Patti Smith came to New York City with nothing and now she has the key to the city and a cupcake

[kpete]

one of my all time favorite artists

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[MagickMuffin]

1. That was so AWESOME & Happy Birthday Patti

Thanks for posting.

[kpete]

2. listening to this now:

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/29/597709855/patti-smith-on-mountain-stage

[MagickMuffin]

3. Thanks Again, kpete

Will listen later today!

[Buckeyeblue]

4. Her memoir is a great book.

It's well written and gives context to the 70's. She has definitely lived an interesting life.

[smirkymonkey]

5. I used to see her chatting w/ people on the streets of the village when I lived in NYC.

She is definitely a legend and an NYC icon.

[electric_blue68]

9. For all the time I spent time in The Village I never ran into her buts that's ok.

[smirkymonkey]

11. It's funny, there were certain people (celebrities) that I would see all the time and others that

were apparently in the hood that I never saw. I didn't really keep my eyes open for them (which I think is why they liked living in NYC - most of us were too preoccupied to notice them), but she kind of stood out. She looked exactly like you imagined she would. I never went up to any of them or bothered them.

The only time I really did was when I was talking to Mark Wahlberg because he had an adorable German Shepard puppy and I was asking him all kinds of questions about it like he was just an average person (he was very nice to me) and for some reason I just didn't recognize him.

He had a baseball hat on and he was shorter than I imagined. Also, I was obsessed with his puppy, so I wasn't paying that much attention to him. It only hit me later that he kind of looked like Mark Wahlberg and then I looked him up and found out he had just gotten a new GS puppy that his girlfriend at the time gave him (which he said) and that it was from LA. I can be a little slow sometimes.

[electric_blue68]

12. That's fun/funny...

I'm not a celebrity hunter in general. For all my life living in NYC though you'd think I'd have seen more since I bop around so many parts of Manhattan most of my life! 😄
Walked past David Johansen in Soho one time.

If my favorite band members are in town I'll keep an eye out.

[electric_blue68]

6. Ty, kpete. Heard about this yesterday...

I've been a fan of hers since '74.

Being a NYC'r myself I've seen her through the decades.
Great shows.

Congratulations, Patti Smith! 💖
And Happy Birthday! 🎂

[kpete]

7. saw her in 1980

mr pete was in school at UAB
Brother's Auditorium, Birmingham, AL 1980
She was amazing. Swept the floor of the stage afterwards in silence.
What a performance in an amazing venue.

Saw the Ramones there too. WOW
Venue is gone now
So are the times...
kp

[electric_blue68]

8. Cool! (and the Ramones!) Alabama!? Interesting....

[BlackSkimmer]

10. K and r.