Marianne Faithful

[coxon]

g'afternoon all..

just read on NME.com that her new album to be released early next year, will have collaborations with my three favourite artists, Blur, Beck, & Pulp !!!!! sheeshhh.. sounds fantastic..

however.. i'm not that well versed in ms faithful's music..
has she done anything memorable? or acclaimed? that i can go download and take a listen to?

i thought she was just some famous groupie, mick jagger's woman.. hmm...

[mantis]

Originally posted by coxon
g'afternoon all..

just read on NME.com that her new album to be released early next year, will have collaborations with my three favourite artists, Blur, Beck, & Pulp !!!!! sheeshhh.. sounds fantastic..

however.. i'm not that well versed in ms faithful's music..
has she done anything memorable? or acclaimed? that i can go download and take a listen to?

i thought she was just some famous groupie, mick jagger's
woman.. hmm...

Marianne is fantastic, she was really big in the 60's 70's, you can buy best of CD's of her work, her best album was simply titled "Marianne Faithfull", which I still have the original vinyl of.

Unfortunately after that the drugs, booze & ciggies changed her voice totally, but she is still great.:)

[Shinboners]

"As Tears Go By" by Marianne Faithful.......sends a shiver down my spine....just magical.

[coxon]

thanks for the suggestions.. will try to listen to some of her stuff..

i did hear her vocals once, on some metallica song i think..

[Dr AlfAndrews]

Originally posted by mantis


Marianne is fantastic, she was really big in the 60's 70's, you can buy best of CD's of her work, her best album was simply titled "Marianne Faithfull", which I still have the original vinyl of.

Unfortunately after that the drugs, booze & ciggies changed her voice totally, but she is still great.:)

Actually, it was AFTER the drugs, booze and ciggies changed her voice that she did her best stuff. About 1980 she released a killer album called "Broken English". The highlight is the closing track ... "Why D'Ya Do It" ...

"Why d'ya do it, she said
Why d'ya let that trash
Get a hold of your c.o.c.k
And get stoned on my hash"

And that was probably the LEAST offensive verse.

Other classic lines like :

"You just tied me to the mast of the ship of fools"

Or this verse:

"Why d'ya do it, she said
When you know it makes me sore
She had cobwebs up her fanny
And I believe in giving to the poor"

All of this sung in the most heroin chic voice of all time, over a reggae beat punctuated with power chords.

Now ... that's my kinda woman.