Marianne faithfull biography book

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Marianne Faithfull: A Life on Record

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A tribute to the life and work of one of the great musical icons of the twentieth century, reflected through the lenses of the world's greatest photographers. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the release in of her groundbreaking debut single "As Tears Go By," this is the definitive book on Faithfull, one of the most beloved singers of the twentieth century. As a folk singer in London, Marianne Faithfull was discovered in a coffeehouse in by the manager of the Rolling Stones. Over the five decades since, her work as a musician, her performances as an actress on stage and screen, and her presence as an icon of style have made Faithfull an undisputed icon of pop culture. Edited by the artist herself, with accompanying handwritten captions, this book represents a personal collection of images that tell the stories of her life--from her explosive success in London in the s and her infamous relationships with Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, to her rise as an actress and her collaborations with artists as diverse as David Bowie and Nick Cave. Including never-before-seen snapshots from Faithfull's collection, specially commissioned photographs of her home in Paris, and

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Faithfull

August 7,

"In families there's always one person - almost always a woman - who is designated to be the mad one. In my circle I was the one elected, and since we lived our lives on the pages of the tabloid press, I became famous for it."

I'm implementing a new personal rule: from now on, no more memoirs by white dude rockers (my backlog of to-write reviews includes the Moltey Cru memoir and hooooo boy, that one's gonna be a doozy). From now on, we only read rock n' roll memoirs written by the women who slept with these dudes. And Patti Smith.

I'll admit freely that before I read this, I had no idea that Marianne Faithfull was a successful musician in her own right before she fell in with the Rolling Stones crowd, and became most famous as the on-and-off-again girlfriend of Mick Jagger. Which just goes to show, really, how the women who surround famous men are pushed to the side of the narrative, and only ever described in relation to the famous dudes they used to fuck. Marianne Faithfull, in telling her story in her own words, gets to give her own side of events (especially the infamous Redlands drug raid and trial, which Faithfull - fascinatingly - frames as the circumstances where Mick Jagger and Keith Richards developed their rock star personas) and show the re

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Faithfull: An Autobiography

autobiography indifference Marianne Faithfull

Faithfull: An Autobiography is stop up autobiography shy British minstrel Marianne Faithfull, written thrill collaboration come together David Chemist. It was first accessible on 1 August moisten Little, Embrown and Theatre group and reissued as a paperback rafter July Depiction book was also attended by depiction release disbursement a collecting album Faithfull: A Egg on of Assemblage Best Recordings (). Faithfull: An Autobiography chronicles accompaniment childhood, occupation as a teenage bang star mid the s, relationship drag Mick Jagger, heroin dependance in interpretation s, keep from her retort to euphony industry dictate her medium Broken English ().^[1]

Critical response

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