Granada put so many great bands on that no one else in regional ITV did.

Just like they were in Chicago back in the day I was a huge XTC fan when I saw them play in the late 70s. They opened with REEL BY REEL although it was the Black Sea tour they play much old stuff

XTC are the coolest band ever.

Now I have learnt there's a magical spot at the hop (oo-oo-oo-ooh) Come with me to the church on the corner the hop (oo-oo-oo-ooh) There's nuts and there's crisps And there's c-c-c-cola on tap (oo-oo-oo-ooh) A good time had By those boys and those girls at the hop (oo-oo-oo-ooh) Tell me what do you say (tell me what do you say) Tell me what do you say I tell you Life begins at the hop, boys and girls Prepare yourself for the boys in the band at the hop (oo-oo-oo-ooh) The cheap guitars They're too young for the bars at the hop (oo-oo-oo-ooh) We'll jive around Make fools of ourselves 'til they stop (oo-oo-oo-ooh) We're back next week with another ridiculous tie knot (oo-oo-oo-ooh) Tell me what do you say (tell me what do you say) Tell me what do you say I tell you Life begins at the hop, boys and girls Tell me what do you say (tell me what do you say) Tell me what do you say (tell me what do you say) I tell you Life begins at the hop, boys and girls I have learnt there's a magical spot at the hop Come with me to the church on the corner the hop There's nuts and crisps and there's c-c-c-cola on tap A good time had by those boys and those girls at the hop Tell me what do you say (tell me what do you say) Tell me what do you say (tell me what do you say) I tell you Life begins at the hop, la la la la la la la Life begins at the hop, la la la la la la la Life begins at the hop, la la la la la la la la la la la Boys and girls

The best band no one knows about. Three geniuses and The Runt!

What a fantasic upscale. The video looks great while still looking like video. Sound is top notch as well. And of course the band is perfect.

Why is this song not on Spotify?🤔

Creative magic of Colin and one of the most underrated bands ever!

Another good one, I can’t believe I never heard this before. Yep that’s an Andy sound, and Peter too

Wow this song I really good, Peter, wasn’t he Fad Gadget?

This song has moved to top of my favorite XTC tracks. What a gem

Love these guys❤

Great Colin Moulding vocals. Love it!!

Brilliant

Their music is so unique and genius

Does any one know any other songs that are good by this band? I can’t find any that I like as much as this.

I think this might just be a different mix than the album version. Comparing this and the studio recording side by side, the vocals sound pretty identical. The only real vocal difference I noticed is that at 2:57, leading into the chorus, he gives an ad-lib of "whoah, come on now!" where in the studio version the equivalent ad-lib at 3:05 is more of a rhythmic "c'mon, c'mon now!". So who knows, maybe Partridge and the band were such consummate professionals that they really did give a perfect performance for the radio. It's hard to say, just listening to a lo-fi recording of a broadcast where everything's flattened to mono and comparing it to a higher fidelity stereo studio recording. But I suspect that this was just a broadcast of an earlier mix using an alternate vocal take, rather than a perfect painstakingly arranged & practiced live performance of a song otherwise never performed live.

The song about the great delta alcoholic/level drunkard Hans Christian Rudolph as it would be sung by his former wife Trixie Herder and their daughter Sascha Maria Icks who is actually playing at the theatre in OsnabrückDo also listen to the version by The Manhattan Transfer

Incredible album. I wish it was available for download. My old cd completely worn out. Gold and Northern Lights are the standout tracks for me.

Fantastic! My favorite XTC song. I only realized it was sung by Colin when I watched the video. It still sounds like Andy to me, 44 years later.

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Great performance, but need to know why Bobby Charlton was joining the show....

❤❤❤

この曲のシングルCDを手に入れた時の喜びを今でも覚えています(もちろん日本盤を待ったりしなかったので )

This is what the Beatles would sound like if they had been a new wave band! Long live to XTC!

plus, the bass part is fantastic!

ive been listening to XTC since 1985 ! and i have never NEVER NEVER HEARD of this song , it was not on the black sea album thats for damm sure ! .

Dave Gregory's guitar solo on this studio-live version is the best of any of them. They are dragging the beat a bit compared to other live versions on KZbin, so that probably helps. There's a number of videos where they rip this song so fast, you can't believe the drummer survived!

Is that Benny Hill singing?

I love this performance, and them, and Colin.. but I just wanna know what is he staring at? Hehe

Brilliant

It's the best band！！！！

Great shit man!!

Times Square

I see where that Message in a bottle riff came! XTC, ahead of their time ...

I love the musical roller-coaster they take you on you cant tell where their going next

I saw them in Toronto on the Drums and Wires tour in the early 80s. Unforgettable.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Terry Chambers was a machine!

So Granada dumped So It Goes.. Tony Wilson for.. This?

No slouching in this band. The drummer is a machine and a good looking rough guy also. He must've pulled some birds.

Damn. So much better than most people seem to appreciate. Bloody brilliant.

I love Partridge's guitar sound. As does, presumably, Graham Coxon 😊

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Dave’s heavy groove reminds me of the Four Tops song , I Can’t help myself. Probably inspired Colin as one of the songs that played at the Hop ❤.

Theme song from Wonderfalls . A 13-episode American comedy-drama television series created by Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller. Four episodes were broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004, and the entire series was released on DVD in 2005.

Absolutely fantastic performance from XTC. The best songs stay in your head for the rest of the day, and this is one of them!

It's the guy that writes the hits That gets the money In this funny old world of pop The bassist and the drummer might be lucky They never seem to get a lot You start out high school buddies And swear allegiance for all time But when the checks come rolling in It's cash or I resign But the duffest tune a band can play And even the nightingales despair It's the sound of a lawyers doorbell That rings in Berkeley Square Ring out High school buddies Allegiance for all time Comrades of pop turn away In love and war all is fair A far worse fate awaits you On carpets made from human hair Good Night

Merry Christmas

It’s Christmas eve

A truly lovely, sweet, down to earth guy and also a total genius at the same time