tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post882588008918476774..comments2023-11-22T09:17:05.368-08:00Comments on TAD's Back-Up Plan: Through the past, brightlyTADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post-35436719555921931492011-01-27T23:56:01.235-08:002011-01-27T23:56:01.235-08:00I think In Thee is one of the most lovely things B...I think In Thee is one of the most lovely things BOC has done. She also had a hand in writing Baby Ice Dog and Career Of Evil too.R S Crabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post-49064426711847156712011-01-25T01:30:22.114-08:002011-01-25T01:30:22.114-08:00Crabby: You're right. Patti co-wrote "Ver...Crabby: You're right. Patti co-wrote "Vera Gemini" & does that spooky vocal. She also co-wrote "Debbie Denise," which I assumed from reading this book was written ABOUT her -- the song certainly fits her description of her & Allen Lanier's relationship. Supposedly "In Thee" (on BOC's later MIRRORS) was Lanier's farewell 2 her....TADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post-91848827601569400392011-01-24T09:27:49.002-08:002011-01-24T09:27:49.002-08:00Never got into Patti's music although Gloria i...Never got into Patti's music although Gloria is the only song I play since it's on a punk rock compliation. If memory serves me, I believe she was Allan Lainer's GF in BOC at the time and gave the spooky vocal to Vera Gemini from Agents Of Fortune. Co wrote a couple cool things but never cared for the album closer Debbie Denise on AOF.R S Crabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post-62270675446969877342011-01-24T07:00:07.801-08:002011-01-24T07:00:07.801-08:00Nice review, well-stated.
Have always been a bit ...Nice review, well-stated.<br /><br />Have always been a bit flummoxed by Patti Smith. <i>Horses</i> is a very famous album, and back when I first bought a CD player and was picking up the antecedent stuff I knew I was <i>supposed</i> to have heard when I spoke with people about music--Iggy, MC5, Modern Lovers, Richard Hell, early Talking Heads, that kind of thing--well, I bought <i>Horses</i>, too.<br /><br />Have always remembered the line "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine." But though well played and even somewhat passionate, the album left me a little cold. What I really didn't understand was how Smith was supposed to be so punk when she was playing with people from Blue Oyster Cult, and was on Arista.<br /><br />'Course I was listening on the other side of the DIY revolution and Smith had come just before it, so holding her record label against her might be a little unfair. But still, I think her punk credentials are a little threadbare even compared to someone like Deborah Harry.<br /><br />Melanie and I have a little injoke, she once heard Howard Stern pre-satellite exclaim about Smith, "Eff Her!" and now whenever we come across Smith's name anywhere, we each chime in "Eff Her!"<br /><br />I'll no doubt tell her you read and reviewed this book tonight, and then we'll both say, "Eff Her. . . ."<br /><br />Neither of us has anything against Smith, not really, but at the same time we haven't been moved to fierce devotion, know what I mean?<br /><br />Taking my cue from your thoughts, I might even suggest that Smith has buffed the rough edges away from the getgo, if I were just familiar enough with the full body of her work.rastronomicalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475251545087211066noreply@blogger.com