F. Scott Fitzgerald
famously once said, “There are no second acts in American lives”.
Just as well that
Marianne Faithfull is British.
Welcome to episode 128
of Love That Album podcast.
Marianne started out as
a folk singer in the mid 60s. She was signed to Decca Records, home
to the Rolling Stones. Her first single was the first song Keith
Richards and Mick Jagger wrote, As Tears Go By. For a brief time, she
was a major success story recording albums and appearing in films. Of
course, she became Mick Jagger's girlfriend, and when you're in the
Stones' orbit, you don't always come out unscathed. Her career and
private life suffered greatly until 1979 when she signed to Island
Records and recorded her album Broken English. It was not only
successful, but came to be a landmark album by an artist that had not
only been forgotten about, but became an important record respected
to this day. To this day, Marianne is still recording....and it's
probably all thanks to Broken English being embraced by the critics,
new musicians, and the public.
I am joined once again
by guitarist Shane Pacey and film writer, Kerry Gately Fristoe to
talk about all things Marianne Faithfull, and especially why we love
Broken English. Among many other things in the course of this
conversation, we discuss politics, catharsis, having empathy for your
song subject matter, being bored with your life, being an outsider,
infidelity, Absolutely Fabulous....and Derek and Clive.
You
can download the episode from Spotify, Stitcher or iTunes (search for
“Love That Album podcast”) or from the website
https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/lovethatalbum?selected=PAN4534358128
My huge thanks to both
of my wonderful music nerd friends. You can dig into Shane's music
and gigs at http://shanepaceytrio.com.au/
or https://bondicigars.com/
You can read Kerry's articles at https://prowlerneedsajump.wordpress.com/
You can read Kerry's articles at https://prowlerneedsajump.wordpress.com/
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That Album is now part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Go
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