Patti Smith recently announced that she has a new record coming out, which will include a track with Television’s Tom Verlaine. I don’t know that I’d mention it otherwise, as I haven’t heard it yet, but, since its release happens to almost coincide with Easter, and as it gives me a reason to quote one of the most ambitious and lovely lines in the history of rock ‘n roll, at a time when it’s incredibly relevant, I thought that I go for it… Here, for those of you unfamiliar with the Easter-themed quote which I just referenced, is Smith’s song, Gloria, from her 1975 magnum opus, HorsesImage may be NSFW.
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And, here’s Smith on the set of the television news magazine program, Sunday Morning, last weekend, talking with Anthony Mason about the new record, the time she spent with Robert Mapplethorpe, her view of herself as more “worker” than “artist”, and lots of other stuff… She also performs the songs My Blakean Year and Grateful live.
