Dominion Theatre - December 15/16 '81
The Wait
Adultress
Message Of Love
Louie Louie
The English Roses
Stop Your Sobbing
Kid
Private Life
I Go To Sleep
Day After Day
Bad Boys Get Spanked
Up The Neck
Precious
The Band
Chrissie Hynde - Vocals
James Honeyman - Scott - Guitar
Pete Farndon - Bass Guitar
Martin Chambers -Drums
Here is a review from fan Michael Hughes
Kicking off with The Wait, the clear controlled vocal and solos set the
scene for the set. Tight, full of confidence, all making their mark.
Straight into Adultress, apparently she makes good tea and feeds the
birds. Lead twists its way through the bridge and crashes into the
rolling solo. Message of love, everybody stand up....for the drums and
lead licks. Chrissie's accent comes through here as crisp, clear and
controlled. No messing about here, Louie Louie sets off like a runaway
train, you wonder if the race between drums and rhythm is going to go
horrible wrong. But no, Chrissies vocal keeps time and the solo is
delivered with the usual no-fuss skill we get from JHS. Lets go. The
English Roses, a sad lament made worse when you hear JHS guitar wail like
some clapton-like ghost. Makes you stop and think of JHS every time, a
song about sudden death, its only a story, fruit cut from the vine indeed.
A slow chorus start to Stop Your Sobbing, vocals sound so fragile and
pure. Pete Farndon's bass picks things up and the song blasts into full
tempo. All the breaks in this song perfectly timed and so confident.
Chrissie's long fade out shows her strength. How can I explain, you don't
understand ? The contrast of Chrissie's quiet and rock vocals are both
here, Kid can't resist to include both guitars giving their all, the
climbing and falling rhythm and the lead cry's in the background. I hope
Debbie Webster is listening, Private Life is all for her. But the rest of
us can enjoy the haunting powerful guitar and again mixed with the
bass making time for the deep vocals. When the guitar falls off the top
of the last solo...too much drama baby, leave me out ? err no. Imagine
that you're there, well don't we all. Ray Davis's I go to sleep is a
self-indulgence, beautiful vocals that is perfect to accompany those
daydreams. Sad, fragile, loving, this rock band can do it all. Day after
Day never misses a beat, rolling vocal. Still the war is raging way up in
the sky, Chrisse's vocal dominates over the crisp drums. We bridge via a
damped rhythm into an airplane crash of a finale. You know what happens
to all the good little boys eh ? Say yes sir, say no sir. Chrissie's
vocal, the bass and drums dominate this version of Bad boys get Spanked.
Down on the floor, teeth sunk into my flesh, it can only be Up the Neck
with its stilted guitar, delivered slow and melodic in places with a hint
of Space Invader solo. Ending with Precious, fast as it goes round and round
the Shore way, the guitar sustain is from another world here,
feeling kind of ethereal, because they're precious. Trapped in the
Pretenders World. No mention of the mad-man at the back ? Martin never
seems to miss a beat throughout the whole set.
Play it again, but louder.
The Wait
Adultress
Message Of Love
Louie Louie
The English Roses
Stop Your Sobbing
Kid
Private Life
I Go To Sleep
Day After Day
Bad Boys Get Spanked
Up The Neck
Precious
The Band
Chrissie Hynde - Vocals
James Honeyman - Scott - Guitar
Pete Farndon - Bass Guitar
Martin Chambers -Drums
Here is a review from fan Michael Hughes
Kicking off with The Wait, the clear controlled vocal and solos set the
scene for the set. Tight, full of confidence, all making their mark.
Straight into Adultress, apparently she makes good tea and feeds the
birds. Lead twists its way through the bridge and crashes into the
rolling solo. Message of love, everybody stand up....for the drums and
lead licks. Chrissie's accent comes through here as crisp, clear and
controlled. No messing about here, Louie Louie sets off like a runaway
train, you wonder if the race between drums and rhythm is going to go
horrible wrong. But no, Chrissies vocal keeps time and the solo is
delivered with the usual no-fuss skill we get from JHS. Lets go. The
English Roses, a sad lament made worse when you hear JHS guitar wail like
some clapton-like ghost. Makes you stop and think of JHS every time, a
song about sudden death, its only a story, fruit cut from the vine indeed.
A slow chorus start to Stop Your Sobbing, vocals sound so fragile and
pure. Pete Farndon's bass picks things up and the song blasts into full
tempo. All the breaks in this song perfectly timed and so confident.
Chrissie's long fade out shows her strength. How can I explain, you don't
understand ? The contrast of Chrissie's quiet and rock vocals are both
here, Kid can't resist to include both guitars giving their all, the
climbing and falling rhythm and the lead cry's in the background. I hope
Debbie Webster is listening, Private Life is all for her. But the rest of
us can enjoy the haunting powerful guitar and again mixed with the
bass making time for the deep vocals. When the guitar falls off the top
of the last solo...too much drama baby, leave me out ? err no. Imagine
that you're there, well don't we all. Ray Davis's I go to sleep is a
self-indulgence, beautiful vocals that is perfect to accompany those
daydreams. Sad, fragile, loving, this rock band can do it all. Day after
Day never misses a beat, rolling vocal. Still the war is raging way up in
the sky, Chrisse's vocal dominates over the crisp drums. We bridge via a
damped rhythm into an airplane crash of a finale. You know what happens
to all the good little boys eh ? Say yes sir, say no sir. Chrissie's
vocal, the bass and drums dominate this version of Bad boys get Spanked.
Down on the floor, teeth sunk into my flesh, it can only be Up the Neck
with its stilted guitar, delivered slow and melodic in places with a hint
of Space Invader solo. Ending with Precious, fast as it goes round and round
the Shore way, the guitar sustain is from another world here,
feeling kind of ethereal, because they're precious. Trapped in the
Pretenders World. No mention of the mad-man at the back ? Martin never
seems to miss a beat throughout the whole set.
Play it again, but louder.
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