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The Real Chic

Kris Needs, ZigZag, December 1981

TEAR A STRIP off the sucker. Suddenly everybody's selfconsciously diving for the dancefloor. Most groups have got their 'funky number', even if they're not funky. Cavorting about like they've been into it for years, dropping names like Funkapolitan, Stimulin, a bit of James Brown, always the Zelot.

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