I am reading a book called Easter Rising, which is an autobiography of an Irish Southie family and as the author talks about his introduction to the punk scene of the 70's, he mentioned seeing Patti singing You Light Up My Life on a children's show. That was just too surreal of an idea just to make up, so I had to search it out and sure enough, thanks to YouTube and Postingoldtapes, here it was for me to see. Amazing!
If any of you think this is a joke on the kids, Patti sang "You Light Up My Life" at the Uptown Theatre in 1980. She may not have the voice of Debbi Boone, but she's got one hundred times the soul.
Have always been a fan of Ms. Smith - this is just the kind of thing that makes her so unique. The last thing one would expect from her, is to choose this song to cover - comes out of left field and smacks you in the head - wished she had recorded it with her band for release. I never could stomach the saccharine, string laden version by Debbie Boone - too creepy. In Patti's hands, this turns out to be a good listen. Now, I want to hear Marianne Faithful cover this one. That would be interesting
I just heard about this from a friend today, and imagine my surprise when I typed in 'You Light Up My Life" and "Patti Smith" and this came up immediately...
This is one of the strangest things I have ever seen. I remember this show growing up...they really had some strange guests like Kiss and The Captain and Tenille. I remember it like it was yesterday...It was a daring show that catered to "tweens"-a forerunner of all this Disney Channel stuff.
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
the weirdest part is that The guy playing the piano was charged with, i think rape, and convicted and his son just murdered his girlfriend in SOHO and will be spending the rest of his life prison, newsworthy video just now
Stupid hater crap. Even if the guy at the piano did something wrong - what is that YOUR fuckin business ? You want to dismiss Patti and start ranting hypocrite bigotry here. Shame on you, silly !
What you aim at is that the whole world should have your problems with the world - mostly derived from tabloid press trash - as usual.
Look for a talk therapist and leave other people with your obsessed babbitt world in peace !
@MrSKINFLICK What in the world are u talking about?, what an over reaction, tha guy who wrote the song just killed himself before being sentenced for rape, that has nothing to do with Patti and is a simple and , in light of this video, ironic FACT. U should stick to German, u can't communicate in English very well.
She is too scary to look at ,but Google Joe Brooks, he's the guy that got into trouble trying to hustle girls on his rep as writer of this song, and his son is under arrest for murder at present.
@felliniesque200:You´d rather care about the crimes of the Reagan administration in the 80s:
Secret arms transfers to Iran+the money from this was used to finance the Nicaraguan right-wing extremist contras who laundered the money+then used it to finance coke smuggling into the USA -under the supervision of sinister CIA circles
+all this in"God´s own country".
Google Wikipedia:The Iran-Contra scandal(1985-1987).
I feel like I just found a 10ct Diamond in 18krg with absolutely no flaws at all. Thats the feeling this post just gave me. Thats why we keep watching it over & over again.This isnt something that happens..like EVER!! I am so gonna feature this on my channel,but this is 1 of those vids that you never want to take down,ya know,but at some point,I'll have to. Thanks for the Gem!! wow!I was this age at this time.We looked "Brady"but we had great music.It was The Ramones & Stones n Patty 4 me.
This is 1 of the most unusual things I have ever seen in my entire life! My jaw just hit the floor.Im paralized! I cant move...lol This is freakin AWESOME!! Did I just see Patty smith sing "You light up my fuckin Life"?????My child hood "idols" are still freakin me out!!! You know it's funny when Patty can get ppl to admit they like a song that just wasnt cool to like in the 70's.ppl did but they wouldnt admit it,like dee dee liked to listen to Reba Mackintire.Patty dug Debbie Boone?Cool.
Did you know the gov is working to limit the right you have to take video in public. That you will need written permission of all parties in the video.
What we need to do is write, call, email, show up at any political town hall and ask for laws that allow us to continue to record in public with out permission that includes the cops, mayor, city councilors.
I used to love Kids are people too! My mother used to sing this song to me all the time. She died in 1979.......I loved how Patti performed this song.
@FOBmzunguREPTILICUS Wow, do you think someone might sing a song for God like that? FOBmzunguRETIL... ? Who gives a rip? The composer doesn't look like a witch! Lucifer was just an artist who got kicked out of heaven for being a little too free with his artistry--yeh the establishment can't handle too much freedom in the rock, punk, art world.
@FOBmzunguREPTILICUS If I sang this song for the Lord he would know and wouldn't care who or what it was for.....take those lemons and make a lemonade
@shealave ...now why would u sing this song to the Lord who knows it wasnt written for Him?...the Lord likes ur songs better...Lucifer wants sooo much to be like God that he'll do ANYTHING to get God's church...EXPOSE SATAN
I think she really wanted to do the song. It is a very emotional song and she loved emotion. An iconoclast, she would laugh at all you people who disdain her choice and choose the song in your face. I think she felt it.
This song sucked, and was completely overplayed everywhere; I wish that she sang the songs SHE's known for ('Gloria', 'Because The Night') instead of this.
@colorform69 : Both are great songs, better than this overplayed crap 'song' that stunk up the radio and the charts back in the day, and even inspired a stupid movie of the same name. Somebody higher up at ABC must have made her do this.
@ccipollini1984 Yes, sort of. This is the 80's (early 80's, my guess.) Aad wave came out 79. So, sort of the right time, just a couple of years after.
hi im glad its not just me i am going through 300 musictapes from 80,s that i made and cataloged all music shows i seem to have loads of stuff thats not up will try to find the time
Wow....maybe one of the most surreal things I've ever seen. A group of kids asking Patti freaking Smith questions, she sings "You Light Up My Life" and then they trot out the song's composer to accompany her....just amazing. Patti Smiths humility and sincerity is a nice lesson for people who try and be cool. There's no one cooler that Patti Smith.
Yeah, this is about the only version of this song I can stomach... but then, I lived through the incessant playing of this song in the 70's ... was the ear worm of the decade. lol But only Patti could give this song edge and passion
The fact that "American Idol" even exists proves her point about music belonging to "big business guys". She's obviously doing something right if she's a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Go choke on Simon Cowell's Teletubbie-producing cock.
@KlonopinSaves: Thing was, before there ever was Pop Idol, there was 'Ted Mack's Amateur Hour', 'Star Search', and a ton of other shows where people got up and sang or danced or did whatever. Not to defend Pop Idol, but to not mention that would be wrong.
Sorry guys, I know this brings back a lot of nostalgia and everything, but i gotta say it. She sucks. It's just that simple. If someone...anyone...tried to go into any singing competition sounding like that, they'd be laughed out of the building. Just saying...
@natestewiu: It's not that she sucks, per se, she dosen't; it's that this song doesn't fit her-PERIOD. I think that the producers forced her to sing this song instead of the ones that she's known for, because they were frightened about how the would sound to kids (which begs the question, 'Why did they invite her on this show?'
@blewvelvet: Then you haven't heard any good hip hop artists talk in interviews yet. Try listening to Wesley 'Maestro Fresh Wes' Williams new album and read his book, or better yet have an open mind.
I used to watch this show, but definitly don't remember this episode.. I only remember the theme of the show and the set design. hahah.. so crazy..thanks for upping this. Kids were people too..and not channelled all things Disney..YET...but some of course.
Kids Are People Too was awesome back in the day. I remember they had Cheap Trick on the show too. If they had a show like that for kids today, it would be all Miley Cyrus and Jonas Brothers. Blaargh
Love Kvitka Cisyk's version of the song. But I also think, Patti's interpretation is great, because she tries to sing it in her own style instead of just doing some mediocre cover version of the original.
One of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts. And her influence is so enduring that, in 2006, Opera News wrote of her, "Nearly thirty years after her death, she's still the definition of the diva as artist—and still one of classical music's best-selling vocalists."
Tells you more about Patti Smith than you wanted to know, huh.
A song that has always made me be beg for the merciful release of death becomes magically transformed into a profoundly emotional work of art...yet another soaring testament to the might and raw genius of this inimitable living legend. Incredible.
Wow this is like surreal, and great. YLUML by Debbie Boone has long been a guilty pleasure of mine (I have a video of it favorited on YouTube, probably between like Agnostic Front and Dead Boys). Cool performance, Patti is always great.
I WISHED I GREW UP IN THIS ERA
MachineryInDisguise 1 week ago
I just can't believe what the puberty is hearing now, comparing to this.
aldovalencia 4 weeks ago
So beautiful.
dirtynuke 1 month ago
Patti Smith on a kids tv show? Man, the kids sure knew their stuff back then.
dirtynuke 1 month ago
Ugh I have a crush on Patti Smith I hope she's a lesbian cause I think I am now :)
dbarroga 2 months ago in playlist Patti Smith
Thanks for posting...Patti rocks.....ALWAYS!
bluoz62 2 months ago
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mollysangelique 2 months ago
holy crap this is awful
ljude01 3 months ago
Joe Brooks, wow that's the guy that killed himself rather than go to trial for raping a bunch of women.
jtab4994 3 months ago
Still sounds punk love it
jonneyd 3 months ago
I am reading a book called Easter Rising, which is an autobiography of an Irish Southie family and as the author talks about his introduction to the punk scene of the 70's, he mentioned seeing Patti singing You Light Up My Life on a children's show. That was just too surreal of an idea just to make up, so I had to search it out and sure enough, thanks to YouTube and Postingoldtapes, here it was for me to see. Amazing!
naugyca 4 months ago
@naugyca I was contacted by a director who really wanted to use this in a movie, but was never able to get the rights.
postingoldtapes 3 months ago
God could these kids ask more generic questions? "where were you born?" "Where do you live?" Seriously?
ccipollini1984 4 months ago
the best rendition of this song I've ever heard. Finally sung in a believable way, not all shallow and trite.
BeBopbrook 4 months ago
Why didn't she sing "Because the Night"?
heine71 5 months ago
If any of you think this is a joke on the kids, Patti sang "You Light Up My Life" at the Uptown Theatre in 1980. She may not have the voice of Debbi Boone, but she's got one hundred times the soul.
RManFlint 5 months ago 2
Youtube is just an incredible place - Thank you for posting these wonderful things. Indeed I'm very happy now!
Do you happen to have a clip of Roger Hodgson on this show?
comfrey11 6 months ago 5
@comfrey11 Sorry, this was the only bit I recorded.
postingoldtapes 6 months ago
@postingoldtapes Thanks a lot for the answer! :o) Pity about Roger but so glad about this one with Patti.
comfrey11 6 months ago
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WOW! Hell Yeah! Love Patti Smith! Listening to a lot of Patti, Blondie, Hey You!, Madonna, and No Doubt!. We need more rockin' girls in 2011 !!!!!...
Hey You! is still pretty new, but they're waaay sweet. Cool style and edge. plus they've got a real cute girl singer too! :-) check em out...
search "hey you band taking over"
wheresgrunewaldo 6 months ago
Bizarre
PtAltmVansanTarr 6 months ago
I knew this whole thing by heart.... so clearly... thank you. kids these days are delaing with lady gagagagagag????
Joshash21 6 months ago
Have always been a fan of Ms. Smith - this is just the kind of thing that makes her so unique. The last thing one would expect from her, is to choose this song to cover - comes out of left field and smacks you in the head - wished she had recorded it with her band for release. I never could stomach the saccharine, string laden version by Debbie Boone - too creepy. In Patti's hands, this turns out to be a good listen. Now, I want to hear Marianne Faithful cover this one. That would be interesting
twowaystreet101 7 months ago
Never heard Patti before.....was really expecting something.....but it sounds like a cow with a blockage just north of it's ass....
sixtiksix 7 months ago
R.I.P. Brooks... (or burn in Hell if indeed you raped women).
that being said Patti Fucking Rules!!!
dubbedcrazy 7 months ago
these kids are lucky growing up on real music
og882001 8 months ago
"Another liberal rapist"? Not if its raping the environment. Mercy on his troubled soul.
kristianjl 8 months ago
Another liberal rapist dies? Good riddance. Thank god fir helium.
mujinnokoya 8 months ago
RIP Joe Brooks
dogstar7 8 months ago
She kicked it!!!
BluSarahNamaste 8 months ago
lucky kids!!! :D
MrConstantineN 8 months ago
w/all due respect to Patti Smith, but this would be like seeing GG Allin on The Muppets Show; AMAZING!
frankkubb 9 months ago
@frankkubb I haven't been able to find the tape, but I recorded the Plasmatics on Solid Gold.
midwestconcertvideo 8 months ago
@midwestconcertvideo Holy ****! ! Please (x 50) upload it :D
frankkubb 8 months ago
i love, therefore i am. ^^
spamalotable 9 months ago
I just heard about this from a friend today, and imagine my surprise when I typed in 'You Light Up My Life" and "Patti Smith" and this came up immediately...
shmuli9 9 months ago
Amo Patti Smith!
odisseus20dx 9 months ago
she messed up...but showed more emotion singing this than ten thousand Debbie Boone's
oLdSkOoLkisS 10 months ago
This is one of the strangest things I have ever seen. I remember this show growing up...they really had some strange guests like Kiss and The Captain and Tenille. I remember it like it was yesterday...It was a daring show that catered to "tweens"-a forerunner of all this Disney Channel stuff.
garbeaj 10 months ago
"Thanks Patti, and we'll be right back with Count Dracula and Adam Rich" Classic. lol
AhYaOk 10 months ago 3
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Pay attention Patti you let your so called freedom lost.
Onnioni1 10 months ago
Pay attention Patti you let your so called freedom loss.
Onnioni1 10 months ago
30 people gave this a thumbs down?? Are they for real? Patti is a freak'n Icon!
PatriciaSmear 10 months ago
I would be the happiast man if the children today would just know who Mick Jagger is!
bathory1234567890 10 months ago
the coolest human being ever
AhYaOk 10 months ago
@AhYaOk Yes but she lost touch.We need to help her to put her feet back on the ground.
Onnioni1 10 months ago
Awesome!
The911Shaman 10 months ago
Patti Smith the unknown Ramone
lashwhip 11 months ago
Boy oh boy! Imagine if she were on American Idol, Simon would rip her a new one. "That has to be the worst rendition of that song I've ever heard"
koletski21 11 months ago
@koletski21
rcvard loved your comments, koletski21 your loss if you can't see the beauty in this performance!
onrymontaine 10 months ago
"Don't go away...we have Count Dracula and Adam Rich..." The roller coaster that was '70's TV!
furtivity 11 months ago
@ kmaaka Me too!
susantyrellfans 11 months ago
Her voiced could have been trained but then we wouldn't have the raw beauty of such native talent that came from living rough and taking chances.
dodecapusrex 11 months ago
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Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
robertoamor2011 11 months ago
the weirdest part is that The guy playing the piano was charged with, i think rape, and convicted and his son just murdered his girlfriend in SOHO and will be spending the rest of his life prison, newsworthy video just now
14jwh 1 year ago
@14jwh:
Stupid hater crap. Even if the guy at the piano did something wrong - what is that YOUR fuckin business ? You want to dismiss Patti and start ranting hypocrite bigotry here. Shame on you, silly !
What you aim at is that the whole world should have your problems with the world - mostly derived from tabloid press trash - as usual.
Look for a talk therapist and leave other people with your obsessed babbitt world in peace !
MrSKINFLICK 7 months ago
@MrSKINFLICK What in the world are u talking about?, what an over reaction, tha guy who wrote the song just killed himself before being sentenced for rape, that has nothing to do with Patti and is a simple and , in light of this video, ironic FACT. U should stick to German, u can't communicate in English very well.
14jwh 7 months ago
patti reminds me to lorraine from madtv. and she rocks
kjsh987 1 year ago
She is too scary to look at ,but Google Joe Brooks, he's the guy that got into trouble trying to hustle girls on his rep as writer of this song, and his son is under arrest for murder at present.
felliniesque2000 1 year ago
@felliniesque200:You´d rather care about the crimes of the Reagan administration in the 80s:
Secret arms transfers to Iran+the money from this was used to finance the Nicaraguan right-wing extremist contras who laundered the money+then used it to finance coke smuggling into the USA -under the supervision of sinister CIA circles
+all this in"God´s own country".
Google Wikipedia:The Iran-Contra scandal(1985-1987).
Reagan after months of silence:"I knew nothing."
Oliver North:"He knew everything."
MrSKINFLICK 7 months ago 2
thank you SO much
koreamy 1 year ago
i fucking love her!
kmaaka 1 year ago
I feel like I just found a 10ct Diamond in 18krg with absolutely no flaws at all. Thats the feeling this post just gave me. Thats why we keep watching it over & over again.This isnt something that happens..like EVER!! I am so gonna feature this on my channel,but this is 1 of those vids that you never want to take down,ya know,but at some point,I'll have to. Thanks for the Gem!! wow!I was this age at this time.We looked "Brady"but we had great music.It was The Ramones & Stones n Patty 4 me.
SmokinMo11 1 year ago
This is 1 of the most unusual things I have ever seen in my entire life! My jaw just hit the floor.Im paralized! I cant move...lol This is freakin AWESOME!! Did I just see Patty smith sing "You light up my fuckin Life"?????My child hood "idols" are still freakin me out!!! You know it's funny when Patty can get ppl to admit they like a song that just wasnt cool to like in the 70's.ppl did but they wouldnt admit it,like dee dee liked to listen to Reba Mackintire.Patty dug Debbie Boone?Cool.
SmokinMo11 1 year ago
what song does she sing here? thanks
darkreader01 1 year ago
Never really liked that song but hearing this has changed everything.
That is now the definitive version of the song, for me anyway.
RonRicho 1 year ago
love her-then-now-love her-always makes me FEEL
30Tmaria 1 year ago 9
@30Tmaria Her book "Just Kids" won the National Book Award.
postingoldtapes 1 year ago 7
Thanks for posting this!!!
facku1001 1 year ago
She is strung out on a kids' show. lol
thehalokiki 1 year ago
lovely
823south 1 year ago
Joey Ramone never should have gone solo.
teak43 1 year ago
Did you know the gov is working to limit the right you have to take video in public. That you will need written permission of all parties in the video.
What we need to do is write, call, email, show up at any political town hall and ask for laws that allow us to continue to record in public with out permission that includes the cops, mayor, city councilors.
samatention 1 year ago
I used to love Kids are people too! My mother used to sing this song to me all the time. She died in 1979.......I loved how Patti performed this song.
shealave 1 year ago 3
I used to love Kids are people too! My mother used to sing this song to me all the time. She died in 1979.......I loved how she performed.
shealave 1 year ago
Q horrible canta!!! Es un insulto a esa cancion tan bella, mejor canta mi gato
TheAbel00 1 year ago
@TheAbel00: Speak English.
MrSKINFLICK 7 months ago
fits perfect...the song was actually written by a witch for Lucifer...so sorry that this truth was never told until now...God Bless
FOBmzunguREPTILICUS 1 year ago
@FOBmzunguREPTILICUS Wow, do you think someone might sing a song for God like that? FOBmzunguRETIL... ? Who gives a rip? The composer doesn't look like a witch! Lucifer was just an artist who got kicked out of heaven for being a little too free with his artistry--yeh the establishment can't handle too much freedom in the rock, punk, art world.
gordsd 1 year ago
@gordsd ...Lucifer is the one that made u pay taxes!...lmao
FOBmzunguREPTILICUS 1 year ago
@FOBmzunguREPTILICUS If I sang this song for the Lord he would know and wouldn't care who or what it was for.....take those lemons and make a lemonade
shealave 1 year ago
@shealave ...now why would u sing this song to the Lord who knows it wasnt written for Him?...the Lord likes ur songs better...Lucifer wants sooo much to be like God that he'll do ANYTHING to get God's church...EXPOSE SATAN
FOBmzunguREPTILICUS 1 year ago
Right on Patti u lite up my life. Love my Easter lp. Be lost without it.
MrJohnered 1 year ago
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colorform69 1 year ago
I now understand the expression, " a face that would stop a clock"!
felliniesque2000 1 year ago
@felliniesque2000 fuck the clock!
colorform69 1 year ago
I think she really wanted to do the song. It is a very emotional song and she loved emotion. An iconoclast, she would laugh at all you people who disdain her choice and choose the song in your face. I think she felt it.
summermusic67 1 year ago 15
@summermusic67 Exactly! Thank you.
postingoldtapes 1 year ago
@summermusic67
I agree..she's singing from the heart...you can tell in her phrasing
even if she does seem to forget the words near the end..she recovers...
great version..
frostibob 1 year ago
This song sucked, and was completely overplayed everywhere; I wish that she sang the songs SHE's known for ('Gloria', 'Because The Night') instead of this.
Neville6000 1 year ago
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@Neville6000 hah!!! just the thought of her singing gloria or because the night in front of little kids is hilarious. are you kidding???
colorform69 1 year ago
@colorform69 : Both are great songs, better than this overplayed crap 'song' that stunk up the radio and the charts back in the day, and even inspired a stupid movie of the same name. Somebody higher up at ABC must have made her do this.
Neville6000 7 months ago
@Neville6000 patti could sing the barney theme song and it would sound awesome.
colorform69 7 months ago 2
Thanks, I remember this. I wonder if (and hope that) some of those kids in the audience started their own rock and roll bands.
scizott8603 1 year ago
This is right around when she did Wave...
ccipollini1984 1 year ago
@ccipollini1984 Yes, sort of. This is the 80's (early 80's, my guess.) Aad wave came out 79. So, sort of the right time, just a couple of years after.
missZiggy549 1 year ago
patti's one holy woman.
missZiggy549 1 year ago
hi im glad its not just me i am going through 300 musictapes from 80,s that i made and cataloged all music shows i seem to have loads of stuff thats not up will try to find the time
kotadreams 1 year ago
This vid just blew my fucking mind. ROFLMAO.
chinacat22 1 year ago
This is way better than Shatner singing Rocket Man, but oddly the dichotomy is equal...
deweypug 1 year ago
what an incredible performance. Heart felt and quite moving. Patti, you rock!
Georgie1954 1 year ago 2
Like Lady Gaga's grandma.
Jaywaymusic 1 year ago
oh em gee!
naosfan 1 year ago
Wow....maybe one of the most surreal things I've ever seen. A group of kids asking Patti freaking Smith questions, she sings "You Light Up My Life" and then they trot out the song's composer to accompany her....just amazing. Patti Smiths humility and sincerity is a nice lesson for people who try and be cool. There's no one cooler that Patti Smith.
rcvard 1 year ago 26
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alk14777 1 year ago
omg she is true queen !!! Once I heard her album and it does not impressed me...How happy i am , that i found her now!!!
conspirationhoney 1 year ago
Just effing cool.
twinamp 1 year ago
i wonder if the kids were paid for this LOL ....... anyway I love her.
EgdarAllanPoe 1 year ago
After finding this video way back on youtube...Just want to say
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you
Amazing Patti : ) LisboaGirl
pcCAT33 1 year ago
She thought the music in *1974* stunk?? Wow...I wonder what she thinks of it now? She's sadly prophetic @ 2:24...
lcozzarelli 1 year ago
@lcozzarelli I'm sure she still loves it...she always did what she wanted and knew what was right
pcCAT33 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading this Postingoldtapes
Byrnzie400 1 year ago
I am so thankful I grew up in this period before everything became so corporate and correct. She said it right and sang it great. Thanks for the vid.
btr0037 1 year ago 2
she's great :)
Isismusicnow 1 year ago
because she sings diff style..its a kid show lmfao
pinchmynipple1988 1 year ago
wow, that was a trip. she nailed it. count dracula was next.
tomitstube 1 year ago
Wow. I was only 21 then. Where'd the time go?
fairewench 1 year ago
Patti, you light up my life :)
JoneX27 1 year ago
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What a train wreck.
truckduck13 1 year ago
Passion.
JamesAlby 1 year ago
Yeah, this is about the only version of this song I can stomach... but then, I lived through the incessant playing of this song in the 70's ... was the ear worm of the decade. lol But only Patti could give this song edge and passion
ZellerX 1 year ago
The fact that "American Idol" even exists proves her point about music belonging to "big business guys". She's obviously doing something right if she's a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Go choke on Simon Cowell's Teletubbie-producing cock.
KlonopinSaves 1 year ago 2
@KlonopinSaves: Thing was, before there ever was Pop Idol, there was 'Ted Mack's Amateur Hour', 'Star Search', and a ton of other shows where people got up and sang or danced or did whatever. Not to defend Pop Idol, but to not mention that would be wrong.
Neville6000 1 year ago
Um, she blew the whole payoff at the end of the song.
bimo65 1 year ago
Sorry guys, I know this brings back a lot of nostalgia and everything, but i gotta say it. She sucks. It's just that simple. If someone...anyone...tried to go into any singing competition sounding like that, they'd be laughed out of the building. Just saying...
natestewiu 1 year ago
@natestewiu its punk rock duh not american idol cookie cutter shit
slaughterhousecry 1 year ago
@natestewiu: It's not that she sucks, per se, she dosen't; it's that this song doesn't fit her-PERIOD. I think that the producers forced her to sing this song instead of the ones that she's known for, because they were frightened about how the would sound to kids (which begs the question, 'Why did they invite her on this show?'
Neville6000 1 year ago
this is fucking funny
MrRockinrocker 1 year ago
There are so many reasons I am watching this over and over again. Utterly surreal.
MrTambourineBoy 1 year ago
I found this interview more insightful than most hip hop artists can provide today!
blewvelvet 1 year ago
@blewvelvet: Then you haven't heard any good hip hop artists talk in interviews yet. Try listening to Wesley 'Maestro Fresh Wes' Williams new album and read his book, or better yet have an open mind.
Neville6000 1 year ago
@Neville6000: The kids like her, don´t you see that. Moron.
MrSKINFLICK 7 months ago
@MrSKINFLICK : The kids may like her, but the song still sucks a load of fetid dingo's kidneys.
Neville6000 7 months ago
A great artist doing something unusual. She totally elevates the song.
pnyc1969 1 year ago 2
i love this woman
MsFrenchPetal 1 year ago 3
WOW. I remember that show.
mrmuffer69 1 year ago
I love you Patti
BelenDestruction 1 year ago 3
this is brutally beautiful. she's a queen
TheCruddler 1 year ago 41
I'll watch Patti Smith read the phone book. Thanks for this!
KathrynColey 1 year ago 5
@KathrynColey Sorry! My finger twitched and
I accidentally gave you a thumbs-down...
Nothing personal, I'm just twitchy and technologically challenged :(
casenheart 1 year ago
I used to watch this show, but definitly don't remember this episode.. I only remember the theme of the show and the set design. hahah.. so crazy..thanks for upping this. Kids were people too..and not channelled all things Disney..YET...but some of course.
freqazoidiac 1 year ago
Thank you!! This is great!
SuperCrimson19 1 year ago
Dear Patti, and beloved Earth Mankind:
You Light me Up every moment of my Life
You Light me Up like the Sohar of Universal Consciouness powered every living creature in entire and endless Universes.
You Light me Up like the True Love of beloved Children on planet Earth.
Hope We have the balls to save our beloved home mother planet Earth and her beloved living beings.
Sincerely yours,
Javier V. Maldonado
Alliance for Responsible Humankind on Earth & Universes
Lima, Peru
JavierVMaldonado 1 year ago
OMG I remember watching this show waaayyyy back.
Has there ever been a squeakier clean tv host?
nktrygg 1 year ago
This is so cool.....memories. Thanks!
vito2363 1 year ago
This is excellently surreal!
asktunes 1 year ago
Way cool. Kids are People too was such a great show. I almost forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder.
BADBOYCH 1 year ago
WOW....That gave me goose bumps. Love ya Patti, but that was bizarre
notaphaser 1 year ago
30+ yrs after i first heard her and patti can still surprise me....tyvm for posting this gem
thorzdotes 2 years ago
Wonderful...so, the line up for that show was Patti Smith, Count Dracula, and Adam Rich. That's worth taking a moment to let sink in.
tofupuppy 2 years ago
Kids Are People Too was awesome back in the day. I remember they had Cheap Trick on the show too. If they had a show like that for kids today, it would be all Miley Cyrus and Jonas Brothers. Blaargh
jonp72 2 years ago
@jonp72: Who do you think that kids would listen to except them? They're kids, after all.
Neville6000 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing! It gives me joy!
rrabiar 2 years ago
this made my day. actually, it ended winter forever.
CarmenCrime 2 years ago 2
Love Kvitka Cisyk's version of the song. But I also think, Patti's interpretation is great, because she tries to sing it in her own style instead of just doing some mediocre cover version of the original.
huelchrath 2 years ago
Holy crap, this is AMAZING! A good way to start off 2010!
distratto66 2 years ago
who did she say her favorite singer was maria collis? who is that
Hollypop3000 2 years ago
I think Its Maria Callas
TheFlamingroovy 2 years ago 2
It's Maria Callas, Hollypop.
One of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts. And her influence is so enduring that, in 2006, Opera News wrote of her, "Nearly thirty years after her death, she's still the definition of the diva as artist—and still one of classical music's best-selling vocalists."
Tells you more about Patti Smith than you wanted to know, huh.
Now go and listen to Ms. Callas ... and learn.
Rajamuttu 2 years ago
WHAT is up with at audience? are they all child actors. How whould they even know who patti smith is?
VJTOMYAZ 2 years ago 3
I think they were told before, that how to react when patti smith will be on show.
justicejayant 2 years ago
@VJTOMYAZ: That's what I want to know!
Neville6000 1 year ago
@VJTOMYAZ that must be the dumbest comment i have read in a long time. cant you see this is filmed in the early 80s.
Doderhultarn89 1 year ago
great clip, luv patti! i cracked up up when the host says to stick around we have count dracula and adam rich next, only in america.
bufufubu 2 years ago
Thank you so much for posting this.
UNIGILD 2 years ago
A song that has always made me be beg for the merciful release of death becomes magically transformed into a profoundly emotional work of art...yet another soaring testament to the might and raw genius of this inimitable living legend. Incredible.
LENTICULARPLASTIC 2 years ago 2
Wow this is like surreal, and great. YLUML by Debbie Boone has long been a guilty pleasure of mine (I have a video of it favorited on YouTube, probably between like Agnostic Front and Dead Boys). Cool performance, Patti is always great.
LetsGoMetsGo33 2 years ago
Great video. Thanks for posting.
mclg1000 2 years ago
What a gem!
Thanks so much for uploading this.
steelyman08 2 years ago
absolutely agree. gorgeous!
coggsymalone 2 years ago 2
The best by far. She sends chills up my spine when she sings.
Wisegeorge 2 years ago
no,she makes the song work for her.
monisiti 2 years ago
Wow, I'm sorry, but come on... this isn't working for her voice...
JosephPaul2 2 years ago
stay punk forever
twincrystals 2 years ago
God, that incessant foot-waving.
quartzy 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Thanks for sharing - I posted it on my blog.
thisismyhappening 2 years ago
ahhh I love this video so much!!
Patti is amazing! best version of that song ever. Hands down. Gives me chills every time.
What an inspiration!
I love that she performed on this children's show, kids are rock n roll. Glad she understands that.
weheartjill 2 years ago 2
6:17......Priceless!!
lotanerve 2 years ago 2
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steelyman08 2 years ago
What an odd video. Kinda nice to see the singer of things like 'Piss Factory' being so open and friendly on a kid's show.
Jhensy2001 2 years ago <