And then there were the girl singers I did have a crush on. I remember seeing Marianne faithful singing this on the telly back in 1964 when I was 8 years old and being completely entranced by her. She was absolutely mesmerising. And I loved the song too so that was a bonus I guess. I didn't get to hear anything else by her until the seventies when she brought out The Ballad of Lucy Jordan which was another great song. But by then she was looking a bit rough. Then again anyone reading her auto biography could understand that.
Despite not hearing her songs she was still in the spotlight in the late sixties being Mick Jagger's girlfriend. Actually Mick and Keith wrote this song. One of their first originals after Andrew loog Oldham locked them in the kitchen and told them not to come out until they'd written a song.
And it was an easy song to play so that when I started playing guitar in the mid seventies. This is one of the first songs I learnt to play and sing.
Looking back at those videos of Marianne now it's amazing how much charisma she has considering she doesn't really do anything in the clips but sit or stand there and look beautiful.
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