| Double-disc set of the live performance of "The Coral Sea" - Patti Smith's posthumous homage to her friend & photographer Robert Mapplethorpe & the title to her 1997 book. Shields (MY BLOODY VALENTINE) accompanies her on guitars & effects & creates a haunting backdrop to the spoken prose. A kind of screaming requiem, "The Coral Sea" describes Mapplethorpe's terminal illness. Intense, layered electronics surged to a discordant climax as Patti Smith read her poem, the words sailing over the noise like an ocean liner. |
