XTC - 11. Real by reel.mpg

[@orbfile]

This song could have been made last week, but it's from the 70's. WAY ahead of their time.

[@j1thom]

OMG Dave's solo @ 3:30. Just.. gawd!!

[@senordonusted2577]

Yes, one of my favs ever. Short, concise, expressive and plenty of hues.

[@fossilmatic]

Jeez, how do you think that up, let alone pull it off live?

[@TheNakedRaygun]

XTC was amazing....

[@therealsoulproduct]

Yeah, Dave Gregory was the best man for the job.

[@AmyMeacham]

I followed this with the Boomtown Rats' video of "Someone's Looking at You" on my wamylove myspace blog, since it reminded me of a tape I made way back of songs about paranoia.. Thanks so much!

[@ClueSign]

Agree about Drum & Wires (and the comments about Dave Gregory's god-like skills). There was not asuperfluous note on the album -- it was a masterpiece -- and the way they toured behind it left my mouth agape -- saw them in 80 in NYC and San Francisco. Top shows in my pantheon.

[@NateSabatBass]

best guitar solo i've ever heard period., poor andy , he was dying out there

[@batgurrl]

fanfuckingtastic - I was going thru the listings praying I would find this little gem of a song. Thanks so much for the post!

[@Starclimber]

Documented down like rats they're catching up on every squeal. Annoyingly, I had this song running through my head non-stop for HOURS as I failed to sleep one night last week prior to racing the bike leg of a Half-Iron triathlon relay. I was, in fact, documented down like a rat the very next morning. Frustratingly, I shared this with friends, none of whom could appreciate the reference to this brilliant song.

[@martinevans123]

SUPERB

[@PresidenteBoris91]

Un solo mejor que el del estudio definitivamente.

[@jasonluna1vs100]

@lokrume04 They get a lot of airplay on "1st Wave" on Sirius XM Radio Airplay here in the ole U.S. of A.

[@davidstobie2751]

cheers all never seen this vid

[@nesqualhoeny]

DAVID GREGORY

[@Antgeth]

love how they use steam fist futurist as the intro... only fitting since it was made from the song!

[@xtstevie]

The chaps blew it big time by not making this fab song the follow up to 'Making plans for nigel'.

[@martinevans123]

far, far ahead of it's time... rythmically, lyrically, and mentally... "this is pop", maybe, but there's something else there too, a little more distrubing, as well....at the time it felt like "punk in disguise" and all the more exciting because of that... brillant!

[@InParticularNobody]

@collideascope the class swot of rock guitarists.

[@tomgoodwin9997]

in a word...telecaster

[@lokrume04]

That isn't really 100% true. I have actually heard XTC on Swedish radio three times in the last 25 years.

[@Tartarox]

Why why why aren't xtc famous? They weren't handsome, but their music is good even today, 30 years after.

[@NeurospicyBitch88]

Because their sound did not fit into any mainstream narrative. That and our joke of a music industry is run by bottomfeeder criminals who don't care about talent as much as they care about money

[@tilt94]

he looks and sounds a little like....er, sorry but (ahem) gordon sumner or someone like that...phew...why did i think that?