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Added 29th September 2010 by Abigail

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Pete Shelley
1986

A fantastic, guitary performance of Homosapian by Pete Shelley from Cue the Music. in '86.

Wikipedia states:

In 1981, Shelley released 'Homosapian', his first solo single. On this recording he returned to his original interests in electronic music and shifted emphasis from guitar to synthesizer. The song was banned by the BBC for "explicit reference to gay sex", which didn't stop it from becoming enormously popular in dance clubs in Europe and North America. At this time, Pete Shelley also talked about his bisexuality, which had been implicit in many of the Buzzcocks songs he had written but now came to attention due to "Homosapien" and the BBC ban. The next year saw the controversial single followed by an LP of the same name.

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