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wearers new pieces of card as they complete more and more origami animals. As the video draws to an end she rapidly piles up the origami animals into a heap in the middle of the table. When all the animals have been collected into the pile the beret wearers bow their heads and the woman puts her arms around the pile and smiles at the camera. In the final shot the woman places her hands on the table and stares at the camera as the video fades out to show the same Super Furry
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of the red animal's head with smoke shown coming from its nose. The next shot shows the origami animals stationary on the table as the camera pans up to the beret wearers who are looking straight ahead while smoke moves across from the right. The woman walks up and down the table giving the beret
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was issued in June 1998 and includes all four songs from the CD version albeit in a different track order. The proverb "Decadence may not be seen as a wholly negative process neither should it be viewed as a terminal state. It's a stage in the process of regeneration and renewal" was to have been
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on another rotating dancefloor with two large fluorescent purple circles in the background. The five characters are then seen walking around the band and stepping into the photo booths that surround them. The text "Act 1: The kiss" is shown, after which footage of the Super Furry
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2284:Fuzzy Logic
2252:Cian Ciaran
2238:Huw Bunford
2182:MusicBrainz
1786:"Singles",
1530:"Singles",
1398:Pete Fowler
1371:Cian Ciaran
1366:bass guitar
1352:Huw Bunford
1317:(CRECS 288)
1276:(CRE 288 T)
1181:. The logo
1139:for "Smokin
1137:music video
1111:covered in
1081:music video
1073:music video
937:BBC Radio 1
829:Songbook...
726:called the
708:recorded a
547:Cian Ciaran
544:keyboardist
463:Black Uhuru
400:influences.
305:Songbook...
303:version of
59:25 May 1998
2665:Categories
2571:Lazer Beam
2413:Moog Droog
2358:Out Spaced
2333:Hey Venus!
2326:Love Kraft
2267:Rhys Ifans
2245:Guto Pryce
2231:Gruff Rhys
2159:2010-02-10
2138:2009-12-13
2111:2010-02-10
2090:2010-02-10
2069:2010-02-10
2014:2010-01-05
1948:2010-11-21
1923:2010-03-19
1897:2010-03-19
1872:2010-03-19
1847:2010-03-05
1769:2010-10-18
1666:Out Spaced
1503:2009-12-13
1437:References
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1346:Gruff Rhys
1113:film stock
796:Elton John
701:Out Spaced
530:of "Smokin
471:Gruff Rhys
410:media help
345:Gruff Rhys
263:Out Spaced
179:Out Spaced
150:chronology
2633:Neon Neon
2599:Bing Bong
2522:Do or Die
2427:Slow Life
2298:Guerrilla
1681:. 1998. .
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1375:keyboards
1335:Personnel
1310:(CRE 288)
1183:fades out
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933:John Peel
921:Accolade
908:Accolades
904:in 2008.
877:Outspaced
847:Outspaced
810:Guerrilla
523:Guerrilla
503:Badfinger
431:Channel 4
421:, "Smokin
349:Badfinger
236:Channel 4
219:Guerrilla
67:1997–1998
2671:1998 EPs
2638:The Peth
2585:Run-Away
2291:Radiator
1943:AllMusic
1764:AllMusic
1722:New York
1348:– vocals
1218:close-up
918:Country
843:AllMusic
805:Radiator
770:Pavement
750:music".
740:Therapy?
662:cassette
577:AllMusic
495:football
475:cannabis
374:" (1998)
213:Radiator
161:Radiator
138:Producer
131:Creation
86:, London
64:Recorded
56:Released
46: by
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1608:: 46–51
1474:: 16–18
1392:Artwork
1326:"Smokin
1282:"Smokin
1248:"Smokin
1200:origami
1123:"Smokin
1109:bathtub
538:guitar
536:Mu-Tron
492:Swedish
461:of the
451:Cardiff
427:British
232:British
183:(1998)
174:(1998)
165:(1997)
84:Orinoco
79:Cardiff
2501:Demons
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1095:mullet
1012:Select
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867:. The
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860:Select
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748:smoker
736:techno
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109:Length
72:Studio
1385:drums
1209:crane
1043:2008
1020:1998
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951:1998
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762:Queen
710:cover
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435:sloth
394:disco
353:Queen
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206:band
126:Label
94:Genre
2305:Mwng
2043:ISBN
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1812:ISBN
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1418:Peak
1340:Band
1205:cuts
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1172:logo
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1071:The
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398:funk
396:and
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2180:at
2131:NME
1982:NME
1867:BBC
1606:238
1557:Vox
1533:NME
1496:NME
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301:DVD
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