XTC - Respectable Street

[@digidrum2003]

When Black Sea album came out my brother and i use to blast respectable street on his car stereo system,2 10" subwoofers, 4 6x9" for mids and highs ,bi amplification and stand alone electronic crossover ,this was 1985 and in Texas rap music was in full bloom or boom if you will,but we would blow every car off the road with XTC !!!!Those were the days!! Not many people in Texas that we knew of were listining to XTC,but we flew the flag with pride and still do!!!

[@TerryCrodgedy]

Rack Em ... nice 1

[@Brewzerr]

Black Sea came out in 1980.

[@beandipcartography]

Saw them w/ the Police in Dallas, 1980. My brother and I did the same thing - 1969 El Camino. Them were the days !

[@KennethLongelc]

Andy Partridge is truly a genius 😊.

[@stephenlisson1994]

Listen to Colin's bass. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!! This band were so good live. Saw them in Hamilton Ontario Canada, back in the early 80's. GREAT CONCERT.

[@mattburns1d3]

Good lord this is ferocious.

[@charleschauffe4350]

The best band of the last 42-43 years!

[@jawoody9745]

You guys were such a great live Band, Andy!!!!! Dammit!

[@pfliegaphonic]

Thanks Mark for posting ALL of these Music War clips. I saw this when I was a teenager on late nite TV, and it blew my mind. The quality and variety of the performances is simply beautiful. Thanks.

[@kentborges5114]

XTC shredded it...LOVE THEM.

[@r7coo]

One of my favourite Xtc songs , it also would seamlessly fit onto Modern Life is Rubbish by Blur

[@RayasNegroOvejas]

Or Parklife (like Tracy Jacks)

[@TJByrnesAudioVisual]

Have you heard the Blur tracks produced by Andy?

[@maryreilly5102]

Richard Cooper I immediately thought of London Loves by Blur!

[@KhalDrogo76]

One of the all time greatest fn bands!!!!

[@TheVampirePredator]

Andy: Getting the crowd amped up. Also Andy: I have stage fright...

[@SharpTac]

Damn this is good! Thanks for posting.

[@paulcastillo4881]

Everytime I see footage of XTC performing, it's hard to believe that Andy had such a fear of performing. I sure would like to get ahold of the pills he had to take in order to take the stage.

[@Brewzerr]

Valium? Pretty easy to get hold of. Or something similar like Xanax or Klonopin. Commonly prescribed for anxiety.

[@jussikankinen9409]

Praying is better but needs brain

[@saraphinn]

THIS ALBUM!!

[@davidellis5141]

Great musicians , To Bad Andy did not have his 💊 situation in order.

[@thewilythylacine]

Great clip.

[@jamesbelljr7987]

Terry Chambers...enough said

[@trevorlack1726]

the first song to use the gated reverb drum sound. and a template for blur! wish the beeb hadn't banned it.should've seen xtc be more successful in their home country

[@mrdomofan56]

Andy is awesome

[@josefizquierdo6139]

👍 XTC 👍

[@targetedindividual808]

Can't believe Andy suffers from stage fright. I remember he cancelled dates on the "Drums and Wires" tour because of anxiety.

[@101Volts]

That seems like it was in Late 1979 - Early 1980. It was probably December, though - I saw a photo of him just sitting on the side of the stage from that month. That's the first I heard of him canceling dates, though. See, his wife tossed his Valium in November 1979, and he was dependent on it in HANDFULLS. When the dates were canceled, he was probably going through withdrawals. I don't mean minor ones, though; he said he was having muscle spasms, and he'd forget how to play guitar. He even had at least one bout of amnesia in early February 1980, wondering "Who are those people in that bus there, and who am I?" I judged the date by the location he described, and the weather on that day being cold and wintry.

[@raimywinter2309]

So grand

[@lamha228]

マイクまで食ってしまいそうな勢い。。。

[@101Volts]

I know his case has been called stage fright but Is that really what happened?

[@quentinoverlord8610]

A ndy should stop complaining about his lack of money get the band back together and make a fortune from live work, XTC fans would glady pay top dollar to see them play live.

[@dirtydave2691]

Yes we would.

[@gogoyubari366]

I love rap music, Beyonce and Chinese food. This will be written as my epitaph.

[@jamesbelljr7551]

This had to be made before Andy P.got stage fright, you say how is that so?...well he is on stage o.k. bye! He had a breakdown and would not perform live...shame because they were a great band,but they still put out some good albums .

[@Vpmatt]

He used valium to deal with it. The live performing ended when his wife threw away his supply in 1982.

[@101Volts]

They also didn't get paid any money for five years of touring and literally never got a break from touring and recording music at the time. Or that's what I've heard.

[@101Volts]

Andy tweeted that when he was taken off valium he had memory loss and his muscles wouldn't work for playing guitar.

[@garycrawford2019]

how much they where not to no respect

[@garycrawford2019]

xtc 89 adicked

[@CraigSpannier]

the album version doesnt cut it

[@debbiedodson6256]

Gods love XTC but this is from The 80 s. I doubt we could name one person who wasn't using something. Lmao

[@jussikankinen9409]

Masses are asses

[@garycrawford2019]

NH crescent LSD