"Easter Theatre" is a song by Andy Partridge. It appeared on and was released as a single for the 1999 album Apple Venus Volume 1.
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@benprice623 ай бұрын
Learned about this gem on strong songs podcast. Thanks Kirk!
@Maglude3 ай бұрын
Ah, I see it's also stuck in your head after that episode!
@thekingsservant17934 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest all time bands....what a catalog of songs and albums....breathtaking. Been listening since Drums and Wires and have loved everything so much.....probably my favorite band of all time. You can put their music up against anything it's so good and for so many albums and songs. I'm not sure if I've mentioned how much I love this band...... since 1979....now I am 500 years old but I still love this band today. Most music falls away. Not this....and I STILL can't believe they were not so much huger than they were, with all this talent and all these incredible songs. They should be billionaires. Gold to me.....
@absolutelypositively2 жыл бұрын
Well said King’s Servant! Well said indeed! 👏🏻
@andr333s2 жыл бұрын
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@andr333s2 жыл бұрын
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@tamerry12 жыл бұрын
Ditto!! (The Kings Servant) just what you said!!
@no_talking2 жыл бұрын
I think they were too far ahead of their time
@lunekitten5 ай бұрын
happy easter theatre day everyone
@daveoh135 жыл бұрын
people who don't know about xtc really don't know what they are missing!
@richdelgado34053 жыл бұрын
"Buds will laugh and burst, racing to be first." Freaking genius.
@MythosTheGreat3 жыл бұрын
Have you got any idea what this song is about?
@richdelgado34053 жыл бұрын
@@MythosTheGreat I believe so. It's basically a song about how the earth "rebirths" each spring. Every line is a reference to springtime: critters frolicking, animals gamboling, new growth emerging from the earth. It's a paean to springtime.
@MythosTheGreat3 жыл бұрын
@@richdelgado3405 yeah I thought it was along the lines of that.. its a really great song
@waterloo133 жыл бұрын
@@MythosTheGreat Actually I did not have a real clue until I stumbled on this, where Andy explains it all. Fascinaring stuff! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jma0d51tor6GgsU
@KingMob.3 жыл бұрын
Great lyrics... about Spring.
@kevinmccabe83134 жыл бұрын
Breathtakingly beautiful and sacred song, my favourite XTC song....
@gardenvariety99575 жыл бұрын
Gives me chills every time
@aa-leagueadmin57442 жыл бұрын
Same here. This is pretty much the pinnacle of music for me.
@richwake86475 ай бұрын
Breathtaking.
@shane-porter4 жыл бұрын
I’m here in 2020 to post a critically acclaimed comment. And it is (with great musical insight that I say that this song is) fucking brilliant.
@davidguilfoyle2 жыл бұрын
That comment made me laugh, but it is entirely accurate!
@stevenfullman56463 ай бұрын
I’m here in 24 to confirm your insight: this song is indeed fucking brilliant.
@tinniswood25772 жыл бұрын
One of my "must hear" Easter songs.
@g_ggle-sect.6 ай бұрын
I'd love to hear some of your other "must-hear" Easter songs.
@hailmaryrecordings82552 жыл бұрын
Came to grab this for a Facebook-share , Easter 2022. It’s still brilliant. ☮️
@resistor272 жыл бұрын
Ditto.
@jasonwest22979 ай бұрын
In my thirty five years on this Earth, i've come across two songs that I consider perfect. Acadian Driftwood by The Band, and this one. Absolutely enchanting.
@andyisdead5 жыл бұрын
Gold sun rolls around Chocolate nipple brown Tumble from your arms Like the ground your breasts swell Land awake from sleep Hares will kick and leap Flowers climb erect Smiling from the moist kiss of her rainbow mouth Stage left Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk Stage right Now the son has died, the father can be born Stand up If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke New life, we'd applaud her new life Odin mounts the tree Bleeds for you and me Splashing on the lamb Gamboling with spring step Buds will laugh and burst Racing to be first Turning all the soil As the prompter's fingers through her spinning script Stage left Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk Stage right Now the son has died, the father can be born Stand up If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke New life, we'd applaud her new life Easter... in her bonnet Easter... in her hair Easter... are the ribbons She ties everywhere Stage left Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk Stage right Now the son has died, the father can be born Stand up If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke In her bonnet Easter... everywhere Easter...
@gatasucia59738 жыл бұрын
beautiful...sublime...breathtaking
@amandalust2221 Жыл бұрын
One thing I really love about XTC is their journey and how it shows through their music. Their whole lives are put before us and the variants of genre and era are like chapters in a book-I love them so much. I’ve learned a lot from them. This song really reminds me of that, it’s so sensitive and beautiful but it’s still XTC-Even if things change around us, we must not lose the sense of self and sometimes we gotta let things change us too. It’s really such an amazing and complex thing❤️❤️❤️
@RaysTrack3 жыл бұрын
Country lanes, red phone boxes, dodgy cars - you couldn't get more British than this. Exceptional.
@itchyego8 жыл бұрын
Andy... for the Peace on Earth... Please make more music.... it's the Band Aid to our little Human bruises! :)
@tinfoilhatter4 жыл бұрын
there's-no-other-way, haha, the blur is arguably pretty frickin' awesome, i must say!
@warmswarm4 жыл бұрын
@@tinfoilhatter - What are you blabbering on about?
@tinfoilhatter4 жыл бұрын
@@warmswarm the blur, mate! ''.. yer takin'-the-fun, out-of-ev'rything,,''
@andrewrosen65085 жыл бұрын
One amazing song, a watershed finish. Precious.
@nowisnownowismark8901 Жыл бұрын
So rarely is beautiful melody matched by beautiful poetry
@ianmcardle85194 жыл бұрын
Mr Partridge never ceases to amaze me. Just as I thought I'd heard XTC's best, I heard this.
@Xldldoom02 жыл бұрын
@GxV great reason to. They’re all fantastic. Personally, my fav is Black Sea. But this and Skylarking are joint second, with a very close third being Nonsuch.
@aa-leagueadmin57442 жыл бұрын
They never went bad. They just kept getting better. Bloody awesome. Don't know if any other artists reached these heights...
@absolutelypositively2 жыл бұрын
As always, a cacophony of lovely harmonies, melodies, instruments and interpretations to dwell on. A fine album to close out the 20th century.
@ArbeiterInnenlieder Жыл бұрын
And still not surpassed after 24 years.
@floridaflamingogirl3119 Жыл бұрын
Had to come here today.
@davidrose19864 жыл бұрын
I was 13 when my mum got this album from Andy's Records in 1999. Absolutely love this track, so many happy memories.
@spillledcarryout Жыл бұрын
I just really hope they continue. XTC is too valuable. This song is brave, full bodied, and elegant. It pulls at your soul and, for me at least, reminds of me of who is important in my life.
@joeleigh-corrigan77623 жыл бұрын
Andy Partridge is a flippant genius.
@rundoetx4 жыл бұрын
Awesome. I love ths band and have forever.
@rachelmalmin80075 ай бұрын
If anyone is here today.... happy Easter :-)
@PhilipMurphyExtra Жыл бұрын
A good song for Easter.
@rundoetx4 жыл бұрын
The Apple Venus ablums are my fav XTC and thats saying a lot!!!
@whatsername12293 жыл бұрын
this is so pretty 🥺 i hear heavy beach boys influence here
@SlowVillageBand5 ай бұрын
this band could have been the biggest act on earth
@jamesw1584 ай бұрын
Partridge had stage fright
@SlowVillageBand4 ай бұрын
@@jamesw158 i know, that's why i'm sayin
@elysi25 жыл бұрын
Epic poetry! Just beautiful.
@Jonnysonone5 жыл бұрын
Greatest thing they ever recorded. Everything is ok when I listen tot his.
@tinfoilhatter4 жыл бұрын
no frickin' way, mate! they did so many! fruit nut is right up there with dear god and 'bungalow'! hahaha.. and too many others to blame!! humble daisy was the weirdest thing i'd ever heard, and it was so bold, at the time, i mean it's still frickin' hard to comprehend, the sheer novelty of this crap!! remarkable, to put it very politely! their body of work is growing and breathing still, unlike that of any other so-called act! they added more than a few classes to the idea of class!
@cleverbobby2 жыл бұрын
Strongly disagree. The greatest thing ANYONE ever recorded.
@absolving6 жыл бұрын
bass at 3:25 always gets me
@secallen4 жыл бұрын
Ditto. His bass and vocals are beautiful on this track.
@tinfoilhatter4 жыл бұрын
@Eric Menig heck, colin's the best , alright, along with his mates that is! only he could've did what he done, and i still am diggin' that in the third decade after the turn of the frickin' century, that's no accident, mate!
@laomcaelus2 жыл бұрын
the grip that this song has on me is perpetual
@samhollingsworth88124 жыл бұрын
My favourite song ever...
@fractuss5 ай бұрын
Damn I love this.
@pattardn2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful is all I can say!
@no_talking2 жыл бұрын
This is a damn good song
@cherilyntucker65083 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song!!!! ♥️
@BlueRidgeParkway8 жыл бұрын
amazing every time I listen to it! Thanks for posting :-)
@soph1e3 жыл бұрын
Evil begets evil. It grows. It transmutes, so that sometimes you cannot see that the evil in the world began as the evil in your own home
@user-nn3ou3sq1k7 жыл бұрын
great song!
@michaelbrace82204 жыл бұрын
get chills every time
@he9624 жыл бұрын
It's so orchestral, pagan, introspective, uplifting. Is it the best XTC track?
@christopher91523 жыл бұрын
It's in the top three or four for me for sure
@clarkem41193 жыл бұрын
If you like this one, check out Chalkhills & Children.
@markcorey79173 жыл бұрын
@@clarkem4119 "You're never too far..."
@jayruby36453 жыл бұрын
Whenever I listen to it, yes.
@hecubot2 жыл бұрын
Andy has implied as much.
@tbwatch8811 ай бұрын
I think the change at round 2:20 and ON is one of the most beautiful musical passages ever recorded. is that hyperbolic? no. don't think so. hahaha. xtc and on and on.
@soph1e10 ай бұрын
I keep rewinding to hear Andy’s “hey”
@Dedage6 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!
@cosmicdrifter2875 жыл бұрын
xtc gold.
@michaelbrace82204 жыл бұрын
also a good song
@sung-ryulkim65902 жыл бұрын
such an underrated song...
@tiriri645 жыл бұрын
I love it. It sounds like Martha my dear.
@martincarns29525 жыл бұрын
F....k what's up .where did this emerge.
@dftdty5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to XTC. I'm new too!
@somethingnice74263 жыл бұрын
Amazing.
@dynamicdragoness2 жыл бұрын
masterpiece
@tinfoilhatter4 жыл бұрын
where the heck did this come from! and what the heck-is-it! i like it, whatever it is, i always did, since over twenty years already, and it still sounds weird and new to me now, quite a long departure, so to speak! and i hope he's happy now! where do you go, what do you do when you've already proved yer the greatest songwriter, recording artist, band-leader and iconoclast, for too many decades already... ugh... buy his merch! buy me some, too! sabbadini can tell ya where and how, right-right? respecto!!
@bradhunter713110 ай бұрын
Will Easter Theatre be available on Spotify. Such an epic track needs to be out there for the generations.
@uii_uii10 ай бұрын
できないみたいです😢
@anikaesque54942 жыл бұрын
New favorite song!!!
@thepyschedelicproject30333 жыл бұрын
Happy Easter
@bonzodog68726 жыл бұрын
This is inspired
@HHocker5 жыл бұрын
At least it's upbeat. At least. Always is every time. Always a Good song.
@charlottevincent40963 жыл бұрын
best album ever
@AgentHetfield6 жыл бұрын
Happy Easter! Enjoy the bonfires, make love, have a great time!
@user-gi9rs1mu2i Жыл бұрын
ロックバンドの到達点の曲だと 思う 良すぎる
@hervemertes25242 жыл бұрын
Le grand Andy Partridge, dépositaire avec qqs autres de la pop anglaise...A quand un retour d'XTC ?....
@bunnyfish7147 жыл бұрын
happy easter 2017 everyone
@DanielColageo4 жыл бұрын
Soooooo. Good. Eeeeaaaaasteeerrrrrr :)
@Ursulauu6 жыл бұрын
Listening to 'Easter Theatre' on a White Easter Monday.
@jonathanhall94785 жыл бұрын
Like a slightly more subversive Paul McCartney
@tinfoilhatter4 жыл бұрын
like a wannabe ringo-starr-type character, you mean! ha ha ha!!
@warmswarm4 жыл бұрын
@@tinfoilhatter - No, I'm sure he doesn't mean that. Ha ha ha!! Is there something wrong with you?
@tinfoilhatter4 жыл бұрын
@@warmswarm yeah, i lost too many xtc cd's, mate!
@deirdradepalma69223 жыл бұрын
Maybe
@garycostello29493 жыл бұрын
Paul has never really been subversive except in the Beatles. XTC were huge Beatles fans so there's that. It's funny as Paul in turn was influenced by XTC as My Brave Face sounds like XTC
@cosmicdrifter2874 жыл бұрын
may i be so bold and ask if this is possibly the best xtc tune of them all?
@ArbeiterInnenlieder3 жыл бұрын
One of them certainly.
@cosmicdrifter2873 жыл бұрын
@@ArbeiterInnenlieder Good timing as well.
@resistor272 жыл бұрын
There’s too many.
@cosmicdrifter2872 жыл бұрын
@@resistor27 You"re right,i give up the rankings.
@j.prt.979 Жыл бұрын
It is
@spillledcarryout Жыл бұрын
Here is where XTC outgrows Beatles😊
@andrewg9845 жыл бұрын
: Will there be a 2nd-Coming ? With what we know today in 2019!?-
@ladycplum3 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's because there was such a roaring trade in the Apple Venus demos in the years before it was finally released, but I actually prefer the demo version to the album one.
@zTokiz4 жыл бұрын
Lyrics: Copied from Genius.com Gold sun rolls around Chocolate nipple brown Tumble from your arms Like the ground, your breasts swell Land awake from sleep Hares will kick and leap Flowers climb erect Smiling from the moist kiss of her rainbow mouth Stage left (Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk) Stage right (Now the son has died, the father can be born) Stand up (If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke) New life (We'd applaud a new life) Odin mounts the tree Bleeds for you and me Splashing on the lamb Gamboling with spring's step Buds will laugh and burst Racing to be first Turning all the soil As the promptress' fingers through her spinning script Stage left (Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk) Stage right (Now the son has died, the father can be born) Stand up (If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke) New life (We'd applaud a new life) Easter in her bonnet Easter in her hair Easter are the ribbons She tied everywhere Stage left (Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk) Stage right (Now the son has died, the father can be born) Stand up (If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke) New life (Hey) Stage left (Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk) Stage right (Now the son has died, the father can be born) Stand up (If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke) In her bonnet (Easter ) Everywhere Easter Easter Easter Easter
@hidetanaka11169 ай бұрын
α-STATIONの、NICE POP RADIOから来ました〜〜!
@colinwilkes89575 жыл бұрын
Brilliant song ,has a wicker man soundtrack feel to it (and that was brilliant too ).rip Paul Giovanni.
@markushofer48748 жыл бұрын
I have this Cd. Love it! Gtx Markus
@coopercooper9062 Жыл бұрын
Epic
@windyhillbomber3 күн бұрын
Don't get me wrong, God Only Knows by the Beach Boys is a masterpiece. Its just that this song is better.
@MythosTheGreat3 жыл бұрын
Why does this song give me a weird feeling
@floridaflamingogirl3119 Жыл бұрын
It makes me feel like I’m winter and I’m being attacked and overcome by the onslaught of new plant growth that comes with spring. In the best, most transcendent way possible.
@g_ggle-sect.6 ай бұрын
The feeling you get is of ascension.
@gregbors83642 жыл бұрын
You can hear the Beatles influence, particularly Sgt. Pepper
@puntagordy7 жыл бұрын
XTC fans. XTC ten feet tall group on facebook. Join.
@vitor202492 жыл бұрын
i read, aclaimed for the critics, think, another shit.. was right
@debralarue25963 жыл бұрын
What a song. The Beatles could never write this.
@MissAstorDancer3 жыл бұрын
That's hilarious! This could not be any more derivative of The Beatles!!
@garycostello29493 жыл бұрын
@@MissAstorDancer Andy would laugh himself silly at that comment. The Beatles are his idols
@MissAstorDancer3 жыл бұрын
@@garycostello2949 - NO! Really? smh
@spillledcarryout11 ай бұрын
This is much less egotistical than the Beat us.
@samjones31757 ай бұрын
@@MissAstorDancerIt’s heavily influenced by them, yeah. But for my money as a song this towers over anything The Beatles ever wrote. It’s like they took the source material and perfected it.