Yep. No one queries Keith Richards, Neil Young , Springsteen or Paul McCartney for showing their age or for still stepping on to s stage as they are. Just listen to their music.
Patti is authentic. She is real. She lived a life of hardship mixed with glory & massively changing times. She remains steadfast, honest, & true. I can see, from some of the replies here, that a whole lot of people are dissatisfied with their lives. People who are happy in their own skins don't diss other people. Funny how that works. I
An amazing human being, who has complete awareness and truth, genuine attitude and all the qualities which Love entails. An admirable artist and human being, wish the world has more like her 🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️
Saw this song live at Glastonbury a few years ago. I thought the sky was going to open and we’d all float off to heaven. I cried. Straight to the bones.
@@morbidmanmusic The G chord you are thinking of, a Gmaj7, functions more as a Dsus4, with the 4th placed in the middle of the chord, with the open G string ringing out with the D in the bass.
No not a genius, something better. She somehow recognize her calling. Her purpose. After that it was a done deal, if you recognize your purpose, and have the balls to go after it you're automatically a genius.
This incredible woman ! I get so emotional every time I hear her sing. She's like a knife of truth that cuts through all the bull shit ! Her blunt, heart felt honesty bears no shame for being human, which is greatest power. She is herself true and threw and shares that rare twinkle of loving energy with us, which can be so deafening !
I cried to the core of my soul......I never cried or shed a single tear when my families died but I cried for this.....what a phenomenal singer she is.
This woman is everything. I discovered her as a teenager in the mid 2000s and she changed my life ! I can imagine many others saying this for centuries to come 🙏
This is so beautiful that I don't even think about what the words mean. It just washes over me and lands straight in my heart. Seth Meyers face says it all. I have always loved Patti, but as I get older, she moves me straight to tears.
I love the wide smile of Seth after her line of 'To be, not here. But Here!' Seeing someone hang to someone's lips like that and feel with them deeply, is very nice to see.
Amazing powerful performance for a tak show. I love Patti and Sam Shepard, too. Sam was not only a good writer but also a good actor; he was terrific along with Jessica Lange in Frances. A hardly known, but must see movie!
Patti Smith has a presence like no one - 100% genuine and pretenseless. That is where her charisma and sovereignty comes from. Everybody feels it. It is a veritable study in character, what makes it - and how does it affect others?
I sat at Patti's feet while she performed a few of her songs in Philadelphia a couple of years ago. I was just about as close to her as these people were, and let me say: it was every bit as amazing as you would imagine.
Forty years ago (in Vienna) I felt really 'cool' knowing about Patti Smith. Forty years later (today in Canada) I feel really warm , when I hear her talk & sing. Love her ! Thanks for sharing this link on your show, Skavlan !
@Karin Junker - you're Viennese? How is it there now? Vienna was the city I Chose to live in, haven't been back in 7 yrs - how're they holding up? Esp. 12. Bez./Meidling? 🎶🎵🌸❤️
Simple and pure. I wrote a song with two chords, and a musician wanted to add variations and complicated stuff. I kept it that way thinking maybe sometimes simple things can still hit your heart. Proof here.
Just saw a friend's FB post, reminding me that a very dear mutual friend died one year ago today. I got on RU-vid to send her a link to a song but found the RU-vid god's already had one mind. Imagine my surprise when the first words out of Patti's mouth told of her then-recent loss of a dear friend and dedication of this song to him. She sang it for Sam, but I'm sending it out to Scotty: we miss you dearly, brother.....who are not here but here.
I don't know about the female guest, but Seth was fully appreciating Patti's performance. His face is very expressive. She's not for everybody, but I loved it.
Patti’s the missing member of the Velvet Underground! I can easily envisage John Cale backing her up on viola on this song, which bears some resemblance to the Velvets’ “Black Angel’s Death Song”.
Few songwriters can pull off a miracle like Beneath the Southern Cross with 2 effing chords. Lou Reed, Dylan and Springsteen come to mind. She’s right there with them, among our best songwriters, poets with a guitars.
Wow. I loved Patti back in "the day," and had heard the recorded version of this but it didn't communicate her skill and passion and art. P.s. that's a cool look, the multiple pigtails! Uhhhhh, "thank you for your service, Patti (haha!)" - US infantry vet
