She seems almost downright nervous to do so, and even quickly changes the subject when it’s broached on-camera.
Along with a glimpse into the creative process behind Standing in the Doorway, the 90-minute documentary includes candid, almost stream-of-consciousness conversations between Hynde and Walbourne about not only the making of the album but also the state of music business (and Hynde’s place in it), how Hynde maintain her sanity and creativity while living in 2020 isolation, and why being a woman in rock ‘n’ roll’s boys’ club never intimidated her.Īs intimidating as Hynde herself can be, however, there is one surprising, humanizing, humble moment in Tomorrow Is a Long Timethat shows she’s not quite the fearless, fearsome rock-superheroine she is always made out to be: When she reveals that she hasn’t reached out to Bob Dylan to get his reaction to this project.
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While the pandemic project began as a lark after Walbourne sent Hynde Dylan’s 18-minute epic “Murder Most Foul” and she suddenly felt inspired, it eventually expanded to become a full LP, along with the Tomorrow Is a Long Time film – which, we can assure Hynde, is well worth watching. Hynde certainly was busy during lockdown, remotely recording the covers album Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan with her Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne. “I don't want to be self-conscious, and I don't want to think about it,” she explains in her shrugging, typically no-nonsense manner. Since the start of her career, Hynde has in fact made it an habit to never read her own press or watch her own footage. But ironically, Hynde doesn’t even remember making that remark, because she admits that she hasn’t actually watched the documentary herself. So, it’s an honor - and just a little intimidating - when she agrees to get on the phone with Yahoo Entertainment to promote the film, which makes its U.S. All rights reserved.In her new documentary, Tomorrow Is a Long Time: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan, the Pretenders icon and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer flatly states that she really doesn’t like doing interviews. I know I shouldn’t name drop, but in the words of Neil Young ‘she’ll be rocking till she drops.'”Ĭopyright © 2022, ABC Audio. She added, “I guess I just can’t help it. Hynde explained that the project “started out as more of a Valve Bone Woe sort of thing” - referring to her jazz-influenced 2019 solo album - “but morphed into a rock thing.” The Pretenders currently have no tour dates scheduled, although Hynde has been announced as one of the performers at the Foo Fighters-headlined star-studded tribute concert to late Foos drummer Taylor Hawkins that will take place September 3 in London.Īlso, Hynde announced in a Facebook post last month that The Pretenders had finished recording a new album. Hynde also sung the praises of and shared a video clip of a hard-rocking new song by longtime Pretenders guitarist James Walbourne‘s current project, His Lordship‘s “All Cranked Up.” She added, “If anyone wants to come and see me in the future it’s going to be punk rock/no hits.”
(I was just too scared to go back to waitressing.) But those greatest hits/ballads days are now behind me.” And yes, I know that’s no reason to be in a rock band. I never wanted to go there in the first place but was trying to keep myself alive and pay the bills.
In a Facebook message posted Friday, Hynde revealed she had some “good news,” writing, “I’m completely dumping any sort of Greatest Hits set for now on. If you’re a Pretenders fan, here’s some potentially disappointing news: Frontwoman Chrissie Hynde says she no longer plans to play concerts that focus on her band’s best-known tunes.
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