Patti Smith Group - Pale Blue Eyes/Louie Louie

Stockholm 1976.

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[philstutt]

I love all Lou Reed's and Patti's work. Put them together and this is heaven!

[scarlet000begonia]

God I love that woman. She's such a legend.

[Hallo Gallo]

That was pretty freakin awesome.



[evergrin0]

Can't express how much I love this woman!

[tricyclesinskirts]

i agree with you up to a point. the whole manly, gruff thing is a stereotype and does not necessarily mean that a woman who sings that way is a lesbian. she sang that way because that's the way her voice sounds, not out of a need to assert her sexual orientation, which is straight anyway. i'm sure a lot of women, some lesbians, emulated her just because she was so different at the time. patti's own style was inspired by rock and roll hero worship (jim morrison, keith richards etc)

[MrJaysync]

nope, it's quite clear, manly, gruff, this is lesbian iconography 1-0-1. don't get me wrong though saw her live this year and she spat Gloria something hellish, one of the realest things i've ever seen.

[tricyclesinskirts]

yes.

[MrJaysync]

are you sure?

[tricyclesinskirts]

not necessarily.

[magz693]

Patti.

You just kill me with this one. So sweet!

[MrJaysync]

ahhh i see it's a gay-thing, a lesbian thing, bad man-ish gruff 'singing' right?

[MrJaysync]

was her voice ment to sound this bad, on purpose? whats going on is it ment to be some kind of 'abstract' tribute or is she really just taking the piss?