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Paolo Hewitt, NME, 10 November 1984
LET'S START with Barry White. Now there was a man that I loathed. At the height of his success, I used to watch his videos in mounting disbelief as he, dripping in extravagance, lumbered around grunting his trite love songs to skimpily dressed women lying around a massive swimming pool. To me, Barry White personified crass with a capital C.
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