XTC Another Satellite

[LanceHelmut]

what a body of work andy and co. have put out over the years. i REALLY cherish this album ...great post ..thanx

[JavelBleach]

@DerKosmonaut77 Can you post a recording of the interview?

[PuddingAtheist]

Love it.

[lyonslaforet]

I think XTC is very influenced by Brian Eno in this song!

[deadlove09]

woke up and had this playing in full sympony-talk about a wake up call!

[rediryou]

Anyone else hear Brian Wilson? Not to show disrespect, just the way music progresses, it's a compliment this band is great and I have not heard this since probably when it first came out. Wonder if I still have the record.

[typod1093]

This is one of my lesser favorite XTC albums...Still one of the best songs ever though!

[genglemt]

I'm unhappy with the production choices on this one. For instance, it sound like the base is played on a keyboard.. most of the sounds are keyboards, even something that sounds a bit like a guitar. But even keyboard base? Isn't that a bit silly, when you have one of the most interesting bass players available in Colin? I like the album, but at times the sound of it is just a bit too artificial, and I think this track suffers from that.

Great song though. Andy is a giant!

[badmuddy]

@genglemt no, actually, those chords WERE played on guitar by andy. i've heard them unprocessed. BRILLIANT track; what-EVER it takes to get the job done is good in my books. in this case, GREAT...

[TheBigPicProductions]

@genglemt Lame.

[cosmicrider287]

oh,it`s springtime again, i got to pull out the skylarking masterpiece out of the cupboard.

[deadlove09]

@cosmicrider287 take a roll in the grass for me-peace!

[cosmicrider287]

@deadlove09 my satellite detected you.now i`m all green and muddy.

[Beadbud5000]

My fav XTC SONG OUT OF THEIR ENTIRE CATALOG!

[Whatever999ish]

I'm guessing the one dislike was a mis-click of the mouse. My favorite song off of an incredible album.

[1STONEDIVISION]

Vocal production on this song is mind-blowingly great - Todd really outdone himself! Excellent!!!

[MUZICFEEDSMYSOUL]

One word for Skylarking : EPIC

[probrojeffro]

This is top notch genius. This is one album that will go down in the annals of history as a top 50 of all time. If not then we are not humans and I'm listening to a Martin fart track. God I love these guys. Makes me smarter just listening. Peace!

[robt1963lsusaint]

@probrojeffro I'm an old guy grew up with the classics of rock and roll.there are three greats of all time no make that four The Beatles, Elvis Costello and XTC

[robt1963lsusaint]

@probrojeffro I'm an old guy grew up with the classics of rock and roll.there are three greats of all time no make that four The Beatles, Elvis Costello and XTC. The fourth one is everyone else you can name them.

[freudzwetdream]

Fantastic album.

[guinnesstrail]

Prairie Prince sounds like the celestial beat to Andy Partridge's other worldly clock.

[TheScriabin]

Wow, forgot how good this one was.

[artisticluminiere]

Satellite lost in space???...

[xnonsuchx]

@artisticluminiere - It's about relationships, mostly unwanted.

[cosmicrider287]

phenomenal song.going to listen to some andy partridge interviews after this.

[skadibeorh]

There wouldn't have been most of rock and roll without the Nurk Twins, but that doesn't mean that there are not better bands than the Beatles. Pink Floyd comes to mind. And XTC. Both are far better than John and Paul. Too, there would not have been the Nurk Twins without the Beach Boys.

[runtheclip8]

Damn XTC was good ... 

[TrixieinDixie]

This song was written about an American fan who was trying to get Andy's attention, and kept coming around, even though he was married. Apparently they finally got together after Andy eventually did divorce his wife after years of disharmony. Such a beautiful song, one of my absolute favorites of XTC.

[kevhead66]

@TrixieinDixie interesting. I have this todd rundgren interview-from here on youtube, where todd says andy fought to keep this song on the record. apparently mr. rundgren didn't like the song.

[mkendra29]

@TrixieinDixie This is how sophisticated songwriting is done, in the metaphors and analogies. It's an axiom as old as dirt that what one suggests is as explicit as what they actually say, and that argument is best left for other spaces. The idea of building a story around the idea of space travel... the spacy production by Mr. Rundgren may or may not be an accident, but I know for sure it's my favorite song on Skylarking. Thanks for this interpretation, you are dead-on, man!

[petermcintyre100]

I'm gonna go and put it on me turntable right now. Hopefully i can find the right combination to open the lock that keeps it in complete safety so I can savour it's delightful melodies that are contained within ! Ballet for a raineeeey day..........

[mensamoo]

this wins the prize for the unexpected chord change of the century... but this is XTC

[pianoboy39]

@mensamoo thats one of the things i love about xtc. they kind of throw away the textbook when it comes to song structures and melodies.such an inspiration.

[howdini67]

This song is just amazing. Perfectly encapsulates everything that is wonderful about XTC: incredibly inventive arrangements and chord progressions, dizzyingly beautiful melody, dazzling wordcraft.

I was trying to learn the chords on guitar today: it's just *insane.* Sounds so simple, but it's so not.

[mikew4001]

yes one of my favourite xtc songs of all times!

[rockawells]

Probably Andy's most beautiful song, in my opinion.

[krisnelson800]

cool song. i remember this song from 1986.

[jtdavis62]

XTC, produced by the musical godd Todd Rundgren! Pure magic!

[areseebizzle]

I once fell in love with a girl because we both loved this album. The fact someone else recognized it as brilliant started things off. Great, great album. Thanks for posting.

[reivenlocke]

This song is the odd man out on Skylarking. I would have sacrificed this song for Dear God before Mermaid Smiled.

[xyaqua]

Andy partridge is as gifted and talented as Paul mcCartney and John Lennon combined, but with better taste than both.

And talk about staying power, i was listening to english settlement when i was in the army in the early 80's.

Drums and wire is their best early album.

[millerbz]

I love XTC, but there would never have been an XTC without the Nurk Twins. Dig it!

[RDArtist81]

@xyaqua I wouldn't go that far, but I suspect you're exaggerating to make a point. Taken.

[JavelBleach]

@RDArtist81 I agree with @xyaqua and I'm not exaggerating. Lennon & McCartney wrote great, globally accessible songs but were also promoted worldwide, at a very opportune time in music entertainment history. The fact that I believed for 20 years that XTC were no more is a measure of their lack of exposure (desired? Maybe. Artistically uncompromising? Definitely).

[cosmicwarrior287]

one of the very fab tracks from the skylarking disc.

[poochiekafelnikov]

zep, floyd, sabbath, et al...then heard making plans for nigel...things changed from that point on...

[NewYorkCanWait]

XTC deserve more respect from the media and new bands

[xnonsuchx]

@NewYorkCanWait - Actually, many bands (even newer) give them props and call them an influence.

[Itasattc]

@NewYorkCanWait fuck the media

[NewYorkCanWait]

@Itasattc 2 years on, I think if I were to comment again, I would omit them.

[Itasattc]

@NewYorkCanWait good call

[pitu96solo]

XTC

Non plus ultra

[flyamanita]

I remember listening to this album when playing ultima online back in highschool, I associate it with magicians reading crystal balls.

[darthtortugas]

i am with bluejacket on this one as a kid in high school in a small town bands like XTC opened the world up to me this album was one that could not get turned off till it had all been played

[okbass]

Earth, do you revolve around me?

Aren't you aware of the gravity?

Don't need another satellite

That, my friend, is songwriting!

[katypbauman]

Haha ha!That's a good one. Such a lovely audience at this site. This video is one of my favorites.

[bluejeckett]

Not mine, my fave off Skylarking would have to be let's see, it's a bloody tough choice, Skylarking is such a good album but it'd be a toss up between Super Super Girl and Dying, and the winner goes to (drum roll, envelope passed to glamorous young woman who opens it clumsily) 1000 Umbrellas (puzzled audience) Huh?

[Snerfgnarl]

XTC! listening now for about 10 years!

[asxtc]

It's a typical Colin song. It's good but not my fav i must admit.

[fegda]

I think it's actually Andy's...one of his best lyrics by the way...

[Tazz77]

My favorite song off of Skylarking.

[stillinthe80s]

Mine too.

[nickrock23]

mine too