History Music / PattiSmith

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (b. 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and published poet who helped form a foundation for the American version of PunkRock with her ambitious 1975 album ''Horses''. This distinction has to be made here, as on a tour to Britain in 1976, what might otherwise have been a fruitful collaboration was scuppered by Johnny Rotten of the SexPistols' sneering on-stage reference to ''Horses, horses, fucking horses!'' It had been envisaged that the British and American versions of Punk be brought together with Patti fronting the Pistols in a few covers, but Rotten's clear disdain for what he saw as pretentious twaddle, combined with Smith's reciprocal criticism of the Pistols' lack of basic musical talent, killed this idea and entrenched the separation between the two schools of Punk.

->--'''Patti Smith''', ''[[TheWho My Generation]]''

* CoverVersion: "[[TheWho My Generation]]", "Hey Joe", "Gloria", "Land of a Thousand Dances" from "Land" (omitting the song's famous "na na na na" hook), "[[TheByrds So You Want to Be (A Rock 'n' Roll Star)]]"
** As of 2011, Smith has added a cover of "[[{{Adele}} Rolling in the Deep]]" to her live setlist.
** Also her whole CoverAlbum ''Twelve'', which includes [[RollingStones "Gimme Shelter"]], [[{{Nirvana}} "Smells Like Teen Spirit"]], [[JimiHendrix "Are You Experienced?"]], [[TheDoors "Soul Kitchen"]], [[BobDylan "Changing of the Guards"]], [[Music/TheBeatles "Within You Without You"]], [[TearsForFears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"]] (really), [[{{REM}} "Everybody Hurts"]], [[PaulSimon "The Boy in the Bubble"]], and so on.

* CreatorCouple: Smith's romantic relationship with Music/BlueOysterCult keyboardist Allen Lanier lead to her writing a number of songs for the group, and performing backing vocals on a few songs. Additionally, Lanier played keyboards on her songs "Kimberly" and "Space Monkey".

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (b. 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and published poet who helped form a foundation for the American version of PunkRock with [[LadyLooksLikeADude her]] ambitious 1975 album ''Horses''. This distinction has to be made here, as on a tour to Britain in 1976, what might otherwise have been a fruitful collaboration was scuppered by Johnny Rotten of the SexPistols' sneering on-stage reference to ''Horses, horses, fucking horses!'' It had been envisaged that the British and American versions of Punk be brought together with Patti fronting the Pistols in a few covers, but Rotten's clear disdain for what he saw as pretentious twaddle, combined with Smith's reciprocal criticism of the Pistols' lack of basic musical talent, killed this idea and entrenched the separation between the two schools of Punk.

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (b. 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and published poet who helped form a foundation for the American version of PunkRock with [[LadyLooksLikeADude ''her'']] ambitious 1975 album ''Horses''. This distinction has to be made here, as on a tour to Britain in 1976, what might otherwise have been a fruitful collaboration was scuppered by Johnny Rotten of the SexPistols' sneering on-stage reference to ''Horses, horses, fucking horses!'' It had been envisaged that the British and American versions of Punk be brought together with Patti fronting the Pistols in a few covers, but Rotten's clear disdain for what he saw as pretentious twaddle, combined with Smith's reciprocal criticism of the Pistols' lack of basic musical talent, killed this idea and entrenched the separation between the two schools of Punk.

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (b. 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and published poet who helped form a foundation for the American version of PunkRock with her ambitious 1975 album ''Horses''. This distinction has to be made here, as on a tour to Britain in 1976, what might otherwise have been a fruitful collaboration was scuppered by Johnny Rotten of the SexPistols' sneering on-stage reference to ''Horses, horses, fucking horses!'' It had been envisaged that the British and American versions of Punk be brought together with Patti fronting the Pistols in a few covers, but Rotten's clear disdain for what he saw as pretentious twaddle, combined with Smith's reciprocal criticism of the Pistols' lack of basic musical talent, killed this idea and entrenched the separation between the two schools of Punk.

* CreatorCouple: Smith's romantic relationship with Music/BlueOysterCult keyboardist Allen Lanier lead to her writing a number of songs for the group, and performing backing vocals on a few songs. Additionally, Lanier played keyboards on her song "Space Monkey".
* Her song ''Fire of Unknown Origin'' was not only recorded by the BOC, it became the title of the LP.

She has many popular songs, including but not limited to "Because the Night," "Dancing Barefoot," "Gloria," "Redondo Beach," and "Free Money." In 2010, she won the National Book Award for her latest book, a memoir entitled ''Just Kids''. "Dancing Barefoot" was covered by U2 and appeared as the B-side to "When Love Comes to Town", gaining almost as much radio airplay as the A-side.

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (b. 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and published poet who helped form a foundation for the American version of PunkRock with her ambitious 1975 album ''Horses''. This distinction has to be made here, as on a tour to Britain in 1976, what might otherwise have been a fruitful collaboration was scuppered by Johnny Rotten of the SexPistols' sneering on-stage reference to ''Horses, horses, fucking horses!'' It had been envisaged that the British and American versions of Punk be brought together with Patti fronting the Pistols in a few covers, but Rotten's clear disdain for what he saw as pretentious twaddle, combined with Smith's reciprocal criticism of the Pistols' lack of basic musical talent, killed this idea and entrenched the seperation between the two schools of Punk.

** ''Banga'' is a series of portraits of people including Emperor Constantine, Amerigo Vespucci, and [[TheHungerGames Katniss Everdeen]].

* LesYay: Smith's cover of "Gloria" is about a female-on-female one night stand. "Debbie Denise", a song she wrote for Music/BlueOysterCult, was similarly about her female lover, though it underwent a [[TheCoverChangesTheGender sex-change]] when BOC performed it.

* SignatureSong: "Gloria", or possibly "Because the Night"

** Also her whole CoverAlbum ''Twelve'', which includes [[RollingStones "Gimme Shelter"]], [[{{Nirvana}} "Smells Like Teen Spirit"]], [[JimiHendrix "Are You Experienced?"]], [[TheDoors "Soul Kitchen"]], [[BobDylan "Changing of the Guards"]], [[TheBeatles "Within You Without You"]], [[TearsForFears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"]] (really), [[{{REM}} "Everybody Hurts"]], [[PaulSimon "The Boy in the Bubble"]], and so on.

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (b. 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and published poet who helped form a foundation for the American version of PunkRock with her ambitious 1975 album ''Horses''. This distinction has to be made here, as on a tour to Britain in 1976, what might otherwise have been a fruitful collaboration was scuppered by Johnny Rotten of the SexPistols' sneering on-stage reference to ''Horses, horses, fucking horses!'' It had been envisaged that the British and American versions of Punk be brought together with Patti fronting the Pistols in a few covers, but Rotten's clear disdain for what he saw as pretentious twaddle, combined with Smith's reciprocal criticism of the Pistols' lack of basic musical talent, killed this idea and entrenched the seperation between the two schools of Punk.

She has many popular songs, including but not limited to "Because the Night," "Dancing Barefoot," "Gloria," "Redondo Beach," and "Free Money." In 2010, she won the National Book Award for her latest book, a memoir entitled ''Just Kids''. "Dancing Barefoot" was covered by U2 and appeared as the B-side to "When Love Comes to Town", gaining almost as much radio airplay as the A-side.

* GriefSong: Much of her mid-90s material, after both her husband, her brother, and one of her band members died almost at the same time.

* LosAngeles: "Redondo Beach"

-->-'''Patti Smith''', ''[[TheWho My Generation]]''

* CreatorCouples: Smith's romantic relationship with Music/BlueOysterCult keyboardist Allen Lanier lead to her writing a number of songs for the group, and performing backing vocals on a few songs. Additionally, Lanier played keyboards on her song "Space Monkey".

* LesYay: Smith's cover of "Gloria" is about a female-on-female one night stand. "Debbie Denise", a song she wrote for BlueOysterCult, was similarly about her female lover, though it underwent a [[TheCoverChangesTheGender sex-change]] when BOC performed it.

She has many popular songs, including but not limited to "Because the Night," "Dancing Barefoot," "Gloria," "Redondo Beach," and "Free Money." In 2010, she won the National Book Award for her latest book, a memoir entitled ''Just Kids''. "Dancing Barefoot" was covered by U2 and appeared as the B-side to "When Love Comes to Town", gaining almost as much radio airpaly as the A-side.

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (1946-) is an American singer-songwriter and published poet who helped form a foundation for the American version of PunkRock with her ambitious 1975 album ''Horses''. This distinction has to be made here, as on a tour to Britain in 1976, what might otherwise have been a fruitful collaboration was scuppered by Johnny Rotten of the SexPistols' sneering on-stage reference to ''Horses, horses, fucking horses!'' It had been envisaged that the British and American versions of Punk be brought together with Patti fronting the Pistols in a few covers, but Rotten's clear disdain for what he saw as pretentious twaddle, combined with Smith's reciprocal criticism of the Pistols' lack of basic musical talent, killed this idea and entrenched the seperation between the two schools of Punk.

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (1946-) is an American singer-songwriter and published poet who helped form a foundation for PunkRock with her ambitious 1975 album ''Horses''. She has many popular songs, including but not limited to "Because the Night," "Dancing Barefoot," "Gloria," "Redondo Beach," and "Free Money." In 2010, she won the National Book Award for her latest book, a memoir entitled ''Just Kids''.

Patricia Lee "Patti" (1946-) Smith is an American singer-songwriter and published poet who helped form a foundation for PunkRock with her ambitious 1975 album ''Horses''. She has many popular songs, including but not limited to "Because the Night," "Dancing Barefoot," "Gloria," "Redondo Beach," and "Free Money." In 2010, she won the National Book Award for her latest book, a memoir entitled ''Just Kids''.

Patti Smith is an American singer-songwriter and published poet who helped form a foundation for PunkRock with her ambitious 1975 album ''Horses''. She has many popular songs, including but not limited to "Because the Night," "Dancing Barefoot," "Gloria," "Redondo Beach," and "Free Money." In 2010, she won the National Book Award for her latest book, a memoir entitled ''Just Kids''.