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highplainsdem

(52,834 posts)
Sun Dec 8, 2024, 11:26 AM Dec 8

Mike Pender of the Searchers - Needles And Pins (live in Liverpool, 8/27/2016, age 75, in fine voice)

Figarosmom posted old video of this Searchers hit on the 30th, and that reminded me that a couple of years ago I'd posted an OP with 5 different recordings of the song - by Jackie DeShannon, the Searchers, Smokie, the Ramones, and Tom Petty with Stevie Nicks - at https://www.democraticunderground.com/103476906 after trying and failing to find video to post of the cover done by German band Die Toten Hosen. So I tried again to find the DTH cover, failed again...

But I was very happy to find video showing how well Mike Pender's voice held up over the years. He did finally retire a couple of years ago, at the age of 81, when his voice was no longer as strong (though still better than some older artists who keep touring). But at 75, he sounded like this:


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