Talk:Patty Smyth/Archive 1

Photo
I noticed there was no photo, so I just snapped a one and uploaded it. It's really terrible, so if somebody has something better please put it up asap. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pepsi X Treme (talk • contribs) 08:20, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

No Mention of Scandal
This article seems to leave out her 1982 single 'Goodbye to you', from the album self titled "Scandal". The song "Goodbye to You" was also the best selling EP in Columbia records history at the time. It was a #1 MTV video, Scandal included the hits “Love’s Got a Line on You” and “Win Some, Lose Some.” The group’s first full-length album, The Warrior, released in 1984, climbed into the Top 20 on the sales chart, eventually earning RIAA-certified platinum status, with more than a million in sales.

She was also asked to join Van Halen while 8 months pregnant and she declined to join them. (Hey, is there ANY citation for that claim?)

The Group Scandal had the following members: Smith and Smyth, guitarist Keith Mack, keyboardist Benjy King, the late Ivan Elias on bass and the late Frankie LaRocka on drums (Thommy Price would take over the drums after the first LP).

There's nothing on her “Look What Love Has Done,” the Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy-nominated theme from the hit Arnold Schwarzenegger/Danny DeVito comedy, Junior. That year, she was asked to perform it live at the 1995 Academy Awards telecast.

I also see nothing mentioned on her 1999 "Greatest Hits" album released with two new songs, one of which was on the Armageddon Soundtrack and sold over 8 million copies.

Most of the information can be found at: http://www.nndb.com/people/518/000025443/ http://www.pattysmythandscandal.com We can do better research than this article portrays. Thanks, Savage--70.91.179.42 (talk) 21:27, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Real Name?
I have heard that her real name was Patti Smith, but she changed it because some other singer was using that name. I can't find a source for that claim. Timothy Horrigan (talk) 00:35, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I heard an MTV VJ say that. Of course, I heard them say a LOT of things. - Immigrant laborer (talk) 23:50, 13 February 2021 (UTC)


 * It's entirely possible that she changed the spelling, because there is indeed Patti Smith, who was performing long before Patty Smyth became prominent. Just need a source to be able to confirm it, if we want to put that in the article.  Best regardsTheBaron0530 (talk) 20:15, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie
I get these two mixed up all the time, too; but it was Patti Smith who did the commentary for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, not Patty Smyth. See Smith's news archive for source.Jbernth (talk) 01:44, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Assessment comment
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Van Halen
The given source says she didn't join because she was eight months pregnant and "It was just not the right time for me," she says now. "I was a New Yorker, I didn't want to live in L.A. ... and those guys were drunk and fighting all the time." One is curious how some retard interprets that as women not being taken seriously. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.249.235.44 (talk) 03:50, 14 May 2017 (UTC)