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So tell me, what was that all about? A Smiths Symposium

Caitlin Moran, The Times, 29 March 2005

THE VIDEO for the Smiths' 1987 single 'I Started Something I Couldn't Finish' shows hundreds of faux-Morrisseys descending on the streets of Manchester — cardigans frayed, quiffs rampant, back pockets full of daffodils, and hearing aids turned all the way up to 11.

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