The Pretenders
2000 Miles
“2000 Miles Is very
far” lead singer of The Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde, details. Although a
rather erroneous Christmas song, there is still something festive about this emotional
love song. On face value, it sounds like a story of two long-distanced lovers,
but in reality it is believed to be about The Pretenders original guitar
player, James Honeyman-Scott, who died the year before. “Sometimes in my dreams/You appear” she sings with a certain pain
behind each word. There’s a beautiful folk-feel about the backing track,
featuring a very simple repeated guitar piece and a metronome style backing
beat. One thing this song lacks is length, being a little on the short side. But
the pain and emotion portrayed through the lyrics and Chrissie’s vocals makes
up for this ‘shortfall’. Pure emotion.
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