Chrissie Hynde was on Jools Holland being interviewed. He asked her why her new album was called “Break Up the Concrete”. She mumbled something about encouraging people to go out and smash up the roads. Jools joked, “oh, you’re not complaining about the terrible state of repair, then?” No, quite the opposite, I think they’re in far too good a state of repair.
I think if you get to your 50s and you still haven’t figured out that roads improve people’s lives, well, there’s something a little pathetic about it.
She went on to complain that people should be less ambitious; there’s far too much emphasis on success, that it was okay to just be and do nothing. Fair enough, if that’s what you want. Then she added, “I’m not talking about benefit cheats, god bless them, we need you.” So not really making much sense then. Trying too hard to be cool, perhaps.