Beth Ditto
Mary Beth Patterson, known by her stage name Beth Ditto (born February 19, 1981), is an American singer-songwriter, most notable for her work with the indie rock band Gossip (previously known as The Gossip) and whose voice has been compared to Etta James, Janis Joplin and Tina Turner. She is often reported describing herself as a "fat, feminist lesbian from Arkansas".
Life and career
Ditto grew up in a poor family in Arkansas in the southern United States, with her mother, various stepfathers, six siblings (two older brothers, an older sister, two younger brothers and a younger sister). She was raised Southern Baptist and Pentecostal. At age 13, she moved out of her mother's house and went to live with her aunt. She moved to Olympia, Washington in 1999; then to Portland, Oregon in 2003, where she lives as of 2014.
She has fronted the band Gossip since their formation in 1999. In addition to her band Gossip, Ditto has been involved in other musical projects. In 2008, she contributed vocals to the Crisis charity single "Consequences", a collaboration between various artists. In 2010, she sang on Simian Mobile Disco's track "Cruel Intentions" for their album of collaborations Temporary Pleasure. In 2011, she released her own 4-track Beth Ditto EP, produced by James Ford and Jas Shaw of Simian Mobile Disco, on the re-launched Deconstruction Records. She sang on Blondie's "A Rose by Any Name" from their 2013 album Ghosts of Download. Harrod Horatia, writing in The Telegraph, has said, "Where the stripped-down three-piece Gossip play propulsive, garage band blues, Ditto's own stuff is melancholic, soulful dance music, inspired by 'Eighties disco soul jams' that she loves, and the up-tempo pop-R&B of I Wanna Dance With Somebody-era Whitney Houston."
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ALBUMS
- Drum & Bass Arena 18 Years released: 2014
- Running Low released: 2014
- The Dome, Volume 71 released: 2014
- Life Is Music 2014.2 released: 2014
- De Maxx Long Player 31 released: 2014
- Q-music Top 500 van de 10's - Deel 3 released: 2014
- Ghosts of Download released: 2014
- Alternative Energy, Volume 2 released: 2012
- 100 x zomer 2012 released: 2012
- Promo Only: Mainstream Club, May 2011 released: 2011
- Cafe Puls Sommerhits 11 released: 2011
- Radio 538 Hitzone 57 released: 2011
- Booom-Summer 2011 released: 2011
- Pumped Up! The 2012 Running Mix released: 2011
- De Afrekening, Volume 51 released: 2011
- De Maxx Long Player 20: All Time Classixx Edition released: 2011
- Hed Kandi: Serve Chilled: Electronic Summer released: 2011
- Bravo Hits 73 released: 2011
- Life Is Music 2011.1 released: 2011
- Les Inrockuptibles présentent : Un printemps 2011 released: 2011
- EP released: 2011
- Disco Circus 2 released: 2010
- Le Grand Journal : La Grande B.O., Volume 2 released: 2010
- Hed Kandi: Nu Disco released: 2010
- Temporary Pleasure released: 2009
- Independents Day: ID 08 released: 2008
- Independents Day: ID 08 released: 2008
- Kill Rock Stars Winter Holiday Album released: 2006
- MNM Big Hits 2011-2 released:
Drum & Bass Arena 18 Years
Released 2014- Nobody to Love
- Don't Let Me Go
- Control
- Running Low (Fred V & Grafix remix)
- Count on Me (Andy C remix)
- Lust (Break Remix)
- 1_2_3_4
- No-Operative (Audio remix)
- Asteroids
- Mk Q
- Walk the Walk
- All Night
- As Sure as Sunrise
- Back to the Street (Nu:Tone remix)
- Like a Memory
- Badass
- Manicured Reality
- Shredder
- M.I.R
- Void Main Void
Q-music Top 500 van de 10's - Deel 3
Released 2014- Loca People
- Pumped up Kicks (Radio Edit)
- Broodje Bakpao
- Dance Again (Without Pitbull)
- One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Remix)
- Stuck (Radio Mix)
- Feels Like a Prayer
- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
- Tacatà (Radio Edit)
- Hold It Against Me
- Everything at Once
- I Wrote the Book
- Overrated
- Not Myself Tonight
- Promises Promises
- High On Your Love
- Love is Everywhere
- Krokobil (feat. Sjaak & Mr. Polska)
- Faster (Radio Edit)
- Keep Your Head Up
- Turbo
- What the Hell
- Mr. Saxobeat (Radio Edit)
- Sunshine
- Hey (Nah Neh Nah)
- Zing Voor Me
- Cooler Than Me (Single Mix)
- Bumpy Ride (Radio Edit)
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Da Bop
- No Air
Promo Only: Mainstream Club, May 2011
Released 2011- I Wrote the Book (Promo Only intro edit)
- Rocketeer (Bimbo Jones club remix)
- Amazing (Swiss American Federation Full club mix)
- Hollywood Tonight (DJ Chuckie remix without Spoken Word)
- Love Is the Answer (club mix)
- Army of Love (Wawa club mix)
- Born This Way (Bimbo Jones remix club)
- Dancing on the Lights (Bayazzo extended)
- I Got You (Antillas & Dankann club mix)
- Where You At (Dave Audé remix extended)
- Fade (Subgroover extended club mix)
- Wet (David Guetta extended remix)
- Dance With Me (Smash Mode Sqweeky clean extended)
Cafe Puls Sommerhits 11
Released 2011- Llorando Se Fue
- Sweat
- S&M
- Sometimes
- Beautiful People
- I Wrote the Book
- Born This Way
- Limit to Your Love
- At Home
- Loving You Is Killing Me (Numarek single mix)
- Second Chance (album version)
- The City
- Paris Paris
- Selfmachine
- The Last Dance
- More
- Mr. Saxobeat
- Mariah (You Know I Want You)
- Safari Disco Club
- My Name Is Trouble
- F**kin' Perfect (explicit version)
Radio 538 Hitzone 57
Released 2011- Set Fire to the Rain
- Happiness
- On the Floor
- Yeah 3x
- Price Tag
- Who's That Chick?
- Fuckin' Perfect
- Beter
- Foxy Lady
- King of Anything
- Sun Is Up
- Mr. Saxobeat
- Je vecht nooit alleen
- Embrace
- Just Can't Get Enough
- This Town
- Street Dancer
- Kom Maar Op (Vrij)
- Never Gonna Leave This Bed
- Blow
- C'Mon (Catch 'em by Surprice)
- You and I Both
Booom-Summer 2011
Released 2011- Mr. Saxobeat (radio edit)
- Sweat
- E.T.
- Better Than Love
- Rabiosa
- Pocketful of Sunshine (radio edit)
- Happiness
- Yeah 3x (Explicit version)
- More
- Black and Yellow
- Lights On (single mix)
- The Sound of Swing (Oh Na Na) (radio edit)
- Bow Chicka Wow Wow
- Paris Va Bien
- I Wrote the Book
- Sunday Lover
- Smile
- Hollywood Hills
- Zeig Mir Wie Du Tanzt (radio edit)
- Nur Noch Kurz Die Welt Retten
- Still
Pumped Up! The 2012 Running Mix
Released 2011- Promises (Skrillex & Nero remix)
- On a Mission
- I Need Air (original mix)
- Cracks (Flux Pavilion remix)
- Cruel Intentions (Joker remix)
- Fighting Fire
- Sincere (Nero remix)
- For U (Dodge & Fuski club dub)
- All My Love (Xilent remix)
- Pass Out
- Tonight
- Close
- Ghosts 'n' Stuff
- Cross the Line
- Blind Faith
- The First Note Is Silent
- Reach
- Hypercaine
- Tear You Down
- Set Me Free
- Propane Nightmares
- Shake Ur Body (original mix)
De Maxx Long Player 20: All Time Classixx Edition
Released 2011- I Wrote the Book
- Somebody to Love Me
- Strong Together
- Boadicea
- Hot as Hell
- Do You Believe?
- Getting Nowhere
- Elektrotechnique
- Gregory's Theme
- Come Undone
- Sunlight
- Me & You
- Illmerica
- Hot Mess
- Niton (The Reason)
- Bombay
- Hold You (Major Lazer remix)
- New Philosophy
- Synrise
- Lights (Moonlight Matters remix)
- Open Up Your Mind
Hed Kandi: Serve Chilled: Electronic Summer
Released 2011- Good Night Good Morning
- We Can’t Fly (extended drums mix)
- High Wire (D‐Pulse remix)
- Shine a Light (Flight Facilities remix)
- Do You Remember
- U Rocked My World (Lipelis remix)
- We Got the Love (original mix)
- Zombie Tropicana
- Love the Way (Crazy P remix)
- Treehouse
- In Your Eyes (Tensnake remix)
- You
- Fireworks (Johan Agebjörn remix)
- All Night
- LSD
Bravo Hits 73
Released 2011- Grenade
- Set Fire to the Rain
- You and Me
- Wonderland
- Hollywood Tonight
- Loving You Is Killing Me
- A Night Like This
- Over the Rainbow
- I Do
- Young Blood
- Selfmachine
- Taken by a Stranger
- Kidz
- Fuckin' Perfect
- Oh What a Night
- Hollywood Hills
- Still
- Ist es wahr (Aim High)
- Gebt alles
- Wovon sollen wir träumen
- Rehgehegesong
Disco Circus 2
Released 2010- My Hill (original mix)
- Blue Steel
- Do You Remember
- Twilight
- Superfast Jellyfish (Mighty Mouse remix)
- Onukpa Shawarpo (original mix)
- Music Trance
- Black Whip
- Posed to Be
- I Know What Boys Like
- You Used to Hold Me So Tight
- Cruel Intentions (Maurice Fulton remix)
- Difficult Love (extended club mix)
- Fly Away (original mix)
- Bridge (Mighty Mouse remix)
- Never Stop Believing (Munk club edit)
- Look at You (original mix)
Hed Kandi: Nu Disco
Released 2010- Cruel Intentions (Greg Wilson re-edit)
- Mama Used to Say
- Diminishing Returns
- Walking on a Dream (Treasure Fingers remix)
- Papillon (Tom Neville mix)
- Sweet Disposition (Alan Wilkis remix)
- We Do It Like This (Crazy P remix)
- Back to Stay
- My Secret Lover (Likelike mix)
- More Than Friends (Markus Lange & StereoFunk remix)
- Electric Lady
- Night by Night
- Little Secrets (Felix Da Housecat remix)
Independents Day: ID 08
Released 2008- Ghost Town (Originally by The Specials)
- Steady as She Goes (Originally by The Raconteurs)
- With Every Heartbeat (Originally by Robyn)
- Dub Be Good to Me (Originally by Beats International)
- Bonny (Originally by Prefab Sprout)
- Tug Boat (Originally by Galaxie 500)
- Murder (Originally by New Order)
- Public Image (Originally by PIL)
- Bastards of Young (Originally by The Replacements)
- Temptation (Originally by Heaven 17)
- Was There Anything I Can Do? (Originally by The Go-betweens)
- Love Will Tear Us Apart (Originally by Joy Division)
- Don't Look Back in Anger (Originally by Oasis)
- Orion (Originally by Metallica)
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Open Heart Surgery
by: Beth DittoI'll open up if you make an incision
I'll do right by you
All I ask is for your care and precision
And maybe I could pull through
You could've saved me if you'd only known better
But you so carlessly
Took me apart and put me back together
Open heart surgery
I was fine at first
Now I assume the worst
When I could overhear
The repercussions of a sad discussion
Another girl in tears
I could've saved here if I only knew better
That you so carelessly
Took her apart and put her back together
Open heart surgery
If girls like you and girls like me
Are really a dime a dozen
Why are we in such a high demand
My mother says it's just a shame you don't come around too often
Even she's begun to understand
Just let me know
What you were thinking
I find a way to get along somehow
Just let me go
Don't leave me hanging
Oh, please don't fail me now
Just take it slow
Don't let me suffer
I'm on the verge of an emergency
The final blow
Will make me tougher
Until then you will always be
A danger to me
We should've listened to our intuition
But we knew all to well
In addition to our suspicions
Only time could tell
With friends like you I get confused
Who needs enemies
We've been here too many times before
Open heart surgery
If girls like you and girls like me
Are really a dime a dozens
Why are we in such a high demand
My mother says it's just a shame you don't come around too often
Even she's begun to understand
Just let me know
What you were thinking
I find a way to get along somehow
Just let me go
Don't leave me hanging
Oh, please don't fail me now
Just take it slow
Don't let me suffer
I'm on the verge of an emergency
The final blow
Will make me tougher
Until then you will always be
A danger to me
A danger to me
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