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We only want what's best for him
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel just needs this helping hand
And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his work
We're only making plans for Nigel
He has his future in a British steel
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed
And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his work
Nigel is not outspoken
But he likes to speak
And loves to be spoken to
Nigel is happy in his work
We're only making plans for Nigel
Weak
I'm sure, with a bit of effort, you can strengthen your comments over time.
Nigel is not outspoken
But he likes to speak
Oh the memories of being just 20 years old in 1979..
Temple Grandin wrote a great book about "Thinking in Pictures." There is an excellent movie about Temple titled "Temple Grandin." The movie stars Claire Daines and is much quicker than reading the book. The book and/or movie are worth your time if you curious about different abilities in general, or autism specifically.
The documentary about the band is interesting and worth checking out. Interesting to hear that Andy Partridge says he actually hears in pictures (i.e., music for him comes in the form of images, not sounds!) It's a unique type of brain organization - see the documentary...
Temple Grandin wrote a great book about "Thinking in Pictures." There is an excellent movie about Temple titled "Temple Grandin." The movie stars Claire Daines and is much quicker than reading the book. The book and/or movie are worth your time if you curious about different abilities in general, or autism specifically.
Who's Nigel? :)
Nigel is not outspoken
But he likes to speak
The documentary about the band is interesting and worth checking out. Interesting to hear that Andy Partridge says he actually hears in pictures (i.e., music for him comes in the form of images, not sounds!) It's a unique type of brain organization - see the documentary...There is a weird name for this condition. Billie Eilish and Finneas O Connell also “see” sounds as pictures. Long live RP!
Hoping everything worked out okay for Nigel
Sadly it didn't, he got made redundant 20 years later when British Steel went bust, and he's been on the dole ever since.
This is one of the worst songs EVER. Thank heavens for PSD. Still, love that Radio Paradise plays all kinds of music and that if I don't like a song I can skip ahead.
I like this song. It is a product of its time. A time without Thatcher. A time of opportunity.
He has his future in a British steel
This can only be a song about the railroad builder Isambard Kingom Brunel.
Long live WHFS of decades ago.
I swear I read the other day, that in England, last year was the first year not one recorded instance of a baby named Nigel.
Really?!! Hmmmm.... Did it say how many were named Ye. :-)
I don't know why but I love this song.
Long live RP.
Because they're brilliant musicians and it's a rockin' tune?!
Long live RP.
Andy Partridge is a holocaust revisionist and XTC have no place on any decent playlist.
May I suggest you avail yourself of a dictionary and find out the definition of "revise" and then maybe check "deny". Only then will you realise that revision != denial.
Ironically, poor Nigel would have been made redundant 20 years later when British Steel went out of business.
Would it really have taken that long?
Andy Partridge is a holocaust revisionist and XTC have no place on any decent playlist.
You might want to read an article from the Chicago Tribune from 2012. The headline is "Bad Celebrity Tweet Triggers Word Dilemma".
Not sure if your accusation is true. But clearly we do not have the whole story or context.
Andy Partridge is a holocaust revisionist and XTC have no place on any decent playlist.
Play the ball not the man. Rate the art not the artist. Besides nothing is beyond revision.
"Demanding"? I don't know about that. Most of their songs were pretty accessible and listenable pop tunes - more "sophisticated" or "cerebral" perhaps than the work of many of their contemporaries but it's not Thelonious Monk.
My dog!
Amen - you said it well!
That is awesome.
Isn't that where Clint realized the chair had won the argument?
Their catalogue of songs and albums is crazy good.
Funny, but not uncommon, that their weakest songs were the radio players.
+1
XTC evolved from high-energy new wave artists to literate and melodic rock/pop geniuses, with a few varied stylistic stops along the way, including 60's psychedelia.
So, much as I would never normally suggest such a thing, I'd recommend you go with a compilation such as Fossil Fuel, which is chronological. It doesn't include anything from their final pair of albums, which I think are excellent, but if nothing on Fossil Fuel works for you then nothing on the last albums will either.
Start with disc 2 (the later stuff) and if you like some of that then you can work your way back to the earlier stuff on disc 1.
enkay: Tusin tuck! 10^3 thanks!
Much appreciated.
P.S. Just added Fossil Fuel to my wish list in amazon.ca. At C$60 a pop, I might wait for a less expensive alternative.
P.P.S. The click-thru to Amazon does not work for this song.
And it's criminal these guys never really made it.
Friggin brilliant!
These guys were consistently way out front.
I re-discovered XTC recently and was just "wowed" over what they did.
Andy Partridge of XTC fame the lyrics for Steven Wilsons new album “To the Bone".
I re-discovered XTC recently and was just "wowed" over what they did.
One of the worst songs ever written.
No, definitely one of the best songs ever written.
That is awesome.
One of the worst songs ever written.
Yeah, I've got some plans for THAT Nigel...
That said, if I was to try to broaden my horizons, what CD of XTC should I start with? Suggestions please.
XTC evolved from high-energy new wave artists to literate and melodic rock/pop geniuses, with a few varied stylistic stops along the way, including 60's psychedelia.
So, much as I would never normally suggest such a thing, I'd recommend you go with a compilation such as Fossil Fuel, which is chronological. It doesn't include anything from their final pair of albums, which I think are excellent, but if nothing on Fossil Fuel works for you then nothing on the last albums will either.
Start with disc 2 (the later stuff) and if you like some of that then you can work your way back to the earlier stuff on disc 1.
Indeed! Just about every Nigel I've ever met actually fits the image from the song
Colin says his dad eventually got over it.
No Primus on RP (that I know of). It would probably drive more people away from RP than it would attract, but still, it's a shame.
"A Future in British Steel"! Yeah, right!
Also remember Nigel from Monty Python, their dedicated loser. :))
Good question. Regardless, I'm a little leery of the dude. Especially with pictures of lambs on the album cover? (wink, wink) :^ /
My first contact with XTC was "Black Sea" back in the early 80s and I was hooked forever. Don't know if it will work for you too, though.
RP listeners being spoilt this morning - XTC a brilliant, brilliant band.
That said, if I was to try to broaden my horizons, what CD of XTC should I start with? Suggestions please.
Me too.
You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where? ... These go to eleven.
I knew one in upstate NY. He didn't go into British steel.
Good decision. He'd be out of a job now if he had
Suprised to hear XTC on here, was certainly 'an aquired taste' at the time. I liked them. I vaguely remember seeing some TV documentry about an XTC album launch involving Richard Branson, and blowing up a lake. Very bizarre
Great song, great group, great era of music.
MORE XTC!!
I knew one in upstate NY. He didn't go into British steel.
I know a couple of them. I've got no plans for them, though.
one of the best band in UK !
Thanks for that !
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