uh, maybe 'don't get me wrong'... as i mentioned a few times now, get close was a big album in my childhood.
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:11 (ten years ago) link
was 'precious' not a hit? love that.
Precious was not a hit. In fact if it was a single in the UK, then it was a massive flop, especially as it would have been the follow-up to a number one.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:18 (ten years ago) link
Where's "Show Me"? Top 30 hit in the US, and would've been my pick.
Eight singles released off Learning to Crawl apparently and Show Me was only the sixth of those.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
Too bad none of these songs are called "Mystery Achievement." Then it would be easy. As it is, "Talk of the Town" or "Kid" or "Don't Get Me Wrong."
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:20 (ten years ago) link
At least six of the most amazing songs ever on here and you crummy bastards are moaning about what's missing
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:22 (ten years ago) link
joeks btw
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:23 (ten years ago) link
I'm glad there's a pulse! Every time I've polled these guys the enthusiasm has been...muted.
Anyway, the first album is in my top five. Chrissie Hynde is my favorite singer and one of my favorite rhythm guitarists. Get Close is her only average album between 1980 and 2002 (but "I'll Stand By You" is gross). I voted for "Middle of the Road," but it could have been "Kid," "Night in My Veins" (feels good, it's alright), "Talk of the Town," "Don't Get Me Wrong," or "Popstar."
Hell, every song.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:46 (ten years ago) link
message of love, mystery achievement and talk of the town kill, but i think its chain gang or ... damn this is hard.
― why is it i'm diggin your played out rhyme scenes (Hunt3r), Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
Get Close has a few clunkers on it, sure, but a lesser album than packed or Loose Screw? No way!
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:07 (ten years ago) link
Kid and Back On The Chain Gang are two of my 50 favourite songs ever. Not sure which one to choose yet.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:15 (ten years ago) link
packed has "Sense of Purpose," "Never Do That," "Let's Make a Pact," "How Do I Miss You" and no songs named "Dance!" and "How Much Did You Get For Your Soul"
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
speaking of GC, it's got my favorite lesser known album track: "Chill Factor." Boy, does she nail it.
I like HMDYGFYS, but not Dance! which is shite.
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
Hymn to Her is very sweet and sort of a proper "grown up" song.
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
packed is not without its strengths ("Sense of Purpose" chiefly among them) but on the whole it mostly bores me. But I can't exactly argue that the few lows on GC are undeniably lower.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
Gonna go out on a limb here and say Brass In Pocket because it's just perfect.
― Supposed Former ILM Lurker (WeWantMiles), Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:47 (ten years ago) link
A number of them seem just perfect.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
Brass In PocketDon't Get Me WrongTalk Of The TownStop Your SobbingHymn To HerBack On The Chain Gang
..all pretty much unfuckable with
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link
"Talk of the Town" v. "Chain Gang" is impossible for me. Flipped a coin: "Talk of the Town."
― col, Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:23 (ten years ago) link
"Back on the Chain Gang" has my favorite bridge ever
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link
"Middle of the Road"
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
common laborer by night, by day highbrow
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
I've got a mash up of five or six of these songs playing on repeat in my skull now, probably for the rest of the evening.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
I'll probably vote for Don't Get Me Wrong.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
"Message of Love," because that arrangement is pure infectious genius.
― He got...JACKED UP!!!!! (WilliamC), Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
just likeBRIGITTE BARDOT!
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link
That song has never failed to totally neutralize any ongoing bad mood.
― He got...JACKED UP!!!!! (WilliamC), Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
it's more like a ten-way tie for first place.
this. but Brass In Pocket, if I have to.
― Vic Arpeggio, Private Investigator (stevie), Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
listening to this collection now is one of the better things to happen this week
― why is it i'm diggin your played out rhyme scenes (Hunt3r), Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
I've been going on a bit of a YouTube jag for the last half hour. Brilliantly crafted songs.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:29 (ten years ago) link
Haven't heard a few of them since I was a kid I don't think.
i've always loved that "message of love" has a chorus that isn't repeated. the same music shows up a second time as the song's coda/outro, but without vocals save for the "talk to me darling" vamping as it's fading out.
i could easily vote for half the songs here, but especially "message" along with "brass in pocket," "kid" and "stop your sobbing."
― i play too fast (which is the sign of an amateur) (fact checking cuz), Thursday, 14 November 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link
whoa at disc 2 of pirate radio on stream. i don't know "tradition of love" but i'll need to listen to that more closely again later.
― why is it i'm diggin your played out rhyme scenes (Hunt3r), Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:02 (ten years ago) link
"Hymn to Her" is gorgeous, ain't it?
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:04 (ten years ago) link
yes
― why is it i'm diggin your played out rhyme scenes (Hunt3r), Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:06 (ten years ago) link
I find it almost unbearably moving without having much of a clue as to what it's actually about.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:23 (ten years ago) link
Keep beckoning to meFrom behind that closed doorThe maid and the motherAnd the crone that's grown old
I hear your voiceComing out of that holeI listen to youAnd I want some moreI listen to youAnd I want some more
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
"Hymn to Her"? It's a conflation of motherly/sisterly and lesbian love.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
Oh kay
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
I know it's a very basic musical move, but the one thing about Chrissie's voice that totally kills me is when she spreads a word at the end of a line over two or three notes ending up on the root note of the chord in that low register she has. And she does that all the damn time and I should be tired of it but no, not at all.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
what is the hole?
― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
It is a mystery!
Anyhow, this greatest hits is not perfect is it? A few clunkers perhaps, I could certainly live without the UB40 stuff.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
"Kid" forever and for always.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 November 2013 21:58 (ten years ago) link
Album wasn't on Spotify afaict so I made a playlist for it:http://open.spotify.com/user/lumpygravy/playlist/2sMVIv4rXG1oLTJKXLuGpZ
What the hell is this Spiritual High garbage?
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
Not as good as the Donna Summer version of that song, that's for sure
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 14 November 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
― rip van wanko, Thursday, November 14, 2013 4:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
YES! It has
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Friday, 15 November 2013 01:01 (ten years ago) link
I was gonna vote "Day after Day"
but.
― Mark G, Friday, 15 November 2013 02:07 (ten years ago) link
"Brass In Pocket" is like one of the greatest songs of all time, so that.
― Bee OK, Friday, 15 November 2013 02:16 (ten years ago) link
goddamn it I may listen to Pretenders tonight
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 November 2013 02:16 (ten years ago) link
Oh wow, I'd been wondering why I had This Charming Man stuck in my head!
― peace on earth and mercy mild (how's life), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 10:04 (ten years ago) link
I seem to recall that Johnny Marr was the Pretenders guitarist for one tour (maybe for Packed?)
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 10:09 (ten years ago) link
"Don't Get Me Wrong" is on constant rotation on a Menorcan radio station we used to have on in the car on every family holiday there, so as well as being a legit 10/10 song on its own it also brings back many of the fondest memories I have.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 11:11 (ten years ago) link
I think Marr was pre-Packed! - he played with the band for a 1987 tour.
― http://i26.tinypic.com/2udyu5e.jpg (stevie), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 11:44 (ten years ago) link
he played on the album and co-wrote "When Will I See You."
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 12:07 (ten years ago) link
He actually only played on one single and co-wrote "When Will I See You," but he was already in The The and Electronic by the time Packed! came out.
James Honeyman Scott was apparently his biggest influence, though, so it's not surprising that there are similarities in early Pretenders and The Smiths.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmZSuiKu-Nk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9L1SYU93d8
^ here are the songs Marr played with the band.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
voted chain gang, glad to have this off my mind.
― critique by the phantom media (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
it was the happiest day of your life?
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
Voted "Kid" while trying not to look "Talk Of The Town" in the eyes.
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
"Back on the Chain Gang", love that main riff!
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 22:37 (ten years ago) link
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep05/articles/classictracks.htm
― critique by the phantom media (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
"Then there were the background vocals, the 'oohs' and 'aahs'. Martin Chambers and Tony Butler did these, but at first Chrissie didn't think their efforts were good enough, so she bent over in front of them and wiggled her bum while they were singing. We all fell about laughing, but I have to say it achieved the right results."
― critique by the phantom media (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
Kid, for the unforgettable solo tbh
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:02 (ten years ago) link
It's like if John, Paul, and George stitched their "The End" solos together but were asked by George Martin to play three variations on jangle.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:03 (ten years ago) link
oh that's right i'd forgotten that some of big country were on chain gang xps to hunt3r
― but my heart is full of woah (NickB), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
Thinking about what Honeyman Scott and Chrissie could have accomplished in the rest of the 80s makes me sad.
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:09 (ten years ago) link
ive relistened to chain gang like 10 times now it's still magic for me.
i remember not liking it when it first hit the radio, i thought the oooh ahhs were so cheesy, and pigeons from hell were ...wtf is that about?
― critique by the phantom media (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:10 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 21 November 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
No love for 2,000 Miles or Hymn To Her :(
― but my heart is full of woah (NickB), Thursday, 21 November 2013 00:15 (ten years ago) link
But good work people all the same
kudos to whoever voted for "Night in My Veins.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 November 2013 00:16 (ten years ago) link
me! (and i can't believe i'm the only one......)
― Lee626, Thursday, 21 November 2013 00:24 (ten years ago) link
ha! who voted the UB40 collab??
― http://i26.tinypic.com/2udyu5e.jpg (stevie), Thursday, 21 November 2013 07:28 (ten years ago) link
i don't have any massive beef w/UB40 tbh, but still
"Those were the happiest days of my life" - nobody has ever delivered this line more heart-breakingly
― uk cheese board (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 21 November 2013 08:28 (ten years ago) link
^ TRUTH
― but my heart is full of woah (NickB), Thursday, 21 November 2013 08:37 (ten years ago) link
I could totally see some shit artist piano player covering Hymn to Her and scoring a massive massive Radio 2 friendly hit.
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Thursday, 21 November 2013 12:40 (ten years ago) link
What's difficults about Pretenders is that there is some universe in which "2000 Miles" is the greatest song of all time, instead of pulling zero votes against one of the toughest starting fields in existence.
― MatthewK, Friday, 22 November 2013 11:20 (ten years ago) link
uh, nice typo
― MatthewK, Friday, 22 November 2013 11:21 (ten years ago) link
sucks to be just brilliant when amazing exists
― kel's vintage port (electricsound), Friday, 22 November 2013 11:28 (ten years ago) link
my top twenty-five
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 February 2017 02:40 (seven years ago) link
"Mystery Achievement" FTW!
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 17 February 2017 03:05 (seven years ago) link
WHERE'S MY SANDY BEACH
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 February 2017 03:11 (seven years ago) link
OTM both for Mystery Achievement at #1 and for Chrissie Hynde being awesome vocalist.
― that's not my post, Friday, 17 February 2017 04:47 (seven years ago) link
ILX correct for once
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 February 2017 05:08 (seven years ago) link
i love this band so much -- hearing almost any of their singles or really anything from the debut never fails to cheer me up.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 17 February 2017 05:27 (seven years ago) link
I may have said this before, but the transition from the middle 8 back to the verse in Chain Gang is one of the finest moments in all of pop music
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Friday, 17 February 2017 11:56 (seven years ago) link
There was a BBC4 documentary about Chrissie the other night. It badly needed some editing, but it really came alive when she jammed with some rockabillies in her local pub. If anything, her voice has gained in power over the years.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Friday, 17 February 2017 12:15 (seven years ago) link
Yes. Mystery Achievement and Up the Neck are the two best Pretenders songs.
Does anybody else really like her single from a few years back, Dark Sunglasses? I thought that was her best song in many many years but it seems like nobody heard it.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 17 February 2017 14:05 (seven years ago) link
Ooh would love to see that BBC doc!
― You're going to see a lot of love. Okay? Thank you. (Dan Peterson), Friday, 17 February 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
It badly needed some editing
I'm sad to say I switched off after ten minutes of not much happening - will try again.
― Dysphagia Nutrition Solutions (stevie), Monday, 20 February 2017 10:07 (seven years ago) link
You didn't miss much, it was a flabby mess, with too much Sandra Bernhard for a start. The performance bits were great though
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Monday, 20 February 2017 11:09 (seven years ago) link
It was a bit of a disappointment and a missed opportunity overall. Tough there were some interesting bits like the performances and also her paintings.
I enjoyed her autobiography a lot, especially when it sped up after she leaves Kent State University. Her descriptions of arriving and living in London show her strong visual side.
― Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Monday, 20 February 2017 13:34 (seven years ago) link
She has such a great way with melody, which is what I think helped "Dark Sunglasses." I think "Boots of Chinese Plastic" was more "Pretenders-y," though, which I guess makes sense, since "Sunglasses" was from her solo album, whatever difference the distinction makes, since "Break Up the Concrete" doesn't even feature Martin Chambers.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 20 February 2017 14:50 (seven years ago) link