infoman
Very disappointed that some posters want to turn Gransnet into Twitter and facebook,not to mention Reddit.
Maybe some of the mature posters should get the Disney film out called Bambi.
"If you can't say anything good don't say it"
Oo-er missis!
Who I wonder are the “more mature” posters? Possibly those of an age with Marianne Faithfull.
I don’t understand the references to Twitter, Reddit et al but reading the obituaries this morning, MF’s life seems to have been fully documented and the obits say a lot more about her than her relationship with Mick Jagger.
However, a life which seems to have been largely fuelled by sex, drugs and rock n’ roll is bound to attract comments.
In 1964 she became a star with the release of As Tears Go By, a ballad written for her by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. She subsequently had some success as an actress, appearing at the Royal Court, and made a handful of films, including Hamlet, in which she was a diaphanous Ophelia, and Girl on a Motorcycle, a fetishistic slice of soft porn in which she donned leather and simulated a high-speed orgasm before catapulting to her death
She had great natural talent. But Marianne Faithfull seemed as much preoccupied with a personal quest for self-obliteration as professional success. “Death is the next great adventure,” she announced blithely. Using a series of destructive relationships as greasy poles, she slid down to explore the underbelly of life. There were drugs galore and plenty of sex – straight, lesbian, troilism – but little affection
A sad life really and considering her suicide attempts and drug addiction, surprising to have made 78. She may have been our idol in the Sixties but who would have envied her the price of celebrity?
