Middle of the Road - Pretenders - FRANKS BASS COVERS #shorts

November 1983, from the album Learning to Crawl.
"I can't get from the cab to the curb Without some little jerk on my back"

Chrissy Hynde formed the Pretenders in Hereford, England in 1978,
The name The Pretenders was inspired by the Sam Cooke version of the Platters' 1955 R&B hit song "The Great Pretender"

A little after the 3-minute mark, Hynde lets loose one of the most famous yowls in rock. The feline inflection plays to the line, "I'm not the cat I used to be."

Toward the end of the song, Hynde sings about the media hounding her. She has always tried to keep her private life to herself.

Following the 1981 Pretenders album Pretenders II, two of the four bandmembers - Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott - died of drug overdoses, leaving just Hynde and drummer Martin Chambers, who remained the mainstays in the band amongst a rotating cast of guitarists and bass players.

Hynde was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 as a member of the Pretenders.

The Pretenders

Chrissie Hynde – lead vocals , rhythm guitars, harmonica [uncredited], backing vocals
Robbie McIntosh – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Malcolm Foster – bass guitar, backing vocals
Martin Chambers – drums, backing vocals, percussion

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