Patti Smith released some good albums, but any serious fan of hers will tell you that she performed most of her material better live. There are a number of fine Patti Smith bootlegs, but this one -- taken from a January 1976 show at the Roxy in Los Angeles, with near-perfect fidelity -- is both her best and her best-known. Besides incendiary versions of several songs from her first few LPs, it features covers of "Louie Louie," "My Generation" (with John Cale guesting), and The Velvet Underground's "We're Gonna Have a Good Time Together" and "Pale Blue Eyes," as well as entertaining between-song raps and even a brief cameo by Iggy Pop. It's no exaggeration to claim that this may be her best album, and one of the best '70s punk/new wave albums of all.
Smith at CBGB's final show - +Bryan Bedder/Getty+I was mining some shows and decided to take a sorta break from my thread, to offer up some quintessential PATTI = this version of "BIRDLAND":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdland off of +Teenage Perversity and Ships in the Night+, recorded at the Roxy Theatre (LA), 1/30/76."I tried to pick songs that my band did back then. The Hunter Gets Capture...
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Smith at CBGB's final show - +Bryan Bedder/Getty+I was mining some shows and decided to take a sorta break from my thread, to offer up some quintessential PATTI = this version of "BIRDLAND":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdland off of +Teenage Perversity and Ships in the Night+, recorded at the Roxy Theatre (LA), 1/30/76."I tried to pick songs that my band did back then. The Hunter Gets Capture...
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