Patti Smith Group | 25th Floor | Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test | 3 April 1978
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- Опубліковано 1 кві 2023
- Here is a newly restored version of the incendiary Patti Smith Group OGWT performance of 25th Floor, recorded live at the BBC Television Theatre, 45 years ago on this day, 3rd of April 1978.
At the time the band were touring to support their new album Easter, and this performance happened whilst the band were in London for a 4-night residency at the Rainbow Theatre. Also at that time, Because the Night was a hit single, riding high in the UK and the US charts.
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I don’t feel qualified to comment on the meaning of 25th Floor. Patti Smith’s own website offers tributes to each of her pet dogs, but seemingly nothing about her songs. The following is the only significant thing I could find on the web about the song:
“Patti Smith's song "25th Floor" is a song about the rigid structure of society. In the beginning of the song, the ladies' room has lost electricity, so they explore the men's room, at which she says "we don't give a shit." which means that they don't care what others think about what they are doing. This introduction, when taken in the context of the entire song, gives the song heavy undercurrents of anarchism and feminism. Going into the men's room symbolizes their rejection of social rules and, at the same time, of the segregation between men and women, where men are almost always "superior," as symbolized by the men's room having electricity while the ladies' room does not. She then wants to explore the 25th floor, which may symbolize her desire to ascend and escape from the bounds of social convention.
Zeus and Christ, who are "up there," are then mentioned Zeus and Christ are both masculine figures, and both are "at the top." Thus these two figures represent the whole of what anarchism and feminism wants to remove from society, which is patriarchy and rigid social hierarchy. She wants to destroy the "veil of smoke" which man calls order (again, patriarchy and social hierarchy).
She then speaks of the "transformation of waste," where "waste" refers to the current evils in society. The desire to create something valuable from something worthless is inside all of us-this refers to the noble intentions of people, which oftentimes become misdirected. She says that "all must not be art; some art we must disintegrate," which means that however valuable the current social structure may seem to be, it may be worth it to destroy it and try something else.
She then says that she is "waiting above for you baby," meaning that she is waiting for the rest of humankind to "see the light." She is then "...floating... on boundaries over this world," meaning that she has, is some way, escaped from the rigid structure of society, although she is "floating," which is a way of saying that she is somewhat helpless and cannot really control her environment. All she can do is wait.”
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This video includes a short excerpt from a Patti Smith interview by Lisa Robinson, from the Midnight Special broadcast of the OGWT performance. Watch the complete interview on the UA-cam channel: What's for afters? • Patti Smith - 25th Flo...
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The UA-cam copyright algorithm blocked my upload of the complete 1978 Patti Smith Group OGWT performance, that included Because The Night. From that OGWT performance, here at least is 25th Floor, for which I’ve tried to create an optimized sound and vision HD version for us to enjoy.
Thanks for watching, I hope you dig it!
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Video and Audio:
Patti Smith Group| 25th Floor | Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test | BBC Television Theatre, London | 3 April 1978 | Broadcast 4 April 1978 | Sound by Ken Gregory | Directed by John Burrowes | Produced by Michael Appleton
Excerpt from a Patti Smith interview with Lisa Robinson for a Midnight Special rebroadcast of the OGWT performance | 1978
Musicians:
Patti Smith - vocals
Lenny Kaye -bass guitar, vocals
Jay Dee Daugherty - drums, percussion
Ivan Král - guitar
Bruce Brody - keyboards, synthesizer
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Bowie, now Patti. I'm never leaving this channel.
I feel similar 🥉
I was fortunate to have seen Patti Smith live many times during the 1970’s She was a powerful force in Rock and Roll back then, as she is still to this day!
First heard Patti Smith at the Manchester Poly disco. The song “Piss factory”. She was singing about me as I was working in a version of the piss factory. Rock and Roll Patti!
seen Patti many many times playing around nyc in the 70's
she had a soulful yet powerful presence like no other lady in rock.
Same with me. Saw her performing at the Roxy in L.A. That was the most powerful show I've ever seen!
This is the performance that made me a believer. Patti forever!
I'm 72 years old now, this still moves me and brings back memories of good times,where there was hope and optimisation about the future and the human race.
Attitude fierceness she rocked!
Her face is so expressive at moments!
& Patti's Hands ...❤️
Wow! I've been looking for this version for ages! Phenomenal!!!
That is about as ass kicking as it gets.
David Bowie & Patti Smith 4 ever and ever💙🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
This is right around the time i first see PSG for the first time.
What a great live band!!
Nice quality on this classic clip.
I was too young to get into any of the clubs she played back in the 70s nbut I loved her records. What power!
!!!!!!!!!❤ Those were the times...
Today, we are so far away from having such music. Poor young people😅
check out Sloppy Jane - Bark Like A God !! shes sooo Patti Smith
Bloody amazing 😮
Wow, killer restoration! The Whistle Test never sounded so good - I'm sure that must be better than the original transmission! What a joy it was to live through those musical times....
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that is coming straight to tape off the sound board. nothing else.
Saw Patti too about five times or more. First met her at my local junior College and gave her a scarf she wore on stage to my delight. She is absolutely Shamanic!
Some badass sh#t right here! Super.❤
There’s a lot of immatators past and present but Pattie Smith well what can I say She Has The Power ☮️🎸&☮️❤️ and big thanks to the Uploader Marvellous job 🙏
She's the best!!!!
@@nicalocher155 Patti Smith Sure Does Rock Honey 🐝
I wanted to see this my whole life. She’s so hella cool. Her & Lenny, so wild. Love this, such a great song. Thank you for making it available.
xNoahx
I saw Patti Smith live at the Palace Theater in Albany NY. Awesome!! Best concert I ever saw there? Roy Orbison. I cried. His voice was and is epic. But Patti Smith sang her lungs out, and played that guitar like she was born with it strapped to her.
Wow, that was something else. Thanks for posting. Incredible stuff, Easter is a great album.
🙏 Truly awesome.
Killed it!!!
Fkn love this.brilliant.remember her first time on ogwt '76' horses bn a fan ever since.thanks nacho xx
Greaaaaatttt ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Saw her 3 times: twice at NY’s Palladium. And another time Godknoswhere. That’s when Rick shows were edgy and less rehearsed. Off the cuff things would happen and the audience went wild. Lou Reed & Iggy too. So much more fun.
“We don’t give a shit!” 🤘
I never understood her "guitar playing" phase. Thank god it was short lived. Real grin and bear it moment for the rest of the band.
Patti rocking out..🎸🎸
A kick ass lady.
👍Thank you. Obrigado.
(Keep them coming!😁)
She has a voice for days… thanks nacho!
Loved her Piss Factory/Hey Joe single
Manic wonderfulness…! ! ! !
Good video! And true, confessional description!
Awesome!
p.s. Say it quietly, you never know...Would love to see a similar treatment of the Banshees appearance of November '78...
Another great video by Nacho.
Absolutely brilliant, so much energy without missin a beat...truely awesome, shame bout the creds.
Class,clever and cool
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Os tempos gloriosos do rock!O mais incrível é que ela ainda está viva!😊😊
Calma, cara. Ela não é pro seu bico.
@@eduardoalmeida61 Felizmente,mas não deixa de ser incrível,tendo em conta o que ela viveu,certo?
She gives 100 %.
That was good
💜💜💜💜💜
Great
Like her life depends on it. ❤❤
"We explore the men's room.
We don't give a shit.
Ladies' lost electricity;
Take vows inside of it.
Desire to dance;
Too startled to try.
Wrap my legs 'round you,
Starting to fly.
Let's explore
Up there, up there, up there,
On the twenty-fifth floor.
Circle all around me,
Coming for the kill, kill, kill
Oh kill me baby
Like a kamikaze
Heading for a spill.
Oh but it's all spilt milk to me.
Desire to dance;
Too startled to try.
Wrap my legs 'round you,
Starting to fly.
Let's soar
Up there, up there, up there,
On the twenty-fifth floor.
We do not eat
Flower of creation.
We do not eat,
Eat anything at all.
Love is, love was, love is a manifestation.
I'm waiting for a contact to call.
Love's war. Love's cruel.
Love's pretty, love's pretty cruel tonight.
I'm waiting here to refuel.
I'm gonna make contact tonight.
Love in my heart.
The night to exploit.
Twenty-five stories over Detroit,
And there's more
Up there, up there, up there.
Stoned in space. zeus. christ. it has always been rock and so it is and so it shall be.
Within the context of neo rock we must open up our eyes and seize and rend the veil of smoke which man calls order.
Pollution is a necessary result of the inability of man to reform and transform waste.
The transformation of waste
The transformation of waste
The transformation of waste
The transformation of waste is perhaps the oldest pre-occupation of man. man being the chosen alloy,
He must be reconnected via shit, at all cost.
Inherent with(in) us is the dream of the task of the alchemist to create from the clay of man.
And to re-create from excretion of man pure and then soft and then solid gold.
All must not be art. some art we must disintegrate.
Positive (anarchy must exist.)
[in background:]
(I feel it swirling around me
I feel it feeling no pain
I'm waiting above for you baby
I know that I'll see you up there
I'm floating in a door backward
On boundaries over this world
I'm waiting above in the sky, dear
Upon a [?]"
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colabo anti vie tv! toi bravo pour la piault! love !
I wonder if she ever saw Humble Pie back in the day
NACHO 's PATTI❤🎉🎉Thanks a lot⚡Now, Moonage daydream is shown in Japan.I enjoyed very much⚡But you can make it much better with The DB archive,I think.👍
Thanks, and I agree !!!
LSD-25 , Bests, dtf
je t'aime! path! cool! connarrd fucaard! une peusdo RINB la suis la! pure humaine Vértity!
Is it true that Patty and Debra Harry ( BLONDIE) are twins?
That was a lot better than what I thought it would be; but someone please take that guitar away from her.
What Morrison promised Patti delivered
Образ жизни не начальсв только ты и жизнь
Nice bass playing. I'm not entirely convinced that Patti's guitar playing matches her enthusiastic showmanship. I'm all for showmanship but only if the actual playing is as great as the visuals.
must say i'm not convinced that her guitar was even plugged in; however, she is so genuine that surely it must have been.
Сахалина в америку сша жить и умирать
She was no guitar player at all!
Performance art 😊
There's no greater punk poser
Some how completely unconvincing and contrived.