Faithfull: An Autobiography
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (939 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0815410468 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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There she frolicked with the most luminous of the young, rich, and reckless, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones.Her legendary affair with Mick Jagger produced one hit single, "Sister Morphine," and countless headlines. Faithfull left the relationship a strung-out junkie. Faithfull's first hit, 1964's "As Tears Go By," opened doors to the hippest circles in London. Struggling to kick drugs and revive her musical career, she recorded Broken English in 1979, an edgy, hard-hitting, critical triumph. From pop stardom through the depths of addiction to her punk-rock comeback, Marianne Faithfull's life captures rock 'n' roll at its most decadent and its most destructive. As honest in her autobiography as in her music, Faithfull is a searing, intimate portrait of a woman who examines her adventures and misadventures without flinching, witho
Mojo Risin' ), she depicts with penetrating insight the world of "free love, psychedelic drugs, fashion, Zen, Nietzsche, tribal trinkets, customized Existentialism, hedonism and rock 'n' roll" that absorbed her energies from the beginning of her singing career as a teenager in 1960s London. A self-described "victim of cool," she is nevertheless a tough (and often astutely feminist) commentator on the underside of the rock 'n' roll dream. Photos not seen by PW. Author tour. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. . From her tumultuous four-year relationship with Mick Jagger through her descent into junkydom to her "comeback" in the late '70s as a punk-rock diva, Faithful embodies rock culture at both its most glamorous and most destructive. From Publishers Weekly Early in this engrossing if somewhat disturbing a
"Sex, Drugs and some Rock and Roll." according to Thomas R. Clarke. This book mainly revolves around the story of Marianne's substance abuse. There some interesting sections about her interactions with the Stones and Bob Dylan for example but always in the frame work of drugs. Her main association with the Rolling Stones was her involvement with Mick. Brian and Keith are also in the story quite a bit. Missing almost altogether are Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts who barely get a mention. It seems those two were not really part of the Stones social scene, at least in her view. The book is a fairly interesting look at the 60's and 70's time period, but the u. It was a bit dry I bought the book after hearing Graham Nash refer to her as the most beautiful, most enthralling woman ever. I bought the book and read about half of it. But there was no fluidity, no story, just a straight forward list of events with nothing to make me want to know what happened next. I am a voracious reader and I have always enjoyed biographies but this one was disappointing. It is only the 2nd book of hundreds read in my life I can remember not finishing.. Fascinating book by a lady who refuses to back down A very witty and interesting book about her life with the Rolling Stones and all the other famous characters from the 1960s and 70s. What I liked most was her refusal to become a victim while she brings to life the remarkable people and events she witnessed during that time period. Beautifully written, she has a story teller's way with words.