Pick some prime choice Buzzcocks, add a generous portion of Kinks, Stir in some finest Thunder's Heartbreakers & sprinkle a little Velvets on top and voila! - you have Wire's "Mannequin"! - Delicious!
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A stormer from one of the most important albums of all time. The basic principle was that when an idea or a song became boring or ceased to be new or outlived itself, it ended. Some songs on the record barely live past thirty seconds (and they're still as good as anything else you'll hear). Others developed into two or three minute classics. Mannequin is a quick, catchy, honest, and abrasive assault on all those blank, vapid bastards out there.
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