Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead!(You people should be so glad I didn't vote)
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
it's sad, he had a harmonica
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
my super tuff songs better place high or I'm gonna have to break out MY WEAPON!!!
― Dominique, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
Lump check yr email...
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
Wait, sorry for being lame but, where, exactly, are the results? I don't see a list?
― kwhitehead, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
lol it's a countdown, enjoy the suspense
― sleeve, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
that was a great opp to do a pretend reaction to a fake list
― nxd, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
haha thinking about it i guess there's no funny number 1s
― nxd, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
Right then, thanks and sorry again.
― kwhitehead, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
Dominique claiming to be a songwriter & keyboardist in the Barry Andrews class, bold
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
sorry waitin on some graphics bear with me folks
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
There's a graphics bear with you? Tell him I said hi.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Graphics bears are notoriously slow, though, so we understand.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
All of a sudden we find the cupboard bear
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
ok slight change of plan! going to count down the top 60 (although I will post a complete list at the end)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
60. I'd Like That (556 points, 8 votes)http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/60-IdLikeThat.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
would like to say that Lump really outdid himself with the images here we are in for a treat
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
59. Ten Feet Tall (559 points, 7 votes)http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/59-TenFeetTall.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
58. Dear God (569 points, 8 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/58-DearGod.jpg
whoa these images
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
57. Brainiac's Daughter (583 points, 8 votes)http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/57-BrainiacsDaughter.jpg
irl lol @ this img
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
56. English Roundabout (586 points, 8 votes)http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/56-EnglishRoundabout.jpg
55. Dear Madam Barnum (599 points, 9 votes)http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/55-DearMadamBarnum.jpg
"Dear God" so low!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
also, too high, screw u kitchen person lol (re: atheist rights anthem)
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
Omg, my #4! Colin's greatest moment, seminal beauty, key changes forever, utter loveliness (English Roundabout)
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:21 (nine years ago) link
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago)
Ha! Very happy to see my number one vote helped it make the list.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
Ten Feet Fall is shockingly low. I just assumed that was an XTC favourite.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
in doing this poll I realized I had not listened to the officially released version of Dear God in maybe 20 years or so. I have the original LP version of Skylarking which doesn't have it on it, so I'd pretty much forgotten about it. In retrospect while Mermaid Smiled is a great song, Dear God seems to fit the album-song-cycle thing better, the spiritual questioning coming in between Man Who Sailed Around His Soul and Dying makes more sense.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
just assumed that was an XTC favourite.
― Kitchen Person
every song is an XTC favorite
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
So true.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
great graphics!
― Dominique, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
Just noticed the initials on the images. Amazing!
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
These graphics are amazing Bear.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
bingo. I can't think of any song sans "Respectible Street" or "Chalkhills and Children" where I'll be able to say, "wow, that was too low"
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
54. Pale and Precious (602 points, 8 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/54-PaleAndPrecious.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
love this song a lot, it's funny to think that Partridge didn't really hear any of the late 60s Beach Boys stuff right up until this time, that it was fresh and new to him and he was like "oh I can bang out a pastiche of that, here we go" and have it come out so perfect
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
53. Roads Girdle the Globe (613 points, 8 votes)http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/53-RoadsGirdleTheGlobe.jpg
52. The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (615 points, 8 votes)http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/52-BalladOfPeterPumpkinhead.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
TIE 51. Runaways (640 points, 9 votes)http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/51-Runaways.jpgTIE 51. Greenman (640 points, 8 votes)http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/51-Greenman.jpg
50. Beating Of Hearts (644 points, 9 votes, 1 No. 1 vote))http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j449/HideousLump/XTC%20ILM%20Top%2060/50-BeatingOfHearts.jpg
ok that's it for a little bit
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
"Runaways" one of the first of mine to make it.
hooray for Peter Pumpkin so low
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
hooray for Roads Girdle the Globe placing, I wasn't sure if that would make it
― soref, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
I know RGTG is a dry-run for No Language On Our Lungs but it's still p spectacular :)
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
Pale And Precious is if anything too perfect, enters the uncanny valley imo
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
I haven't heard the Dukes albums.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
how do you feel about ridiculously on point pastiche efforts
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
I did vote for Pale and Precious, but imo, they hadn't quite figured out how to mimic Beach Boys backing vocals yet (though AP's Carl impression is pretty great)
― Dominique, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
imo if you like British 60s psych at all they are a treasure trove of clever lolz
xp
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/oyRnZgt.jpg
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:19 (six years ago) link
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― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:20 (six years ago) link
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― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:21 (six years ago) link
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― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:22 (six years ago) link
(Guy looks like David Gilmour)
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:23 (six years ago) link
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― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:24 (six years ago) link
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― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:25 (six years ago) link
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― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:26 (six years ago) link
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― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:27 (six years ago) link
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― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:28 (six years ago) link
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@xtcfans Did you see last week's poll of ILX members' Top 60 XTC tracks? Great graphics http://t.co/itpnLMJaoi— Paul Joyce (@PaulJoyce11) October 21, 2014
@PaulJoyce11 BEAUTIFUL CHOICE of illustrations.As for the poll,totally disagree,but fun eh?— XTC (@xtcfans) October 21, 2014
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:35 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/9eO2l3b.jpg
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:36 (six years ago) link
ha! i never saw that tweet from Andy. this poll was run a year and a half before i got into XTC, bummed i didn't participate. was curious to see where Snowman placed, #23 sounds right (maybe a little low).
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 05:01 (six years ago) link
lol he shudda done a ballot
the entire graphic for grass is one of my favourite things, so beautiful
thanks for reposting these :D
― nxd, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 08:41 (six years ago) link
one of the shittest things about Spotify is the fact The Wheel And The Maypole isn't on it
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 08:50 (six years ago) link
the entire graphic for grass is one of my favourite things, so beautiful― nxd, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 3:41 AM (seventeen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― nxd, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 3:41 AM (seventeen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
One of four works by Albrecht Dürer
GrassEaster TheaterThe DisappointedDear God
I could have done the entire poll with Dürer.
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 26 April 2018 03:00 (six years ago) link
those illustrations are marvellous. it's got me wanting to listen to the albums again (it's been a while).
re the initial poll: i have no fucking idea what i would pick as my favourites because they change almost daily, but the wheel and the maypole would always be top 3. what a way to end a career.
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 26 April 2018 08:29 (six years ago) link
this. thread. rules.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
'Empires crumble in / Wedding cake starts to turn and spoil...' yeah it's undeniable. If it hadn't been for this poll I'd never have heard it.
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
Let's rank my favorites, mm?
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 September 2018 01:33 (five years ago) link
I think I agree. As much as I love half of or most of or some of all the other albums, Black Sea is the only one that's really even in terms of songwriting - quality, sound, and style.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 8 September 2018 06:10 (five years ago) link
Wouldn't put many of the tracks on a personal best of, but it's the album I'd choose to listen to in full over all the others.
I'm one of those must-have-every-note-Andy & Co-produced:
1. Big Express2. Black Sea3. Drums And Wires4. English Settlement5. Skylarking6. Apple Venus7. Oranges And Lemons7. Mummer8. Nonsuch9. Go 210. White Music11. Wasp Star
And if I could include these two they'd place:4.5 Psionic Sunspot6.5 Rag & Bone Buffet
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 8 September 2018 06:26 (five years ago) link
I apparently voted in this but never participated -- my ballot (which upon reflection seems a little too simplistic):
1. Jason and the Argonauts 2. Senses Working Overtime3. Complicated Game4. Generals and Majors5. Travels in Nihilon6. No Thugs In Our House7. Respectable Street8. Making Plans for Nigel9. When You're Near Me10. Summer's Cauldron 11. Grass12. Rocket from a Bottle13. Sgt. Rock14. Your Gold Dress15. The Meeting Place16. Chalkhills and Children17. Harvest Festival18. Down in the Cockpit19. Helicopter20. Vanishing Girl
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 14:00 (four years ago) link