From the 1981 Extended Play EP: The Pretenders, Talk of the town. (My all time fav)Lyrics: SUCH A DRAG TO WANT SOMETHING SOMETIME ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER I KNOW WAS A TIME WANTED YOU FOR MINE NOBODY KNEW YOU ARRIVED LIKE A DAY AND PASSED LIKE A CLOUD I MADE A WISH, I SAID IT OUT LOUD OUT LOUD IN A CROWD EVERYBODY HEARD 'TWAS THE TALK OF THE TOWN
IT'S NOT MY PLACE TOKNOW WHAT YOU FEEL I'D LIKE TO KNOW BUT WHY SHOULD I? WHO WERE YOU THEN, WHO ARE YOU NOW? COMMON LABOURER BY NIGHT, BY DAY HIGHBROW BACK IN MY ROOM I WONDER, THEN I SIT ON THE BED, LOOK AT THE SKY UP IN THE SKY CLOUDS REARRANGE LIKE THE TALK OF THE TOWN
MAYBE TOMORROW, MAYBE SOMEDAY MAYBETOMORROW, MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR PLACE IN THIS WORLD YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR PLACE IN THIS WORLD
OH BUT IT'S HARD TO LIVE BY THE RULES I NEVER COULD AND STILL NEVER DO THE RULES AND SUCH NEVER BOTHERED YOU YOU CALL THE SHOTS AND THEY FOLLOW I WATCH YOU STILL FROM A DISTANCE THEN GO BACK TO MY ROOM, YOU NEVER KNOW I WANT YOU, I WANT YOU BUT NOW WHO'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN?
MAYBE TOMORROW, MAYBE SOMEDAY MAYBE TOMORROW, MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR PLACE IN THIS WORLD YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR PLACE IN THIS WORLD
post-its to different directed meanings for each one of us. For me hits the nail on the head for the one I lost at his death
Glennfaw(October 25, 2008 at 2:57 am)
Loved it when it first came out all those years ago... still love it now, one of the Pretenders finest songs.
69vader(October 18, 2008 at 5:34 am)
JAMES HONYMAN SCOTT, R.I.P BROTHER.
aladinow(October 5, 2008 at 9:24 pm)
my crissie, i love you.
angelsfilms(September 20, 2008 at 9:03 am)
will always be...our song baby!! XOX
dankarlos(September 14, 2008 at 7:16 am)
she is memorizing!!
lvn4life(September 11, 2008 at 3:46 pm)
Actually the song was written about Ray Davies of the Kinks,..she was having an affair with him (or so the legend goes)
primolilla(September 11, 2008 at 2:56 pm)
I know she wrote this song about a kid that used to frequent their recording sessions. For some reason this song always reminds me of James and Pete. "You've changed your face in this world". Early Pretenders!! Raw and beautiful all in one.
newmark401(September 8, 2008 at 2:31 pm)
You must be thinking of 1981 because "Talk of the Town" was released as part of an EP in March 1981. It can't have been in the charts one year earlier.
ruderkonge1976(September 5, 2008 at 9:55 pm)
One of my favorite songs. The Pretenders rules and Talk of the Town is fantastick
kerrisavage(September 5, 2008 at 4:53 pm)
So many of their songs are just absolutely perfect. I love this so much.
