Eddie and the Hot Rods: The Rods Are Awright
Pete Makowski, Sounds, 6 August 1977
"All my friends at school grew up and settled down. Then they mortgaged up their lives. When things get set too much but I think it's true. they just get married 'cause they've nothing else to do."
– (Jagger/Richard).
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