Why didn't anyone tell me that XTC is one of the best bands of all time?29 years of my life wasted where I could have been listening to them...
>>130951471>Inb4 FFO sperg
You should listen to The Dukes Of Stratosphere if your into psych rock/pop
>>130951471my friend at work the other day unironically confused this band for INXS, he was like yeah I like XTC I've got on cassette the album with photo of the guy from the band pointing his fist at the camera, think he meant this one lmao
dropped them after hearing Dear God
>>130951587unironically a masterfully written tune barring the subject matter, the bridge is gorgeous
>>130951587broke: dear god is a cringe fedora tipping atheist anthemwoke: dear god is a clever post-ironic character piece about a teen edgelord taking out all his angst on religion
>>130951681>>130951713>>130951587aside from the lyrics, pretty inoffensive song. With shit like mermaid smiled, ballet for a rainy day or dying off the same album, dear go just feels incomplete
>>130951753It was originally left off the album because Partridge didn't consider it to be a particularly strong song. It was initially just a B side.
ANDY PARTRIDGE DIED ON THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENT TOUR, HE HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN IMPOSTORJUST LOOK AT THEM, OLD ANDY WAS MUCH MORE MASCULINE WHILE THE NUNDY IS A BONAFIDE SOIBOIYOU CAN ALSO TELL IT BY THE WAY HIS VOICE SOUNDS, IT'S SIMILLAR BUT HIS INFLECTION IS SLIGHTLY OFF, ESPECIALLY AS HEARD ON MUMMER WHEN THE IMPOSTER WAS STILL LEARNINGHIS SONGWRITING WAS ALSO OFF EXPLAINING THE LOWER QUALITY OF ALBUMS BETWEEN SKYLRARKING AND ENGLISH SETTLEMENTTHERE ARE CLUES ALL OVER XTC DISCOGRAPHY ABOUT THISFOR INSTANCE THE ALBUM SKYLARKING IS ALL ABOUT THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ANDY PARTRIDGEIT STARTS WITH HIS BIRTH AND ENDS WITH THE BAND MEMBERS BURNING HIS CORPSE IN SACRIFICIAL BONFIRE>I DON'T WANT TO DIE LIKE YOUIN THIS SONG COLIN STATES IT ALL AND HOW HE DOESNT WANT TO SHARE THE FATE OF ANDY AND BE REPLACED>AND WE FELT SO GUILTY WHEN WEPLAYED YOU UP>WHEN YOU WERE ILL SO ILLHERE WE CAN SEE HOW COLIN FEELS GUILTY ABOUT HIS DEATHTHERE ARE CLUES ALL OVER, HE QUIT TWITTER NOT BECAUSE OF CONTROVERSIAL OPIONS BUT BECAUSE HE WAS SCARED OF BEING OUTED
>>130951542Interesting, I hadn't heard of this.I will check it out.
>>130951569lol>>130951471English Settlement is their best imo in terms of complete soundDrums and Wires is good for that jumpy postpunk thing Skylarking and Oranges & Lemons have the best pop songs
>>130951569INXS mogs XTC and I'm tired of pretending they don't.
>>130951542A bunch of forgettable mid songs and one extremely great onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bbqezgfqD8
>>130953451retard
>>130951753mermaid smiled being replaced with dear god in most pressings is criminal
>>130951471nice larp xtcfag
>>130956078Elaborate
>>130956084pretty basic and to the point if you ask me
>>130957017No it isn't
>>130951587>I like this band and their music but the one song that calls out religion will cause me not listen to them anymoreok retard
>>130951713Dear god is based, calling out abrahamic bullshit, and it’s not like you can really refute what he’s saying in it. It’s funny though how then there’s spiritual tracks around it like greenman, sacrificial bonfire, Easter theatre, season cycle etc
>>130957829Andy is a pagan.
