Chrissie Hynde: “I pierced Johnny Rotten’s ear in the toilet with an earring and a bar of soap.” Chrissie Hynde

I wonder if you’ve seen [music-filled 1996 comedy drama] film Blessing my heart Did this affect your decision to record a duet album? Jenny Marie
I haven’t seen the film – Duets Special came about after a conversation with Rufus Wainwright’s husband when I rashly suggested doing an album with Rufus. Rufus wanted to do “Always On My Mind,” and I looked at the list of nine other songs I’d sent him and thought: Why don’t I ask some other people? Like, Low is one of my favorite bands of all time, and when I first met Mimi Parker she immediately seemed like someone I’ve known my whole life. I told her I had performed one of their songs with Debbie Harry and she looked at me and said, “Why didn’t you ask me?” I thought: Touch, Mimi. I suggested [Cass McCombs’s] County Line But it wasn’t okay. I told Mimi I would wait as long as it took. Then she died. now [Sparhawk, Parker’s husband] She sang it instead and it’s absolutely amazing.

Prosecutors covered for Morrissey Every day is like Sunday And now special Duets features The first in the gang to die. As one of Morrissey’s oldest friends, how often does he do this Do your conversations reach a philosophical, political, or moral dead end? Maxcutikins
My relationship with him started because we were both vegetarians and he sent me a postcard asking to meet for tea. Thirty-five years ago, most of my colleagues – Linda McCartney and others – were friends because of their vegetarianism. Morrissey does Peta stuff and is a great songwriter. A few nights ago, I had dinner with two girls he worked with. I sent him a picture of the three of us and he immediately sent a picture of three women from Coronation Street. He’s always true to himself, and no, we’ve never reached a dead end.

With the 45-year-old making his Pretenders debut This year, how much work was there before you met? house [Farndon, bass], Jimmy [Honeyman-Scott, guitar] and Martin [Chambers, drums]? kilowattson04
I was staying in a freezing attic in a women’s boarding house in Tufnell Park, north London, and probably wrote some of the songs before I met them. Every guitarist I’ve dealt with since James Honeyman Scott has been influenced by him, for example Johnny Marr. The minute James arrived at my door, I knew we were going to be in a band together. I became friendly with Benji Lysaght – who produced and plays on Duets Special – after he came up to me at catering and said: “Can I ask you something about James Honeyman Scott?” It’s crazy: Jimmy died at the age of 25, remembered only by guitarists, and yet he was the voice of the plaintiffs. I was the angry biker but he brought out the tune.

Plaintiffs 2000 miles He returned to the airwaves for Christmas. Do you have a favorite festive song? VerulamiumParkRanger
No, I, like most people, get very angry as soon as they start playing Christmas music in stores. But, speaking of Jimmy… a year after he died, I was at the Sunset Marquis Hotel [in LA] I think about it. I rented a guitar and wrote 2000 miles. I’ve always regretted the rental company didn’t sell it to me because I wanted this guitar so much.

What was it like to be in an episode of Friends? Were you a big fan? john_smoove_123
I’d never heard of it before but Warners was releasing an album to accompany this new show and asked me for a song called Angel of the Morning. Then friends asked me if I could sit in the background at the coffee shop and play it. I had to go to Los Angeles for a week and see my friend, but I didn’t know they had written a whole part for me. Then the friends appeared on the cover of every American magazine. I thought, “Oh my God, this is going to be big.” The staff and everyone were really nice, but I always regretted that even then I could take my kids to school and no one knew who I was. After that, all the kids were like, “Your mom’s on Friends!”

You’ve made it very clear that you find it embarrassing to be approached for autographs or selfies. If someone recognizes you on the street, how should they recognize you? S. James42
When punk came my manager wanted to put my face on a billboard in Shepherd’s Bush and I sat on my bed and cried. I could already feel my freedom slipping away. Some people have the right personality for it: Paul McCartney is great at being a Beatle. Me, no! I didn’t get used to it. It always scares me and I’m not very generous. And then, I feel really bad because I don’t want to upset people. If they nod or give me a thumbs up, that’s great.

I was in Kent State University when the Ohio National Guard was in charge He opened fire on students who were protesting the US invasion of Cambodia (four killed) In 1970. What memories can you share about that period? com. mdperry
I was hanging out, smoking weed, listening to Tim Hardin, Tim Buckley, Neil Young, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix. When the National Guard opened fire, I was standing there and had to be taken off campus because I didn’t want to leave. I knew one of the men who was killed. We were young… some of Defoe’s guys were there too [Eagles’] Joe Walsh. His band, the James Gang, was playing at a club and I would sit at his feet and touch his tennis shoes. I have many memories of that period.

I saw you In the Van Gogh exhibition at the National Museum. What is your favorite job? Stevenson Leslie
I worship him so I love everything, but I was looking at some of the most amazing work ever from a sea of ​​people holding up their phones. Why they don’t ban phones in art galleries is beyond me. They’re standing in front of a painting they may never see again and they can admire every brushstroke, but they’re staring at it through their damn phones!

When you first arrived in the UK from the US, what made you decide to stay? Aubrey26
I loved everything about the UK and was always drawn to it. When I was a kid, I loved horses and would draw them all the time. I knew there was an English style of riding and an English saddle. Then, when I was 14, I heard The Beatles and there was no turning back.

When you visit the United States, What is the main thing you are missing? he – she? Neflik47
I don’t miss her. When they demolished the train system and got rid of any form of public transportation, I had an ingrained suspicion that it wouldn’t work for me, so I left at 22 years old. I still take the tube in London.

I saw you get arrested live on stage in Nashville, West Kensington around 1981. Why did that happen? Tony Brown
I don’t think I was caught. I think the police stopped the show because of a noise problem or something. The only thing I remember about the Nashville Rooms show is that I drank a lot of tequila beforehand and I never drank before a show again because it dulled my abilities. That night, I pierced Johnny Rotten’s ear in the toilet, by pushing an earring through it into a bar of soap.

If Johnny Rotten or Sid Vicious had accepted your marriage proposal in 1976, what would life together have been like? Dmitry_S
It was just so I could stay in the countryside, but life with either of them would have been chaos. I knew Sid before the Pistols. One night, we were walking down the street and he said, “John asked me to join the band.” “But it looks like you’re already in it,” I said. And he went: “Yes, I know.” I watched him learn to play bass on the fly for three days, listening to Ramones records. It was beautiful. Then came the drugs, alcohol and violence and he changed quickly when he met Nancy [Spungen]. He had a great voice. I think he was more talented than he ever showed.

Do you keep in touch with the lesser-known women you got to know during the early days of punk? Not necessarily that people like Siouxsie SiouxMore evil girls and women than I have ever met Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren stores Or in cars? Rob Cornelius
I didn’t really know Jordan [AKA Pamela Rooke, punk scene linchpin] But she was a member of the gang and 35 years later, I reconnected with her via email because I was interested in compassion in agriculture — her nephew had a farm and Jordan rescued cats. I was going to hang out with her and then she died. I have dinner with Viv Albertine sometimes. It’s good fun. I stayed friendly with Patty Paladin and Judy Nealon from the band Snatch for years. After I saw the documentary Selecter, I wrote to Pauline Black and told her it was great, but we weren’t having a good time. I never saw a Gaye ad again, but I really liked her: she was pretty and had a sticker on her guitar that said “Fuck.”

A place of pride on MantnaElpiece is a picture of you and my wife’s ageD 16. She met you and Patsy Kensit outside an Oasis concert in 1994. It was a very cold night and you stripped her of your gloves, which she tried to get down with to no avail. She always says how nice you are and will be so happy if you pretend to remember her. JSA_1972
Of course I remember you. You’re the girl who tried to scratch my gloves.