Pretenders - Chrissie Hynde

Pretender's Chrissi Hynde,
a contemporary musician artist and an original song writer!
I miss you very much & I still enjoy your beautiful music whenever I can.
She is a True Artist For the Ages!

Pretenders - Here is some of Chrissie Hynde’s:

Back on the Chain Gang
Brass in pocket (I'm Special)

Did I once think that I should have written and sang this song? YES! At times, I’ve felt so special too. I really have! I really am! There is only one copy of me, if you think of it! Nobody else here is like me! So, I’m gonna use everything … Im special, so special, I gotta have some of your attention. Give it to me!

I’ll Stand By You
I've got you babe
Don't get me wrong

U2 & Pretenders the Hall of Fame induction with the Boss sharing a U2 story.

Her songs were Performed by MANY artists. Here is Carri Underwood of American Idol! Who could not love her?

Here is a funny piece from her appearance on Friends:
Friends –
Angel of the Morning”



Pretenders - Chrissie Hynde A contemporary musician artist and an original song writer. I miss you very much Chrissie! I still enjoy your beautiful music whenever I can. She is a True Artist For the Ages.

Due credit to the author: 1996-2006, By Lisa Benton:
After kicking around the US, UK and France for over a decade, Chrissie Hynde finally wound up on the path that would eventually lead her to the Pretenders. Towards the end of 1977, while living in squats around London, she met Tony Secunda, onetime band manager of such acts as Steeleye Span and The Move.Chrissie, with Fred Berk (Johnny Moped) on bass and Nigel Pegrum (Steeleye Span) on drums, recorded a few demos including The Phone Call. In March 1978, Tony arranged a meeting with Anchor Records' Dave Hill, who was setting up a new label, Real Records, in the UK. The day before the meeting was to take place, Chrissie was on the phone with Secunda, "said something really stupid," and he hung up on her. She phoned Dave to tell him she no longer had a manager and wouldn't be able to make the meeting. He told her to come around anyway and signed her up as the first artist on Real Records. Hill introduced Hynde to a studio drummer, Gas Wild. Gas had recently returned to London from a trip to his hometown of Hereford. While in Hereford, Gas bumped into an old friend, Pete Farndon.Pete had just returned from Australia where he'd been in a folk group, The Bushwackers. Gas phoned Pete the following week to tell him about the band he was in with an American, and to ask him if he was interested in coming to London to join them. Pete jumped at the chance to again escape Hereford and give rock 'n' roll another shot.Pete met Chrissie in a pub. She said hello, then turned around and ignored him for an hour.Later, Chrissie took Pete to her rehearsal space, which he said was "the scummiest basement I've ever been in in my life". The first song they played was Groove Me by King Floyd, followed by a few of her songs - Tequila, The Phone Call, and I Can't Help Myself. Pete was impressed and began the task of working out the odd time signatures in her other songs.It was soon apparent that Gas was not right for the band and they dismissed him. Chrissie had her mind set on Phil Taylor, Motorhead's drummer. To get Phil Taylor in the band, Chrissie and Pete came up with a plan to try to lure him away from Motorhead - they'd ask him to sit in on drums while they auditioned guitarists. To make this plan seem valid, they had to get a decent guitarist for the "audition". Pete had a guitarist-friend in Hereford whom he decided to call. James Honeyman-Scott agreed to go to London for the session.Phil would not be swayed, and stayed with Motorhead. Hynde and Farndon, however, were very impressed with Jim. Honeyman-Scott was less impressed and went back home to Hereford.About this time Gerry Mackleduff came along and, while never officially joining the band, drummed for them as a session player, receiving £10 each time. In need of a guitarist for recording demos, Pete once again phoned Jim to see if he was interested in the job. He agreed and was paid for the session with "£100 and a load of speed". Included on this demo were I Can't Control Myself, Precious, The Phone Call, and Stop Your Sobbing.It was summer, 1978, and once again, Jim happily returned to Hereford. This time, however, Chrissie and Pete were determined to have him in the band. Chrissie knew Jim loved Rockpile and Nick Lowe, so she took the demo to Lowe, an old friend of hers, and asked him to listen to it to see if he would be interested in producing them. He liked what he heard and told her he would produce the single for them. Chrissie then phoned Jim and told him who was going to produce their record. He immediately joined the band. So Jim, Chrissie, Pete and Gerry went into the studio and recorded Sobbing and its b-side, The Wait.A permanent drummer was needed as Gerry was still being paid by the session and not considered to be the right person for the job. Pete and Jim wondered what had become of a fellow they knew from, not surprisingly, Hereford - Martin Chambers. As it turned out, Martin was living within a mile of Pete's place in Tufnel Park. They invited Martin for a rehearsal, and finally everything clicked. Pete broke the news to Gerry and the Pretenders had a real drummer. By the time Sobbing was released, Martin was in the band and Gerry was not. This is the reason Martin's picture appears on the back cover (in applicable countries of release - not including the US) of Sobbing.Their first album was number one in the UK, as was Brass in Pocket, their third UK single. The original lineup released two albums, Pretenders and Pretenders II; a North American EP, Extended Play; and a handful of singles.By the end of 1981, Pete had caused increasingly strained relations within the band due to his heroin use. They finished their world tour in Bangkok in April 1982.After a rest, Chrissie, Martin and Jim got together and decided Pete would no longer be a member of the band as he had become increasingly unreliable due to his drug addiction.Two days after Pete was told the news in June 1982, Jim Honeyman-Scott died in his sleep at the home of a friend. His death was due to heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance.The following month, Chrissie and Martin went into the studio to record Back On The Chain Gang, a song they'd been working out during soundchecks. Tony Butler (Big Country) filled in on bass and Billy Bremner (Rockpile) took over the lead guitar duties.A number of guitarists were auditioned before Chrissie and Martin remembered someone Jim had wanted to bring into the band as an additional member. They called Robbie McIntosh and he came for an audition. He also brought along a bass player he knew named Malcolm Foster.Before the Pretenders were finished recording their new album, Pete died. He'd shot up while in the bath, passed out and drowned.The new lineup made the Learning To Crawl album and, with Rupert Black on keyboards, launched an extremely successful worldwide tour.In 1985, the Pretenders played Live Aid, a benefit concert that was held in the UK and the US simultaneously and broadcast throughout the world. This was the last show this particular lineup would perform together.During the recording sessions for the Get Close album, Chrissie started working with other musicians. Although it was rumoured, it was not until 1994 that the fact that Martin had actually been fired came out. Although the cover shows Chrissie, Robbie, Blair Cunningham, and T. M. Stevens, various musicians played on the album.This lineup began a US tour in 1987 and included Bernie Worrell on keyboards. Only a few weeks into the tour, Bernie and T. M. were fired. Malcolm and Rupert were brought back in to finish the tour. By the time they'd reached South America, Robbie quit and Johnny Marr came in to replace him.In 1990, Chrissie, now the only Pretender left, began recording Packed!, again using various musicians. During this time, there were several lineup changes. The Hynde/Marr/Eller/Hood lineup seems to be the most valid, even though they never toured, and recorded only a few tracks together.In 1993, Chrissie finally began to rebuild the Pretenders. She kept bassist Andy Hobson from the days of Packed! (he does not appear on the album, but can be seen in the video for Sense Of Purpose) and netted Adam Seymour just after the Katydids broke up.The recording for Last Of The Independents was already underway when Chrissie asked Martin to rejoin the band. He did.In 1994, the band toured Europe and the US in support of Independents.Over two nights in May of 1995, they recorded two live acoustic-type shows with the Duke String Quartet. These recordings became The Isle Of View LP.They were asked and agreed to perform at the Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio in 1995. The Pretenders received tremendous praise for their performances of My City Was Gone and Neil Young's Needle And The Damage Done.In the US, Viva El Amor was freed into the open arms of critical acclaim on June 22, 1999. The band joined up with Lilith Fair for a month of US Summer dates, then returned to Europe to tour in support of the new album.

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LA VIE EN ROSE," A MOVIE ABOUT PASSION

Edith Piaf, a great Artist (La Vien Rose) & a wonderful passionate human being.

Final Resting Place of Edith Piaf

The Hours Movie: Director: Stephen Daldry; Cast: Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Toni Collette, Eileen Atkins, Allison Janney, Miranda Richardson, John C. Reilly, Stephen Dillane, Claire Danes
(Paramount Pictures, 2002) Rated: PG-13
US DVD release date: 24 June 2003 (NY/LA)

piaf's songs @ youtube as well
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F1E4eGaCRto&mode=related&search=

Here is a recent article by my dear Friend, Mr., M. Jay Shahidi published by TC Daily Planet":

On 7/17/07, mjshahidiusa@aol.com wrote:

"LA VIE EN ROSE," A MOVIE ABOUT PASSION

By M. Jay Shahidi
July 12,2007

written for Twin Cities Daily Planet, www.tcdailyplanet.net

The life of Edith Piaf, perhaps the greatest of all French singers and a contemporary of Billie Holiday, is the subject of this cinematic masterpiece. It is an artistic creation with class. It is warm, touching, inspirational and educational. It is a vivid depiction of the troubled but valiant life of a real artist. A genuine rags-to-riches tale which does not measure success in terms of only money. The writer and director have taken the mostly miserable and tragic life of an extra-ordinary person and gracefully shown how one's passion for and commitment to "a cause" can protect that individual from the forces of self-destruction and project her out of the darkest of tunnels. This movie, despite its sad and wrenching scenes, meticulously portrays the ultimate triumph of will over adversity, hope over despair, and, excellence over mediocrity.

Some may hesitate to see this film because of French subtitles. Don't. I only know a limited number of French words. And, no one in the world is as slow of a reader as I am. The story is so intriguing and the acting so demonstrative that even I followed it the first time. Dubbing it would have undoubtedly multiplied the viewers but would have diluted the taste of it. I like the fact that the production is very French. Yet, because the message is so powerful, I wish it could also be presented as dubbed in many languages so more of us, especially the youth, would benefit from the life and deed of this great woman.

Born in 1915 to a neglectful and alcoholic mother who barely made a living by singing in streets and and cafes and a father who struggled with poverty by performing in circuses and on street corners as a contortionist, Piaf's transcendence into a super-singer of international caliber and fame during her short life of 48 years is indeed magical. Her genetic predisposition to chemical dependency, which rarely occurs without depression, the despicable physical and social environment within which she was born and raised, a mother with artistic potential, and, an independent-minded father who loved performing but loved her more, created Edith Giovanna Gassion. What propelled her into evolving into Edith Piaf (Little Sparrow), however, was her inner unconditional love for artistic expression combined with an indomitable quest for excellence. Nothing stopped her. Not even acute mental pain and debilitating physical ailment. She won the battle against oblivion.

Great cinema does not always need vehicle chases, blood and gore. This film is true art in that it delicately weaves the biography of a unique human being with the fabric of visual creativity. I want to see it again and again for the sound of Piaf's voice; the Oscar-worthy performance of Marion Cotillard, who must be Piaf's alter-ego; and, the mosaic of scenes of tragedy, filth, despondency, cruelty, compassion, colors, music, Paris, New York, smiles, appreciation, elation, accolades, the sea, love, and death with dignity.
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A French Article, regarding Edith Piaf's final resting place for my Moroccan "friend" to Enjoy!

Bijan :)

My Immortal/My Immortal Lyrics - Evanescence

Evanescence - My Immortal (Live On Letterman)






Something you should know about Evanescence - My Immortal Lyrics

Title: Soundtrack - Evanescence - My Immortal lyrics

I’m so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
’cause your presence still lingers here
And it won’t leave me alone

These wounds won’t seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There’s just too much that time cannot erase

[chorus:]
When you cried I’d wipe away all of your tears
When you’d scream I’d fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

You used to captivate me
By your resonating life
Now I’m bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

These wounds won’t seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There’s just too much that time cannot erase

[chorus]

I’ve tried so hard to tell myself that you’re gone
But though you’re still with me
I’ve been alone all along

[chorus]