From "Marianne Faithfull Made an Art of Upending Expectations/The singer, who died on Thursday at 78, spent decades in the spotlight exercising a very specific and subversive power" (NYT).
You can, like me, download the entire album — "She Walks in Beauty" — here, on Spotify.
By the way, my favorite episode of Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast is the one about "Lady of Shalott."
Do you listen to poetry on Spotify? Any recommendations? I was just enjoying "The Best Cigarette" yesterday. Check out "Nostalgia."
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It's easier to upend expectations if you're a woman.
She did a nice job with "Ozymandias" -- an all time favorite. My mother read it to me when I was very young --5? -- and it stayed with me ever since.
RIP, Marianne.
So "upended" is the word of the day? Should it not be "up-ended," just to make things clearer?
Why is "Unending expectations" and Being "Subversive" a good thing? It seems to me thats all artists have been doing for 40-60 years. At some point you have to start producing something thats good, true, and beautiful. And that stands on its own. As opposed to "subverting expectations".
At least they didn't praise her as "dark and gritty".
I'm making a general comment, because I have no idea who this woman is/was , but that's how Pop music is. The few great ones live on, everyone else is remember by the Generation that liked them. And then its gone. Replaced by new pop music speaking to a new Generation.
Her life cycle was much more attenuated than most, one of extremes. I admire her commitment to creating art, she was a genuine article and a creature of the edge. RIP.
As I said elsewhere, I'm just thinking what a JFK Jr. and Marianne Faithfull duet would sound like.
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