I saw them in Toronto on the Drums and Wires tour in the early 80s. Unforgettable.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@lupodelupis36722 ай бұрын
This is what the Beatles would sound like if they had been a new wave band! Long live to XTC!
@spookerz353 жыл бұрын
Holy Crap it's LIVE, not lip synched! What a gem of a find....
@101Volts2 жыл бұрын
Hey Otto Man, there's a whole heap of Live XTC Bootlegs here: archive.org/details/@dharmanovel?and%5B%5D=creator%3A%22xtc%22&sort=titleSorter I'd suggest starting with these: 1977 - November - 17 and 26 1978 - December - 8 1979 - July - 20 (Early Dave Gregory era, late for White Music songs, also showcases Dave's guitar parts more than most other boots.) 1980 - September - 7 (Black Sea tour.) 1981 - April - 17 (In-between Black Sea and English Settlement tours, but one of the best XTC shows.) 1982 - March - 7 (Not as good as March 8 due to some recording mishaps, [Real by Reel doesn't have Andy's guitar in it,] but still good.) 1982 - March - 8 (3 tapes; Rehearsal, Audience Mic [containing the first 3 tracks, counting the pre-concert music] and the Pre-FM tape.) Also, there's an XTC Discord Server, "Simpleton," if you feel like joining. It doesn't get a lot of activity, though. I don't feel like posting a direct link to it here, sorry: the last time someone did that at the Andy Partridge & XTC Facebook Page, we got a bunch of trolls bombarding the server.
@bonvoyeurage15922 жыл бұрын
indeed
@BlackRoomProductions Жыл бұрын
Yep
@TonyLovell Жыл бұрын
WHY does anyone ever lipsync? show the music video if that's the limit of your risk tolerance
@CarlDraper9 ай бұрын
@@TonyLovell because music studios often had or haven't the facilities to deal with a live band
@alihart6 ай бұрын
I love Partridge's guitar sound. As does, presumably, Graham Coxon 😊
@rockturtleneck10 ай бұрын
Fantastic, what a great band. I actually met Andy, Dave and Colin walking down the street in NYC in 1989 and spoke with them briefly at a corner on Sixth Ave. They were in town to sing King for a Day on David Letterman's show.
@andyinoregon2 ай бұрын
I recorded that performance on my VCR and played it over and over in the years before KZfaq.
@jcarter35626 ай бұрын
Absolutely fantastic performance from XTC. The best songs stay in your head for the rest of the day, and this is one of them!
@pumasgoyaАй бұрын
Fantastic! My favorite XTC song. I only realized it was sung by Colin when I watched the video. It still sounds like Andy to me, 44 years later.
@outtathyme56793 жыл бұрын
These guys were on their own planet
@multipipi123411 ай бұрын
I was with them
@troyevanthompson10 ай бұрын
It was earth. We are just xtc’s guests.
@malcolmbeckett980210 ай бұрын
Xtc filled the space that was missing, do you know what I mean, they were not cool, so really they were very cool, because they didn't try, they just made gorgeous music reflecting life and how it Is❤
@pellelindbergh44552 жыл бұрын
i never knew how great XTC was live
@HarryFlashman. Жыл бұрын
From start to that perfect finish. That's the quality of XTC.
@susanklein74482 жыл бұрын
How lucky was I to see them live twice, in NYC and SF in 79 and 80. Tightest live band of the era.
@agostinovaccarini4935 Жыл бұрын
So lucky mate!
@ricardoa.mendoza848710 ай бұрын
I would give the family jewels to have had a chance to see XTC perform.
@garyolshan417710 ай бұрын
Yes saw them at the Whisky Go Go in L.A. on that tour. One of the best bands iin history,
@susanklein744810 ай бұрын
@@agostinovaccarini4935 Indeed.
@SpringRubber10 ай бұрын
Bassist who sings, love it! So tight. XTC.
@misterbonzoid562310 ай бұрын
Paul McCartney, Sting, Phil Lynott. Great.
@conshea738210 ай бұрын
Don’t forget Ben Orr in another band with two lead singers
@WarrenCromartie23 жыл бұрын
Dear God, my senses are working overtime as they always do when I hear this amazing band. This is pop, so they say, but it's far more than that. There is no language in our lungs that can define the excellence of XTC. As refreshing as oranges and lemons, their passionate music could melt the guns of hostility in our lives and bring about world peace, while freeing us all of the ball and chain of musical mediocrity...... if only anyone had fucking listened!
@garyolshan41772 жыл бұрын
I fucking listened
@bobgreen62311 ай бұрын
I fucking listened, and loved what I heard.
@conshea738210 ай бұрын
Do you live on respectable street?
@martinduran95232 ай бұрын
You seem to like XTC a lot! Some would say you are burning with Optimism's flames!
@stephentymruk82062 ай бұрын
Nice tribute Warren. XTC had everything you wanted from a band, the awesome melodies, chord progressions, lyrics, mood shifts, wry bitter-sweet sense of humour, the last goes on. Too good for the recyclable slurry of the music industry. I can't believe a sound like this, so advanced and light years ahead of their contemporaries was 45 years ago. Proud to be a forever & passionate fan.
@misterbonzoid562310 ай бұрын
Brilliant seminal English post-punk. I was lucky enough to see them a couple of times in this heyday era. They were not about looks, although Andy P tried; it was all about the writing and musicianship. Internationally influential stuff, and a type of Englishness to be proud of.
@sandiscott46402 жыл бұрын
Xtc are truly the best!! Young people should check them out,you won't be sorry!! Dig deep!!😍
@ewetoo10 ай бұрын
Great to see Colin playing his fretless live, its very rare.
@synchromystici5m9 ай бұрын
That's not his fretless, it's his fretted Fender Mustang.
@101Volts29 күн бұрын
He didn't seem to get a Fretless until 1981 / 1982, this is April 1979, so it's not that early.
@mrsteresamccavana42532 жыл бұрын
Never saw this before. Great find. Gerard (Belfast)
@lesliegooch75653 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Love that split screen shot of Andy and Dave guitar work!
@Westerdd2 жыл бұрын
yeah that was clever, a diagonal split to match the natural orientation of the guitar when played
@michellejacques63802 жыл бұрын
Wowzas! So gutted I never saw them live but forever grateful for these utter gems
@BMXOPHY9 ай бұрын
And imagine that if they all want it, they could tour the world right now.
@sweetpotatobrown962610 ай бұрын
I love you tube. I so wish I could have seen these guys back then.
@DrTomoculus Жыл бұрын
I love how they split the screen for the guitar solo, so you could see both Partridge and Gregory doing wut they do. Quite rare in things from the 60's and 70's to find a cameraman/team who are interested in those kinds of shots!!!
@alihart10 ай бұрын
Yup - and, certainly on TOTP, the camera would unerringly look for the bass player during any guitar solo 😂
@DrTomoculus10 ай бұрын
:D@@alihart
@gergsar2 ай бұрын
plus, the bass part is fantastic!
@paulovajao10 ай бұрын
XTC and Cardiacs were from another planet, pure geniuses!
@aydnofastro-action17883 жыл бұрын
Dat was Tight!
@cdcoop02 жыл бұрын
This is f*cking awesome.
@motthepapa Жыл бұрын
They are the best rock band
@wandajones1703 жыл бұрын
I love this and I’ve been lucky to have been to XTC 3 times...lucky me‼️😃
@scott75212 жыл бұрын
Love Partridge's chords here
@foto215 ай бұрын
No slouching in this band. The drummer is a machine and a good looking rough guy also. He must've pulled some birds.
@davidstobie27518 ай бұрын
a musical milestone
@bonvoyeurage15922 жыл бұрын
AP was phenomenal in XTC in the late 70s!!
@fryksdahlstravel89832 жыл бұрын
Amazing to see Dave carry the backbone of this song on his guitar, that non stop riff for the whole 3 or 4 minutes. da da da dum...da da da da da da dum...da da da da da da dum...
@spookerz352 жыл бұрын
I reckon Dave is playing the monotonous "rhythm" part of the song, while Andy is playing lead. I wonder who played what parts on the studio recording?
@101Volts2 жыл бұрын
@@spookerz35 I suppose it's the same for the studio recording.
@wweebbeerrnn4 ай бұрын
I see where that Message in a bottle riff came! XTC, ahead of their time ...
@SpaceAce1993 Жыл бұрын
Music from 2035 in 1979
@xtstevie3 жыл бұрын
As a fan since even before this i've never seen this before or even knew it existed!! Brilliant find & thanks for posting.
Check out the chords Andy is playing...so far out, they're IN
@roberthunter30483 жыл бұрын
Haha..me either..still cant
@pawnhearts87853 жыл бұрын
I actually did figure it out. They're actually just simple chords. The Verse is D F#m Bm and Am7
@bonzodog68723 жыл бұрын
If he was in tune this might have been a hit
@outtathyme56793 жыл бұрын
@@bonzodog6872 sounds right out of tune
@chuckabbate59243 жыл бұрын
@@outtathyme5679 self sabotaging
@davidellis51413 жыл бұрын
Nice to see them actually LIVE ! Awesome !
@rogerpatton56042 жыл бұрын
I'm transfixed on Dave's guitar playing.
@777Kareena6 ай бұрын
Dave’s heavy groove reminds me of the Four Tops song , I Can’t help myself. Probably inspired Colin as one of the songs that played at the Hop ❤.
@philtikao233310 ай бұрын
So good. Tidy performance
@rogerbranton175210 ай бұрын
Bloody good!
@edwardodowd7810 Жыл бұрын
I saw them about 2 yrs later at MFP in Roslyn NY
@chrissmith2563 жыл бұрын
Andy's chords at the end..my God.
@westcoasttrap3 ай бұрын
It's the best band!!!!
@TheAndymc19693 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant!!!!!
@garywebb80863 жыл бұрын
These guys were so good! 😎
@paulmacca Жыл бұрын
Jesus, Andy is LOUD!
@johnmccann83192 жыл бұрын
Magic!💚
@curunduraj Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@martinfitzgerald16052 жыл бұрын
Excellent👏🏻👏🏻
@LULUBELLEIII2 жыл бұрын
This is bloody brilliant! Thanks for sharing!
@johannbogason16623 жыл бұрын
simply brilliant!"
@buggedfireshuffle61163 жыл бұрын
Where’s the Ibanez Andy? Great version this......that solo never ceases to tickle the ears.
@101Volts2 жыл бұрын
He didn't always play the Ibanez Artist, that one seems to have been an occasional player from later 1978 - 1980. He seems to have mostly played that Sunburst Gibson Les Paul from 1978 - 1980, and there was also a Black Les Paul that he played in 1980 - 1981/1982, which was stolen at some point.
@Fog99horn3 жыл бұрын
God this band was great! Thanks for posting!
@desert.mantis3 жыл бұрын
Great performance! Thanks for the upload.
@davidstobie2751 Жыл бұрын
before you know where you are you are somewhere else
@BlackRoomProductions3 жыл бұрын
With this upload I'm happy to become subscriber # 1000!
@sarahfairbrass32813 жыл бұрын
Brilliant..... 👍
@barbarella1.30110 ай бұрын
Brilliant.....16 again.
@tonyjordan205 Жыл бұрын
Tremendous stuff
@gmar78363 жыл бұрын
Man all this time I thought Andy Partridge was the one singing lead vocals, I was wrong
@nthwndroregano66043 жыл бұрын
colin writes the best songs lol
@IcarusSuite2 жыл бұрын
@@nthwndroregano6604 I agree. His lyrics are something else.
@christopherosborne70588 ай бұрын
Colin sings the songs he wrote, one or two on each album. See Generals and Majors,Nigel and King for a Day!
@LilianaVonK Жыл бұрын
What is Colin staring at, a teleprompter? He certainly seems mesmerized. (Stage fright? Perish the thought.)
@Keith-zu4tz2 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏
@fabienjosset8216 Жыл бұрын
GOOD
@sirbones3 жыл бұрын
wow
@Hinklish3 жыл бұрын
Pure daycent
@aprilflowers60742 ай бұрын
I love this performance, and them, and Colin.. but I just wanna know what is he staring at? Hehe
@StillOnFireАй бұрын
Great performance, but need to know why Bobby Charlton was joining the show....
@wweebbeerrnn24 күн бұрын
He was going to play the solo and sing chorus, but something happened ...
@iaind3 жыл бұрын
I hear a great David 'Kid' Jensen BBC session version of this the other day, really clean and stripped down. Would love to hear it again but can't find it on here.
@fuckamericanidiot3 жыл бұрын
The transistor blast box set :)
@iaind3 жыл бұрын
@@fuckamericanidiot Thanks! I have just found 3 versions on 'A Coat of Many Cupboards' too.
@FunkATeer-qk7hq10 ай бұрын
💜🤘🏾
@kieronbowker99833 жыл бұрын
Naughty Naughty. :)
@marcusross875111 ай бұрын
Very good. Shame they had to give up playing live. Might've been more successful.
@CoxJul10 ай бұрын
I've loved this band since they first appeared. i have to admit a certain Talking Heads influence here... not a bad band to borrow from at the time.
@chuckabbate592411 ай бұрын
Ace.
@jtenaz3 жыл бұрын
Great! De donde ha salido esto?
@davidstobie27512 жыл бұрын
Have I not commented YET?
@jonathanmurphy314110 ай бұрын
I’ve never seen this. I’ve been a fan of XTC since the mid-80’s. It is annoying, that shows like this, would run credits over the performance. Like “books are burning” on a British show, xtc at end, credits over, and they fade out on the song (audio on boxset, compared) If XTC would ever get in the Rock Hall, which they deserve, their induction would likely be faded too.
@jlonzoy3 жыл бұрын
Damm! Doesn't anyone realize that Dave Gregory's guitar doesn't sound?
@101Volts2 жыл бұрын
Dave's parts often did seem overshadowed by Andy's, in volume. Here's an exception: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o8yiqNqnyazbgXk.html
@jlonzoy2 жыл бұрын
@@101Volts Thanks!
@BlackRoomProductions Жыл бұрын
I thought that too but it's actually Colin's bass and all the low end that's missing.
@brimans30925 ай бұрын
So Granada dumped So It Goes.. Tony Wilson for.. This?
@brimans30925 ай бұрын
I mean the format.. Not XTC who are genius obviously
@ricardoa.mendoza848710 ай бұрын
Studio albums today do not come close to a live performance like this.
@SonicVineyard3 жыл бұрын
Tempo is a bit slow
@neldinsky Жыл бұрын
Dave's guitar is muted! N
@BlackRoomProductions Жыл бұрын
I thought that too but it's actually Colin's bass and all the low end that's missing.