(TV) Re: faithless

[eric s gregory <esgregory@uswest.net>]

ya know, i'm a HUGE fan of ms faithfull's
records/persona/writing/etc., but i wasn't all that
impressed with "faithfull"...it leaned more than a little on
the trashy side...i dug that she gave keith the props he so
rightfully deserves, especially over jagger (& i ain't
talking bout his bedroom powers)...she really confirms that
keith's the artist as much as mick's the con man (a long &
tangled history those 2 archetypes)...
anyhow, the voice/tone of the book felt rushed...offhand in
a lazy kinda way...i'm betting it was the publishers.
& what a thin little cd retrospective to accompany the
book...far better is the 2 disc retro island put out a
coupla yrs back.


secretX@webtv.net wrote:
> 
> A critically acclaimed biography is Marianne Faithfull's. It's full of
> inside information and intelligent insights about the music world,
> particularly early Stones. Her publisher told her that her first draft
> didn't have enough sex in it. Publishers are always doing that.
> (Example: "This draft has limited appeal. Not many people care what kind
> of guitar strings the guys use'.") So she wrote a few pages about how
> Keith (who'd she slept with only once, and before she was with long-time
> beau Mick) was the best. This was the anecdote that got the most
> publicity. It made Keith feel good, although he assumed she was mainly
> trying to make Mick mad, because at the time Mick was trying to take
> back the cottage he'd given her years before. Mick has since forgiven
> her, and they're close friends again. She was right to glorify Keith,
> who was the one who finally acknowledged that she co-wrote "Sister
> Morphine". Now she gets royalties for that, because of Keith.
> 
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