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At the time I did the search, the above video seemed to have survived - if it's been hidden by the time you read this, try this one.
I think even at the time, I thought there was something a bit silly about this. Yes, it's a ridiculous name for a band, but in those days lots of bands were called something like that. Maybe it was Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot (not his real name, of course - it was Martin Volpeliere-Pierrot) and his ridiculous hat and dancing; mind you, in hindsight that's pretty much what Michael Stipe was doing for the next few years. What I wouldn't have known or cared about at the time was that Andy Warhol (as in holes) appears in the video. You never saw him and Boot from The Perishers in the same place, did you?
From 2009, this is an easy record to make fun of, but perhaps there is something to be said for it. The chorus isn't as powerful as I remember it, at least in the mono versions I'm actually allowed to listen to, and the sentiment is pretty transparently cynical: but there is a half-decent tune lurking under here somewhere, and it certainly isn't the most ghastly thing on this album.
Also appearing on: Now 9, 16
Available on: The Very Best Of Curiosity Killed The Cat
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