Patti Smith is an NY underground phenom mostly to bi-coastal hipsters and poseurs. She was never a national cult figure. Most people between the coasts were unimpressed with her meager talent.
She became a celebrity more for who she hooked up with (e.g, Sam Shepard, Robert Mapplethorpe) than her own output. She wrote one sort of decent song, "Because the Night", that Natalie Merchant covered and made a hit.
Her first memoir, "Just Kids", was mildly interesting because it painted a picture of the young Mapplethorpe. She didn't need to write another.
@1 There was a mythos around her in the early-mid 80s and her albums like Easter & Radio Ethiopia were mysterious and driven by true talent, good enough to study & revisit over & over. She came across last night at Benaroya Hall much like Rich suggests: Out of touch with most ppl's struggles and reveling in her own supposed wonderfulness. Yecch.
Patti Smith is an NY underground phenom mostly to bi-coastal hipsters and poseurs. She was never a national cult figure. Most people between the coasts were unimpressed with her meager talent.
She became a celebrity more for who she hooked up with (e.g, Sam Shepard, Robert Mapplethorpe) than her own output. She wrote one sort of decent song, "Because the Night", that Natalie Merchant covered and made a hit.
Her first memoir, "Just Kids", was mildly interesting because it painted a picture of the young Mapplethorpe. She didn't need to write another.
Huh, I don't think the Dream Inn actually even has a sign. At least, not in the way you'd picture a motel sign worth talking to.
@1 Lol wut?
whatever. you have no idea what true talent looks like. also, she doesn't care what you think.
@1 There was a mythos around her in the early-mid 80s and her albums like Easter & Radio Ethiopia were mysterious and driven by true talent, good enough to study & revisit over & over. She came across last night at Benaroya Hall much like Rich suggests: Out of touch with most ppl's struggles and reveling in her own supposed wonderfulness. Yecch.