XTC - This Is Pop - Sky Arts
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XTC - This Is Pop - Sky Arts
Anyone see this last night?
Long overdue overview of an overlooked band.
It's on again this Tuesday 10th October at 22:30 if anyone can get Sky Arts.
Well worth a squint.
Long overdue overview of an overlooked band.
It's on again this Tuesday 10th October at 22:30 if anyone can get Sky Arts.
Well worth a squint.
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I recorded it. XTC are a band I think I ought to like more than I really do.
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Diamond Dog wrote:I recorded it. XTC are a band I think I ought to like more than I really do.
Any chance for a file? mp4 or so
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ConnyOlivetti wrote:Diamond Dog wrote:I recorded it. XTC are a band I think I ought to like more than I really do.
Any chance for a file? mp4 or so
TV to my Sky hard drive Conny... sorry, no can do
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Diamond Dog wrote:ConnyOlivetti wrote:Diamond Dog wrote:I recorded it. XTC are a band I think I ought to like more than I really do.
Any chance for a file? mp4 or so
TV to my Sky hard drive Conny... sorry, no can do
Ah, well, no worries
Manage a download from Youtube, but it got six muted parts each one minute, so it will do for now
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agggh got halfway through this on Youtube and the fuckers took it off
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Mike Boom wrote:agggh got halfway through this on Youtube and the fuckers took it off
pm me your contact details, mail and I fix it for yah!
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It was enjoyable, Partridge trying to be annoyed yet loving having to do it was funny to watch. Learned a lot about them and was reminded of some of their tunes I forgot about. Never knew about the controversy around "Dear God".
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I'd say it's the song - if they are know at all - that they are known for here with Peter Pumpkinhead" & "Generals and Majors" tied for distant second.
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Sneelock wrote:I'd say it's the song - if they are know at all - that they are known for here with Peter Pumpkinhead" & "Generals and Majors" tied for distant second.
You think so?
'King for a Day' broke through pretty big, but yeah, they're TOO ENGLISH to do much over here, right?
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Count Machuki wrote:Sneelock wrote:I'd say it's the song - if they are know at all - that they are known for here with Peter Pumpkinhead" & "Generals and Majors" tied for distant second.
You think so?
'King for a Day' broke through pretty big, but yeah, they're TOO ENGLISH to do much over here, right?
'Making Plans for Nigel'?
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For those who are partial 'Black Sea' is the next album to get the box set treatment.
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Harvey K-Tel wrote:Count Machuki wrote:Sneelock wrote:I'd say it's the song - if they are know at all - that they are known for here with Peter Pumpkinhead" & "Generals and Majors" tied for distant second.
You think so?
'King for a Day' broke through pretty big, but yeah, they're TOO ENGLISH to do much over here, right?
'Making Plans for Nigel'?
First I remember hearing them was "Senses Working Overtime" in the early years of MTV.
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I think the real "radio" of today is songs used in movies & advertising. "Dear God" is featured in a lot of movies. it's in "IT" and for more than just a few seconds.
"Nigel" was the one that sold me. I went backwards and discovered the intermittent pleasures of the first two. they didn't exactly lose me along the way but I'm much less enthusiastic about some lp's than others.
I was at a record signing when "Apple Venus" came out that took HOURS. I saw more vinyl copies of "English Settlement" that evening in Hollywood than any other single item - for what that's worth.
"Nigel" was the one that sold me. I went backwards and discovered the intermittent pleasures of the first two. they didn't exactly lose me along the way but I'm much less enthusiastic about some lp's than others.
I was at a record signing when "Apple Venus" came out that took HOURS. I saw more vinyl copies of "English Settlement" that evening in Hollywood than any other single item - for what that's worth.
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ConnyOlivetti wrote:Mike Boom wrote:agggh got halfway through this on Youtube and the fuckers took it off
pm me your contact details, mail and I fix it for yah!
Cheers for this , I tried to send you a PM and got a big FORBIDDEN notice and couldn't access this site for like two days ! so I guess the rock n roll gods do not want me to see it.
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Mike Boom wrote:ConnyOlivetti wrote:Mike Boom wrote:agggh got halfway through this on Youtube and the fuckers took it off
pm me your contact details, mail and I fix it for yah!
Cheers for this , I tried to send you a PM and got a big FORBIDDEN notice and couldn't access this site for like two days ! so I guess the rock n roll gods do not want me to see it.
Bloody hell, Im forbidden!
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Done, thanks again Conny
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Mike Boom wrote:Done, thanks again Conny
uploading/sending now
check for Filecentral in you spam folder if it does not arrive
Cheers
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ConnyOlivetti wrote:Mike Boom wrote:ConnyOlivetti wrote:
pm me your contact details, mail and I fix it for yah!
Cheers for this , I tried to send you a PM and got a big FORBIDDEN notice and couldn't access this site for like two days ! so I guess the rock n roll gods do not want me to see it.
Bloody hell, Im forbidden!
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Just finished watching it. Splendid stuff. One of the most informative and enjoyable rockumentaries ( sorry, Andy ) I've seen.