Patti Smith Group | 25th Floor | Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test | 3 April 1978
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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 KZread channel: What's for afters? • Patti Smith - 25th Flo...
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The KZread 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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Sources
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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Never saw Patti in the 70's but I have seen her since and it was the best concert I've ever seen out of hundreds. Patti is a Goddess of Music
Bowie, now Patti. I'm never leaving this channel.
@carolinegodden4364
Жыл бұрын
I feel similar 🥉
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.
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.
@PatriciaMcNeill-mu5jy
2 ай бұрын
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!
Her face is so expressive at moments!
@danthefan5378
Жыл бұрын
& Patti's Hands ...❤️
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!
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!
Wow! I've been looking for this version for ages! Phenomenal!!!
!!!!!!!!!❤ Those were the times...
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....
@chrissmith8526
Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤😊
@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568
7 ай бұрын
that is coming straight to tape off the sound board. nothing else.
Bloody amazing 😮
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 🙏
@nicalocher155
7 ай бұрын
She's the best!!!!
@richiewilliams6875
7 ай бұрын
@@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
Wow, that was something else. Thanks for posting. Incredible stuff, Easter is a great album.
Killed it!!!
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!
Fkn love this.brilliant.remember her first time on ogwt '76' horses bn a fan ever since.thanks nacho xx
That is about as ass kicking as it gets.
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.
🙏 Truly awesome.
Today, we are so far away from having such music. Poor young people😅
@cwunshine
4 ай бұрын
check out Sloppy Jane - Bark Like A God !! shes sooo Patti Smith
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!
👍Thank you. Obrigado. (Keep them coming!😁)
David Bowie & Patti Smith 4 ever and ever💙🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
“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..🎸🎸
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She has a voice for days… thanks nacho!
Greaaaaatttt ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Attitude fierceness she rocked!
Some badass sh#t right here! Super.❤
Good video! And true, confessional description!
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.
Awesome!
Manic wonderfulness…! ! ! !
A kick ass lady.
Another great video by Nacho.
Absolutely brilliant, so much energy without missin a beat...truely awesome, shame bout the creds.
p.s. Say it quietly, you never know...Would love to see a similar treatment of the Banshees appearance of November '78...
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Class,clever and cool
Os tempos gloriosos do rock!O mais incrível é que ela ainda está viva!😊😊
@eduardoalmeida61
3 ай бұрын
Calma, cara. Ela não é pro seu bico.
@ArmandoSoares-up1eb
3 ай бұрын
@@eduardoalmeida61 Felizmente,mas não deixa de ser incrível,tendo em conta o que ela viveu,certo?
She gives 100 %.
Loved her Piss Factory/Hey Joe single
Great
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That was good
Like her life depends on it. ❤❤
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.👍
@NachoVideo
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, and I agree !!!
❤❤❤😂Danke. Fürs Senden ❤❤❤😂😂❤Danke
colabo anti vie tv! toi bravo pour la piault! love !
"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 [?]"
LSD-25 , Bests, dtf
I wonder if she ever saw Humble Pie back in the day
je t'aime! path! cool! connarrd fucaard! une peusdo RINB la suis la! pure humaine Vértity!
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
Is it true that Patty and Debra Harry ( BLONDIE) are twins?
Образ жизни не начальсв только ты и жизнь
I'm 45 you old mfs. And it is sexist af but since my teenage 90s I have defined my uper end for women as whatever age Patti Smith is. Still holds, and she is even more sweltering now than before I wad bore. Her current shows are power incarnate.
Сахалина в америку сша жить и умирать
She was no guitar player at all!
@frankcallo6630
2 ай бұрын
Performance art 😊
There's no greater punk poser
Some how completely unconvincing and contrived.
Fred and Patti Smith rockin it out