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The Wild The Innocent & Big Country

Julie Panebianco, Boston Rock, 14 November 1983

THE MUSIC scene of late — with the Scottish sounds of Aztec Camera, the Eurythmics, and Big Country all climbing the charts — reminds me of a favorite Monty Python skit. A horrible monster, the Blanc Mange, is turning everyone into kilt-wearing, bagpipe-playing Scots. Terry Jones, as a befuddled BBC commentator, does man-on-the-street interviews, asking: "When did you first notice this Scottishness?"

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