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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Patti Smith
LBMan — 19 years ago(March 18, 2007 06:05 PM)
As I watch the 2007 R&R Hall of Fame awards, I am reminded of at least 3 artists that are miscategorized for some reason. I'll start with three.
- Patti Smith-Punk. (Political malcontents do not automatically equal punk)
- Jethro Tull-Heavy Metal (Snot with flute does not equal heavy metal)
- Blondie-Punk (?)
Add your own or bash me for being dumb, have fun!
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skatoad1 — 19 years ago(March 24, 2007 10:22 AM)
Okay I'll bite
- Patti Smith is punk whether you like it or not, you should realize punk is fairly sketchy genre. Just because Patti never had a mohawk and her band knew how to play more than 3 chords doesn't make her any less punk, look at bands like Television, Crass, and Mission to Burma, just because they had talent and different vision than most punk bands doesn't make them any 111cless relevant. Patti Smith was admired by a lot of her contemparies and a lot of younger punk bands too for her individuality and her beep you attitude, amongst other things.
- Jethro Tullya I'm not really into them or heavy metal at all, but I wouldn't consider them metal though, maybe folk or prog-rock.
- Blondie might of had street cred at the beginning (CBGB's and such), but they were too structured, if anything Blondie is new-wave not punk.
and a few more artists that are miscategorized: - Green Day-Punk. (Political malcontents do not automatically equal punk)
- Fall Out Boy-Punk (no, never, they are pure pop)
- Panic! At The Disco-Electronic (What the beep just because you have a keyboardist and use a drum machine on 2 songs doesn't make you electronica)
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UncleBobMartin — 18 years ago(November 17, 2007 10:49 PM)
Patti Smith used to read her poetry at cbgb's before punk existed it was a hippy hang before Patti started playing there with a bandwhen it became THE punk music venue, her band included Lenny Kaye on guitar, the guy who invented punk with his series of "nuggets" garage-punk compilations. I knew her personally and, frankly, disliked her a great dealbut nobody was closer to the birth of punk than Patti.
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UncleBobMartin — 17 years ago(August 09, 2008 06:53 PM)
Nothing evil on her part.
She was seeing Tom Verlaine at the time and constantly addressed him as "sweetheart" in the most syrupy, clingy tone of voice you can imagine. She might as well have called him "my schmoopy."
That's not all of it, but it's enough.
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cookiela2001 — 14 years ago(August 13, 2011 02:59 PM)
<< She was seeing Tom Verlaine at the time and constantly addressed him as "sweetheart" in the most syrupy, clingy tone of voice you can imagine. She might as well have called him "my schmoopy." >>
Oh, but I think that's interesting. For a woman who's as raw-edged and defiant (and frankly, physically unnatractive) as she is to have an old-fashioned urge for fairytale romance is rather sweetand unexpected.
