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THE CORAL SEA
Patti SMITH & KEVIN SHIELDS
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- PASK RECORDS, 2008. Enregistrement 2005-2006.
www.pitchforkmedia.com
"At this point, it's almost redundant to note that Patti Smith was a poet before becoming a singer/songwriter. Her "transformation into a rock icon" (as Victor Bockris put it in his book Patti Smith: An Unauthorized Biography) came not at a rock show, but at a legendary reading she gave in New York in 1971, years before she started making music. But poetry was not just her first medium-- you could argue that it remained her primary gig even after music made her famous. Because in her best songs, Smith performs her words as much she sings them. Nearly four decades on, Smith is still a compelling reader. Which is why The Coral Sea, a 2xCD set of two live performances of her 1996 book-length poem, is more than just an audiobook. Well, that and the fact that Smith chose Kevin Shields for instrumental accompaniment, which he makes primarily with guitar and effects. Spoken word set to improvised sound almost always involves some monotony and pretension, and Smith and Shields aren't immune. At times The Coral Sea is cringingly melodramatic, but given how often that is the case with...
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