Horses - Patti Smith
Rolling Stone named 1975s Horses one of the top 50 Rock albums of all time, and it's easy to see why. Patti Smiths been called a rock poet, a punk rock progenitor and the front guard of the New Wave movement. Robert Mapplethorpe shot the androgynous album cover, and though its 32 years old it hardly looks dated. If you haven't heard her you've certainly heard the artists she's influenced, Chrissie Hynde and PJ Harvey immediately spring to mind, we've already had PJ as a CJ and I imaging the pretenders will feature sometime in the future. Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen, original Bad Girls you ain't!
Horses opens with a Van Morrison Cover "Gloria", a feisty interpretation that builds too a gut wrenching crescendo. It's on the Critical Junction playlist along with the reggae like Redondo Beach along with Free Money and the epic Land ( though at over 9 minutes long you'll have to tune in before 7am to hear the whole thing!)
Punk Rock was kick started by a girl....who knew?
Track listing
1. Gloria
2. Redondo Beach
3. Birdland
4. Free Money
5. Kimberly
6. Break It Up
7. Land: Horses / Land Of A Thousand Dances / La Mer
8. Elegie
9. My Generation
Labels: 1970's
posted by Critical Junctions @ 12:24
4 Comments
4 Comments:
Thanks for playing this Album, I was AMAZED to hear Patti Smith on the radio this Morning. More of the same please!
And well done on your show and this website!!
Patti Smith is certainly a great artist, BUT...I have to say that with exception of the Van Morrison cover, it really was a bit bland. As in Snow Patrol bland. Which is basically the same song, different name. So, sorry guys, but it wasn't a very critical junction for me...though I still love the slot
Wow, did you hear Land? (it was on just before we came on at 7), it's pretty long, but it builds up into something i think is seriously energetic .....though maybe you thought it was B-Land!!:)
I've been playing Free Money a bit so you've probably heard it already a few times.
I think the Gloria Cover is great and definetly to be played again.
I guess the best way to look at it is this....the slot provided you with an oppurtunity to firm up an opinion on Horses, if nothing else!
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