unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 11:26 | |
Well, depending on where YOU are in the road, this could be way out there, or at your right hand. Me? I meander all over the road, and this is OUTSTANDING!!!  |
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Webfoot
(Eugene, Oregon) | | Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 07:09 | |
Moak wrote:It just hit me now...this could be the best rock n' roll tune ever written.
It's more in the middle of the road for me. |
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Moak
(Reading, PA) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 05:31 | |
It just hit me now...this could be the best rock n' roll tune ever written.
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: Mar 30, 2013 - 06:27 | |
redmachine wrote:How ironic.
It's called 'middle of the road'.
perfect name for it.
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drewd
| | Posted: Mar 17, 2013 - 20:06 | |
rockpommel16 wrote:.......  ..........................  .............................. Rock on Rockpommel !!! |
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion) | | Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 19:33 | |
Not my favorite Pretenders tune...but then again...it's Ms. Hynde...good stuff.
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t00lur
(happy petergabriel free land) | | Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 11:07 | |
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Highlowsel
(New York City) | | Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 10:06 | |
"When you own a big chunk of the bloody third world, the babies just come with the scenery."
Whoosh! One of the better political statements I've ever heard in a song. Must be the underlying refrain of every oligarch and plutocrat out there these days, eh?
So it goes.
Highlow
American Net'Zen
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bronorb
(Wisconsin) | | Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 10:04 | |
toomanyollys wrote:Just looked up the lyrics and was very disappointed to see it's not "...standing in the middle of life with my pants behind me"... I always thought that was a better line too.  |
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toomanyollys
| | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 01:56 | |
Just looked up the lyrics and was very disappointed to see it's not "...standing in the middle of life with my pants behind me"...
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ottojschlosser
(Beaverton OR (no, really, that's its name)) | | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 13:28 | |
There is nothing like this drum intro — one of those songs that you recognize 3 seconds in. Always happy to hear this.
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max_p
| | Posted: Nov 06, 2012 - 07:31 | |
Election day!
middle of the road indeed
meet the new boss....
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rockpommel16
(rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands) | | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 11:10 | |
....... .......................... .............................. |
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zanref
| | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 11:10 | |
Not sure why but I can't stand this masculine voice with russian accent....
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 09:35 | |
Smokin'! 120 proof straight neat rock and roll.
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joelbb
| | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 22:29 | |
Agree w/ all: this is maybe their BEST rocker and it does cook.
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: Sep 30, 2012 - 10:09 | |
this is rock and roll and a good singer!
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joelbb
| | Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 20:17 | |
This cut rocks so good we forgive them for all the drugs, insanity and star-turns. At LEAST a 9.
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rpdevotee
(San Jose, CA) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 20:15 | |
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Sep 04, 2012 - 09:13 | |
Boy_Wonder wrote:I'm afraid James H-S had gone to the Great Gig in the Sky before this was recorded...
Learning to Crawl is the Pretenders' third album, released in 1984 after a two-year hiatus, during which timeJames Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon both died of drug overdoses. After Farndon's dismissal from the band and Honeyman-Scott's death, Chrissie Hynde and Martin Chambersinitially recruited Rockpile's Billy Bremner and Big Country's Tony Butler to fill out a caretaker line-up of the band in 1982. Bremner played guitar and Butler played bass on the band's September 1982 single "Back on the Chain Gang/My City Was Gone", both sides of which were later included on Learning to Crawl. As the album sessions got under way, Bremner, The Rumour's Andrew Bodnar, and Paul Carrack (formerly of Squeeze, Ace and Roxy Music) played guitar, bass and piano respectively for the track "Thin Line Between Love and Hate". Finally, Robbie McIntosh (guitar) and Malcolm Foster (bass) were recruited to join Hynde and Chambers, and the band was now officially a quartet. It was this line-up that recorded the majority of the tracks featured on Learning to Crawl. The November 1983 single "2000 Miles/Fast or Slow (The Law's the Law)" was the newly reconstituted foursome's first release, followed shortly by the full Learning to Crawl album in January 1984. And I'm afraid you're dead on—so to speak. One source credits Chambers with the opening and McIntosh with the solo ( http://www.coffeerooms.com/bb/showthread.php?t=1432), although Honeyman-Scott's guitar work is found somewhere on the bloody record, 'cos he's credited in the liner notes. Even if it's not JHS, it's a hell of a record, and I'd give it a 10 if Howard the Duck played lead. |
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daedalus
(Over your hill) | | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 10:57 | |
lemmoth wrote:One of their very best. 9 plus Couldn't agree more - well said! Driving, irresistible, unique. |
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 09:05 | |
One of their very best. 9 plus
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Far
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Very informative. Was 2000 miles a tribute to the 'departed' members ?
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Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK) | | Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 13:25 | |
I'm afraid James H-S had gone to the Great Gig in the Sky before this was recorded...
Learning to Crawl is the Pretenders' third album, released in 1984 after a two-year hiatus, during which timeJames Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon both died of drug overdoses. After Farndon's dismissal from the band and Honeyman-Scott's death, Chrissie Hynde and Martin Chambersinitially recruited Rockpile's Billy Bremner and Big Country's Tony Butler to fill out a caretaker line-up of the band in 1982. Bremner played guitar and Butler played bass on the band's September 1982 single "Back on the Chain Gang/My City Was Gone", both sides of which were later included on Learning to Crawl. As the album sessions got under way, Bremner, The Rumour's Andrew Bodnar, and Paul Carrack (formerly of Squeeze, Ace and Roxy Music) played guitar, bass and piano respectively for the track "Thin Line Between Love and Hate". Finally, Robbie McIntosh (guitar) and Malcolm Foster (bass) were recruited to join Hynde and Chambers, and the band was now officially a quartet. It was this line-up that recorded the majority of the tracks featured on Learning to Crawl. The November 1983 single "2000 Miles/Fast or Slow (The Law's the Law)" was the newly reconstituted foursome's first release, followed shortly by the full Learning to Crawl album in January 1984. |
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Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK) | | Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 13:20 | |
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Keef
(Confluence of the American River) | | Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 13:18 | |
olivertwist wrote:Good song, but as the opening notes played I immediately thought how I'd rather hear the great track "Mystery Achievement" from their first album — a song I've yet to hear on RP. I love that song. The whole first album in fact. Lets hear more of it. |
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 04:29 | |
Maybe the perfect rock song, and James Honeyman-Scott to top it off. I thought for a time that "Honeyman" was a nickname 'cos his guitar work was so cool. Probably should have been.
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unclehud
(300 feet above the planet) | | Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 08:55 | |
BikeCoachDave wrote:How time flies,
in 5 years Chrissy will be able to sing, "I got a kid THATS 33, baby!"
... and she will still be HOT. Sing it loud, girl! |
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TerryS
(Another SW) | | Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 18:39 | |
30 years old and still worth listening to, yessirree
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olivertwist
(Atlanta GA) | | Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 07:21 | |
Good song, but as the opening notes played I immediately thought how I'd rather hear the great track "Mystery Achievement" from their first album — a song I've yet to hear on RP.
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