XTC - Swindon's finest...

[JonMc]

Love them. Sounds like a big “no” on a reunion though.

A lot to overcome I suppose. Very good band though.

 

[Steppenwolf]

sure I saw that, think did 'statue of liberty '

IIRCThe Beeb banned Statue of Liberty because of the line "in my dreams I sailed beneath your skirt"!!

 

[Aidan11]

 

[Ballyshannon Lad]

First time I heard them was on ToTP, but can't remember if it was Making Plans, or Sgt Rock. I remember that for YEARS I thought they were Scandinavian as I misheard the presenter and could have sworn he said they were "Sweden's finest..."

Love on a Farmboy's Wages and Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead, I still listen to in the car all the time. Great stuff.

I've got the single of Love on a farmboys wages. I'm sure it's a double in a gatefold sleeve

 

[Vinyl Score]

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23994929.xtc-talk-legacy-swindon-possible-reunion/

Gotta be the best band name ever, great music too.

 

[riffraff]

Still got Barry Andrew’s single “win a night out with a well known paranoic / Rossmore Road”.

 

[Ageing Grey Mackem]

I've got the single of Love on a farmboys wages. I'm sure it's a double in a gatefold sleeve

Lucky you. I USED to have it, but like most of my vinyl it got left in my ex's loft during a particularly unpleasant and acrimonious separation in 2009, and if she hasn't sold them all off for buttons by now they'll be warped to fuck.

I found some of my vinyl when clearing out my late mum's garage a few weeks back but it's mostly from my late teens angsty stage so it's scratchy indie stuff like Wolfhounds, McCarthy, Fugazi, The Prisoners and a bit of Billy Bragg

 

[Lord Nigle]

I’ve got that in clear vinyl

 

[Ageing Grey Mackem]

I’ve got that in clear vinyl

Thanks! I've never seen that video before! Who are the young ladies they've roped in to dance about the place? I bet they were a bit bemused by the slightly angular lads AND music they were confronted with... "But we thought we were working with Squeeze!"

 

[Aidan11]

I’ve got that in clear vinyl

I have as well.

 

[sylvian]

Love XTC. Had some fantastic songs and albums.
This is a great song

 

[Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan]

I'm torn between wanting them to reform and to see them but am wary that a reunion it would be for the 'wrong' reasons and they would just go through the motions.

On balance I think I'd just prefer to have their records/ CDs.

Ask me tomorrow and my opinion would probably have changed.