Only A Hobo Only A Star
Paul Morley, NME, 26 January 1980
THE PRETENDERS are number one, top of the pops. But where there's 'Brass' there's sadness and Chrissie Hynde regrets some of the changes and new commitments success has brought. "I'd sooner just skate by. I guess now I've got to be responsible and grow up."
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