Monday, January 25, 2010

I Wanted to be Chrissie Hynde

I remember when The Pretenders' first album came out - I bought it immediately after hearing Brass in Pocket. The rest of the album was even better and I became a lifelong fan of Chrissie Hynde.

I haven't done a music post before but we were watching the Haiti Telethon earlier this week and Shakira did a great cover of I'll Stand by You that sent me in search of the real thing. Here's Stop your Sobbing from a 1987 performance on David Letterman:


Can you believe that voice? Can you believe how good they sound live? Can you believe how young Dave looks?

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