XTC - The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead

[@PatriceChristian]

To all the teenagers who have commented that they love XTC, Squeeze, and Crowded House/Split Enz: You have brilliant taste in music and I am glad you're alive to carry on the good stuff! That is all.

[@deanbrady2841]

Fuck don't think a lot of teenagers will be listening to crowded house or telling folk about it haha

[@peterzang]

Ditto

[@davecoalwood9487]

Don't fuck about- Great Band!!!

[@101Volts]

If you like XTC and early Split Enz, I have a challenge for those unfamiliar with this group I'm about to say: the challenge is, listen to *Cardiacs.* But if you start with "Tarred and Feathered" (listen to the whole thing if you do start it,) you might be thoroughly confused *and* polarized. But if you start with "R.E.S." then you might be surprised, but not jarringly.

[@yogibear250]

Simple great music ❤

[@pmackmcglade4663]

XTC are one of the best bands ever to have never become globally famous. Andy Partridge is a bona fide genius.

[@spankynater4242]

XTC *is* one of the best bands…

[@pmackmcglade4663]

@@spankynater4242 Mr. Pedantic. Well done.

[@63Baggies]

Criminally underrated - IMHO. Listening to bands like Cake and Smashmouth you'll hear their influence; even if those bands (both excellent) aren't aware.

[@TinaNewtonwrites]

@@spankynater4242it’s different for British English. OP is still correct

[@spankynater4242]

@@TinaNewtonwrites Not actually, I read a grammar book written by a Brit, and he said it wasn't proper English. XTC is a single unit, so the singular verb "is" should be used. And while I'm at it, he also said "whilst" and "amongst" were technically proper, but not preferred. So there you go, Bob's your uncle.

[@Waylander_Tone]

I never realised until today that the Crash Test Dummies version was a cover, had never heard of XTC before but will be checking out more of their stuff after this

[@KnowledgeSeeker78491]

I actually went to that one first and was like, “This ain’t the song I remembered”😂😂😂

[@scottdehaan5864]

Same here

[@christophermaclachlan2694]

Dear God is another good one by XTC. They took a lot of heat for it back in the 80's.

[@eyemknotstoopid]

This song gives me chills every time I hear it. That harmonica and the guitar tones with his voice and the story he's weaving. So damn good. Hooray for XTC.

[@MiklosKov]

You’re not the only one.

[@leeseaman6068]

XTC must be one of the most underrated bands ever.

[@katiemanning3761]

Lee Seaman Totally agree.

[@leeseaman6068]

Yes, they broke new ground in music too as well as cleverly synthesizing the influences of The Beatles and The Beach boys in their songs.

[@hankhardigan1104]

+Lee Seaman You're not kidding

[@leeseaman6068]

I'm glad you agree Hank

[@hankhardigan1104]

Lee Seaman You'd have to add the Kinks to the Beatles and Beach Boys. I'd also throw in Elvis Costello during XTC's new wave period

[@LOOKN450]

I will never understand how this band did not rule the charts ... They simply buried 98% of whatever else came out in the eighties ...

[@ofer941]

They’re too good for us

[@pauljustice5410]

I don't understand it either. But this song was released in 1994.

[@goctagonrecovery3270]

@@pauljustice5410 1992* the cover by Crash Test Dummies was 1994

[@justmadeit2]

Remember their song generals and majors? Well I created a vid to go with that song, please see it, just type in this to see it….Generals and Majors Anti War

[@SJ-un9dy]

The should rule the world let alone charts

[@mkultra2300]

Still keeping us on our knees nearly 50 years later.

[@spankynater4242]

I wish we were still just on our knees. Now they’ve got us facedown on the pavement with their jackboots on our necks.

[@afisemenaborevlaka48]

@@spankynater4242 It can only get worse.

[@spankynater4242]

@@afisemenaborevlaka48 We keep fighting the good fight.

[@afisemenaborevlaka48]

@@spankynater4242 Always.

[@KL-zg7lu]

Almost like these hypnosis experiments were used to trick people out or something.... Like grooming people to be sex trafficked. Ultra stupid.

[@elsoda]

Extremely extremely extremely underrated song, extremely extremely extremely underrated band.

[@thekenzosh]

elsoda not to mention the lyrics

[@angelagak399]

Agree wholeheartedly

[@toddsalvati5694]

So very true. Just a really talented band.

[@RRBTZ]

Elsoda, they were the greatest pop band that ever existed....period.

[@jamescarr4662]

I mean, isn't everything that exists on this planet and uploadable to youtube described in the comments section as 'underrated'? Look up anything. It's very weird ....

[@barbedwiretumbleweed]

Andy Partridge is a genius.

[@MrAdamNTProtester]

I bet he'd prefer to just be acknowledged as an exceptionally bright person with mad integrity & morality... I would wager he loves Jesus & considers himself an ENGLISHman... after all its the guys who massacred JFK & his brother Robert who are the demons aka touched by 'genuis'!

[@aeronovus]

@@MrAdamNTProtester Take your meds boomer.

[@avi_s0ncin0]

@@MrAdamNTProtester sorry to burst your bubble but have you ever heard the songs “Dear God” and “Travels in Nihilon” by XTC?…..i don’t know about the Jesus part bud 💀

[@geroffmilan3328]

@@aeronovus boomer huh? - like all the OG fans of this band - or the band themselves.... even though their parents were the boomers... 🤔 Yeah. That other comment was mad, but you played yourself with your dumb reply.

[@mcsuibhne005]

@@aeronovus You're commenting on a device made by a 'boomer'. They've also contributed to the warming of the planet, meaning we'll be toastie for years to come, something which your myopic stereotyping clearly ignores. In essence, they're way cooler than thou.

[@AndySalinger33]

Man! Those drums are just relentless! Tasty bass line, cool guitar runs, and excellent harmonies... What more can one ask of a popsong?! Perfection!

[@robbocop33r12]

Yep, i'm just listening to this with little mobile phone headphones on my phone and that's the best drum production and bass i've heard, that kick drum! :-)

[@EarthAirFireWaterSpirit]

Andy Trullinger wouldn’t call it Pop , its alternative...

[@russfrancis4220]

AND... AND!!! TRUTHFUL LYRICS! FUCKIN" ILLUMINATTI!

[@jean-marieboucherit4716]

Genius maybe?

[@allangmiller]

Drums by Dave Mattacks, more usually playing with folky outfit Fairport Convention.

[@electr0metalpr0cy0n]

Great song. Need more people like this. Enemies of the people who would keep us on our knees...

[@woodjunkjrjr2689]

Trump is the new Peter! MAGA

[@electr0metalpr0cy0n]

@@woodjunkjrjr2689 Hope whoever wins the election declassifies the free energy tech and UFO truth as JFK was trying to do. Interesting whistleblowers coming forward at the minute, so hopefully only a matter of time until we get the truth.

[@4wd2051]

​@@woodjunkjrjr2689 someone like trump is literally the antithesis of the character of Peter

[@woodjunkjrjr2689]

@@4wd2051 We'll see, I think he's fun.😂

[@victorfuray6821]

Perhaps, one of the best bands of that era. Memorable music, lyrically outstanding and XTC had character in spades. Everything they produced was immaculately produced and delivered. Never get tired of listening to XTC. Pity that now we never see anything even remotely like this.

[@ethanoppenheim404]

Totally agreed

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Sad that this was one of their most known songs, and it was on their last album.

[@tinfoilhatter]

what? last album? wrongo in the congo!

[@cezarrobertodasilvaacosta8929]

PMPPAmlmM SÓ através o9

[@julosx]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 It wasn't their last album, but their last good album.

[@eeepee842]

One of my favorite bands growing up in the 80s. 80s version of the Beatles. Great songwriting and catchy tunes. XTC was underrated.

[@WarrenCromartie2]

XTC deserved to be massive. Incredible song writers and musicians.

[@stevieray56]

Andy Partridge explains how a Halloween jack-o-lantern that he decided to keep around after the holiday by impaling it on a fencepost near his recording studio fired up his creative juices. “Yeah, so I’d see the rotting head, and I started to think, ‘What did he do to deserve to be executed - to be put on a spike on Traitor’s Gate here? He did nothing wrong. He was kind of perfect.’” “And then I thought, ‘Hmmm, what would happen if there was somebody on Earth who was kind of perfect?’ I just started to extrapolate on that idea, and really mess around with it in a kind of Dylanesque way. I thought, ‘Why don’t I come up with ‘The Ballad of’ - the ballad of somebody who’s pretty much perfect?’ And the more I thought about it, the more I thought, ‘God, they’d make so many enemies!’ You know, if they really encouraged humanity and humaneness and love and sharing and giving, they would really piss off so many people in power, that those people in power would do everything they could to stop them, including killing them!” While Bob Dylan may have been an inspiration to Partridge when writing, he and his band played the song more as an energetic romp than a balladic dirge, with a recording featuring booming drums, jangly guitar, and frisky harmonica. The tale begins with Peter coming to town and immediately making a difference by “spreading wisdom and cash around.” He also makes sure that his largesse goes to the right place, unlike, Partridge implies, certain religious institutions: “Fed the starving and housed the poor/Showed the Vatican what gold’s for.” Peter’s speeches lure the masses from their places of worship (“Emptied churches and shopping malls”) for a simple reason that’s almost counterintuitive in today’s cynical society: “Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth.” Naturally this brings discomfort to those who have already achieved power, but their efforts to damage his reputation fail miserably: “Plots and sex scandals failed outright/Peter merely said, ‘Any kind of love is all all right.” But these “enemies” “who would keep us on our knees” are not to be denied, as the final verse sadly makes clear. Peter ends up crucified, but, as Partridge’s final lines suggest, his impact reverberates throughout the populace: “He died grinning on live TV/Hanging there he looked a lot like you and an awful lot like me.” Although the song’s video makes explicit visual references to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Partridge has insisted in various interviews that the lyrics are more fable than fact. What’s certain is that XTC’s “The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead” implies that unbridled honesty in front of the masses is a one-way ticket to martyrdom....

[@tinfoilhatter]

well said! gee, who do we know of nowadays, who seems to have made too many enemies...haha! plots and sex scandals failed outright! so far, anyways!

[@spongo]

If you are trying to equate the congenital liar Donald Trump with Peter Pumpkinhead, you have: a) clearly missed the message of the song; and b) have no idea what the meaning of "truth" is.

[@95thFoot]

@@spongo "Well, what is 'truth', if ya follow me..."- --LIONEL HUTZ

[@Dancon7]

tinfoilhatter “Well said”?... they are clearly quoting an article.

[@blainwilson7937]

@Jordan Erdos Trump has been basically crucified by everyone and he's still working tirelessly for the people.

[@m4s214]

No matter what time or situation I'm in, as long as I'm listening to this song and the "nonsuch" album, I feel like I can make it through. Thanks XTC!!!

[@StephenFrasier]

XTC is one of the greatest bands of all time, and it is a damn shame that XTC is not widelye recognized. All one has to do is pay close attention to their songs from Skylarking, English Settlement, and other albums to see what XTC is capable of. The music is staggering in its power to move the listener emotionally, not to mention the technical skills of these musicians -- especially for lovers of acoustic guitar.

[@63Baggies]

They're in a great tradition of 'the thinking song writer' The Kinks, The Who, Ian Dury and Blockheads, Elvis Costello, Suede, the Beatles (to a certain extent the Stones) Blur and Oasis etc,,,great thought provoking music and cracking lyrics....I really miss these guys.

[@ebonidickson6251]

You gotta know we are in a bad state of affairs when you can watch this video and it makes you cry." What kinda bullshit world are we in these days exactly? Post 2020?

[@secretsaltshake]

We will get through this, as long as good people still listen to XTC 🤙 HUG YOUR ENEMIES

[@Dreyno]

I’m from the future. It gets worse. Much worse. There’s a ray of light though. Roll on 2021.

[@robzilla730]

It's only gonna get worse after 1/20/21

[@Dreyno]

@@robzilla730 I’m sure Trump will get worse. But nobody has to listen any more because he got his ass handed to him in the election. Only President in history to lose the popular vote twice. Pathetic.

[@robzilla730]

@@Dreyno I'm talking about Harris/Biden, Einstein. So you're ok with voter fraud? Btw, the economy's gonna take a HUGE shit next year because they'll keep the lockdown going. They like control. You're ok with that? Oh, they're gonna get us in another war so they can blame the economic collapse on that instead of their lockdown.

[@andrewoboyle5592]

Not only amazingly astute lyrics, the song itself is a masterpiece. However, for me, it is the video imagery and symbolism that binds it all together. This is quality that stands the test of time. So proud I bought into XTC way back when!

[@jaymythxxxx]

The line ''Hanging there he looked a lot like you, and an awful lot like me'' brings a lump to my throat every time I hear it (whether it be Andy Partridge or Ellen Reid singing it).

[@OttoMattak]

Same here, James. There's just something about that line. Dunno if (as a happily married man to the woman of my dreams) that makes me gay, but really who gives a shit.

[@geroffmilan3328]

I've covered this song a few times live, and I always choke up at that line; it's potent - even if Andy was being kinda facetious with the entire concept 😁

[@deborahlincoln-strange622]

Me too. Makes me cry.

[@deanbrady2841]

Absolutely agree 👍

[@miscellaneousetc.4280]

It does the same to me. This songs has amazing lyrics. But what was that comment up there about being gay? For crying? I don't understand that one

[@James-if3kc]

Holy shit, I can't believe I'm just now finding out that this song was originally by XTC. I've known the Crash Test Dummies' version for almost 30 years because of Dumb and Dumber. I never knew it was a cover. Now I feel dumber than dumb. :(

[@sanjulienne]

Brilliantly catchy tune with a cleverly subversive message, Andy Partridge does it again!

[@tinfoilhatter]

i know, right? i want them to get back together, just long enough to make another record, or, y'know, whatever people use nowadays!

[@jimcusack6742]

lots of pop songs have great tunes. not many have great tunes and great lyrics. Andy Partridge a pop genius!

[@michaelfranklin4276]

July 13th, 2024.

[@ediann]

XTC is one of the most influential bands in my lifetime and I’m a Beatles generation fan born in 1961. I’m also born two days before President JFK was inaugurated.

[@neorich59]

Wow. The only version of this I'd heard, up to now was The Crash Test Dummies version, which I assumed that they'd written. I love that version, but having heard this. I loved a lot of XTC that I heard in the 80's but I'm determined to check out more of their stuff!

[@joeardinger3185]

this song is like a missing Bible story. It may be more relevant today than ever. It's a brilliant piece of songwriting.

[@658magnus]

I used to listen to the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack every day, all day when I was about 11 years old back in 1995. Now fast forward to 2021 when I discover XTC. Hearing this song again for the first time in 25 years or so, but in it's original form and knowing it's this "new" awesome band that wrote that ditty from way back is just something else.

[@TaigaTurf]

Great movie.. great soundtrack 👍

[@arthurd.dodger9784]

OH MY GOD, this is the most brilliant interpretation of music that I have heard. To anyone willing to challenge the bullsh*t we are fed by our own government, this sums it all up. Thank you, XTC, for this gift......

[@RB-fg7ey]

Right on.

[@colinwilkes8957]

Can you imagine any of the shite acts we have to endure now making music this powerful and truthful? Think not,love Andy and XTC.

[@someguy6651]

@@2dawgsmiked684 comparing trump to Kennedy is like comparing dog shit to rich soil, yeah they're both brown but that's about all they share in common.

[@someguy6651]

@@johncoker13 bringing ths flag, something that is extremely intertwined with punk culture, trump threatened to ban it and have it be a jail able offence.

[@johncoker13]

@@someguy6651 there's different things that are Punk to different people . I've been told by someone recently ...if you don't know what "getting your WINGS " are Then Your Not Punk . That is absurd , one thing that I find is a common thread is being different and going against the grain and that is Without a DOUBT TRUMP . He's Punk.

[@63keithernet]

I am proud to share a surname with Andy Partridge. I've been a fan of XTC for years. My ancestors came from north of London almost 200 years ago. I'd like to think we share ancestors.

[@georgefraser7143]

I'm fkn sick of people saying XTC were underrated, who gives a hoot, they were brilliant that's all I care about. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jasonpeters9865]

Lol..^^^ failed post

[@CablesComics]

Still here in 2020! Great music like this never dies or gets old.

[@wellingtonpereiraalves9239]

Muito som de 1992. Hoje eu com 41 anos só relembrando a boa música que nunca fica ruim. 22/11/19.

[@moretoknowshow1887]

I first discovered this song via the Crash Test Dummy cover, then found the original. Seriously both are solid, but this one is much, much more meaningful to me..

[@lesliegooch7565]

This was the song that really made me fall for XTC, and Andy Partridge. The whole of Nonsuch us just brilliant.

[@PlutoGang9]

What a ripe time today for this song. Pray for Peter Pumpkinhead.Please

[@Greg_FOReST]

Wonderful song. Great harmonies. So well written..XTC were truly underrated 👍 Chippy's studio finest export

[@kzinful]

Greetings from Dallas, TX : Message received Message Understood Thank you Andy

[@Bibrons57]

Loved XTC ever since Science Friction and This Is Pop. From emergent brilliance to established yet underrated excellence. Without doubt the best thing to ever come out of Swindon!

[@nicolaburgess203]

beautiful song from a brilliant band

[@nicolaburgess203]

I agree

[@ethanoppenheim404]

Definitely

[@ethanoppenheim404]

lol you agreed to yourself

[@the_ultracheese67]

I know this is about JFK, but the lyrics of this remind me more of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, or at least the way their supporters view them

[@burgzbb558]

Had no idea that this was an original song covered by the Crash Test Dummies. Glad I found this, I like this version better.

[@OthO67]

"The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead" Peter Pumpkinhead came to town Spreading wisdom and cash around Fed the starving and housed the poor Showed the vatican what gold's for But he made too many enemies Of the people who would keep us on our knees Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead? Oh my! Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all Emptied churches and shopping malls Where he spoke, it would raise the roof Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth But he made too many enemies... Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame Governments who would slur his name Plots and sex scandals failed outright Peter merely said Any kind of love is alright But he made too many enemies... Peter Pumpkinhead was too good Had him nailed to a chunk of wood He died grinning on live TV Hanging there he looked a lot like you And an awful lot like me! But he made too many enemies... Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead Oh my oh my oh! Doesn't it make you want to cry oh?

[@DanielRobinsongoodphx]

Flesh Robe yeah, I know. Lol. :)

[@MacSoundSolutions]

Andy did a record signing in NYC on 72nd and broadway, it was not Tower but another chain can’t remember. He signed my copy of Nonsuch and I told him how I saw them with the Police in Austin Texas, Andy “ I remember that show it was my birthday” it was 1982 English Settlement tour I believe but they did a lot of Black Sea, they were the best live band I had ever seen.

[@Scripter555]

XTC is one of the most under rated bands in music history - shame - they were bloody brilliant!

[@bobbaxter952]

I live in Leven in Scotland,i was visiting a coastal town along from me called Anstruther a few.years ago.Was walking past a town hall/church and there was a poster on the door of this church with XTC live on it??I was a huge fan at the time, i just looked at this poster,the obscure location i was at and just shook my head at the poster and said to my self no,it couldn't be!! To this day i still never knew if it was actually them lol.

[@Skinsfan597]

God, I love this song.

[@CactusJackSlade]

WOW!... so after 35+ years of listening to this song and had my own "mental video" all these years. I just saw this video. SO.... Per Pumkinhead is JFK??!.... just WOW!

[@faithnelson2013]

i always thought it was about jesus only. this was an eye opener for me.

[@FirelightFictionProd]

I always thought it was mostly about JFK. It's pretty clear in the lyrics. Though it's also an amalgamation, just as U2 said Sunday Bloody Sunday wasn't just about events in Ireland, but other places in the world also dealing with violent unrest.

[@faithnelson2013]

@@FirelightFictionProd i had never seen the video prior to making my comment, only grew up loving the song and band, but as i look again, there is quite a bit of christian iconography in the video and lyrics.

[@101Volts]

The song's not that old. It was released in 1992, 28 years ago. The song's about anyone who fits the description, though.

[@pearlprl]

I just found out about this band today, I wish I knew about them sooner, this band is awesome.

[@rounietso]

QUEEEÉ TEMÓN! LA CANCIÓN MÁS GLORIOSA QUE HAYA PODIDO ESCUCHAR. SALUDOS Y GRACIAS POR TENER ESTA JOYA.

[@DWNicolo]

I always laugh at the fact that MTV censored this video because of the Kennedy references.

[@seanemmettfullerton]

Wow, really?! That's sad...

[@corey-bird3489]

@@seanemmettfullerton Why would they censor that?

[@seanemmettfullerton]

@@corey-bird3489 (sigh) I honestly don't know. Giant corporate sponsors underwrite cable tv and primetime, so if THEY don't like your video or program, you're cut, no discussion. The Kennedy family made a lot of enemies on both sides of the law... (especially the mafia), and most conservatives hated them with an absolute passion.

[@DWNicolo]

@@corey-bird3489didn’t want to piss off the Kennedy clan.

[@corey-bird3489]

@@DWNicolo Don’t say a bad word when you can say a good word

[@KL-zg7lu]

Peter Pumpkin head would probably like to take a vacation.

[@jungleman2625]

Love this song because it points the finger without saying names. RIP JFK.

[@Fuzydragon1337]

Holy Jesus. Peter Pumpkinhead seems alot like Jesus and Kennedy fused into one. He must have been one of the best humans ALIVE. Also XTC is amazingly talented, especially considering what passes for music today

[@davrulesdawurld]

Well the video is pretty heavy handed

[@kellyb3138]

Wow! I was never even familiar with XTC- though I had heard Senses Working Overtime.... which is meh. The other day I heard Making Plans for Nigel, and I am obsessed with that awesome song....so I searched it up on YT and let it play some additional videos. And here I am realizing THIS song (which I found on the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack by CTD) is actually an XTC song....Mind blown. Just blown...

[@justmadeit2]

Senses working overtime is not Meh !

[@hawkcob6349]

Kelly B Wha? Sense working overtime is an awesome tune as was much of the other XTC tunes.

[@hawkcob6349]

Jim Taylor perhaps her musical taste is meh! LOL! In the context of the time, XTC were out there as a very early alternative who had a very unique musical brand and quality.

[@brianhainsworth9967]

XTC…our best kept secret! The world was asleep!

[@kevinsodyelias9740]

* Wow! AMAZING song! LOVE it! I'm presuming this is about the tragic death of President JFK. 💙🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@martianshoes]

The best sounding bunch of nihilist’s I’ve ever heard.

[@danieldaly6794]

LJY08, I was late to the table with this band too. I bought 'Oranges and Lemons' and worked my way back. And then forward with 'Nonsuch' and the 'Apple Venus' and 'Wasp Star' albums. A late in life discovery.

[@yusufbarry3931]

Wow! I'm 38 never heard of these...amazing sounds

[@lupodelupis3672]

it's never too late ;)

[@GMEOK]

I been listening to these guys since the mid 70's as a kid. Love their songs. Their music got a lonely young kid threw some hard and difficult times. They never will get old, one of the best!

[@jfdavenport]

The bassline makes me want to go out and buy a bass!

[@richardconnold8060]

If you think that's good, check out Moulding's bass work on ACROSS THIS ANTHEAP.

[@ChrisColeChicago]

Pretty much all of Colin's basslines.

[@mrkittengaming7735]

This song and making plans for Nigel were two of my favourite songs growing up. Thanks, Dad.

[@SilverfoxJB]

The words, the music, the band - genius. So little success for so much amazing talent. Proves the music business is bullshit

[@reptilez]

One of the best of the best of the best of the best....

[@chrisadie1432]

Makes me proud to be a fellow Swindonian 👊

[@Bubblemation]

Masterpiece more relevant than ever.

[@Oneinall81]

This has to be one of the most visually powerful videoclips ever.

[@MrAdamNTProtester]

Music with an extremely important message... no one is going to stand in front of JESUS & say well I didn't know there was nothing I could do about it... while everyone who does do something about it gets run over & everyone stands on the sidelines scrambling for their cornbread crumb

[@joanjett8814]

This is my new favorite song ever... I just love the vibe and vocals .. too cool

[@shaman5150]

Una de las bandas mas influyentes que hayan existido. Crearon casi todos los elementos que conformaron un estilo musical, sin ser reconocidos. Un ejemplo muy parecido en el rock, es la banda estadounidense KingsX.

[@davidg.9932]

XTC are from Swindon. I've never been to Swindon, Penhill Council Estate. But Andy once said "the community as being populated almost entirely by people with physical, mental or emotional defects". That explains the life experience of the members and their lyrics.

[@cucurucho1961]

there were a few classic albums by "british" bands in the 90s, teenage fanclub did "grand prix", xtc did "nonsuch", totally different but absolute pieces of art!

[@MrAdamNTProtester]

ENGLISH band dude..... please

[@VanirTraditionalist]

Supergrass - I Should Coco is distinctively English.

[@thomasfowler4431]

Abbey road of the nineties. You can play the whole album without jumping around

[@dasomen]

I've been looking for this song for almost 30 years ! I only heard it one time when I was a teen and never saw orheard it again, I couldn't remember the lyrics, name of the band/song, only a few details about the video. I tried using AI and none could find anything about this song from the 90's with the vocalist wearing round glasses and the JFK related imagery, till today. I used Google's hum to search and finally that little part of the chorus that I remembered did the trick. Thank you Google for putting an end to this 30 year earworm!😭

[@caroltan8257]

Congrats!!! ❤❤

[@donbennett3835]

XTC Rocks! They put on an excellent performance.

[@staceygraham7661]

Yes. Most under-rated band ever during my time. Definitely has a message. I love them. Very emotional and true.

[@Nike34285]

Nossa,como gosto dessa música...ouvi muito quando era adolescente...

[@amazinghangover4233]

That is so, so, so, effing good. Every bit of it. They need to come out of retirement.

[@davecoalwood9487]

Fucking unbelievable song and Band.

[@sharonmcelhaney8567]

XTC versus Adam Ant--Long Live TMBG!

[@leovogelsong4287]

Love these guys ,always have ! Probably one of the most underrated of all time !

[@proculusjulius7035]

I always thought this song was by Crash Test Dummies, I'm happy to know it's from XTC. I love this band and yes I agree with most of the comments, it's a very underrated band.

[@joelhassig6099]

This song makes me cry.

[@WorldCitizen0011]

Me too

[@dileepanganesan442]

@@WorldCitizen0011 Me too!

[@hopetomlark]

Great song and great message. Until today I didn’t know the meaning! But thanks to Jurassic Carl on X , I do now. 👊👊👊🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️🗡🗡🗡🍀🍀😭

[@alexreissantiago434]

Das canções que marcam a nossa vida para sempre. AMO DEMAIS!

[@othellosmalley7901]

I knew someone would say underrated it was a big hit wen it came out and the video too

[@FabioPagan]

One of the great 90´s songs of all time!

[@iamtomw]

I'm 17 and love xtc I saw squeeze live at cropredy and they were awesome but I also love new music like liquid drum n bass reggae and jungle

[@josemanzur6851]

Nonsuch, grandísimo álbum.

[@JustCrashedIntoAPole]

I'm 15 and I love both XTC and crowded house. Not to much of a squeeze fan, but only heard 1 of their albums.

[@svalchemy]

This is more accurate a theme song than "Fight The Power". Unfortunately.

[@lamfy6838]

One of my favorite bands of all time. I feel so lucky I got to see them live at Hurrah's in NYC before they stopped touring. Brilliant show.

[@kmartinpa]

simply brilliant song, every word and note are perfect (typing thru tears)

[@q2f3]

Maybe it gives just thrilles ..and the sweet catchy tune clash the whole thing. Epic

[@Strings_]

Was trying to argue this was a top 10 Canadian song, then remembered the original.

[@SLOWPOKERODRIGUEZ2]

This video makes way more sense then the dummy's. I had no idea it was a cover 😂

[@dennisfaulk8028]

So the good news is that alot of people got to find the original. If not for Dumb and Dumber not sure would of happened!

[@Alsebra]

Ya know, since the first time I heard both XTC ("Making Plans for Nigel") and CTD ("Superman's Song," "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" (the basis for one of Weird Al's parodies)), I was hooked. In fact, "Making Plans for Nigel" is one of the few videos on this platform that is in my favorites list (I think I've got 86 total)...

[@joannejones1465]

Andy partridge has such an amazing voice.

[@KL-zg7lu]

Peter Pumpkin head supports me in telling you that I've only had two weeks of regular food in four months, and was left with only rice, beans, and oatmeal. I now have malnutrition and a collection of injuries. Send food and help, please.

[@itchiray]

Blessings to whoever put this vid together! Brilliant!

[@dennisfaulk8028]

Love this Song and the Band. Tour the US after this crisis is over. Seattle Poetland or Boise !

[@dennisfaulk8028]

Portland!

[@jasonpeters9716]

Summer of 93...turned 16