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Be One of Us #36 - "The Revenge of Vera Gemini"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43611) • Denver, Colorado 27 Aug 19

This 50-song countdown of tunes with "of" in the title is now well under way. The ranking is in no particular order, rather, just what I happen to be feeling at the time, and things are about to get a tad weird. We are at #36:...

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Favorite Acoustic Songs #4 - "Dancing Barefoot"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43611) • Denver, Colorado 24 Sep 17

The credit for this countdown goes to @NJChicaa , who had the idea of doing a series based upon MTV Unplugged. I really didn't get to watch that show very often, so I am going with my Favorite Acoustic Songs (remember, it's...

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Favorite "Night" Songs #6 - "Because the Night"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43611) • Denver, Colorado 30 Jul 17

There's an interesting story behind #6 in my Favorite "Night" Songs series, which is basically songs with "night" in the title. The sixth spot in this countdown belongs to "Because the Night" by the Patti Smith Group. Bruce...

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Favorite Female Lyricists #5 - Patti Smith

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43611) • Denver, Colorado 28 Mar 17

We are midway through my Favorite Female Lyricists series. The #5 spot belongs to Patti Smith. Also a poet, visual artist, and author, Patti Smith was part of New York's CBGB punk scene that produced Blondie, Ramones, and Talking...

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Favorite 70's One-Hit Wonders #7 - "Because the Night"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43611) • Denver, Colorado 6 Jul 16

For the 2nd entry in a row, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act has made my Favorite 70's One-Hit Wonders series, in this case, #7, Patti Smith. Patti Smith is from Chicago, but made her name in New York as part of the same CBGB...

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Is Patti Smith viewed as un-American?

jend80 @jend80 (2071) • United Kingdom 16 Oct 08

just re-listening to Land and was wondering what the current take on her is - especially re the current (mostly Obama related) Muslim=evil terrorist on a mission to destroy America ness right here on mylot (especially the...

reccomend me a Patti Smith album

jend80 @jend80 (2071) • United Kingdom 13 Nov 07

I've already got Horses and the Land set (+ origanal singles of GLORIA and Because The Night) Which other of her albums are worth getting/downloading and which ones should I avoid? (I know her last origanal album(s) got good...

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Patti Smith's cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit

jend80 @jend80 (2071) • United Kingdom 20 Apr 07

I've just heard it and it's um pretty different, slowed down almost droney violin (hints of early Velvets) in a americana/folk style she goes of into one of her own beatnik stream of consenciousness about feral children...

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