The Blasphemous Story of XTC & "Dear God" I New British Canon

XTC burst out of late 1970s Britain with hooks for days. While many of the punk bands around them proudly ignored anything before 1976, they took notes from The Beatles, Kinks, and Beach Boys and reformed them into pugnacious state-of-the-art pop. “Making Plans For Nigel,” “Generals and Majors” and “Senses Working Overtime” made their unique stamp on the UK Charts.

But when XTC stopped playing live in 1982, their career took a much more interesting turn. Unable to sell their Englishness to the UK, instead via calamitous recording sessions with Todd Rundgren and a dismissed b-side, XTC landed a punch squarely below the Bible Belt. This is New British Canon, and this is the story of “Dear God.”

#xtc #postpunk #musicdocumentary

Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.

00:00 Introduction
00:49 "This Is Pop" The Early Years of XTC
07:51 "Making Plans For Nigel" The Rise of Colin Moulding
14:10 "Senses Working Overtime" The XTC & The Agony
18:58 Skylarking: Last Chance For XTC
26:16 "Dear God" Fist-Fighting a Deity
32:34 "You Bring The Summer" Enduring Legacy

Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

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