How did I not know about this song from the Pretenders? Man, this is amazing.
WE are DEVO
Posted by CrashesParties n TheValley (Member # 2903) on :
I too wasnt aware of the song and im a Pretenders fan,I checked it out youtube and must say it wasnt a bad song i like it Posted by xchazx (Member # 7158) on :
Great song from a great band.
I had a similar situation with The Police. I was a freshman in college in '88 and I was a huge Police fan. My roomate had Every Breath You Take-The Singles and while listening to it one morning I heard the song Walking on the Moon for the first time. I had never heard it up to this point and I was blown away by how good it was, and by how it could be that I had never heard it before since I considered myself a big fan. I listened to it(that cd and song) alot after that, usually while I was watching The New Gidget and Jem and the Holograms before class.
Posted by Logan 5 (Member # 1467) on :
Good song. Been listening to the Pretenders a lot recently. Chrissie's voice grates a little sometimes, but still a great band.
'Walking on the Moon' was a # 1 hit for the Police in the UK. They were a # 1 scoring act from about '79 until they split. In the 80's songs like 'Message in a Bottle' and 'Don't Stand so Close to Me' were radio staples.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
Pretenders were a good quality band, not a lot of filler. They have some good b-sides and non LP tracks too like Cuban Slide. Thye original lineup with James Honey moon Scott(RIP) and Pete Farndon (RIP) were a great group.
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
Their deaths were the inspiration to "Back on the Chain Gang". Always a quality song.
We are DEVO
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
was chrisse hynde considered for the traveling wilburys at one point? i thought i heard that before
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
HUGE Pretenders fan here, since 1980!
I have not heard the story about Chrissie being one of the Traveling Wilbury's, although that would've been a pretty neat idea! Considering her fondness toward 60's music, that would have been an interesting premise.
I do know that after Roy Orbison died, Del Shannon had been considered to join the group. But sadly, Del committed suicide in 1990.
Here's a YouTube video of the Wilbury's covering Del Shannon's best-known song, "Runaway":
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