Widely adored musician-artist-poet-writer, Patti Smith will be releasing her brand-new album Banga this week (June 5!) and to celebrate, we’re giving you the chance to win a super special edition box set!
The package comes with the Banga album, a hardcover book that includes 64 pages of original images, complete lyrics and liner notes, plus the exclusive track “Just Kids”. Sounds great, right?
From the Columbia Records press release:
“This highly-anticipated album marks Smith’s first collection of original material since 2004… Inspired by Smith’s unique dreams and observations, Banga’s poetic lyrics are a reflection of our complex world – a world that is rife with chaos and beauty. Praised for her storytelling abilities, Smith has crafted an album that captures a wide range of human experience.
There is an exploratory spirit in the songs that make up Banga, including a melodic overture imagining the voyage of Amerigo Vespucci to the New World in 1497 (Amerigo), a rock song for the people of Japan in the wake of last years earthquake (Fuji-san), a classic ballad in memory of Amy Winehouse (This Is The Girl), an improvised meditation on art and nature (Constantine’s Dream) as well as a birthday song written for her friend Johnny Depp (Nine).”
Banga‘s first single, “April Fool” was released on April Fool’s Day to rave reviews. NPR is now streaming a brand-new track, “Fuji-San” which you might also enjoy.
How To Enter
Write a haiku poem (three lines: five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables) about Patti Smith and leave it in the comments section. I’d probably write one about how much I loved Just Kids or maybe even how I aspire to have her hair style from the cover of Horses. Anything goes.
We’re going to pick the winner at random on Thursday June 7. Make sure you use a valid email address (that you check often!) when leaving your comment, as that’s how we’ll notify the winner.
I heard april fool.
And thought, “No.” Until your voice
Cracked and I said, “Yes!”
Listen to Horses
When I don’t know how to feel.
Patti Smith is It.
First heard Horses in
The sixth grade. My sins my own
they belong to me, Me.
Patti, punk goddess
Her soul shines through poetry
it’s a dream of life.
A visceral voice
screaming out loud, a guitar
Rock ‘n’ Roll goddess
A lightening bolt
tattoo on her knee. Yes I
want one just like it.
shaky female rage.
poet powered honest train.
hater, lover, mom.
distant fingers flash
twirling into my desires
steal my heart again
1977
read seventh heaven
at sixteen in south texas
“the word .. passed through me”
reaching up up up
I find the key to the sea
Patti taught me how
OH MY GOD PATTI SMITH
Turn up the volume!
Who needs other role models
When Patti’s singing?
Alone in my room
When I listen to Patti
everything shimmers
Patti, blazer queen,
What a babe with all your words.
Give me this album.
Just mentioned last night
Patti Smith was my role model
Feminitiy
Just mentioned last night
Patti Smith was my role model
Femininity
I heard patti smith
once made cool music and shit
it was real awesome.
a knife in the spleen
makes the knife awfully clean
lean in lean in lean
stand back biatches
already entered eight times
album will be mine
(just a little chuckle… go patti!)
sitting on the bus
with Pissing in a River
ride not so pissy
because the night is
young and we are just kids with
hearts like april fools
she is so bad ass
no terse verse does her justice
so cheers to Banga!
An FYI: There is an amazing exhibit of Patti Smith’s photography at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). And in yesterday/Sunday’s edition of the Detroit Free Press is an article, “The DIA Through Patti Smith’s Eyes: The poet, musician and artist unleashes her imagination on a tour of the museum she has loved for decades.”
Yes! My girlfriend went and loved it! Everyone should go see the show at the DIA!!
driving with my mom
patti’s voice fills the small car
we rock out so big
young i picked it up
horses? i fucking loved horses!
and dark eyed brunettes.
‘Banga’ makes me dream
of M.I.A. and Patti
mash-ups. Glorious.
every night before
I go to sleep: write haiku,
win a lottery
can suspenders make
music? One black and white girl,
stampede behind her.
Patti Smith dies for
somebody’s sins, probably
Straddlers’. Listen to
our mourning process:
“PATTI SMITH BISEXUAL?”
We will cry for days.
Her voice sinks me in
Into that other world so pure.
Sing to me, Patti queen…
Patti in her world
Lifted our hearts to see her image
Seek her words, joyfull.
my friend loves patti
she wants this album badly
i’d like to gift it
Lyrics are her soul
Her voice touches me deeply
Beauty in a box.
she is all star all
with soul real live passion fruit
the voice of the heart
liquid fixation
which sounds from incantation
clacks my bell ringing
gal jags rock n roll
quick hit lightning, atria
Vibe…Holy Open
i like this better for my second one
vocal fixation
which sounds from incantation
clacks my bell ringing
Poor interviewer
Just wanted an easy chat
No match for your flute
Her album’s out now
YES, cartwheels cartwheels cartwheels!
Today planets shift
past the glassy screen
her voice burning dark and raw
rain glitters outside
I hum Gloria
spot cute hipster baby-dyke
the song and me grin
Who better to sing
Janis out of wet wet tears
in a Chelsea room?
from my hands to yours
passed the letter I wrote you.
that alone’s enough.
Hey, have you picked the winner yet? :)
Yes! The names were drawn out of a hat and Cathy was the winner.