Patti Smith "Elegie" at CBGB October 15, 2006

[caricatureking]

Rest in Peace, Hilly.

[UGHC1]

... CBGB NYHC ...

[idontknow7221]

Just kids.... :)

[Dilaltastic]

NY should have saved it and called it a landmark building.

[ccipollini1984]

Fuck John Varvatos! An insult to the memory of CBGB!!!!!!

[Orgonebox4u]

Power full stuff, and also one of my all time fav. tracks.

Who could have done this last night better?? This is how you REMEMBER the dead heroes of music , you cheer and scream for them with like minded people! That was a great idea

"You forgot one..." :) Not sure if Fred ever played there but imo you could have mentioned him just the same,he was yours after all.

THX for this,touched

Oh..and eternal shame to the city of NY for not intervening!

I wonder if anyone even realised....

(BF)

[Orgonebox4u]

Some things cant be trusted to YT, I am downloading this!

[allaboutdmagic]

And then a year after this, I saw Patti perform in Dublin...sniff

[Diomedene]

I was not there that evening, but two weeks after I turned 40, punk rock died.

[Desiree50]

love you patti

[skaterthump32]

wish i coulda made it to the place its a fucking birthplace major things in punk rock history went down there fucking amazing

[OscarLimaMike]

@skaterthump32 It was great... I remember laying on the floor there years ago and ordering drinks and they served me without blinking an eye.... The place was about freedom and expression. I saw some great great acts there. Down in the Bowery.

Ahhhh it's making me sad. I love you Patti.

[SunnyBananaView]

what was she gonna say at the end??

[morgenschweis]

wunderschön LOVEVA

[cocopirate64]

je ss une vieille fan de patti vers 1978 çà fè drole de la revoir là!

c'est très sympas ms je l'ai jamais vu!

[LetsGoMetsGo33]

Wonderful tribute at the end. CBGBs not being protected by the city is ridiculous. I woulda had to have drank alot to be like that guy who said "you forgot one" (a lotta nerve to intrude on the moment!), but I was listening for Wendy O. Williams. Another great one from that era that we're missing.

[strangeparty]

Rest in peace, Richard Sohl.

[hipretty]

RIP Hilly!!!

[tippytootoo]

The closing of CBGBs could not have had a more appropriate song. Yes, this was one of the most underrated songs oF that album. I loved it back in the day as much as I love it now. GO Patti rip Hilly

[Joysquigglesparkles]

Doooooooooooood.... This place became a landmark before it had a chance to be "official" (takes 50 years) *sigh*

[DigitalComponents]

I saw Hilly on the Bowery within minutes of this. I asked him to sign my NY Post insert about the closing of CBGBs and he snarled back that I was gonna try to sell it on EBay.

As if.

Punk RÖck, bitches.

Enjoy your motherflucking Easter Sunday.

[alabamaman789]

thank god for hilly, rip.

and wow i love patti, she is my freaking idol, she is so pretty and i wish all ppl could see whati see in her

[hipretty]

i see it...i always have since I was a young girl living in preeteen angst!

goddess poetess that she is! :-)

Blessings!

[rabbitshirt]

beautiful sad fitting goodbye

[chucktra]

time to move on

[Jojoseahorse]

Who said punk wasn't pretty LOL she is gorgeous :)

[barejokes2]

She's so, so ugly

[Jojoseahorse]

Each to his own. I think she's a sugarplum :)

[rosia17]

Hey. She's grandma already. Wonder if you will be still rocknrolling at that age. Her voice is as beautiful as it was in the '70 s.

[Jojoseahorse]

You make it sound as if I was dissing her! I hope I do have such beauty and energy at her age. Look at my comments - I say she is gorgeous! And she is :)

[rosia17]

Maybe its that I do not think its nice to be called sugarplum. Thats not my idea of beauty and energy... Anyway, enjoy it the way you want.

[Jojoseahorse]

Well lucky you that it was not YOU that I called "sugarplum". Its just a word I personally use to describe someone I find very attractive. I like it when anyone gives me a compliment, no matter what word they use :)

[sugarpIumfairy]

Many musicians and poets have found inspiration in the Sugarplum, a beautiful flower. :)

[rosia17]

Well, I used google images to find out what a sugarplum actually is, and I found 3 differend flowers and 2 kinds of sweets. I would not like to be any of them, too pink for my taste.

[sugarpIumfairy]

There are several varieties, and not all are pink.

[Jojoseahorse]

@sugarpIumfairy Well thank you Sugarplumfairy - I only just saw your comments now! I think Patti is indeed a beautiful flower :)

[TheGodfatherRulo]

CBGB should still be there as a museum!!

[griffin324]

r.i.p. hilly

[dementionX]

she's like 62, she still looks and sounds incredible! Who said punk was unhealthy? lol

[HorseBadorties]

I love her in her glasses!

[demalcolm]

today

[dementionX]

Greedy fucking bastards. CBGB should still be there as a fucking monument to music history!

[HorseBadorties]

CBGB,Inc. makes millions of dollars a year. The owners of that building don't. That's not to defend landlords, but CBGB,Inc. is alive and doing quite well.

[dementionX]

BUT the building has a shitload of history. The Ramones, Sex Pistols, come on! any big punk band (and hardcore and so on and so forth) have played there!

[KidnapDeath]

the sex pistols never played at CBGB's

[TaraTownsend]

I love her. After two decades she's still the woman who drives me insane. Her music is brilliant and runs circles round most of the rubbish which passes for music these days.

[machine1313]

great piece..i was there as always...i adore patti and her art. she looks awesome..i will get to see her in paris next week.

[iGaucho]

Patti you are beautiful. Love you.

[KidnapDeath]

shallup! i luv her more :)

[blancheandnoddytoo]

Oh, my. She is so beautiful. This has reminded me of how ecstatic I was when I saw her perform (May 2007). Best show of my life, I couldn't keep my eyes off her. Not to sound like a crazy, or a stalker. But it's the same in this video, I just love to watch (and listen of course). Bravo!

[sparkalot]

Written by Patti for Jimi Hendrix, from the John Cale(Velvets) produced masterpiece of the 20th century, Horses.

[tomcathey]

Happy Birthday, Patti!

[bigeyedgoldfish]

drink pleanty of water y did i not hear that 33 fking yeas ago and now ceaser is looming

ha!

[andi515]

That was the most heartfelt thing I've seen since I was in the presence of Joe Strummer. Simply perfect. I remember seeing Patti when I was 12 at cbgb's (my dad took me, thanks dad). I never thought like a 12 year old again.

[moronix]

Lovely, just lovely.

One *special* woman.

(Thx much for the upload!)

[EGMAG]

She always reminds me of "The Living Dead"!

[sistersofavalon]

what a great video! it's really hard to watch when she mention's richard sohl, because she gets so choked up.

[kearabob]

Patti...you are a guru and a saint Q

[strummerville]

fred "sonic" smith..they're all there..i think it makes for a good lyric..

[mlagarde]

I think it's sad, it's much too bad that all our friends can't be with us tonight.

...

Magistral

[jesssssieisthebest]

aww when she mentioned johnny,joey and deedee

I love her!

[guziel123]

I met Patty Smith in Ann Arbor MI. after the memorial concert/service for Allen Ginsburg. Someone has the video footage of her and Natalie Merchant at the Not Another Cafe after the service. This was 1996.

[deezenutsbiatch]

Nice line, 33 years the same age as Jesus!

[jackhillty]

you realize the sadness of losing richard sohl when you hear the keyboard player play the wrong chords during Patti's beautiful vocalization in the center of this song.

one who seizes possibilities.

[asnake8u]

Patti is the origional and the best, no one comes close!!

[squidleeus]

I discovered Patti late in my life and now, at 45, she gives me chills with her gritty, "no apologies" lyrics and powerful voice. She is a heroine in my book. Love ya, Patti!!

[mikeockurts]

Glory days indeeeed!

Don't trust anyone over 30, and that more definitely includes Patti Smith.

[billiejoesexi]

All.. err, most of the punk rock greats started at CBGB. It WAS a dumbass idea to move it to fucking Vegas. They should have kept it in CA. Anyways, Patti's awesome.

[evancubed]

uhhhh CBGB was in NY dude.

[Loe307uh]

While vegas was a dumb idea they did have to move. Sucks cuz they only had to move due to some back rent issues ($91k worth)

[Babetta9]

I love Patti, am so sad for her losing her husband Sonic and so many comtemporaries. The late '70s and next 15 yrs were the best of my life with such great music to dance to! Debora Iyall of Romeo Void is still with us, thank God, and she can still rock as much as beautiful Patti...the best women singers ever!

[alansready]

never say never  till i want to sleep together. who is she playing wiht now???

she was really fat back then

[MainStreetMonochrome]

While sitting alone in the dark of 2am at my computer, I found myself clapping while Patti read out the names of our friends. Thx muchly gbertplaya

[punk7860]

First saw patti in 1979..no other rock band comes close.

[iaingraham6]

It looks like someone's trying to take aim at her with a laser-sight throughout. I was really worried we were witnessing some kind of assassination attempt...

[friendlier]

Moving CBGB to Vegas is such a dumbass linear idea. Okay, but who the hell is going to play CBGB Vegas? Punk tribute bands?

[xokatyxo]

RICHARD SOHL. Died aged 37, June 3rd 1990. He was Patti's keyboard player. That keyboard you hear playing over the names she's reciting? He wrote that, he played that on the original recording. He played with Patti the first time she played CBGBs. She made him there for the last.

[myersmad]

thats terrible, shes nearly crying, its so sad to think all these amazing people have died, theyve all played on the stage and thats the end of it all the end of every thing

[btonsteve65]

What a moving tribute to the mother of all live music venues. CBGB RIP. I heard they are moving it to Las Vegas, I hope it's just a viscious rumour!!

[Subbaman]

So many gone....

[runningforamsterdam]

are those the lyrics in her hands?

[RknMama]

i believe that it is the list of the dead.

[ke32746]

Richard, I miss you too.

[ke32746]

thanks Patti

[spetreas]

Made me weep. Thank you for posting this.

[tjb81]

Patti kills me...thanks for posting.

[phenumpkin]

Thank you for recording and posting this. I tried and couldn't get tickets. I actually forgot Sirius was broadcasting the show?!!? Very grateful to be able to see these perfect and final moments of an historic event. I was sitting here bawling like a mental patient, To the Future!!!

[kibberocks]

This was the point where I cried at the show.

[nordstrom]

OMIGOD I got choked up when I first saw this.