Horses

[Craig Clark]

Andrew Dinn answered my question:

> This one I do know the name of. It's the last track, titled Elegy.

So that's inspired by Jimi Hendrix, is it? Wonderful to know. Apropos 
Patti Smith - during the late 1970s and early 1980s my sister and I 
had a custom of giving each other records for Xmas and birthday 
presents, always presented in fake covers chosen because they were 
horribly inappropriate for the real contents. On Christmas day 1981, 
I received a very convincing "Olivia Newton John's Greatest Hits" which 
turned out to be, you guessed it, _Horses_. I've been a Patti fan ever since. 
_Horses_ remains one of the finest rock albums I have ever heard - a 
work of pure, undiluted passion and beauty. It's good to know that 
she's back on form with her latest release.



Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
 the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
 on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"