The Pretenders

[custom55]

Porcelain was on a EP in the early '80 but appeared on the remaster of their first album. What a great tune.

 

 

http://youtu.be/t5tp7_gsod4

Edited August 29, 2017 by custom55

[HemiBeers]

I have 'the singles' greatest hits album which came out in 87. After that, what did they (she) really do? That opening line-up was hard to beat. It's hard to get excited about a group that peaked their first 6-7 years and just hung around for the next 30 years.

A gal has to make pocket change somehow. :codger:

 

Plus, she can still sing. ;)

As good as the original material was, it's not good enough to hold up 30 years later without anything else that's new and interesting.

Huh? Early material needs to be propped up or justified by newer material? Anyway, some would argue a musician making music for 30 years is admirable, despite a smaller appreciation and audience.

yes you need new material...or you become ted nugent with his smaller appreciation and audience. Edited August 29, 2017 by HemiBeers

[custom55]

I played this album a lot in '87. Wasn't a gritty as their early albums but I still was a follower of Chrissy's music.

 

http://youtu.be/RXsfs6urAAs

Edited August 29, 2017 by custom55

[YYZ Working Man]

seen pretenders, kim mitchell and eurithmics at canadas wonderland in the late 80s .

[ReRushed]

I have 'the singles' greatest hits album which came out in 87. After that, what did they (she) really do? That opening line-up was hard to beat. It's hard to get excited about a group that peaked their first 6-7 years and just hung around for the next 30 years.

A gal has to make pocket change somehow. :codger:

 

Plus, she can still sing. ;)

As good as the original material was, it's not good enough to hold up 30 years later without anything else that's new and interesting.

Huh? Early material needs to be propped up or justified by newer material? Anyway, some would argue a musician making music for 30 years is admirable, despite a smaller appreciation and audience.

yes you need new material...or you become ted nugent with his smaller appreciation and audience.

I don't buy your argument. Good music is good music. Anyway, the Pretenders released an album last year and Chrissie Hynde released a solo album a few years ago. So there's that.

[goose]

I saw them way back in the early 90s, it was a great show!

 

My fave track (I think)...lmk what you reckon...the classic line-up...wow she looks just like Amy here! :o Too bad Honeyman-Scott was lost to drugs - major talent. Sorry it gets chopped, precious TOTP footage!

 

http://youtu.be/i3s_TUrqzhs

Her voice is mesmerizing. Her use of vibrato...

[goose]

I have 'the singles' greatest hits album which came out in 87. After that, what did they (she) really do? That opening line-up was hard to beat. It's hard to get excited about a group that peaked their first 6-7 years and just hung around for the next 30 years.

A gal has to make pocket change somehow. :codger:

 

Plus, she can still sing. ;)

As good as the original material was, it's not good enough to hold up 30 years later without anything else that's new and interesting.

Huh? Early material needs to be propped up or justified by newer material? Anyway, some would argue a musician making music for 30 years is admirable, despite a smaller appreciation and audience.

Yep. Hemi's comment is damn funny on a RUSH forum.

[goose]

I have 'the singles' greatest hits album which came out in 87. After that, what did they (she) really do? That opening line-up was hard to beat. It's hard to get excited about a group that peaked their first 6-7 years and just hung around for the next 30 years.

A gal has to make pocket change somehow. :codger:

 

Plus, she can still sing. ;)

As good as the original material was, it's not good enough to hold up 30 years later without anything else that's new and interesting.

Huh? Early material needs to be propped up or justified by newer material? Anyway, some would argue a musician making music for 30 years is admirable, despite a smaller appreciation and audience.

yes you need new material...or you become ted nugent with his smaller appreciation and audience.

• Pretenders (1980)
  
• Pretenders II (1981)
  
• Learning to Crawl (1984)
  
• Get Close (1986)
  
• Packed! (1990)
  
• Last of the Independents (1994)
  
• Viva el Amor (1999)
  
• Loose Screw (2002)
  
• Break Up the Concrete (2008)
  
• Alone (2016)
  

[Steevo]

I saw them way back in the early 90s, it was a great show!

 

My fave track (I think)...lmk what you reckon...the classic line-up...wow she looks just like Amy here! :o Too bad Honeyman-Scott was lost to drugs - major talent. Sorry it gets chopped, precious TOTP footage!

 

http://youtu.be/i3s_TUrqzhs

Her voice is mesmerizing. Her use of vibrato...

 

Oh yes, she has plenty of that!

 

Anyways here is the jangle-pop perfection of Chain Gang, dedicated to Honeyman-Scott infact. Gave up trying to find a decent live version:

 

http://youtu.be/radFwHzD-PM

[Stormtron]

I like them. The drummer had some sick sideburns.

[Lorraine]

Stormtron

[Lorraine]

I have 'the singles' greatest hits album which came out in 87. After that, what did they (she) really do? That opening line-up was hard to beat. It's hard to get excited about a group that peaked their first 6-7 years and just hung around for the next 30 years.

A gal has to make pocket change somehow. :codger:

 

Plus, she can still sing. ;)

As good as the original material was, it's not good enough to hold up 30 years later without anything else that's new and interesting.

Huh? Early material needs to be propped up or justified by newer material? Anyway, some would argue a musician making music for 30 years is admirable, despite a smaller appreciation and audience.

Yep. Hemi's comment is damn funny on a RUSH forum.

 

I think Hemi is just trolling and having fun. He's too smart to actually believe what he posted.

[The Cat 3]

One of my fondest memories of Chrissie Hynde is when I saw Bob Dylan at Wembley in 1984.

 

Mick Taylor was his guitarist for that tour.

 

UB40 and Santana opened the show.

 

Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana and Chrissie Hynde joined the band for an amazing version of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue".

 

Van Morrison sang lead vocals and Chrissie and Bob shared a mic for backing vocals.

 

Just a wonderful moment in rock and roll for me.

 

 

[Na na na]

Great Band!!!

[Lorraine]

One of my fondest memories of Chrissie Hynde is when I saw Bob Dylan at Wembley in 1984.

 

Mick Taylor was his guitarist for that tour.

 

UB40 and Santana opened the show.

 

Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana and Chrissie Hynde joined the band for an amazing version of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue".

 

Van Morrison sang lead vocals and Chrissie and Bob shared a mic for backing vocals.

 

Just a wonderful moment in rock and roll for me.

She just looks like a woman I would immediately hit it off with.

[Mystic Slipperman]

I remember Last of the Independents (1994) having some great songs.

[The Cat 3]

"The Isle of View" is a great live album. It is in "Unplugged " style. Acoustic versions of most of the big hits. "2000 Miles" is just beautiful.

[Steevo]

I remember Last of the Independents (1994) having some great songs.

 

Yeah tbh that wasn't a bad effort. If I remember they were getting lame there for a while and that shot them back up for me. At least half the album was really solid and quite a surprise. I don't think they ever matched it again disappointingly. Have to say I've drifted away from them a bit over the years.

[HemiBeers]

I remember Last of the Independents (1994) having some great songs.

 

Yeah tbh that wasn't a bad effort. If I remember they were getting lame there for a while and that shot them back up for me. At least half the album was really solid and quite a surprise. I don't think they ever matched it again disappointingly. Have to say I've drifted away from them a bit over the years.

coming soon to an Indian casino near you...

[Lorraine]

I find the song My City Was Gone very sad. I'm sure those of you here who grew up in the 50s, 603 and 70s maybe can relate. Going back to your childhood neighborhood and finding it ravaged. It's a very sad experience.

 

I went back to Ohio

But my city was gone

There was no train station

There was no downtown

South Howard had disappeared

All my favorite places

My city had been pulled down

Reduced to parking spaces

 

 

Well I went back to Ohio

But my family was gone

I stood on the back porch

There was nobody home

I was stunned and amazed

My childhood memories

Slowly swirled past

Like the wind through the trees

 

 

I went back to Ohio

But my pretty countryside

Had been paved down the middle

By a government that had no pride

The farms of Ohio

Had been replaced by shopping malls

And Muzak filled the air

From Seneca to Cuyahoga falls

Edited August 30, 2017 by Lorraine

[Lorraine]

Good interview:

 

http://youtu.be/Pf82B3s_bVo

[Steevo]

Saw it only a few days ago! Strange bill but I guess it's gonna work.

[Lorraine]

Saw it only a few days ago! Strange bill but I guess it's gonna work.

Are you talking about Chrissie touring with Stevie?

 

I'd love to see those two.

[goose]

I find the song My City Was Gone very sad. I'm sure those of you here who grew up in the 50s, 603 and 70s maybe can relate. Going back to your childhood neighborhood and finding it ravaged. It's a very sad experience.

 

I went back to Ohio

But my city was gone

There was no train station

There was no downtown

South Howard had disappeared

All my favorite places

My city had been pulled down

Reduced to parking spaces

 

 

Well I went back to Ohio

But my family was gone

I stood on the back porch

There was nobody home

I was stunned and amazed

My childhood memories

Slowly swirled past

Like the wind through the trees

 

 

I went back to Ohio

But my pretty countryside

Had been paved down the middle

By a government that had no pride

The farms of Ohio

Had been replaced by shopping malls

And Muzak filled the air

From Seneca to Cuyahoga falls

:goodone:

 

I'm saddened by what's become of SoCal.

[HemiBeers]

I find the song My City Was Gone very sad. I'm sure those of you here who grew up in the 50s, 603 and 70s maybe can relate. Going back to your childhood neighborhood and finding it ravaged. It's a very sad experience.

 

I went back to Ohio

But my city was gone

There was no train station

There was no downtown

South Howard had disappeared

All my favorite places

My city had been pulled down

Reduced to parking spaces

 

 

Well I went back to Ohio

But my family was gone

I stood on the back porch

There was nobody home

I was stunned and amazed

My childhood memories

Slowly swirled past

Like the wind through the trees

 

 

I went back to Ohio

But my pretty countryside

Had been paved down the middle

By a government that had no pride

The farms of Ohio

Had been replaced by shopping malls

And Muzak filled the air

From Seneca to Cuyahoga falls

:goodone:

 

I'm saddened by what's become of SoCal.

yes reminds me of my hometown up to the age of 18. It's declined in population ever since the 50s. It was crap when I left and it's a bigger pile of crap now. I avoid going there even though I have relatives. My only motivation is stopping at the awesome bakery for the best donuts in Michigan. As measure of it's decline, my relatives live in a older, but decent subdivision. There's the same cracks in the streets that I rode my bike over 30-35 years ago. Major opiate problems now since the only opportunity is dealing drugs and/or working at the prison.

Edited August 31, 2017 by HemiBeers