I think a lot of American cities lost their youth population when their downtowns collapsed, and they all bailed. ""You can pack a lot in because you have a melody someone likes, you might have a voice someone likes, a lyric, a guitar riff — a whole lot of elements people can fall in love with in three minutes. "Every time I do a show, I look out in the audience. ""I keep getting asked if it's about politicians — yes and no. They once produced so many tires here you could smell rubber in the air day and night.And it was like that when Christine Ellen Hynde was born in 1951, the second child of a secretary and a phone company worker. But I should've. The downside is that it started bringing in money, and once money comes in, people start getting a little too tight-fisted about it. But we weren't thinking that way. "Smith asked, "Did you, at the time, fear for your life?" What are you going to do there? "But Chrissie had music in her blood. asked Chrissie Hynde. If you missed it this morning, our own Bryan Truta sat down (via phone) with the legendary Chrissie Hynde — frontwoman and founding member of "Hate For Sale" is the band's 11th studio album, released last Friday on BMG. "Any genre of music can be great if you like it... On this [album] we wanted to make real traditional short-type songs with riffs and melodies. ""People are shameless when given a microphone. "It just kind of went with the territory?" July 21, 2020 "Hynde partly blames herself for the incident, and has come under fire for saying so. She told Smith she was addicted: "Yeah, probably." It's not a profound song and I'm not a poet; I'm just trying to knock out a punk song.

Eventually she decided that there was nothing left for her in Ohio. "When you're 17 you don't want to move to the suburbs. A nice tidy package. If you're doing something you enjoy, that's the great thing about coming through having a lot of jobs you didn't like. I'm a karaoke singer, I just wanna wrap myself around some melodies like any drunk in a bar. For close to 40 years she's seen it all, and sung about it. There's been a continuity in sound. It’d be even harder to find two more different rock legends. Watch; Official Site; facebook; twitter; instagram; Extra Minutes | Why Stevie Nicks asked Chrissie Hynde to join her on tour. In honor of the new Pretenders tour and record release, we’re revisiting a conversation with Chrissie Hynde from the April 1986 issue of Interview . Chrissie Hynde is the face, the voice and the soul of The Pretenders. "What are you going to do when there's no downtown?" When The Beatles came along and started writing their own songs, that was more creative and fun for a band.

"Well, you know, if you hung out with those guys, that's what happened," Hynde said. "With a lot of these guys, once you get involved in 'em, you don't really get out. Smith asked. But I had a destiny to fulfill! The founding member of The Pretenders is an enduring rock legend - just don't call her an artist. "Not really. It's also the first album that features The Pretenders' long-time touring lineup of Hynde with Walbourne, plus bassist Nick Wilkinson and Martin Chambers, the band's original drummer.
Makes you appreciate it more. Stream CBSN live or on demand for FREE on your TV, computer, tablet, or smartphone. Both were decidedly old school: "My dad was of the school of, if he heard Bob Dylan, he'd be, you know, 'Chrissie, he can't even sing!'" I mean, if you go and hang out with outlaws and criminals, then that's just part of it. "I would say, there was certain elements that I wanted to avoid, yeah," she replied. © 2015 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. she said. And I just think, 'Don't you guys wish that you were doing this?' For close to 40 years she's seen it all, and sung about it.
I can see every woman out there who wanted to be a singer. The 10-track effort was completely written by Hynde and guitarist James Walbourne. If so, feel free to contact us using the form below or visit our