Marianne Faithful - There But For Fortune (1965)

[hanksnow2]

The 2 dislikes must be George W. & his old man.

[healtouch]

That must have been wonderful and unburdened times ...

[Wills7729]

Who said there was a problem I was stating facts in answer to a point Marriane is one of the best of the 1960s I know I was there.

[Wills7729]

Marrian Evelyn Faithfull Von Sacher-Masoc,Freiin Erisso, Marriane inhertied her mothers title although she does not use it, She is the Baroness Erisso. Mother Austrian Baroness, Father British,

[udor1962]

@Wills7729

& where is the probleme ?

for me is Marianne the greatest british voice of the 1960ies ...

& than many later the only female revolutionary voice of britaine in the Punk history ...

but she was no punk - she was a voice for many people in durkness ... TNX Maria ...

[gangpae48]

A Phil Oaks song.

[aramat111]

Marianne Evelyn Faithful is not French, she is in fact English. Her father was a British military officer, a major in fact. She was born in Hampstead London. Her mother was from Vienna.

[Amethystxc]

Que criatura mas perfecta

[znarf541]

Interesting how her voice got so much more husky and interesting in later years after all the heroin....

[Toke27]

@znarf541 probably had more to do with cigarettes and alcohol than heroin really

[sixtiesforever1966]

@znarf541 That is just her French Accent. Yes she is French!

[FaerieCrone]

@sixtiesforever1966 She's English actually.

[Seasass]

Wow--this is a far cry from "Why'd Ya Do It?" (Those of you who are less familiar with the range of Ms Faithfull's work should check that out.)

[zamusicza]

A guitar, a mike, and a voice...to rare in music today.

[8269998]

I wish Marianne had gone to Texas and met Phil Ochs, who wrote this beautiful song. Sometime in the lives of every talented educated person who finds a masterpiece, that person should go seek the original.

[mostraivos]

@8269998 Actually, this song was written by Joan Baez to Phil Ochs. The times when words mattered and people shared the best they had to give to each of us.

:)

[lapislazuli7]

@mostraivos If you are certain you should correct wikipedia... "Ochs introduces the song by saying it was written for him by Joan Baez, an ironic reference to her hit single."

[mostraivos]

@lapislazuli7 Well, in fact: now I know it was her first success, but it was, in fact, written by Phil Ochs. I don't knew when I first wrote that. Thank you. :)

[achvoy]

So beautiful! Guitar is amazing too.

[Klaaaan1]

I was 16 when I heard this on the radio KFRC-610 in San Francisce. Seems like yesterday.

[captspock1]

The good old days when songs had meanings and melodies,when music and poetry had a positive affect on a planet

[folkmusicgirl]

@captspock1

Yes, I agree with your message 100 %. These songs were so meaningful, sung with such emotion and the lyrics held you raptutred.....days so long ago and far away.

[captspock1]

@folkmusicgirl Spot on... Peace

[11xzxzxz]

matter of taste but I like this more by marianne than joan but PHIL OCHS wrote it and his version is supreme for so many reasons why

[astronome9]

Beautiful. Worth checking also Françoise Hardy's French version "Ou va la chance", absolutely fantastic!

[sopranosd]

It is a tragedy that she was victimized by the industry, which ruined her voice and career, by I just don't get the appeal of Marianne Faithful -- Is it that frail, baby-voiced quality which was apparently the acceptable affect of a girl in the early 1960's? (God forbid she should be strong, interesting, have character or individual thought.) I'm sorry, but Faithfull's voice is weak and uninteresting and her performance equally so. Give me Dusty Springfield!

[TheDavidjoy]

@sopranosd I cannot understand you saying that she is not strong. interesting and has no character nor interesting thought. I believe she has all of those. Behind the little girl lost is a real woman who competed in the 60's with the likes of the lovely Dusty. Considering all she went through and had to put up with, her so called boy "friends" she is today a very strong character when interviewed.

[lapislazuli7]

@sopranosd Mixing the personal judgements with the artistic is totally unfair:

You do not have to liker her or her performance but to state in general that she is not strong nor interesting and above all has no character, that is not fair at all. Dusty was a completely different type of woman and singer - to compare them is like comparing apples and oranges. Dusty had a beautiful voice for soul and Marianne had never intended to be a singer when she started. For that she is amazingly good...

[cbimbi]

at this time she was still married with a guy that was a close friend of John Lennon untill Mick Jagger robbed her

[Galericulus]

@cbimbi Would you be referring to John Dunbar, I wonder?

[thespeez]

It's a matter of personal taste, but I prefer Joan Baez's rendition of this song.

[crazedwitch2]

Tuddyboy11 < It's so easy to get on the bandwagon with everyone else and blame Mick & Keef for her misfortune.

The music industry, was even more savage, corrupt, manipulating and controling in the 60's A case of "Don't be nervious sweetie, have some of these pills, get out on stage then we're off to the photo shoot and a car to the airport ,we'll look afteryou babe"

[Tuddyboy11]

She was beyond beautiful and talented until Jagger & Richards turned her into a junkie. Pity. But that's what they do.

[this0033]

She is one of the best reasons for time travel. I wish I could go back to those days that I grew up in. The days of real music, real talented performers. And to see Marianne at her most beautiful

[melismayhem]

It's so beautiful and yet so sad that her voice was so changed not even two years after this.

[LosAngelesGuy]

Simple, stunning, spectacular.

[nezichov]

Sweet. She was lovely.

[znarf541]

One of Phil Och's classics, shows some class on her part for perfoming it. Shows she had a social conscience even when she was young and beautiful...

[wamij2]

nice voice , nice puss [ before recent shaving craze ]

[carrotjuse]

what cave did this one crawl out of?

[Factnotfictionpeople]

No feeling bro'.................

[holmsatlarge]

delicate beauty  singing delicate song