‘Pretenders’ Review: A Superb Portrait of Chrissie Hynde and Her Legendary Band Captures Their Incandescence…and Tragedy
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- Rolling Stone·4h ago‘Pretenders’ Doc Is Anything but Precious
This surprisingly candid portrait of Chrissie Hynde and her band’s formation, rise, near flameout, and rise again was worth the wait
Read at Rolling Stone → - Variety·12h ago‘Pretenders’ Review: A Superb Portrait of Chrissie Hynde and Her Legendary Band Captures Their Incandescence…and Tragedy
Hynde, though she had the feelings of punk in her bones, was the most romantic songwriter of that entire scene. I don’t mean romantic as in "love songs," but as in conjuring the majestic romanticism of life. Just listen to "Kid," a song so happy and sad at the same time that…
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