As we all know, the original Virgin deal was pretty Dickensian due to the old managers lack of experience so I guess it's PRS and MCPS that he mainly lives off, Dear God, Mayor, Senses, Nigel must get played out a fair amount.
― MaresNest, Friday, 6 May 2016 07:25 (eight years ago) link
I also don't wonder if he has a really good publisher.
― MaresNest, Friday, 6 May 2016 07:26 (eight years ago) link
I hope so!
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Friday, 6 May 2016 07:30 (eight years ago) link
i don't think he does
― flappy bird, Friday, 6 May 2016 08:52 (eight years ago) link
my impression is he scrapes by from project to project
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 May 2016 16:20 (eight years ago) link
AP did a book signing in Bath at the weekend and hung out in the pub afterwards with a guitar it seems.
"Here's an exhaustive list of the songs Andy ran through with the guitar last night in the pub in a room with a few of us fans! It was like a dream! I feel very lucky, and the room was full of love. We were singing along to Easter Theatre at the top of our lungs, some doing Colin's bit and some doing Andy's. Others too! I can't remember the order Andy played them in so I put them in chronological order. As compiled by myself and Darryl W Bullock.
Neon ShuffleThis Is Pop? (And A Hard Day's Night) MillionsRoads Girdle The GlobeDay In Day OutScissor ManRespectable StreetSgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)Senses Working OvertimeJason and the ArgonautsNo Thugs In Our HouseMelt The GunsLove on a Farmboy’s WagesJumpDesert IslandWake UpAll You Pretty GirlsThis World OverThe Every Day Story of Smalltown1000 UmbrellasDear God (and Rocky Raccoon) Garden of Earthly DelightsMayor of SimpletonScarecrow PeopleThe DisappointedWrapped In GreyThe Ugly UnderneathBooks Are BurningI Drew A Lemon (from Terry Hall's "Home" album) I'd Like ThatGreen ManEaster TheatreStupidly Happy (and Midnight Rambler) You and the Clouds Will Still Be BeautifulThe Wheel and the MaypoleWonderfallsA brand new song called ‘Bubble Pipe’ which sounded GREATOh and the Munsters theme tune, as played by XTC when they watched Todd Rundgren walk towards the studio every morning while making Skylarking."
― MaresNest, Sunday, 26 June 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
seems he was only playing bits here and there, explaining chords and the like - sadly that wasn't a mammoth impromptu solo concert
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 26 June 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
holy SHIT
― flappy bird, Monday, 27 June 2016 03:55 (seven years ago) link
This Is Pop? (And A Hard Day's Night)
Very interesting, now I'm doing a mashup in my head.
― Dan is a #VegetablePuppet, he is NOT REAL. #flatearth (Dan Peterson), Monday, 27 June 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
Oh and the Munsters theme tune, as played by XTC when they watched Todd Rundgren walk towards the studio every morning while making Skylarking."
laughed out loud at that
― frogbs, Monday, 27 June 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link
Audio of the book signing.
https://soundcloud.com/darryl-w-bullock/andy-partridge-at-topping-co-bath-june-25-2016
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
"Senses working overtime" was on the TOTP repeats last week, I'm guessing this was before the Paris walk-off, its a great performance and a real shame as this should have been the start of phenomenal success.
They did pretty well anyway, but.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
Oh Snap
http://i67.tinypic.com/28h1o8x.jpg
― MaresNest, Friday, 15 July 2016 12:10 (seven years ago) link
LOL, at least they got his surname right.
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Friday, 15 July 2016 12:15 (seven years ago) link
hahaha well, he did ask for it
― PaulTMA, Friday, 15 July 2016 12:17 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXu8M6q6v84
― imago, Friday, 15 July 2016 12:29 (seven years ago) link
Exactly, we all know what Tod means in German.
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Friday, 15 July 2016 12:34 (seven years ago) link
That is the very first time I've listened to an entire Burzum track, does it all sound like standing close to a waterfall while somebody beside you listens to Xmal Deutschland loudly on earbuds?
― MaresNest, Friday, 15 July 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link
http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/listen-to-xtcs-lets-make-a-den-from-skylarking-cdblu-ray/
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:01 (seven years ago) link
hey that's different from the other (demo) version of this song I have...?!
god I love this band
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:24 (seven years ago) link
I think this is the aborted studio recording from the Skylarking sessions. Rundgren wanted it to open side 2.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:28 (seven years ago) link
awesome! thanks for sharing. love the fuzzy warbles demo of this song
― flappy bird, Thursday, 18 August 2016 02:15 (seven years ago) link
listened to that on the commute home, very impressed w the recording -- it sounds new, hardly like a 30 year old track.
― Dominique, Thursday, 18 August 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link
I just received the new Skylarking, anybody dug into it yet?
I wonder if Wilson corrected Todd's bum note keyboard playing.
― MaresNest, Monday, 24 October 2016 12:03 (seven years ago) link
I know ol' Steve gets bashed a bit but I'm digging this new mix greatly.
And yeah he corrected Todd's two keys at once clanger in Earn Enough.. lol
― MaresNest, Monday, 24 October 2016 12:40 (seven years ago) link
man, do I really need to buy a 5th copy of this album
― frogbs, Monday, 24 October 2016 12:51 (seven years ago) link
Yea, it depends on the depth and breadth of your need to have 5 different iterations of the original record and a mess of b'sides, demos etc:
― MaresNest, Monday, 24 October 2016 13:01 (seven years ago) link
It'd be my 4th copy, I think, so I'll pass. Curious to hear about the extras. Were they worth it in the previous deluxe versions?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 24 October 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
so sometimes i go into a youtube hole of ppl covering XTC songs, specifically bass, and this one blew my mind. Colin's composition is just incredible. makes me want to get a copy of Music Theory for Dummies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIA0_kiFJkE
― flappy bird, Monday, 24 October 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
^^^one of the few XTC songs I figured out on guitar (okay I figured out a bunch of Dukes songs too). None of the chords are especially weird but the way he fits them together is p ingenious.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 24 October 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
i just figured that out on guitar too! just the verse melody though- not sure about the chorus chords yet (Bb6 and Ab6?)
― flappy bird, Monday, 24 October 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
I've mentioned this before but I played bass, for a short time, in an XTC covers band and the amount of work figuring out Colin's steez was pretty high, but a lot of fun, I remember spending utterly ages on All of a Sudden, just for us to play it a couple of times and go, nah.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 10:06 (seven years ago) link
Back when I used to play a bit of bass, working out and playing XTC basslines was always fun.
― Millions of species Faye Dunaway (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 10:17 (seven years ago) link
Although Mayor of Simpleton is a cunt to play especially the second bar of the loop, you can tell it was probably written on a guitar.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 10:46 (seven years ago) link
http://podcast.tunetribe.com/?name=podcast_96_-_andy_partridge.mp3
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 January 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
This looks sweet, thanks for sharing!
― flappy bird, Friday, 6 January 2017 22:46 (seven years ago) link
I'm only 15 minutes in but he is, as always, a v entertaining interview
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 January 2017 22:49 (seven years ago) link
XTC: This Is Pop, the inevitable rockumentary, http://www.c21media.net/screenings/specialtreats/xtc-this-is-pop/10210
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Friday, 3 March 2017 14:43 (seven years ago) link
I don't know how much of Andy Partridge I can take tbh.
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Friday, 3 March 2017 14:45 (seven years ago) link
If That Wave had been on The Crow soundtrack.
http://bigtakeover.com/news/song-premiere-that-wave-xtc-cover-by-fassine
― MaresNest, Monday, 6 March 2017 12:16 (seven years ago) link
Simpleton bass line is one of my favorite moments in music
― calstars, Monday, 6 March 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
YES:
@xtcfansIdeally, I would have wanted 4 teenage Japanese girls to play XTC, and it all take place in the Japanese equivalent of Swindon. Subtitles
― flappy bird, Monday, 6 March 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link
really enjoyed watching that trailer
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link
yeah, looks great
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
might've mentioned this upthread, but the Chalkhills & Children book is so sad, XTC got fucked six ways to sunday with the Liarbird manager, their label, AP's refusal to play live even after the band was offered a two-night stand at Madison Square Garden in 1989 that promoters were sure would sell out, Dave Gregory having to take day jobs in the studio years because he wasn't making any publishing money like AP and CM... and the fact that AP was such a thrilling live performer, a total ham, but coming off of Valium like he did will fuck you up for life... reminds me of Hüsker Dü a lot, that quote Mould had at the end of their chapter in Azerrad's book: "We could've done so much more." XTC was such an amazing live band, i'm sure i'm not the only one that would pay way too much just to see AP solo with an acoustic. argh
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
two-night stand at Madison Square Garden in 1989 that promoters were sure would sell out
really? I can't envision this myself
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
yeah me neither, even with the (moderate?) success of 'Dear God' and the O&L singles.
the book is a thoroughly depressing read, but a necessary cautionary tale, it should be required reading for anyone in a band or working in the music industry.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
Books about rock bands are invariably depressing ime.
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
should we poll "Most Depressing Musician Bios"? "The One" about James Brown would top my list.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
xp Generally they're depressing in a different way: huge success, drugs, inevitable fallout with or without death/overdose/breakup... really the feeling I got from Chalkhills & Children was frustration and anticlimax.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link