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Marianne Faithfull MARIANNE FAITHFULL BIOGRAPHIE: En 1964, Marianne est présentée au manager des Rolling Stones, Andrew Loog Oldham, lors d'une soirée à Londres. Elle a dix-sept ans et fréquente encore le lycée ! Fasciné par son look, Oldham lui propose de faire un disque avec elle. Quelques mois plus tard, sa carrière musicale est lancée avec As Tears Go By, la toute première chanson écrite par Mick Jagger et Keith Richard. Elle figure au Top 10 britannique en août 1964. As Tears Go By n'est que le premier de quatre tubes. Deux de ses albums entrent également au Top 20 ; ils reflètent un parfait équilibre entre le rock et des influences folk plaintives, avec les signatures de compositeurs tels que Bert Jansch et Tim Hardin. En parallèle, Marianne se lance également dans une carrière d'actrice. Elle apparaît au cinéma dans La Motocyclette et au théâtre dans Les Trois Soeurs de Tchekhov (avec Glenda Jackson) et dans Hamlet, mis en scène par Tony Richardson, avec Anthony Hopkins et Nicol Williamson. Pourtant, à la fin des années soixante, c'est plutôt la vie personnelle de Marianne - et sa relation avec Mick Jagger - qui intéresse les médias. Elle se retire de la scène, n'apparaissant que brièvement au milieu des années soixante-dix avec un album aux sonorités country, DREAMIN' MY DREAMS, enregistré avec le Grease Band. Il ne suscite guère d'intérêt en Grande-Bretagne, mais obtient un immense succès en Irlande, où Marianne réalise sa première tournée depuis dix ans. Ce n'est qu'en 1979 que Marianne Faithfull redémarre véritablement sa carrière avec un album qui se démarque totalement, BROKEN ENGLISH. L'innocence s'est envolée et Marianne affiche désormais une voix sombre et rauque, qui deviendra sa marque de fabrique. C'est un moment révélateur où les thèmes folk de ses débuts cèdent la place à des chansons mordantes et incisives telles que Why Do Ya Do It? Working Class Hero ou la chanson-titre Broken English. Sans oublier The Ballad of Lucy Jordan de Shel Silverstein, enregistrée à l'origine par Dr. Hook, mais que Marianne Faithfull a totalement fait sienne. D'autres albums suivent, comme DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCES, A CHILD'S ADVENTURE et, en 1987, STRANGE WEATHER. À l'époque, Marianne est de plus en plus fascinée par l'ambiance et l'émotion théâtrales de la musique écrite par Kurt Weill dans les années vingt et trente. Même si aucune des chansons de STRANGE WEATHER n'est de Weill, son influence s'impose clairement dans la tonalité de l'album. L'intérêt de Marianne pour Kurt Weill et la musique de la République de Weimar se confirme en 1996 avec la sortie de 20TH CENTURY BLUES, suivi en 1998 de l'enregistrement de l'opéra de Kurt Weill et Bertolt Brecht LES SEPT PECHES CAPITAUX (THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS), qu'elle chante pour la première fois en public au Festival de Salzbourg, en Autriche. Elle obtient un tel succès que l'album se voit propulsé au sommet des charts classiques du monde entier. Pendant toutes ces années, la carrière "grand public" de Marianne est virtuellement en sommeil, bien qu'elle collabore à divers projets. Elle co-écrit notamment un thème pour la télévision intitulé Hang It to Your Heart avec Alex James, le bassiste de Blur. Celui-ci est d'ailleurs à l'origine de sa collaboration avec Damon Albarn sur KISSIN TIME et BEFORE THE POISON. 40, rue de la Folie Regnault - 75011 Paris, France Tél.: +33(0)1 44 93 02 02 - Fax: +33(0)1 44 93 04 40 [email protected] - www.visiteursdusoir.com Cette fameuse carrière reprend avec la sortie remarquée de VAGABOND WAYS en juin 1999. L'album contient des chansons telles que Incarceration of a Flower Child, titre inédit de Roger Waters écrit en 1968, ou encore For Wanting You, un nouveau titre d'Elton John, sans oublier une reprise de Tower of Song, de Leonard Cohen. Marianne renoue par ailleurs avec le septième art, puisqu'elle joue dans Intimité, de Patrice Chéreau, lauréat de l'Ours d'Or au Festival du film de Berlin en 2001. Elle participe également à Far From China, du réalisateur Christian Leigh, sorti en Grande-Bretagne début 2002. Malgré ces nombreuses activités, Marianne trouve le temps d'enregistrer KISSIN TIME, auquel collaborent des artistes et musiciens de renom tels que Beck, Billy Corgan, Dave Stewart, Jarvis Cocker et Damon Albarn. L'album n'en reste pas moins teinté d'une atmosphère intime et tendue, caractéristique des plus belles oeuvres de Marianne. Après la sortie de KISSIN TIME, Marianne entame une grande tournée mondiale, la première de cette ampleur depuis de nombreuses années. Là encore, elle prépare et écrit déjà son prochain album, sous-tendu par sa collaboration avec PJ Harvey (5 titres) et Nick Cave (3 titres) en tant qu'auteurs-compositeurs et interprètes. Marianne collabore également avec Damon Albarn et Jon Brion sur l'écriture de deux autres titres. Résultat : BEFORE THE POISON, un album qui rivalise sans peine avec les meilleurs moments de la longue et remarquable carrière de Marianne Faithfull. Elle est aussi apparue dans la sitcom britannique Absolutely Fabulous dans le rôle de Dieu. Elle a également joué, sous la direction de Patrice Chéreau, dans Intimité et aussi dans La Fille sur le pont. C'est elle qui interprète Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche dans le film de Sofia Coppola, Marie-Antoinette avec Kirsten Dunst sorti en 2006. Elle tient aussi le rôle d'une artiste peintre dans le court-métrage que Gus Van Sant a réalisé pour le film Paris je t'aime (2006). En 2007, elle a chanté en duo avec Patrick Wolf sur le titre "Magpie" extrait de son album "The Magical position". Côté cinéma elle a interprété le rôle poignant d'Irina Palm une veuve de 50 ans, tentant coûte que coûte de trouver l'argent qui permettra de payer un ultime traitement à son petit-fils gravement malade… En 2008, elle effectue une tournée dans toute la France avec "Les Sonnets de Shakespeare". Novembre 2008 – album EASY COME EASY GO acclamé par la critique & suivi d’une tournée triomphale aux USA, en Australie et en Europe. 2011 – album à paraître et tournée mondiale (mars à juillet 2011). 40, rue de la Folie Regnault - 75011 Paris, France Tél.: +33(0)1 44 93 02 02 - Fax: +33(0)1 44 93 04 40 [email protected] - www.visiteursdusoir.com.
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