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Post by sticksman1 on Mar 10, 2017 16:20:47 GMT
Why petition them if they don't want it? Better to look for another outlet. I just feel that XTC have been given a raw deal. When you look at the other bands who are as well known as XTC, their documentaries have been shown and repeated on BBC4 (10cc, Squeeze, Brian Wilson etc).
I really wanted to do something to help - and I'd rather do something than nothing, and watch all that work go to waste!
You can't deny that this stuff MUST be seen?
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Post by donavan on Mar 10, 2017 18:50:20 GMT
Yeah but maybe somewhere else. I don't sign petitions, any petitions, stopped years ago. But well done for trying to get them to show it. I'm sure the doc will surface somewhere, sometime.
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Post by peggs on Mar 13, 2017 2:48:29 GMT
Good on you, sticksman, for taking action.
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Post by donavan on Aug 31, 2017 23:47:23 GMT
XTC TV doc THIS IS POP will be broadcast on Sky Arts on Saturday Oct. 7th at 9pm GMT. Date for your diary.
AP - Twitter
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Post by donavan on Oct 6, 2017 20:59:01 GMT
Nile Gregory Rodgers, BBC4, tonight, a great warm up for tomorrow.
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Post by bimble on Oct 11, 2017 4:37:16 GMT
Found out my Now TV box lets me watch Sky Arts catch-up. Watched doc. Nearly died laughing at AP's John Peel spoof. I'm sure one of the "bands" was called "Inevitable Groin". I'm off again.........
Good programme!
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Post by donavan on Oct 11, 2017 7:34:49 GMT
So, on to tonight's first guests, and they're XTC, who are by the way here to answer all allegations that they're 1979's answer to The Barron Knights. Well, see what you think.
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Post by sticksman1 on Oct 11, 2017 15:22:04 GMT
Found out my Now TV box lets me watch Sky Arts catch-up. Watched doc. Nearly died laughing at AP's John Peel spoof. I'm sure one of the "bands" was called "Inevitable Groin". I'm off again......... Good programme! Inevitable Groin performed at the XTC Convention!
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Post by Jeff Truzzi on Oct 11, 2017 15:35:28 GMT
I can hear it, just can't see it yet. Waah!
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Post by Jeff Truzzi on Oct 11, 2017 15:39:38 GMT
Now I can't hear it any more either. Damn.
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Post by sticksman1 on Oct 11, 2017 15:41:59 GMT
My thoughts... Being a Neanderthal drummer, it really appealed to me. Clem Burke is a great Anglophile, a great drummer, and one who was a big fan of XTC. Also, according to TC, tried to play Nigel and "had it all to cock"... I liked Andy's description of the drum pattern... I probably like it because of my "upside down" thinking! The fact that XTC, from D&W, were very drum heavy, only adds kudos to him being there, as much as Stewart (The GOD) Copeland and Dave Mattacks! That "lugubrious keyboard player" was classic!!! Harry Shearer's quote... "... we're living in a time when there's a certain percentage of the population that thinks Kanye West is a genius... I can't control for that..." actually speaks volumes about the state of the music we get fed, "oozing like napalm from your speakers and grilles..." One thing that did stand out for me was the lack of acknowledgement of Colin as a bass player. Dave G got a "stellar" mention by DM, and I would have appreciated more input from Terry. It was also a shame that Barry wasn't involved. Also, nothing was mentioned of the members current work - TC&I, Big Big Train etc. That would have been nice to see. The 70 minute format does not give complete credit to the history of the band. Perhaps a 3 part mini series thing, would have been more apt? But, all in all, the documentary was great in that it will open the eyes and ears of people who may have just dipped their toes in once in a while. I hope that this is released as a Bluray or DVD set, with added extras... I just loved it...
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Post by donavan on Oct 11, 2017 16:17:11 GMT
It just had a lovely feel and clarity to it. The team who put it together deserve credit. There was the odd snipe at each other and others but I'm glad they stayed away from the more ugly stuff. The balance was good. Andy dominated, but that's XTC. And they were all on good form. I watched it the second time with my son who isn't a massive XTC fan. He enjoyed it. I asked him at the end which song he liked the best. His answer? Dear God.
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Post by sticksman1 on Oct 11, 2017 19:27:50 GMT
Your son has taste
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Post by donavan on Oct 12, 2017 20:15:43 GMT
Watched it again tonight (yes I know) and caught my wife looking over her laptop more and more. We never said anything. My wife is not into XTC, so it just shows to go you, eh?
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Post by sticksman1 on Oct 13, 2017 12:03:56 GMT
It's kind having the desired effect on the uninitiated... can only be a good thing, right?
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