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A powerful hurricane, known as The Great Storm Of 1987, strikes England, France and The Channel Islands, causing 22 deaths and considerable damage. The event will inspire the 1993 song Before The Hurricane by Martin Newell.
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Martin Newell : Before The Hurricane was done as an homage to Secret Love by Doris Day. About halfway through Secret Love, it goes into these horse-trotting, pizzicato strings and I wanted to do something that sounded like that. And I did.
(Source : https://thequietus.com/articles/24153-martin-newell-andy-partridge-interview-greatest-living-englishman-anniversary-xtc-cleaners-from-venus)
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(Source : https://thequietus.com/articles/24153-martin-newell-andy-partridge-interview-greatest-living-englishman-anniversary-xtc-cleaners-from-venus)