[Patti Smith Group 1]

A concert played by the Patti Smith Group in Cincinnati in 1978, featuring Smith and guitarists Lenny Kaye and Ivan Král.

00:03Copy video clip URL The crowd before the start of the concert. Iggy Pop’s “Funtime” plays on the stereo. 

00:36Copy video clip URL Patti Smith arrives on stage. “Cincinnati! Show me what a big town can do in a little room.” Some tracking problems. “I suspect that you think there’s a lot of mythology attached to me well there happens to be a lot of mythology CHAINED together with the word ‘Cincinnati’ and I am checking you guys out simultaneously. And you better be fucking good, man! I’ll tell you one thing: I ain’t going back to Youngstown!” 

01:45Copy video clip URL Smith talks about their upcoming tour and album. “It’s a great fucking album, man! And while we’re gone I want all you guys to bug the shit outta all your deejays. Get us some airplay, man! Our hit record is your record.” 

02:15Copy video clip URL The band plays “Ask the Angels.” Lenny Kaye and Ivan Král are visible playing next to Smith. 

05:43Copy video clip URL The band plays “Because the Night.” 

09:27Copy video clip URL Smith talks about the upcoming release of the “Because the Night” single, which she says features a B-Side that’s not on the album. “So, like, it’ll be, y’know, something extra.” 

10:02Copy video clip URL The band plays a cover of “Be My Baby.” She finishes the song and says “1964.” The crowd shouts song titles at her. 

13:22Copy video clip URL The band plays “Pumping.” 

17:43Copy video clip URL The band plays “Ghost Dance.” 

23:43Copy video clip URL Smith talks about the power of “churches” – groups of people singing along in unison – “so be careful about the lyrics you sing along to.” 

24:37Copy video clip URL The band plays “Till Victory.” 

28:50Copy video clip URL The band plays “25th Floor.” The tape cuts off mid-song.