I've been reading Marianne Faithfull's autobiography, Faithfull, and I'm going to go ahead and recommend it to you as well. There are never-ending stories about acid trips which thankfully include the most important, but often forgotten, part: the outfits. Which were concocted as Marianne and Co. (Anita Pallenberg, various bisexual rock stars, her sort-of girlfriend at the time) tripped out on what is often described as "very good stuff." We also get lots of observations from Marianne looking back on her past with a smart, funny, feminist perspective; she was a women ascribed the role of "muse" but made it her business- rightfully and righteously so- to let the world know that she was an extremely talented artist in her own right.
After the folksy pop songs of the '60s, Marianne made the incredible Broken English in 1979 and then the equally beautiful and brilliant Before The Poison, with songs written for her by PJ Harvey and Nick Cave, in 1995. Miss Faithfull now has a new album out called Easy Come Easy Go. It's comprised of cover songs, including "Hold On Hold On" by Neko Case as well as songs by Dolly Parton, The Decemberists and Billie Holiday- a very random crew, right? You can listen to some of the songs at her website for the album, located here.
Until you can get your paws on a copy of Faithfull to read about all of Miss Faithfull's shennanigans and musings yourself, check out this insane/awesome video of Marianne and David Bowie doing a very special cover of "I Got You Babe" in the best outfits you've ever seen:
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