DVD of the Month - "Marianne Faithfull: Live in Hollywood"

DVD of the Month
Marianne Faithfull: "Live in Hollywood" (Eagle/ST2) 2010

This concert was recorded in Hollywood in Spring 2005, with a band led by former John McLaughlin's bassist, Fernando Saunders, with trumpeter Lew Soloff (Blood Sweat & Tears, Gil Evans Orchestra, and currently with the Manhattan Jazz Quintet) as special guest soloist. Daniel Mintseries (keyboards), Courtney Williams (drums) & Barry Reynolds (guitar) complete the excellent back-up group. It features tracks from her 2004 album, "Before the Poison," along with other hits such as "As Tears Goes by," "Falling from Grace," "Sister Morphine" and "Broken English." The DVD also includes a 30-minute interview with Marianne and an original video ("There Is A Ghost"). The bonus CD includes the audio of the entire concert.

In the heady days of swinging London, Marianne Faithfull was a waifish mod singing orchestral pop versions of Rolling Stones songs. In the late 1970s, she reemerged as a shockingly blunt post-punk feminist armed with track marks and obscenity-laced confessionals. More recently, Faithfull has transformed herself into a whiskey-voiced cabaret singer feted by alt-rock acolytes like Tom Waits, Nick Cave, and PJ Harvey.

This program captures every facet of the chameleonic chanteuse with a concert recorded at Hollywood's Henry Fonda Theater in spring of 2005, performing a selection of songs from her 2004 album "Before the Poison" as well as older classics like "Broken English," "Ballad of Lucy Jordan," and the absolutely scathing "Why D'ya Do It."

Songs:
1. Trouble in Mind
2. Falling From Grace
3. Mystery Of Love
4. Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
5. She
6. No Child Of Mine
7. Last Song
8. Kissin' Time
9. Times Square
10. Working Class Hero
11. Incarceration Of A Flower Child
12. Strange Weather
13. Guilt
14. As Tears Go By
15. Sister Morphine
16. Crazy Love
17. Broken English
18. Why D'ya Do It

Total Time: 145Min (DVD), 50 Min (CD)
DVD 9/NTSC
16:9 Widescreen, extras 4:3 Full Screen
DTS Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0