River Of Orchids

A live, a cappella looping version of the 1999 classic "River of Orchids", by one of may favourite songwriters ever, Andy Partridge of XTC. No backing tracks, karaoke, splitscreens or studio tricks. Just a guy with a mic, a laptop and a camera phone. Check out more at www.dylanbell.ca

[@beverniousb5992]

By the stars what a fantastic take on my favorite song of all time

[@captaindownbeat]

Thank you! Amazing song, ain't it?

[@axntdcy1124]

MY HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, JESUS AND ALL HIS DISCIPLES........THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING RENDITION OF WHAT IS NOT AN EASY PARTRIDGE SONG!!!!

[@itchyego]

No God Needed! He did it himself... without Hocus Pocus, Voodoo, or Someone Guilty us.That's a, well, Miracle! haha

[@FreePlayDuo]

wow...thank you!

[@oliviergeoffroy9823]

heeellll yes

[@BlackRoomProductions]

8 years later and we're still watching! Beautiful job and hey we're having a big XTC Convention in Swindon this September if you're free. Real chill and tons of cool people.

[@captaindownbeat]

Thank you so much! The XTC Convention sounds intriguing... any more info you can share?

[@BlackRoomProductions]

@@captaindownbeat yes it's September 16-18 in Swindon at the STEAM railworks museum (same place Andy showed in the 'tour around Swindon' video). The schedule isn't set yet but if it's like 2017 there'll be: -Fossil Fools playing live, maybe others -Swindon walkabout of famous XTC locales -Trip to Uffington Chalk Horse I went in 2017, met the coolest people and made great friends. Colin and Terry did a meet and greet, David Lord (producer of TBE) was there but I was still a young fan and didn't yet appreciate who he was. My big thing at the time was I wanted to see that cool little amphitheater where Andy & Dave play Train Running Low on acoustics. Since it was on the tour, I did indeed go there. My wife and I have been to Swindon a few times now and we always stroll the Town Gardens where it's located. Due to Covid the convention's been rescheduled twice, however we've had two online conventions in its place to keep us all going. If you look at my "XTC Everything" playlist you'll see them both (I think it's an unlisted video). Scroll through and you'll see all kinds of good things (or watch all 4 hours like I did lol). The convention group is on the dastardly Facebook as "XTC Convention 2022". There's only room for like 400 people or so at STEAM so tickets are limited. If you're interested you should join that group quickly because they're going on sale very soon (maybe even tomorrow I don't know) and they will sell out imo. FYI our 2017 convention was only 100 people. XTC popularity seemingly exploded with This Is Pop documentary. Hope to see you there dude but if not it's still great chatting with an XTC fan!

[@lady.shawn1111]

Blessings to your 2022 convention experience 🌹🕯️🎉

[@lady.shawn1111]

my son just shared this!! i am speechless 👏🏼❣️ ... so original and perfectly executed 🎉 Thank You, dylan 🌹

[@captaindownbeat]

Why, thank you so much! It's a great song by XTC.

[@JustAFocus]

How did I only find this seven years later? That was awesome!

[@Lellos_]

Sublime rendition of the song! Very original and well performed!

[@captaindownbeat]

Thanks so much! Sorry for the delay in responding.

[@TheMightyHartley]

Wow, great job! Always strange/different to hear XTC songs sung with a North American accent.

[@he962]

This is clever, tape-looping and euphonious one-man-bandness. Thanks Dylan. It's still giving pleasure 7 yrs on!

[@captaindownbeat]

... and me, 2 years later, saying "Thanks!"

[@elleniaw]

you know how this composition work, damn it's really hard to get close and it's really close!

[@robertobrasini5294]

amazing!!!love this

[@captaindownbeat]

Thanks so much Roberto!

[@davidserlin8097]

Jesus that was magnificent

[@FreePlayDuo]

Thanks so much! I'm doing more (non-XTC live looping stuff with my duo FreePlay) as a weekly livestream. Check out kzbin.info Fridays at 4pm EST!

[@kim_kaufmann]

wish you would cover Easter theatre as well.... amazin job

[@captaindownbeat]

@Stingray ... I'm using Ableton live, and automated the loop recording triggers and mutings and such. It makes it easier to concentrate on the actual music!

[@charleschauffe4350]

Nice job! Cheers!

[@Fergal283]

bloody brilliant, well done

[@FreePlayDuo]

Thanks so much, Malcolm!

[@PatrickSterenchuk]

Wonderful, Dylan! Bravo, sir! One of the greatest XTC songs, and you did great service to it! Thank you!

[@FreePlayDuo]

Thanks so much, and apologies for the very very late reply!

[@markthompson1729]

Pretty special my friend. A real accomplishment.

[@woundedhorse]

Oh man. How does a song like this get covered? Unbelievable. I thank you Mr Bell. Incredible.

[@skinnykiddou]

Great job indeed! Thank you!

[@HaruyoshiKawabe]

Everything is great!

[@edhern5828]

Outstanding, superb, incredible!

[@PastorTimMusicFreak]

Stunning. What a perfect way to begin my day, with a "packet of seeds," a droplet, and a huge smile on my face. Thanks, Dylan. A true work of art and I can't wait for Partsy to see it.

[@captaindownbeat]

Thanks Time and sorry for the very late response! Andy saw it and said some very nice things :)

[@stevekimball7931]

Wonderful!!!!!

[@FreePlayDuo]

Thanks so much, Steve!

[@1mcol]

So good! Didn't expect that.

[@Drewsarchus]

this was so impressive

[@inci0078]

Amazing! No words.

[@thekingsservant1793]

Awesome!

[@FreePlayDuo]

Thank you!

[@himbysc]

Excellent!!

[@PraetorClaudius]

Great job man!

[@evanurkofsky3437]

Outstanding, young man!!

[@PooperScooperTrooper]

This is fantastic!

[@harlowsmonthly]

Utterly ace!

[@deoarby]

this is too cool for school!

[@anthonyredelsperger3032]

Props, man. I am an old XTC fan. Andy's song's are wonderful. I used to do a lot of acapella music myself with an 80s, cassette 4 track. It's clear you love doing this. Don't stop. You might wish you hadn't. Good job..

[@captaindownbeat]

Thank you! (and sorry for taking so long to get back to you) I travel the world doing the live-looping thing, mostly with my wife as FreePlay: kzbin.info .

[@REBELLIC1OUS]

Sublime. Great voices too.

[@FreePlayDuo]

Thanks!

[@2ratties]

gorgeous!

[@chrismarsh3000]

Nailed it, good man!

[@captaindownbeat]

Thanks Chris!

[@wowwhywow]

VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY good

[@FreePlayDuo]

Thanks so much, Chris!

[@onshiplessoceans1675]

Just awe here, man. Just awe.

[@eezyplumb3713]

amazing.

[@leejlogan]

Perfect! Great job :-)

[@thewordofgord]

brave and brilliant!

[@captaindownbeat]

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

[@stephanmeister9860]

WOW!!!

[@SequoiaSounds]

This is just so ridiculously awesome. Thank you so, sooooo much for sharing your talent

[@nickburlton5821]

Wow, well done that’s far from easy!

[@hippojuice23]

Dude, much tribute!

[@eddiecousinsjr]

Oh Man your f***ing great, nice voice x

[@superlove35]

awesome

[@Lyktwz]

Simply: Wow

[@StingrayOfficial]

Killed it. Nice job, I wish I could sing this song that well. foot pedal for live looping?

[@mattmichael6792]

I hope somebody has sent this to Andy

[@FreePlayDuo]

Thanks so much Matt! A friend of mine is friends with Andy, and turned him onto it. He was very complimentary :)

[@Putner]

Lavly!

[@device]

Very nice thanks! (that shirt has shirt has to be reduced to a fossil though, please!)

[@richardfinch5482]

It's now 2020 and that shirt is looking pretty cool. Retro never goes out of fashion😎

[@jamesporter115]

Nice!

[@StingrayOfficial]

I wonder if Andy did his in one take? Probably not!