People rarely mention this group up in here.

What are your favorite Pretenders songs?

Mine are:
Brass In Pocket
Tattooed Love Boys
Talk of the Town

I their "hits". Sadly I've never picked up a proper album, just the compilation.

But, I love:
Brass In Pocket
Talk Of The Town
Don't Get Me Wrong

and my FAVORITE is:
2000 Miles

GOOD STUFF!

Their first album is so, so, so, so good.

JANFAN4L said:

I'll remember that for the next CD shopping party!

Next to Debbie Harry, Chrissie was the 70's hottest rock chick.

Let's see:

-Stop Your Sobbing
-Brass In Pocket
-Don't Get Me Wrong (is there a damn 80's nostalgia movie without this on the soundtrack?)
-Middle Of The Road
-Back On The Chain Gang

I love Chrissie! "Firebomb McDonalds!"

Their self title first album is fucking incredible!

Like the Ramones...this band came in with a loud BANG!

Favorite tracks...KID, BRASS IN POCKET, STOP YOUR CRYING

Hey Warner Bros....REMASTER THIS!

peace

Their self-titled debut album is a MUST have for any Pretenders fan. It's very punk-ish, with a bit of new wave thrown in. GET IT!

The 1984 album Learning To Crawl is a MUST have too. GET IT! Chrissie Hynde is a songwriter you can't ignore.


My City Was Gone

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
A, O, way to go Ohio


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
A, o, oh way to go Ohio


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Had been replaced by shopping malls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
Said a, o, oh way to go Ohio


Middle of the Road

The middle of the road is trying to find me
I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me
Well I got a smile for everyone I meet
As long as you don't try dragging my bay
Or dropping the bomb on my street

Now come on baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah

In the middle of the road you see the darndest things
Like fakirs driving 'round in jeeps through the city
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits
Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids
Oh man I don't mean a Hampstead nursery
When you own a big chunk of the bloody third world
The babies just come with the scenery

Oh come on baby
Get in the road
Oh come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah

The middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac
I can't get from the cab to the curb without some little jerk on my back
Don't harass me, can't you tell
I'm goin home, I'm tired as hell
I'm not the cat I used to be
I got a kid, I'm thirty-three

Baby, get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah!!

I saw them in concert during the 80s. Chrissie's husband's band, Simple Minds opened. (They weren't that good.) My absolute FAVORITE Pretender's song is "Brass in Pocket." I actually, used to hear this song on urban contemporary radio. (WBLS?) I like "Middle of the Road" too. "It's a Thin Line Between Love & Hate" ain't bad either.

I just noticed that Supernova posted the lyrics to "My City Was Gone." I didn't know that's what it was called. I thought it was "Ohio". This song rocks!

Good grief edit. I didn't mean to quote myself!
[This message was edited Wed Aug 18 16:40:38 2004 by UptownDeb]

YESSSSS!!!!! Finally someone mentions The Pretenders

Chrissie: Better than Joan, Lita, Debbie, and Pat if you ask me.



This is my favorite album by them. I have no idea why folks didn't like this one, but I think it's great from start to finish. The songs rocked even harder, sound beautifully sweet, and have a lot more attitude to them.

Everyone should get this one. Forget the first album (even though that one's great too). It's overrated. Pretenders II is where the real magic happens.

Here's my fave Pretenders tunes:

Brass in Pocket
Mystery Achievement
Kid
2000 Miles
When I Change My Life
Don't Get Me Wrong
Time
I'll Stand By You
How Much Did You Get For Your Soul?
Cuban Slide
I Hurt You
Complex Person
Space Invader
Back On The Chain Gang
Light Of The Moon
Private Life
I Remember You
Precious
Show Me
Night In My Veins
Middle Of The Road
their cover of Jimi's "Room Full Of Mirrors"
as well as "A Thin Line Between Love & Hate"
.....and the entire "II" album!!!!!
[This message was edited Wed Aug 18 18:43:08 2004 by NWF]

I Love them...Mystery Acheivement and Brass In Pocket My Favorite and well the first album and Ep I Love. But I saw them Many Times..Last time I saw them they opened for the STONES... By the Way I LOVE SIMPLE MINDS who I Think are Great..LOVE SONG is the Deal...

My favourite Pretenders song is "I Go To Sleep". It's very Burt Bacharach.

gotta add my fave here - "thumbalina" from learning to crawl - great thread, awesome band!