El nuevo disco de Patti Smith, titulado 'Banga', contiene (a diferencia del anterior) únicamente composiciones propias excepto por una personalísima y disfrutable versión del 'After the Gold Rush' de Neil Young. Una edición especial del disco sale con un libreto con textos y fotografías suyas, lo que me parece un caudal creativo interesante y que complementa la música, algo de agradecer en un artista y que además es posible que venga posibilitado como reclamo por la dificultad para la venta por la que pasa el negocio del objeto musical. El disco nuevo puede sonar simplón y lineal en una primera escucha (como si de un intento comercial se tratara), pero va ganando con cada escucha... Y sigue con esa voz suya tan personal, inexplicablemente atractiva a pesar de chillona y algo feísta, que se te mete y resuena como un eco en la cabeza incluso después de terminada la escucha...
También se ha publicado recientemente en castellano una versión actualizada con sus reflexiones poéticas sobre los últimos días de su amigo y ex-compañero Robert Mapplethorpe con el título 'El Mar de Coral' (Editorial Lumen) que, aunque originalmente data de 1996 (incluso lo representó y grabó en el 2005 en un espectáculo y disco con música de Kevin Shields de My Bloody Valentine), viene a complementar aquel extraordinario libro de memorias más reciente titulado 'Eramos Unos Niños'.
The new album by Patti Smith, entitled 'Banga', contains (as was not the case with a previous one) only original compositions except for a very personal and enjoyable version of Neil Young's 'After the Gold Rush'. A special edition of this comes out including a booklet with texts and images, wich anyway is a good complement to the music. The album sounded scrawny and linear on first listen (somehow it kind of seems a commercial attempt), but wins on second listening... And that personal voice of hers still resonates, inexplicably attractive, one that stays in mind after listening to any of her songs...
I also had the chance to read recently an updated version of her poetic reflections on the last days of her friend and early lover Robert Mapplethorpe, titled 'The Coral Sea' which, although it is orginally from 1996 (she even read it in public and recorded it back in 2005 with Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine playing alongside), complements her extraordinary book of memoirs entitled 'Just Kids'.
También se ha publicado recientemente en castellano una versión actualizada con sus reflexiones poéticas sobre los últimos días de su amigo y ex-compañero Robert Mapplethorpe con el título 'El Mar de Coral' (Editorial Lumen) que, aunque originalmente data de 1996 (incluso lo representó y grabó en el 2005 en un espectáculo y disco con música de Kevin Shields de My Bloody Valentine), viene a complementar aquel extraordinario libro de memorias más reciente titulado 'Eramos Unos Niños'.
The new album by Patti Smith, entitled 'Banga', contains (as was not the case with a previous one) only original compositions except for a very personal and enjoyable version of Neil Young's 'After the Gold Rush'. A special edition of this comes out including a booklet with texts and images, wich anyway is a good complement to the music. The album sounded scrawny and linear on first listen (somehow it kind of seems a commercial attempt), but wins on second listening... And that personal voice of hers still resonates, inexplicably attractive, one that stays in mind after listening to any of her songs...
I also had the chance to read recently an updated version of her poetic reflections on the last days of her friend and early lover Robert Mapplethorpe, titled 'The Coral Sea' which, although it is orginally from 1996 (she even read it in public and recorded it back in 2005 with Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine playing alongside), complements her extraordinary book of memoirs entitled 'Just Kids'.
