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Prolapse
Tina, This is Matthew Stone
Pointless Walks to Dismal Places (1994)

Having only discovered Prolapse just as they were drifting apart, I only read about the legendary on-stage fights and screaming matches that made up the core of the band’s live appeal. Though singers Linda Steelyard and Mick Derrick were, by all accounts, decently good friends and even dated for a while, you’d be forgiven for thinking they hated each other at points during the band’s career. Take, for example, “Tina, This is Matthew Stone,” the final track off Prolapse’s first album. Though the album itself doesn’t stand out as brightly as The Italian Flag, all is redeemed once the last track hits. For seven minutes you get to hear Derrick and Steelyard get very shouty and nasty with one another, and depending on your temperament you’ll either find the song horribly uncomfortable or awe-inspiring.

And if you’re one of those twisted individuals that thinks of this song as one of the greatest duets ever made? I’d like to get to know you, because you obviously have impeccable taste.

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