CHRISSIE HYNDE serves lounge sounds for bikers and frock wearers

3. September 2019

Chrissie Hynde

CHRISSIE HYNDE serviert Lounge-Klänge für Biker und Kuttenträger

"I could bite my way into the buttocks that I even put that word in my mouth," moans Chrissie Hynde on a rainy Thursday morning in the British capital. "Just because I can't get rid of this. Because now everyone thinks I'm playing the trombone or who knows what. No, they're just cover versions of my favorite songs. And they sound a bit like dub and lounge because I love that vibe. He's so relaxed, so cool, so deeply relaxed. But it's not jazz. God damn it!"

This is the sound of someone who is "discreetly" annoyed and feels completely misunderstood. A glance at the tracklisting of her current solo album "Valve Bone Woe" is all it takes to recognize her: There are some Mingus, Coltrane and Sinatra titles at the start, but there is also material from David Bowie, Ray Davies, Nick Drake or Brian Wilson. "These are titles that I consider to be classics and that I have always wanted to try," says the 67-year-old Pretender boss. "I've been wanting to take her in for almost ten years. The only problem was that Marius de Vries, with whom I wanted to do this, never had time for me. So I waited until he was finally available."

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