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[ifinnegan]

Without reading the linked article, I recall they and “Fun Boy Three” were manufactured at the same time.

They did come out of the punk scene, with Fun Boy Three being the Specials packaged commercially.

[Gay State Conservative]

I have prey eclectic taste in music.Some classical,some country,some “easy listening”,lots and lots of 50’s/60’s rock/pop,lots of 60’s folk and some “new age”.I've always thought that Bananarama was fun for several reasons.First,a few of the things they did were pretty entertaining in a bubble gum kind of way.The second is “who needs porn when there are Bananarama music videos?”

[Skooz]

BFL

[Slings and Arrows]

The definitive cover from the 80’s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPSR4KsbO8

[gundog]

Shonen Knife redux.

[VanDeKoik]

And just think they got famous without having to act like whores on stage or produce filthy lyrics.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I kind of like the ukelele cover of Anarchy in the UK.

http://duke-of-uke.com/muzak/Track02_Anarchy_in_the_UK.mp3

[Salamander]

John Lydon auditioned for The Sex Pistols by singing “I’m Eighteen” by Alice Cooper.

My guy was punk before there ~was~ punk.

:P