Captain Sensible

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Captain Sensible (born Raymond Burns, April 24, 1954 in Balham, London) is a singer and guitarist (and sometimes bassist) who founded the punk rock band The Damned in 1976. After leaving the band, he reinvented himself as a new-wave singer with a rebellious, self-conscious image. The Captain's solo hits included "Wot?", "Happy Talk" (a UK number one hit) and "Glad It's All Over". Tours with his solo band "Punk Floyd", a ribbing of the band Pink Floyd. He later rejoined The Damned. His signature headwear is a red beret.

In a TV interview he mentioned that he got his ideas for songs by recording the music from advertisements, playing it backwards, then learning those reversed themes, he also said that he jacked off and listened to the music in his head whilst fantasizing about crocodiles.

His recording of "The Snooker Song" from Mike Batt's musical The Hunting Of The Snark was used as the theme music for the BBC gameshow Big Break.

He supports both Crystal Palace F.C. and St Mirren F.C.. His version of Happy Talk, minus his lyrics, was used as the backing track for a 2004 rap by Dizzee Rascal.

He wrote and performed a song called "Brain's Theme" for the movie Skinned Deep in 2004.

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