"Pale Blue Eyes" is...

analogdemon · Post by **analogdemon** » 06 Jul 2006 17:21

...the most beautiful song in the history of rock 'n' roll, IMO. Unbelievable song.

GroovyMusic · Post by **GroovyMusic** » 06 Jul 2006 18:32

Yeah, it is beautiful. I don't think it's THE most beautiful song, but it's very beautiful.

I love the little guitar "solo" near the end--it's the icing on top of the cake/it really makes the song.

GroovyMusic · Post by **GroovyMusic** » 06 Jul 2006 18:47

Linger on... your pale blue eyes........

LOUIE LOUIE!

OooOooh...........................

MJG196 · Post by **MJG196** » 06 Jul 2006 21:53

Obviously you have never listened to Disco Mystic.

GroovyMusic · Post by **GroovyMusic** » 07 Jul 2006 03:01

"Lou Reed wrote this song for Hank Williams who died of an overdose of pills in a hammock in the back of a limousine on the way to a gig." -Patti Smith / Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, CA / January 30, 1976

"Lou Reed writ this song for a Swedish boy he once knew." -Patti Smith / Concerthouse, Stockholm, Sweden / Oct. 3, 1976

arjan · Post by **arjan** » 07 Jul 2006 09:08

Patti Smith wrote:Lou Reed wrote this song for Hank Williams who died of an overdose of pills in a hammock in the back of a limousine on the way to a gig. (Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, CA / January 30, 1976)

Patti Smith wrote:Lou Reed wrote this song for a Swedish boy he once knew. (Concerthouse, Stockholm, Sweden / Oct. 3, 1976)

Don't trust between-song banter by Patti Smith, she's completely bonkers.

GroovyMusic · Post by **GroovyMusic** » 07 Jul 2006 20:32

Hey Arjan, why in the world did you change "writ" to "wrote" in the second quote? I can tell you one thing--she definitely says "writ" (she's notorious for using the archaic I think)--I have the bootleg--"I Never Talked To Bob Dylan", or, as I, for some reason like to call it, "I Never Slept With Bob Dylan".

GroovyMusic · Post by **GroovyMusic** » 09 Jul 2006 07:40

Arjan...my sanity depends on your response...

Doctor Bob · Post by **Doctor Bob** » 09 Jul 2006 20:02

Yes from memory she definitely says "writ" Candy Velvet, Arjan must have just thought it was a typo, I wouldn't get too worked up about it

The song was written about Shelly Albin. Patti's comments are obviously just quips, as Arjan pointed out

SilverSurfer · Post by **SilverSurfer** » 09 Jul 2006 23:08

I love Pale Blue Eyes but I still think 'Heroin' is The Velvets most nightmarishly beuatiful song, hell it might even be my favorite song in the world.