Patti Smith Says New CBGBs Movie “Seems Ridiculous.”

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Patti was talking with Ron Bennington at SiriusXM this week about her new album, “Banga”.  She also talked about the upcoming movie being made about CBGBs.

Ron Bennington: The CBGBs movie is being done, and they’ve already cast somebody to play you. Is this something you’re looking forward to seeing?

Patti Smith: You know what I feel about that? I feel like….I’m still alive. (Laughs) That’s what I think. I don’t understand why anybody wants to play a living person. But, I don’t …you know, to me, we lived through that period. It seems ridiculous to be filming it. I think what should be done is– the new guard create their own things. You know, what I look forward isn’t to some rehash of what we did a couple of decades ago– when a lot of us are still here, and still working and still vibrant. You know, part open the gates and let the new guard in.

Ron Bennington: Yeah and there needs to be more places for people to play live original music. Certainly in Manhattan it’s hard to find.

Patti Smith: Well we had no place. That’s why CBGB’s became so special. Because literally, for people that were offbeat like us, or Television, there wasn’t any place to play. So Hilly gave us that shot. But I think it’s time for places for new people. We don’t need to glamorize or try to approximate what already happened. We need new things, new blood, new energy.

Ron Bennington: Always looking ahead.

Patti Smith: That’s right.

Listen to a clip of Patti talking with Ron Bennington here.

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Read more excerpts from the interview right here on The Interrobang, “Patti Smith: Still Looking Ahead.”