Ik ben een grote fan van Patti
Smith. Vroeger had ik al haar LP-hoezen ingelijst op mijn studentenkamer hangen. Deze had een
knalgele lijst herinner ik me nog.
Tijdloze muziek. Fantastische stem.
Bij zo'n mooi liedje moet je maar niet te goed naar de tekst luisteren wat dat kan alleen maar
tegenvallen.
Ze is lange tijd uit beeld geweest
(haar laatste CDs waren niet echt geweldig), maar onlangs heeft ze een prachtige CD met
covers uitgebracht, met o.a. Smells Like Teen Spirit van Nirvana. Hier een live
uitvoering.
Voor wie liever de originele versie
hoort:
Lyrics
Pissing in a river, watching it
rise. Tattoo fingers shy away from me. Voices voices mesmerize. Voices voices beckoning sea. Come come come come back come back, Come back come back come back.
Spoke of a wheel, tip of a
spoon. Mouth of a cave, I'm a slave I'm free. When are you coming ? Hope you come soon. Fingers, fingers encircling thee. Come come come come come come, Come come come come come come for me oh.
My bowels are empty, excreting your
soul. What more can I give you ? Baby I don't know. What more can I give you to make this thing grow? Don't turn your back now, I'm talking to you.
Should I pursue a path so
twisted? Should I crawl defeated and gifted? Should I go the length of a river. The royal, the throne, the cry me a river. Everything I've done, I've done for you. Oh I give my life for you. Every move I made I move to you, And I came like a magnet for you now.
What about it, you're gonna leave
me, What about it, you don't need me, What about it, I can't live without you, What about it, I never doubted you. What about it ? What about it ? What about it ? What about it ?
Should I pursue a path so
twisted? Should I crawl defeated and gifted? Should I go the length of a river, The royal, the throne, the cry me a river. What about it, what about it, what about it? Oh, Lord, I'm pissing in a river.
Patti Smith