XTC's Andy Partridge - the Patreon questions I
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2024
- In the first of a special two-part edition of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, supporters on Patreon ask questions they had always wanted Andy Partridge to answer that he never gets asked.
The challenge was to come up with questions that would surprise, delight and generally intrigue the XTC frontman. They do not disappoint!
The results take us on a fascinating journey from the Beatles to broccoli, from Fireball XL5 to The Last Balloon - and beyond.
Music from Terry Arnett and Planet Sunday. / terry-arnett
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Thanks to the Pink Things, Humble Daisies and Knights in Shining Karma who’ve done the same.
If this delightful session has not coaxed Andy out of his jaded attitude toward interviews, I don’t know what will! Well done!
I think Andy feels he always has to be funny. It's good to hear a slightly more reflective interview.
Great to hear Andy's appreciation for the electronic music for 'Space Patrol' - an amazing, pioneering approach to scoring a tv programme, and a children's tv programme at that! And great to hear he's on such good form.
Very nice listening to Mr Partridge
What a star!! He is to me, and I know others anyway. Really enjoyed. Thanks so much.
Loved this. Andy sounded relaxed and refreshed. Long live Andy!
Thanks, Mark. XTC is on my Mt Rushmore of the greatest bands of all time along with Stones, Beatles, The Who and Kinks.
@@garyolshan4177 Totally agree. Only Bowie comes close.
Andy is so brilliant and hilariously funny.
Going to school in the 70's,early morning radio-Pretenders,Strang
lers and XTC!!I wish my children could experience the same!!
I remember listening to Radio Luxembourg in Ireland 1979 and getting into XTC via Making Plans for Nigel. Been hooked ever since.
@@kathleenhutton1566 '79 - '82 the best version of UK music that was.
Thanks so much for this! I can listen to him for hours. Much appreciated! One minor correction (if I may humbly offer): "It's All Too Much" was written and recorded after Sgt. Pepper was released. "Only a Northern Song" was written, recorded and ultimately shelved during the Pepper sessions.
Brilliant! Good to hear Andy's voice again, and nice to hear him referencing home life with Erica. I always wonder how he's doing. I'm glad you found him some good questions. His responses are always so damn hilarious!
Well done Mark and Andy, hope you're both keeping well. Some refreshing questions in here!
Just wonderful.
XTC. What a band!
The Persuaders, John Barry. The gallery theme from Vision On. Very vibey!
Original Spiderman cartoon series theme was an all-timer. Brilliant.
Brilliant questions and erudite answers from Andy. Listened to November Seascape: totally see the connection between that and I Can't Own Her. There is a slightly melancholic, jazzy, almost faded music hall theatrically to both.
amazing interview session, thanks so much as always Mark
A pleasure!
I remember a video of Andy making up band names and every one of them was great
That's right. He was imitating John Peel when they were doing a session for him. There's a transcript here: chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/s_OpeningSpeech.html
Always great to hear Andy. You went a bit crazy with the ads though!
Definitely see the Kandinsky effect on the Drums & Wires cover. probably old news but hey-ho!
The theme song Andy is singing and trying to remember is well known to Americans of a certain age as the theme from the legendary "Captain Kangaroo", not sure what it was used for in the UK, but it is a great piece of music and obviously evokes memories...
Great Mark, always love catching your podcast - Ron
Thanks!
My favourite two pop stars from the late 70s were Andy and Bob Geldof. Both are just so articulate and god knows how many interviews I've listed to from the two of them. Elvis Costello gives great interviews too, never boring any of my musical heroes!
How wonderful... I didn't know this exists
You've got a lot of catching up to do. Happy listening!
@wowwhyhow Mark's the best, check out his XTC books too they're essential for fans
@@BlackRoomProductions Why, thank you
A great podcast as always Mark - Andy never ceases to entertain, and some really excellent questions for him to answer! His explanation of his synesthesia is great too. Thanks also for playing the Planet Sunday track that both Matt Bell and I (both previously of the XTC tribute, Fossil Fools) featured on... a track that's almost 30 years old! You have made an old man very happy! 😄
Great to have you on board, Terry!
I hope Andy gives us more music! Now, goddamit.
The Beatles song Andy would probably be be is the same same Beatles song I would probably be too, it was the first song I thought of as well when I hear that question and it’s one of my favorite Beatles songs, I can relate to Andy’s brain is being like “All Too much” and when I hear it, I always feel that same thing.
Dude is an absolute legend. The only thing that has kept him from being HUGE is the non - sophistication of most of the listening public.!
One of the TV theme songs Andy sings is Captain Kangaroo.
Few things on YT are as absorbing as an AP interview. As for not needing to hear certain XTC albums again I've not quite got there with a few of them
The theme to The Money Programme was Jimmy Smith's version of the Main Title From "The Carpetbaggers" arranged by Lalo Schifrin. From the album, The Cat.
Dogtanian!!! Thats the theme tune Andy's trying to remember at 20:15
Nice to hear from you, Keeley
Andy is such a funny intelligent interesting guy😊
20:16 It's called 'Puffin' Billy' by Edward White. Used on all kinds of shows, Andy might have recognised it from 'Children's Favourites' but I know it from the Comic Strip's 1982 'Five Go Mad in Dorset'.
ua-cam.com/video/6Wy73UYbNrs/v-deo.htmlsi=a2OLhC6tEgbFBEXr
Nice that Andy provided enough information that the Google "hum a tune and we'll tell you what it is" feature could find a recent remake of the song called "Vaping Billy" Although my synesthesia give me a very powerful picture of the front half of a moose that somehow was wearing green denim trousers.
Not weird enough? It seemed the half moose was in a dense, sort of bouncing rain... And these big bouncing raindrops were the size of ping pong balls. Speaking of balls, my mind screen where I visualized this has a big crack in it.
I'm sure the hidden meaning is in plain sight... I must find my glasses. Cheers.
-dugair PDXtc
I'd love to know Andy's thoughts on Lou Reed. Not an exciting question but worthwhile to hear for music fans.
Me too. I've no idea what he thinks of him
Andy is up there with Pete Townshend and Ray Davies as one of the quintessential British songwriters in my opinion. Mike Scott is another underrated quintessential British songwriter.
Ian Hunter (from that generation).
Andy explaining his synesthesia is cool. I think a lot of artist-types have it in degrees, but they're unaware that "regular" people don't have it at all.
Unless they take psychedelics then they can experience this synesthesia first hand, listening to some of the more trippy XTC/Dukes tracks! Summer's Cauldron, Grass, Minature Sun, Vanishing Girl, Have You Seen Jackie ,Omnibus can sound extra amazing with shrooms or 'cid ( allegedly).
My favourite TV theme music story:
Many people over a certain age will remember this music fondly (and the programme of course - Granada TV's flagship current affairs programme, from 1963 to 1998 ).
Sadly, the story behind the theme music is far from pleasant, as it involves a long-running dispute over who composed it, and who bagged the royalties.
Shawn Phillips: "I'd like to set you straight, if I may. Jonathan Weston [to whom 'Jam for World in Action' was originally credited] had nothing to do with this piece of music. In fact, he walked into the session as we were finishing up. I improvised it on the spot with Mick Weaver - and John Shepphard, (Producer for 'World In Action'), paid for the session.
At the time, I was not a member of the British Musicians' Union, and there was some question as to how I'd get paid, but Granada told John that night when he called them that I might make, oh........2 or 3 pounds at the most. So, Jonathan said we could put his name down as composer, and if anything came in, he would give it to me. Never did any of us dream that this music would run for more than 30 years. it was only 20 years later that I found out Weston had been collecting the royalties all those years."
Mick Weaver: "I can't stand it any longer. My name is Mick Weaver, and I played the B3 [Hammond organ] on the World in Action theme music. Shawn Phillips gets all the bloody credit. Yes, he came to me with a descending chord progression. I did the rest.
We spent an evening in a recording studio in the west end of London putting together segments of different lengths, and Granada TV used it for 20 plus years. Not only did I not receive one word of credit. I didn't even get the session fee. Phillps gets the musical credit, Jonathon Weston got the money, and I am down the price of the tube fare I paid to get to the bloody studio. Makes me fucking SICK."
Blimey.
Oh dear
Great show theme: Alfred Hitchcock show, Gounod, I think? May be ineligible since not written for show?
Missed my chance ,Wanted to know how NIGEL turned out / ?? Did he become anarchist and form a punk band NOIGEL AND THE NIGGLY NOIJES?
Well, here is one theory: www.xtclimelight.com/2021/01/01/making-plans-for-nigel-what-happened-next/
You should ask Colin Moulding, who wrote the song
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