@delia17601 yes, The Pretenders’ original lineup was headed for greater things I believe, they’d made the first lp, one of the best debut lps since the dawn of rock n roll/advent of the long-player, and they’d experienced a bit of a “sophomore slump” insofar as the second album wasn’t as good as the first (though it must be said, some of the very best SONGS the Pretenders recorded were done around this time, Message Of Love and Talk Of The Town spring immediately to mind)…\r\n\r\nSo, the band was kinda poised to explode into superstardom when the tragedies struck, as evidenced...
@delia17601 yes, The Pretenders’ original lineup was headed for greater things I believe, they’d made the first lp, one of the best debut lps since the dawn of rock n roll/advent of the long-player, and they’d experienced a bit of a “sophomore slump” insofar as the second album wasn’t as good as the first (though it must be said, some of the very best SONGS the Pretenders recorded were done around this time, Message Of Love and Talk Of The Town spring immediately to mind)…\r\n\r\nSo, the band was kinda poised to explode into superstardom when the tragedies struck, as evidenced by how LearningTo Crawl became their biggest lp, Chrissie really stepped up with insanely good songs.\r\n\r\nWould’ve been great if they’d all done the third lp together, I can only imagine how great the Pretenders’ third lp would’ve and could’ve and should’ve been… HOWEVER, as in life, we don’t get what we project will happen, or wish for, what happens is…what happens…and life is what it is, and Learning To Crawl is still a brilliant album, not far off the quality and attitude of the first album. Just very different… and Chrissie is a true artiste…
It is about James and doesn't it make you wonder just what they would have produced together if he had lived? A tragedy.
@delia17601 yes, The Pretenders’ original lineup was headed for greater things I believe, they’d made the first lp, one of the best debut lps since the dawn of rock n roll/advent of the long-player, and they’d experienced a bit of a “sophomore slump” insofar as the second album wasn’t as good as the first (though it must be said, some of the very best SONGS the Pretenders recorded were done around this time, Message Of Love and Talk Of The Town spring immediately to mind)…\r\n\r\nSo, the band was kinda poised to explode into superstardom when the tragedies struck, as evidenced...
@delia17601 yes, The Pretenders’ original lineup was headed for greater things I believe, they’d made the first lp, one of the best debut lps since the dawn of rock n roll/advent of the long-player, and they’d experienced a bit of a “sophomore slump” insofar as the second album wasn’t as good as the first (though it must be said, some of the very best SONGS the Pretenders recorded were done around this time, Message Of Love and Talk Of The Town spring immediately to mind)…\r\n\r\nSo, the band was kinda poised to explode into superstardom when the tragedies struck, as evidenced by how LearningTo Crawl became their biggest lp, Chrissie really stepped up with insanely good songs.\r\n\r\nWould’ve been great if they’d all done the third lp together, I can only imagine how great the Pretenders’ third lp would’ve and could’ve and should’ve been… HOWEVER, as in life, we don’t get what we project will happen, or wish for, what happens is…what happens…and life is what it is, and Learning To Crawl is still a brilliant album, not far off the quality and attitude of the first album. Just very different… and Chrissie is a true artiste…