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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
wow, that is the precise definition of Partridge in bubblegum psyche mode
― Dominique, Thursday, 5 May 2016 16:51 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
The Monkees are still making records, so...
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 May 2016 17:44 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
As we all know, the original Virgin deal was pretty Dickensian due to the old managers lack of experience so I guess it's PRS and MCPS that he mainly lives off, Dear God, Mayor, Senses, Nigel must get played out a fair amount.
― MaresNest, Friday, 6 May 2016 07:25 (eight years ago) link
I also don't wonder if he has a really good publisher.
― MaresNest, Friday, 6 May 2016 07:26 (eight years ago) link
I hope so!
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Friday, 6 May 2016 07:30 (eight years ago) link
i don't think he does
― flappy bird, Friday, 6 May 2016 08:52 (eight years ago) link
my impression is he scrapes by from project to project
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 May 2016 16:20 (eight years ago) link
AP did a book signing in Bath at the weekend and hung out in the pub afterwards with a guitar it seems.
"Here's an exhaustive list of the songs Andy ran through with the guitar last night in the pub in a room with a few of us fans! It was like a dream! I feel very lucky, and the room was full of love. We were singing along to Easter Theatre at the top of our lungs, some doing Colin's bit and some doing Andy's. Others too! I can't remember the order Andy played them in so I put them in chronological order. As compiled by myself and Darryl W Bullock.
Neon ShuffleThis Is Pop? (And A Hard Day's Night) MillionsRoads Girdle The GlobeDay In Day OutScissor ManRespectable StreetSgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)Senses Working OvertimeJason and the ArgonautsNo Thugs In Our HouseMelt The GunsLove on a Farmboy’s WagesJumpDesert IslandWake UpAll You Pretty GirlsThis World OverThe Every Day Story of Smalltown1000 UmbrellasDear God (and Rocky Raccoon) Garden of Earthly DelightsMayor of SimpletonScarecrow PeopleThe DisappointedWrapped In GreyThe Ugly UnderneathBooks Are BurningI Drew A Lemon (from Terry Hall's "Home" album) I'd Like ThatGreen ManEaster TheatreStupidly Happy (and Midnight Rambler) You and the Clouds Will Still Be BeautifulThe Wheel and the MaypoleWonderfallsA brand new song called ‘Bubble Pipe’ which sounded GREATOh and the Munsters theme tune, as played by XTC when they watched Todd Rundgren walk towards the studio every morning while making Skylarking."
― MaresNest, Sunday, 26 June 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
seems he was only playing bits here and there, explaining chords and the like - sadly that wasn't a mammoth impromptu solo concert
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 26 June 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
holy SHIT
― flappy bird, Monday, 27 June 2016 03:55 (seven years ago) link
This Is Pop? (And A Hard Day's Night)
Very interesting, now I'm doing a mashup in my head.
― Dan is a #VegetablePuppet, he is NOT REAL. #flatearth (Dan Peterson), Monday, 27 June 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
Oh and the Munsters theme tune, as played by XTC when they watched Todd Rundgren walk towards the studio every morning while making Skylarking."
laughed out loud at that
― frogbs, Monday, 27 June 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link
Audio of the book signing.
https://soundcloud.com/darryl-w-bullock/andy-partridge-at-topping-co-bath-june-25-2016
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
"Senses working overtime" was on the TOTP repeats last week, I'm guessing this was before the Paris walk-off, its a great performance and a real shame as this should have been the start of phenomenal success.
They did pretty well anyway, but.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
Oh Snap
http://i67.tinypic.com/28h1o8x.jpg
― MaresNest, Friday, 15 July 2016 12:10 (seven years ago) link
LOL, at least they got his surname right.
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Friday, 15 July 2016 12:15 (seven years ago) link
hahaha well, he did ask for it
― PaulTMA, Friday, 15 July 2016 12:17 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXu8M6q6v84
― imago, Friday, 15 July 2016 12:29 (seven years ago) link
Exactly, we all know what Tod means in German.
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Friday, 15 July 2016 12:34 (seven years ago) link
That is the very first time I've listened to an entire Burzum track, does it all sound like standing close to a waterfall while somebody beside you listens to Xmal Deutschland loudly on earbuds?
― MaresNest, Friday, 15 July 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link