Piss Factory

[jasonharris951]

Have you ever heard of El Duce? He was a song bird, also a perv, looked like a retarded catfish.

[raidercampoen]

31304, only the real punkers listen to patti, i listen this song back in 1976 i guess

[coy0te9]

I love it, but I can't help but wonder if Patti ever figured out that Dot and the others she left behind had desires too.

[mojopo]

@coy0te9 No teenager can figure that out while life is making an incredible racket in their head. Patti knows, and I wonder - did the folks at the factory ever forgive her for having hope?

[gnrnslj]

A few years ago, in a big tent in Santa Fe, she walked out by herself, read "Piss Factory", spit on the floor, then the band ripped into "Wicked Messenger". Would have been as fine a time to die as any.

[gnrnslj]

A few years ago, in a big tent in Santa Fe, she walked out by herself, read "Piss Factory", spit on the floor, then the band ripped into "Wicked Messenger". Would have been as fine a time to die as any.

[allsfullofluv]

how hot are her lyrics, "and the way they smell and here i gotta be up here up here smellin dot hooks midwife sweat i would rather smell the way boys smell oh those schoolboys the way their legs flap under the desk in study hall that odor rising roses and ammonia dand the way their dicks droop like lilacs or the way they smell that forbidden acrid smell but no i got, i got a pink clammy lady in my nostril" i love it

[lemurianchick]

I wouldn't call this a song. This is spoken word with music in the background. I saw Patti a few weeks ago in Chicago for a little event where she read from her new book and did a couple of songs. It was awesome.

[thekierongiles]

one of the late twentieth centuries great performance poets/performers, in the same stratosphere as John Cooper Clarke and Laurie Anderson

[godFlintstone]

Great song... maybe my favortie Patti Smith tune.

[DeeDeeVerlaine]

I'm gonna go to New York City, gonna go to New York City, gonna be a big star, gonna go to New York City be a big star and I will never return, never return, no never return...watch me now...

[Madrrrrrrrrrrr]

Watch me now!

[doctorluv]

This song is filled with full on energy and yearning. I was at the MoMA last week and they had an exhibit that featured this song and it just brought tears to my eyes.

[thetoiletskeleton]

Great tune, I listened to this for weeks driving to and from work everyday, Richard Sohl with musical quotes from Gershwin's Summertime, if you like the piano playing check out the live version of Hang On To a Dream by the Nice. I had front row center seats for Patti in 77, she cancelled and regretably I have never seen her perform live because I work at a Piss Factory and she seems to always play my area when I am working an afternoon shift. I will have to get on that train next time she comes.

[sugarpIumfairy]

Richard Sohl at his best!

[vegetubleman]

Wonderful!

[revolution23]

i got "and i will travel light oh watch me now" tattoed around my wrist becuz of this song. patti is just amazing. hearing that song i always thought i'm gonna get out there, i'm gonna be somebody someday. not working in a factory or working some other job i hate. thanks patti

[arlenpollintine19]

very good

[6motion6]

God, I thought I've had enough bad co-workers who have tried to trample my longings and also, not liked me too much either

[6motion6]

First heard this in 1977 and I have to say this is one of my all time favorite Patti Smith songs, let alone one of my all time faves in general.

This is a must hear for anyone who has ever despised, or still does despise their job.

It's lucky she didn't lose a limb doing a factory job after taking a swig of Romilar, although DM highs are certainly fun.

Thanks for posting this gem, it's so hard to find

[jackhillty]

you better get off your mustang, sally

[asianlicensing]

one of the greatest songs of all time !

[rocknrollporn]

im no poet

[rocknrollporn]

i wanna write poetry bout the life of me and psyco-ology and the thinks i see like a bumm on a bench with a dirty old wench who cant stop the stench of her shit-filled wretch she cant stop the tears after some bears like a clock with new gears shes living her fears the eyes see no end like a stick that wont bend it snaps like a friend off with the send

[obamaluvzkittens]

this song gives me so much hope and drive. love you, patti. :]

[ClaytonT53]

didn't know I'd get the rare treat of hearing this again-thanks, yeah, Patti, I wanna smell the way those boys smell..........

[allsfullofluv]

thats my favorite part too

[retrorio]

It's as though you opened a time capsule from 35 years ago and glimpsed into Patti's life. Very moving, emotional, and poetic.

[Coldacre]

"quit jiving you turkey" "they're just after the bread man"

sorry, but this dates pretty badly.

[cheapskates]

I love this song!

[geneseepark]

She is peerless.

[kissmyassfrantz]

"dicks droop like lilacs" makes me think of mapplethorpe

[6motion6]

Or something Ginsberg could have written.

[allsfullofluv]

"and the way they smell,& here i gotta b up here smellin Dot Hooks midwife sweat,i would rather smell the way boys smell-oh those schoolboys the way their legs flap under the desk n study hall,that odor rising roses & amonia,& the way their dicks droop like lilacs,or the way they smell that forbidden acrid smell,but no i got,i got pink clammy lady n my nostril.."<3

[6motion6]

I always had a bit of trouble catching all the lyrics-now thanks to you I've caught them all.

[hardcoreheadbanger]

I may only be 15 but i still love old fashioned rock this new generation of rap is all shit

[oinkysqueak]

Good on ya mate :)

RAP is CRAP!

[RKJCNE]

Don't you idiots realize that Patti is a precursor to rap? it spoken word! word is power!

[AnarchoMojo]

Atleast someone speaks sense.

Great song.

[dollygirl62]

patti is the word

[porcupineprovocateur]

fantastic song. thank you!

[solution777]

Damn! Havn't heard this since I went punk back in '77...thanks for bringing the memories back!:)

[SkillCapeProductions]

Nelac16 if this isn't music I have no idea what fucking is then.

Patti Smith one of the greatest musicians ever Beautiful song.

Nelac, I'd rly like to know what kind'a "music" you like?

[midnightoil1]

This is so cool... who is it?...

[doctorluv]

It's Patti Smith and the song is "Piss Factory."

[nelac16]

this isnt even music..... this is some weird chick saying crap to crappy music...

[solution777]

If it wasn't for this weird chick saying crap to crappy music, much of the music you get now wouldn't be around:) By '85 nearly every interview with just about anyone in the rock music world cited Patti Smith as a serious influence.

One of the greatest influences on modern rock ever according to Rolling Stone...but each to their own. Doesn't matter if you like it or not, the idea is that it creates an opinion...thanks for yours:)

[Theultimatecritic]

She's the best.

[timokkk]

Great shit.

[eekabostatic]

Thanks. I despaired of ever hearing this all the way through! And who the hell is playing that wailing piano?!!

[MimiSweden]

Patti is the real thing, she's a fucking working class hero, and I love her

[Intergalaxy]

Wow!

Very rare song!

[ballisticrose]

Thank you. Very rare track and one of her best.

[SLACKER614]

i love this woman..

fuck wage slavery!!

live free or die!!!

revolution now!!

[MinGophers]

@SLACKER614 whats wage slavery??

[SLACKER614]

@MinGophers workers who work for a wage are slaves to that wage..without it they starve, hence they are slaves..

[MinGophers]

@SLACKER614 Isn't that life in general?! If you do not work for your food and support your own existence, you die?

[SLACKER614]

i wanna marry her and have all her babies!!

[big123g]

I think she probaly was pissed

[joeyinpa]

PURE bliss! I fucking love her!

[flimbag]

One of my favourite three songs of all time. The theme tune for all working class kids with a dream. Thanks for posting it.

[laduqesa]

I haven't heard this for years. It's absolutely fantastic. "Thinking I was speed on motorcycle". Jeez, brilliant!

[moribundlust]

I get chills everytime with Patti

[gerardmanleyh]

Nice work, my friend, and thanks. You're right about its emotional impact. Perhaps you could identify pianist Richard Sohl in your links, though - RIP

[doctorluv]

Yeah you bring up a very interesting point about Richard Sohl, I will most definitely consider it. Thanks for the comment.