REMINDER: WASH YOUR FUCKING HANDS

Photo: Robert Mapplethorpe 1974

Marianne Faithfull checked herself into a hospital on Monday after self-isolating following a cold. She tested positive for Covid-19 and has contracted pneumonia. Yikes. You'll be forgiven if you don't know her work. For the longest time (if you call ten of fifteen years a long time) she lapsed into semi-obscurity. She's had one big hit in the states, "As Tears Go By" and that was about all anyone stateside knew of her (other than being the love interest of Mick Jagger for a short spell, and being in the Stones general orbit). Then in 1979 she released Broken English, a breakthrough album that revived her career. He voice had become coarser, but it fit her new music. Restrained, but not pretty pop fluff like her earlier work. I always associate that LP with the house I lived at at the time, because it was played a lot by myself and a few of the roommates. When we moved in there were nine people living there and that number grew until it was hard to figure out who was a roommate and who was a hangover straggler that just never left. As the record became more and more familiar she became like something of a cool older "seen it all" sister. She ws given due respect by those who had little respect for just about anything. So, my worries are for a cool older sister not some singer. I sure hope she makes it. Her website posted "She is stable and responding to treatment."

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Listen:
Marianne Faithful - As Tears Go By mp3 at Irina Palm 1965
Marianne Faithful - Come and Stay With Me mp3 at Rose Burlingham 1965
Marianne Faithful - This Little Bird mp3 at Keep the Coffee Coming 1965
Marianne Faithful - Sister Morphine (streaming) at YouTube 1969
Marianne Faithful - Strange Weather mp3 at Tumblr 1987
Video:
Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By at YouTube 1965
Marianne Faithfull - Something Better at YouTube 1968, from the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.
Marianne Faithful and David Bowie - I've Got You Babe at YouTube 1973
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English at YouTube 1979
Marianne Faithfull and Anita Pallenberg  on Absolutely Fabulous at YouTube 2001 Faithfull plays God and Pallenburg plays the devil.

MORE STONES ODDBALLS

Here's a whole bunch of Stones stuff. The first three mp3s are below and the other 27 can be downloaded at Selective Service (they've disabled direct linking to mp3s). I always wanted to hear the Marianne Faithful/Stones version of "Sister Morphine," and there's a link to an mp3 down there, but the better rip is at, again, Selective Service. The rest of the stuff is interesting, particularly the essential all acoustic versions of "Dead Flowers," and "Wild Horses" (at, you guessed it, Selective Service).

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Marianne Faithful w/the Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine mp3 at Your Mother Should Know
The Rolling Stones - As Tears Go By (in Italian) mp3 at Your Mother Should Know
The Rolling Stones w/John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton - Boogie Mess (live 89) mp3 at Your Mother Should Know

The below stuff is at Selective Service, which lives up to it's name. Direct linking to mp3s is disabled, but you can download them at the site (here).
Marianne Faithful w/the Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine (superior rip)
The Rolling Stones - 15 more Sticky Fingers alternate takes
The Rolling Stones - 1971 live show, 12 songs
Go get them at at Selective Service