XTC - Paper and Iron-

XTC - Paper and Iron-Multi-Coloured Swap Shop BBC1 Television 1981
Saturday 21 February 1981 . XTC appear live on BBC1 TV children's show ,hosted by Noel Edmonds .Andy gives away to viewers his Antoria acoustc guitar and Colin his Drums and Wires gold disc.

[@royphillips7435]

Inventing a thousand future bands with one song ...thats Xtc ...

[@trippcox2641]

Jesus what a force of nature these 4 were!

[@LaurieMacara]

Lovely they are my favorite ❤❤❤

[@robertcervero6826]

Terry Chambers’ drum hammering is hypnotic.

[@jonathanbennetts2632]

the drums on this track are fucking amazing,,

[@charleschauffe4350]

Always loved Terry's drums on this song, they come in loud & clear!

[@imbwildrd3693]

You should check out EXTC, Terry Chambers' XTC cover band. I've seen them twice already!! He can still bang the skins.

[@MisterLumpkin]

Hard to believe that someone who loved the camera as much as Andy would have a problem with stage fright.

[@vincevirtua]

the valium withdrawal had a lot to do with the stage fright starting mid 81 shortly after this video.

[@ricohgmail1895]

Yes it was hard to believe. And who knew in those days their personal lives. Only now we can read how it all happened.

[@goctagonrecovery3270]

Very much so! He is a phenominal front man. So captivating to watch

[@richalderson6069]

Sometimes underlying issues don't rise to the surface until the pressures you face push you to a breakdown and you can't go back. Happens to alot of young men in the spotlight, Syd Barrett being a perfect example.

[@grumpyparsnip]

@@richalderson6069 good point. At least Partridge went on to make a lot of great music. Syd Barrett kind of just devolved into madness.

[@InParticularNobody]

Gotta love Terry Chambers drumming. He was a true original. And *HE* isn't miming ;-).

[@edlawn5481]

Terry was a beast!

[@asxtc]

My kids grew up with XTC blaring out of the speakers at home and in every road trip...The youngest love this and Scissor man..

[@jonathanbennetts2632]

mine toooooo,,lol..

[@charleschauffe4350]

We must have all been good parents! My daughters ended up loving XTC as well due to hearing them constantly from their mom & dad...lol

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

really>

[@wsrpix]

How pleased they must have been to produce that bass/drums sound. Up there with the very very best :)

[@joeolney2356]

Black Sea is my favourite album by XTC.

[@dougmedina4619]

Black Sea.Great album!

[@Lovethemseventies]

Thanks SO much for uploading this. This is probably my favourite ever XTC song and although it's not performed 'live' the band put in a great performance anyway! Terry Chambers was a really underrated drummer - although tthe drums in this song do sound very like the intro to 'Sat In Your Lap' by Kate Bush, but that's no bad thing!

[@wangdangdoodie]

This was released nine months before 'Sat in your lap'.

[@HarryJoiner]

Terry Chambers was hugely influential. Not nearly as famous as he should’ve been, but he was never actually underrated by anyone who heard his playing with XTC. Can you imagine this band with anyone else on drums? It’s not like Andy and Colin were telling him what to play. His drum parts we are as much a part of XTCs songs as anything.

[@whouster]

@@HarryJoiner Yes, Terry Chambers was a magnificent drummer and massively important to XTC. Andy, Colin, Dave and Terry was the classic band line-up.

[@markfinnigan9925]

This song pre dates sat In your lap By at least 2 years

[@gardengrove0]

this has to be one of my favorite xtc songs... so great!

[@privysorrow5120]

That little snippet on the end...Reward by The Teardrop Explodes. Another great tune from the Eighties!

[@barneyanderson1224]

That chorus is amazing

[@graememaxwell3113]

In 1981 there weren't many opportunities to get on tv, Saturday morning kids tv was big, so a great opportunity to get seen.

[@eardrumbuzzer6477]

This is the very first time I ever saw a video for "Paper and Iron." With the wonderful Terry Chambers on the Drums!

[@edlawn5481]

I could watch Terry drum all day.

[@TheMightyHartley]

When I was about ten, my brother and I saw the documentary "XTC at the Manor", and we absolutely LOVED Towers of London (the song featured most prominently in the programme), yet that track isn't what you'd think kids would connect with either. Good, catchy music is good catchy music - most kids don't listen to the lyrics at first anyway!

[@josejones7025]

It’s the full on XTC. Dave Gregory Terry Chambers Andy and Colin who is stage center

[@thenameisbond]

tx for sharing this! I LOVE this song.

[@jerrypersson7018]

"Paper and Iron" came 1 year earlier than "Sat In Your Lap" 1982. Maybe Kate listened to this and got inspired !?

[@101Volts]

No idea but the Black Sea album (which this was on) was released in 1980.

[@krollpeter]

The engineer or the producer has chosen to make the sound of the percussion similar. The style of drums was modern around this time. Otherwise, these pieces have nothing in common.

[@panchisepulvedamedina9578]

This is one of my fav songs on planet earth!

[@goctagonrecovery3270]

Man I love this song. It sounds so industrial. Perfect for the lyrical content.

[@therealsoulproduct]

Super duper rare and super duper cool!

[@panchisepulvedamedina9578]

What a great song!!!!!

[@greggorup1234]

Great Great Album

[@bandfromtheband9445]

They were ALL the mighty XTC!! Terry's muscles are greatly missed!

[@ThePineColonel]

... and, at the end of the clip of Swindon's finest, a snatch of 'Reward' by Teardrop Explodes, the video for which was filmed in Avonmouth/Bristol, UK. These were the reasons to love that era.

[@PAISLEYTIES1968]

As last comment .. ...looks like its down to me to give my son exposure to decent music! Was envious of 60s teenagers for their choice of music, but looking back the early 80s was a 'golden age' also.These days even XFM play the same four songs all day! Feel genuine sympathy for new talent as they cant get any decent airplay

[@lmw.5628]

Whoa. I was just a little kid in '81 but always have wondered why XTC never seemed to be properly supported and appreciated by Virgin. What a shame!!

[@batmasterson5332]

Richard Branson didn't get a return on his investment like he imagined. Where's me shekels blarney!

[@wangdangdoodie]

Branson was looking for something a little quirky, like Mike Oldfield. Instead he got the very quirky XTC, and Virgin didn't really have a clue what to do with them. The fact that they gave up touring didn't help matters.

[@Malkmusianful]

@@wangdangdoodie not just that, but XTC signed a bad deal that, when Virgin finally got some money for English Settlement, Skylarking, and Oranges and Lemons (they had big hits on them when pop radio began to embrace the nascent alternative rock genre), the band got jack. It got to the point where Colin and Dave had to work as parking attendants just to make enough money to survive - Andy at least could make money by being a songwriter-for-hire.

[@dalriadaskillen]

Terry’s drumming makes this song.

[@rsmko]

Swap Shop, not Wap. And ppl stop moaning about lip-sync miming. A very common method for TV appearances, sheesh. So they don't have to be concerned about mxing the sound. Play the recorded audio, quick in and out.

[@xtcpino]

WOW. JUST WOW.

[@101Volts]

@Stube437 Its not stage fright exactly, He has touring fright. He was touring and recording music for five years without a break.

[@kennyjohnson7887]

What a great track.. Lip sink or not, good stuff!!

[@xtstevie]

Our Terry Chambers doesn't do mime drums eh...... Class

[@canturgan]

It's funny that this was on a TV show for the under 12's, would that be on Saturday morning telly now? Perhaps not.

[@PlanetoftheDeaf]

And that they were able to perform an album track as well as the current hit Sgt Rock.

[@CarlDraper]

Miming of course but still interesting, and great track :)

[@InParticularNobody]

TC isn't miming :) He's whacking ten types of shyte out of that kit.

[@johnstairs]

Andy could never mime bless him

[@welshtoro3256]

All part of the music business but a brilliant song nonetheless. I love them. You're doing a grand job egidio.

[@josejones7025]

Black Sea changed my life

[@101Volts]

There's also an interview clip that took place (In the broadcast) just prior to this mimed performance. In it, One or two kids called the band on the telephone but I haven't seen it for over a year. Also, Andy was being rather joking with his guitar at one point for that broadcast/recording.

[@wannyyydilliamsss]

what!? Is this real!? I can't believe XTC performed on a kids TV show. I don't know any adults that have heard this song, let alone kids.

[@richardgale4827]

Terry just beamed in from Star Trek.

[@PV-pu5iu]

Waooooooooo.

[@olikane530]

great song n performance as per usual with the fruitful XTC...but wherez Colin Moulding ?'😐😀

[@InParticularNobody]

@DavidRavenMoon Dead right! And in my mind's eye, he was hidden behind some monster prog-rock 1970's uber-drumkit, but nope there he is with a 'beat-group' type set up, making it sound like a beast.

[@KitCurranRadioShow]

They would have been better doing it on Tiswas, which had a bigger student audience.

[@101Volts]

What happened to the Interview clip that was on here before? :/ (Can't remember if you uploaded it or not...)

[@101Volts]

I had wrote this: "@Stube437 Its not stage fright exactly, He has touring fright. He was touring and recording music for five years without a break." Well, is it touring fright or not? I read he wrote that he doesn't have stage fright. He _was_ touring and such for five years without a break though.

[@josefizquierdo6139]

"Paper...Iron...Computers...I-phones"

[@olikane530]

Hahaha am giving a comment AnD per len ty of likes to various peeps out there who also appreciate the wonderful CTC..some of the comments I've given likes are 8 years old !!! 😐

[@danbrockettDOP]

Guess this director hadn't yet learned that Colin had the pretty boy looks. Not really even a single CU of him. Good lip syncing by Andy, Dave beating up that Firebird and Terry going nuts on the skins. Good stuff even though it was a lip sync.

[@Leaddevo]

Its no wonder XTC had issueswith Virgin when it came o promoting ther stff. This was a (Bad) kids program on a saturday morning. Can you thnk of a song that would conect less with the under 12s?

[@bandfromtheband9445]

Surely, that's not Dave Gregory on guitar, is it?

[@NotoriousHEB]

That's clearly not him! Who is it?? I like the way he bobs around.

[@greggorup1006]

It is

[@monkeytrousers]

Pretty much musically more advanced version of The Kinks. Seriously. With more astute lyrics.

[@wangdangdoodie]

Ray Davies only really wrote a couple of songs, then just kept re-writing them!

[@jamesbelljr7987]

No Terry Chambers,no XTC

[@jussikankinen9409]

Jesus likes

[@nathanandnickSherbetImage]

Mimed

[@ThePineColonel]

Yep. UK shows did lots of that in the olden days 😄

[@imbwildrd3693]

Is that Dave Gregory bouncing around on stage? Doesn't seem like him. Could that be a different guitarist? A temp stand in?

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

Welcome to COvid-19

[@creepystares9853]

this quasi punk band doing lip syncing to an awesome song is amusing. love me my xtc.

[@wweebbeerrnn]

Two years before Metallica, XTC were almost doing trash metal, the percusive sound of guitars and drums in unison ...

[@slaugmromni6743]

Love this band, love this song. But this “performance” is completely worthless.

[@greggorup1006]

You are a fool.

[@ThePineColonel]

No it's not, it's of its time, they bring their own flavour to the party. Yes it's a bit of fluff, but fun.

[@josejones7025]

It’s the full on XTC. Dave Gregory Terry Chambers Andy and Colin who is stage center