The Dandy Warhols have released another track from their upcoming all covers album. (You may recall last month the group releasing their cover of the Violent Femmes’ “Kiss Off.”) Now, they’re releasing their take on The Damned‘s “Love Song.”
This take on the 1979 classic is much more of an interpretation than a straight-ahead cover. (I can’t imagine Captain Sensible, et al. wanting to use synths and drum machines in 1979.) However, with the new take on it, the quality of the songwriting stands out, showing how well-constructed a song it really is. Continue reading »
Chrissie Hynde has been a rock star for more than fifty years. The Pretenders have not been together quite that long, but Hynde was already making her name as a girl about town and rock-star-in-waiting in London. She has lived the life full-time for all of that period. It is a surprise, then, that she does not fully appreciate the credit that has accrued with that history, and how people still want to hear what she has to say.