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It was only a matter of time before Partridge picked up on it, to be honest. He's quite fond of setting the record straight on Twitter - I've enjoyed his "THE CORRECTOR" series!
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link
oh I love Andy, the occasional misstep aside he is a lot of fun on twitter
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link
It still amazes me that the starting point for 'Books Are Burning' was apparently 'I Get Around' by The Beach Boys! I can kinda hear it in the chord progression, but I wouldn't have known unless Partridge had pointed it out.
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 22:06 (eight years ago) link
Partridge going into overload on Twitter now!
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 22:24 (eight years ago) link
can't really blame him
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 22:29 (eight years ago) link
@xtcfans
lol
― trickle-down ergonomics (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 22:38 (eight years ago) link
he's being p reasonable considering
― Laertiades (imago), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 22:40 (eight years ago) link
TR is a great arranger. Really talented, we were lucky to work with him. He is a mediocre engineer at best.
seems accurate
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 22:42 (eight years ago) link
xp. aye, a pretty measured twitter rant
― trickle-down ergonomics (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 22:43 (eight years ago) link
I tried to smooth over the waters and say nice things to be grown up but if the gloves are off, then they are off.
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 22:59 (eight years ago) link
yo yo yo yo YO gangsta andy partridge in tha hizzouse straight from THE EASSIDE (of swindon)
now I hear this biatch todd gunsten talkin smack about tha xtc krew (shoutout to my homeboy c-money) about some remastering and shit well biatch I am gonna REMASTER YO ASS when I pop a glock up in yo area
homeboy yo gonna be saying "DEAR GOD GANGSTA ANDY I'M SORRY FOR BEING A BIATCH AND RUNNING MY BIATCH MOUTH"
― gangsta andy partridge, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 23:10 (eight years ago) link
^ hahahaha!!
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 23:16 (eight years ago) link
never change
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 23:17 (eight years ago) link
damn this is gettin' good
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 23:18 (eight years ago) link
https://storify.com/scatterkeir/andy-partridge-responds-to-todd-rundgren
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 23:35 (eight years ago) link
He is a mediocre engineer at best.
And yet somehow, miraculously, he gave XTC by far the best drum sound they ever had (or would ever have) on any of their records.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 23:46 (eight years ago) link
Hmm. Not quite sure I agree with that. The combination of Terry Chambers and Hugh Padgham was godlike.
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
Oh, I think the drums (and everything else) on Black Sea are fantastic, but Prairie Prince's ringing snare seals it for me.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 23:56 (eight years ago) link
Public beef by obscure musicians over 30 year old album that hardly anyone has heard. The internet really has created an interesting world.
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 23:57 (eight years ago) link
Andy copping Trump's style here lol: https://twitter.com/xtcfans/status/712581780398809088
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
lmao
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 16:19 (eight years ago) link
it was a more subdued, pastoral Sad
something something president kill
― Laertiades (imago), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 16:22 (eight years ago) link
I love Todd and think he was a big key to making Skylarking as great as it was but wtf at him dissing "Another Satellite"...my favorite song on the whole LP.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 17:00 (eight years ago) link
He's been slagging it off for years!
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 21:33 (eight years ago) link
I'm in Wiltshire! Hooray for being in XTC country
― Laertiades (imago), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 23:41 (eight years ago) link
Coming soon, Skylarking in 5.1 with some not yet named unreleased bits and (I'd expect) a new stereo remix and all the trimmings common to these reissues, happy days.
― MaresNest, Friday, 15 April 2016 19:51 (eight years ago) link
lolz Todd is such a dip
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 15 April 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
Neat, Andy is doing an AMA on Reddit this Sunday.
https://twitter.com/xtcfans/status/722797454819627009
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 20:04 (eight years ago) link
that'll be great I'm sure
― frogbs, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 20:44 (eight years ago) link
This is happening 2day so eye'm bumping this 4 anybody that may have 4gotten.
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Sunday, 24 April 2016 14:29 (eight years ago) link
For some reason, Prince's delivery of the word "Controversy" reminds me of Partridge's delivery of the words "Respectable Street."
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Sunday, 24 April 2016 14:38 (eight years ago) link
Well both evenly stress every syllable
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 24 April 2016 15:05 (eight years ago) link
Hopefully it's not just a queue of 40 something Canadians saying 'Hey, did you ever listen to my demo?'
― MaresNest, Sunday, 24 April 2016 15:24 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, hopefully it's not a series 'o' questions that people have heard the answer 2 a million times be4. Eye'm guessing that Partridge himself would want 2 avoid that kind of thing.
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Sunday, 24 April 2016 17:50 (eight years ago) link
So far the questions seem 2 be a little on the dull side. Eye think some 'o' u need to register and liven this thing up a little!
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Sunday, 24 April 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link
missed out on the AMA (was at a movie), but i'm glad that someone brought up 'I Bought Myself a Liarbird' and the guitar used on it & the tone. Andy sez:
It's my Ibanez Artist, in open-E tuning, with quite a lot of chorus and compression. It's the open-E tuning that makes it ring the most. I'm hitting the strings really hard, and they're doing that kind of gnurling against the frets, which is aggravated by the chorusing.
― flappy bird, Monday, 25 April 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
lol @ "gnurling"
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 April 2016 15:18 (eight years ago) link
i didnt know there was a video of andy walking of stage in paris in 1982. happens at 15:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK56TC-UhOM
― flappy bird, Thursday, 5 May 2016 04:25 (seven years ago) link
*off
Monkees do new Dukesque Partridge tune. Makes me miss XTC all the more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_D6XNpYxdU
― Brakhage, Thursday, 5 May 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link
wow, that is the precise definition of Partridge in bubblegum psyche mode
― Dominique, Thursday, 5 May 2016 16:51 (seven years ago) link
Man, I really hope that one day Partridge will get into the idea of making solo records... before he's too fucking old and knackered to do so, preferably.
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Thursday, 5 May 2016 17:41 (seven years ago) link
The Monkees are still making records, so...
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 May 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
...Partridge should be doing what he does best, too! Exactly!
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Thursday, 5 May 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
But he says he's got writer's block or summat and usually only produces bits of songs.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 5 May 2016 20:31 (seven years ago) link
and he doesn't see himself as a solo artist, according to that AMA. such a shame. it's so strange that XTC is one of those bands that'll never get together again, not because of acrimony but apathy
― flappy bird, Friday, 6 May 2016 01:36 (seven years ago) link
I'm always surprised to hear Andy doesn't want to do a solo album. His writing voice is so strong, his songs never sound like they rely on major contributions from others. I guess I've read that Dave Gregory contributed a lot of arrangement ideas and playing, but I feel like with the right producer Andy could make a hell of a solo album still. At the least, the Apple Venus albums are basically solo records with some Colin songs thrown in, right?
― Vinnie, Friday, 6 May 2016 04:46 (seven years ago) link
I kind of admire the fact that he has little honest interest in some XTC reunion cashout, he seems like a man of modest means who probably lives relatively comfortably off the residual money generated from the back catalogue and occasionally writing for other musicians etc;
The interest in him and the speculation on his lack of motivation seems to be everybody else's narrative but his, I get a bit of a Chauncey Gardiner vibe from him these days.
― MaresNest, Friday, 6 May 2016 07:14 (seven years ago) link
I can't imagine he's the richest old rock star in the world, true. Maybe he has an excellent investment portfolio.
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Friday, 6 May 2016 07:18 (seven years ago) link