The IMDB bio on Patti (
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tiwannae — 22 years ago(September 26, 2003 04:28 PM)
Try these links at the CatStevens.com fan site:
http://catstevens.com/articles/00015/index.html
http://catstevens.com/articles/00025/index.html
http://catstevens.com/articles/00076/index.html
I take it that the song is not about the actual death of her, but of the death of their love affair, as she, at that time, was only the 2nd woman in Cat's life that he truly loved. She left him for M5b4ick Jagger.
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etr1gan — 20 years ago(October 13, 2005 02:50 PM)
Bit of an update on this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051013/music_nm/groupie_dc
quote from article:
"and actress and close friend
Patti D'Arbanville ("She was wild her story about
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Private_Beach — 18 years ago(May 21, 2007 06:12 PM)
Actually Cat Stevens' career is not dead. He voluntarily withdrew from the music scene for many years to concentrate on his religion and charity work, but has recently returned to singing (under his new name of Yusuf Islam) and released a new CD.
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Brennan-8 — 16 years ago(May 18, 2009 11:36 AM)
I've heard the song "Lady D'Arbanville" many times, but never heard anything in it to lead me to think it was about someone who died. It's clearly about grow5b4ing estrangement and the death of a relationship. He even comments acidly on her "brave new life" foreshadowing the criticisms and warnings of "Wild World".
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gordongeeko — 15 years ago(May 12, 2010 01:48 PM)
My Lady D'Arbanville,
You look so cold tonight,
Your lips feel like winter,
Your skin has turned to white,
Your skin has turned to white.
I love you my lady,
Though in your grave you lie,
I'll always be with you,
This rose will never die,
This rose will never die.
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ObstinateAnnette — 15 years ago(July 26, 2010 06:12 PM)
I read somewhere that in addition to "Lady D'Arbanville", he also wrote "Maybe You're Right", "Wild World", and "Just Another Night" for/about her also. I always thought it would be great to have a musician ex-boyfriend who wrote a song about me, like "Rosanna" or "Judy Blue Eyes".
I bet Patti likes listening to these songs, even if they are all about breaking up!
I need my 1987 DG20 Casio electric guitar set to mandolin, yeah