Horses

30 days of music (30 music items)

"A song that you wish you had written "

Songs for Skeptics (100 music items)

"Patti Smith - Gloria Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine Melting in a pot of thieves Wild card up my sleeve Thick heart of stone My sins my own They belong to me, me People say 'beware!' But I don't care The words are just Rules and regulations to me, me I walk in a room, you know I look so proud I'm moving in this here atmosphere, well, anything's allowed And I go to this here party and I just get bored Until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing Humping on the parking meter"

RS 500: Part 1 (100 music items)

""From its first defiant line, "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine," the opening shot in a bold reinvention of Van Morrison's garage-rock classic "Gloria," Smith's debut album was a declaration of committed mutiny, a statement of faith in the transfigurative powers of rock & roll. Horses made her the queen of punk. But she cared more for the poetry in rock. In "Free Money," "Redondo Beach" and the incantatory rave-up "Land Medley," she sought the visions and passions that connected Keit"

TIME's 100 Greatest Albums (100 music items)

"“Because Smith was a poet before she was a singer... and John Cale of the Velvet Underground produced... and her lover Robert Mapplethorpe took the cover photo, Horses is often praised for fusing classical verse, feminism, punk and the avant-garde—which makes this epic debut sound like it belongs on a syllabus for a class few people would willingly take. In fact, it's a rock record of overwhelming power. For all her poetic skill, the album's most memorable words are its first: "Jesus died fo"