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Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Flaunt It

John McCready, NME, 2 August 1986

AS STUPID as they are, the British public can take a joke if you give them a punchline to go with it. They bought Malcolm McLaren, the joke, but they also got the Sex Pistols, the punchline. They bought Frankie Goes To Hollywood, the joke, but they also got 'Two Tribes', the punchline.

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