Three on the Ones and Twos

Episode 63 - Diane Coll: Pretenders by Pretenders


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From our good friend and guest on today's show, Diane Coll: "Late 1979. Young teenage girl strolling by the local headshop/record store in LaGrange, IL spots an album in the storefront window.  She buys it without hearing a song on it. I mean, who could resist the stark white backdrop and Chrissie's cool red leather jacket.  Young girl goes home and has a full 47 minutes of jaw-dropping glee and empowerment. It was okay to be angry, to be vulnerable, to be sexual, and to be in charge, all unapologetically. Young teenage girl's life was forever changed, and she didn't leave her bedroom until every note of the guitar solo on "Kid" was learned.  Her favorite line, "I'll never feel like a man in a man's world," remains her favorite today."

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