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Anything Could Happen

The Clean

Synopsis

Was there a cooler band in the world than The Clean in 1982? Skinny suits, round sunglasses, video performances aping the great old Monkees' moves but tuned to the "deadpan" setting. Rubbish dump. Derelict building. Cemetery. Check. TVNZ's Andrew Shaw travelled south to Christchurch to direct this one, but he kept the clip faithful to the band's style for this now iconic tribute to indie nihilism.

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Comments (3)

 Rufus Knight

Rufus Knight | website

Outstanding video.

 Rach

Rach

Love it. Just can't turn it up loud enough.

 tom

tom

classic clean, DIY is what flying nun was all about

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 Andrew Shaw

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