http://www.anewyorklife.com/2010/01/20/the-patti-smith-nyc/ A New York Life is a daily News on the culture & the lifestyle of the city Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:47:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.anewyorklife.com/2010/01/20/the-patti-smith-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Records Lover Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:56:04 +0000 http://www.anewyorklife.com/?p=2817#comment-142 Nice to see some musical related topics again. I do as well admire Patti Smith and if it were not from your fellow countrymen in France - where she still enjoys some well deserved fame - or fans like R.E.M., U2 and a few others she would have been forgotten stateside. Patti may not be a real poet but her lyrics are poetic and, although not a classic singer "per se", she sings them with an unbelievable conviction that has rarely been equalled. Mapplethorpe's influenced her greatly in her NY formative years - both artistically and romantically (yes there were not just simple friends) - and these photos may not be as imaginatively perverse (his "flowers" series are brilliant) as his later work but I still look forward to reading this book. Thanks. RL Nice to see some musical related topics again. I do as well admire Patti Smith and if it were not from your fellow countrymen in France – where she still enjoys some well deserved fame – or fans like R.E.M., U2 and a few others she would have been forgotten stateside. Patti may not be a real poet but her lyrics are poetic and, although not a classic singer “per se”, she sings them with an unbelievable conviction that has rarely been equalled. Mapplethorpe’s influenced her greatly in her NY formative years – both artistically and romantically (yes there were not just simple friends) – and these photos may not be as imaginatively perverse (his “flowers” series are brilliant) as his later work but I still look forward to reading this book. Thanks. RL

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