XTC - Burning With Optimism's Flames

[MrSear62]

LOLZ!!!! Perusing you-tube late at night for XTC songs; find a live recording I've never seen before and LOVE!!!! After viewing it twice I look up and lo and behold its on the channel of my my friend of over 33 years....I fucking love XTC but love you more Hardie.... :D

[oogie11]

Live XTC.....awww, cool cool

[FeatureTheCreature]

XTC were so face-meltingly good.

[BurkeMtn]

Nothing like SMILEY GERMANS!

[BroncMcturk]

Intro cracks me up! Great stuff. Thanks for posting!

[chimptor50]

The three best XTC records, hands down are: Black Sea, English Settlement and The Big Express. My cave songs off of all three are: BS Respectable Street, ES Yacht Dance and TBE Sea Gulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her and I Bought Myself A Liarbird heck let cop to it, every song on all three records is gold!!! NOTE: English Settlement would be the import.

[rlbigfish]

@chimptor50 Replace Big Express with Skylarking and we're on the same page. I only like about 4 songs from Big Express: All Of You Pretty Girls, Shake You Donkey Up, Seagulls, and Lyrebird. Skylarking, on the other hand, is pretty much flawless from start to finish, save for "Dying", which I never really dug.

[XTCoello]

Geniosssssssssssssssssssssssss­ss

[gazerman65]

My favorite XTC song, easily.

[SleepyTymeT]

Why the Talking Heads, with their tepid easy-does-it quirks that were substantially based on a Dick Tracy-esque jacket with rigid shoulder pads became a household name and these guys did not is the pinnacle of injustice

[Corkskrew999]

@SleepyTymeT

... or maybe not. The way I understand it, Andy Partridge was afflicted with 'crippling stage-fright'. I can relate! Anyway, no reason to bag on the heads, man!

[charlie7891000]

oh YESSS!

[muffinbod]

This is a pinnacle in pop history, like "Rocket from a bottle" Partridge has found a combination of unbridled joy in tune and words. Genius!

[drgreyhound]

Often copied - never bettered.

[mensamoo]

inspiring. bands nowadays do not have this ability or width. keep your boybands... Funk Pop a roll

[captcold1]

this is the nuts. Dave Gregory - all hail!

[donquixote2u]

f*** this is good stuff, innit!!!??? too good for the masses, more's the pity.

[Fibby]

One of there best songs "Hands Down" is got it all!++++=

[marshmellowstar]

greatest band ever!!!

[tsopuaifa]

Possibly the most underrated bands of all time.

[Nigelxman]

I'm curious, do most people in Britain know XTC? Are they remembered for what an amazing band ther were/are? I'm a Yank and it will always bother me that they didn't become much much bigger in America. Obviously, refusing to continue touring didn't help their success but good God, what a truly great fucking band! I doubt Andy really even cares but they should have been huge!

[rahhoor]

I LIKE em

from white music(77)

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dear god(wenever)

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[fuckamericanidiot]

@Nigelxman no they don't, i use senses working overtime or making plans as a reference point and even then some people will have no idea

[therealsoulproduct]

Man, Dave Gregory is such a superb guitarist.

[highflyer68]

Andy's no slouch either.

[Yorkmackem]

Fantastic live band. Tight as fook !

[thewakz]

omg rad rad rad rad rad.

I am grinning too thanks for uploading

[vespasian1966]

my favourite xtc song, one of my favourite all time bands too, fantastic!!

[fuckamericanidiot]

i love that ending. so much energy, brilliant

[therealsoulproduct]

Such a wonderful yet underrated band. But I suppose being underrated is a blessing in disguise.

[stumptacular]

xtc = smartest and best band ever... cant show me a better band... everything they touched is perfect to my ears...

[donquixote2u]

shame the video is a bit out of synch - but isnt this a great song??? love that breathless helter-skelter rhythm to it - classic XTC.

[pixie4916]

The Greatest Song, from the Greatest Band of all Time (IMHO)..... I was an outcast in the states for beating the XTC drum.

[stargate669]

could be worse. You could be George Bush and Obama beating the drum for world when the rest of us just want to drink tea and write good songs!

[jejesus]

Simply Great!!!

In the recording session of this song, Andy was not capable to play the guitar and sing at the same time. But here he looks so happy. In the last week I have been playing all my XTC albums (yeah, vinyl, CDs and MP3) and I am in love again with this great band.

Greetings!!

[Ganbareg]

am i getting old, music is just is not as earthy and from the soul like this stuff.

[koz3e]

Yes, we're getting old, but nothing these days even touches this!

[ibazookajoe]

I'm 15 and nothing I ever hear is as good as this.

[mannderzwiebel]

I'm 15 too, and I agree.

[stargate669]

guys kids these days have George Bush, World wars, depopulation, pandemics, Britney Spears. Count yourselves lucky! You can play this to them and hopefully they're get inspired and give us a world to look forward too!

[101Volts]

@Ganbareg No, You're just not hearing what's good today. Most good music today isn't really in the mainstream. Don't get me wrong because XTC were fantastic and are one of my favorites. And I didn't realize just how skilled Dave is at playing guitar, Check 2:54.

[fuckamericanidiot]

@101Volts hear hear

[101Volts]

@fuckamericanidiot Would you like me to recommend you a few or were you commenting about Dave's guitar playing?

[fuckamericanidiot]

@101Volts no andy practically scatting at the end, very passionate he obviously likes the song

[fuckamericanidiot]

@Ganbareg fair play it does make you sound old

[yamahakicksaz]

im 15 and xtc has to be one of my Favorite bands ever, my dad got me started at a young age, this song is my favorite

[Boylieboyle]

@yamahakicksaz Man, you've got a cool dad/good start on life. Check Sonic Boom out.

[seekup3436]

@yamahakicksaz cool story...my dad did the same for me and if not for that introduction I might have missed out on this fantastic group!

[perromanchado]

terrific

[YOUENARYEN]

me too ! the song is strangely particular and Partridge was, this night, haunted by optimism's flames !

[ElSingario]

"Smiley" is a really weird way to describe someone.

This is one of my favorite XTC songs, thanks for adding it.