| Patti Smith – Summer Cannibals Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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“[The genesis of the playful, spirited ‘Summer Cannibals’ dates to Fred Smith’s days as leader of Sonic’s Rendezvous Band in the ’70s – Ed]. He’d written part of it but never recorded it. Like ‘Gone Again’, he had the title and the music and told me about the concept. When I sing it, it’s as if I’m him — it’s his attitude toward the music business, although I’ve tasted the same kind of lifestyle. For him, the whole business was people shoveling drugs, champagne, promises of fame, money, just to keep them working so people could make money off of them. He really perceived the whole journey into fame, which he had tasted when he was younger, as very destructive. It’s dangerous to work for those kinds of ends — fame and fortune will turn on you. If there’s anything negative on the album, it’s that song. But it’s got a sense of humor, in the way I sing it, because I survived it all. It didn’t have an unhappy ending for me. It’s a survival song.” Patti Smith (1116) https://www.unmask.us/songwriters-q-s/patti-smith-p1/ |
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