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Sable Starr lost her virginity at age 12 to Spirit guitarist Randy California.
For a time, she was involved with Iggy Pop, who glorified their (Johnny Thunders' and her) relationship in his 1996 song “Look Away.”
“I slept with Sable when she was 13 / Her parents were too rich to do anything / She rocked her way around L.A. / ‘Til a New York Doll carried her away…”
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Johnny Thunders and Sable Starr |
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Sable Starr, 1973 |
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| 16-YEAR-OLD SABLE STARR WITH IGGY POP |
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Lori Mattix and Sable Starr |
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Johnny Thunders, Sable Starr & Iggy Pop in NYC, 1977 |
Iggy Pop • Look Away
This ballad from Iggy Pop's 1996 album, “Naughty Little Doggie,” is profound.
It's about Johnny Thunders, doomed lead guitarist for the New York Dolls, and The Heartbreakers, and Iggy's mutual girlfriend, 1970s super-groupie, Sable Starr.
The lyrics are laced with regret.
it's like this:Iggy is not taking blame for Thunders and Starr, but doesn’t deny his complicity.
“Now Thunder and me did not part friends
What we did once I wouldn’t do again
So he stayed with the pure dream and followed the moon
‘Til the drugs in his body made his mind a cartoon
Look away Look away
So a few years later Thunder died broke
Sable had a baby back at her folks
Me I went straight and serious too
There wasn’t much else that I could do
Look away Look away
So now that I’m straight I’m settled too
I eat and I sleep and I work like you
I got lots of feelings but I hold them down
That’s a way I cope with this shitty town
Look away Look away”
I slept wlth Sable when she was 13
Her parents were too rich to do anything
She rocked her way around L.A
'Til a New York doll carried her away
Look away Look away
Now he was blond and she was dark
They called him Thunder 'cause he had the spark
The dream he dreamed was straight and pure
But the confusion of life was gonna get him for sure
Now he was blond and she was dark They called him thunder 'cause he had the spark The dream he dreamed was straight and pure But the confusion of life was gonna get him for sure Look away look away They shared their clothes and their cowboy boots Left them all over the floor while they dyed their roots They live the dream and they went non-stop They did' ok 'til the band broke up Look away look away look away look away Unfortunately the needle broke Their rock and roll love like a bicycle spoke I found her in a back street with her looks half gone She was selling something that I was on Look away look away
Groupies (1970)
Sabel Starr tribute video
lori (led zeppelin - dancing days)
JIMMY PAGE & LORI MATTIX
a little bit bout Lori: Lori Maddox (born 1958) is an ex-girlfriend of Jimmy Page. her fame derived largely from her association with Page, as well as friendships with other Los Angeles notables, including Sable Starr. Lori Maddox was part of the wild Hollywood teenage groupie scene in the early 1970s. she reportedly lost her virginity at age 13 to David Bowie and Angie Bowie. one of her best friends was Sable Starr, who was the unofficial queen of the scene at the time. Jimmy and Lori began a torrid affair, but they had to keep their relationship a secret from the public since Lori was underage and Jimmy was at risk of being arrested. Jimmy was still seeing Pamela des Barres (his then girlfriend and also a very famous groupie) and also other women, and the relationship with Pamela reached a dramatic end when Jimmy took Pamela to a Led Zeppelin party but he left the party with Lori. Pamela was said to be very bitter about being dumped by Jimmy, and Pamela considered Lori an "enemy" of hers for years. Lori and Jimmy were said to be very much in love and they carried on a relationship for the next year and a half. Lori often traveled with Led Zeppelin on tour, but that didn't stop Jimmy from having affairs with other women. Jimmy eventually began dating Bebe Buell and he dumped Lori. a humiliated Lori tried to get back together with Jimmy, but he continually snubbed her. Lori was reportedly devastated and people who know her say she's never really recovered. although Jimmy and Lori briefly got back together in the early '80s, they never went back to the passionate love affair they had when she was a teenager. After drifting out of the groupie scene, Lori held a series of low-paying jobs. she currently works as a buyer and manager at a fashion boutique in Los Angeles. Lori occasionally gives interviews where she talks about her groupie days (especially her relationship with Jimmy Page), but for the most part, she has stayed out of the public eye.
Dancing Days lyrics:
dancing days are here again as the summer evenings grow. i got my flower, i got my power, i got a woman who knows. i said it's alright. you know it's alright. i guess it's all in my heart. you'll be my only, my one and only. is that the way it should start? crazy ways are evident, in the way that you're wearing your clothes. sippin' booze is precedent as the evening starts to glow. i said it's alright. you know it's alright. i guess it's all in my heart. you'll be my only, my one and only. is that the way it should start? i told your mamma i'd get you home but i didn't tell her i had no car. i saw a lion he was standing alone with a tadpole in a jar. i said it's alright. you know it's alright. i guess it's all in my heart. you'll be my only, my one and only. is that the way it should start? dancing days are here again as the summer evening grows. you are my flower, you are my power, you are my woman who knows.
(© led zeppelin)
Lori Mattix and Sable Starr among other young groupies
 Sable Starr and Nancy Spungen | ||||
Lori Mattix and Sable Starr
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Deborah Harry and Sable Starr |
