
Good material for a segue Bill?
Posted 11 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
A great album, once I put it on I couldn't take it off for a couple of weeks!
Posted 11 years ago by oilydwarf    [ Reply ]
You know, Patti is a unique talent.  We've known her since before Wild Horses; her poetical talent is surpassed only by her wit and all-embracing love of expression.  She;s had some very difficult times —- once again she emerges from her chrysalis of pain and love ...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

So, why was it called Television and why did this song make you realize that?  I have been racking my brains here.
 
Tom Verlaine = T.V. = Television. You're welcome...
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 Dave_Mack wrote:
Tom Verlaine sounding good. And I must be the thickest guy around, since it only just occurred to me why his band was called Television. But hey, better late than never.
 
So, why was it called Television and why did this song make you realize that?  I have been racking my brains here.
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
those opening vocals are quite amazing.
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 ncollingridge wrote:
Very impressed with this at first hearing. Might even be the best thing she's ever done for me.
 

My first listen, too.   Might just be her best, and that's saying a lot.
Posted 12 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Pretty good tune....  TV jamming good indeed!  Absolutely makes me want to hear some good old Television soon, like Marquee Moon!
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 Dave_Mack wrote:
Tom Verlaine sounding good. And I must be the thickest guy around, since it only just occurred to me why his band was called Television. But hey, better late than never.
 
Wow. Never thought of that. So don't feel too bad...
Posted 12 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
I'm not a huge PS fan, but it's great to hear a tune now and then in the RP mix.
 
Same here. Besides, I like this infinitely better than Because The Night. Great guitar sound and vocals. Might well earn it's title (for now I'll stick with an 8).
Posted 12 years ago by jpdribbler    [ Reply ]
Tom Verlaine sounding good. And I must be the thickest guy around, since it only just occurred to me why his band was called Television. But hey, better late than never.
Posted 12 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Candy Slice is back!!
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
Like, OMG!  It's Candy Slice!
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing a lot of Velvet Underground too. 
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
That's Numberwang!
Posted 12 years ago by mrgus    [ Reply ]
Strong "8" on first hearing this. Wow indeed...
Posted 12 years ago by bev    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

Reminds me of PJ Harvey.

 
^^
..uh, the other way..  {#Meditate} 
Posted 12 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
Interesting segue of album covers from Jack White's "Blunderbuss"
Posted 12 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]