Gruppo Sportivo: Back to 78
Paul Morley, NME, 23 December 1978
DIPPING LUSTFULLY and deep into your public pocket, the simulated and soiled Gruppo Sportivo transparently dart from nursery rhyme tinsel to uncivilised sexual slang with all the frigid effectiveness and mild detonations of impolitely palgiaristic pop.
Total word count of piece: 361
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