XTC "human Alchemy"

[sonicvariables]

gosh...how i love xtc...they were such a god to me...

[JavelBleach]

I want to buy the collection. Everything. Videos, albums, biogs etc. Does a full collection exist?

[CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

this is from the "play at home" series is it not?

i can see where radiohead and their video producers took their lead.

[101Volts]

@CONSIDERABLYMORE1 Yes, It is. All the Mummer videos are as well as the live version of Train Running Low On Soul Coal.

[podelkid]

I had no clue and all these vids popped up like three years ago. I just wish there was a way for me to own these.

[TheAndiHall]

@podelkid ever heard of "youtube downloader?"

[JavelBleach]

@podelkid Or DownloadHelper.

Or Amazon.

[punarsamana]

XTC is one of the greatest bands of all time, and it is a damn shame that XTC is not widely recognized. All one has to do is pay close attention to their songs from Skylarking, English Settlement, and other albums to see what XTC is capable of. The music is staggering in its power to move the listener emotionally, not to mention the technical skills of these musicians -- especially for lovers of acoustic guitar.

[allegracloud]

XTC have always sounded like XTC.

[allegracloud]

XTC have always sounded like XTC.

[PeregrineTrousers]

Not heard this for while. Not seen the vid before. Good stuff indeed!

[SHYBONER]

WTF IS THIS SHITT!!

[TheMightyHartley]

@SHYBONER

It's called interesting and intelligent music, performed by one of the most revered bands in pop music, XTC (no doubt you were here thinking the XTC on offer was drugs. Duh).

Obviously this is WAAAAYYY above your head, so bye bye!!

[SHYBONER]

@TheMightyHartley sure thing bro... have a good day

[101Volts]

I read that Andy didn't think they ever picked up all of those dolls in the field and he joked something to the ring of "Some day in the future when they're using plastic detectors they'll find all those dolls and wonder if they had something to do with a cult".

[itisascamitisascam]

4:15 ...perfect black metal album cover XD

[gazaa58]

One of my fav British bands, love em, and my fav of their songs, the percussion is awesome throughout. They were also very good at producing videos for under £50, this being a good example (not a criticism).

Hope there is still much to come from Mssers Partridge and Moulding.

[101Volts]

I understand this song is about stealing and slavery. I've heard it before and own the album Mummer but I'm going to say this now, I'm reminded of Avatar.

[BoyT0oY]

I just begin to discover this band, and I think I just begin to be a fan!

[101Volts]

@BoyT0oY What have you heard so far? XTC changed their sound from album to album. I could recommend some songs for you if you'd like.

[furakkueroru]

Mummer is the best then Drums and Wires!

[furakkueroru]

Yes this album Mummer is their best tho I also like Drums and Wires!

[furakkueroru]

Yes this album Mummer is their best tho I also like Drums and Wires!

[NemoFitzgerald]

I really like when pop artist write songs about historical subjects. That being said, slavery is still a huge problem in the world. This is a really well done song. They tell it how it is. No sugarcoating. Evil is evil. Those who choose to serve evil become it's slave.

I have to say on a whole that Mummer is very underrated as XTC albums go. It's one of my favorites.

[xnonsuchx]

"Although we held the whip, you know we were the real slaves."

[artrock101]

great upload, sounds awesome.. thanks!

[vicory]

Can't say I agree with the conventional wisdom on Mummer (and The Big Express for that matter). Both albums are treasures to me - XTC at their most experimental yet still wonderfully musical, finding a distinct voice in a musical era known mostly for it's sameness and lack of adventure.

[derrvin]

kurwa kurwa kurwa kurwa

[geech55]

A complete mis-fire as a single though. Granted, Mummer presented difficult choices for any singles, IMHO, but Wonderland should not have made the cut.

[javiertenazas]

great great song!!!

[vhxtc1]

This has to be one of y most fave XTC songs ever.

[ferrari808]

ya got some nice audio going on here

did you overdub over the original?

just wondering...

[flooberbloob]

if only Rundgren had been around for Mummer and Big Express...

[TheMightyHartley]

This video was made (along with Love on a Farmboy's Wages, Funk Pop A Roll, In Loving Memory of a Name and Beating of Hearts) specially for a Channel Four programme called 'Play at Home'.

I think it's here somewhere on YouTube in its entirety.

[MoveOverCasanova]

this is my xtc,- they are the best since genesis to me. so straight guys and yet so outwordly gifted musicians---I know what i like, and it is British Understatement!!

[p717]

I used to think I was the only one who liked old Genesis and XTC together. Most people divided them by decade/genre...completely pointless.

[jtdavis62]

I love old Genesis (have you heard the recent remastered versions?) and I think XTC was the best band of the last 30 years! Both bands were too intelligent for mass consumption.

[Dhassp]

what album?

[MoveOverCasanova]

from "mummer", which i strongly recommed you to buy. it is cheap, underrated and abundant 2nd hand, but it has in fact not one weak song on it i find

[geech55]

I would humbly submit Wonderland as being one of the weakest of their catalogue...and the worst choice of a single in their career.

[kettlezone]

Disagree - I like Wonderland very much.

[MusicJew158]

Why is Mummer considered to be such a mediocre album from the critics

[p717]

Because the critics at that time were commissioned to promote, not critique. What has "sellability" was promoted. And as much as I like Peter Gabriel, he was never quite the talent that Andy Partridge is.

[lalalovering]

how many videos does xtc have, i had no idea this exsisted.

[illinoisan]

Always gives me chills. Mummer is my all-time favorite XTC album for tracks like this. I never saw this video before.

[acerb45666555]

i like!!5*****

[hwagaja14641]

すごい！　初めて見た！

暗い曲ですが大好きです。

[650monza]

I'd like to thank all the Japanese people who appreciate XTC!

日本人は音楽の趣味がいい人が多い。　と私は思うけど。　豪州人より。

[mkervelegan]

what a great aperçu of the western world's expansion and its consequences...this song made me to choose a history major in 1983.

[rapidride]

Mummer is the album. Not for everybody but a lot of thought in the lyrics. One of my favourites.Great sound from a great band.

[escarcha]

Sound is very good. Thanks for uploading.

[almadora]

the best picture quality i've ever seen on this video. it sounds great, too. thanks. got any more xtc?