Rock Never Dies—But It Does Get Older and Wiser

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"It’s still a remarkable song—but it’s not the same song. It’s the same singer, but maybe not quite the same singer, either...It is interesting—maybe, for some of us of a certain age, even comforting—to hear rock stars revisit their songs in voices tempered by age and experience, and to know they have a sense of mortality no different from the rest of us."

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/07/pretenders-nick-lowe-elvis-costello-rock-nostalgia/661477/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

[itchitch 3,971]

Thanks for the post...

 

I am not certain that the performer, when recording "unplugged" versions of their work, has matured or mellowed.

The unplugged venue is predisposed to being less forward?

 

This is very timely - I was chatting with my teen son about Chrissie Hynde yesterday.

Her work is very special.... Not just another female vocalist.

 

I actually prefer this version of the song than the album version 

 

 

Edited July 5, 2022 by itchitch

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Hey Itch²

 

^{The Chrissie Hynde gets top marks from me, too.} 

 

^💗