The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde in studio q
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- Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, has one of the most distinctive voices in rock - but her personal story and strong opinions would also stand out in any crowd. The Don't Get Me Wrong singer joins Shad to discuss her revealing new memoir, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender.
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Chrissie Hynde is truly a legend in her own time. I too grew up in that exact era and time. Now, I am 73 looking back at History, I'll never forget it.
This woman is my hero!!!!!
She makes no apologies for who she was or is she is honest straight forward and is a rock and roll goddess she also stands up for animals which makes her even more BITCHIN!!!!!!
You go,girl
40 years later and I still love this woman.
Oh, she is still just the best. Still still still. I came alll the way from Nebraska just to say it
"Said it out loud, out loud in a crowd" that lyric in Talk of the Town is so Dr Seuss and at the same time, sort of Ian Anderson comical, it's perfect homage to a deeper legacy of art in such a simple, playful rhyme. That's just one example of the genius of Chrissie Hynde.
"just never stop! comfort doesn't spawn creativity.." hell yes
Wow. Christie Hynde is still on top of her game. What a hero of music.
She's just an amazing person!! Loaded with talent, stunning voice, gifted songwriter and huge stage presence but, after all, just a great person!
Yep totally! lovely direct honest..talented..socially aware.....amazing!
I saw Pretenders in '79 at a small club when they toured in a yellow school bus. They were great. Played their rock hearts out.
Chrissie is, without question, one of the coolest people on the planet! Thank you for posting this interview.
+Skeeter NYC Well said!
+Skeeter NYC I noticed she used the term "dig" a few times. Very cool! Nobody says "dig" anymore. Can you dig it??
diggin' it !
+carlinfan4life I dig it.
Not only is she one of the coolest rock chicks in the planet, but she truly signifies what a "rock chick" is---strong, forthright, a supreme songwriter and simply badass! And she's not the one anyone should fuck with. I love her "fuck you" attitude. If you don't like her, it don't matter to her. And if you do, then "come on in and enjoy my music!"
On that note, I can imagine the Chrissie Hynde biopic (I'm actually OVER biopics, actually). And the actress to play her, no one other than Gina Gershon.
Sporting the Joe Strummer shirt. This lady is real rock n' roll.
Usually, I don't pay much attention to the interviewer, but this guy really knows his stuff!
I thought he did a good job. She's kinda a tough nut to crack and as honest as she is (and I loved the book, love her music, and loved the interview, you could kinda see her jut her chin out, figuratively.. here and there, which is fine by me.
Silas Marner thats for sure. At the beginning it sounded a little too political or analyzed from the interviewer especially regarding the drugs part. Chrissie chose her words well here and it got better. So many girls out there obsessed with the social media culture should listen to her. Inspirational to say the least.
HAD to be good! Considering the footsteps he was following in (Jian Ghomeshi). Ghomeshi, despite anything else about him, was a GREAT interviewer (even according to Barbara Walters). So this new interviewer has big shoes to fill! :)
Chrissie Hynde's singing voice is my favorite in rock. Brass in Pocket -- range, emotional expression, tone, control. Top shelf.
Yeah, Chrissie. There aren't a lot of singers with that vocal agility you talk or.
Brass is what they call brass knuckles, so listen to it to find Crissie's personality a little better. Yeah that voice - it is contralto. She was the feminist I want . . . for president, just like her voice and vocal vignettes. She should have run for prez last year - she was sharp, fearless, true to her ideals, and incorruptible. But she just wanted to play guitar. A better fate.
We knew she wrote the songs.
Turns out she's almost 70 or so now &so glad she's still growling.
Chrissie WAS wrong about punk rockers not knowing music - I almost moved into a place on the side of Mt Sutro with some. Had a musical background , and walked in - they were playing Bach!
She made it when we were up in Mammoth skiing, climbing, escapin' the chain gang.
Chrissie's voice on Forever Young just KILLS me!
So refreshing to see and hear an interviewer who has done their homework, looks engaged and allows their guest to speak. Much respect to this man
If you love music and rock and roll you cannot help but love Chrissie . I have been crushing on her since the late 70 s . I know join the club right ?
Chrissie is wonderfully articulate and a masterful songwriter and performer. A vibe to behold and transparent heart. Much love and respect...God bless y'all...
The interviewer is a master of his profession. Congratulations!
Great interview. I really dig her interviews. She is a iconic artist and a straight shooter, plus she still looks great.
i know it's edited but he let's her do most of the talking, seems engaged and keeps the energy up
It's clear he did his research and is skilled at facilitating.
Great comment.
My thoughts too.
Great
I love her. She's been known to be a difficult person to interview. He's a master.
"Comfort does not spawn creativity." A truth from a beautiful soul and a beautiful, confident, strong woman. Love her more and more these last 35 years...
Nice words, I agree completely!
Jeffrey Collier I don’t necessarily believe that. The Beatles, and Led Zeppelin wrote some of their best material after they became “comfortable”, for example.
Jeffrey Collier absolutely great quote I thought as well!!!
@@MsAppassionata You’re correct. Creativity, by its very nature, can’t be constrained by one pithy saying, however funky it sounds on the surface.
Was at the Bowie concert in Cleveland she spoke of, his first in the US. It was truly “life changing” and so was and is Chrissie.
Chrissie, telling it like it was. I'm five years younger than her and grew up in the same musician/drug/radio lifestyle that was the Cleveland/Akron suburban vortex. Saw punk being invented in front of my very own eyes. Chrissie is an archetype proto-punk, Northeast Ohio Division. East 55th and Euclid Ave., indeed.
25:30 "If you don't take no for an answer, you can always get what you want."
-Chrissie Hynde
One of the most profound truths ever uttered by human lips.
But people walk away from you, then security starts to become aware of you.
@@Kube_Dog Stalking is illegal.
@@Pulse2AM Is that like planking?
hell yeah.
Freaking interviewer is as good as Chrissie.
And her brother plays in one of the greatest bands ever - I'm serious - after 50 years they are still killing it. It's amazing. THE NUMBERS BAND from Kent Ohio.
I could listen to her for hours...I love her honesty and unapologetic account of those times.....in a business that's become very fake and generic it is so refreshing to listen to someone in music who has integrity ....She was part of a very small group of female artists to front a band....they changed the rules...they created something new instead of just reacting to what was already there....Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, Patti Smith, Siouxsie Sioux and Polly Styrene ....each one unique in style and sound....the opposite of generic...they fought against sexism, they fought against the status quo and now they fight against ageism....Legends...real ones...not X Factor ones
+Redcrop Uk
Yes, def! Don't forget Joan Jett/The Runaways, The Slits, The Raincoats, Pauline Murray, B-52s, Exene Cervenka, Lydia Lunch, Annie Lennox, Grace Jones, Lene Lovich, and Nina Hagen - The original Lady Gaga.
+Skeeter NYC Nina Hagen is just plain original. Whata character.
+Skeeter NYC Suzi quatro! fanny! Cher!
Well said🤔
+Skeeter NYC yes! Yes! Yes! All of the above!
Chrissie is a Full on Rock Historian...Great interviewer too. Matt NYC
I've loved Chrissie as long as I can remember. Whenever I'd hear the Pretenders, I would have this odd thought: I'd think "I hope her parents are proud of her." She deserves that. I hope she got it.
The Pretenders played a classic venue Massey Hall in Toronto years ago, and I happened to drive by just before the show and wished I had a ticket. Chrissie and the band were one of my favourites, and she still has that magical voice. I pulled up and there was one scalper left, and he had a single, front row center balcony ticket. Not easy to sell single tickets, and so the price was right. A n hour later I found myself in the best seat in the house. It was incredible! Something I will never forget.... This is a great interview and now I know more about one of my heroes! Shad did a great interview and we don't see much of that. He really let this be about Chrissie.I just saw a video with Chrissie and Stevie Nicks on tour and they are both such legends...
This interviewer is actually quite amazing in drawing out great stories from Chrissie. Cheers to him and to Chrissie for a great interview.
Gotta give some major credit to Shad for knowing the topic, made the interview enjoyable. Chrissie is just given, expected her great input and coherent presentation.
She's so smart, talented and interesting to listen to. I have always admired her. Good interview!
She’s amazing
"If you don't take no for an answer, you can always get what you want". Well said Chrissie.
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!
What a pleasure to have such a uniquely creative and vibrant person interviewed by an exceptionally bright and prepared host. Great job!
Yep, just makes you realise how stupid most interviewers are, and, dare I say it, most rock stars. Exceptional stuff.
A real Punk Rocker. Still today her attitude is honest and punk.
Alright I watched 20 min of this and like Chrissy I was in a band expecting to make it big a few yrs later. This interviewer is amazing asking all the right questions. Gotta respect someone who does his job. Amazing interview
Chrissie is as sharp as they get and of course she is with the quality of sound she creates... The Pretenders are outstanding live and a must if you haven't had the honor yet...
Chrissie is very candid and a great observer of her life.
Chrissie is an amazing musician, she has her own style such a unique person.
Very honest interview from a legend in Rock and a very humble and good interviewer
I Love Chrissie Hynde. She's my favourite Rock Star.
She is sharp and interesting to listen to without being full of herself and comes across sincere !!
The coolest rock chic eva!! Love her style..so much charisma
Yep...still in love with Chrissie Hynde. An affection that began in the 80's....gonna double down...SUPER love this woman!
What an amazing interview! Chrissie is one of the most charismatic, honest, complex, and lovely personalities in all of music. I feel so lucky to have grown up in her time.
What a fascinating interview. I remember buying the Pretenders first album at age 16 and was blown away how, even now, it doesn't fit into any single category. Even reviews of her current tour opening for Stevie Nicks right now leaves present day reporters sputtering, trying to put their fingers on it, but they miss the point. Excellent interviewer (way to go dude). I hope Chrissie has much more to sing & say in the future. XOXOXOXO
One of the greatest lyricists in R&R.
Ahhh...The Chamber's Brothers! Loved them back in the day! Listened to their great hit, "Time" when I was gettin' stoned in 'Nam. Great interview and a great interviewer. I really enjoyed listening to this.
Right on Chrissie. We were there. Heads or straights, that is the way it was.... "We are all of us here, in the gutter, some of us are looking at the stars"... One of my favorite lines in all rock history to me.
Crissie has one of the most unique voices in music. Few mysicians today have great voices, instead they're great dancers. The music industry neefs to return to music and shelve choreographed routines to broadway
Exactly on point, what you said is so very very true.
Absolutely have the most respect for Chrissie Hynde and her talent. Didn't know about the book but just bought it.
This guy read her book. Wow what an amazing researcher! This guy belongs back on university radio.
She is great. Pure rock and roll.
I loved listening to Chrissie talk about the early times in Akron, Ohio. Radio back then was not pre-programmed and was not owned by corporations. The disc jockeys could play whatever they wanted, in whatever towns or cities they lived in. (When I was a kid, I did the same thing late at night - laying in bed with a portable AM/FM radio). She is so fascinating to listen to. She definitely chased after her dream and she speaks from experience and with authority. Her life experience musically and emotionally is incredible and I cannot get enough of this woman and her storytelling. She was beautiful then and she's beautiful now, inside and out. Brutally honest, intelligent, and thoroughly captivating. An excellent interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, May I present the incomparable CHRISSIE HYNDE!
Saw her 3 Times back in the day. Had a full-size poster plastered on my fridge. Anyone who criticized it/her got kicked the he'll out!
Chrissie we've appreciated you through the years - Ohio transplants in California. You've always stood out as a genuine unique creative human who dared to be yourself.
No one in rock has got me to laugh and/or cry as much as Chrissie Hynde. For example: in "Pretenders" she took the most impossible lyrics for song, and she yet twisted and phrased the words and produced a classic in the genre. Brilliant! All these decades later, I'm so happy she's articulately explained what was going on in her youth - about her herself, and the culture. Thanks to Mr Power for the interview.
"The reason we're here is to love everybody, take care of everybody"(Message of Love/ The Pretenders)
I LOVE Chrissie Hynde and ALL my fellow Chrissie fans male and especially female. Lol
"All You Need Is Love" the Beatles sang
So so True as a Christian.
G-D Is LOVE and So much More!
I always thought she was hot. I still think she's hot. It's the way she carries herself.
Watch her perform Brass in Pocket at the 1995 VH1 Award ceremony!!
I went and checked it out... N I C E.
I'm 65. I can say she's hot and my life was very similar to hers
She's a true Rock Queen. Mad respect to her. ♥️
This book was a wake-me-up. Loved the late great Lemmy's advice when she was't sure how to get her band together! Sobering book as well- to value your body and life. All one really has- true.
James Honeyman-Scott deserves credit for one of the greatest guitar solos ever for his scorching eruption on "Tattooed Lover Boys". Pure genius, pure energy and hooky as fuck. I never tire of listening to it or watching the video. THE most sexually energized rock and roll song EVER.
One of the greatest in Rock N Roll history!
Because she is from Ohio many people don't know that Chrissie was part of the early UK punk scene so she was good friends with Joe (I believe she attended his funeral). She worked at Malcolm McClaren's SEX shop and even tried to get Sid and Johnny Rotten to marry her so she could stay in England. She was part of a short lived band with Mick Jones of The Clash
the original lineup of the Pretenders was set to take over the world. NOBODY dislikes that first album. It's on the short list of the best ever made.
ted norton It’s one of my favorites of all time.
I can remember the first time I played it in my room.
UR not kidding
1st two albums really
Chrissie Hynde is as intelligent, honest and forceful in her thoughts and discussions as she has always been in her music. That is why she is what makes Rock n Roll great.
Watching this in late 2023; this was a great interview and the location set up looks beautiful. Now, about Chrissie, I love her and I love her music. Please tour Texas!!! I've never seen her perform and that needs to happen. She is an absolutely brilliant and sincere human being.
Chrissie was a rock band's leader when few women was there doing this. She is a great instrumentist, one of the first rock n roll singer, and for her all of this sound so natural, so simple.
Thanks for existing, Chrissie.
Great interviewer. Listens and honours the responses and keeps the focus back on her answers.
He's one of the best interviewers I've ever seen. Where has this guy been? Fantastic job. It's really rare these days to see an interviewer who is as prepared as he was. He knew all about the book, and pretty much all about her. Really a pleasure to watch.
She's an amazing woman
Chrissie you have got to read all these comments posted here , you have to see just how much you have moved people ! comments , including mine, you are beautiful in evry way please do not stop singing / performing you do bring great cheer to many hearts !
Such a great Vibe from this Artist
I ❤️ Chrissie
And I ❤️ Lemmy!
If you don’t take no for an answer you can always get what you want💪🏻
rock history ... American made , love your insight, love your honesty... love it all ~thank you Ms. Hynde
Love Chrissie Hynde. What an excellent interviewer, with intelligent questions as well...rare indeed...
Of all, Chrissie Hynde is my very favorite. She 's not wanting to shine alone but be part of something bigger. That's me, too, and lots of us.
Apart from all else, she has a great speaking-voice!
Martin, Jimmy Scott and Pete were all friends of mine and great musicians way before she turned up so I believe they were potentially and should be regarded as an equal band and not just her band that she created
Time Has Come Today.
I saw The Pretenders about 15ish years ago in Vancouver at the Commodore Ballroom. Chrissie, your band was really tight and it was one of the concerts I include in my "best of" list.
A wonderful interview. Crafted questioning with knowledge, empathy and wisdom. Chrissie, aced it as always. A brilliant production, thank you both
Chrissie, I love your music, I listen to you all the time. I'm 48, I will never get sick of what you play. Thank you for being great
I love her...her muzic and her strummer t shirt ....
The interviewer is actually well prepared, did his reading and asks interesting questions. It makes a world of a difference from what you normally see. Great!
Shad makes the interview. And Chrissie is the perfect interviewee. Well done!
This guy is a professional interviewer. and is actually listening to his guest Refreshing to see an interview with someone who can speak intelligently to someone who has a real story to tell.
Very, very good interview! Sorta like enjoying interviews with Grace Slick...smart and talented, with some humor and a lot of honesty. Adult. And yes, the interviewer was very very good. A rare thing nowadays.Thank you!
She's such a great interview. Loved it.
I love Chrissy Hynde! My favorite female artist.
Beth Q She could rock just as hard as any of the guys. She has one of the greatest voices in rock and roll.
Always loved her & the band. Cool when you hear interviews with singers you grew up with musically. Enjoyed hearing her.
She is just so HONEST. Its defenately a sexy trait.....
A true rock&roll lifer.
12-2019 just bought another pretenders greatest hits,, cant get enough! Chrissy your music is truly a work of art and a blast to listen to,, Big fan!!
"It's better to have some kind of experience than nothing." This is how I've felt for the longest time.
she really speaks for our generation....
Sam Moss yes she does love her attitude and owning it
I LOVE THIS WOMAN! Great interview!
Brass in Pocket was the 1st song on the A-side of the 1st album I ever owned. You talk about your influences? YOU were my influence :) Thank you Chrissie.
Excellent interview...I am going to see her August 29th, 2023 at the Stone Pony...it's my thirteen time seeing her
What did you think of the show. It was sold out and like many others stood outside to hear the show which surprised how well we could hear. Her voice sounded great. I saw them a few times prior and never disappointed
She is still a beautiful woman. Still killing it
I love her and her art
her ability to recall is amazing. great book!
I love her!!!
Love Chrissy. She's a legend 🎶🙂
I just seen her on Wednesday and she is still hot good and very relatable in Yucca Valley so glad I went she did an encore very cool
Beautiful to see Christie pay tribute to band members now departed. Chrissie and Pete Farndon were so great in Brass in Pocket video.