{"id":5710,"date":"2011-03-27T14:20:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T21:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=5710"},"modified":"2011-03-27T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T21:20:26","slug":"patti-smiths-horses-and-the-remaking-of-rock-n-roll-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2011\/03\/27\/patti-smiths-horses-and-the-remaking-of-rock-n-roll-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Patti Smith&#8217;s Horses and the Remaking of Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll (review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-5710\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Patti-Smiths-Horses-Remaking-Rock\/dp\/0749940263%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJ575TFCTD2TUN5TQ%26tag%3Dalnathnuse-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0749940263\">Patti Smith&#8217;s Horses and the Remaking of Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author: <\/strong><a id=\"contributorNameTriggerB001KE4SKI\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mark-Paytress\/e\/B001KE4SKI\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1\">Mark Paytress<\/a><input id=\"contributorASINB001KE4SKI\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"B001KE4SKI\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paperback:<\/strong> 272 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Piatkus Books; Reprint edition (January 4, 2011)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 0749940263<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-0749940263<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This book was not what I expected.<\/p>\n<p>I saw it while browsing in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksoup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Book Soup<\/a>, a nice independent bookstore in LA. I had hoped it would be a 272 page analysis of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Horses-Patti-Smith\/dp\/B000002VQQ%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJ575TFCTD2TUN5TQ%26tag%3Dalnathnuse-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000002VQQ\">Horses<\/a> album, a true triumph for the Patti Smith Group and one of my favorite albums. Instead, I found that it was a biography of Patti Smith through the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Horses-Patti-Smith\/dp\/B000002VQQ%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJ575TFCTD2TUN5TQ%26tag%3Dalnathnuse-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000002VQQ\">Horses<\/a> along with some afterward material.<\/p>\n<p>And that was okay &#8211; the book is easy to read, very interesting and provides a lot of information about Patti Smith&#8217;s life and perhaps some goals she had for album. I found the material from the record release through her accident (she broke a vertebrae and was hospitalized while touring behind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Horses-Patti-Smith\/dp\/B000002VQQ%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJ575TFCTD2TUN5TQ%26tag%3Dalnathnuse-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000002VQQ\">Horses<\/a> which probably had an impact on its sales at the time).<\/p>\n<p>There is only one chapter that analyzes the album; that is useful if a little sparse.<\/p>\n<p>I recommend this book if you have a deep interest in Patti Smith&#8217;s life and artistic influences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-5710\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 5710);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-5710\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-5710\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Patti Smith&#8217;s Horses and the Remaking of Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Author: Mark Paytress Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Piatkus Books; Reprint edition (January 4, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0749940263 ISBN-13: 978-0749940263 This book was not what I expected. 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