That said, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of consensus on the last few records. Wondering what you all think of them.
And for the record:
Search: "Precious," "The Wait," "Kid," "Brass in Pocket," "Talk of the Town," "Pack It Up," "2000 Miles," "Back on the Chain Gang," "Don't Get Me Wrong," "I'll Stand by You"
Destroy (gently, with no malice aforethought): "Louie, Louie," "Middle of the Road," "Thin Line Between Love and Hate," "Hymn to Her," "Sense of Purpose," that live album, "Night in My Veins"
Destroy destroy destroy: "Phone Call," wherein Chrissie has the opportunity to write a nice vocal melody atop an unusual time signature and demurs
??: "Human"
― Amateurist (amateurist), Saturday, 4 January 2003 07:34 (twenty-two years ago)
...Destroy: "I'll Stand by You" -- It's bad enough in the first place, but knowing it's the Pretenders makes it even worse.
― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 4 January 2003 07:39 (twenty-two years ago)
DESTROY: everything else they did.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 4 January 2003 07:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― Al (sitcom), Saturday, 4 January 2003 07:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 4 January 2003 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Saturday, 4 January 2003 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sean (Sean), Sunday, 5 January 2003 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 5 January 2003 03:24 (twenty-two years ago)
sxxx
― stevie (stevie), Monday, 6 January 2003 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)
They're great live, too... They play a lot of crowd-pleasers ... they won't be playing "Jealous Dogs" or "Pack it Up!", which is too bad ..
Pretenders is one of the few bands that have stayed consistently great throughout their (her) career. (Except "I'll Stand By You" , which is unbearable..)
.. Best song since "Cruel to be Kind": "Kid"
..Still munching on the new record... no opinion yet ...
― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 6 January 2003 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)
I like "I'll Stand by You," but this is admittedly based on memories now somewhat dim. I'll have to revisit it and see if I think it holds up.
― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 6 January 2003 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 12:41 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 12:47 (twenty years ago)
― diedre mousedropping and a quarter (Dave225), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 13:02 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)
Search: "Pack it Up" and "Waste Not Want Not"
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Saturday, 9 April 2022 03:25 (three years ago)
Chrissie will always have a special place in my heart. I saw the band (in its original configuration) on my 16th birthday. They had opened for the Kinks the night before, and Ray Davies came out for "Stop Your Sobbing." You can hear an almost identical show from the same tour as bonus material to Pretenders II."
Search: "Tattooed Love Boys," "Talk of the Town," "The Wait."
Destroy: "I'll Stand by You," "The Adultress."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 9 April 2022 16:08 (three years ago)
Can hardly imagine how incendiary that lineup must have been live.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 9 April 2022 21:21 (three years ago)
They were pretty spectacular. It was stunning how soon after that both Jim and Pete were dead.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 9 April 2022 21:54 (three years ago)
!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LzRab8uFYg
The Pretenders live Germany 1981 Recorded by me from digital satellite onto VHS HiFi VCR. Few people in the UK could receive this station, but at this time I had two satellite dishes and two receivers, one for standard SKY channels, the other for stations in France, Germany etc.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 22 December 2023 04:20 (one year ago)
nice. Thanks
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 December 2023 05:41 (one year ago)