Terrific appreciation for Marianne Faithfull. “Broken English” hit me like a grenade the very first time I heard it on WBCN. Didn’t know much about her previous life then but it was that record and what followed that really mattered. RIP.
You know, I was thinking “I wonder if Caryn is going to write about her because I would be really interested in that” and BAM! There you are in my inbox. I am saving it for my post work treat.
What a great obit. Thank you. What a superb life, despite all the odds. I was so lucky to get to see her in New York too. She was magnificent, in the way one imagines Marlene Dietrich or Edith Piaf must have been. Broken English must be one of the top ten albums of all time
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I had the privilege to see her live in Berlin around 2014 where this song absolutely floored me:
https://youtu.be/XY-VNUxKiFA?feature=shared
https://vimeo.com/1052208085
Rest easy, Marianne.