XTC - Stupidly Happy

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  • @bonnie43uk
    @bonnie43uk 11 років тому +118

    Growing up in Penhill Swindon, Andy Partridge used to live a few doors down from us, we'd see him walking up Allington Rd on his way to guitar practice as we were all playing football, thinking, "Ha, .. what a waste of time". We all ended up in crap jobs while he went on to make good in the pop world. Very uplifting song :-)

    • @truthtea5143
      @truthtea5143 4 роки тому +7

      Love this

    • @twelver9593
      @twelver9593 2 роки тому +6

      Headlands or the other School?
      I lived in Cricklade Rd..XTC Best thing to ever come out of Swindon!!

    • @janineinvietnam
      @janineinvietnam 2 роки тому +6

      Everytime I listen to this song on here, I see this comment, and click like, only to discover I've un-liked my previous like from a few days ago.

    • @bonnie43uk
      @bonnie43uk 2 роки тому +4

      @@twelver9593 Andy went to Penhill junior's I have a pic of him in the scouts, I think he would have gone to Headlands afterwards.

    • @therussiandragon616
      @therussiandragon616 2 роки тому

      @@twelver9593 besides the M4 Motorway, right?

  • @richclearpc
    @richclearpc 12 років тому +36

    The most unappreciated band in UK music history!

  • @stevenswift7263
    @stevenswift7263 Рік тому +17

    The bass on this is just insane

    • @glennspencer
      @glennspencer 9 місяців тому +4

      It’s stupidly good

    • @hsbrockman
      @hsbrockman 6 місяців тому +1

      Hilarious! Reminds me of that Brazilian song, Samba numa nota so.

    • @MrMeadfoot
      @MrMeadfoot 5 місяців тому

      Snare and hi-hat for me.

  • @Lambieschmoo
    @Lambieschmoo 11 років тому +46

    We need more XTC in our lives

  • @cathysteinhilb6554
    @cathysteinhilb6554 12 років тому +24

    most unappreciated band in music history AND the BEST band than practically never was.....SOME DAY the rest will get XTC......all I can say is THANK YOU XTC

    • @davidstobie2751
      @davidstobie2751 Місяць тому

      cheers I canna hope that they remain our secret tho

  • @osider51
    @osider51 10 років тому +99

    how could you not like XTC?. I'm and old guy who loved Hendrix. I think these guys embody that frolicking knowledge. How to take a riff and ride it like a roller coaster. that is what rock is. Have loved them since the 80's.

    • @creativeamerican8811
      @creativeamerican8811 7 років тому +5

      osider51
      Well said!
      I was just trying to describe the music, in my head, analogise...
      But you did it sir :)
      XTC are very much like a Theme park!

    • @Fretless99
      @Fretless99 6 років тому +8

      'How to take a riff and...'brilliant comment

    • @jelt110
      @jelt110 6 років тому +8

      osider51 andy partridge is peer to poet laureate with his lyrics, and every bit as musically adept as the Beatles combined. He should be a national treasure. He is Great Britain

    • @Noticccashonly
      @Noticccashonly 6 років тому +4

      I'm 20 and I think this song is great lol

    • @bravo2038
      @bravo2038 5 років тому +1

      osider51 benny hill was the best

  • @DoctorOcculator
    @DoctorOcculator 9 років тому +111

    So many brilliant elements to this song. I'll mention just one. Colin's bass guitar; doesn't enter the song until 1:25, great restraint, then some undeniably McCartney inspired slides and bumps which transcend anything Paul ever did and some high register riffs that are just sublime. Colin Moulding is one of the classiest bass players on record!

    • @simonknott224
      @simonknott224 9 років тому +8

      +DoctorOcculator totally agree with you . As usual XTC were masters with the off beat. I will always love them...Partridge and Moulding

    • @jamiewesson6606
      @jamiewesson6606 8 років тому +2

      check out stackridge same sort of beatles twang and clever word play prob agreat xtc influence

    • @chrisbaker3900
      @chrisbaker3900 6 років тому +2

      Yes, the bass on this is just gorgeous (CM was/is a far better bassist than he was/is songwriter imho), but it's a shame that it doesn't really come across on computer speakers. Headphones recommended!

    • @tinfoilhatter
      @tinfoilhatter 5 років тому +4

      @@chrisbaker3900 no way, man! colin's songs could only have been wrote by him, and there's so many classics!

    • @chrisbaker3900
      @chrisbaker3900 5 років тому +4

      @@tinfoilhatter Yep, he was a good song-writer, but a great bassist! And he was competing with Partridge in the song-writing stakes - the bar was set very high.

  • @richybatty234
    @richybatty234 4 роки тому +20

    "All the lights of the cars in the town form the strings of a big guitar " ... Fantastic line !!

  • @jasoncavitt2043
    @jasoncavitt2043 8 років тому +39

    The bass. The BASS! Colin's the man.

    • @tinfoilhatter
      @tinfoilhatter 5 років тому +1

      yes! less is more, in this case! it might actually be andy, he wrote the mayor of simpleton bass part, by the way, he told me!

  • @stefanbranden4898
    @stefanbranden4898 3 роки тому +19

    The riff that the Stones and Agnus Young missed!!!!!!

  • @jordanperry8015
    @jordanperry8015 11 років тому +14

    this is different from anything else I've ever heard. I had no idea this kind of music existed. WTF? I listened to this 10 times and i am still not tired of it.

    • @steelyman08
      @steelyman08 9 місяців тому +1

      I'm with you even though I did know about it. It's completely addictive.

  • @andyhiggs6932
    @andyhiggs6932 Рік тому +11

    What a wonderful collection of positive images, thank you so much. One of my fave XTC songs too.

  • @jelt110
    @jelt110 4 роки тому +19

    Partridge is pure perfection: penultimate penmanship plus pop personification.

  • @boontje9724
    @boontje9724 10 місяців тому +17

    Please bring this wonderfull song on spotify! ❤

  • @marcusmetternich6626
    @marcusmetternich6626 4 роки тому +12

    Professor Dr. Andrew John Partridge.
    He knows how to create an incredible pop song. Of course well supported by his fabulous band.

  • @fractuss
    @fractuss Рік тому +5

    One amazing song.

  • @md770
    @md770 7 років тому +9

    XTC is so underrated and underappreciated, they certainly don't get the due they deserve as a band. XTC knew how to craft the perfect pop song and Andy Partridge writes the best lyrics .

    • @jamesbelljr7987
      @jamesbelljr7987 5 місяців тому +1

      Underrated no...under appreciated...yes

    • @turnleftaticeland
      @turnleftaticeland 5 днів тому

      @@jamesbelljr7987 true, everybody who knows em loves em just not enough people know em

  • @lekid5332
    @lekid5332 5 років тому +13

    At 2:20 when he sings ”guitar” and you hear a great bassline and then two chords, first left and then right speaker. That’s pure genuis

  • @peterparkingmeter4764
    @peterparkingmeter4764 Рік тому +4

    Finally found it,what a tune. XTC just nail it all the time

  • @oli1764
    @oli1764 7 років тому +26

    I discovered this via skins but damn quality tune

  • @MrJunkieBrewster
    @MrJunkieBrewster 5 років тому +7

    Andy Partridge is such a musical badass that he only needs one key to blow other songwriters and performers away with his brilliance.

  • @simonknott224
    @simonknott224 8 років тому +9

    Still brilliant !! Still gorgeous. Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding , you are both geniuses!!!

  • @xtstevie
    @xtstevie 9 років тому +15

    The greatest single that never was ?? Awesome track & would have been HUGE ??

    • @neilcarlson661
      @neilcarlson661 5 років тому +1

      Yes, really is perplexing how something so pop & sublime could not chart around our folly filled planet.

  • @jelt110
    @jelt110 5 років тому +15

    So many brilliant elements to this song... so well said. The additive layering in one song is the same as Talking Heads' first five song in _Stop Making Sense_. Partridge is seriously genius.

  • @marshalllancaster2314
    @marshalllancaster2314 6 років тому +8

    My power pop heroes. Heard “Mayor of Simpleton” circa ‘89, and my life was changed forever.

    • @sophielittler5496
      @sophielittler5496 4 роки тому +2

      I was born in 89, raised on these guys and I'm now introducing them to my 10 year old son. I don't want to imagine a world of music without XTC :)

    • @marshalllancaster2314
      @marshalllancaster2314 4 роки тому +1

      @@sophielittler5496 From Oranges and Lemons I went to Skylarking, Drums and Wires, and Black Sea. Favorite is Nonsuch, at least today.

  • @jeremypykeallen5602
    @jeremypykeallen5602 10 років тому +8

    XTC Drums & Wires Tour,... sat with Todd Rundgren, Brian Eno and David Byrne as the fab four went nuts playing both Drums and Wires AND Black Sea sets.
    At Wolfgangs in S.F. We were all Stupidly Happy for sure!

    • @tinfoilhatter
      @tinfoilhatter 5 років тому +1

      what? heck, man! what else, what else! c'mon! somethin' else happened, surely! do tell!
      but do y'know andy? tell him the ladies miss him on the tweeter-thingy!

  • @robertoriva8150
    @robertoriva8150 6 місяців тому +2

    Sempre un passo avanti a tutti gli altri, questi mattacchioni di Swindon! 🖤🔝 Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹

  • @JamesD3399
    @JamesD3399 5 років тому +7

    I love the slideshow of different people, but Benny Hill seems so perfect for this song.

  • @asxtc
    @asxtc 9 років тому +13

    Layered and coated in brilliant toe-tapping brilliance.

    • @simonknott224
      @simonknott224 9 років тому +1

      +asxtc yes I agree. superb group, so talented ..they always the best !! Come back Andy!! Come back Colin !!

    • @orb3222
      @orb3222 Місяць тому

      hell yes

  • @TheFourpegs
    @TheFourpegs 5 років тому +6

    Long live XTC! One of the best bands (and songwriters) ever!

  • @steelyman08
    @steelyman08 9 місяців тому +1

    Great slideshow for this excellent track! I play this when all else fails (which is quite frequently)🤔

  • @gt253836
    @gt253836 11 років тому +3

    Im a big Beatles fan but a big XTC fan too, (born in Swindon too)
    I think they're Oranges & Lemons :)
    XTC are truly a great band, Andy is amazing & Colin don't get enough credit for Making Plans for Nigel and Generals & Majors. The Beatles broke so much ground which paved the way for most modern pop bands including XTC. Had Andy been around in the 60's I expect he would have been able to be revolutionary too but by the late 70's punk and synth pop were new, XTC embraced it, but didn't invent it.

  • @chrisnowhere
    @chrisnowhere 6 місяців тому +3

    Cette chanson est un tube évidemment !!! Quelle bonne chanson.

  • @sugarandspice4815
    @sugarandspice4815 14 років тому +5

    Wow, what an awesome beat! This song makes me think of driving on a warm, sunny, summer day with the top down, seeing nothing but beautiful scenery.

  • @granttully6807
    @granttully6807 5 років тому +10

    Great track from one of the best bands everyone should have heard of.......what a world we live in when XTC arent followed as much as some of todays empty headed drivel.....

  • @leebedola9364
    @leebedola9364 3 роки тому +5

    Wonderfully layered song.

    • @steelyman08
      @steelyman08 9 місяців тому

      Exactly. Perfection!

  • @DDELFIERRO
    @DDELFIERRO 12 років тому +15

    Don't forget the contributions of Dave Gregory. Without his guitar, keyboard & arranging skills XTC wouldn't have sounded nearly as good as it did.

    • @nechesh
      @nechesh 3 роки тому +3

      While i love Dave Gregory's contributions i do need to point out that he is no longer in the band at this point. Still i agree that my favorite XTC albums include Dave as well as the incredible drumming skills of Terry Chambers, who is also not in the band for the Wasp Star album.

  • @sickaffair
    @sickaffair 2 роки тому +10

    I wish this was on Spotify😢😢

  • @simonknott224
    @simonknott224 7 років тому +8

    Still stupidly brilliant! What a genius Partridge . Complete pop record..

  • @jeanettehodkinson9808
    @jeanettehodkinson9808 9 років тому +11

    i feel better now......., this song always cheers me up..., xtc are the best.. :-)

  • @Kristi314159
    @Kristi314159 12 років тому +1

    pete's 'a little is enough' is a god genius production- at this level, it becomes impossible to compare- they are just too good.

  • @algale6123
    @algale6123 4 місяці тому

    I really like XTC, not all of their stuff, but i did buy Apple Venus & Oranges and Lemons....this song is beyond brilliant....love We're all Light also....great global video.

  • @alanlegge696
    @alanlegge696 4 роки тому +1

    The strings on the BIG guitar !!!..super duper

  • @stenwald
    @stenwald 11 років тому +3

    A superb video. No matter how crap things are I can put this on and smile. Spike Milligan is a legend!

  • @alexfrenguelli9537
    @alexfrenguelli9537 5 років тому +2

    This group are incredible ............ Am recently discover thanks a dvd collection of gray wistle test ..........

  • @jonathanwright6764
    @jonathanwright6764 19 днів тому

    Andy Partridge is a genius - I have loved xtc since 1982. Shame Apple Venus and Wasp Star their final 2 albums aren’t on Spotify.

  • @keithachrist
    @keithachrist 5 років тому +4

    A timeless gem loves me some XTC🤩

  • @martinjohncameron
    @martinjohncameron 8 років тому +6

    This is a brilliant love song. I always feel great when hearing this. Would love to see XTC live again.

  • @madonmod3733
    @madonmod3733 2 роки тому +3

    it is the song I will play at my funeral Lala

  • @davidguilfoyle
    @davidguilfoyle 11 років тому +2

    This is such a clever song. Who but Andy Partridge could take the most simple riff imaginable and make such a great arrangement. A masterpiece.

  • @StevenKilmer-r2t
    @StevenKilmer-r2t 7 місяців тому +1

    So ahead of thier'" Short lived ' evolution of modern music;
    True💯🙏☯️
    SONIC ' , Bliss of melody and chorus, 👌🍸
    Cheers mate's 🍺😎

    • @muzikkification
      @muzikkification 4 місяці тому

      Yeah, it doesn't sound like an early 00's song. They used it in Skins season 2 (2008) and I assumed it was a new song (also didn't realise at first it was XTC, so that was a cool surprise).

  • @MaxPlanets99
    @MaxPlanets99 8 років тому +5

    Brilliant! And a great anthology of Brit comedy icons to accompany this really clever tune.

  • @simonknott224
    @simonknott224 5 років тому +3

    Beautiful record by a beautiful soul. Andy and XTC, you are brilliant

  • @kellieandbillyjack
    @kellieandbillyjack 2 місяці тому +1

    This song starts just like a Third Eye Blind song. Both released in 2000

  • @annettelouise6781
    @annettelouise6781 11 місяців тому +3

    Best love song eva

  • @tauruschorus
    @tauruschorus 2 роки тому +2

    I am so jazzed up to come across this video today.

  • @anthonycrook1987
    @anthonycrook1987 Рік тому +1

    remember that muffed gtr tone, and waiting for the bass line to drop! cool starting on the & of four.

    • @glennspencer
      @glennspencer 9 місяців тому

      Amazing way that they kick in

  • @glennspencer
    @glennspencer 4 місяці тому +1

    Lovely last three words

  • @NigelFortune
    @NigelFortune 13 років тому +4

    A simple, and simply brilliant song!

  • @towelmanfilms
    @towelmanfilms 6 років тому +8

    Poor Andy Patridge, He had a good band before he broke. Some of the best to hit the 80s

    • @tinfoilhatter
      @tinfoilhatter 2 роки тому

      he took his-lucky-break, and broke-it-in-two, did he? haha... hey, i slightly doubt it, mate~

  • @kpaasial
    @kpaasial 11 років тому +17

    Andy described the guitar riff as the "ultimo Keef riff that he (Keith Richards) never found".

  • @simonknott224
    @simonknott224 7 років тому +6

    Stupidly brilliant!! XTC ... the dogs bollocks !! ... wonderful...

  • @stefanode7402
    @stefanode7402 5 років тому +1

    Very nice slideshow, so british. Ciao from Roma

  • @MrToddy31
    @MrToddy31 6 років тому +1

    jonesfeld, you have picked me up no end.....thanks and happy new 2019.

    • @jonesfeld
      @jonesfeld  6 років тому

      Pleased you like it. All the best to you too Davy. Another year full of sounds ahead of us.

    • @MrToddy31
      @MrToddy31 6 років тому

      @@jonesfeld You to chum

  • @Freakyshygirl1
    @Freakyshygirl1 13 років тому +1

    What a gorgeous song with images of lovely funny people from the past x

  • @gt253836
    @gt253836 11 років тому +4

    A band that experiments and evolves their sound are usually the great bands with longevity.
    The Beatles 1st and last albums are about as different as you could get.
    XTC are great because they experiment too and sound great each time just like the Beatles but the Beatles had more opportunity to break the mould as music was so much more a formula in the 50's and 60's than the late 70's.

  • @miketaylor803
    @miketaylor803 5 років тому +1

    IN THE SUGGESTED VIDEOS sidebar The Chats "SMOKO" has 8.1 million views & 160k likes (I'm not denigrating their song but it's just a simple punky teenage garage band jobby) .... this XTC track only has 300,000 views & 1.8k likes - how odd??

  • @jimmoffatt6435
    @jimmoffatt6435 3 роки тому +1

    Great tune

  • @misterswanson
    @misterswanson 11 років тому +10

    how can it be that only 148,087 people like this. It's brilliant.

  • @roba111111
    @roba111111 11 років тому +2

    Another musical gem - you're absolutely right. One of many!

  • @jimtypes
    @jimtypes 11 років тому +2

    XTC , when they hit that zone, make one think, smile, tap your toes, dance.

  • @bradoozy
    @bradoozy 4 роки тому +1

    Like all the Monty Python pictures (and more) in this video along with the song.

  • @weathereye8164
    @weathereye8164 10 років тому +12

    Wasp Star is a magnificent album

  • @Lol_Pig
    @Lol_Pig 5 років тому +2

    This song is perfection!

  • @f.haikel919
    @f.haikel919 Рік тому +1

    I thoug everyone needs to be stupdly happy. Kisses from brazil

  • @psychotictactoe
    @psychotictactoe 4 роки тому +4

    Spike Milligan, absolute legend, such a shame he suffered so much.

  • @carlossander6576
    @carlossander6576 Рік тому +1

    Popmeister!!!!!!!!!!

  • @terencep44
    @terencep44 12 років тому

    the greatest love song ever written

  • @stephenfuller1395
    @stephenfuller1395 Рік тому

    Superb song from a superb band 👍.

  • @xyaqua
    @xyaqua 11 років тому

    dude- you rock my world- telliing me i am wrong for not going far enough. you made my month This is what i try to get my students to do: exceed. you have chosen wisely.
    again, thanks, tonight i'll sleep with a smile all night long.

  • @Neilgal12
    @Neilgal12 2 роки тому +1

    SO much pleasure to be had from the way the elements are woven together & the layers added. It doesn’t miss his trademark middle 8 for me, it’s close to perfect. For truly top marks though, an ending would’ve been impressive … not a fade.

  • @cornishangeluk
    @cornishangeluk 13 років тому

    Just seen this on an ad on the tv and loved it...had to look on UA-cam for it,..its got a great beat to it and great dance beat too....thanks guys...

  • @TheFabstan
    @TheFabstan 11 років тому

    LOVE THIS, AND THE ALBUM, AND XTC, ALL THROUGHOUT; THEY GOT BETTER, AND BETTER. , LOVE THEIR PASTORAL PSYCH ; BRILL ANDY SONG

  • @xyaqua
    @xyaqua 11 років тому

    I love your devotion to JPG&R, and i will not argue.
    Both are god genius artists- and I know they would never compare themselves to each other...

  • @sergiomng
    @sergiomng 13 років тому +1

    I love that 2nd guitar at 2:20, what a great band

  • @67sugargirl
    @67sugargirl 13 років тому

    Wow! I only found out who this was by using Shazam on my phone for the first time! I didn't know they were still going after all these years! I remember recording Senses Working Overtime off the radio in my youth! This song is definitely making me want to pogo on my sofa!

  • @mdumas43073
    @mdumas43073 10 років тому +11

    One of my favorites of theirs. I love how it just builds and builds.

    • @pint6x
      @pint6x 9 років тому +3

      Mike Dumas I love this too - especially when the bass chimes in on a single note, then the waterfall guitar bit, then the bass does this looping thing - f***ing awesome

  • @PompeyJonny44
    @PompeyJonny44 4 місяці тому

    In my family if you’re relaxed on holiday or enjoying a holiday event it’s tradition to turn to a family member and utter “like the words to that song”

  • @danvineyard6485
    @danvineyard6485 6 років тому +1

    Love how the backing vocals are layered in a a "round " on the outro

  • @keithfinsley330
    @keithfinsley330 7 років тому +2

    Prarie Prince on drums on this track....Brilliant!

  • @waloacme
    @waloacme 6 років тому +3

    Awesome rock band that catapulted an entire subgenre

  • @jmac3686
    @jmac3686 8 років тому +30

    Xtc has done so many awesome tracks, this again is simple brilliance , life as it is. Beats the crap manufactured pop shit today

    • @colinwilkes8957
      @colinwilkes8957 4 роки тому

      J Mac,late reply,totally agree with you ,but then even Renee and Renalto ,or the birdie song beats the garbage of today! Regards,mate.

  • @simonknott224
    @simonknott224 7 років тому +1

    Brilliant.... Absolutely brilliant !!

  • @xander55577
    @xander55577 15 років тому +1

    love this song...wish they had it on Itunes. thanks for putting it up!

  • @sewzay99
    @sewzay99 7 років тому

    RIP Gareth - this will always be our song.

  • @jelt110
    @jelt110 10 років тому +5

    Perhaps the most perfect love song of all time... exclusively for my love of 25 years: Kat.

  • @realmusiconly100
    @realmusiconly100 13 років тому

    awesome reeves and Mortimer i dad showed us that when we were wee uns wavy davy, uncle peter the man with the stand pure classic alternative

  • @prunesinjuice
    @prunesinjuice 13 років тому

    yeah the DFS ad brought me here too, I didn't realise this was XTC, great stuff! :D

  • @louboozer6058
    @louboozer6058 2 роки тому +1

    Damn Legends

  • @vickisteel4415
    @vickisteel4415 9 років тому +2

    Love that song.. I am stupidly happy most of the time....

    • @simonknott224
      @simonknott224 9 років тому +1

      Vicki Steel Lucky you Vicki . But so am I !!!!!

    • @littyasasmitty279
      @littyasasmitty279 6 років тому

      Be happy all the time Vicki! You got people that love you! Hope you’re doing well