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Or is it The Sharks? It's hard to read the number six artist on the top ten board in the record shop scene in the 1971 classic film, ''A Clockwork Orange''. But after checking carefully, it's totally '''The SPARKS''.
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[[Image:Comic_Strips_A_Clockwork_Orange.png|right]]It's hard to read the number six artist on the top ten board in the record shop scene in the 1971 classic film, ''A Clockwork Orange''. But after checking carefully, it's totally '''The SPARKS''' and not the Sharks.
  
The band's song is "Switch Me On."  
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The band's song is titled "Switch Me On."  
  
 
Anthony Burgess' original novel had even more bands in it.
 
Anthony Burgess' original novel had even more bands in it.
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Real band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparks_(band) The Sparks] didn't use that name until 1972.
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.malcolmtribute.freeiz.com/aco/acotop10.html The Top 10 List in the ACO Record Shop]
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*[http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2006/04/13/alex-in-the-chelsea-drug-store/ "Alex in the Chelsea Drug Store, " { feuilleton } blog, April 13, 2006]
  
[[Category:A Clockwork Orange|Sharks]]
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[[Category:1971|Sparks]]
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[[Category:A Clockwork Orange|Sparks]]

Latest revision as of 07:06, 19 February 2019

Comic Strips A Clockwork Orange.png

It's hard to read the number six artist on the top ten board in the record shop scene in the 1971 classic film, A Clockwork Orange. But after checking carefully, it's totally The SPARKS and not the Sharks.

The band's song is titled "Switch Me On."

Anthony Burgess' original novel had even more bands in it.

Real band The Sparks didn't use that name until 1972.

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