"This instability was brought about largely because of misinformation."
"They don't seem to know what they're doing, why they're there, what to do now," she said. "Just look at what happened with the so-called Brexit," she said, referring to Britain's vote on June 23 to leave the European Union. "My concerns are my children, our air, our water, the vast corruption in government and corporations, (and) how media has become so corrupt and journalism has cheapened," she said. Wearing dark glasses, her customary black trousers and jacket, and with her long grey hair hanging loose around her shoulders, Smith told AFP before Wednesday's concert that today's world faced huge challenges.
Later came a gem for which Smith is perhaps most famous - "Because the Night," co-written with Bruce Springsteen, which appeared on her third album "Easter" in 1978. Its punk-rock music overlaid with Beat-inspired poetry is still ranked among the greatest albums of all time. Smith has been raging against the system since she burst onto the music scene with her debut album "Horses" in 1975. "People have the power, the power to dream, to rule, to wrestle the Earth from fools," the nearly 70-year-old Godmother of Punk belts out to the some 4,000 people packed into Montreux's largest concert venue. It has been nearly 30 years since Smith released her iconic single "People Have the Power", but as she belts out the lyrics at the Montreux Jazz Festival the words ring with the same righteous fury as in 1988.
"Use your power!" Patti Smith roars to a cheering crowd, throwing back her long grey hair and thrusting a skinny arm with a clenched fist into the air. Patti Smith's primal scream for people power MONTREUX - Agence France-Presse
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