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Albums over the years:
Horse [30th Anniversary Edition]
(2005)
roam about
(2004)
Tramppin/2004 live broadcast
(2004)
land
(2002)
Gonghe
(2000)
Peace and peace. noise
( 1997)
It's gone again
( 1996)
Dream of life
( 1988)
wave
( 1979)
Easter
( 1978)
Radio Ethiopia
( 1976)
horse
( 1975)
Band introduction:
The underground music in new york in 1970s was the birthplace of punk music. Artists go out in a club called CBGB, and their music style is both rebellious and simple. Most members of punk band have short hair and wear thin black jeans, graffiti T-shirts and worn-out sneakers. Patty smith, a famous punk poetess, is an important representative. Her sensitive, decadent and irritable artistic character was very noticeable at that time. Her performance completely ignored the rationality of music performance, and the tense and harsh voice broke out from her soft voice to the heartless piano until it was fragmented. Her emotions always wander between the girl's fragility and the soldier's fortitude. Her stage performance is like an extreme test of voice, full of suffocation, and the strong contrast between music and emotion is unexpected under her unmoved interpretation.
Patty smith's poems keenly touch the emotional loss of modern urban youth under the impact of the times, and are full of strong impact.
Patty smith was a Christian in the early 1970s and once led a choir. Her music directly inherits Lou Reed's style. At first she only performed with two or three people. Her music combines the populism of rock music with strange poems, and pays little attention to the balance of music. Screaming songs and the rhythm of heavy metals are her registered trademarks, which can be easily found in her early music.
Patty smith was born in Pitman, New Jersey on 1946. In her music career, she was influenced by countless people, such as her idols jim morrison, Bob Dylan, jimi hendrix, Theron Si Tong, Lou Reed and so on. When she grew up, her greatest wish was to go to new york to realize her artistic dream. Because new york was the base camp of avant-garde art at that time, she tried her best to work and save money to raise money for her trip to new york. As soon as she arrived in new york, she was immersed in the artistic atmosphere of new york. In new york, she met avant-garde photographer robert mapplethorpe and musician John Cale (a former member of underground velvet) and others. When she first arrived in new york, she made a living by working in a bookstore. In her spare time, she wrote some follow-up reports about the performance for magazines such as Cream and Rock. Her famous poem Cowboy's Mouth was formed at that time. At that time, Manhattan's music landscape had changed from the radical rock in 1960s to the famous gorgeous rock band New York Dools as the pioneer. Mercer Art Center was not only a paradise for rock bands to play pure rock at that time, but also a paradise for literati to meet. 1974 After the closure of the Art Center, a small bar named CBGB in Baoli became a new avant-garde art club. At this time, Patty recruited guitarist Lenny Kaye, keyboard player Richard Sol, bass, guitarist Ivan kral and drummer Jay Di Do Holty to form a band, and met producer Jane Friedman. Friedman advised Patis Meese to sing instead of just reciting her poems. He later became her agent. The band soon started recording, and tom verlaine, the chief guitar of TV, also helped. The first CD they recorded, Hey Joe/Pissfactory, quickly sold 1600 copies, which gave them great encouragement. "Hey Joe" is a garage rock work, and "Urine Factory" is based on Patty's production line experience when she worked in a factory in New Jersey.
This success changed their fate. 1975, the band became the first underground rock band in Manhattan to sign a contract with a mainstream record company. Their performance in CBGB caught the attention of Clive Davies, the owner of Columbia Records, who discovered Laura Nello and janis joplin. Patty signed Davis' new company Arista. 1975 In May, her first album "Horse" was published, which caused a wide sensation in the rock music world. This album was produced by John Cale. That year, Yoko Ono Lennon and John Lennon had just retired from the music industry.
Patty smith's poems touch on issues such as lesbianism, suicide and the unknown. For the first time, the work realized the combination of rock and poetry. Patty's music is shocking and has obvious influence on rock music. She sang, "Jesus died for someone's sin, but not mine." This reflects her disdain for the rules. "I'm not writing a song," she told Melody Maker. "I'm just complaining." Besides songs, she also had a decisive influence on the composition of the album cover. She needs her cover to capture the hidden meaning in her music. So people always hear her arguing endlessly with photographer robert mapplethorpe, such as whether she can maintain quality and charm, and then why she is called charm. In the end, neither of them could convince the other. However, that famous jacket was the best of that era, and it was completely different from the jacket of the popular female singer album at that time. The contrast between dignified black and white photos seems to have an illusion effect: Patty's thin figure, jeans, a white shirt and a tie hung loosely around her neck, dignified and imposing. This is rare in other rock albums in the 1970s. Commentator paul taylor said, "When I first saw this album in an Australian store, I immediately fell in love with the cover. I know nothing about patty smith and punk, but under the influence of that photo, I bought this record. It's very elegant and modern. When I saw the photographer's name, I couldn't help thinking: robert mapplethorpe? Which fairy is he? " Many years later, Rolling Stone Music Magazine named Horse as the 26th "greatest album of this era 100".
Patty's arrogant masculine and radical attitude was a model of rebellious women at that time. She is always the darling of many rock critics. On the one hand, she is also a writer, on the other hand, she is a legendary experience. In her artistic career, her idol Bob Dylan means as much to her as the Pope's grace. When patty smith is more famous than Bob Dylan, her immature self-destructive image like jim morrison is still a big problem. Her transformation from emotional altar to dazzling star altar was deeply branded. She is also a lonely fighter, doing things only by instinct. She once wrote a review in Time magazine, telling her inner tension when performing on the stage and the moral struggle between angels and demons. She is a typical dual personality, wandering between genius and eccentricity, strength and eccentricity, art and madness. When she is immersed in the music world, the audience is not her main consideration, she only belongs to herself. In one of her poems, The Windmill, she described a fiery girl who was obviously her own. Nevertheless, her music began to be widely accepted by rock fans, because her radicalism aroused their curiosity. Her music undoubtedly slapped the mainstream music scene at that time. However, her arrogance sometimes causes others' anger. Just as the British New Music Express claimed that War Horse was the best album at that time, Melody Producer commented unhappily that War Horse was only an amateur level, not a good rock music. "The media's dissatisfaction with her mainly lies in her indifference to their interview requirements. However, this is secondary to fans. In an interview with Patti 1976, the reporter of Voice magazine wrote: "Wonderful! That's great! This performance is absolutely exciting! She is the only female singer I have ever seen who dares to spit on the stage. "
Smith's second album, Radio Ethiopia, was published on 1976, but this time it didn't cause the same sensation in the critics as War Horse. Her singing career was severely hit in June1977+1October 65438. She fell off the stage and sprained her neck while performing in Tampa, Florida. While in hospital, she wrote another book of poetry, Babel. 1978, Smith returned to the stage. On Easter Day, she organized a "resurrection" concert in CBGB, and then released her third album "Easter". This is a glorious return. "Easter" achieved her first top 40, and both "Easter" and "Because of Night" written by Bruce Springsteen achieved good results, ranking in the top 20 singles charts. If patty smith's return was a long-awaited surprise, winning the top 20 in the charts was an extra reward, which surprised Patty very much. "Ha ha, that's great! We also have pop songs. " She told rolling stone magazine. "
"I spent more time in Europe than in the United States. Those children who bought' Horse' or Pissfactory became pioneers of British punk, just like sex pistols, Clash or other bands." Smith's performance Smith 1976 in Britain has just triggered the punk movement in Britain. It can't be said that she once had an important influence on this notorious movement. But Patty soon left the rock and moved on. 1979 After The Wave was published, she married Fred "Sonik" Smith, the guitarist of MC5. At home in Detroit, she remained a good wife and mother until 1988, The Dream of Life was released. From 197 1 her first performance in front of 200 spectators in St. Kyle's Church in February, to 1979 in front of 70,000 children in Florence, Italy, her story was wonderful and complete. According to the CD magazine Ice, Arista will release a new remix of all Patty's old works and some extra songs. The new album to be released in early June this year is called "Gone Again", which is produced by guitarist Lenny Kaye. Among them, a song "About a Boy" in response to Nirvana band "About a Girl" was given to Kurt Cobain who died young. Her tour team is also very large, including Bono from U2, michael stipe from R.E.M, tom verlaine from TV and Jeff Buckley, a famous guitarist. This new album is said to be full of acoustic guitars and folk songs, showing her tenderness that she has never had before. In addition, her new book Coral Sea will also be published in May this year. Patty smith was a pioneer of American punk music. With her outstanding talent and immortal contribution to the development of rock music, she has achieved an admirable position in the history of rock music. She belongs to her era, but each era is based on the inheritance of the past era. We respect our predecessors in order to better develop ourselves and encourage ourselves. Only in this way can the times move forward and the spirit continue to move forward.