XTC - Garden of Earthly Delights | FIRST TIME COUPLE REACTION (BMC Request)

[@rerushed8629]

XTC, oh yeah. Every album has something special to offer. Black Sea is my favorite. Beginning to end I think it's XTC's masterpiece.

[@j.8804]

You know it's a great band when you ask 10 fans what their masterpiece is & they all mention a different album. I'd have to say Skylarking for Sacrificial Bonfire alone but their have been very few misses from White Music to Wasp Star

[@berndschreiber1167]

All those fans (@J.) are right. Because almost all of there work is a masterpiece.

[@AdolphSaxOfficial]

Nonsuch is one of my favorite albums ever

[@richybatty234]

Every album they ever did was someone's favourite ! Wrapped in Grey from Nonsuch is a piece of genius

[@michelemichele3375]

There’s an interview with Mark Hart (Supertramp, Crowded House, Ringo, etc) where he picks his favorite album - it’s XTC - Drums and Wires (1979).

[@summertime_blooz]

I love that album too. Real by Reel, Roads Girdle The Globe, Making Plans For Nigel, When You're Near Me, That Is The Way, Millions, Day In Day Out. It's all so great.

[@davidrauh8118]

Everybody has a favorite album by XTC. Songs you might enjoy...Love On A Farmboy's Wages...The Ballad of Peter Pumpkin Head...Dear God...Mayor of Simpleton...etc. Also check out The Dukes of the Stratosphear (aka XTC) doing their 60's impersonations.

[@rodneygriffin7666]

XTC transcends genres.

[@frugalseverin2282]

XTC is one of the best bands of the '80s. "Skylarking" is probably their most accessible album but my favorite is "Mummer" which starts with a George Harrison type Indian influenced anti-war song called 'Beating of Hearts'. This song is more middle eastern. 2 other '80s bands worth checking out: Love and Rockets which came out of Bauhaus and The English Beat (just The Beat in the UK) which was ska influenced.

[@frankpentangeli7945]

Mummer ROCKS! It's definitely in my top 3 XTC albums. By contrast, Skylarking and Oranges and Lemons are near the bottom of my list, even though they are still great albums. Cheers!

[@saracen567]

Mummer contains “Ladybird” - one of the great overlooked XTC tracks where the band strike a perfect balance between jazz and rock. I don’t think even the band fully appreciate what they managed to do with this track.

[@bobholtzmann]

One XTC song I'll probably never tire of is "No Language In Our Lungs" from XTC's Black Sea album (1980). Every time I hear it, I can imagine the Beatles playing it.

[@markdrechsler5660]

That’s a great song, from a great album.

[@bobholtzmann]

@@markdrechsler5660 I agree - and I always thought the end of the Cold War put aside any military threats from Russia portrayed in "Living Through Another Cuba", but the Ukraine invasion put an end to that

[@kirin2112]

I’m sure somewhere in the comments someone has mentioned “Chalkhills and Children”. If any song deserves a reaction video it is that one. It’s sublime perfection imo.

[@summertime_blooz]

Such a pretty song. Gives goosebumps.

[@toddhill7483]

A magnificent way to close the Oranges and Lemons album. Reminds me a bit of Pale and Precious from their Dukes of Stratosphere project.

[@dcmphotog8452]

The next song on this album, "Mayor of Simpleton", has always been one of my favorites. Always puts a smile on my face.

[@plasticsurgerydisaster6180]

The first three songs with King for a Day as the 3rd, bloody enjoyable.

[@per-arnejonsson9063]

Across this Antheap is my favourite from this album

[@davidmaholchic6146]

Welcome to the earth! One of my favorite songs by this band love you guys

[@mortcohen3440]

Give Complicated Game a listen from the Drums and Wires album - it will blow your mind.

[@charlesmeares4636]

Yet another of my favorite bands! I discovered XTC when I picked up their album "English Settlement". I was immediately a fan. And each subsequent album was its own garden of earthly delights musically. So inventive, so unique and original.

[@jonathangilbert2456]

Check out the XTC side project The Dukes of Stratosphear. The Dukes sound like it came out in the late 60's...very Syd Barret Pink Floyd.

[@michelemichele3375]

Great reaction and request. Mentioning Talking Heads, Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo), psychedelic and world music was accurate. And I always connected them to indie/alternative and New Wave Pop. But I guess Andy wrote that he aspired to “gently experimental and psychedelic within the Pop format.” Influenced many and influenced by many, like the Kinks, Beatles, Stooges, New York Dolls, Ska and Dub music, Bowie, Captain Beefheart, even Buddy Holly and Elvis. Feel good and fun. Nailed it! 👍

[@sylvanm4216]

Danny Elfman has cited XTC as a major inspiration on the formation of Oingo Boingo. As for Talking Heads, they toured with XTC in the 70s and had a lot in common, in weirdo singing style, but also I think more fundamentally, in sharing a highly creative and melodic but rhythm-first approach to art-pop. There's a lot to recommend with XTC, a band that made a string of great, unique albums from the 1970s all the way through to the 2000s. The track that you just heard the first half-second of, leading out of the fade on "Garden", is their brilliant single "Mayor of Simpleton" and would be a fine choice. If you want to go back to the 70s and hear where they started, I would recommend "Statue of Liberty" from their first album, or "Complicated Game" from their third.

[@angelaa6498]

XTC has so many great songs but my favorite & one that I highly recommend is *King For A Day* (wonderful song with great lyrics!) & *Dear, God*

[@chandlerbryan1793]

XTC is a vast and wonderful sea. They can be a totally different band from album to album and even song to song. Keep going!

[@courtneywallace871]

Damn but I love this band. This is my favorite album of theirs, but hard to choose! Listen to You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful off Apple Venus vol. 2.

[@joshlittrell8946]

*XTC* from my playlist: *The Mayor of Simpleton, Ballad of Peter Pumpkin Head, Dear God, Dear Madam Barnum, King For A Day* and *Pink Thing*

[@JohnMacRae23]

Yeah they should react to singles... strange to start with the album cuts imo

[@Skylarking00]

@@JohnMacRae23 They’re reacting to the requests.

[@JohnMacRae23]

@@Skylarking00 Yah I know that, i wonder why singles are not being requested is all

[@Skylarking00]

From top to bottom the best XTC, imo, would be Skylarking (1986) and Apple Venus (1999). Two of their very catchy, early 80s hits (for them) were Generals and Majors and Senses Working Overtime. Infectious, quirky and very English. They also were often “pagan” in feel and word i.e. Summer’s Cauldron/Grass, Season’s Cycle, Sacrificial Bonfire from Skylarking and River of Orchids, Greenman, Harvest Festival, Easter Theatre from Apple Venus. At their best, top tier stuff up there with anybody. Think Sgt. Peppers meets Pet Sounds, especially with Skylarking.

[@ericmeredith8754]

Awesome request! This band surprises me often! They evolve and change their sound! I really respect that! Nick and Lex , i enjoyed this video ! Hope you both are doing good! Take care my dear friends!

[@nonsuch]

XTC is an epic rabbit hole to say the least. They are in my top 5 favorite bands (The Beatles, XTC, Genesis, YES, and Rush). I suggest you start with "Skylarking", work your way forward, then go back. Their best body of work, in my opinion, is gonna be from 1984-present. Basicly The "Big Express" to "Wasp Star"... with "Skylarking", "Oranges and Lemons", and "Nonsuch" being their epitaph period, so to speak. "Skylarking" is literally one of the rare 5 star ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ records from most major reviewers back in the day and it was produced by the great Todd Rundgren, "Todzilla" as XTC liked to call him. Enjoy!

[@JanVanSas]

I'd add Steely Dan to that - should appeal to our Lex & Nick too - but yeah, fully subscribe to everything you're saying, Rob!

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Good stuff... but I'd add in "Drums and Wires," "Black Sea," "English Settlement," and "Mummer"... all uniformly great albums. I think "English Settlement" is their best album (along with "Nonsuch" and "Apple Venus")... Also: Don't sleep on the Dukes Of Stratosphear stuff... which is absolutely brilliant. Cheers!

[@nonsuch]

​@@JanVanSas I hear ya. I love Steely Dan. There's just too many bands I like and would put before them. I only listed a top 5. It was hard to figure out if I wanted to put Rush or Elvis Costello on there. 😕

[@nonsuch]

​@@johnmavroudis2054 I didn't put those because it's really a different XTC, genre wise. The stuff with Terry Chambers is it's own thing and I don't think a new listener should mix the two. That's why I said what I did which was... "I suggest you start with "Skylarking", work your way forward, then go back."

[@johnmavroudis2054]

@@nonsuch I get what you're saying... but I think starting with "English Settlement" works rather well. To me, It's the perfect starting place between their harder edged stuff and the more pastoral stuff. Also: "The Big Express" and "Black Sea" share their hard edged approach... both album are proudly loud and abrasive. Easing a new fan in? I guess "Skylarking" "Oranges & Lemons," and "Nonsuch" would be the way to go... In any case... as long as they're taking the plunge! Cheers!

[@OzarkTroutBum]

They have an awesome documentary called "This is Pop" from a few years ago that's definitely worth a watch and explains a lot of the relationships in the band.

[@m.gideonhoyle409]

XTC was one of the most musically diverse bands of their era... From post-punk to pastoral rock-folk to psychedelic rock, they did it all. So, good luck with categorizing them. Their lead guitarist for most of the band's existence was Dave Gregory... He's one of the unsung greats, IMO. Some of my personal favorites from them include: Season Cycle That's Really Super, Supergirl Melt the Guns Senses Working Overtime Easter Theatre River of Orchids You're My Drug (which they performed under the name of their psychedelic project, Dukes of Stratosphear)

[@tone4507]

A song to welcome a new child into the world, and urging it to experience as much as possible. "Kid, Stay and snip your cord off, Talk and let your mind loose, Can't all think like Chekhov, But you'll be okay" Written, (I believe) on the birth Andy Partridge's daughter, Holly.

[@surlechapeau]

Senses Working Overtime, Generals and Majors, Making Plans for Nigel were the ones we played on the radio station.

[@massimilianopraticelli8986]

One of my favourite by XTC is "Train Running Low on Soul Coal", from their 1984's album "The Big Express". A genius piece of music from a genius band.

[@plasticsurgerydisaster6180]

Excellent pick!! This whole album is such a treat, I think Pat Mastelotto’s work on this album is fantastic as well.

[@MadrigalDream]

This is 'The White Album' of My Generation. A Masterpiece through and through. KING FOR A DAY, SCARECROW PEOPLE, ACROSS THIS ANTHEAP, You Choose..... 😏

[@rikconverse8726]

The whole album is solid! I played it to death! (And still go back to it often!) I'm seeing the group "Extc-XTC's Terry Chambers and friends" (One ex-member from the end of XTC) this Sunday! I'll never get to see The Andy Partridge version, but I'll get to see a group doing his songs!

[@summertime_blooz]

Glad to see more XTC reactions. No matter what songs you choose you can't really go wrong. I wonder if this is the Steve Wilson remix from 2015 because I feel like I heard some details in the music that I hadn't previously noticed.

[@stevejones18]

Hey, Steve Jones here - You guys normally hear from me on Ptree stuff, but I love XTC as well. Thank you for reacting to this!!!

[@michelemichele3375]

RIP Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters drummer. I heard the news today, oh boy. He was 50 and in Colombia - they were on a South American tour. 😥

[@damonhines8187]

David Byrne and Andy Partridge share that "yelp-y" quality to their vocals. I was never able to stay current with XTC after 'Drums and Wires', my intro to them, but loved everything I heard. So quirky, inventive and unique. Accessible but out there. Nice one, thank you, cheers!

[@scottstevens7639]

Always loved this song. Fave line - “don’t hurt no one, unless they ask you to”. Sly little nod to BDSM. Don’t hear that too often in popular music. The style of this song kind of reminds me of a cross between ‘Discipline’ era King Crimson and early ‘80’s Bill Nelson (especially the vocal delivery). Wouldn’t be at all surprised if those were actual influences. If you want to check out a slightly different direction in the XTC catalogue, they had a groovy little side project back in the early ‘80’s called ‘The Dukes of Strstosfear’. Under that pseudonym they released a one off album called “It’s 25 O’Clock”. Very psychedelic/garage sounding and very fun.

[@Bawookles]

XTC is fantastic!!! English Settlement is their best album in my opinion, and one you should definitely check out among their entire catalog, which is fantastic.

[@mike_valenza]

"Oranges and Lemons" and "Skylarking" by XTC were two of my favorite 80s albums. If you are into them, you should also check out the band the Dukes of Stratosphear, which is basically a side project of most of XTC doing psychedelic 60's style music under a different name.

[@BumblebeeElectron]

"Greenman" is my favorite XTC track.

[@andyf2837]

Books are burning from nonsuch.. listen to the guitars on that

[@jnrickards]

Think of XTC as ecstacy

[@VidiotSavante]

Great reaction Nick and Lex!! 😎 I've been an XTC fan since the early days! You should react to the whole Skylarking album, which is a masterpiece and was produced by Todd Rundgren. Here's some more essential XTC you need to experience: "King For A Day", "All Along The Watchtower", "Another Satellite", "Statue of Liberty", "We're All Light", "The Smartest Monkeys", "Wake Up", "My Bird Performs", "I Need Protection", "Making Plans for Nigel", "Then She Appeared", "Generals and Majors", "Senses Working Overtime", "Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)", "Senses Working Overtime", "Towers of London", "Yacht Dance", "All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late)", "River of Orchids", "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead", "Dear Madam Barnum", "The Ugly Underneath", "The Mayor of Simpleton", "Hold Me My Daddy", "Pink Thing (I laughed so hard when I figured out what he's referring to! LOL! 🍆🤣)", "Respectable Street", "Heaven Is Paved With Broken Glass", "Punch And Judy", "Thanks For Christmas", "Scissor Man", "Stupidly Happy", "I'm The Man Who Murdered Love", "The Wheel And The Maypole", "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down"

[@karlvre8790]

Great reaction video! Why not XTC: "Easter Theatre" for Easter this year? It is almost better than the Beatles :) The melody is insanely good

[@summertime_blooz]

Great choice. Maybe 'The Last Baloon' too. So beautiful.

[@chandlerbryan1793]

"Easter Theatre" is one of the most beautiful songs I know.

[@josephmilitello647]

XTC is good. But if you haven't already, you may want to check out a 1968 song with the same name, "The Garden of Earthly Delights," by the 60s psychedelic rock proto-prog band, The United States of America, which is more evocative of the Hieronymous Bosch painting suggested by the title.

[@MonsterSound.Bradley]

The more XTC you listen to the more you'll appreciate and enjoy it. Like great coffee. 😊👍🍁

[@a.k.1740]

For a change of style, try "Wake Up" and "This World Over" from the 1984 album The Big Express or try The Dukes of Stratosphear (XTC's psychedelic alter egos) with "Brainiac's Daughter" and "Pale and Precious" from their album Psonic Psunspot (1987).

[@ChipMatthews]

Love The Big Express! I rarely hear it mentioned but it has such great songs on it. I Remember The Sun, Wake Up, This World over... so good.

[@a.k.1740]

@@ChipMatthews Yes, I also like The Big Express a lot but this one and Mummer are rarely mentioned and even often ignored or underrated in the XTC discography, maybe because those two follow the band's decision to stop gigs and the departure of iconic drummer Terry Chambers and also that they had illustrious predecessors as Drums And Wires, Black Sea and English Settlement as well as more recognized successors such as Skylarking and Oranges & Lemons, but it's unfair because The Big Express is excellent and Mummer, although perfectible in places, still deserves several listens.

[@rhodriwatts7525]

Dear NicknLex, What a huge rabbit hole you have let your selves in for ! Saw thence in 1979 before they stopped live performance. Their guitarist Dave Gregory went on to play for many famous acts as a guest. His latest bands were Tin Spirits and notably Big Big Train - you reacted to one of their songs. XTC made around 9 or 10 studio albums - all of them really high quality- you really can't go wrong with them. So many sales and feels over the years. Greetings from the sunny-currently- UK. Rhodri.

[@jwgregory1969]

They are in constant rotation with me and I love their eclectic music.

[@rikconverse8726]

Once you get deeper into XTC check out their documentary: "XTC: This is Pop" from 2017. It covers their entire evolution as a band and gives you an insight to Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory and the others that passed though the band.

[@markfilla9305]

I second that recommendation! It's a really good documentary about the group.

[@murdockreviews]

Whatever XTC did (art-punk, new wave or psychedelic 80s pop like here), there was always something very smart and slightly leftfield about their songwriting. I tend to prefer their older, less poppy stuff the older I get, but this is actually nitpicking, because most of their output was great. For earlier xtc I recommend "Real by Reel", "This is Pop", "No Language in our Lungs" or "Jason and the Argonauts". For pastoral, Beatles influenced XTC try the twofer "Summer's Cauldron" + "Grass", which are the opening tracks to 'Skylarking' or 'I'd Like That' and 'Easter Theatre' off their orchestral album 'Apple Venus' (which is the most beautiful one they ever released).

[@scatton61]

More from XTC Making plans for Nigel, Generals and majors, Smokeless zone

[@paulmorris8762]

I really liked Sense Working Overtime and We're Only Making Plans For Nigel

[@rogerpitcher6540]

You should hear “Mayor of Simpleton”. The next song on this LP.

[@debrabrabenec3731]

Love this band! My 2 favorites from this album are the last 2 cuts, "Miniature Sun" and "Chalkhills And Children." There are too many great songs for me to list from their catalogue, but you will definitely have fun exploring more from this prolific and adventurous group.

[@a.k.1740]

Same for me ! "Miniature Sun" and "Chalkhills And Children" are the centerpieces of Oranges & Lemons.

[@Jonni1027]

And same for me😃❤️

[@stewartclark6436]

I’m currently learning the guitar solo from XTC’s Books are burning. Check it out

[@mr.mojorisin1616]

XTC, I've always considered, a New Wave or New Age type of music since I remember them in the early 80's. I don't know a lot about them since I wasn't into that type of music but I know they've been around for a long while...since way before the 80's.

[@frankmarsh1159]

They were a New Wave band. New Age is Enya and Yanni and stuff like that. Completely different genres.

[@2ramona959]

If you want to delve into Oingo Boingo, start with the Nothing to Fear album. Recommended tracks: Whole Day Off, Gray Matter, Nothing to Fear, Insects (whole album is great). Also Dead Man's Party LP is excellent. Just Another Day, Dead Man's Party, No One Lives Forever.

[@pauldevito7476]

Senses Working Overtime Dear God The Meeting Place Grass English Roundabout No Thugs In Our House Mayor of Simpleton The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead Earn Enough For Us XTC is a great band. Lead singer Andy Partridge from same English town, Swindon, as Justin Hayward, lead singer of my favorite band, Moody Blues. You two have never reacted to Moody Blues yet, have you? You would love the Moody Blues, guys. The very roots of prog circa 1967. Without Moodys, maybe no King Crimson, Yes, ELP, or Tull or Genesis. Who knows? If you do Moodys, don't do Nights in White Satin because EVERYONE does that song. Here's a cool Moodies list to get you started: Out and In Candle of Life Watching and Waiting Legend of A Mind You Can Never Go Home Isn't Life Strange You and Me Land of Make Believe Have You Heard/Voyage/Have You Heard Have fun with both of these great bands🙏✌️🙏✌️🙏✌️🙏✌️

[@ianmitnick8245]

Taylor Hawkins drummer for the Foo fighters sadly passed away today - for the good memories of him - check out the KZbin video "Foo Fighters and Rush 2008 (toronoto - video by Daryl Spong on youtube - he played YYZ with Geddy and Alex on stage! He was a big Rush fan and I think he leaves behind a son who plays drums? and is a big Rush fan - very sad but we have good memories of him -

[@ednicholson7839]

Funny you compare them to Talking Heads. Andy Partridge, their leader, said in at least one interview he felt the band was classified -- a bit unfairly -- as a poor man's Talking Heads early in their career. Not as much into the 80s. Skylarking might be the best album for newbies, but also English Settlement, which might be the album that really defines them. My favorite XTC music is probably from their other band -- The Dukes of Stratosphear -- which a side project of neo psychedelic songs they did in the 80s. Typical of them, it's one (or two?) of the best albums of their day and as fresh now as it was then -- even if it the music was meant to be a fun parody of the British psych rock they grew up with. It outsold their "XTC" music at the time even though it was made very cheaply and on mostly period correct (late 60s) recording equipment. Just for fun they tried to pretend it was a recently uncovered album made by a long lost rock band everyone forgot about. Amazing stuff.

[@ronbecker7939]

Oh you gotta listen to “Making plans for Nigel” and “No thugs in our house”!!

[@mackeymintle66]

I felt that David Byrne section too. XTC is kind of their own category…same as Oingo, kind of…🧐

[@rogerhennie8939]

Skylarking, Nonsuch and Appla Venus are fantastic albums. Take One LP side at a time.

[@ELEcomments]

Check out "Making Plans For Nigel", "Helicopter", "Mayor Of Simpleton", "Toys", and "Burning With Optimisms' Flames". All great songs #nicknlexrequest

[@jtenaz]

XTC and Steely Dan are my two favorite bands. Many great songs: River Of Orchids, Easter Theatre, No language In Our Lungs, Scarecrow People, Roads Girdle The Globe... Thanks.

[@summertime_blooz]

I gave this a like for 'Roads Girdle the Globe'! I love that album.

[@jtenaz]

@@summertime_blooz Yes, Drums And Wires is great

[@mackeymintle66]

I forgot about the Crimson-y Fripp-a-riffic ness… Adrian Belew overtones

[@rikconverse8726]

Many of the songs Josh mentioned are on this album - also Chalkhills and Children, Miniature Sun on this album - and so many different sounds and feels from song to song. Then - if you go back in their catalog to the earlier proto-punk/new wave days there's "Making Plans for Nigel"!

[@summertime_blooz]

Yes, Miniature Sun and Chalkhills and Children are maybe the best songs on this album.

[@TwoOnions275]

Head-bobbing review - 10/10

[@GnosisBolivarArgentina]

Hagan una reacción de El chango Rodríguez, tema: de simocA, año 1959 aprox, toca el solo con su guitarra y canta, el Robert Johnson argentino.

[@roberthardin2133]

I would hazard a guess that Dave Gregory is the lead guitar on this track-he usually was. interesting parallel: 9 years earlier Gregory guested on 2 tracks on Peter Gabriel's 1980 album (nicknamed Face Melt). it's Peter Gabriel that led me to XTC when I was a teen.

[@GorgonTheHybrid]

I played some XTC to my wife the other day (actually your reaction video) - I prefaced playing it with saying the group was a bit borderline for both of us - for me XTC are a LITTLE more poppy than I usually like, but I still really enjoy them, and for her I know they'd be a LITTLE too weird, but that she'd still like them. I was right on - she loved some of it, and some was a little too out there for her. My brother has always been a huge fan, and they're growing on me more and more over time. See the great docucmentary about them if you can.

[@TTM9691]

Ha! Big surprise! Great opening track to their last great album (in my opinion). Love the guitars (and the bass) on this one, including (and especially) the way they were recorded and produced!

[@adamp2029]

XTC and Steely Dan: my 2 favorites!

[@jtenaz]

Same here

[@doplinger1]

Not my favorite track on the album, but it is a very good album!

[@jonathangilbert2456]

IMO this album is XTC's "Sergeant Peppers"

[@Billinois78]

Hey guys! Nice one! I can't say I've heard it before. You mentioned the Yellow Submarine album cover, and yes I can see the similarity in drawing style. If you look closely enough at the YS album cover or movie poster, John Lennon appears to be drawn giving the horns. It's probably the "love" sign, of course. Also, the cover of the Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby single has a photo of the band with Lennon is giving the gesture.

[@robertjewell9727]

Cool album, my chum Pat on drums and percussion although my favorite album by them is SKYLARKING, which should be listened to from start to finish.

[@Ken-Hayes]

So frustrating that you cut off the beginning of The Mayor of Simpleton, if only you'd let it play you'd have loved that even more!

[@davidgale7384]

Here's one from about the same time period.... Reflex The Politics of Dancing Great groove.... You won't be able to sit still, and great musical composition and production. Just remember to turn it up.

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

If you like the pagan influences on this, try their album "Apple Venus, Vol. 1"

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

First listen….holy cow, lead vocalist sounds like Byrne from Talking Heads, and the vibe is SO close to Talking Heads as well. Fans out there…any overlap in personnel?

[@dennisking7872]

During the brief time XTC actually toured (late 1970s until 1983), they did tour with Talking Heads at one point.

[@fredwalsh4095]

Still waiting for you to react to Be Bop Deluxe, Try starting with "Sleep That Burns" and then Fair Exchange,, Oh by the way check out the album covers, Axe Victim, Sunburst Finish, Modern Times.

[@jage71]

Do some Phish. 😉 Try Rift or Foam to start.

[@johnhaley5593]

If you want to hear, IMO, the best XTC song, you want to listen to "Senses working overtime". Arguably, at XTCs pinnacle. If you want to knowore about the band, I suggest: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZuzlqGgqrWNnq8 "This is Pop" the documentary.

[@randydoak6638]

You may want to try listening to Cardiacs. XTC was my gateway to them. I'd start with A Little Man and a House and The Whole World Window.

[@yournamehere6002]

Jellyfish next!

[@drimblewedge2789]

This song features Pat Mostellotto on drums from King Crimson.

[@scottandrewbrass]

You fill me with inertia.

[@jameswarner5809]

The problem with picking an XTC track to listen to is that there are no bad ones. You could have rolled straight into the next two tracks on the album (The Mayor Of Simpleton and King For A Day) and they are both exceptional uplifting pop songs. While you're at it, you should also dive into the music of Bill Nelson (including his 70s band Be Bop Deluxe) referenced in another comment. That's an even more impressive audio journey.

[@ezequielmachuca4920]

Hola saludos desde Argentina, acabo de descubrir su canal y ya me cayeron bien desde el primer video que ví son unos genios. Sé que es difícil que vean mi comentario pero quería recomendarles la banda Havok, no suelo ver muchas reacciones a esa banda y es tremenda. Si les gusta el thrash metal tienen que escuchar temas como 'Scumbag in disguise', 'Prepare for attack', 'It is true', 'Killing tendencies'. Espero en algún momento le den una oportunidad, abrazo grande! 👍

[@NicknLex]

Mil gracias por las lindas palabras y el apoyo! Agradecemos la sugerencia también!! :) - Lex

[@9211goat]

I like it! Late '80s pop... . definitely inspired by David Byrne. Nick has a knack for seeing how a piece of music is similar to certain other bands. p.s.... if you haven't seen Uriah Heep yet, don't you think it's about time? :)

[@damonhines8187]

I think David and Andy arrived independently, concurrently, at their individual takes on rhythm, pop, and their peculiar, by some standards, vocal approaches/styles. Point well taken, nonetheless, about the parallels. Never considered it before, reminded now too of Ric Ocasek's hiccuppy delivery.

[@scottandrewbrass]

@Ronnie XTC had been making albums for 11 years by the time Oranges and Lemons was released in 1989. They weren't influenced by Talking Heads.

[@andyf2837]

Wouldn't say influenced by David Bryne just a love of psychedelic

[@wildeone1645]

Definitely a mix of David Byrne /Talking Heads and Frank Zappa, to my ears.

[@elchuky1942]

Me voy rajando a buscar a mi hijo del colegio saludos 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mackeymintle66]

Algorithm!👍 “Doven!”🤪

[@cuchupacu]

1. i almost had a conniption when you stopped the song at its climax. 2. not listening to mayor of simpleton afterwards oughta be a crime. 3. listening to xtc w/o paying attention to the lyrics should be a felony. 4. check out hyeronimus bosch’s painting by the same name. 5. my yearbook quote in 1990: “this is your life and you be what you want to be, this is your life and you try it all, this is your life and you be what you want to be, just don’t hurt nobody (‘less of course they ask you)”

[@NicknLex]

I like your quote but it hasn't really stuck with you in adulthood. I am happy you're not in charge of the criminal justice system. We react to the music first and worry about lyrics later. Literally off camera that same day. That's what musicians do. We care about chords, time signatures, voicings, progressions etc. There are many channels that only react to lyrics. My quote is live and let live. If you can't say something nice ..you know the rest.

[@cuchupacu]

@@NicknLex that’s interesting. i just watched the marathon w the postal service song which you’d known for years. the lyrics are as devastating as xtc’s this world over but the imagery of silhouettes left by bodies disintegrated by a bomb or the thought of a body exploding elicited no reaction. if the bands didn’t think the lyrics were just as important as the music, they’d release instrumental albums. you have thin skin for someone on platform made to comment on and discuss. don’t worry, i won’t be wasting any more time on you.

[@NicknLex]

@@cuchupacu Goodbye 😃

[@jackengard5718]

Delightfully twisted just the way I like it. Wonderfully flowing sweep that's wide open to many different inclusions if they so desired.

[@williamweiss6128]

Yes, XTC!!!!

[@elchuky1942]

Que honda mundooooooo please ( asi se escribe 🤭) bueno antes y despues de ciro y los persas en vivo o mal bicho de fabulosos cadillacs y no jodo mas 💪🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Isn’t it pronounced like “ecstasy “? I’m asking fans….I’m not that familiar with them. But I thought it was like INXS is “in excess”.

[@dennisking7872]

Pronounced like the letters of the alphabet - X - T - C (though the band's name alludes to "ecstasy").

[@nicholassauer606]

i love you guys, i found you through watching steely dan/snarky puppy reactions. here’s one for you, it’s a long one but oh my goodness. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqraY32Mj5ifgJo

[@garybennett7835]

This band proves just how bad most of today's music is !