# R.I.P. Marianne Faithfull

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-marianne-faithfull/1013639>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [January 30, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-marianne-faithfull/1013639 "2025-01-30T20:21:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-marianne-faithfull/1013639/21 "2025-01-31T21:13:45Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> I (and many of my friends) know her mostly because of her contribution to Metallica’s “The Memory Remains.”
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> RIP

oh cammon … thats like saying Andy Warhol became famous because he hang out with VU

having said that: she realle elevates this song …

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-marianne-faithfull/1013639/22 "2025-01-31T21:54:55Z")

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Just sayin’ how me and my friends learned of her. Obviously doesn’t define her career, but that’s when I really got introduced to her.

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**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-marianne-faithfull/1013639/23 "2025-01-31T23:59:56Z")

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Sad news.  
I saw her back in, um, 1999 and even then she was still a presence when she sang, despite her voice being past it’s prime. And always the inevitable cigarette.

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**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-marianne-faithfull/1013639/24 "2025-02-01T00:06:49Z")

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I was still in elementary school – just – when _As Tears Go By_ was first released. I’ve been a fan ever since. _Broken English_ was awesome.

RIP.

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