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Was (Not Was) Just Can't Play it Straight

Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 8 December 1983

LOS ANGELES — They would meet on the highest bleacher seat at the high-school field. Shivering in the cold Michigan night, they would talk about the future. Two longhaired teenage boys. Best friends.

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