XTC '77

Discuss any non-related Stranglers bands here

Moderator: StanInBlack

Burn e 77
ManinBlack
ManinBlack
Posts: 3699
Joined: 11 Feb 2011, 19:30
Location: Biggin Hill Kent

Re: XTC '77

Post by Burn e 77 »

Cells&Plasma,
Yes mate!
Burn e 77
Something better change!
User avatar
theraven1979
Maninwhite
Maninwhite
Posts: 36164
Joined: 22 Dec 2001, 11:41
Location: Saltaire
Contact:

RE: XTC '77

Post by theraven1979 »

You're My Drug and Pale and Precious are great dukes tracks.

Sent from my OMNIA7 using Board Express
"I bathed in sun and walked in rain
It taught me how to laugh again"
Burn e 77
ManinBlack
ManinBlack
Posts: 3699
Joined: 11 Feb 2011, 19:30
Location: Biggin Hill Kent

Re: XTC '77

Post by Burn e 77 »

HI theraven1979,
Did the Dukes ever perform live in the UK ever?
Burn e 77
Something better change!
User avatar
theraven1979
Maninwhite
Maninwhite
Posts: 36164
Joined: 22 Dec 2001, 11:41
Location: Saltaire
Contact:

Re: XTC '77

Post by theraven1979 »

Not sure - doubtful - they were a "secret" band weren't they?

Jim
Burn e 77 wrote:HI theraven1979,
Did the Dukes ever perform live in the UK ever?
Burn e 77
"I bathed in sun and walked in rain
It taught me how to laugh again"
Burn e 77
ManinBlack
ManinBlack
Posts: 3699
Joined: 11 Feb 2011, 19:30
Location: Biggin Hill Kent

Re: XTC '77

Post by Burn e 77 »

Thats a great shame... did you ever see the Damned in their psychedelic incarnation as Naz nomad & the Nightmares..... brilliant gigs!
Burn e 77
Something better change!
User avatar
theraven1979
Maninwhite
Maninwhite
Posts: 36164
Joined: 22 Dec 2001, 11:41
Location: Saltaire
Contact:

Re: XTC '77

Post by theraven1979 »

A certain forum member kept telling me about this http://vimeo.com/37245722

Jim
"I bathed in sun and walked in rain
It taught me how to laugh again"
Burn e 77
ManinBlack
ManinBlack
Posts: 3699
Joined: 11 Feb 2011, 19:30
Location: Biggin Hill Kent

Re: XTC '77

Post by Burn e 77 »

Thanks Jim, that's got to be THE only time an XTC tune has been used for an advert!
cheers
Burn e 77
Something better change!
johnpidgeon
The Man They Love To Hate
Posts: 624
Joined: 22 Aug 2007, 20:40

Re: XTC '77

Post by johnpidgeon »

Black Sea was probably my favourite. Wish I still had the plastic black bag it came in when I bought the album all those years ago.
john pidgeon
brampton, ontario
canada
Burn e 77
ManinBlack
ManinBlack
Posts: 3699
Joined: 11 Feb 2011, 19:30
Location: Biggin Hill Kent

Re: XTC '77

Post by Burn e 77 »

johnpidgeon wrote:Black Sea was probably my favourite. Wish I still had the plastic black bag it came in when I bought the album all those years ago.
Good album... didn't it have a funky track on it called "Living Through Another Cuba" ?
cheers
Burn e 77
Something better change!
Retrocanary
Down In The Sewer
Posts: 72
Joined: 14 Sep 2011, 14:34

Re: XTC '77

Post by Retrocanary »

Burn e 77 wrote:
johnpidgeon wrote:Black Sea was probably my favourite. Wish I still had the plastic black bag it came in when I bought the album all those years ago.
Good album... didn't it have a funky track on it called "Living Through Another Cuba" ?
cheers
Burn e 77
yes, ends with a kind of beat box rhythm. One of my XTC faves that.
Burn e 77
ManinBlack
ManinBlack
Posts: 3699
Joined: 11 Feb 2011, 19:30
Location: Biggin Hill Kent

Re: XTC '77

Post by Burn e 77 »

Retrocanary wrote:
Burn e 77 wrote:
johnpidgeon wrote:Black Sea was probably my favourite. Wish I still had the plastic black bag it came in when I bought the album all those years ago.
Good album... didn't it have a funky track on it called "Living Through Another Cuba" ?
cheers
Burn e 77
yes, ends with a kind of beat box rhythm. One of my XTC faves that.
Yes, one of my faves too, along with "Statue of Liberty"
Burn e 77
Something better change!
jason
Man Of The Earth
Man Of The Earth
Posts: 9625
Joined: 02 Oct 2008, 15:34
Location: Kent

Re: XTC '77

Post by jason »

I love XTC but I haven't got their first two albums. I've got all their later stuff though.
Post Reply