The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

The Pretender’s break-out hit,?Brass in Pocket?was written by bandmates James Honeyman-Scott and Chrissie Hynde. Hynde explained to American Songwriter that the?Brass in Pocket?vibe “is that you're supposed to be kind of cocky and sure of yourself.”??It was an attitude she felt was important to project on-stage…although the song lyrics and the accompanying video (one of the first 10 to air on MTV) certainly emphasized a cockiness in the relationship sense.?

Speaking of the lyrics…Hynde indicates that she has many fine attributes including, arms, legs, style and imagination.??But, perhaps the most difficult to decipher is “I got bottle, I’m gonna use it.”??Chrissie explains that according to?Cockney rhyming slang. It means bottle and glass.?Which means she has something that rhymes with the word “glass”.??I’ll let you figure it out.

There’s no doubting another lyric: She is special!