Pretenders - Space Invader - Riviera Theater Sept 8th 1980

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1. That chimey guitar reminds me of Keith Levene.
2. Damn! This first lineup had so much talent !! Fucking drugs! Get too confident, cruise in life & trying to perpetuate the "good times" every moment of every day (i.e. precariously on the edge "partying" / drugs / daily heavy drinking etc) - and you will DIE.
   I hate James & Pete are gone. May their work always be revered !
3. What guitars are they using?
4. Even if the playing wasnt in sync..I thought it was still killer!..
5. Orgasmic
6. The video and the song don't match but it sounds good.
7. Pete Farndon = SEX.
8. How bizarre to have the Pretenders lip sync this instrumental track at some kind of dance show as if they were on Top of the Pops--only in the 80s right?
9. Another bad ass b track single from the pretenders!
10. Bliss....
11. VERY fuckin' cool!
12. BAD ASS
13. The original line up was one of the best bands of their time, I was lucky enough to see them back in 1979/1980 when they were touring in support of the second album, simply a great band playing great songs off the first two albums. I didn't realize it at the time but it really was a wonderful time in the music scene...................
14. It's in England for sure most likely on Top Of The Pops!!!!!
15. It's in England for sure most likely Top Of The Pops!!!!!
16. They were THE best Pretenders.
17. <3 Fardon at his best!
18. Um, yeah, so that's not the Riviera. It's too small and there have never been dance platforms. And, as much as I hate to admit it, most of us new-wave kids in Chicago didn't dress that hip ! Dressing like that in that neighborhood would've guaranteed severe hassles.
    
    My bet is it's from a British or European tv show. It is a great little piece of live music. 
19. Quality MUSIC
20. Amusing disguise of a bootleg? HIgh School Kids with the Pretenders? Not the Riviera. Not Chicago. Music could be Riviera. Hard to know.