Skylarking Poll

Is it bad of me to be excited about the inevitable nerd seizure that will accompany "Dear God" winning this poll?

no, but i'm not so sure it will

how can you smile and forecast

My guess is "Dear God" will get most of the votes from those who just vote without posting in the thread. This is based upon experience from other ILM polls.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

once again, Moulding trumps Partridge in the "quality" department (while still failing comparatively miserably in the "quantity" dept)

i have to say i'm kind of surprised.
the winner is obv.
but "earn enough" 2nd?
dear god 3rd?
and where is the love for the meeting place,summer cauldron and ballet for a rainy day?

I voted for meeting place. Then it would have been ballet.

Is it bad of me to be excited about the inevitable nerd seizure that will accompany "Dear God" winning this poll?

-- John Justen, Saturday, 28 July 2007 18:07 (4 days ago)

;_;

yeah, results seems a little strange, and somehow I feel it says something about xtc!

I would have voted for "the man who sailed around his soul" purely for the performance filmed at Portmeirion, (prisoner fans).

"somehow I feel it says something about xtc!"

you mean about ilx

dear god and earn enough are good songs, but their production is much more simple,and skylarking they didnt bring the reputation of a masterpiece to the record.
just fine 80's songs from the radio.

purely for the performance filmed at Portmeirion

?!? was this for a video or something? me want

haha Andy looks totally bored

Oh man, even lumped together "Man Who Sailed" and "Dying" got no votes? Hahaha, poor songs.

Yay, first time a choice of mine has come in first in a poll! (w/out being a foregone-conclusionary victor ala "Master of Puppets" or "Sign 'O The Times")

it's a pity 'the man who sailed around his soul dying' didn't get a vote. best emo title ever ;)

ha!

This is a favorite clip btw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRQGZUKS2Y

This record is frustrating to me. Tracks like Summer's Cauldron are filled with all sorts of beautiful and inventive melodic ideas, but in the end they are spoiled for me by overstuffed lyrical content. I wish that the songs were left with more breathing room. It too often ends up sounding like sitting over a scrabble board while overcaffeinated rather than lying in the grass tripping

love this album

was nice to finally see the OG artwork

has anyone heard the new re-phased version?

re: overstuffed lyrical content. XTC, despite being a formative band for me, are one of those bands whose lyrics usually don't stick for me. I've heard this record a thousand times, but I couldn't recite most of the lyrics to "Summer's Cauldron" on a bet. I *love* that song, mind you! It's like a neighborhood I've driven through since childhood but never bothered to take down the street names.

huh, yeah, that's interesting how that happens with some songs one hears a million times

Overstuffed lyrical content is one of my favorite things about XTC! Trouser Press (on English Settlement, but the point remains:)

His prolix lyrics on offbeat but straightforward topics (war, paranoia, even love) read better than they sing and, as recorded, must be read to be understood.

And I never did sit down with a lyric sheet, so it's taken many plays for some of them to sink in.

the best is when you find yourself humming a song you haven't heard in months. that's really super, supergirl

Brellas brellas brellas.

The drumming on "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" is fantastic.

It's amazing to think that Skylarking was mostly tracked without drums and the drums were pretty much one of the last things to go on. A very unusual way of working, and I'm surprised it turned out so well.

milton parker come share Prairie Prince stories!!!!

xp yeah that is absolutely incredible. some click track. i mean my god, what a nightmare that must've been. can you imagine if that hadn't worked out? but the drums on Earn Enough for Us are fantastic.

also, Grass?? i mean, shit... why is Supergirl so low

finally feels like springtime, time again to break out this record

I’m not nuts about xtc but I am nuts about “that’s really super supergirl” and “earn enough for us”