The Knack: How You'll Be Getting It
Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 2 June 1979
I LEANED over and whispered in the ear of the blank-looking blonde girl seated next to me: "I'm a stranger in this town, so maybe you could tell me why this club is so full of people tonight. Is there something special about the group that's playing, or what?" With hardly a change in her facial non-expression, this creature glanced at her friend and intoned softly: "Oh, they're rilly neat. You'll see..."
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