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Gang of Four: Entertainment!

Alfred Soto, Stylus, 31 May 2005

A COMMAND OF MARXIAN DIALECTICS is an impressive talent when writing a term paper, but it means shit in a club. That's what Gang of Four realized when they set their quasi-hit 'I Love A Man in Uniform' to a Talking Heads drum sound, slapped their bass, and paid for backup vocalists to wail the unwieldy chorus.

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