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The Pretenders on Letterman : Boots Of Chinese Plastic
My Old Kentucky Blog —
The Pretenders ninth and latest album Break Up The Concrete is out on Shangri-La Music today. You can stream the entire album here. I haven't yet, but I am really digging this track. Here it is live on David Letterman... -------------------------------------------------------- Official Site | MySpace | More MP3s | eMusic | Subscribe To RSS Feed
The Pretenders Bring Letterman "Boots Of Chinese Plastic"
Stereogum —
The Pretenders Bring Letterman "Boots Of Chinese Plastic" thumbnail icon: The Pretenders Bring Letterman "Boots Of Chinese Plastic" Chrissie and the Pretenders got a warm intro from Mr. Letterman last night, moments before the band performed the rockabilly and ramshackle "Boots Of Chinese Plastic" from their just released (today!) ninth album Breaking Up The Concrete . I tried not to type "by the way Chrissie looks fantastic in her boots of Chinese plastic" but whoops there it is, and how is it you can look like that at 57, and damn. Ex-Son Volt man Eric Heywood provides the pedal steel licks, Pernice Brother James Whalbourne ...
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Boots of Chinese Plastic (Live on Letterman) (Video)
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The Pretenders Boots of Chinese Plastic (Live on Letterman) (Video)
The Pretenders (Review)
PopMatters —
by Nick D'Amore Certain words in music criticism are severely overused. “Attitude” comes readily to mind. “Punk” is another. Yet these words are starkly evident from the second Chrissie Hynde takes a stage. She embodies the punk attitude so many talk about, but not many can pull off. Her trademark bangs, her unparalleled confidence, her killer songs—all of these combine to create an almost visible aura of authentic, natural cool. To say nothing of her voice, which is simultaneously smooth and snarling, just like the woman herself. In Philadelphia, the crowd—her crowd—was instantly transfixed and endlessly adoring from the moment she strutted up to ...
