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  • Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
  • Music video by XTC performing Making Plans For Nigel. © 1979 Virgin Records Limited
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  • @maxpower4817
    @maxpower4817 2 роки тому +692

    Poor Nigel. What a song. Still relevant after 40 years. Still listening in 2023.

    • @nijiljacob2725
      @nijiljacob2725 Рік тому +6

      😭😭😭

    • @rabnori4836
      @rabnori4836 Рік тому +6

      Parody of our Nigel to 😅😅😅😅 day , hilarious.

    • @2760ade
      @2760ade Рік тому +18

      Especially if his future was in a British Steel. That won't have gone well! Poor Nigel!

    • @indoorminer8243
      @indoorminer8243 Рік тому +5

      Tata Nigel?

    • @peterspeck4423
      @peterspeck4423 Рік тому +5

      unforgettable: XTC in Berlin 1982- Metropol Theater

  • @slonzo8491
    @slonzo8491 3 роки тому +496

    I heard this song for the first time yesterday. I thought it was a new indie song. I searched it up on spotify and i couldn't believe it was 42 years old!!!! It is so far ahead for its time! Then on youtube i saw that this video was posted 4 days ago? Crazy!

    • @watsie04
      @watsie04 3 роки тому +24

      Exactly same thing for me lol
      It’s incredible that it’s from 79’ but so much new stuff only sounds like this now

    • @MD-kg1kq
      @MD-kg1kq 3 роки тому +14

      And I myself was there the day this song came on record.... So a genius song long before you heard it the first time and before CD's existed. So you see, life.... was pretty genius, before you were born genius ;-)

    • @leiamarylogin
      @leiamarylogin 3 роки тому +8

      I love these coincidences

    • @fabsanh
      @fabsanh 3 роки тому +2

      Same here

    • @kof867
      @kof867 3 роки тому +8

      That’s crazy this happened to me today, it was on my discover weekly and I came to UA-cam to see the video and discovered that it was over 40 years old. Could have sworn it was a new song

  • @briansergeant
    @briansergeant 3 роки тому +677

    The Great British band you’ve never heard of!
    XTC were always ahead of their time.

    • @theresamcgurk907
      @theresamcgurk907 3 роки тому +10

      Respectable Street from their Fossil Fuels album is my favourite.

    • @brentpalmer9800
      @brentpalmer9800 3 роки тому +10

      @@theresamcgurk907 That's the bowdlerised version. The proper one's on their album Black Sea.

    • @colinwilkes8957
      @colinwilkes8957 3 роки тому +12

      If you haven’t heard of them,try all their albums,each great and each unique-God ,I miss talent like them!

    • @LostwaveObsession
      @LostwaveObsession 2 роки тому +4

      @@theresamcgurk907 Amazing record! Me and my mates all bought the 7" and STILL it didn't chart!

    • @forvainee
      @forvainee 2 роки тому +1

      @@theresamcgurk907 complicated game... omg that song

  • @miltiadisathanasiou4058
    @miltiadisathanasiou4058 10 місяців тому +39

    what a masterpiece

    • @GarryWootton
      @GarryWootton 4 місяці тому +1

      @@miltiadisathanasiou4058 great intro..strange into power.

  • @dcostello1976
    @dcostello1976 2 роки тому +161

    One of the most unique bands of the era.

    • @KevTheImpaler
      @KevTheImpaler Рік тому +2

      Absolutely

    • @therealisation5500
      @therealisation5500 Рік тому +3

      So many songs singer's sounds very much alike now

    • @markrae1317
      @markrae1317 Рік тому +3

      ... --*most*- unique, eh? That's pretty unique! LOL!

    • @arttiefuffkin5536
      @arttiefuffkin5536 Рік тому +4

      Most unique ? Not sure id go that far. I allways thought they were quite mainstream but to be fair im not that clued up about them. Great tune tho

    • @markrae1317
      @markrae1317 Рік тому +2

      @@arttiefuffkin5536 LOL!

  • @planx6516
    @planx6516 3 місяці тому +21

    Went to school with these guys ...rough school but good comes from rough x

    • @StephenOconnor-c4t
      @StephenOconnor-c4t Місяць тому

      Hi you actually new Andy partridge then ....cool

    • @g_ggle-sect.
      @g_ggle-sect. Місяць тому

      Swindon... Yeah, you can say rough again!

    • @NSGrendel
      @NSGrendel 11 днів тому

      Hot forges make dangerous tools. :)

  • @imogenimeson664
    @imogenimeson664 3 роки тому +649

    STILL SOUNDS AMAZING TODAY JUST AS IT DID BACK IN '79.

    • @RegebroRepairs
      @RegebroRepairs 3 роки тому +31

      The video held up nicely too. It's from 79, but really looks more mid-80's, with those video effects. I'm impressed.

    • @ritavaccaro1488
      @ritavaccaro1488 3 роки тому +6

      I agree

    • @kinoglaz777
      @kinoglaz777 3 роки тому +5

      This simply because everything about music was done til 92, after there is just some random meteor band or valuable isolated cases.
      The remaining musicians from today just copy and mix. Nothing really new coming up

    • @NeroLeMorte
      @NeroLeMorte 3 роки тому +2

      Because they remastered the audio.

    • @NeroLeMorte
      @NeroLeMorte 3 роки тому +3

      @@kinoglaz777 The bands Ghost , J.B.O. , lacuna coil , nothing , m83 , cellar darling , second person , coheed and cambria , gorillaz , periphery , polyphia , omnium gatherum , archenemy , epica and apocalyptica all beg to differ.

  • @michaellomax2
    @michaellomax2 24 дні тому +10

    Still sounds brilliant in 2025. And I still have the vinyl single from 1979.

  • @stevebrazilio
    @stevebrazilio Рік тому +60

    XTC were on spot. This tune and Senses Working Overtime were part of my childhood when I was about 13...still my favourites now and I'm 53.

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 11 місяців тому +1

      Well, there's a reason they never made it big; this is their best song, and as good as it is, that's pretty much it - Senses Working Overtime is a cringe song (as in any song that has counting as part of the lyrics!).
      While I love this song as a piece of music, I detest the lyrics and the general sentiment. What's wrong with wanting the best for one's kids and preparing them for a steady, stable and prosperous life? Nothing.
      I wouldn't be surprised if Andy Partridge is/was a Trotsyist.

    • @fatherpaulstone896
      @fatherpaulstone896 6 місяців тому

      Summers cauldron killed it too

    • @SoLongAstoria
      @SoLongAstoria 6 місяців тому

      @@sunnyjim1355 True

    • @dewistaplesjones6338
      @dewistaplesjones6338 3 місяці тому

      @@sunnyjim1355
      Ok Nigel fuck it’s only music 🎧

  • @simone2850
    @simone2850 Рік тому +121

    I loved this song in 1979 , and I still do👌

    • @maddoman11
      @maddoman11 Рік тому +4

      Same, back then to, was 20

    • @Legionnaire7777
      @Legionnaire7777 Рік тому +9

      We named our cat after him 😂👌🏻

    • @MrHoefnix
      @MrHoefnix Рік тому +2

      Needless to say that XTC’s name came out before the awful designer drug.

    • @zoki-kj3ox
      @zoki-kj3ox 2 місяці тому

      👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @alisonbarnard5328
    @alisonbarnard5328 2 роки тому +323

    They should have this playing 24/7 at all job centres. You’re life is just a game to them.

    • @colingeddes2172
      @colingeddes2172 2 роки тому +14

      Ha ha i know where r u coming from.😀

    • @frankcairney5523
      @frankcairney5523 2 роки тому +26

      When I was a kid, we used to call jobcentres joke shops.

    • @292Nigel
      @292Nigel 2 роки тому +45

      ​@@frankcairney5523
      Job centres are a complete irrelevance these days. People have searched for jobs online for many years. They only exist to snoop on people who claim.

    • @richardmurphy4520
      @richardmurphy4520 Рік тому

      @@frankcairney5523 We used to call them," subjugation centres." ( Easy to spot the droids who work in them, as the frontal lobotomy scar on their forehead is a dead giveaway.)

    • @jamiegoddard562
      @jamiegoddard562 Рік тому +2

      Totally agree

  • @jeanettehosking9167
    @jeanettehosking9167 Рік тому +28

    1979 ❤ was a great tune then still is now

  • @keithwalmsley1830
    @keithwalmsley1830 Рік тому +93

    XTC were one of the most under-rated bands of all time, their unique sense of "Englishness" and rural themes, epitomised in their 1983 album "Mummer" is one of the greatest albums of all time to me, superb musicians too, if you haven't heard them before go back and have a listen, you won't be disappointed!!!

    • @richardmurphy4520
      @richardmurphy4520 Рік тому +7

      I have the double CD of XTC called " FOSSIL FUEL ", some fantastic stuff on it. Sad to read that they stopped touring in the mid 80,s coz Andy Partridge had a nervous breakdown whilst performing live. He won't be the first or last to fold under that pressure. His songs are superb & bursting with life.

    • @CarlosSilva-ti5ib
      @CarlosSilva-ti5ib 8 місяців тому +4

      «Black Sea» is one of the better records ever.

    • @GarryWootton
      @GarryWootton 6 місяців тому +1

      Aggre spot on Mummer great album...white music waz the first real punk record,imo

    • @MattiasSvanberg1987
      @MattiasSvanberg1987 5 місяців тому

      ​@@GarryWoottonwhat.....

    • @Barioncr
      @Barioncr 4 місяці тому +4

      I read this in Patrick Bateman voice.

  • @barcyorky
    @barcyorky Рік тому +108

    An absolute classic, still sounds fresh and stand alone.

    • @union310
      @union310 Рік тому +1

      You're not wrong there Eric.

    • @misanthropic_shithead7438
      @misanthropic_shithead7438 Рік тому

      It absolutely does not sound fresh. It sounds exactly like a popular song from the late 70's early 80's but that doesn't take away from what an amazing track it is

  • @donaldmackay4837
    @donaldmackay4837 Рік тому +32

    Such a dark video. Just thought it was a happy song for so many years . Brilliant song

  • @dariowestern
    @dariowestern 3 роки тому +307

    This is the Australian loner's anthem. In case you don't know, "Nigel" is Aussie slang for someone who is lovable but has no friends.

    • @lea6555
      @lea6555 2 роки тому +18

      Ole Nigel No-mates 😂😂❤️

    • @paulinacolada8581
      @paulinacolada8581 2 роки тому +36

      In Scotland we say Nigel Nae-Pals! :D

    • @lea6555
      @lea6555 2 роки тому +3

      @@paulinacolada8581 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @markmoore9308
      @markmoore9308 2 роки тому +15

      Hello I'm Billy ☹🤣🤣

    • @johnvanhal2450
      @johnvanhal2450 2 роки тому +11

      Ok, learned something again. Like Bruces and Sheilas. I'm Dutch, we do the same stuff with some names.

  • @paulelephant9521
    @paulelephant9521 3 роки тому +121

    I'm just blown away by how contemporary this song sounds over 40 years after it was recorded, Steve Lilywhite produced the f*&k out of this song, amazing.

    • @richardmurphy4520
      @richardmurphy4520 Рік тому +1

      I thought Nigel Gray ( Now dead Police producer) had a hand in this XTC smash ?.

    • @thankyoudriver4219
      @thankyoudriver4219 Рік тому

      @@richardmurphy4520 Hugh Padgham was the engineer.

    • @richardmurphy4520
      @richardmurphy4520 Рік тому

      @@thankyoudriver4219 Really, someone else told me donkeys years ago that Dr. Nigel Gray ( who did first 3 Police and Banshee albums) had a hand in it too. One day when I have time, I,ll treble check to be sure. Though Nigel Gray is dead now.

    • @TomDickson66
      @TomDickson66 Рік тому

      My first concert, probably Bayonne 1980 had the Police headlining and XTC part of the opening card. So the Nigel Gray link has legs. Also Skafish and the Beat were there if I'm not dreaming. (The Beat had a hard time in France, their name was tricky to get your mouth round in the local language)@@richardmurphy4520

    • @agdgdgwngo
      @agdgdgwngo Рік тому +2

      The strokes copied this guitar sound to fuck. It's genius. Like post punk reggae

  • @pauljohnpinkybennett3557
    @pauljohnpinkybennett3557 3 роки тому +92

    This decade of music is the best ever and so diverse. Love XTC, the beat, echo and the bunnymen, men at we work

  • @SisterDogmata
    @SisterDogmata Рік тому +12

    I loved this song as a 13 year old. Lovely to hear it again!

  • @5threelborn
    @5threelborn Рік тому +34

    Been humming this Song today whilst in the garden 44 years later some tunes never leave you Thanks XTC

  • @turnipsreturn716
    @turnipsreturn716 3 роки тому +147

    What a fantastic historical song, a big leap in drum production too. Timeless

  • @peterevans3839
    @peterevans3839 3 дні тому +1

    One of the top 10 British bands ever and it isn't even up for debate ! So criminally underrated in many ways though lots of critics do love them.

  • @hevchip741
    @hevchip741 7 місяців тому +26

    I was singing this the other day. Simply brilliant

  • @amazinghuppifluppi359
    @amazinghuppifluppi359 2 місяці тому +11

    The part with British Steel reminds me of my youth in the Ruhr area,, when my parents tried to convince me to work at Thyssen-Krupp steel or at the Opel plant. I'm glad I didn't.

  • @rruagg
    @rruagg 3 роки тому +85

    I love the instruments, the voice and the lyrics. So futuristic.

    • @danielcharles7413
      @danielcharles7413 2 роки тому +5

      Yea, if it hadnt been heard before and released now, we would all be claiming a musical break through! lol

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ldQu1c4UflE/v-deo.html

    • @rhysgriffiths9797
      @rhysgriffiths9797 4 місяці тому

      The lyrics are not futuristic at all. Its a political anti Thatcher song

  • @janicelehane6373
    @janicelehane6373 6 місяців тому +14

    this is a brilliant song...timeless and should be rereleased 2024

  • @leandrecodeco
    @leandrecodeco 11 днів тому +4

    Masterpiece

  • @susiefoxy8130
    @susiefoxy8130 2 місяці тому +9

    Reliving my youth in the late 70s and early 80s, it’s great!

    • @zoki-kj3ox
      @zoki-kj3ox 2 місяці тому

      👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @michaelmoore.5167
    @michaelmoore.5167 Рік тому +13

    Xtc awesome 1979 great music 🎶, thank you 😊.

  • @chrismartin6179
    @chrismartin6179 3 роки тому +139

    Swindon's finest - 42 years old, unique sound, still sounds fantastic, it's a pity they are not around anymore as a group

    • @micheinnz
      @micheinnz 3 роки тому +3

      Not many bands stick together for 42 years.
      Shriekback is coming up on it, though.

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 2 роки тому +3

      @@micheinnz Bands should NOT stick together for anywhere near that long.

    • @markgreet3543
      @markgreet3543 2 роки тому

      Yes wish they would reform

    • @FFM0594
      @FFM0594 2 роки тому

      Well, one of them is dead, so that's that sorted.

    • @pwatts8846
      @pwatts8846 2 роки тому

      @@FFM0594 Partridge and Moulding are both living, that is the core.

  • @nigelneal5524
    @nigelneal5524 2 роки тому +27

    As a 'nigel' I grew up hating this song , forty years later I can sit back and laugh at feeling like that and appreciate how good this song is , strange how time mellows you 👍

    • @hopebgood
      @hopebgood 2 роки тому +2

      I hear what you're saying mate. That is such a nice comm.

    • @ijustdidahugeshit
      @ijustdidahugeshit Рік тому

      I agree with you because I am a qualified lesbian

    • @GG-ml3vr
      @GG-ml3vr Рік тому +1

      Im a Gordon and hated Gordon is a moron,now at 58 i see it for what it is,a piece of music/comedy genius.

  • @mattblackwell4100
    @mattblackwell4100 2 роки тому +27

    Haunting song, sinister video. I remember this from when I was a kid in '79. Such a brilliant tune. Possibly more relevant today than it ever was

  • @gavinredmond3766
    @gavinredmond3766 4 місяці тому +8

    God, this is one of the greatest tunes EVER.

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 3 місяці тому

      Their first major UK hit,reaching number 17 in October/November 1979.

  • @zed4225
    @zed4225 Місяць тому +5

    One of my favourite all time tracks. Thanks lads, Soundtrack to life material

  • @EvilEye172
    @EvilEye172 3 роки тому +82

    Beautiful song!
    A truly forgotten classic, which simply never gets old.
    Love it!

    • @FFM0594
      @FFM0594 2 роки тому +4

      I never forgot it.

    • @EvilEye172
      @EvilEye172 2 роки тому +3

      Good stuff!

    • @rippi37
      @rippi37 2 роки тому +1

      It has never been forgotten !! WTF ??

    • @EvilEye172
      @EvilEye172 2 роки тому +2

      @Kate Well, certainly not by us! Thankfully 🙂

  • @clapham93
    @clapham93 28 днів тому +1

    Heard this last week on Sky's Now 70's. Was so excited to hear it after all these years and surprised l knew all the words. 😁 Gonna send to my friend. ❤

  • @charles4283
    @charles4283 2 роки тому +35

    One of the best riffs I’ve ever heard

    • @richardmurphy4520
      @richardmurphy4520 Рік тому +1

      There's a minor 9th guitar chord amidst the riff, somewhere around the 7th fret. Bloody hard to play correctly, I know coz I've tried n failed many times. Andy Partridge is a genius.

    • @Lagerfanny-g7e
      @Lagerfanny-g7e Рік тому

      Listen to more riffs then.

    • @primalious9548
      @primalious9548 Рік тому

      ⁠@@Lagerfanny-g7eWhat are your favourites then

    • @Lagerfanny-g7e
      @Lagerfanny-g7e Рік тому +1

      @@primalious9548 Jimmy Page.

  • @MrNaKillshots
    @MrNaKillshots 3 роки тому +61

    A truly unique band. They're all I listen to nowadays.

  • @Tulkas219
    @Tulkas219 3 роки тому +22

    I've got a cousin called Nigel so this was a very popular song in our house growing up. Cousin NIgel grew to hate it with a passion though. :)

  • @stephenthomas3085
    @stephenthomas3085 2 місяці тому +7

    Amazing song, still playing it today. The 1970s were phenominally rich in fantastic music but '77, '78 & '79 were particularly fecund witj punk, post punk and new wave.

  • @DD-ev2dt
    @DD-ev2dt 11 місяців тому +45

    This was one of the great tracks from early 80s still sounds great in 2024 XTC "Making plans for Nigel" 😎👍.

    • @mariedolan-nq7zq
      @mariedolan-nq7zq 11 місяців тому

      Fergal sharkey u little thief it's amazing Google it

    • @sergelu
      @sergelu 10 місяців тому +5

      Late seventies

    • @DD-ev2dt
      @DD-ev2dt 4 місяці тому +1

      Stand corrected so much great music around late 70s early 80s a conveyor belt of greatness across all genres 😎👍 .....

    • @valerienisbet
      @valerienisbet 3 місяці тому

      🗽🦄

  • @ArchStanton-o6m
    @ArchStanton-o6m 8 місяців тому +145

    XTC are literally underrated

    • @fatherpaulstone896
      @fatherpaulstone896 6 місяців тому +4

      Says who?

    • @louiseed1321
      @louiseed1321 6 місяців тому

      They are and a lot of folk don't get the irony about Nigel the yes man.

    • @DontKnowDontCare6.9
      @DontKnowDontCare6.9 6 місяців тому +1

      Only children keep saying a band is underrated, because they think commenting it is cool.

    • @suzihall778
      @suzihall778 5 місяців тому

      Bullshit.

    • @suzihall778
      @suzihall778 5 місяців тому +1

      @@fatherpaulstone896Fuckwits who want exposure for their business

  • @heresydestroyer5025
    @heresydestroyer5025 3 роки тому +33

    The best underated british band ever

    • @teeteringonthebrink.305
      @teeteringonthebrink.305 3 роки тому +1

      Agreed. Should have had greater success in the charts than they did. They had a unique and wonderful sound.

  • @antoniomargheriti5186
    @antoniomargheriti5186 3 дні тому

    This is such an outstanding song. Such creativity in all its little details, even in the guitar solo.

  • @paulok8897
    @paulok8897 3 роки тому +55

    No matter the style, time and geography you can always tell when someone is having fun making the music, and it’s the best

  • @daniel-m
    @daniel-m 8 місяців тому +38

    This song (excellent), is paradoxically much more relevant today. What a genius XTC group !

    • @erikhassler9459
      @erikhassler9459 8 місяців тому +3

      I´m living it.

    • @daniel-m
      @daniel-m 8 місяців тому +2

      @@erikhassler9459 Remember de song of ELO, "hold on tight to your dreams". Thank you for your comment ;o)

    • @arthurfleck629
      @arthurfleck629 7 місяців тому +1

      @@daniel-mI love that song, and ELO songs in general, I recently discovered their song “Jungle” and instantly fell in love with it, it’s awesome.

  • @televisierewind5404
    @televisierewind5404 3 роки тому +96

    He has his future in a British steel..... So, no worries for Nigel :-(

    • @nickreid9460
      @nickreid9460 3 роки тому +6

      most memorable lyrics for me.lol

    • @micheinnz
      @micheinnz 3 роки тому +8

      IIRC British Steel were not happy!

    • @krispynachos9980
      @krispynachos9980 3 місяці тому +2

      British Steel great Priest album

    • @souljahshocky
      @souljahshocky 2 місяці тому

      To think China made more steel in one 22 month period than the UK over produced in over 150 years

  • @marccoulson8997
    @marccoulson8997 2 роки тому +26

    I was born in 1986, this was obviously before I was born but this is a great tune and even way ahead if it's time. This is a tune. People say I was born in the wrong decade as all my favourite music is from 78 to 84! I do think music was at its absolute best between those years x

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ldQu1c4UflE/v-deo.html

    • @YOURTECHFRIEND
      @YOURTECHFRIEND 2 роки тому +4

      True! Good on you 😍

    • @V8AmericanMuscleCar
      @V8AmericanMuscleCar 2 роки тому +2

      1980 here. 😁
      I agree about late 70s and I would say it was great until the end of the 80s. After that the music suddenly began to die. 😕

    • @Steaks652
      @Steaks652 2 роки тому

      My favourite era, exactly the same as yours mate.

    • @ijustdidahugeshit
      @ijustdidahugeshit Рік тому

      Me too because I am a qualified lesbian

  • @BaxterStoneTV
    @BaxterStoneTV Рік тому +20

    It looks like their using flat screen TVs on the walls. Unbelievably futuristic for 1979. XTC what a great band!

    • @thux2828
      @thux2828 5 місяців тому

      Stylistically it looks like it's from the 90s, especially with all the computer graphics, and even the album cover design.

    • @TylerDurden-oy2hm
      @TylerDurden-oy2hm 2 місяці тому +1

      lol...i think i saw David Bowie holding a Ipad in the video for Ashes to ashes...

    • @BaxterStoneTV
      @BaxterStoneTV 2 місяці тому

      @TylerDurden-oy2hm Yes, I remember that as well. I saw it recently and thought that.

  • @warrenjones4407
    @warrenjones4407 2 роки тому +5

    Can definitely feel a Kinks influence here!!! love it

  • @foxbat888
    @foxbat888 7 місяців тому +34

    Late June 1979 my classmates organized a post 'O' levels disco party where this song was played, I felt things with such intensity at that age, now I am a stranger in a strange land, the past being another country entirely

  • @stephenbarrette610
    @stephenbarrette610 Рік тому +4

    So great to read all the positive comments about this song and the band. They were just brilliant. And this is a fabulous song, i’ve loved it since the day it was released.

  • @APoxOnNordStream
    @APoxOnNordStream Місяць тому +3

    Seriously, XTC were too much. Absolute banger after absolute banger in the early 80s, every single single an absolute stone cold classic. What the hell were they on?

  • @chitsb
    @chitsb 2 роки тому +8

    Thank you Black Mirror Bandersnatch, for introducing me to this quirky song. What an apt song for the show.

  • @trevorbrown6654
    @trevorbrown6654 2 роки тому +12

    XTC...a band that despite some great pop songs is unfortunately (and unjustly) more or less forgotten these days. This song still sounds fresh and modern and with a great video. This song is somehow also longer than I remembered!

  • @cliffordmargrett8666
    @cliffordmargrett8666 3 роки тому +16

    X.T.C. One of the Great Bands of the 80s. I just loved them... Yours Cliff

  • @Kay-mz8hc
    @Kay-mz8hc 3 роки тому +10

    XTC love them my favourite band of all time . I'm 59 now but takes me back.

  • @azaz...
    @azaz... 2 роки тому +21

    this song has randomly turned up on my playlist , what a choon , I can't believe ive never heard this. off key , way ahead of its time

    • @V8AmericanMuscleCar
      @V8AmericanMuscleCar 2 роки тому +4

      I discovered this song couple weeks ago and I can't get enough!

  • @ricardorodriguez-cm4hv
    @ricardorodriguez-cm4hv Рік тому +2

    Wow, the apple vision pro since 70's

  • @cubleycat
    @cubleycat 2 роки тому +13

    I was a teenager when this came out and this is the first time I have seen the video, awesome stuff

    • @LordPoshnameVonPlumbingparts
      @LordPoshnameVonPlumbingparts 2 роки тому +1

      I'd just been born. I originally heard Pitchshifter cover it then followed up the original. Glad I did as it's an absolute belter.

    • @paulcoxon2134
      @paulcoxon2134 Рік тому

      The white man was a great family

  • @dimitrispapadimitriou5622
    @dimitrispapadimitriou5622 2 роки тому +20

    I love all these great little details - sounds, riffs, vocals, patterns, drums...So many things in only a few minutes in this iconic catchy new wave song.

  • @rhianna616
    @rhianna616 2 роки тому +30

    great song, so ahead of it’s time

  • @robgreaves3738
    @robgreaves3738 2 роки тому +44

    A classic then, and still a classic!

    • @Silkroads733
      @Silkroads733 2 роки тому +1

      A opinion is such a wonderful thing to express...the trick is to remember your opinion is unique to you and you only.

    • @ChrisA-u3t
      @ChrisA-u3t 2 роки тому +1

      I agree, this track is classic🇬🇧❤️🌈

    • @richardmurphy4520
      @richardmurphy4520 Рік тому

      @@Silkroads733 Yes, opinions are like A-holes, everyone has got one.

    • @Silkroads733
      @Silkroads733 Рік тому

      @@richardmurphy4520 that’s not actually true, think about it..

    • @richardmurphy4520
      @richardmurphy4520 Рік тому

      @@Silkroads733 You sound like a Pope Pious the 2nd of Spain fan. Think about that.

  • @mamamia6925
    @mamamia6925 Рік тому +4

    Excellent Song...

  • @BrianMurfitt
    @BrianMurfitt 5 місяців тому +6

    I 💖 XTC, they were a combination of MOD, New Wave and Rock and like everyone says v.underated by the music industry and media of that time. Maybe because they were difficult to define, it may have been the reason for not being taken so seriously? I remember this single was released in the Autumn/Fall of 79 and I'd just turned 14. The late 70s/early 80s was the best era for rock/new wave. 🎵👍

  • @НаидаСутаева-х4в
    @НаидаСутаева-х4в 2 роки тому +5

    I saw this video twenty years ago, in The best punk video. Very creative group! One of the best post punk group.

    • @patttrick
      @patttrick 2 роки тому

      Mummer Skylarking that's their best work .Grass for instance ua-cam.com/video/nyvgFFAzwzA/v-deo.html

  • @pradaman307
    @pradaman307 3 роки тому +29

    Always loved song AND Senses working overtime-WHAT a VERY underrated band they were !!!!

    • @FFM0594
      @FFM0594 2 роки тому +1

      I loved them since the first time I heard them on JP in 77.

  • @garymcghee2249
    @garymcghee2249 3 роки тому +39

    Timeless. Touched by genius. Still sounds fresh as a daisy.

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ldQu1c4UflE/v-deo.html

  • @andrewgould2118
    @andrewgould2118 2 роки тому +7

    Nostalgia night with headphones, just had to hear this again. I was 15 when itit was released, LOVE IT

  • @nickreid9460
    @nickreid9460 3 роки тому +21

    classic one from late 70s-early 80s. still sounds good today. timeless classic

  • @tony.smith645
    @tony.smith645 12 днів тому +2

    I'm 17 years old again when I first heard this Tune 💥🫠

  • @soffcordero
    @soffcordero 3 роки тому +23

    this song always makes me cry, thanks guys!

    • @6wm
      @6wm 3 роки тому +1

      Oh 🙁
      May I ask why that is?

    • @gioponti6359
      @gioponti6359 3 роки тому +5

      @@6wm i suppose the saddening thing is how people are being taken care of instead of being given the opportunity to learn how to take care for themselves i.e. learn about ones own needs & responsibilities. It gives me the creeps. And i think its about a particular age, somewhere 10 to 16?, where the young ones arrive at a pivot age, skilled or not to deal with their passion & goals, self-discipline & freedom but at a point to decide about the directions their lives shall take (education, also friends, ..) - or, else, others do that for them, or (worst?) no-one does.
      Even Brexit comes to mind..
      But perhaps i got it all wrong.

    • @6wm
      @6wm 3 роки тому +4

      @@gioponti6359I understand.
      It may appear for the most part that people are being taken care of,
      but those in power do not really care. All smoke and mirrors.
      As for Brexit and anything to do with politics.. divide and conquer is the game.
      Stay strong, alert and God bless you and those closest to you.

    • @gioponti6359
      @gioponti6359 3 роки тому +2

      @@6wm ..touching words! Thank you so much, same very best to you & loved ones

    • @6wm
      @6wm 3 роки тому +1

      @@gioponti6359 Thank you

  • @conwaynoel3715
    @conwaynoel3715 2 роки тому +4

    Brilliant piece of music ,remember it well. Jeez I'm gettin old !!!

  • @bruceblackburn9423
    @bruceblackburn9423 25 днів тому +1

    15 y/o .. when this was a hit...where do the years go 😳

  • @curiositypiqued6573
    @curiositypiqued6573 3 роки тому +73

    Can't believe this was only uploaded 3 days ago and yet the song is 42 years old lol!!🤣🤣

    • @tombaum1805
      @tombaum1805 3 роки тому +3

      I loved this song since 42 years ago!

    • @annettegardiner7270
      @annettegardiner7270 3 роки тому +3

      Blimy that's weired I only thought of this song again after all these yrs just now and searched for it.. 😁 Listened to the yrs ago, have it on vinyl still..

    • @cassidiehailley4100
      @cassidiehailley4100 3 роки тому +1

      Wow really glad I found it.👌🙂

    • @sid1957vicious
      @sid1957vicious 3 роки тому +1

      It's been uploaded countless times.

    • @kitfagan2027
      @kitfagan2027 3 роки тому +2

      I didn't even know there was a music video filmed until I searched today.

  • @milouddouh3169
    @milouddouh3169 10 місяців тому +1

    this track, one of XTC's best, is the quintessence of new wave music, a paragon

  • @stevepickett4453
    @stevepickett4453 Рік тому +5

    RIP 💔🙏 Nigel ,Stewart 1977 /78 , beautiful wee baby boy , , taken far soon , so 😢💙sad ,

  • @BillODriscoll-jo2ve
    @BillODriscoll-jo2ve 7 місяців тому +4

    Great song from xtc
    Released back in '79
    September 1979

  • @Tobacc0
    @Tobacc0 2 роки тому +4

    Dystopian song.

  • @johnvanhal2450
    @johnvanhal2450 2 роки тому +11

    Extremely successful in the Netherlands as well. And not only this one. I was serving in the army back then. Great times!

  • @martino9134
    @martino9134 2 роки тому +18

    The first 'hit song' with gated reverb drums. With a second set of mics positioned high in each corner of the stone built Studio .( usually attributed as an accident to Phil Collins on his solo LP and drums on Peter Gabriel 'melt' LP).Recorded april 79 at the newly built townhouse studio with Steve Lillywhite & Hugh Padgham' released 6th Sept79 as a single. Xtc never really got the kudos they deserved for their output.

    • @ezechielamadeus2828
      @ezechielamadeus2828 2 роки тому +1

      👍

    • @richardmurphy4520
      @richardmurphy4520 Рік тому +1

      I thought Police producer Dr Nigel Gray also had a hand in this XTC great too ?, at his Surrey Sound Studio in Leatherhead Surrey.

  • @patrickryan5570
    @patrickryan5570 Рік тому +1

    Ok - Plans for Nigel goes into my top ten of all time - I remember as a kid hearing this song on the radio thinking this is the best song ever

  • @geoffjoffy
    @geoffjoffy 3 роки тому +82

    Hard to believe these guys are now heading towards their 70s.

    • @mklaver31
      @mklaver31 3 роки тому +11

      Damn, that proves how far ahead their music was

    • @FFM0594
      @FFM0594 2 роки тому

      Fuck off, so am I. Punk til I die.

    • @condensedsleep3936
      @condensedsleep3936 2 роки тому +9

      We all are, even you.

    • @heinoustentacles5719
      @heinoustentacles5719 2 роки тому +10

      From the '70s to the 70s...

    • @geoffjoffy
      @geoffjoffy 2 роки тому +3

      @@heinoustentacles5719 True

  • @SLB4523
    @SLB4523 10 місяців тому +1

    Fabulous song off a fabulous album.

  • @helenallison1637
    @helenallison1637 2 роки тому +11

    Brilliant band! Loved them then, still love them.

    • @krashd
      @krashd Рік тому

      I bet you also love Squeeze. My big sis introduced me to lots of 80's bands and XTC and Squeeze are the best!

  • @coloh9928
    @coloh9928 2 роки тому +11

    wow i get strong blur vibes from this in both the song and video - i see where they got some of their inspiration from.

  • @deadstar44
    @deadstar44 3 роки тому +46

    Andy Partridge is a genius but Colin Moulding just hit it out of the park with that one.

    • @pwatts8846
      @pwatts8846 2 роки тому +3

      Partridge was more prolific by tenfold but Moulding wrote some true XTC classics, ran out of steam after Nonsuch though and completely lost interest after 2001 or so.

    • @BoneTone1961
      @BoneTone1961 2 роки тому

      They were the Lennon McCartney if their time. The Mancunian chaps 50/50 sex pistols Beatles don't compare

  • @abercrombie1416
    @abercrombie1416 5 місяців тому +2

    Great bass!!

  • @michaelmoore8371
    @michaelmoore8371 2 роки тому +6

    Classic forever thank you 😊 🙏 ❤.

  • @MonsterBoxstudio
    @MonsterBoxstudio Рік тому

    LOVE !!!

  • @GeorgesBrunaud
    @GeorgesBrunaud Рік тому +3

    A great band ! One of the most important band in the 80's

  • @davidmorris8669
    @davidmorris8669 Рік тому +1

    The chugging base line makes this song.Cant believe this was 44 years ago; timeless!

  • @ftmsexchange5102
    @ftmsexchange5102 2 роки тому +3

    Fabulous song. I remember when it was first released I was in my early 20's,now I'm 62.

  • @jbradbury2
    @jbradbury2 Рік тому

    My son now 24 loves this song! he says just how modern it sounds, unreal.

  • @petel2551
    @petel2551 Рік тому +4

    it was stand out back in the day and still is now. Such a unique song.

  • @craigbeale8540
    @craigbeale8540 Рік тому +1

    Thats a class video. As a kid i only heard the song but wow this band were amazing.

  • @dreamswithindreams
    @dreamswithindreams Рік тому +17

    Now(and always)thats top notch drums and bassline intro in a song that cannot be matched or compared.
    Rolls on throughout the song.
    Great music Great song.
    ♥♥♥♥♥♥

  • @SageCog801-zl1ue
    @SageCog801-zl1ue 2 місяці тому

    Immense thanks to Ryan and Low Roar. I discovered you whilst in recovery in Bath and walked for miles and miles listening to your truly beautiful music.
    I am still in shock that you left us but some days I think that you are some how still hereafter.
    I lost my mum to cancer at Xmas 2019 so I look forward to hearing the music again.
    Thank you.

  • @ritavaccaro1488
    @ritavaccaro1488 3 роки тому +11

    Unforgettable this song! Always on my mind. I was wery surprised at first listening when I was a young girl and in Italy there was the British invasion in 80's about music.

  • @drstevie
    @drstevie Рік тому +2

    Brilliant.