Characters are introduced and then disappear, their ultimate relationship to Ms Hynde left undescribed, or maybe hinted at in a vague way.īob Kidney, for instance, is introduced it sounds like he is to play a notable part in Chrissie’s future, and then he’s never mentioned again. It seems like she scribbled thoughts on scraps of paper and then pasted them together in more or less chronological order. I laughed when I read it, because it echoes what I was thinking as I plowed through the book. The quote is from page 147 of her 312 page autobiography Reckless: My Life as a Pretender (Doubleday, 2015).

The self-evaluation holds true though, even today.

It would be a few more years before she stormed the charts herself in a band called The Pretenders. This is Chrissie Hynde describing how she approached being asked to write rock criticism for NME circa 1974. To begin a paragraph and find my way to a conclusion – Gretel tracking a breadcrumb trail would fare better… My only qualification, had I required one, was that I was as frustrated as the rest of them – a frustrated musician (the cliché of music journalism), opinionated, hungover, illegal in the workplace, devoid of ambition and, if I couldn’t find a word in my dumb guy vocabulary, I would make one up.” I couldn’t conclude a thought on a postcard… I wasn’t a poet.

My head was disorganized, a tangle of crossed lines. This 75 Minute concert program was filmed in Hi-Definition and is presented in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Audio.“The idea of me writing anything at all was ludicrous. Songs include “Brass in Pocket” “Message of Love” by Incubus, “I’m Only Happy When It Rains” by Shirley Manson, “Precious” “Candy” by Iggy Pop and Chrissy Hynde”, “Talk of the Town” “Back on the Chain Gang” “Drive” by Incubus “Mystery Achievement”, “Fools Must Die” by Iggy Pop, and “Middle Of The Road” encore performance featuring The Pretenders with Iggy Pop, Incubus, Kings Of Leon and Shirley Manson.ĭecades Rock Live is an innovative live concert series that features performances by celebrated artists from rock to soul who have influenced popular music over the last 50 years, as well as performances from some of today’s hottest recording acts who have been inspired by these legends. Blu-Ray/DVD/CD package featuring Bonus interviews with Band members, Slide show, Trailers & More!Īward-winning, multi-platinum selling band The Pretenders featuring the Legendary Chrissy Hynde performs with special guests including Iggy Pop, Shirley Manson of Garbage, Kings of Leon and Incubus, recorded live at the Decades Rock Arena in Atlantic City, NJ.

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