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Naturalust
Still love her. Her influence on the Stones was massive. A muse for Keith during his songwriting best, I think the Stones greatest music would have been less without her. Delighted she's survived the addictions, heartache and craziness.
Still hoping stonesrule or angee or someone with literary talents will get her story or at least compile it from the survivors, there aren't many left and time is running out.
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Carnaby
Massive indeed. For each Stone she spent time with, that was each Stone's best identifying period.
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whitem8
Ok, well there are the myths surrounding Anita. And her influence on the fashion with the Stones was apparent. But a great lady? I don't get that piece. Someone who used others shamelessly, was a junkie, neglected her children, and basically sponged off of others, and led a young man to commit suicide. I think I would say she is pretty lucky and could afford some great lawyers.
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Ok, well there are the myths surrounding Anita. And her influence on the fashion with the Stones was apparent. But a great lady? I don't get that piece. Someone who used others shamelessly, was a junkie, neglected her children, and basically sponged off of others, and led a young man to commit suicide. I think I would say she is pretty lucky and could afford some great lawyers.
I agree - undoubtedly influential and a played a large part in giving the Stones that exotic and dangerous edge, but that doesn't make her great, especially given the fairly well substantiated stories of her junkie manipulations.
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Yes, I'm defending her because at the end of the day she's just a little girl inside, wants to happy and healthy and certainly is not as inherently evil as she has been made out to be. People wanting to get close to Keith are usually the ones telling those stories and you can see how Anita could be villainized in her role as Yes, I'm defending her because at the end of the day she's just a little girl inside, wants to happy and healthy and certainly is not as inherently evil as she has been made out to be. People wanting to get close to Keith are usually the ones telling those stories and you can see how Anita could be villainized in her role as Keith's closest friend and protector.
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Carnaby
Massive indeed. For each Stone she spent time with, that was each Stone's best identifying period.
Reminds me of Guy Peellaert's great Rock Dreams paintings. His Stones' portraits were exceptional.
Among them Anita with her 3 lovers in the mirror ..
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Bliss
A little girl inside? And you say that jealousy made people tell outragrous lies about Anita's behavior? This really beggars belief. Her favourite thing, according to some reports, was to get innocent people, often young ones, hooked on heroin.
And as to this - 'Keith's closest friend and protector' - Keith had to escape from her because he felt he had no chance of freeing himself from addiction as long as they were together.
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whitem8
Yeah I get all that Naturalist, but at the end of the day I just don't find much I can respect about Anita's past. I am sure now she is a strong resolute woman, and hell, we have all made mistakes in our lives. But I don't believe in hero worshiping someone like Anita.
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A little girl inside? And you say that jealousy made people tell outragrous lies about Anita's behavior? This really beggars belief. Her favourite thing, according to some reports, was to get innocent people, often young ones, hooked on heroin.
And as to this - 'Keith's closest friend and protector' - Keith had to escape from her because he felt he had no chance of freeing himself from addiction as long as they were together.
Yep every woman has a little girl inside, the meanest ones are just the ones that haven't gotten to know the girl or forgotten she even exists It's metaphorical but we all are still kids on one level, some of us more obviously refuse to grow up.
Getting young innocents hooked on heroin? Left France with a troup of child junkies in her wake? LOL, sounds like you've been taking Spanish Tony's book a bit too seriously. I'm sure Anita would have a different take on it but it makes for a shocking read and sells books. If anyone left junkies in their wake it was admittedly Keith, possibly Robert Fraser, they probably were responsible for corrupting the young Anita, imo.
And yeah Keith got off heroin before Anita, but she eventually did too..could have easily been the other way around and Keith had lots of folks to help and even insist and demand he get clean. He also had some legal problems which probably contributed to his motivation as I recall. I imagine it is a complex story and but according to Anita, the people insulating Keith from the world were partly responsible for keeping her away.
Until I hear the stories directly from Anita I'll take most of the over the top stories with a grain of salt.
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runaway
I find it very disrespectful to humiliate older people and I hate gossip!