"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
Mismanagement is a recurring, almost compulsory, theme though.
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, March 8, 2017 2:21 PM
Trouble Boys.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, March 8, 2017 2:09 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I could maybe see it selling out if these were guaranteed to be their only live shows that year, or for the foreseeable future. They probably had enough fans outside of NY and the US that would've made the trip, and once you combine those with however many NY/northeast US fans they had, a two-night MSG sellout doesn't seem impossible.
But if done a full US tour in '89, they wouldn't have played anything larger than 5000-seat venues.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
if *they'd done
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Wednesday, March 8, 2017 2:33 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
absolutely, and i think the fact that XTC never made a dime off of any of their touring (allegedly) because of their shit managers is a big part of AP's reluctance to play live at all - and also now he says that he doesn't want to get onstage and "be the old guy," music is a young man's game, he hates seeing old rockstars, etc. reading that book, there were so many times that XTC were on the verge of success/fulfillment, and it got cut off at the pass for some stupid reason.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
Tom D's absolutely correct, even some of the biggest bands like Fleetwood Mac, Queen and even The Rolling Stones all have horror stories of mismanagement at some point in their career.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 21:59 (seven years ago) link
The story of Badfinger probably one of the saddest I can think of right now.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:01 (seven years ago) link
Yeah the Stretch (fake Fleetwood Mac) story is some amazing management chicanery. xp
― You're going to see a lot of love. Okay? Thank you. (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:01 (seven years ago) link
Can I just mention Moby Grape here.
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:05 (seven years ago) link
would probably be harder to come up with a list of bands that *weren't* screwed over by their management at some point
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:10 (seven years ago) link
This syllabically awkward couplet from "the Loving" drives me crazy:
"Babies at the breast / those in power and those oppressed"
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 22:22 (seven years ago) link