The Official XTC Thread (track, Lute)

jackhammer · 12-31-2008, 05:33 PM

My turn to feck up lol. I thought it was Trevor Horn!

4ZZZ · 12-31-2008, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Andy Partridge also made a solo album in 1981 called Take Away / The Lure Of Salvage which is well worth seeking out.

I had that years back. Another piece of vinyl that has sadly disappeared. If memory serves me I was always reminded of those B-Side tracks that XTC threw up to surprise the unwary punter.

4ZZZ · 12-31-2008, 05:56 PM

Anyone for Chips from the Chocolate Fireball? I love it.

jackhammer · 12-31-2008, 07:43 PM

I still have to plump for the obvious:

Making Plans For Nigel and Sgt Rock as superlative examples of XTC.

Making Plans For Nigel:

A MASSIVE part of my childhood:

Rainard Jalen · 01-02-2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Todd Rundgren ?

Maybe he was a bit overpowering but I suspect thats the reason they chose him.

The way I understand it, they ended up resenting what Rundgren did with the production. It's one of those cases where 99% of the fanbase and critics said it was their finest work, but the authors spent the whole time casting aspersions on it.

Personally I love the album.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-02-2009, 03:28 PM

From what i've read it was more to do with there being a huge personality clash between Rundgren & Partridge and with them always at each others throats rather than what Rundgren actually did on the album.

Partridge is quite complimentary about Rundgren's work on that album these days.

cardboard adolescent · 01-03-2009, 04:31 PM

I ask myself should I put my finger to the left, no
I ask myself should I put my finger to the right, no
I say it really doesn't matter where I put my finger
Someone else will come along and move it
And it's always been the same
It's just a complicated game

oh, and

My microbes and I
We can't wait to lay down and die
Realize that we must be spent
Like the cells that dissolve when a brainwave is sent

jackhammer · 01-05-2009, 09:24 AM

I was playing the album Black Sea this morning. Damn, it has held up extremely well. They need more fans dammit!

kyleargyle · 01-05-2009, 09:42 AM

Honestly I'd say my favorite album by them is Oranges & Lemons...I don't know why, and I'm probably in the minority here.

Bulldog · 01-05-2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I was playing the album Black Sea this morning. Damn, it has held up extremely well. They need more fans dammit!

There are far too many people out there who've never heard of them; I haven't met anyone who's heard even Making Plans For Nigel. That said, everyone I've introduced them to now loves them, so I've done my fair share of spreading the word

12-31-2008, 05:33 PM	#21 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	My turn to feck up lol. I thought it was Trevor Horn! __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I still have to plump for the obvious: Making Plans For Nigel and Sgt Rock as superlative examples of XTC. Making Plans For Nigel: A MASSIVE part of my childhood: __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

01-02-2009, 03:28 PM	#26 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	From what i've read it was more to do with there being a huge personality clash between Rundgren & Partridge and with them always at each others throats rather than what Rundgren actually did on the album. Partridge is quite complimentary about Rundgren's work on that album these days. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

01-05-2009, 09:24 AM	#28 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I was playing the album Black Sea this morning. Damn, it has held up extremely well. They need more fans dammit! __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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4ZZZ Forever young Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Brisbane Posts: 608	Anyone for Chips from the Chocolate Fireball? I love it.

01-03-2009, 04:31 PM	#27 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	I ask myself should I put my finger to the left, no I ask myself should I put my finger to the right, no I say it really doesn't matter where I put my finger Someone else will come along and move it And it's always been the same It's just a complicated game oh, and My microbes and I We can't wait to lay down and die Realize that we must be spent Like the cells that dissolve when a brainwave is sent

01-05-2009, 09:42 AM	#29 (permalink)
kyleargyle Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 120	Honestly I'd say my favorite album by them is Oranges & Lemons...I don't know why, and I'm probably in the minority here.