Patti Smith is a role model for kids and adults. Her memoir Just Kids is as wonderful as her method of packing a bag.
Damn.
Here I thought it would be full of Horses.
Whatās the status on her use of the word āniggerā in her lyrics? Does she get a pass? I mean I like the song, but the word is what it is.
Same with Yoko for that matter.
People are such exhibitionists. There is no way they will demand laws guarding their privacy.
Isnāt zero tolerance as counterproductive and annoying in policing schools as in policing language?
As much as I hate that word, I think context is important here, as well as the fact that itās from the 1970s. Lots of white artists used that word in the past: Bob Dylan, Rickie Lee Jones, Elvis Costello. Times are different now though and I canāt imagine any respectable white artist using that word.
Context. Context. This was the '70s, when that wordās controversy was at its height, and she was deliberately using it to shock and to redefine it as meaning āoutsiderā.
Patti Smith is a poet whose words use music, not just a rocker using random shocking words who needs a āpassā.
This is a side issue which most likely didnāt need to be broached in this particular thread, but Iāve just gotta say that if youāre referring to Dylanās song āHurricaneā and Costelloās drunken outburst, ummm, gee, do you really think they should be compared? The attitudes behind them seem rather dissimilar.
No idea about RLJ and donāt feel inclined to google.
ETA: Oops, should have googled Costello instead. Completely forgot about āOliverās Army.ā Never mind.
Lol. Yes, I was referring to āOliverās Army.ā Not familiar with Elvisā drunken outburst but now Iām curious. Turns out I was wrong about RLJ though. I Googled it and apparently that was a misheard lyric.
Iād still like to know why she put āFree Wayne Kramerā on the liner notes of āRadio Free Ethiopiaā and then dissed Mr. Kramer when he came to thank her for it, as told in an interview with Mr. Kramer that was published in the book āPlease Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punkā.
See, Iām from Detroitā¦I went through all that teenage angst and wanting to be in love with dead poets and artists and musicians, same as she did (albeit in a different era, but teenage girls are teenage girls all the world round); Iām simply not impressed. But then again, Iāve been told Iām a tough crowdā¦shrug
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