1979,joe brooks,shock,awe Patti Smith: "You Light Up My Life" on Kids Are People, Too

Patti Smith: "You Light Up My Life" on Kids Are People, Too

posted by maudlin

2 years 10 months ago • 687 views

tags: 1979, joe brooks, shock, awe

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What, they couldn't get clearance for "Pissing in a River"?

written by maudlin

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Wow. Just wow.

written by mlx

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I just read this at the Metafilter thread:

Saw Patti last year at a benefit- she told the audience that the reason "Because the Night" didn't hit number one on the charts was because it was beaten out by Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life". People booed & hissed, but she stopped them by singing the first verse of it and telling everyone what a special song it was for her.

So surprising. So classy.

written by maudlin

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Rock and Roll belongs to the people again...

How wrong you were Patti...

written by Farhad2000

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This can't go into my Damned playlist, can it? Her sincerity is moving.

(And I am relieved that she didn't subject the kids to Rock and Roll Ni&&er)

written by rickegee

| 2 years 9 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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Rock on pat. I love it when people are genuinely NOT-condescending towards kids, especially when they're asking good questions.

written by bamdrew

| 2 years 9 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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Cool to see one of my videos on the front page of VideoSift. (I have two YouTube accounts, k8_fan and postingoldtapes). On that I had, but is lost in the sands of time was Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics...on "Solid Gold".

written by k8_fan | 2 years 9 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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That certainly wouldn't have made the first round of American Idol cuts.

I don't suppose anyone's got that Count Dracula segment from after the break.

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