At first glance this might seem to be an unfaithful cover of a Pretenders song, but it is actually a scathing critique of self-critique and is reminiscent of a musical application of Harold Bloom’s “The Anxiety of Influence”. The Pretenders song, which is ostensibly the source material for this song...
[Intro]
You guys are the pits of the world
[Verse]
And I'm asking what is left to do?
And I'm feeling that it's done before
Referential, that's the guy from all those movies
Referential, hey, that's the riff from that old song!
[Chorus]
Don't play Busy, Imaginary, Incomplete and Seethruskin
Drone and Gutless
Wound and Mean Guy
Equalized is overrated
Don't play Busy, Imaginary, Incomplete and Seethruskin
Drone and Gutless
Wound and Mean Guy
Equalized is overrated
Don't play Busy, Imaginary, Incomplete and Seethruskin
Drone and Gutless
Wound and Mean Guy
Equalized
And I'm sorry
[Outro]
Overrated. I think so. But then again... who does? Bye
Pack It Up was written by Chrissie Hynde & James Honeyman-Scott & Blake Schwarzenbach & Chris Bauermeister & Adam Pfahler.
Pack It Up was produced by Jonathan Burnside & Billy Anderson & Mike Morasky & Jawbreaker.