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Chrissie Hynde — Dark Sunglasses
Album: Stockholm
Avg rating:
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Released: 2014
Length: 2:59
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Baby got your groove back another kind of life
One you assumed that you deserve
Nothing you should lack now
Reverting back to type
Never mind you lost your nerve

Yeah you had a go at
Sleeping in the van
But you couldn't let it go too far
Now you got a pension plan
And your name's on the insurance
And you can drive another woman's car

A kind of glamour
You can lend yourself
Like dark sunglasses
And you'll remember
How good it tasted
Inside the ruling classes
Wasted, behind your dark sunglasses

She's got a ball gown for charities and such
Like a débutante from days gone by
Shaving, wearing a tie, isn't sacrificing much
You lucky guy you can still get high
Yes sir, No sir
Sunday will be there
You only have to please that lady
Think anything you like
But be careful what you say
For another warm night, another dry day

A kind of glamour
You can lend yourself
Like dark sunglasses
You remember
How good it tasted
The ruling classes
Wasted behind your dark sunglasses

I'm not toein' the line
You'll be fine
I'm not toein' the line

A kind of glamour
You can lend yourself
Like dark sunglasses
You remember
How good it tasted
the ruling classes

A kind of glamour
You can lend yourself
Like dark sunglasses
You remember
How good it tasted
Inside the ruling classes
Wasted behind your dark sunglasses
Wasted behind your dark sunglasses
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 Proclivities wrote:
Chrissie Hynde photographed by Kate Simon, 1976

chrissie


wow. great photo. but imo much more attractive as a brunette, not that she'd care what i think. 
I think she is a total, low temperature dude.
And you'll remember
How good it tasted
Inside the ruling classes
Wasted, behind your dark sunglasses

Can't tell if Ms Hynde is condemning the person in the song or lamenting a period in her own life.

Or perhaps  both?  
Stockholm has become one of my all time favorite albums. The songwriting, musicianship and production are exceptional. Chrissie at her best IMO.
 adpucci wrote:

Yeah like don't wear tight jeans if you don't want to be raped, otherwise it's your fault...
This is what Chrissie is teaching young women.
The brain dead moron. 

You are welcome to your opinion, brain dead moron.
 Highlowsel wrote:

A nice flip on the usual attitude that it's the woman who's kept.  But be it a woman or a man in that position I suspect the undercurrent is much the same...."Think anything you like; but be careful what you say."   Yes indeed.   In fact, to go with a generalization, I'll bet this is the prevailing attitude for most everyone who works for anyone other than themselves.... 

Highlow
American Net'Zen


Reminds me of my marriage
Good tune!
 sfyi2001 wrote:
From one of the greatest debut  albums in Rock History,
'PRETENDERS' - 12/1979 in the UK , and 1/1980 in the US,
to embarrassing, irrelevant self-parody, just like that.
Hynde died with  Farndon and Honeyman-Scott.
R.I.P.



Do you post this doofus-ness for every Chrissie Hynde tune on here, recorded post-"12/1979"?
Well, Chrissie Hynde has still got it . . . not that there was ever any doubt! pxd
 tinypriest wrote:

Public Service Announcement: Please pay for RP. Send them $5 a month or MORE. I give and we should all do so. Nothing stays free. Support Radio Paradise. (I'm not paid to say this, just a fan, who pays for you to enjoy).



My motto is: Pay for what you love!
It's great that RP is offering their services "for free", but just as I like to be paid for the job I'm (hopefully) good at, there is a reason why I constantly come back to RP, that is worth paying for. (For me, at least!)
 jonahboo wrote:

hearing Chrissie makes me wanna enjoy a big fat greasy cheeseburger 



I would  x 10 if possible !
7 --> 9
Awesome! 
 sfyi2001 wrote:
embarrassing, irrelevant self-parody

...seems more applicable to your post (crown and all) than this song.
hearing Chrissie makes me wanna enjoy a big fat greasy cheeseburger 
More Cowbell!!!!!
Public Service Announcement: Please pay for RP. Send them $5 a month or MORE. I give and we should all do so. Nothing stays free. Support Radio Paradise. (I'm not paid to say this, just a fan, who pays for you to enjoy).
From one of the greatest debut  albums in Rock History,
'PRETENDERS' - 12/1979 in the UK , and 1/1980 in the US,
to embarrassing, irrelevant self-parody, just like that.
Hynde died with  Farndon and Honeyman-Scott.
R.I.P.


 DunstanBurke wrote:
Dark Glasses or Sunglasses maybe? But Dark Sunglasses?
 
Sure, there are varying degrees of tint in glasses. Try buying your sunglasses somewhere other than Walmart.
 sfyi2001 wrote:

From one of the greatest debut Rock Albums in Rock History ('PRETENDERS' - 12/1979 in the UK, and 1/1980 in the US) to irrelevant embarrassing self-parody, just like that.
Hynde died with Honeyman-Scott and Farndon.
RIP
 

WTF? Whoever wrote this can fuck the right off.
 wolverine wrote:

Sunglasses can be light also.
 
Red, yellow, grey (gray for you Muricans) or green also.
 DunstanBurke wrote:
Dark Glasses or Sunglasses maybe? But Dark Sunglasses?
 
Sunglasses can be light also.
Dark Glasses or Sunglasses maybe? But Dark Sunglasses?
Saw Chrissie Hynde perform this at the UK's Latitude Festival... great song, great attitude!
She is always great.  RP is on a roll this afternoon.
Saw Chrissie open for Stevie Nicks last year in SLC, she absolutely rocked the place
This woman rocks.......
yes
Top tune - always played at max volume around here. pxd
 ScottishWillie wrote:

 ... I would suggest I didn't use good judgment on staying safe. My understanding is her comments were comparable. 

 
This is also the meaning I inferred.  Seemed reasonable to me.  

Myself and others were offered similar advice as US Navy sub sailors preparing for shore leave — even in US cities: Be discreet about who you are with and how much money you're carrying, and be watchful about what people seem to hang out near you.

Back to the lyrics. I'm lucky enough these days to often find myself, "... wasted behind my dark sunglasses."  (Though never driving; see second paragraph.  Drunk driving is NOT staying safe.)
A nice flip on the usual attitude that it's the woman who's kept.  But be it a woman or a man in that position I suspect the undercurrent is much the same...."Think anything you like; but be careful what you say."   Yes indeed.   In fact, to go with a generalization, I'll bet this is the prevailing attitude for most everyone who works for anyone other than themselves.... 

Highlow
American Net'Zen
 adpucci wrote:
The song is not too bad. However, considering this brain dead woman recently wrote in her autobiography that when she was raped it was her fault for wearing provocative clothing and acting immodest (I am not kidding, she did), well she can sink in despair and/or go bust for all I care.

Moron. 
 

If I go into a rough bar and start to flash around a lot of cash I don't think I deserve to be beaten up and robbed. However I would suggest I didn't use good judgment on staying safe. My understanding is her comments were comparable.

Personally I also don't believe abusing victims of a traumatic assault is a constructive way to behave, no matter what views they may express.


I wonder who the kept guy was in this song
Chrissie Hynde reading a grocery list gets a 5 from me. She's outlasted so many pretenders. The real deal! 
The pretenders ( chrisie Hynde)  made some absolutely outstanding songs ( go back to their original album... Sadly this is not one of them. 
rock-n-roll!!!!!!
Chrissie,

Honey, you're still younger than I am, and you're still hot, hot, hot.

Love,

WL
 adpucci wrote:

Yeah like don't wear tight jeans if you don't want to be raped, otherwise it's your fault...
This is what Chrissie is teaching young women.
The brain dead moron. 

 
I'm sorry you felt it necessary to sign off as

The brain dead moron. 
Why did some critics savage this album?  Sounds great.
 adpucci wrote:
... brain dead woman ... can sink in despair and/or go bust for all I care.

Moron. 
 
I think that's a little different than the usual "I'll give it a 78, because it's fun to dance to."
The songs I''ve heard all sound great! Might have to go down to my local record shop and pick me up a licorice pizza!{#Cool}
the overall sound is great
love the girl in back 


Chrissie Hynde photographed by Kate Simon, 1976

chrissie
mmm, Chrissie in the morning and now in the afrternoon
Chrissie always gets an extra point from me. Just because she's Chrissie.
Gotta agree that she is allowed to say what she wants to say and she did say something not so politically correct.  But get over it.

Are there any moderates out there ?
 

fredriley wrote:

Ah, well that's not quite true. See this Guardian article. Basically, she was talking about her own experiences, and not trying to make any kind of general statement about women, rape and dress:

“I told my story the way I saw it,” she said. “I’m not here to advise anyone or validate myself or justify anything. I say I regret a lot of things I did.”

I do wish that folk wouldn't interpret the f*ck out of what rock stars say in unguarded informal interviews - it's that interpretation, and interpretation of interpretations, yea unto the Nth interpretation, that makes celebs get their PR folk to manage their public pronouncements to the point of terminal blandness. At least she was honest.

 


 pxd wrote:
Mountain and Mississippi Queen, followed by Chrissie Hynde and Dark Sunglasses - turn it up to 11! pxd

 
And again today, m8! ;)
 adpucci wrote:
The song is not too bad. However, considering this brain dead woman recently wrote in her autobiography that when she was raped it was her fault for wearing provocative clothing and acting immodest (I am not kidding, she did), well she can sink in despair and/or go bust for all I care.

Moron. 

 
Ah, well that's not quite true. See this Guardian article. Basically, she was talking about her own experiences, and not trying to make any kind of general statement about women, rape and dress:

“I told my story the way I saw it,” she said. “I’m not here to advise anyone or validate myself or justify anything. I say I regret a lot of things I did.”

I do wish that folk wouldn't interpret the f*ck out of what rock stars say in unguarded informal interviews - it's that interpretation, and interpretation of interpretations, yea unto the Nth interpretation, that makes celebs get their PR folk to manage their public pronouncements to the point of terminal blandness. At least she was honest.
Mountain and Mississippi Queen, followed by Chrissie Hynde and Dark Sunglasses - turn it up to 11! pxd
Nice to see that she is in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame AND still making great music.
 
 adpucci wrote:
The song is not too bad. However, considering this brain dead woman recently wrote in her autobiography that when she was raped it was her fault for wearing provocative clothing and acting immodest (I am not kidding, she did), well she can sink in despair and/or go bust for all I care.

Moron. 

 
That's one interpretation of that scene in the book. Mine was different.
 Pjesnik wrote:
Chrissie definitely has that something. She and Patti could teach younger (female) generations a lot. 

 
Yeah like don't wear tight jeans if you don't want to be raped, otherwise it's your fault...
This is what Chrissie is teaching young women.
The brain dead moron. 
The song is not too bad. However, considering this brain dead woman recently wrote in her autobiography that when she was raped it was her fault for wearing provocative clothing and acting immodest (I am not kidding, she did), well she can sink in despair and/or go bust for all I care.

Moron. 
Can we never hear this dreck again please? This is utter trash.
One point more every new listen. Now an 8
Chrissie definitely has that something. She and Patti could teach younger (female) generations a lot. 
 masonpix wrote:
Listened to the NPR interview with her pimping her new book... what a rude, nasty person...

 
Can't you tell she hates doing interviews? I thought she appropriately rebuffed some of the inane questions she was asked.  
Listened to the NPR interview with her pimping her new book... what a rude, nasty person...
She still has it.
 Glamour  and razzle-dazzle looks friendly.
Don`t mess around with a woman with warpaint, especially if her name happens to be Hynde.She will eat you alive.
 Elroweho wrote:
She still has it!{#Dancingbanana_2}

 
bump+1
 ppopp wrote:
Certainly not as boring as songs by The Pretenders.
  
While I feel the Pretenders just petered out you can't deny the bands first two albums were blinding good and I can assure you when the Pretenders emerged with the 80s they certainly weren't perceived as boring.

She still has it!{#Dancingbanana_2}
Got here via PSD.  I'm liking this more.

7 to 8 
This sounds like the theme song for a Disney sit-com about a petulant teenage girl and it makes me want to set people on fire.

{#Bananasplit} 
 jimtyrrell wrote:
This just gets better every play. 
 
agree - my rating keeps getting higher and after each listen. {#Bananajam}
 jimtyrrell wrote:
I swear I only heard it 3 times.


 

 DaMoGan wrote:

Ok, what am I missing? I can't seem to find where it shows the play history of songs on here, just the last time it was played, which, by the time I look, is the current date/time.  Serious question.

Edit: Duhhh, never mind, I see that it shows the # of plays over the last 30 days.  Still, it would be cool to see just when it was played over the last 30 days.  Bill??


 

This just gets better every play. 
 twcarlin wrote:

Yeah! 6 times in 30 days, or once every 5 freaking days. I don't know how you can stand that much repetition! 

 
Ok, what am I missing? I can't seem to find where it shows the play history of songs on here, just the last time it was played, which, by the time I look, is the current date/time.  Serious question.

Edit: Duhhh, never mind, I see that it shows the # of plays over the last 30 days.  Still, it would be cool to see just when it was played over the last 30 days.  Bill??

Love me some Chrissie Hynde! 
Really dig this tune!

The bassline makes me think of Chrissie strutting around :)
 twcarlin wrote:

Yeah! 6 times in 30 days, or once every 5 freaking days. I don't know how you can stand that much repetition! 

 
I gotta agree with the original OP. I feel like I hear this everyday. I hate to be negative towards her so It's an ok tune.
 jnesser wrote:
This song is way overplayed on here.

 
Yeah! 6 times in 30 days, or once every 5 freaking days. I don't know how you can stand that much repetition! 
Chrissie Hynde is never overplayed.
 
This song is way overplayed on here.
 ckcotton wrote:

Maybe not as boring... But just as annoying....
 
You guys are breaking my heart. My band is consistently compared to the Pretenders. . .and I've always considered that to be a huge, rocking compliment. Seriously though: boring? Annoying??
 ppopp wrote:
Certainly not as boring as songs by The Pretenders.

 
Maybe not as boring... But just as annoying....
Certainly not as boring as songs by The Pretenders.
So glad she's back!!!
Quite liking this, but just noticed it reminding me of another tune (which also came as 'new' to me, through RP) -
Richard Thompson - Crawl Back Under My Stone
(at least i think that's what its called)
Now i'm going to have to go & find that & see if it really does, or not . . .

She is the real deal !!

 
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz{#Shhh}
 WonderLizard wrote:
Chrissie's still got it.

 
The best release, so far, of 2014, imo.
Wow... just as annoying as the Pretenders.....
C'mon, Bill, follow this with ZZ Top!  You know what I'm talkin' about ! {#Dancingbanana_2}
Chrissie's still got it.

This song puts a spring in my step this first day of autumn in the northern hemisphere...
LOVE YOU, CHRISSIE!

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM - WOOOW! 
It's the gating on the drums that make it sound so tight.
Good production. 
 aspicer wrote:
Good song getting poor quickly from OVERPLAY.....Bill?!

 
ditto. why is it being played so much?
Good song getting poor quickly from OVERPLAY.....Bill?!

I absolutely loved the Pretenders first and second albums but each subsequent released I liked slightly less to the extent I hadn’t kept up with Chrissies later work. However after hearing tracks on Radio Paradise I bought this album. It is, without doubt, the best and most complete album I’ve bought this year packed with really strong tunes. If you like this track get the album its 5 star.


 ScottN wrote:
Certainly wins "Best Album Cover" award.  Very good song on a very good album.  Glad to hear that Chrissie still brings it!
 
"Best Album Cover?"  I'll agree with that.  The woman's still got vocals, attitude, and whatever else it is that makes me grin.
Surprisingly likeable tune. Dont usually like Chrissy Hinds tracks. Def like this  one tho
Far too much AirPlay really sick of it
always been a huge fan of hers and of the pretenders. however much i love her voice, this song falls flat for me. i feel like it's being phoned in.
 BKardon wrote:
 Highlowsel wrote:
And here's a datum......apparently John McEnroe (yes...THAT one, the former Tennis Pro) played electric guitar on (some of?) the tracks, too!?  Who'da thunk THAT, eh? 

Highlow
American Net'Zen

 
That's not too surprising.  They're friends.  IIRC, Don't Get Me Wrong was written with him in mind.




 
BK:  HA!  Well....with McEnroe's personality I guess it's not surprising he'd run with rockers.  I didn't realized his association with stringed instruments extended to music.  Heh!  I can't help flashing on a visual of him playing the guitar like he played tennis, slinging and throwing his instrument in "stay out of his way" fashion all over the place.  Errrr...so to speak. 
 Highlowsel wrote:
And here's a datum......apparently John McEnroe (yes...THAT one, the former Tennis Pro) played electric guitar on (some of?) the tracks, too!?  Who'da thunk THAT, eh? 

Highlow
American Net'Zen

 
That's not too surprising.  They're friends.  IIRC, Don't Get Me Wrong was written with him in mind.



Certainly wins "Best Album Cover" award.  Very good song on a very good album.  Glad to hear that Chrissie still brings it!
 ick wrote:
I'd really like to know who is singing the backing vocals on this. 

 
According to the liner notes its Zacharias Blad.


And here's a datum......apparently John McEnroe (yes...THAT one, the former Tennis Pro) played electric guitar on (some of?) the tracks, too!?  Who'da thunk THAT, eh? 

Highlow
American Net'Zen

Chrissie still has the chops,,,will always love her.
So does this mean the usual warbling is an affectation? 

it shows good taste naming the album Stockholm!
GO Chrissie! 


 Alexandra wrote:


She DOES. Her voice sounds slightly different (older), but....still awesome.

 

I'm glad she didn't warble...
This song puts a spring in my step this summer night...
Richard Thompson called, he wants his intro back!
 
Chrissie Hynde punk! I don't think so, she never was and clearly never will be. 
Its not a bad track but nothin new. 
 ick wrote:
I'd really like to know who is singing the backing vocals on this. 

 

Yeah,'cause I'd like to tell them to knock it off. Chrissie don't need no background shrieking -

Agree with earlier commenter that this lacks that raw edge that makes her so great - too much production.

But I will buy it, because she is my punk rock goddess.    
I'd really like to know who is singing the backing vocals on this. 
 kimschoice wrote:
YES. Nice to hear that voice. Verdict still out on the song but she sounds good
 

We all love Chrissie, but this is beginning to remind me of when Blondie released Maria however many years ago it was, and I'm beginning to lose interest through overexposure. The rest of the album cannot come out soon enough, but in the mean time, how about a few more Pretenders classics? I know, I could get my own CDs out, but it's always such a treat when someone else chooses a track or two for you and it reaches you by surprise (and it's no surprise when it's the same track over and over again).

Tainted Love, for example, which came on after, is not a song I'd dig in my collection for these days (having heard it probably 15,000 times already), but as the last time I heard it must have been at least a year ago, part of me derived a modicum of joy at the recognition of the intro.

So roll on June 10th!


Age is no barrier to rockiness, spikiness and attitude. Chrissie sounds as good now as back in the Pretenders era, possibly better. 8 from the rockin' and smitten-anew Nottingham jury {#Hearteyes}
Maybe a bit overproduced, but Chrissie sounds pretty good!  Also sounds better than most of the various Chrissie and post-198x Pretenders stuff I've heard
sounding so good,  Chrissie   {#Clap}
Thanks for PSD than that Pretenders song you that has been soooo overplayed for unknown reasons. 
Go, Chryssie, go! Can't wait for the new album!