Pretenders - Up The Neck

Pretenders perform Up The Neck live 14th March 1980. For more Pretenders video please visit www.pretenders.org.uk
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[@amherst88]

She's carried it SO well for the last 40 years but there was nothing like the original four . . .

[@vanstan7929]

She would agree

[@guitaristaccountant]

Yup. I had this album as a youngster (can't remember now - I'm 60! Maybe I was in my early 20s/late teens) but what an album!!!!! "the veins bulged on his... brow..." always got me :0)

[@James-wy2pq]

True

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

Yeah it's sad

[@MsRainbowsunny]

So Greatful we add and lose our friends along the way, but , they will Never be ❤forgotten. Hang on 🎼Chrissie 🤞

[@subsea17]

The original Pretenders were one of the best new styles of rock and roll .They are indeed legendary with their first album

[@brianbiviano6356]

I never get tired of watching the original lineup, gone too soon!

[@ProfessorTime]

The original lineup had an extremely rare magic. Subsequent lineups were not as good. RIP Jimmy & Pete.

[@geneevans4625]

I liked the lineup from Isle of view to Viva Amor. The two Adams. They understood it.

[@dannynicastro3207]

gene Evans ...true, that, too. But aw man....saw the original 4 twice in 81...n OMG. I am 52 and I feel like I am 15 or16 again. Saw them at 14yo, turned 15 2mo later. Then again round late 81 or early 82. Cant quite remember...shit. anyway....fantastic band. Hynde is a beautiful singer, songwriter, tough lady. Martin Chambers is so humble and sweet...a monster on the skins, unstoppable! Mr. Chambers very under rated as a drummer in alot of the rag mags going around, was, back then. But screw the damn lists. Jimmy, damn what he could have been!!!

[@dannynicastro3207]

gene Evans ...damn...cut myself off. I am a married for 30 years this month woman, to my high school sweetie...well, he was done school for 3 years...16 and 20. Dec and Jan bdays. So as for Pete Farndon, good bass player n singer, believ it or not, shame for the fucking heroin n booze. Well, needless to say what I wanted to do to him and with him!!!😉😁 Mr. Farndon was not appreciated much by Chrissie when they were a couple for the 2 or 3 years. Read her book. What is one to do, right. HEY HAPPY 2019...SLAINTE!!!!!🤗🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇬🇧 May this world be a bit better and all of us kinder to others

[@Senator107]

Learning to Crawl album was awesome. Maybe their best.

[@DonCrisafulli]

One word that I've always used to describe James Honeyman-Scott is "tasty", but don't take that to mean "mellow". He was plenty aggressive when he had to be. A great player who didn't need to blaze all over the fretboard to get his points across.

[@louiscarrillo5873]

feel. i LOVE the wayit speeds up and slows down on the jams. thats rich. thats human. thats playing a long time together. love it.

[@donsmith5385]

This line up was just pure magic, never seen grit and grace like this ever! Nobody ever cam close to this band!

[@NormAppleton]

Farndon was good but Honeyman-Scott was amazing

[@NormAppleton]

August 23rd 1981 Teenage Head (not on poster) BB Gabor (not on poster) Holly and the Italians (not on the poster) Rockpile featuring Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe The Rumour without Graham Parker (just after he had gone solo) (not on poster) The B-52's Talking Heads (at sundown) The Pretenders Elvis Costello and the Attractions The Kings

[@claesvanoldenphatt9972]

They summarized 60s & 70s rock in an elegant lyrical way that was hot and sexy, and totally sincere.

[@saintnificent5532]

Chrissie and Chambers ~50 years together, Salute! Who's a better Rock and Roll Front Woman??? uh........Nobody!

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

They had the potential to be as big as anyone ever was but were brought down by drugs. Such a waste. They would have been great and become even greater. This line up was golden. Not a note out of place. Chrissie kept the band going for decades afterwards but would never come close to this again. It was a magic lineup, the kind that only comes around once a decade. RIP Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott.

[@davidandrews5422]

I saw her with this group a few months after this. One of the greatest shows I ever saw.

[@sherryanng19]

This version is the best I've heard live....it rocks. Her voice at the end when they pull out of their jam is fantastic.

[@FLStelth]

This song should be in heavy rotation on every classic rock station.

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

It used to be. Those days are gone.

[@maskof]

This live version is so grungingly fierce and raw and amazing. I would have loved to been at this performance, but I was just a snot nosed 11 year old kid at the time.

[@davidglow3]

It's hard to comprehend,that these two guys have been dead nearly 40 years...rip

[@kimberlyharshfield8629]

Wow....i feel honored to have met them! 😪😜

[@MariSundell]

Probablyf one of their best early performances that showcased all of their greatness. Each and every one of them so talented R.i.P James Honeyman Scott R.I P. Pete Farndon

[@dannynicastro3207]

Mari Sundell ...yes...Got that right. Thanks n happy new year! 🤗😎

[@MariSundell]

@@dannynicastro3207 Happy New Year!

[@monstergirl7695]

This must have been a helluva show. Chrissie wasn't known for being happiest person on stage, but here she looks jubilant. I've been an obsessive fan since high school in the 70s and 80s. In fact, I started a Pretenders scrapbook back then, which I still have. I've collected dozens of magazine articles and interviews. It was Chrissie who inspired me to start playing guitar, and Pete Farndon who made me want to play bass. He wasn't known as the best bass player in the world, but I really loved his style; very fluid and sexy. I echo the sentiments of other commenters who say that today's music is missing this kind of talent, and that the original line-up was the best. I was heartbroken when Jimmy died, and then, a year later, heartbroken again with Pete's death. Such a tragic end to two great players who also seemed to be very nice guys. The first album is one of my desert island records.

[@dannynicastro3207]

Guitar Girl ....Woman as one to another, i am Danielle...keep on rocking. Me too, when hearing of their deaths. Happy New Year n Slainte!🤗😉😁😑🤣😃😄

[@kimberlyharshfield8629]

I totally agree! Met the entire band in Colombus Ohio, so cool, and extremely giving! (James Honeyman Scott even told my bff, Sherry that she had a very nice motorcar!) They let us use their hotel rooms that night and put us all on the guest list for Pittsburgh! Two great shows in a row!!! Yeah, great band for sure!

[@monstergirl7695]

@@kimberlyharshfield8629 Wow, I'm envious! That must have been awesome!

[@publiusking8004]

Awesome story, Kimberly and Monster Girl, P1 is a desert island record for me too. Chrissy became a crush and an archetype for me - highly literate yet visceral, independent yet needy. Unforgettable.

[@kimberlyharshfield8629]

@@publiusking8004 dude! This is poetry! 😜

[@normancarbajal5154]

That’s some great 1980 energy! 🎸🎶…

[@chrisknowlton9460]

This performance is so kick ass I wanna cry 😥😎✊

[@haughie61]

The chemistry was palpable, pure joy from class musicians,

[@myearsloveit]

mi2

[@joeperez8427]

The ending on up the neck live gives me goosebumps

[@gratefuldude65]

My favorite band at 17 Today, my favorite band at 59!

[@69voxbeetle]

The way they were....Damn Good. I miss this.

[@djclay33]

5,525 views, should be 500,000

[@skinny0ne]

Just one of the greatest albums of rock of all time. Deserves more spotlight. What amazing talent on it.

[@marcusteblano6376]

It's so great to see these videos of the original lineup- classic stuff. Those first 2 albums, nothing else like it. Brings back fond memories. Chrissie was a class act in her own raw way.

[@subwaygoddess1]

My favorite Pretenders song!

[@shinywarm6906]

Mine too. That mixture of vulnerability and toughness. Gorgeously real

[@djclay33]

Saw them in 1981 in NY, original line-up. then again in the 90's.They rocked both times! Chrissie always held that band together.

[@deanmonseler5342]

Reminds me of a beautiful high school principal (married to a well built fire man)what I'd do to be 15 again

[@staciimrie5488]

Yesss! seen them several time here in the uk

[@Elitist20]

Saw them in 1982 in Sydney, again in 2006(?). Amazing both times.

[@dianamaloney9460]

Absolutely brilliant rock and roll. No one did it quite like the OG Pretenders.

[@PapiMahoney]

Simply amazing, blazing.

[@THEREALCANNA]

I was in love with her voice back in the 80's......Still love it.....

[@hirepimike]

Piercing and beautiful.

[@batphink2655]

Excellent band there was no-one like them !

[@joeperez8427]

You can clearly see the heavy duty organic ,chemistry was with this line up . RIP James honeyman Scott, Pete farndon

[@neil6958]

Amazing band!

[@claesvanoldenphatt9972]

I saw them in SF when I was 17, at the Waldorf. They played and looked like this. So. Fekkin. Awesome. Chrissie Hynde is the essence of authentic rock ‘n’ roll, a true artiste completely dedicated to her work. Honeyman-Scott was such a great British Rock Guitar God too. Too bad both he and the bassist died of drug overdoses.

[@rorrante]

Awesome version of this song. The first album was classic. Saw this line-up in Santa Barbara way back in the day.

[@geneevans4625]

Martin was a monster on the drums. Jesus. He's still great, but he was butt crazy back in the day.

[@sjpugsie]

Drumsticks a flying everywhere 😀 "love it" definitely didn't let a little sweat slow him down!

[@artlover1477]

Chambers and Clem Burke from Blondie are my two favorite drummers.

[@subwaygoddess1]

My favorite Pretenders song of all time.

[@NigelDoes]

Mine too and this live version is such an amazing find!

[@dannynicastro3207]

NigelDoes ....yup. 🤗😁😉memories of summer of 1983.

[@user-hs4uv1fv1o]

Jimmy Scott was beyond underrated.

[@davedillon1372]

They used to say Jimmy- do Clapton, Jimmy- do BECK, Peter Green, Marriott...✓✓✓✓ on & on! That "burned out speed freak" as she referred to him posthumously was THE Best, Functioning Player while Page was in a slump. I had a great tape collection. Thanks mostly to a Gent named Keith F. She had problems or thought it was a good idea to kick at a professional photographer during the Rockpalaste Show in Deutschland. I don't know what she was doing except trying to act tough for a TV b'cast by kicking at a Press shooter. You're on TV; be happy.

[@user-hs4uv1fv1o]

@@davedillon1372 uh ok ?

[@universallanguage59]

Just reading the comments now, but never surprised by how many folks recognize how brilliant this original line up was, both in the studio and live. The fact that the magic lasted for less than three years only adds to their legacy, methinks. Had the good fortune to see them 'up close' in a couple of small venues just after the first album came out. Grateful I am, still, and would put those performances up there with the best of 'em. Have to think this video captures it well. Quite the outfit they were, and quite the talent that Chrissie Hynde still is, at least in my (older now) humble opinion...

[@lebarosky]

What a monster band.

[@brettholden4564]

WHEN SHE CAME TO CALGARY....SHE KISSED THE STAGE WHERE IGGY POP OPENED FOR HER IN 1987...I LOVE WOMEN WHO ROCK

[@danthefan5378]

Chrissie did the same in Chicago & talked about it at “The UIC Pavilion”, i do not remember exactly what she said to Honor Iggy opening, was Short & Sweet & Oh so true! Maybe something as Chrissie came on stage similar to “I’m going to kneel down & kiss the spot To Honor where The Great Iggy Pop was just sweeting & very amazing as always.

[@fw-o-plexmusic8335]

she did the same in Dallas! must have been an every night thing!

[@dannynicastro3207]

This is 40 years old...just bout and still fresh tight and real rock n roll. No autotune, and other crap thats used today...Th Pretenders were great at what they did at their time and Chrissie and Martin are still in action! I sincerely hope that in Pete and Jimmys heaven, it will always be, that they will ALWAYS be as they were here. If thats what their dear, departed souls choose, of course. Loved and missed by many fans. Later on live with these four could be iffy, but alas, we all go downhill in our own ways at times. Rest in peace PGF, JHS💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💞

[@joeperez8427]

The comment about Pete farndon just being okay I think he was brilliant and without him it wouldn't be that lineup pure magic rest in peace Pete farndon rest in peace James Honeyman Scott😅

[@breakcreate6936]

Saw them just before James and Pete passed away. Amazing band, incredible chemistry and kick ass music!!

[@maire454]

Oh god, look at how clean-cut James is! Ooooh, missing him and Peter, wish the world could have known them more... Cheers for posting this beautiful clip, man.

[@dannynicastro3207]

SuzieLa La ....yes. Absolutely.😑🤔🤗

[@kimberlyharshfield8629]

Sexiest female vocalist of all time! No one compares!

[@welshlad6427]

Kylie

[@stellamackeyloveworks]

wow! The most amazingly beautiful trainwreck. I mean in a good way..especially the zen moment where they pull out of it near the end. super cool!

[@bakerboyboyboy]

The ending is a musical orgasm.

[@artlover1477]

Hey Molly, I get what you are saying. I tend not to care for too much f**king around with songs in a live environment; but man, this was amazing!!!!!!!

[@jwl2469]

First time I'm seeing this clip and it's 41 years to the day of this performance.

[@Thaimiles]

It may have been this tour that I MISSED! But I was there that night in Dallas, Tx at a club on NW Hwy near Abrams Rd (which is now called New West!) and my friends and I were going to dance but there was a Concert and I asked and someone said it was THE PRETENDERS…but I didn’t know who they were and the NEXT WEEK I found their First Album and kicked myself for not going! Biggest regret in my LIFE! Still I got to see them several years later at Bronco Bowl, which is gone now. Sheeesh!

[@metrakos]

the first two Pretenders albums ....ahhh

[@rubenmesa8595]

I saw this line up, Orange Show Pavilion, San Bernardino, CA 1982

[@somegirls2002]

saw them twice in Chicago and once in Milwaukee...... love it (original line up)

[@jeffjones4042]

This is what concert rock and roll is all about! Yaeh!

[@whitepearl8639]

Ok thankzzzzxx.

[@sharonpoole5645]

She rocks the socks. Love her.

[@1shunskis]

So In the pocket and great synergy. This is a tremendous video, thanks.

[@laurelmckay2514]

thanks so much! and too for the helpful website. What a great high you get from them

[@977Radio]

Thank you

[@mc2mc277]

I feel SO fortunate to have seen this lineup JUST as they broke big....Just a handful in the audience at a college gig and then around a month later in the same city, SOLD OUT with a mob outside trying to get in. Incredible band.

[@BeldenClearwater]

GDamn, what Rock n Roll band!!!

[@AlbertoGarcia-lj8xd]

WOW... Original Pretenders.

[@dreamyblue44]

So glad this recording exists, luv it! :)

[@JoshuaCraigStrain]

The ONLY Pretenders lineup !!

[@monkface]

I love how Jimmy looks at Martin at 2:04. After he plays a particularly cool fill. Like, "that's the spirit! We're playing man!"

[@rayhutto2063]

Thanks for posting this!! Another great example of let’s get torqued and jam…

[@speereettoo]

A Bomb Rock Band !

[@Mellymoo1111]

Awesome that is ALL

[@chasr1843]

How Spectacular

[@patrickprice3230]

Always the original's

[@jackcrane7853]

When I thought that after my till then favourite bands THE WHO, NAZARETH, HOT TUNA and ALLMAN BROTHERS nothing much great could come.. along came THE PRETENDERS! They kick some MASSIVE ASS!

[@welshlad6427]

What a band they were ❤

[@johnmurphy3874]

High Energy Performance. 😊

[@neil2945]

This made my day! Thanks for sharing

[@kimberlyharshfield8629]

This album was magic! Their newest album "Hate for sale" is the closest album to their first that I've heard. Liking it more n more!

[@jevicci]

Goddamn it they were so fucking good back then

[@MJ-wrty]

Her voice.

[@LarzGustafsson]

One of their VERY best tunes.

[@armandogarcia2427]

Luv you 💓 💗 💛 😘 💖 💕 💓 💗 💛

[@subwaygoddess1]

Happy Birthday Chrissie! This is my favorite Pretenders!!!✌️💙🎶

[@homeystar77]

Was at this tour night...First ave. in Mpls 20 ft. from Chrissy...such a beautiful singer...

[@Satelite621]

Great version

[@silverwood6705]

Now that's a mutha fluckin song!!!!!!

[@brianbrown7031]

When Stop Your Sobbing single was released, little did I know this band would bring me so much inspiration and connect me with my past unlike any other band. As if one wasn't enough, there had to have been two tragedies. Thank you for one of the top five best rock n roll albums of all time!! Underestimated but never forgotten.....

[@DonCrisafulli]

My favorite title (for a personal reason) on their monster first album. That particular rendition was/still is just ferocious. Cream on steroids and other things during the jam. Controlled chaos with max intensity. Punk with some style and chops to go with it. My heart is still beating a little fast.......

[@auntlynnonline6206]

I feel so blessed to have gotten to see Pete and Jimmy several times. This brings back some great memories. Thanks.

[@johnackerman438]

This is a very special Performance.

[@Reitz86]

Chrissie looks great in that puffy shirt

[@badbrain7163]

This is one of my favorite songs. Ever.

[@thinman8621]

Would that I had been there for this one.

[@quacksmack7449]

Honey on that lead guitar was fucking unreal.

[@thomashoffman8228]

Still one of the best songs of all time

[@merylwalkley8087]

Saw Thw Pretenders in Cardiff at a tiny gig just awesome love yoy Chrissie you Icon of Rock ageless voice and ageless Beauty

[@977Radio]

If it was the one at the Globe then I was there too. I have a recording of the show on my website www.pretenders.org.uk/listen/pretenders-live-shows-2022/

[@arnaudfauchere1769]

Thanks !!!

[@talpajam]

always love those JHS double-stops on this song...very U2 before U2. p.s.a. to the Zemaitis..mercy

[@canalesworks1247]

10 times better player than the edge though. To me JHS reminds me of Mick Ronson. Not the fastest riffs...just really great riffs...riffs that make songs.

[@holyworrier]

@@canalesworks1247 - Like Keith makes.

[@jerriwilson6536]

They are in my top 10 of the best of ever. Saw them open For Simple Minds in '86 while in England.. and prior.. love her..

[@James-wy2pq]

The best

[@mydizzymelody]

Excellent performance!

[@mojorisen74]

Really like the sound of that guitar!

[@ggforeigner]

excellent ... thanks!

[@mikefellows3901]

Absolute class live act I wish Id had the pleasure of experiencing first hand ! Special stuff !

[@BV-nx6vq]

Phenomenal...one of my favorite bands..saw The Pretenders live in '84 - which was great, but wish I'd seen the original lineup which surpassed anything to present....

[@kimberlyharshfield8629]

Just watched this video again for the 10th(?) time. Swear it gave me cold chills! Chrissy has a slow start but sure pulls it together! Wow (&) Gotta love at the very beginning of this vid Pete gets a whiff of his pit and splashes a cup of water on it lolol!

[@stevenhines5550]

wow