Two words: jangling guitars!
"Back on the Chain Gang" by The Pretenders is like good home-cooking.
The tune will always take me back to road trips with my parents in the family station wagon where I sat in the back seat behind Dad, enjoying tunes like this while counting license plates en route to PEI.
Chrissie Hynde's smooth and soulful vocals perfectly complement those magical guitars.
How good is this song? Well, some chap named Morrissey has covered it:
Well the post was great until you mentioned Morrissey. The Pretenders are wonderful band and I really like back on the chain gang.
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