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Exclusive Video: Patti Smith Talks 'Twelve'
Posted Apr 6th 2007 7:00PM by Jessica Robertson
Filed under: News, Video, Exclusive, New York City
http://www.spinner.com/2007/04/06/exclusive-video-patti-smith-talks-twelve/
It's been more than 30 years since the release of Patti Smith's
'Horses' -- the debut album from an idiosyncratic punk icon who was
determined to defy and redefine the rules of rock 'n' roll -- and as
decades pass, this newly inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is still
gunning for two things: evolution and revolution.
This past Tuesday, Smith returned to her former home, the famed Hotel
Chelsea in NYC, to celebrate the upcoming release of her latest album,
'Twelve,' which features all covers including the Rolling Stones'
'Gimme Shelter,' Neil Young's 'Helpless' and Nirvana's 'Smells Like
Teen Spirit' (which she talks about in our exclusive video below).
"This is the world debut of this song which means it's probably the
worst rendition we'll ever do," she said of Tears for Fears' 'Everbody
Wants to Rule the World' from a makeshift stage in the cramped Star
Lounge. "I've been doing a lot of interviews and journalists ask me,
'Patti, why did you choose to cover this song?' And I say, 'Because I
wanted to!'"
And so it goes.
"I always wanted to do a covers album, but I didn't really feel I had
the range to do the kind of album I wanted to do," Smith tells
Spinner. "I didn't know enough about singing and didn't have the
range. As the project evolved, a lot of the songs on the [original]
list I made didn't make the final cut, and a lot of songs that I
didn't plan on doing wound up being the ones I chose."
Among the unexpected additions was 'Helpless,' which Smith performed
alongside her band, including longtime guitarist Lenny Kaye and son,
Jackson. "It's just a beautiful song about reflection, childhood,
maturation," she says. "I didn't plan on recording it but we were in
the studio late one night and there it was. Whenever I sing it, I feel
emotional. I feel its beauty."
'Twelve' hits stores April 24.