What could be better than my brief infatuation of many years ago! Here she is singing a protest song that, like so many others of that era, appear to have had little (if any) impact on our perspectives on life.
Marianne’s claim to fame was, as far I could tell, little more than cute looks. She had no stage “presence” which was attributed to a severe discomfort of being under spotlights (stage fright). Her singing voice had an appeal, but also had its limitations, and her almost smiling during this presentation of a serious environmental issue was probably why it never went public back then. When she started hanging around with Mick Jagger, and getting involved with drugs, I lost interest in her!
Composed in 1962 and first entitled “Rain Song”, it was written as part of a campaign to stop atmospheric nuclear testing, which was producing radioactive fall-out. (info Courtesy Wikipedia)
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A New Direction Perhaps? 
They did stop above-ground nuclear testing sometime in the 60s, I believe. So maybe her song did have some impact.
I hope your dog is recovering well.
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This song is new to me but I like it very much. The whole composition from her special voice, to the lyrics, and style. I thought it sounds familiar and then I read in your post that it was part of a “campaign” which make sense to me. Very good song.
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Ahh, that beautiful voice of Marianne Faithful. A nice tune to chill for the weekend. Thanks, Colin.
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Radioactive rain. Not a good kind of rain! A good song, but sad that the protest had little effect. I can easily see why you liked her, she has a great voice and she seems so sweet standing and watching the rain, with a hint of a smile. Smiles are nice, but yes, doesn’t exactly fit this type of song! It is sad that she got involved with drugs. Did she stop singing due to the drugs or did she continue on?
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Her addiction totally took over for a while. Eventually, she managed to break free of the drugs and pick up her career again, but it is believed that her drug addiction time damaged her vocal chords. Youtube has quite a bit of her pre and post addiction videos.
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I am glad she did manage to break free of the drugs, sadly though her voice paid the price of the drug use. Its sad how many musicians and stars get involved with drugs. The price of fame?
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I often wondered what happened to her.
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As far as I know, she got into serious addiction issues, but eventually got herself back on track … albeit with vocal chord damage. She went on to perform for many years later, but her “cracked” voice was a bit of a problem. I believe she is still around! 🙂
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I remember big drug issues and hanging with other musicians. That’s too bad as she had something to offer. Drugs in the industry were really bad back then.
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I remember this very well.
Listening to it now made me think of A Little Peace by Nicole which won Eurovision for Germany in 1982, though they aren’t that similar really.
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How’s Ray today? Did you all have a good night?
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Ray is a 24 hour liability at the moment as he now sees a need to scratch the incision area. We can deter him vocally; scratch gently for him; put boots on his back paws but, short of tying his legs together, he is still going to have opportunities to scratch and snag the sutures.
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Trying times Colin. Maggie had dissolving stitches on the inside, but those outside had to be removed after 10 days. The vet did it in two stages though. The towel we put over her flank was a good deterrent, so I would imagine the onesie is equally effective. Poor Ray. Thinking of you all.
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