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Certain Songs #1967: Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Chinese Bones”

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Album: Globe of Frogs
Year: 1988

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“Chinese Bones” might just be my favorite Robyn Hitchcock song. At the very least, it’s on the short list of the Prettiest Songs Ever Recorded, Robyn Hitchcock Division.

In a post on his Facebook page, he called it “a Halloween song, for those of use who dance internally”, and said it was influenced by Roxy Music’s Avalon.

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Certain Songs #1966: Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Unsettled”

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Album: Globe of Frogs
Year: 1988

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There were a lot of unlikely major-label signings in the second half of the 1980s — Sonic Youth, Husker Du, etc — but in retrospect, the signing of Robyn Hitchcock to A&M in 1988 was one of the most unlikely. That said, he remained a major label artist for over a decade, with Warner Brothers picking him up after A&M had given up, so the fact that he always made quality records definitely counted for something.

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