The Pretenders -- The Needle and the Damage Done

[kapry67]

crazy chrissie horse

[2ndAveLine]

rip Jimmy and Pete!

[drrettner]

Chrissie rocks out! Great job!

[1EvilScooterKitty]

Chrissy knows of what she sings. She lost two band members to over doses. It happened, I believe, in the early 1980's, and was tragic.

[Raiderfn31]

Chrissie is one of a kind. This is a rocked out version of the song. PERFECT. Jewel looked like a little girl on stage when she did it. Chrissie looks like a Rock Goddess. BTW, that bassist looks like the needle did a little damage to him.

[animascat]

dare i say better than ny's version

[soyounoat]

Chrissie Hynde is a total badass. In the '70s she was in fucking charge of her band when few women were. But do not ever forget Patti Smith when mentioning Chrissie, Joan Jett, or any of the other ass-kicking women of R&R.

[sablefisher]

Crissie Hynde and Joan Jett, these are the things that dreams are made of...

[GDS4VR]

ALL CAPS BECAUSE I AM NOT A GOOD TYPIST. BUT AMERICAN IS SPELLED W/ A CAP. AND ONLY A HIGHER POWER CAN (FOR ME) SAVE ME FROM ADDICTION. SORRY I WAS SO LONG REPLYING BUT I JUST GOT OUT OF DETOX FOR THE TOOMANYTH TIME.

[six9one2000]

Miss Thing! Rock n Roll Woman! So what's wrong with the needle and the spoon??? don't comment unless u have lived it...

[timkessler17]

Incredibly strong woman singing from the heart. All true to her heart and the losses she endured during those crazy years. Amazed I'm still here when I think back on it all. Milk blood to keep from runnin out. Jewel doesn't have a clue.

[MrLambo420]

WOW!!!

[GDS4VR]

GO HEAD PUNKS. TRY THE NEEDLE! YOU WON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL YOUR DEAD TO KNOW HELL. I WANT IT NOW AS MUCH AS 45YRS. AGO

[revengejunkie111]

@GDS4VR Take it easy. And let me guess, you're an american that's aching to preach to all of youtube how christ will save our lives and stop everyone from ever thinking about drugs by using all caps

[Nigelxman]

@GDS4VR What are you on about? And why the caps?

[bootz225]

My CHRISSIE - 60 and doin it !

[paulkcormier]

absolute brillant is chrissie she could make cow dung smell great n shine bright she is one of my nominees for greatest female rock vocalist ever

[voru123]

yeep  wo sind die frauen die uns das licht zeigen... gab es nur SIE???

denke ja oooobbb .....

[livestrongeralex]

im a 45 y.o. punk and recovered junky....this song and version makes me sob.ive buried 9 of my best friends and it never stops calling you back. off the subject, ive seen them 3 times here in detroit and every show was better than the last.

[Passover1105]

Pretenders are a very, very good band. This song of Neil Young is one of my favorites. But this interpretation fails, sorry. A german colloquial : Shoemaker, go on and make shoes (and nothing else! ). Trying to imitate another is the highest form of reverence but this no good one, sorry again. It lacks both the unique voices of the singers as she's not using her own wonderful voice and is not able to reach the special moments of Young's.

[TheFroglette]

@Passover1105

Sorry, but I disagree with you, just think of all the cover versions done in blues, think of the Rolling Stones themselves...New cover version give a new breath of life, new feelings, new emotions... please reconsider...

[broadstem]

this makes me feel ill, pleASE C H Know your bounds,

[marathonguy999]

awesome version!

[sellingonlbi]

nice I love this song but it's sooo short, Thanks Chrissy!

[geowassung]

Old "Shakey" would be proud.

[mjfernandezb]

Buenísima!!!

[dsfddsgh]

@amin1950 Their is no enlightenment from being a junkie sticking a needle in your arm. Just stupidity.

[totoaklan]

@dsfddsgh and there's no fun in being a moralizing conservative either.

[1959KMRS]

@totoaklan @dsfddsgh is not being a moralizing conservative, just pointing out that being a junkie is a self imposed death sentence, just as the song is pointing out.

[PInk77W1]

@1959KMRS two of my brothers ODed and i couldnt agree with u more. very sad waste

[bojanks15]

@dsfddsgh now lsd on the otherhand...

[NancyJConner]

You are The Goddess!

[NancyJConner]

from the heart, Chrissie. I love you!

[IYAMNI]

Great rendition of this song. I had this whole show on good quality vhs, but for some stupid reason transferred it to ep. Still have tit but not as good quality.

[UKnowIh8U]

Great cover.

My God is a female.

Her name is Chrissie.

[oldredun]

FUCK !!!!! Are all of you completely fucking brain dead !!!! You've all missed the bloody point . . . Mr Young could have written this exclusively for her . . . Pete Farndon and James Honeythingy, the original bassist and guitarist, her partner as well, both fell victim to the needle . . . there is no one more qualified to sing about the damage done, not to mention capable - quad erat demomstrandum, with the exception of Iggy, Keef, Eric and Nick !!! You're all caught up in your own shit !!!

[spinningrooves]

@oldredun Thanks for setting it straight. I was about to write the same.



[EyeDentTitties]

Now, what is it that I like about The Pretenders? OH YEAH! The way Chrissie Hynde looks when she's playing guitar!

[naughtmoses]

Moreover, a home town girl =in= her home town.

[MfromFrance]

Thank you so much for posting it.

I often come to listen it and it is still the same thrill...

RIP Pete and James.

[spacepatrolman]

@MfromFrance Crosby said that neil walked into the woods and wrote the song ohio in ten minutes the grouop was able to get the record out right away without the usual record company red tape

[leemoore99]

@spacepatrolman The song Crosby was referring to was "Ohio". get it right.

[jkman1959]

this needs to get more exposure - not a long song but the venue event was great, as was a Pretenders performance

[BluBerryCrush]

Chrissie is timeless.....

[gtsify]

Here i s a junckee who is a survivor. she used to be a junky.....listen. gts

[spacepatrolman]

@gtsify are you sure she was a junky she is a vegaterian 2 guys in the group died from drugs

[oldredun]

@spacepatrolman . . . apologies to you, Audry526 and MfromFrance . . . you guys did get it . . . just got overwhelmed by the vast majority's reaction to a most poignent rendering of a great song . . . . Spacepatrolman, you are most correct, Ms Hynde was never a junky but she certyainly saw, up close and ugly, the needle and the damage done . . . peace

[singapore7773]

her fans dont recognize this song? what album is this song on again? lol

[ryinf]

I wonder if she ever plans on aging.

[ben909ben]

Neil

with jangly guitars

and Chrissie

heaven!

she's just made of raw integrity

and human sex

[30fuVkingdollars]

hats off! *** respect ***

[CORYLEBABY]

will i ever be rite again from herion

[alth3655]

This is one Freakin Cool Chick!

[OneHadASorrow]

Chrissie's the best! Interesting to hear the song extended like that.

If you dig this song as much as i do, Dolores has done a lovely cover of it on:

myspace/foxyladydee

:)

[askysbottom]

Tough to do Neil's songs as well as the maestro himself. I saw The Pretenders open for Neil @ the Greek Theatre in L.A. (2003?) & she kissed the stage because Neil would follow her onto it...what a great compliment...& from the BEST female rocker ever!!!!!!

[MfromFrance]

Thanks so much for posting it. It moves me.

[TomGT1]

hard to imagine anyone doing the song justice other than Neil, but wow, this was great!

[Cantrememberjack]

I have always wished this song was longer. I like this version, well done.

[bigchappy1970]

why doesnt she age? she has looked like this since i was 8 (thats 31 years she hasnt aged in)

[KobezBro]

wow the blue tele!

wonder if she still has it.

[audrey526]

Remember, she hit the city and she lost her band, too.

[rfkolbe]

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mickey19695 wrote --- this was performed at the opening of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She shouts -- "Cleveland!" at the end.

This makes sense -- but what is the date?

[jadedingenue]

September 2, 1995.

[Kpd222]

She's originally from Akron. Only 30 miles away.

[MICKGROHL]

I don't like it as much as Young's version. It's okay.

[stevevandien]

Good stuff. When and where was this recorded?

[glenrich84]

she has this stage presence that is uncanny. what a woman!!!!

[briarhillgirl]

@glenrich84 I think it's alot of confidence n attitude

[MfromFrance]

Que d'émotions contenues dans cette chanson. Particulièrement chantée par Chrissie. J'en suis bouleversée à chaque fois.

Thanks for posting.

[lavieenrose2]

what year was this?

[schultz970]

great song and a great cover of it

[456mikey]

very good, I love it!

[themediamongr]

This performance left me speechless.

[mickey19695]

I love their rendition of this song. I remember when this aired for the grand opening of the rock and roll hall of fame and being blown away by the performance.

[MHSJNS]

Neil Young is the greatest.

[glenrich84]

did u peep the neil bangs she is rockin?

[isandrich]

Thanks for posting..good song.