#sister morphine

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Released April 1971. Cover design: Andy Warhol.

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Sister Morphine - The Rolling Stones

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Edmond Simpson "Sister Morphine" (01-26)

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Sister Morphine; Marianne Faithfull 1969

'Sister Morphine' Faithfull/Jagger/Richards 

 '"Sister Morphine" was an attempt.. [to] make art out of a pop song!  People tend to assume that "Sister Morphine" comes from an incident in my life, that it is a parable of a junkie's last hours. But at the time I wrote it I'd only taken smack once. I was still far from becoming a junkie. "Sister Morphine" was in my head - my feelings about what it might be like to be an addict.. By 1972, when it came out on [The Rolling Stones'album] 'Sticky Fingers', I was the character in the song. You have to be very careful what you write because it's a gateway, and whatever it is you've summoned up may come through..'

-- 'Faithfull, an autobiography', 1994, Marianne Faithfull

“Here I lie in my hospital bed, Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again. Oh, I don't think I can wait that long, Oh, you see I'm not that strong. The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears. Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here ? What am I doing in this place ? Why does the doctor have no face ? Oh, I can't crawl across the floor. Can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm just trying to score. Well, it just goes to show things are not what they seem. Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmare into dreams. Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast And that this shot will be my last. Sweet Cousin Cocaine, lay your cool hands on my head. Hey, Sister Morphine, you'd better make up my bed For you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead, And you can sit around and you can watch the clean white sheets stained red.”

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10:16 PM EDT September 29, 2024:

The Rolling Stones - "Sister Morphine" From the album Sticky Fingers (April 23, 1971)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Tumblr's community standards appear to be back in the toilet, where they belong, so get a load of this album cover people

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Sister Morphine; Marianne Faithfull 1969

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Marianne Faithfull & Anita Pallenberg

Marianne released the first version of 'Sister Morphine' as the b-side to her 1969 single 'Something Better' on Decca Records, 21 February 1969. A different version was released two years later by The Rolling Stones as a track on their 1971 album Sticky Fingers. In the U.K. this single was withdrawn due to the drug reference in the title, but in other countries the single remained on release. In some territories such as Holland, Italy and Japan, 'Sister Morphine' appeared on the A-side.

In addition, the French, Us and Holland editions of the single actually featured alternate versions of both sides to the UK 7" release. Personnel on the single are: Jagger on acoustic guitar, Ry Cooder on slide guitar and bass, Jack Nitzsche on piano and organ, and Charlie Watts on drums.

The session was produced by Mick Jagger and arranged by Jack Nitzsche.

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I scored today 😍😍