The original Pretenders had that "magic chemistry" that every band hopes for but very few bands have. The energy and talent so clearly visible here is incredible. RIP Jimmy & Pete.
I was JUST thinking what you said in this comment. The Pretenders, before they self destructed could blow anyone away, imho! My ex-wife and I went to see them in Houston, but it was too late. The band was already half dead. They were still really good, but like my ex said, it was sort of a weird concert, a little bit creepy. But we were way big fans, that's for sure. Such a shame what happened.
So you like to look at silver linings? They got into hard drugs and paid a heavy price for chasing a high. They lost everything! What good is fame and fortune to a dead man? Thank God she didn’t get into that garbage or Chambers. RIP
Tattooed Love Boys is the song I always think of when I hear someone talk about "Stripped back RAW Rock n Roll". That first Pretenders album should be a benchmark any aspiring rock band would hope to equal. That first iteration of that band was simply spectacular. James Honeyman-Scott was a force of nature that IMO never got his due as the amazing guitarist he was. The energy he brought to the early Pretenders sound was palpable. It's amazing that Chrissy continued through all the death that band experienced over the years, and she's still rockin today!
James Honeyman-Scot! Preach my brother preach, for you are correct Pete Townshend evidently thought he was pretty special too when they were at the people for Kampuchea concert.
Brilliant Rock Band! And Hyndes sultry and sexy vocals made this bands music special and she looked so fine with those bangs. But her unique voice really stands out! What a gift she has plus she writes good songs! Amazing story too! It’s like a fairytale! She’s from Akron, Ohio where they made all the Tires 🛞 for America and it’s mainly an industrial town. Devo are from there as well. So she gets into the British Invasion and works as a waitress so that’s taking her nowhere fast. So she finally decides to move to London to try to get into the music scene and become a musician. That took vision and guts to do that. Luckily, she didn’t have to learn another language. So she found her band and wrote an album and viola! The Pretenders debut is a smash hit just after the Punk explosion 💥 faded away. So they become the hottest band in Britain and tour to sold out crowds. Then they tour America and become headliners and they arrived to the big time. They release a second album and repeat the success. Then they have a tragic loss of two bandmates from drugs. But luckily Hynde keeps going and Learning to Crawl is another hit album proving that she has staying power. Mainly because of her magical voice! And she’s still touring with her latest band today! And she still sounds great! What a career and triumph! 👏🏻
The guitar sound James got and the tight mean rhythm Chrissie laid down was so damn cool. To get that unique a sound with that simple a combination is testament to their incredible talent. Chrissie was the real beginning of the revolution that played out. Sexy beyond belief and whipsmart. She definitely had my teenage attention and still does.
At about 4:20, Martin does this very nice, sweet roll, and you can see James look over at him with much appreciation and affection. James Honeyman Scott. R.I.P. Never forgotten.
this is a time when underground punk ruled and they were all kicked in the balls with this quartet............... end of statement.... what guitar playing and what a rhythm section...
@@MsAppassionata DEFINITELY! The songwriting produced raw masterpieces. Only THIS band with all original members could ever play these songs properly and with such heart as far as I’m concerned.
The original line-up was such a GREAT fucking band!! I was lucky enough to see them twice. First time at a college, just before they broke out...you could count the audience on two hands. A couple months later at a much larger venue in the same city, SOLD OUT with hundreds more screaming to get in.
That first Pretenders album. Pure, raw, driving, sexual, unsurpassed. What a fantastic and perfect formulation of talented artists. Still use it at the gym, decades later. Listen to it secretly, so my children can’t hear. Paradoxical, isn’t it?
Banan Waelwulf ...introduce your kids to the good stuff, the real music asap...God knows by the time they are teenagers it will all be a thing of the past!!!. Truly.
Amazing ... loving Up the Neck, James H-S just rules ... that said, the whole fricking band is sensational. I still have their first two albums on vinyl and give them a turn every now and then (for the benefit of the neighbours). Total rock and roll.
One of the greatest rock bands ever. So sad that it all ended so quickly. No criticism of Chrissie, because she soldiered on and made a lot of great music afterwards with Martin. But still ...
Holy shit ! The interplay between the band. Live performance 101. If there was a Mt. Rushmore of female vocalists, Ms Hynde gets ballot no. 1. Every time I hear that album. Pretty fucking good time to be an adolescent
I am so glad I got to see the original line up more than once, man does this ever bring back memories of a time of great promise. Often wonder what could have been... this is rockin' bad ass here.
I got to see them once. Wish now that it had been more but I thought I would get to see them next time around. Sad that I never got the chance. Great band!
Man I miss these days although I was only 10 years old in 82 I grew up through the 80s it was already played drums and then started playing guitar around 15 and haven't stopped since. Just the bands were so much better back then because you had to be able to play, the studios were all analog and any mistake would stick out like a sore thumb you didn't have Pro Tools and Auto-Tune to fix stuff like you could today you'd have to go back and do it again until it was right. But anyway, the bands were just so much better back then, this version of The Pretenders just had it, you know when they say you either got it or you don't , well they had it.
Thanks girls. I'd like to introduce the Pretenders to you now on bass guitar Pete Farndon. on rhythm guitar Mr. James Honeyman-Scott. on drums the inimitable Mr. Martin Chambers. I'm Chrissie. Thanks for coming.
Thrilling, cool, proper band. Never the same post jhs and farndon. No more danger. Rock n roll bands need menace. This lineup had menace and melody. And sex
@mgaab11 Jimmy and Pete died a year apart. Pete was kicked out of the band for taking drugs. Jimmy died the next day. Pete died a year later in his bath.
Ouah!! Ça secoue c'est du rock . Plus de 42 ans c'est passé et toujours pareil. Magnifique. Un regret : les vieilles charrues en Bretagne, un concert des Pretenders que j'ai loupé... Chrissie, you're the Best
I read the latest Rolling stone 100 Guitarists and JHS is not there of course. As one stated earlier, he is much underrated. I know he is there with likes of Lindsey Buckingham, but what the hell. All I have been doing for the last three months is listening to this video and still find it entertaining. Great job...Pretenders!
@blipzandstripz I agree with you, I also think that this post was one of the Pretenders best sounding shows, and certainly Jimmy performance sounded at his best in "up the neck" even if the song ended a bit abruptly compared to normal live shows.
What a smokin' Band. Honeyman- Scott WAS A GREAT PLAYER WITH A REAL BITE TO HIS WORK. WHY'S HE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ON CAMERA AS HE SPITS OUT FIRED LEADS DURING THE BEST OF THE NONZEP, BRITISH ROCK FROM 79-82? THEY TORE UP. [RIP JHS + PF]🎼
A few things I remember about seeing them live in 1980 or 81(?) was how f**king cool Pete Farndon was. Me and my friends were against the stage right in front of him the whole show and he handed my friend a coke, would toss us picks, the setlist, an errant drumstick etc and generally interacting with the fans like we were old friends. He had a coolness factor about him that was unique. Another thing that had me laughing while watching this video was at 3:15 and 5:15 when she picks up a drumstick and flings into the audience. At the show I was at she got hit in the back of the head with Martins flying drumsticks and later tripped and fell on stage, either on her guitar chord or another of Martins loose sticks. I wonder if Martin Chambers had a habit of dropping his sticks and it looks like she was keeping an eye out for crap on stage.
Always liked them even though I was a hard rocker back then. But you’re so right, no one is cooler than Pete Farndon. I’m glad to know he was cooler than I thought!
Any chance this footage was filmed for "URGH! A Music War," because the cinematography sure is similar. Seeing this for the first time, and DANG it's incredible!
JHS may not be at the top anymore for obvious reasons but I bet Martin is near the top of the drummers list, and he mostly never even gets a mention! I have some live cd's in the car and his drummin is awesome, infact it always has been.
I read an interwiev with him where he said before Pretenders he played in a progressive band, that's why he is able to easily master the odd times, typical of Pretenders first albums. Basically he had a background in the late 70s only fews had at the time and in fact he is good to play almost all genre of music. Really one of the best!
The first Pretenders album made me want to be a drummer. Forty years on, it *still* makes me want to be a drummer! Martin Chambers is undoubtedly one of the best unsung drummers on the planet.
This is the business people make no farking error. The Pretenders at their ultimate best. As of now (14/08/2018) I see at the top there is 126 likes and NO dislikes indicating just how farking great these songs are. So pissed I never saw this crew live as I'm 55 dis year and in hindsight I so should have seen them when they were over our way here in New Zealand. However as I live at the bottom of the South Island air travel can be expensive. Yeh I know that's NO excuse. A quality American band make no error - with a tragic story as well. For me the earlier Pretenders was my fav era as it was obviously rawer and more cutting edge to their later...er...'pop' -ier sounding stuff shall we say. Well there's no denying it was more sanitized, softer, and oh here we go again 'commercialized'. Well it was as that's what the record farking companies demand - as it sells mega $ see - so all the gravy-farking-trainers of the music buso can all get their cut. So did The Pretenders sell their more punk roots soul to the devil? You betcha! And what band didn't/doesn't? Even Metallica sold their soul. Few bands/artists did/do. I'll name one that didn't and I don't care if they're pomes; The Sex Pistols. Ok want another one? The Ramones.
Blackscorpion1963 ...The Pretenders, whether the otiginal four or any of Chrissies later formations were way, WAY BETTER than anything the Sex pistols shitted out. And the Ramones also...most of it.
Well put. Every band matures and realizes that you have to compromise your art for the sake of making "pop" music for the teenie bopper set and rake in the cash while you're still a marketable item. I really wish I had saw them too. What a perfect line up. And they had such fun with each other. However I did see the Ramones in my state of Connecticut back in 1985. I lost the hearing in my LEFT ear for 3 days . They were so LOUD !!!!
@@duffbaker9554 Well according to Wikipedia as far as the break up of The Jam is concerned; 'The decision to split was solely Weller's. Explaining at the time that he disliked the idea of continuing for as long as possible simply because they were successful, he later told the Daily Mirror in advance of a 2015 Sky documentary on the band, "I wanted to end it to see what else I was capable of, and I'm still sure we stopped at the right time. I'm proud of what we did but I didn't want to dilute it, or for us to get embarrassing by trying to go on forever. We finished at our peak. I think we had achieved all we wanted or needed to, both commercially and artistically." Weller's decision to move on, announced by his father, the band's manager, at an extraordinary band meeting in the summer of 1982, "came as a shock" to Buckler and Foxton, who wanted to keep the band together. Buckler told the Woking News and Mail in 2012: "It was like we were going to be driving over a cliff at the end of the year, and you keep thinking 'Well, maybe he'll change his mind'’. Both Buckler and Foxton described the experience as bitter, but in later years both expressed understanding, if not complete acceptance. Following the split, Foxton did not speak to Weller for over 20 years, and Buckler said in 2015 that he still had not spoken to Weller since, despite repeated attempts by Buckler and Foxton in 1983 and 1984 to meet up with and talk to Weller. As the farewell tour neared its end, Polydor released a live album titled Dig the New Breed, a collection of songs from various concert performances over the band's five-year career which, while commercially successful, met with mixed reviews. The month after the final concert in Brighton, Polydor predictably re-released all sixteen of the band's singles, nine of which re-entered the UK charts on 22 January 1983.
Are there any more videos from this concert? I remember listening to it on a broadcast when I was in Ann Arbor, and it was brilliant. They played "Birds In Paradise", "Louie Louie" and anything else you could want. I only liked the original line-up. Everyone slathers over Chrissie Hynde, but personally i never thought she was that great without this particular line-up. The total was so much greater than the sum of the parts.
@hysteropotmoi "What yer gonna do about " with Steve Jones guesting (Sex Pistols fame) & "stop your sobbing" was (is). I seem to remember this concert being on the BBC during 1980, but we didnt have a recorder is those days! This vid is also on the 2005 5 cd set collection which covers live shows from all years. Definetely Pretenders best live sound...........
I saw the band at a club called The Grey Topper, Jacksdale, The crowd started spitting, Chrissie threatened to come off stage if they did not stop, they stopped. the crowd was just over 100 people, i could have reached out and touched them i was that close to the stage.
Toni Blazeing ...you are one LUCKY DUCK. seeing the original band, That CLOSE up!!!😆😁 myself saw them once in Philly, once in NJ. It was fall of 1981...Damn long time ago. Well, Cheers then n God bless us all, simpler times. Love ur tees!🤗🇺🇸
@@dannynicastro3207 This was the time when small clubs were the norm, the Boat club Nottingham, held around 200 people, Led Zeplin played there twice, They was paid $140 for the gig. the second time they played for free as a thank you to the club who helped put them on the man
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Pretenders are not pretenders. Real deal.
Their stuff never sounds out of date!!
The original Pretenders had that "magic chemistry" that every band hopes for but very few bands have. The energy and talent so clearly visible here is incredible. RIP Jimmy & Pete.
I was JUST thinking what you said in this comment. The Pretenders, before they self destructed could blow anyone away, imho! My ex-wife and I went to see them in Houston, but it was too late. The band was already half dead. They were still really good, but like my ex said, it was sort of a weird concert, a little bit creepy. But we were way big fans, that's for sure. Such a shame what happened.
The Beatles had that magic chemistry.
shooting stars ricocheting across our skies and we are still basking in their glow
You took the words right out of my mouth great posting.
There was a rawness, a purity, a hunger, an edge the original had that was never duplicated.
The important thing isn't that Honeyman-Scott and Fardon died, it's that they lived. The original Pretenders line-up still rules.
God bless you my friend (if that's your thing!)
@@steelr66 Cheers!
Youre right!!
So you like to look at silver linings? They got into hard drugs and paid a heavy price for chasing a high. They lost everything! What good is fame and fortune to a dead man?
Thank God she didn’t get into that garbage or Chambers.
RIP
What amazes me
is that CH, The Pretenders had it from the first second they stepped on stage all that time ago. 🙏
Martin Chambers was a madman back in the day on those drums. The chemistry between James and Pete, just amazing.
James Honeyman-Scott was one of the best lead guitarists I've ever seen.
James Honeyman-Scott was a Wizard on the guitar.
they were the best then 😊
Her talent was profoundly heightened by James and Pete- what huge losses !
Kept waiting for them to skip a beat. Not once....so tight! Love them
Tattooed Love Boys is the song I always think of when I hear someone talk about "Stripped back RAW Rock n Roll". That first Pretenders album should be a benchmark any aspiring rock band would hope to equal. That first iteration of that band was simply spectacular. James Honeyman-Scott was a force of nature that IMO never got his due as the amazing guitarist he was. The energy he brought to the early Pretenders sound was palpable. It's amazing that Chrissy continued through all the death that band experienced over the years, and she's still rockin today!
And then Pretenders II came out and we all lost our minds.
James Honeyman-Scot!
Preach my brother preach, for you are correct
Pete Townshend evidently thought he was pretty special too when they were at the people for Kampuchea concert.
Brilliant Rock Band! And Hyndes sultry and sexy vocals made this bands music special and she looked so fine with those bangs. But her unique voice really stands out! What a gift she has plus she writes good songs! Amazing story too! It’s like a fairytale! She’s from Akron, Ohio where they made all the Tires 🛞 for America and it’s mainly an industrial town. Devo are from there as well.
So she gets into the British Invasion and works as a waitress so that’s taking her nowhere fast. So she finally decides to move to London to try to get into the music scene and become a musician. That took vision and guts to do that. Luckily, she didn’t have to learn another language. So she found her band and wrote an album and viola! The Pretenders debut is a smash hit just after the Punk explosion 💥 faded away. So they become the hottest band in Britain and tour to sold out crowds. Then they tour America and become headliners and they arrived to the big time. They release a second album and repeat the success. Then they have a tragic loss of two bandmates from drugs. But luckily Hynde keeps going and Learning to Crawl is another hit album proving that she has staying power. Mainly because of her magical voice! And she’s still touring with her latest band today! And she still sounds great! What a career and triumph!
👏🏻
The guitar sound James got and the tight mean rhythm Chrissie laid down was so damn cool. To get that unique a sound with that simple a combination is testament to their incredible talent. Chrissie was the real beginning of the revolution that played out. Sexy beyond belief and whipsmart. She definitely had my teenage attention and still does.
Jimmy had flames shooting off his neck. Amazing playing
At about 4:20, Martin does this very nice, sweet roll, and you can see James look over at him with much appreciation and affection. James Honeyman Scott. R.I.P. Never forgotten.
Anyone else totally digging the backup vocals at the six minute mark? What a sweet touch.... man, these cats had it going on.
there will never be another band like this in History. When Rock was pure and raw. Such beautiful sound.
Love when she introduces Honeyman as “rhythm guitar” LOL.
Pete is killer talented.
This line up was awesome. This is when rock was still wonderful!!
this is a time when underground punk ruled and they were all kicked in the balls with this quartet............... end of statement.... what guitar playing and what a rhythm section...
And what songwriting!
@@MsAppassionata DEFINITELY! The songwriting produced raw masterpieces. Only THIS band with all original members could ever play these songs properly and with such heart as far as I’m concerned.
Speechless. That Guitar. That Girl. That Voice. That Time. Did I say That Guitar?
Thank God for cameras.
The original line-up was such a GREAT fucking band!! I was lucky enough to see them twice. First time at a college, just before they broke out...you could count the audience on two hands. A couple months later at a much larger venue in the same city, SOLD OUT with hundreds more screaming to get in.
Excellent band who were always great on a stage. Christie was the coolest chick to manhandle erm play guitar yes!
That first Pretenders album. Pure, raw, driving, sexual, unsurpassed. What a fantastic and perfect formulation of talented artists. Still use it at the gym, decades later. Listen to it secretly, so my children can’t hear. Paradoxical, isn’t it?
Banan Waelwulf ...introduce your kids to the good stuff, the real music asap...God knows by the time they are teenagers it will all be a thing of the past!!!. Truly.
weirdo
Amazing ... loving Up the Neck, James H-S just rules ... that said, the whole fricking band is sensational. I still have their first two albums on vinyl and give them a turn every now and then (for the benefit of the neighbours). Total rock and roll.
One of the greatest rock bands ever. So sad that it all ended so quickly. No criticism of Chrissie, because she soldiered on and made a lot of great music afterwards with Martin. But still ...
I know. The chemistry was gone. Why do my favorite bands expire?BTW Martin Chambers us kickass on drums. Imo
@@Elle-mq8ij Martin Chambers is a freaking tornado on the kit.
This is so good, the band is very tight
Holy shit ! The interplay between the band. Live performance 101. If there was a Mt. Rushmore of female vocalists, Ms Hynde gets ballot no. 1. Every time I hear that album. Pretty fucking good time to be an adolescent
I am so glad I got to see the original line up more than once, man does this ever bring back memories of a time of great promise. Often wonder what could have been... this is rockin' bad ass here.
Good catch
I got to see them once. Wish now that it had been more but I thought I would get to see them next time around. Sad that I never got the chance. Great band!
JHS...a legend...rip
1:28 sublime 🇮🇹
Man I miss these days although I was only 10 years old in 82 I grew up through the 80s it was already played drums and then started playing guitar around 15 and haven't stopped since. Just the bands were so much better back then because you had to be able to play, the studios were all analog and any mistake would stick out like a sore thumb you didn't have Pro Tools and Auto-Tune to fix stuff like you could today you'd have to go back and do it again until it was right. But anyway, the bands were just so much better back then, this version of The Pretenders just had it, you know when they say you either got it or you don't , well they had it.
Stood Still mid 1980 hearing this at a party. Never forgot. Pretenders. Is there a better Rock and roll band. I don't think so 40 years on.
Tatttooed Love Boys is one of the most badass songs every written, EVER. I wish this was the entire song and not just the extended end :(
Celebrate the victory of talent!!! Not death culture. We all die.
Got to see them a fair bit back in these days, wow, such good energy and so tight! Still sounds fresh and relevant today.
Thanks girls. I'd like to introduce the Pretenders to you now on bass guitar Pete Farndon. on rhythm guitar Mr. James Honeyman-Scott. on drums the inimitable Mr. Martin Chambers. I'm Chrissie. Thanks for coming.
Thrilling, cool, proper band. Never the same post jhs and farndon. No more danger. Rock n roll bands need menace. This lineup had menace and melody. And sex
Thank you.
@mgaab11
Jimmy and Pete died a year apart.
Pete was kicked out of the band for taking drugs. Jimmy died the next day. Pete died a year later in his bath.
Ouah!! Ça secoue c'est du rock . Plus de 42 ans c'est passé et toujours pareil. Magnifique. Un regret : les vieilles charrues en Bretagne, un concert des Pretenders que j'ai loupé... Chrissie, you're the Best
I read the latest Rolling stone 100 Guitarists and JHS is not there of course. As one stated earlier, he is much underrated. I know he is there with likes of Lindsey Buckingham, but what the hell. All I have been doing for the last three months is listening to this video and still find it entertaining. Great job...Pretenders!
Honeyman was such a BEAST
Viva .....Rock'n'roll et la belle création ....émotion .....et la force qui va avec...
@blipzandstripz
I agree with you, I also think that this post was one of the Pretenders best sounding shows, and certainly Jimmy performance sounded at his best in "up the neck" even if the song ended a bit abruptly compared to normal live shows.
Quit cryin'....this is bad ___ rock...period🎸
The boys from Hereford...Jimmy,Pete, and
Martin & the hardcore American chick...
Chrissie-The PRETENDERS! NO OTHER BAND COULD TOUCH THEM!!!
Early Pretenders So Good I Hurt For Those Not Around In1980!
Fardon tossing beer under his armpit lmao!! 3:22 guessing it was pretty hot...
I took it like he was tossing it over his shoulder after he was introduced, like a cool guys bow lol
Well, yes, Mr. Honeyman-Scott, but geez what about Chamber's drumming on Tattoo Love Boys!!!!!!!!!!
Chrissie you sweat on me any day!!!! What a band!
This Chick rocked
Pretenders at their absolute peak here.
Oh, to have lived in the U.K. back then with all of those bands live in action...
Scott had great vibrato...
What a smokin' Band. Honeyman- Scott WAS A GREAT PLAYER WITH A REAL BITE TO HIS WORK. WHY'S HE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ON CAMERA AS HE SPITS OUT FIRED LEADS DURING THE BEST OF THE NONZEP, BRITISH ROCK FROM 79-82? THEY TORE UP. [RIP JHS + PF]🎼
A few things I remember about seeing them live in 1980 or 81(?) was how f**king cool Pete Farndon was. Me and my friends were against the stage right in front of him the whole show and he handed my friend a coke, would toss us picks, the setlist, an errant drumstick etc and generally interacting with the fans like we were old friends. He had a coolness factor about him that was unique. Another thing that had me laughing while watching this video was at 3:15 and 5:15 when she picks up a drumstick and flings into the audience. At the show I was at she got hit in the back of the head with Martins flying drumsticks and later tripped and fell on stage, either on her guitar chord or another of Martins loose sticks. I wonder if Martin Chambers had a habit of dropping his sticks and it looks like she was keeping an eye out for crap on stage.
Always liked them even though I was a hard rocker back then. But you’re so right, no one is cooler than Pete Farndon. I’m glad to know he was cooler than I thought!
Fkn firing on all cylinders, what a great fkn band this was
WOW!! 😍
If there are angels rockers Chrissie Hynde, it is one of them. Incredible!!!
The Jimmy Scott bow...2:42. Shit hot band!
May the first person to dislike this be damned
only last half of Tatood love boys????????????...RIP James Honeyman Scott
Any chance this footage was filmed for "URGH! A Music War," because the cinematography sure is similar. Seeing this for the first time, and DANG it's incredible!
THE ORIGINAL PRETENDERS...DRUGS SUCK ...THEY TOOK TWO GUYS WHO WOULD HAVE WENT ON TO SO MUCH FAME
JHS may not be at the top anymore for obvious reasons but I bet Martin is near the top of the drummers list, and he mostly never even gets a mention! I have some live cd's in the car and his drummin is awesome, infact it always has been.
I read an interwiev with him where he said before Pretenders he played in a progressive band, that's why he is able to easily master the odd times, typical of Pretenders first albums. Basically he had a background in the late 70s only fews had at the time and in fact he is good to play almost all genre of music. Really one of the best!
The first Pretenders album made me want to be a drummer.
Forty years on, it *still* makes me want to be a drummer!
Martin Chambers is undoubtedly one of the best unsung drummers on the planet.
This is the business people make no farking error. The Pretenders at their ultimate best. As of now (14/08/2018) I see at the top there is 126 likes and NO dislikes indicating just how farking great these songs are. So pissed I never saw this crew live as I'm 55 dis year and in hindsight I so should have seen them when they were over our way here in New Zealand. However as I live at the bottom of the South Island air travel can be expensive. Yeh I know that's NO excuse. A quality American band make no error - with a tragic story as well. For me the earlier Pretenders was my fav era as it was obviously rawer and more cutting edge to their later...er...'pop' -ier sounding stuff shall we say. Well there's no denying it was more sanitized, softer, and oh here we go again 'commercialized'. Well it was as that's what the record farking companies demand - as it sells mega $ see - so all the gravy-farking-trainers of the music buso can all get their cut. So did The Pretenders sell their more punk roots soul to the devil? You betcha! And what band didn't/doesn't? Even Metallica sold their soul. Few bands/artists did/do. I'll name one that didn't and I don't care if they're pomes; The Sex Pistols. Ok want another one? The Ramones.
Blackscorpion1963 ...The Pretenders, whether the otiginal four or any of Chrissies later formations were way, WAY BETTER than anything the Sex pistols shitted out. And the Ramones also...most of it.
Well put. Every band matures and realizes that you have to compromise your art for the sake of making "pop" music for the teenie bopper set and rake in the cash while you're still a marketable item. I really wish I had saw them too. What a perfect line up. And they had such fun with each other. However I did see the Ramones in my state of Connecticut back in 1985. I lost the hearing in my LEFT ear for 3 days . They were so LOUD !!!!
J M 😁🤗😎😉
Did the Jam sell theirs?
@@duffbaker9554 Well according to Wikipedia as far as the break up of The Jam is concerned; 'The decision to split was solely Weller's. Explaining at the time that he disliked the idea of continuing for as long as possible simply because they were successful, he later told the Daily Mirror in advance of a 2015 Sky documentary on the band, "I wanted to end it to see what else I was capable of, and I'm still sure we stopped at the right time. I'm proud of what we did but I didn't want to dilute it, or for us to get embarrassing by trying to go on forever. We finished at our peak. I think we had achieved all we wanted or needed to, both commercially and artistically." Weller's decision to move on, announced by his father, the band's manager, at an extraordinary band meeting in the summer of 1982, "came as a shock" to Buckler and Foxton, who wanted to keep the band together. Buckler told the Woking News and Mail in 2012: "It was like we were going to be driving over a cliff at the end of the year, and you keep thinking 'Well, maybe he'll change his mind'’. Both Buckler and Foxton described the experience as bitter, but in later years both expressed understanding, if not complete acceptance. Following the split, Foxton did not speak to Weller for over 20 years, and Buckler said in 2015 that he still had not spoken to Weller since, despite repeated attempts by Buckler and Foxton in 1983 and 1984 to meet up with and talk to Weller. As the farewell tour neared its end, Polydor released a live album titled Dig the New Breed, a collection of songs from various concert performances over the band's five-year career which, while commercially successful, met with mixed reviews. The month after the final concert in Brighton, Polydor predictably re-released all sixteen of the band's singles, nine of which re-entered the UK charts on 22 January 1983.
CLASSIC
I put my head on the curb and I can't produce a word....
They were as tight as the Ramones when it came to playing live.
Are there any more videos from this concert? I remember listening to it on a broadcast when I was in Ann Arbor, and it was brilliant. They played "Birds In Paradise", "Louie Louie" and anything else you could want. I only liked the original line-up. Everyone slathers over Chrissie Hynde, but personally i never thought she was that great without this particular line-up. The total was so much greater than the sum of the parts.
I hope everyone in the audience realizes how friggin lucky they were! I couldn’t go. I was only 11!
@hysteropotmoi
"What yer gonna do about " with Steve Jones guesting (Sex Pistols fame) & "stop your sobbing" was (is). I seem to remember this concert being on the BBC during 1980, but we didnt have a recorder is those days! This vid is also on the 2005 5 cd set collection which covers live shows from all years. Definetely Pretenders best live sound...........
On rhythm guitar jhs ? Really ?? I think chrissie is rhythm guitar !!
Exceptional…
I saw the band at a club called The Grey Topper, Jacksdale, The crowd started spitting, Chrissie threatened to come off stage if they did not stop, they stopped. the crowd was just over 100 people, i could have reached out and touched them i was that close to the stage.
Toni Blazeing ...you are one LUCKY DUCK. seeing the original band, That CLOSE up!!!😆😁 myself saw them once in Philly, once in NJ. It was fall of 1981...Damn long time ago. Well, Cheers then n God bless us all, simpler times. Love ur tees!🤗🇺🇸
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@@dannynicastro3207 This was the time when small clubs were the norm, the Boat club Nottingham, held around 200 people, Led Zeplin played there twice, They was paid $140 for the gig. the second time they played for free as a thank you to the club who helped put them on the man
40 fucking years ago!
Joy ❤
I might get a tattoo
James was an amazing guitarist-gone too too soon -what a waste.
the original pretenders were excellent
No waste, really up to him ...enjoy the awesomeness he gave
not a complete waste! He left some great music behind.
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This was rook
Wow!!!
Honeymoon! Enough said
I am so flippin' jealous of everyone who was at this show. But, happy for you lucky mofos. 😂
Did this show get released on DVD?? Amazing.
Eu não gosto disso, eu adoro.
Omg
Saw them at Hereford tech. College. Loads of trouble a nd fighting, people spat on her. Love them to bits. (Not the spitters)! Xx
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onlytakinalook ...yes, they were...VERY VERY COOL N FLAMING SCALDING HOT ALL AT ONCE. RIP...PGF and JHS🇬🇧🇺🇸😏
I just want to....
My Fantasy: Bump into her in NYC in a store or a bakery....introduce myself and ask her for a quick chat and tea or coffee. She agrees! I say, "What are you doing tonight," and she says, "Chillin at the hotel." I say. "Let's chill together, and I'll show you my Spotify if you show me yours." She breaks up laughing and says, "Ok. You're on. Eight sharp. Tonight. Bring your A game play list."
In Paris....
drip on me chrissie
That’s mean,mean.
What a fucking shame.
ummm, you are rhythm babe, Jimmy is lead guitar
I'm an 80s fan and I'm a child of the 80s and this band had everything going for it but for one tiny little problem....their music was just BAD.
Same comments in two differents Pretenders live videos, if you think their music is BAD what are you doing seeing their videos? Hahaha!!
@@mariaisabelcarrillo6315 It's like watching trains colliding....or fat people having sex. It's revolting, horrifying, and captivating!
Celebrate their wonderful music not their😢