My City Was Gone (Rush Limbaugh)

johngross · Feb 18, 2021

I herd Rush talk about this song on his show once. Said he paid a lot of money to use it, and it's more of a liberal (maybe not his exact word) song. She's singing about Akron, Ohio.

Lyrics to the song are here.
Pretenders - My City Was Gone Lyrics | Musixmatch

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcQL2824DPc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcQL2824DPc[/ame]

quikdraw67 · Feb 18, 2021

I'll always associate that song to Rush Limbaugh.

It's a great opening/intro song.

As a stand alone song, not so much. The Pretenders are a good band, and this isn't their best song IMHO.

CH4 · Feb 18, 2021

Yeah, I always wondered why he chose that one over, “Brass in Pocket.”

wheelgun28 · Feb 18, 2021

I think the story was something like Rush picked the music for the baseline and being able to do the intro through it.

Then Chrissy Hines (sp) from the Pretenders found him using it and sent him a cease and desist letter. Somehow Chrissy's parents found out the daughter made him stop using it. The problem was her parents were big Rush fans, and the rest is history.

Now when you hear the beat, it's Rush time...

Constrictor · Feb 18, 2021

wheelgun28 said:
I think the story was something like Rush picked the music for the baseline and being able to do the intro through it.

Then Chrissy Hines (sp) from the Pretenders found him using it and sent him a cease and desist letter. Somehow Chrissy's parents found out the daughter made him stop using it. The problem was her parents were big Rush fans, and the rest is history.

Now when you hear the beat, it's Rush time...

That isn't what happened. Her distributor sent the cease and desist letter and Chrissy stepped in to help Rush because her Dad was a huge Rush fan. She donated the royalties to Charity.

326MOD10 · Feb 18, 2021

I saw Chrissie Hynde in concert about 12 years ago at a casino in North Kansas City. What a great show and her voice then was still as powerful as ever.

I agree not my top Pretenders pick but I will forever associate this tune more to Rush than to The Pretenders.

And I am a fan of both.

yaktamer · Feb 18, 2021

Constrictor said:
That isn't what happened. Her distributor sent the cease and desist letter and Chrissy stepped in to help Rush because her Dad was a huge Rush fan. She donated the royalties to Charity.

You're both wrong. This is explains it:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swBtLPWeKbU[/ame]

CH4 · Feb 18, 2021

326MOD10 said:
I saw Chrissie Hynde in concert about 12 years ago at a casino in North Kansas City. What a great show and her voice then was still as powerful as ever.

I agree not my top Pretenders pick but I will forever associate this tune more to Rush than to The Pretenders.

And I am a fan of both.

I saw her at an outdoor concert in Reno (Hot August Nights) a few years ago. She was definitely firing on all cylinders.

Doug627 · Feb 18, 2021

I grew up in Akron, OH. She did a great job of describing it. She had a vegetarian restaurant downtown Akron. I don't know if it is still there.

Fishslayer · Feb 19, 2021

Speaking of replacements for El Rushbo...

yaktamer said:
You're both wrong. This is explains it:
Thank You Simone - YouTube

My City Was Gone (Rush Limbaugh)

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