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XTC - A sampler ...
It's a shame that the only really huge hit XTC had was "Dear God"... I thought they were one of the most talented, versatile bands in Pop music...to start in post-punk and go through Beatle-esque Pop, Jazz, Ska, Folk, Rock, World Music etc..... The Green Man This World Over The Mayor of Simpleton Wonderland Mermaid Smiled The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul English Roundabout World Wrapped in Grey Stupidly Happy Making Plans for Nigel Summer's Cauldron ... [Edited 1/1/09 11:11am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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I Love it....XTC is an AMAZING band and you forgot GENERAL'S AND MAJORS. The Black SEA is my Favorite album. Sad that ANDY PARTRIDGE doesn't go onstage because of SEVERE STAGE FRIGHT. They played at a club named TRAXX back in 1981 in NYC, they were Suppose to play I believe the RITZ but they CANCELLED. Dear God was ALWAYS played by this DJ LARRY THE DUCK on WLIR in NYC and LONG ISLAND. I wish XTC would comeback as I do ADAM AND THE ANTS. I MISS STUART GODDARD... | |
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MRGee said: I Love it....XTC is an AMAZING band and you forgot GENERAL'S AND MAJORS. The Black SEA is my Favorite album....
 Yeah, there's too many to list, but feel free to add your own! BTW, Travels in Nihilon and Living Through Another Cuba are my favorites from Black Sea.....
... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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One of my friends has just offered me Skylarking for Christmas, I thought that English Settlement was their best but this one is a masterpiece (like Prefab Sprout's "jordan the come-back"), my favourite track is the wonderful That's Really Super, Supergirl
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jn2 said: One of my friends has just offered me Skylarking for Christmas, I thought that English Settlement was their best but this one is a masterpiece (like Prefab Sprout's "jordan the come-back"), my favourite track is the wonderful That's Really Super, Supergirl
http://www.youtube.com/wa...1ws8trjL0I Skylarking is my favorite XTC album, too. I know that producer Todd Rundgren and Andy Partridge almost came to blows over recording the album-  - but hey, maybe that friction helped make it a masterpiece.....
...and I Love Prefab's "Jordan: The Comeback", too!
... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Skylarking has DEAR GOD on it.. Wasn't that their last studio album? | |
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Nice set!
When I came to L.A. in 1980 and was trying to get the lay of the musical landscape, they were one of the handful of artists I heard (during my daily force-feeding of KROQ) that sounded like they had something under the cap. Making Plans for Nigel & Generals and Majors got quite a bit of play on that station. tA  Tribal Disorder
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MRGee said: Skylarking has DEAR GOD on it.. Wasn't that their last studio album?
No, Skylarking was in in '86 ("Dear God" was originally only a B-side, it was added to a later version of the American pressing, after it became a college radio hit). That was followed by Oranges and Lemons in 1989, Nonesuch, in 1991, Apple Venus (1999), and then Wasp Star(2000), their last studio album. ... [Edited 12/31/08 14:42pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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theAudience said: (during my daily force-feeding of KROQ)  , so, do you remember who else got the nod ?
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XTC is a perfect example of how sales alone are such a fleeting barometer.
To me they are only one level below The Beatles -- but to go by popularity, they would seem a million miles apart. | |
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paligap said: theAudience said: (during my daily force-feeding of KROQ) , so, do you remember who else got the nod ?
... From what I can remember... The Police Thomas Dolby The Cars Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Missing Persons The Pretenders David Bowie Tears For Fears INXS Oingo Boingo Talking Heads U2 The Fixx B-52s Peter Gabriel Devo Men At Work Wall of Voodoo Jim Carroll The Plimsouls The Cult ...  Now that i've had to list some of them, it appears to be more than a handful.
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theAudience said: paligap said: , so, do you remember who else got the nod ?
... From what I can remember... The Police Thomas Dolby The Cars Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Missing Persons The Pretenders David Bowie Tears For Fears INXS Oingo Boingo Talking Heads U2 The Fixx B-52s Peter Gabriel Devo Men At Work Wall of Voodoo Jim Carroll The Plimsouls The Cult ... Now that i've had to list some of them, it appears to be more than a handful.
but that's a pretty kool list, though...
... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Brendan said: XTC is a perfect example of how sales alone are such a fleeting barometer.
To me they are only one level below The Beatles -- but to go by popularity, they would seem a million miles apart.  Yup...I don't get why they didn't sell more...maybe if they were one of these "three chords and the truth" bands out here now, they would have been a hit,
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paligap said: Brendan said: XTC is a perfect example of how sales alone are such a fleeting barometer.
To me they are only one level below The Beatles -- but to go by popularity, they would seem a million miles apart. Yup...I don't get why they didn't sell more...maybe if they were one of these "three chords and the truth" bands out here now, they would have been a hit,
... I love that phrase to describe a certain band-type. 
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paligap said: Brendan said: XTC is a perfect example of how sales alone are such a fleeting barometer.
To me they are only one level below The Beatles -- but to go by popularity, they would seem a million miles apart. Yup...I don't get why they didn't sell more...maybe if they were one of these "three chords and the truth" bands out here now, they would have been a hit,
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I’d call it prefabricated monuments to inoffensiveness. | |
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Brendan said: paligap said: Yup...I don't get why they didn't sell more...maybe if they were one of these "three chords and the truth" bands out here now, they would have been a hit,
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I’d call it prefabricated monuments to inoffensiveness.
... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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King for a day was/ is my song
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IAintTheOne said: King for a day was/ is my song
I remember I had this song stuck in my head for years but always asked about it here or there but never got an answer. Finally found it. I thought this was a huge hit because MTV played it at the time and I heard it on radio as well. Great song. I want to buy that album some day! | |
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2 of my others favourites XTC's songs are Scarecrow people on their Oranges & Lemons album and The ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead:
Oh my oh my oh! Doesnt it make you want to cry oh? | |
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