![]() ![]() Pingback: Music Video of the Day: The Man With The Child In His Eyes by Kate Bush (1978, directed by Keith MacMillan) | Through the Shattered Lens Pingback: Music Video of the Day: Sign of the Gypsy Queen by April Wine (1981, directed by ?) | Through the Shattered Lens Pingback: Music Video of the Day: Bring It All Home by Gerry Rafferty (1980, directed by ?) | Through the Shattered Lens Pingback: Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 9/13/21 - 9/19/21 | Through the Shattered Lens Pingback: Music Video of the Day: Thank You For Being A Friend by Andrew Gold (1978, directed by ?) | Through the Shattered Lens Pingback: Music Video of the Day: Can’t Happen Here by Rainbow (1981, directed by ?) | Through the Shattered Lens He Can’t Love You by Michael Stanley BandĦ3 responses to “ Music Video of the Day: Talk of the Town by The Pretenders (1981, directed by ?)”.Little Sister by Rockpile with Robert Plant.Remote Control and Illegal by The Silencers.Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.When Things Go Wrong by Robin Lane & The Chartbusters.Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles.Though it’s been rumored that the song was about Ray Davies, Chrissie Hynde has said that the song was inspired by a fan who used to quietly watch the band during all of their soundchecks. Unlike some of the other videos that aired on that day, the video for Talk of the Town still looks impressive. The 52nd video to air on MTV was the video for Talk of the Town by The Pretenders. Yes, there was a time when the M actually did stand for music. Over the course of 24 hours, 166 unique music videos were played on MTV. On November 5th, the Pretenders’ first two albums will be celebrated in two brand-new 3CD deluxe editions curated by Chrissie Hynde, and will be available from all music retailers.On August 1st, 1981, MTV premiered. Travel back in time when Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott, Pete Farndon and Martin Chambers were among the most lethal bands in rock. The original music video for "Stop Your Sobbing" has been lovingly remastered and made official for its big YouTube debut. The #1 song in the country that week: Paul McCartney and Wings, "Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)." In America, the single made a formidable chart run for a new group out of England, reaching #65 on the Hot 100 for the week of July 5, 1980. Released as the lead single from the Pretenders' debut album in January 1979, "Stop Your Sobbing" peaked at #34 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1979. So I said, 'I'll definitely do that one.' So that's what I did." ![]() The one song that jumped out at me was this Kinks song, the one cover song that she wanted to do, 'Stop Your Sobbing.' I thought it was so fantastic. "But she kept going on with me about making a record with her, with her new group. Anyway, it shows what I knew - I didn't really think Chrissie's songs were very good," he admitted. "He liked Rockpile, which I was in by that time. She asked me to produce her group because her guitar player, Jimmy Honeyman-Scott, was a fan of mine," Lowe explained during an interview in 2017. "Chrissie (Hynde, leader of The Pretenders) and I were friends before that. When it came time for fledgling act the Pretenders to release a debut single, the band went with something of a ringer: Kinks' classic, "Stop Your Sobbing." It was the one track on the group's demo that Nick Lowe liked enough to actually produce.
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