X (the band) True Love

[MostricBass]

I Never seen this video before "Much More Fun In the New World" is a very great album but this song is probably the weakest one on it :(

[Rumpull4skin]

MORE COWBELL!!!

[hoosierscot]

MAGIC!

[dirtbag1713]

talking about great x songs.. what about Adult Books?

[240ups]

what a band!

[jbanner29]

I grew up in So Cal in the 80's and I never saw a band that sounded better live and had more impressive lyrics and sound. This music influenced and effected and entire generation of music lovers, but the recordings/albums never really captured the sound and the feeling of LA like their live performances did. I miss this music and those days

[retrograder22]

lets make it 50, they didn`t can too many of these and this is worthy of many 40`s

[11xzxzxz]

Very over-rated band .. such acclaim in California and this is one of their best songs. John Doe should stick to singing others song and acting and Exene should stay at home.

[venisfurs]

you should get your head out of youe ass!

[11xzxzxz]

Your ass is so far up John Doe how would you know. This is actually a good song but I have heard a lot of junk from them.

[968gman]

You've heard alot of "junk" from THIS group? Well SPECIFICAL what? How much of this groups music have you even heard? I've heard ALL of their stuff and most of it is excelent.

[11xzxzxz]

A lot of people outside of California have votes and it's thumb down. I did say this is a pretty good and interesting tune and one of their best but I've heard so much weak music from X. John Doe may be a better actor than .. Hey don't write me anymore. Peter Paul and Mary on acid.

[Skulldini]

Pardon me, but this group has many other cool songs besides this one and they have very little weak music. What can I say? They'r good,..and they truely deserve their share of warrented recognition.

[11xzxzxz]

That's cool but I have searched and this is the only song I really like. I'm sure there could be others .. you can recommend one or 2 of course.

[11xzxzxz]

This song rocks but .. New world .. burning house . hit and run .. None of those songs seem good. Am I just hitting on the wrong songs? I did hear John do a song by my favorite all time band .. The Replacements. If you don't like the Replacements then we just really differ..

[Skulldini]

Have'nt you ever heard White Girl, Los Angeles, Hungry Wolf, It's Who You Know, Blue Spark, Real Childe of Hell, Devil Doll, Under the Big Black Sun and I See Red? Try those,...you should be able to finde them posted on here somewhere.

[lenaisapunkrocker]

how can burning house of love not sound good if you like the Replacements?

[11xzxzxz]

True Love is the best X song imo. Burning House is OK. I have never seen a list where if you love the Replacements you will also like X.

[vaf88]

people in indiana like x too, its country and punk

[11xzxzxz]

Yeah .. I really like this song. Like Wilco too. I read that you are only allowed to like John Mellencamp in Indiana (ha). For some reason East Coast doesn't play them much ..East Coast is not hip unless you're in NYC. Be well.

[11xzxzxz]

And you have no videos to demonstrate your bad taste. And venisfurs has the worst of Roxy Music.

[Skulldini]

Roxy Music? Well I like them a bit too, but they'r something totaly dissimilar to X here.

[venisfurs]

maybe i came on a little strong but i don't even care for this song very much, so many of there other songs are so much better, i've seen your playlist and can see you do have some musical tase, i guess the critics and myself must be wrong, i don't see how you missed the boat on this one

[holstc]

Everyone should check out X from Australia...much superior to this!!

This track is like a half arsed version of Talking Heads!

[wisesatyr72]

Definitely not like your typical punk rock band, very cool..

[kj0928]

X themselves denied that they were "punk" and openly chided the music press who insisted on pasting this label on them.

What great times with X at the forefront of the L.A. underground club scene of the 1980s. Now it's all about velvet ropes and Paris Hilton.

[pitbull103]

X were the beatles of LA punk -- the best and most influential. Now what did John ever do with that old "shirt?"

[LindaPeralta007]

X RULES!!!! Love early music video look...the pin-ups & seeing them as such pups!!!! XOXO

[vaf88]

makes me think of inxs

[goozervanpancake]

ins? yeesh!

[Blueface86]

The devils punch bowl is Hilarius- Sick video Huge fan of X

[Boraflux]

I love Exene's hair in this video.

[Skulldini]

To bizzybob57 who'd posed the question;

"Why were'nt they the bigest band of the 80's?!"

Well, probably because most idiots back then were too buisy fixating on and fawning over ohhh Michael Jackson, Madona, Def Lepard, Duran Duran, U2, Bon Jovie et all to give THIS groupe any notice. Question answerd?

[Skulldini]

X werent the only great groupe of that particular era that got similarly overshadowd. There were others, like Midnight Oil, Lone Justice, Killing Joke, Bauhouse and The Smiths, to name just a few. That is realy the thing about the 80's, it was a decade in wich all the truely great musical acts realy were the less mainstream and obvious ones,who got overshadowd and obscured by the biggie superstar acts of the day.

[Skulldini]

It's a damn shame though is'nt it, because if groupes like X had been bigger, then the 80's would have a better reputation historicaly and there'd be much better music acts today.

[vicdean]

wow... obviously you didnt grow up in the LA punk scene... midnight oil.. lol.. ha!

X was apart of somrthing that will never be done again... the germs, screamers, ..hell..stray cats.. lokk at that influence now..

not to single you out.. i was reading.. X had nothing to do with all that english music at the time...

purely LA punk.. if you werent there then you dont know..

i'm still in it.

[nirvanaenlightenment]

what about the weirdos and the runaways?

[JooHill]

it's the song - Long Train Running - by Doobie Brothers, right!?!

[whyifnotyou]

in a wordy rapping hood luv em

[smileycat58]

bangin' song!

[corkscrewfoley]

Nice to finally have a sound to the name...anyone who's read any Bret Easton Ellis novels will see that he mentions this band frequently.

[idiotkari]

For sure. and the Psychedelic Furs.

[heyjuday]

An X hommage to 70's R&B...LOVE IT!

[papitwinki]

Been thinking about this damn song and video for years..... Was fantastic 20 years ago, still awesome and cool today !

[birdiejoehoaks]

i love how billy zoom is always just... there.

[willminkorea]

This is actually called "True Love, Part 2" There's another song on the album called "True Love" and it would be great if someone would post thta one, too.

[geojorge1369]

What a gem! Stil love and admire this band after all these years! Love Exene's country woman singer tribute as she mournfully sings D-I-V-O-R-C-E!

[stratocat6]

I just remember seeing some "X" vids. in the early 80's, then I remembered seeing John Doe in Roadhouse, I guess he's had quite an acting career too!

[stacyblue1980]

omg! this is a new one to me!! Interesting.

[Dubmaniac]

NICE! I'd never seen this one before. Thanks for posting it. Pretty cool seeing the Blasters and Cesar Rojas from Los Lobos at the end.

Check out my videos and you'll find "True love, part 1" live at the Bluebird Theater in Denver. They're still going strong...

[lovesGenet]

John and Exene and the rest . such grt AMERICAN MUSIC > I MISS  THEM !!!!

[number7gracestreet]

very endearing...

[westofthefields]

Exene never looked better...before or since.

And total extra credit for Billy providing the hand claps. HI-larious!

[xtopper235]

Reminds me of a quote from a Rollins Book - "Exene sometimes looks like a witch, and other times she looks like a tasty little bitch" I think the latter is true here!

[OaktownP]

Exene, I want to have your babies.

[9ideal]

black betty had a baby

[OroborusFMA]

The other version is way better.

[FJanice]

I love the shirt, John! Wow. Now his is a classic! Never tire of This song.

[voidodz]

omg exene is so hot!

[2manyguitars]

This song proves that all songs are the same song.

[Ramblineric]

Hey, isn't that thr mighty Chris D. in an all-too fitting role as the Devil himself?

Haha, X have always been the coolest!!!

By the way, I'd like to remind the fellow who posted the comment below that the bassplayer's name is actually John DOE!!!

[PhantomDog]

Yea, who was I thinking of? Oh, right.

[PhantomDog]

Don't fuck with X! Saw concert footage where a fan bumrushed the stage and was neatly intercepted by Jon Dough's fist sending him back into the audience while Jon went back to playing so nonchalant.

[dompy1]

Musical genius. Period. Exene looks hot! (Oh, and you may want to re-title this True Love Pt 2). Thanks for the post.