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“Patti Smith used to introduce “Redondo Beach” on-stage by announcing, “Redondo Beach is a beach where women love other women.” Whatever relationship such a statement may have to the actual shoreline city of Redondo Beach, a suburb of Los Angeles, it gives a lesbian context to the song’s story, which concerns a quarrel between two women leading to a suicide. The song’s narrator reveals that she is staying in a hotel where she has argued with the woman she addresses in the song who, she says, has then drowned herself.” – All Music
“Late afternoon, dreaming hotel
We just had the quarrel that sent you away.
I was looking for you, are you gone gone ?
Called you on the phone, another dimension.
Well, you never returned, oh you know what I mean.
I went looking for you, are you gone, gone ?
Down by the ocean it was so dismal,
Women all standing with a shock on their faces.
Sad description, oh I was looking for you.
Everyone was singing, girl is washed up
On redondo beach and everyone is so sad.
I was looking for you, are you gone gone ?
Pretty little girl, everyone cried.
She was the victim of sweet suicide.
I went looking for you, are you gone gone ?…”
- CBcaGiBi – patti smith & the first wave tribute show.WHAT: A Patti Smith/CBGB Tribute evening (all proceeds donated to the Mile End Mission)
Play any early Patti, or other early CBGB regulars (ie Television, Suicide, T.Heads, Blondie, Johnny Thunders etc.) … (say up till 77?).WHEN: July 12th at Le Cagibi. 8 pm
WHO: First come basis, 12 performers, 1-3 songs max.
- Facebook event
- Press mentions here and here.
