The Dukes of Stratosphear-The Mole from the Ministry - Full Video

[ladycplum]

As you can tell, I took my user name from the great Lord Cornelius Plum. :)

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

HERE WE SITTING IN AN ENGLISH GARDEN

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WE NEED THE WALRUS, BP LIMEYS

[nativesspoken]

The Dukes inspire the desire to fire up your creativity. What a band, what an album...I remember the first time I heard it as a young man! I hope one day to duplicate the effort! Wahi'

[socorrofilms]

04:10: bass like channeling Paul....

[puniks2112]

I remember hearing the interview on the radio whilst driving back home from the west country when the album was released. I was smoking then ( :-)) and it was completely surreal driving along stoned with this and other tracks blaring out.

At least i think i remember it ..... in a passing hallucination.

Thanks for posting. Great dayz.

[Gadapaj]

0 dislikes :O wow

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

most rats whip around since bigfood needed fodder foomost bigfoot sighri

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

liz lemon pict

gello leana

philo

box in a thought

[pythongoon]

Very Mystery Tour and Barretts Floyd.Great.

[realMojo]

I had my stereo stolen with this LP on the turntable in 1986. Framed the cover after that in honor of the missing disk. I am so tickled to see the entire video after all these years. I have often said that the 80's were made more bearable by following XTC. Loved their look back to the 60's- absolute genius.Thank you for sharing this.

[sbandoboy]

Great one at 3:24! Your Mother Should Know.

[shaftsbury94]

ommpah oompah stick it up yer joompah

[ventoefoglie]

I'm sixteen but I love this music. I find that the psychedelic music of the 60 is better than contemporary and commercial music.

[RedVynil]

@ventoefoglie You bet your sweet bippy, kid!! Psych is THEE MOST creative music there EVER was!!!! Sounds like you'd be interested in hearing, The Enpsychlopedia! It's a work in progress of nothing BUT really great psych. It's just shy of 19 CD's long, so far, but I suspect it'll be at least 125 by the time I'm done with it. I'm REALLY glad to find more people like you, these days. I'm SOOOO sick of all the heartless music of today!! Keep your psych flag waving proud!!

[TheDensley7]

What a brilliant video.

[marcfedak]

Thanks KPCMediaUK for posting this. Amazingly well done video. The debut album by Dukes of the Stratosphere was brilliant, definitely one of the best and most convincing psychedelic albums of all time.

[marcfedak]

Thanks KPCMediaUK for posting this. The debut album by Dukes of the Stratosphere was brilliant, definitely one of the best and most convincing psychedelic albums of all time.

[mlucifersam]

Thats fantastic. Never seen the whole thing before. Thanks for posting!

[golgo10000]

parody of Beatles.

[SgtRuttersClubBand]

Lucy in the sky with diamonds, I am the Walrus, and Strawberry fields forever.

[KPCMediaUK]

Thanks, dvfmliv, that comment made my day! What a compliment.

[dvfmliv]

Massive Rutles rip-off!!!

[owenonion]

always loved this, magnificent .....

[Shamagogue]

...They're like a Walmart version of the Beatles!

[benwellesley]

Brilliant! Very 'I am the Walrus'. Just swap the Walrus with a mole. Brilliant McCartney-like bass line. This would have been a hit in 67.

[CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

A beautiful song.

[KPCMediaUK]

Thank you for the many comments. We all had a lot of fun making the video, which was inspired by drinking lots of tea at Andy's house.

[paisleybabee]

@KPCMediaUK It shows!

[paisleybabee]

At last the whole thing!!!! been searching for this for years! Thank you <3 

[KPCMediaUK]

@paisleybabee Thank you so much for your comment. Glad you have found the full video at long last. I posted it, because it was such a shame there were only just short clips on here. As I made the video with Andy and co, I thought everyone should be able to see the full version. Cheers, Nick

[RedVynil]

@KPCMediaUK Ha ha Tea, was it?  ::wink, wink:: Peyotea?

[xtstevie]

Stunning..........Cheers for this F.A.B. video.

[GloucesterAdam]

Chitingfold House is actually a real place - it's in Surrey, I believe.

[therealsoulproduct]

Love this band. But they were too 60's for 1985.

[sadlsore]

It boggles the mind why they did a video for this song, but I can't find one for the much hooky-er "Vanishing Girl."

[MisterEvasion]

Neil Innes must have been proud. It takes a honest effort and a love of the genre to produce such satire that is not only amusing, but technically excellent. I like projects such as the Rutles and the Dukes for revisiting these classic forms of rock music. It not only gives an appreciation for the era of which it is influenced, but is good music production in its own right. Not just a mere ephemeral offering for the serious audiophile.

[ClarkSavageJr]

I'm trying to figure out why I have never seen this before. Ever.

Next time someone asks me what "Magical Mystery Tour" is like, I'll just point to that video and say "Like this, only longer and with more of Ringo's fat Aunt Jessie.

[newaver64]

theyre featured on brave new waves cbc radio..

back then.im sure i got it on tape lol

[youie66]

monty python meets the beatles and ONLY through the channelling of Andy Partridge. Long live Partridge!

[SonofMrPeanut]

0:55 - It's a-MARIO!

[SonofMrPeanut]

I hear the director of this video was Arnold Layne.

[generationx1966]

And people ACTUALLY like Lady Ga Ga,Brittney Spears,Katy Perry,etc....... dumb sheep!!! This music will live on LOOOOOOOOONG after they they find themselves on Has Been Lane.

[duhmasolL33T]

@generationx1966 Yea..too bad I just now heard about this band..

[generationx1966]

@duhmasolL33T As opposed to never hearing of them.......... better late than never.

[tlftl]

The loss of XTC as a musical force cannot be underestimated.

[blackadder3]

How is it possible that I've had the Dukes' albums for 15 years and never knew official music vids existed? Perfect vid for the song, KPCMediaUK you just made my year!

[WaterShowsProd]

@blackadder3 Same for me. But I've been a fan for 22 years and had no idea!

[101Volts]

Its amazing how XTC changed their style so much. Compare this song to their earlier songs Heatwave and Generals And Majors, Its a really huge difference and all the songs are great.

[lumpytwangage]

@101Volts Very similar to the evolution of The Beatles.

[shokikoji]

XTC　すき　ラブ

LOVE

[Glamissas]

This is great - I've known this song for 25 years, but this is the first time I've seen the video. Hilarious!! Everyone's commenting on the very obvious Beatles thing going on here, but is it just me that thinks the chorus sounds very, very like Gilbert O'Sullivan? And there's nothing wrong with that.

[spoonido]

I was 10 years old in 1967. I cannot tell you how much this sort of thing made an impression on me. Hopefully young people will still open their minds to the abstract and explore the possibilities of the universe.

[trailgoat]

This is just brilliant. Some of the very best stuff by the boys from Swindon!

[skitch88]

almost as much Syd's Pink Floyd as the Beatles, don't you think?

[MsBkirk]

@skitch88 The mannequin is straight out of the Arnold Layne promo!

[rob16248]

@MsBkirk And the hats falling "back" on their heads. I love it!

[iggyono]

"Rudely shattered by the strange psychedelic sounds of..."

I was already rolling on the floor. Brilliant.

[101Volts]

This is fantastic. I remember seeing this before although it was an incomplete clip and I think it stopped after the horse fell over. That was before I grew to appreciate XTC and their alter egos as well.

[randomglen]

... full of silly intellect .. a marvelous treasure, so glad to see

[nick1137]

i wish they had made a video for bike ride to the moon

[paisleybabee]

@nick1137 me too!

[pipeandslippersman]

such joy to see this video in all it's glory!!!

[thenowuk]

I got 'Chips from the chocolate fireball' 17 years ago as a teenager and still play it all the time-brilliant,prefer it to much of XTC's stuff.

[tamn023]

Ｉ　ｌｏｖｅ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｍｕｓｉｃ！

Ｉ　ｌｏｖｅ　ＸＴＣ！

[grimacinglummox]

These guys wish they were the Beatles. They are clearly trying ti emulate them. The lead singer is deliberately trying to mimic Paul McCartney's voice.

I love the song though. We need more of this.

[RKevinDoyle]

Actually, this song was intended as a tribute to the Beatles psychedelic period. In fact, the whole "25 O'Clock" album by The Dukes was intended as a tribute to the various psychedelic English bands of the late 60's - Pink Floyd, The Move, etc.

[Melkvision]

This was the aim, their other work sounds nothing like this. You should look up one of their more famous songs like 'Making Plans For Nigel' to see them in a different light.

[Jauly]

Well, "the dissapointed" has influences of this aera too... and I like it also very much.

[shortyktfc]

And what's wrong with wishing they were the beatles? I think you'll find it's more "influenced" than copying. It's thoughout XTC's and TDOS's work.

[canturgan]

Sounds a bit like 'Stone enge'(tap) mixed with I am a walrus.

[ePhilosopher9]

After 25 Years, this is still so listenable and refreshing. Timeless as the infinite possibilities of never reaching 25 O'Clock.

[pbonney]

I love trippy music and this is no exception. Very impressive stuff. The Beatles in their psychedelic heyday could not pull it off better than this. Wonder what the reaction that the remaining Beatles had to this.

[grimacinglummox]

hilarious!

[unclemeat2u]

there's an early 1920s experimental film they're clearly giving a nod to in the end with the backwards floating bowler hats. I wish I could remember the name. :)

[globalheart]

umm, once saw that one too, (incredible stunts for early film) believe it was an early German anti-regimentationist film?

[botronicmusic]

I am the walrus...X X X T

[ashetonpop]

I bought the record in 1985 and it´s still one of the best psychedelic records I know at all! They were the first ones who did that then.

[lofistew]

This is incredible! I bought the original record back in 1985 purely because the cover sleeve was so mind-blowing, and the music inside was equally so. I had no idea that it was XTC.

But this is the first time I've seen the video and it's amazing -- totally the spirit of '67! Thanks for posting.

[drsloan]

Just bloody brilliant all the way through! Nice resolution and sound too! It's nice Andy & Colin didn't get sued for plagiarism - it's a testament to the artfulness of their tributes to the 60s psych greats.

[lcacwelder]

@drsloan Does it sound a little like the Beatles? LOL

[CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

@drsloan why would they be sued?

[RegorAtalante]

I just sit here watching it over and over. I can't get enough! Thanks so much for posting!

[voodoolander]

Bless those Dukes. A truly fantastic song.

[petewill63]

Acid Trip

[skbarton13]

Fabulous. Thanks!

[daveiscoolyeah]

the greatest 60s band ever to emerge in the 1980s :D

[mlucifersam]

@daveiscoolyeah Great comment and SO true!