It's not subliminal.

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I just played this for my wife and she started crying.

The hairs on my arms stand up whenever I watch this. It's so....HUMAN. I've seen interviews where Ms. Smith discusses how embarrassed she was due to her mistake here, but as one YouTube comment states, and I tend to agree..."This is one of the Holiest things on the internet".

My wife asked if this was a subliminal message in these times.

I replied "It's not subliminal".

You've probably already seen this video, but in case you have not:

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1. Boy that brings back memories. At 78 Patti Smith is still performing.

https://www.google.com/search?
sca_esv=44ea4fb9ad3aef3e&sxsrf=AE3TifNW0k75YPJaEqgdQpjw056H9gC6ng:1760057483093&q=patti+smith+tour&si=AMgyJEsHewfKvPKJQmOiiqEk5Rt6OtBodE1L5-WQi7XK-VC6CQcrayTbtzwbzy-OB2Fh1dfiOnMz-47N09hj5lDeEo9FPoSpWrTyEQdr0rn1_odCS0gPAThga9NhupnrtkE4rMWspa14&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfpcGItZiQAxVWk2oFHZlZO00Q_aoMegQISBAX&ictx=1&biw=1358&bih=612&dpr=1

Click on link to see her amazing tour schedule at almost 79. Many US cities.

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2. We were talking about her tonight...

I told my wife that I thought Ms. Smith was attractive. She disagreed...she said she's not attractive in the traditional sense, but there is something inside her that is amazing, and that is what makes her attractive to you.

I don't know...she reminds me of my Aunt (mom's sister), who had the same kind of charisma.

She was popular when I was in college. She was viewed as very hard core.

I used to get a magazine that concentrated on the Grateful Dead. There was an article in there that stated that she would like to beat up Jerry Garcia. Garcia's reply was "She could probably take me".

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3. Oh, cool, Patti Smith! ...

Not that much of a B Dylan fan, but this is a sublime song! I might have heard him play it at the No Nukes concert.
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Otoh, a big Patti Smith fan from '75 onward! Saw her debut Horses, and her 2nd album (who's title just ran away from me - though I think I'm remembering the cover correctly). Oh, wait...?Radio Ethiopia.
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Another memorable show at CBGB's was when she was still recovering from her horrific injury - still mostly wearing a neck brace. That was waaaay back.
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Seen her many times over the decades. Such a talent! And even she & Lenny did an on-line show during covid!

I think she looked pretty on the cover of ?Wave. Blue cover.

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4. Thank you for that. Here's Ms. Smith's New Yorker essay about the event:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/patti-smith-on-singing-at-bob-dylans-nobel-prize-ceremony

How Does It Feel

By Patti Smith
December 14, 2016

I was born in Chicago on December 30, 1946, within the vortex of a huge snowstorm. My father had to help the taxi-driver navigate Lake Shore Drive with the windows wide open, while my mother was in labor. I was a scrawny baby, and my father worked to keep me alive, holding me over a steamy washtub to help me breathe. I will think of them both when I step on the stage of the Riviera Theatre, in Chicago, on my seventieth birthday, with my band, and my son and daughter.

Despite the emotionally wrenching atmosphere that has engulfed us during the Presidential election, I have tried to spend December immersed in positive work, tending to the needs of my family, and preparations for the new year. But, before Chicago, I had yet to perform a last important duty for 2016. In September, I was approached to sing at the Nobel Prize ceremony, honoring the laureate for literature, who was then unknown. It would be a few days in Stockholm, in a beautiful hotel, overlooking the water—an honorable opportunity to shine, contemplate, and write. I chose one of my songs that I deemed appropriate to perform with the orchestra.

But when it was announced that Bob Dylan had won the prize and accepted, it seemed no longer fitting for me to sing my own song. I found myself in an unanticipated situation, and had conflicting emotions. In his absence, was I qualified for this task? Would this displease Bob Dylan, whom I would never desire to displease? But, having committed myself and weighing everything, I chose to sing “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” a song I have loved since I was a teen-ager, and a favorite of my late husband.

From that moment, every spare moment was spent practicing it, making certain that I knew and could convey every line. Having my own blue-eyed son, I sang the words to myself, over and over, in the original key, with pleasure and resolve. I had it in my mind to sing the song exactly as it was written and as well as I was capable of doing. I bought a new suit, I trimmed my hair, and felt that I was ready.

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