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THE PRETENDERS - MY CITY WAS GONE (SONG)
Year:1982
Music/Lyrics:Chrissie Hynde
Producer:Chris Thomas

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VersionLengthTitleLabel
Number
Format
Medium
Date
4:21Back On The Chain GangReal
ARE 19
Single
7" Single
09/1982
5:25Learning To CrawlWEA
923 980-1
Album
LP
01/1984
5:26Pirate RadioRhino
812 273270 2
Album
CD
07/04/2006
5:14Live From New York City [Recorded Live, New York City, July 1998]Immortal
IMA 104141
Album
CD
12/02/2009
7" Version4:27The Best Of / Break Up The ConcreteRhino
2564689334
Album
CD
29/05/2009
MUSIC DIRECTORY
The PretendersThe Pretenders: Discography / Become a fan
SONGS BY THE PRETENDERS
1969 (Pretenders)
2000 Miles
2000 Miles [Live] (Pretenders)
977 (Pretenders)
A Love
A Love (Pretenders)
All My Dreams (Pretenders)
Almost Perfect (Pretenders)
Alone (Pretenders)
Angel Of The Morning
Baby's Breath (Pretenders)
Back Down
Back On The Chain Gang
Bad Boys Get Spanked
Biker (Pretenders)
Birds Of Paradise
Blue Eyed Sky (Pretenders)
Bold As Love
Boots Of Chinese Plastic (Pretenders)
Brass In Pocket
Break Up The Concrete (Pretenders)
California
Chill Factor
Chord Lord (Pretenders)
Clean Up Woman (Pretenders)
Complex Person (Pretenders)
Complicada
Creep
Criminal
Cuban Slide
Dance!
Day After Day
Death Is Not Enough (Pretenders)
Didn't Want To Be This Lonely (Pretenders)
Domestic Silence (Pretenders)
Don't Cut Your Hair (Pretenders)
Don't Get Me Wrong
Don't Lose Faith In Me (Pretenders)
Downtown (Akron)
Dragway 42 (Pretenders)
Every Mother's Son (Pretenders)
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Fast Or Slow The Law's The Law
Fools Must Die (Pretenders)
Forever Young (Pretenders)
From The Heart Down (Pretenders)
Goin' Back
Goodbye
Gotta Wait (Pretenders)
Hate For Sale (Pretenders)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Hold A Candle To This
Hollywood Perfume (Pretenders)
Holy Commotion (Pretenders)
How Do I Miss You
How Much Did You Get For Your Soul?
Human (Pretenders)
Hymn To Her
I Didn't Know When To Stop (Pretenders)
I Go To Sleep
I Hate Myself (Pretenders)
I Hurt You
I Remember You
I Should Of (Pretenders)
I Think About You Daily (Pretenders with Jonny Greenwood)
If There Was A Man
I'll Stand By You (Pretenders)
I'm A Mother (Pretenders)
I'm Not In Love
In The Sticks
Into Vienna
Jealous Dogs
Junkie Walk (Pretenders)
Just Let It Go (Pretenders)
Kid
Kid [Remix] (Pretenders)
Kinda Nice, I Like It (Pretenders)
Legalise Me (Pretenders)
Let The Sun Come In (Pretenders)
Let's Get Lost (Pretenders)
Let's Make A Pact
Lie To Me (Pretenders)
Light Of The Moon
Lightning Man (Pretenders)
Look Away (Pretenders)
Losing My Sense Of Taste (Pretenders)
Louie Louie
Love Colours (Pretenders)
Lovers Of Today
Love's A Mystery (Pretenders)
Loving You Is All I Know
Lust For Life (Tom Jones with The Pretenders)
May This Be Love
Maybe Love Is In N.Y.C. (Pretenders)
Merry Christmas Message 1981 (Pretenders)
Merry Widow (Pretenders)
Message Of Love
Middle Of The Road
Millionaires
Money Talk (Pretenders)
My Baby
My City Was Gone
Mystery Achievement
Nails In The Road (Pretenders)
Nervous But Shy
Never Be Together (Pretenders)
Never Do That (Pretenders)
Night In My Veins (Pretenders)
No Guarantee
Not A Second Time (Pretenders)
Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (Pretenders)
One More Day (Pretenders)
One More Time (Pretenders)
One Thing Never Changed (Pretenders)
Pack It Up
Popstar (Pretenders)
Porcelain
Precious
Private Life
Rabo du nube (Pretenders)
Ramblin' Rob
Rebel Rock Me (Pretenders)
Reconsider Me
Revolution (Pretenders)
Roadie Man (Pretenders)
Room Full Of Mirrors
Rosalee (Pretenders)
Samurai (Pretenders)
Saving Grace (Pretenders)
Sense Of Purpose (Pretenders)
She (The Pretenders & Emmylou Harris)
Show Me
Something To Believe In
Space Invader
Spirit Of Life (Pretenders)
Spiritual High (State Of Independence)
Stop Your Sobbing
Swinging London
Talk Of The Town
Tattooed Love Boys
Tequila (Pretenders)
The Adultress
The Buzz (Pretenders)
The Copa (Pretenders)
The English Roses
The Homecoming
The Last Ride (Pretenders)
The Losing (Pretenders)
The Man You Are (Pretenders)
The Needle And The Damage
The Nothing Maker (Pretenders)
The Phone Call
The Promise Of Love (Pretenders)
The Wait
Thin Line Between Love And Hate
Thumbelina
Time (Pretenders)
Time The Avenger
Tradition Of Love
Turf Accountant Daddy (Pretenders)
Up The Neck
Vainglorious (Pretenders)
Walk Like A Panther (Pretenders)
Waste Not Want Not
Watching The Clothes
What You Gonna Do About It
When I Change My Life
When Will I See You
Where Has Everybody Gone?
Who's Who (Pretenders)
Windows Of The World (Pretenders)
Worlds Within Worlds
You Can't Hurt A Fool (Pretenders)
You Didn't Have To (Pretenders)
You Know Who Your Friends Are (Pretenders)
Your House Is On Fire (Pretenders)
ALBUMS BY THE PRETENDERS
ˇViva el amor! (Pretenders)
2 In 1: Get Close / Last Of The Independents
Alone (Pretenders)
Break Up The Concrete (Pretenders)
Don't Get Me Wrong
Extended Play
Get Close
Greatest Hits
Hate For Sale (Pretenders)
Last Of The Independents (Pretenders)
Learning To Crawl
Live - Live Radio Broadcast
Live From New York City
Live In London
Loose Screw (Pretenders)
Loose Screw / Loose In L.A.
Original Album Series
Packed!
Pirate Radio
Pretenders
Pretenders II
Relentless (Pretenders)
The Best Of / Break Up The Concrete
The Isle Of View (Pretenders)
The Singles
With Friends (Pretenders)
DVDS BY THE PRETENDERS
Live In London
Loose In L.A. - Live At The Wiltern Theatre 2003
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 4.4 (Reviews: 15)
*****
B-seite zu Ihrer 5.Hit in NL: "Back On the Chain Gang"...<br>Ausgezeichneter rocksong mit ein sehr gute "Chrissie Hynde".
*****
Etwas Blues schwingt auch mit, daher gerne aufgerundet. Offensichtlich autobiographisch, denn Chrissie stammt ja wirklich aus Ohio, lebte aber seit 1973 in London, dann ab 2004 in Brasilien.
***
schmatziger rhythmus, die melodie sagt mir jedoch gar nicht zu...
*****
Nicht nur auf Neil Young schien Ohio eine besondere Faszina-<br>tion auszuüben....<br><br>Sehr gut.<br><br>5 +
***
Nein Dino, auch auf Schwule..<br>Belangloses Lied.
***
Saft- und kraftlos, da hilft auch Chrissies Stimme nichts mehr!
****
... relativ schwacher Song ...
******
absolut geile Nummer<br><br>für eine B-seite zu schade.<br><br>Eine der besten Nummern von THE PRETENDERS, CHRISSIE HYNDE kommt hier richtig zum Zuge <br><br>Tatsächlich lebte HYNDE bis 1973 in Ohio, danach lebte sie in London und welch ein Schandfleck sie verkaufte in der OXFORD STREET Ledertaschen<br><br>eine Schande deshalb, weil sie jedes Jahr in die Liste der sexiesten Vegetarier kommt. Auch mit über 60 <br><br>Der Song wurde von RUSH LIMBAUGH einem ultrakonservativen und ekelhaften Mann für seine Radioshow benutzt wo er sich über Demokraten lustig macht <br><br>HYNDE störte es nicht. Erst die Plattenfirma machte druck und dennoch kam es zu einem Übereinkommen. LIMBAUGH musste die Tantiemen an PETA spenden <br><br>es kamen so richtig viel geld zusammen
*****
(Echt) krachtige dame, Chrissie Hynde. Voor haar bijzondere stem & de statements die ze wil maken. Dit goede nummer was de B-kant van Back on the chain gang, maar had even goed een A-kant kunnen wezen van een andere single.
****
▒ Wat minder bekend plaatje uit september 1982 van: "The Pretenders", een Britse rock formatie rond de Amerikaanse zangeres, gitarist en songschrijfster: "Chrissie Hynde", die met een mengeling van punk, new wave en popmuziek (voornamelijk in de jaren '80) een reeks hits scoorde, waaronder: "Brass In Pocket", "Back On The Chain Gang", het kerstnummer: "2000 Miles", "Don't Get Me Wrong" en "I'll Stand By You" !!! Met gemak nog altijd: 4 sterren ☺!!!
****
Passabler bluesiger Song.
****
Der Sound ist besonders, Chrissies Stimme immer klasse, kompositorisch find ich ihn nicht so stark.
*****
Great
******
Great track!
****
Kein "Back On The Chain Gang".
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