Not my favourite XTC song but when I hear the song I’m always transported back to the Crystal Ballroom 79/80. As you walked through the door on the right hand side there was a giant video screen. Every time I walked past it, it seemed to be playing this song. Even when they moved the screen to other parts this song seemed to pop up. I guess they may have had one video tape.
Drums and Wires the album this song came from was when I really started to get into XTC. There’s something so English and eccentric about them (well Andy partridge) and their musical output as remained consistent to this day. This song was written by Colin Moulding who wrote about a third of their albums.
I spent a lot of time at the Ballroom starting in 78 with my band the Fiction right through 82 and the end of it’s heyday as a live venue. The first time we played there was on a Saturday afternoon supporting Two way Garden. The sun through the windows illuminated the whole room in a seaside glow. There wasn’t many people there and guitar and drum cases seemed to be scattered around the room as if we were all just using it as a rehearsal space. It was The Fiction’s second gig . It was magic.
i tried to work out the guitar to "scissor man" one night, and i gave up.. too hard..
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