Marianne Faithfull with my personal fave
A survivor of the twilight of heroin addiction, she emerged again in 1979 as a powerful singer with a voice that was beautifully rough n' ragged with life experiences most people will never get near. Of this song she once said, it is about the residual dilemma of the addict, even clean - the repressed rage that's such a part of addiction and how we always carry that around within.
My favorite Marianne Moment came on October 9, 1990 at Town Hall on 43rd Street in NYC. Literally a quarter block from Times Square, I was with Ex my Jeannine Wall (1961-2006), going for a second chance. It was about 85 degrees with maximum humidity - New York heat! From the minute she took the stage Marianne could do no wrong. But nothing could compare with the minimalist version of The Rolling Stones' Wild Horses she did with only Barry Reynolds on acoustic guitar - you could hear a pin drop when she finished. Time stood still. She held us, breathless, in her hands and, in turn, the audience gave her all the love and respect she deserved. We left in a daze, trying to make sense of what we'd just experienced. True beauty, a moment forever frozen in time & mind.
Marianne Faithfull was a survivor who handled every twist and turn of life with grace and class. God Bless her, she was a major artist.
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