crieff is almost right. Lennon's was using the word as it was before black people started taking it back, and Patti's is using the word as it may be after they take it back
This version has better beats and rythms to all the instruments, but the Marilyn Manson version has better guitar tuning and is great in the hard rock version
nigger ain't a name ya claim for yourself someone makes it you on a cultural pyre...fagots... fuel for division... the "ins" and reggae-muffin outs... If the stars of seuss all fall outside ashes...ashes in falls down. Be a nigger. someone who's "in" sez ya are, anyway.
well, there is a difference in the annunciation of the word, nigger vs nigga. when i first heard this song on natural born killers i almost burned up in rage yet was intrigued with its meaning. smith is mocking white supremacy and encouraging black man's exile from society was rock and roll, an outsider of the tradition of muzac. funny how so many people want to be "black" in today's society; imagine this song's influence to that trend
LOL, my friend, you truly miss the meaning of this song. it encorages such great things as the audacity of a prejudice society placing its scapegoat as the highest representative of its country. the song is ironic only because it promotes today's advancement of my people. i totally dig this song
I'm not comfortable with the n-word, I don't think we live in a post-racial society, but Patti Smith may well be post-racial, _and_ "outside of society."
It's an anti-rascist song, much like "Woman is the nigger of the world" was an anti-sexist song. They use a word that grabs your attention to make a point....
it's not an anti-racist song, nor a racist song. Nigger here doesn't refer to race. Nigger stands for people 'out of society'. In other words, people who stand out and refuse to be part of the horde. Like Jimi Hedrix, Jezus and Jack the Dripper.
The undisputed Queen of Rock!
TheNevan60 1 week ago
crieff is almost right. Lennon's was using the word as it was before black people started taking it back, and Patti's is using the word as it may be after they take it back
VvAnarchangelvV 3 months ago 2
Don't be a pussy and explain yourself or why you like it.
Texagogo 1 year ago
this is far from a racist song and i hope you niggers realise that, the irish have had much more predudice than anyone in history, believe me!!!
sabbath1888 1 year ago
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DrahcirXIII 1 year ago
It´s Horny :-D SUPER
TheRevenge1995 1 year ago
This version has better beats and rythms to all the instruments, but the Marilyn Manson version has better guitar tuning and is great in the hard rock version
bball98038 1 year ago
manson did it better im sorry
metallica3678 2 years ago
@metallica3678
this is a CHICK
give her a break dammit
HeroinBleeds 1 year ago
@metallica3678 manson couldnt lick her shoes
russellrosario 1 year ago 2
read patti smith babel and you'll learn jaivory92
elsa144091 2 years ago
sounds like "baby was a black shit"
Piropon18 2 years ago
Chuck's poem is a great comment. He's a poet!
louiseduvee 2 years ago
CHUCKtheFED 2 years ago
Yours? I like it.
janiepdoodle 2 years ago
I hate every poster that ends their post with anyway.
ridskog 2 years ago 2
so
you are a bigot
anyway?
or an anyway bigot?
(better? lol j/k...)
CHUCKtheFED 2 years ago
ANYWAY
MrSpideradam 1 year ago
Beautiful poem. I think Miss Smith would be intrigued.
louiseduvee 2 years ago
do you like the world around you ?
proccupuntu 2 years ago
Jesus Christ and grandma too!
I love U you Patti!
kevbarone 2 years ago 4
I´ll fuck the humans; which not love this song; i really like it !!
00katerle 2 years ago
sexy white woman. her singing about niggers doen't bother me in the least.
dale1966gto 2 years ago
well, there is a difference in the annunciation of the word, nigger vs nigga. when i first heard this song on natural born killers i almost burned up in rage yet was intrigued with its meaning. smith is mocking white supremacy and encouraging black man's exile from society was rock and roll, an outsider of the tradition of muzac. funny how so many people want to be "black" in today's society; imagine this song's influence to that trend
guardianangel683 2 years ago
guardian,
Believe me, NOBODY really "wants to be black" and YOU know it!
DD826 2 years ago
I think it's talking about how anyone can be an outcast, it has nothing really to do with black and white.
ZuuLSpAcEmAn 2 years ago 2
when i meet a friend, which is not loving Patty,
i´ll to plant a punch on so.'s chin
00katerle 2 years ago
its got an a in the end not er
bodonnavox 2 years ago
This is so perfect after 30 years, Obama is ruining this country...to me this song is dedeicated to his cunting wife michelle
twolfb4u 2 years ago
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gadgetory 2 years ago
have you missed the point of the song or what?? way to go brain trust
gadgetory 2 years ago
LOL, my friend, you truly miss the meaning of this song. it encorages such great things as the audacity of a prejudice society placing its scapegoat as the highest representative of its country. the song is ironic only because it promotes today's advancement of my people. i totally dig this song
guardianangel683 2 years ago 3
awesome
00katerle 2 years ago
Probably the most sexy, poetic, true punk song EVER recorded. Love ya Miss Smith!
vegastr0n 2 years ago 6
Probably the most sexy artist? :)
AspergerMusic 2 years ago 2
What a woman!
Great!
ichbinzehn 2 years ago
I got this vinyl :D
davidbletch 2 years ago
I had it and wore it out
ibgrimme 2 years ago
Me too! It's the only P. S. vinyl i have. Got all the cd's though. :)
AspergerMusic 2 years ago
Miss Smith is on my stereo at least once a week (out of about 20.000recording!).She would forget Jean Michel Basquiat...
Thanks,much!!!
louiseduvee 2 years ago 2
I'm not comfortable with the n-word, I don't think we live in a post-racial society, but Patti Smith may well be post-racial, _and_ "outside of society."
5192ig88 2 years ago 11
It's an anti-rascist song, much like "Woman is the nigger of the world" was an anti-sexist song. They use a word that grabs your attention to make a point....
crieff405 2 years ago 18
@crieff405
it's not an anti-racist song, nor a racist song. Nigger here doesn't refer to race. Nigger stands for people 'out of society'. In other words, people who stand out and refuse to be part of the horde. Like Jimi Hedrix, Jezus and Jack the Dripper.
JumpingTomato 1 year ago
@5192ig88 you fail !
Vladthedruid 1 year ago
Classic
iknowmyusernamesucks 3 years ago 7