There’s nothing new with veteran entertainers (pretenders) deriding the new talent that’s taken the stage.
Ms. Hynde’s lyrics were very explicit* during her band’s early years, likely for attention, fame and profit.
*”shot my mouth off, and he showed me what that hole was for”.
Much older, she faults similar titillating new acts, and complains.
Madonna, queen of whorish reinvention, publicly complained about the state of entertainment being so lurid, she wouldn’t let her children view it.
Hypocrite trash idiots, all.
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pretenders/tattooedloveboys.html
THE PRETENDERS LYRICS
“Tattooed Love Boys”
The mid twenty joys around a heart that’s black and blue
Tattooed love boys
I tore my knees up getting to you
‘Cause I needed
To find out what the thing was for
Been reading
But man the time came to explore
I went apewire ‘cause I thought
Like I’d like it little tease
But I didn’t mean it
But you mess with the goods doll, honey you gotta pay, yeah
A good time was guaranteed for one and all
The tattoos did target practice in the hall
While waiting for their number to get called out
I, I, I, I found out what the wait was about
I was a good time, yeah, I got pretty good
At changing tires upstairs bro
I shot my mouth off and you showed me what that hole was for
Now I see you
All impressed and half undressed
You got paint stick all over the scars and lumps and bumps
Tattooed love boys
Have got you where I used to lay
Well ha ha too bad, but you know what they say
“Stop snivellin’, you’re gonna make some plastic surgeon a rich man”
Oh, but the prestige and the glory
Another human interest story
You are that
I’m not really familiar with her music, but I’m not surprised at the hypocrisy. Maybe she regrets that (her explicit lyrics) as well.
Hmmm not taking sides here but yeah her lyrics were explicit. Because, hello, she was gang raped by a biker gang when she was young.
That’s a different kind of explicit, i.e., not prurient.