The Blasphemous Story of XTC & "Dear God" I New British Canon

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  @TrashTheory · 2 years ago · pinned

  Every now and then I get people asking for a playlist of every song mentioned in my videos: Well here&apos;s a Spotify link for this one:<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ul92QHaYkHxKJN2H3m5qv?si=109364e2708b4189">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ul92QHaYkHxKJN2H3m5qv?si=109364e2708b4189</a><br>And the Youtube Music link:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLooaZ33lSaldxagNZbFOStlyV94Nmkz0h">https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLooaZ33lSaldxagNZbFOStlyV94Nmkz0h&amp;si=FyEZ8siWOYnJGnMf</a>

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• WA

  @WandError42069 · 2 years ago

  Bands like XTC were great because they were able to create their own identity while absorbing the trends of the time. I always liked how their music was too weird for normal people and too normal for weird people.

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• BO

  @bonnie43uk · 2 years ago

  I lived about 5 doors down from Andy Partridge in Penhill Swindon, in the summer of 71 he&apos;d have his bedroom window open and be blasting out music from Hendrix and Pink Floyd, while we were listening to things like Tony Orlando and Dawn &quot;Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree&quot;. He was way ahead of us. Local boy done good.

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• UT

  @utopia2112 · 2 years ago

  &quot;I&apos;ve written — and my bunch of lads have made — music as good as our heroes.&quot; F*ck YEAH you did! 100% true and I&apos;m so very thankful for it.

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• TW

  @twbrooks · 1 year ago

  Fun fact: Andy&apos;s son Harry is one of the most influential animators on YouTube and even does segments on Smiling Friends. I saw an interview with Harry, and the way he just casually mentioned his dad was in XTC made me do a double take.

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• LA

  @laurence2824 · 2 years ago

  In 2018 a brain haemorrhage completely screwed up my music-making career. I woke up from surgery unable to play the piano ever again with a nurse spoon-feeding me yoghurt. XTC&apos;s remarkable music helped me acclimatise to my new broken life (for several weeks their special music was all I listened to) and reminded me why I&apos;ll be a music-lover to the end of my days.

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• CA

  @carrielizthomas · 2 years ago

  I was brought to XTC’s doorstep at the end of my high school and beginning of the rest of my life by a perceived first love. I have washed that love out of my mind and put the entire XTC catalog in his place. I know now I didn’t truly love that man but he gave me one of the most enduring loves of my life that I shall take to my grave.

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• ED

  @edalder2000 · 2 years ago

  Someone once said that XTC was God&apos;s apology for The Beatles breaking up. <br><br>Growing up near Washington DC, I listened to WHFS. They were among the first &quot;commercial&quot; stations to play REM, New Order and more. In America, it was almost always on a low power college station. WHFS showed me Charlatans, Stone Roses, Depeche Mode, The Cure, James, The Smiths and XTC.

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• LO

  @lo-fidelity-podcast · 2 years ago

  This is the best summation of XTC I&apos;ve seen on YouTube so far. Tremendous selection of moments to pick out, and there&apos;s still so much more for people to discover when they dive into the albums and story. The ending wish for a &quot;Running Up That Hill&quot; moment with them is something I am confident will happen someday, and the only hindrance to it is the bevy of incredible songs that could potentially do it. But we should all keep trying to push it to happen, because their music absolutely deserves it. And it&apos;s absurd it never happened in their prime. Thanks for an amazing video!

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• DA

  @davidbanks6618 · 2 years ago

  I was in a band called The Secret and toured with XTC (around UK) as the support band back in 1977. I remember the first night of the tour listening to them and we all looked at each other with comments like what the hell is this music? Basically laughing at their sound! We were also amazed how they had a big punk following at the time. We played almost every night for 6 weeks and after the tour all of us in The Secret went out and bought XTC&apos;s album &quot;White Music&quot; It took a while but we all realized that these guys were very talented and unique. I still listen to this album with fond memories (David Banks AKA Shrink)

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• SC

  @scottmiller8195 · 2 years ago

  XTC is arguably the best band never to hit it big. They changed from record to record, and challenged us to do the same. Music listeners today would be fortunate indeed to have the likes of Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory making music for them. I hope some day they will.

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• IT

  @itsjonathangray · 2 years ago

  XTC are virtually an unmatchable band. Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding were two absolute geniuses and some of their stuff is just out of this world. I regard Skylarking as one of the greatest pop albums in history for sure. Anybody who loves this band totally gets my vote. Kudos to the fanbase! 🤠🎸

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