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Being that Spring hath finally Sprung, and that XTC are -- to my ears -- the perfect band for the season in question, cite thine favorite bits of audio majesty from Swindon's finest!

Mine...
1."Respectable Street"
2. "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty"
3. "Crowded Room"
4. "Across This Antheap"
5. "Ballet for a Rainy Day"
6. "No Thugs in Our House"
7. "Radios in Motion"
8. "Living through Another Cuba"
9. "Dear God"
10. "Travels in Nihilon"

11. "Vanishing Girl"
12. "25 O'Clock"

Have at it...

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:16 (twenty years ago) link

13. "Real by Reel"
14. "Scissor Man"
15. "Are You Receiving Me?"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:17 (twenty years ago) link

Hands down, the Mandy Moore version of "Senses Working Overtime".

― Chris Dahlen (Chris Dahlen), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:42 (twenty years ago) link

* Senses Working Overtime
* Ball & Chain
* Into The Atom Age
* Respectable Street
* English Roundabout
* Millions
* This Is Pop
* Mekkanik Dancing (oh we go)
* Making Plans for Nigel
* Ladybird

― mike a (mike a), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:43 (twenty years ago) link

"Mandy Moore version of "Senses Working Overtime"

oh. my. god. I would not have believed this unless I heard it. I still don't.

― mike a (mike a), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:44 (twenty years ago) link

No particular order...

Helicopter
Chain of Command
Limelight
Respectable Street
No Language in Our Lungs
Science Friction
Crosswires
Senses Working Overtime
No Thugs in Our House
River Of Orchids

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:48 (twenty years ago) link

(bonus points for Go Home Productions' "Making Plans for Vinyl")

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:49 (twenty years ago) link

1. Runaways
2. Love at First Sight
3. Travels in Nihilon - A high school obsession! I found a notebook from junior year history & its lyrics showed up more than the actual history notes.
4. Earn Enough For Us - I love that Skylarking has two of the best songs ever about weddings, right back to back. But this is the better of the two. (See also "Love on a Farmboy's Wages")
5. This World Over - Made me cry on one of those tender days...
6. Life Begins at the Hop - That's when we push aside the coffee table and have a lille dance party.
7. Love on a Farmboy's Wages
8. Blue Overall - Partride's vocals are raw and terrific.
9. Generals and Majors - I figured this out on the geetar & that immediately endears me to any song. But it's wonderful to listen to.
10. Omnibus - Great horns, and these guys did euphemisms better than most anyone, as exemplified here.

― Fivvy (Fivvy), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:57 (twenty years ago) link

I thought there had already been one of these threads for XTC. Anyway:

This Is Pop
No Language In Our Lungs
Snowman
Ladybird
Love on A Farmboy's Wages
Bought Myself A Liarbird
1000 Umbrellas
Grass
Humble Daisy
I'd Like That

― dleone (dleone), Monday, 28 April 2003 16:16 (twenty years ago) link

Senses Working Overtime
Reel by Reel
Ten Feet Tall
Rocket from a Bottle
Generals and Majors
Limelight
English Roundabout
Ball and Chain
Helicopter
Making Plans for Nigel

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:37 (twenty years ago) link

Can't do 10.

1-10:

Making Plans for Nigel
This Is Pop
Earn Enough For Us
Ten Feet Tall
You're The Wish You Are I Had
No Language in Our Lungs
Are You Receiving Me?
Senses Working Overtime
Meccanik Dancing
Love on a Farmboy's Wages

10-20:

River Of Orchids
Life Begins at the Hop
Towers of London
The Somnambulist
That's Really Super, Supergirl
The Mayor of Simpleton
Garden of Earthly Delights
Easter Theater
Stupidly Happy
Respectable Street

(bonus points for Go Home Productions' "Making Plans for Vinyl")

THE song in the car this weekend: both kids loved it. Makes me v. mad when bootlegologists snap on the original lyric, one of the best parenthood songs ever written.

― Sasha Frere-Jones (Sasha Frere-Jones), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:38 (twenty years ago) link

Now here's one of the greatest acts ever.

1. The Smartest Monkeys
2. Here Comes President Kill Again
3. Grass
4. Then She Appeared
5. Dear Madam Barnum
6. That's Really Super Supergirl
7. The Meeting Place
8. The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
9. Summer's Cauldron
10.My Bird Performs

...and 10 more, because they deserve it...

11.The Loving
12.Great Fire
13.Dear God
14.Humble Daisy
15.Earn Enough For Us
16.The Dissapointed
17.The Mayor Of Simpleton
18.King For a Day
19.Love On a Farmboy's Wages
20.Season Cycle

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 28 April 2003 20:36 (twenty years ago) link

Geir, do you own nothing of theirs prior to Skylarking? If not, yer missin' out.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 28 April 2003 22:44 (twenty years ago) link

The variety of guitar attack throughout Drums and Wires still amazes me today. Any ten from that will suit me fine

― SplendidMullet (iamamonkey), Monday, 28 April 2003 23:14 (twenty years ago) link

Geir, do you own nothing of theirs prior to Skylarking?

Yes, all of it (and some "Mummer" tracks are in my 11-20). However, they weren't quite as brilliant then as they were in 86-92.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 28 April 2003 23:15 (twenty years ago) link

Not to derail the thread or anything, but Does Andy (or someone on mic) say "Fuck..." in the middle "Great Fire" (right after the line, "I've been in love before, but it's never been as hot as this")?

Or am I imagining/mishearing?

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 00:49 (twenty years ago) link

atom age
earn enough for us
pink thing
senses working overtime
then she appeared
river of orchids
sacrificial bonfire
no thugs in our house
mayor of simpleton
chain of command

― angelo (angelo), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 01:30 (twenty years ago) link

Even limiting it to 20 was hard!

This is Pop?
Life Begins at the Hop
Making Plans for Nigel
Ten Feet Tall
Complicated Game
Love at First Sight
Senses Working Overtime
All of a Sudden (It's Too Late)
Beating of Hearts
Love on a Farmboy's Wages
Ladybird
Wake Up
All You Pretty Girls
I Bought Myself a Liarbird
Ballet for a Rainy Day
Another Satellite
The Mayor of Simpleton
Omnibus
River of Orchids
Stupidly Happy

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 03:10 (twenty years ago) link

Helicopter
Towers of London
Yacht Dance
Season Cycle
Earn Enough For Us
Mayor of Simpleton
King For a Day
Chalkhills and Children
Peter Pumpkinhead
I'd Like That

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 19:16 (twenty years ago) link

A pox on your POXs... but I'll do this one:

Making Plans for Nigel
Life Begins at the Hop
No Language in Our Lungs
Respectable Street
Senses Working Overtime
Another Satellite
No Thugs in Our House
Snowman
River of Orchids
Are You Receiving Me?

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 19:59 (twenty years ago) link

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