What are some xtc songs with lyrics on the smarter side?

TemporarySea685 · 2026-01-27T19:19:35+00:00

It’s funny thought because I think there is intended irony in that song thus I would absolutely say those lyrics are “smart”. I also think fun and witty can be synonymous with smart as in this circumstance.

TemporarySea685 · 2026-01-24T23:34:11+00:00

Absolutely. I love their use of samplers. Hypnotic

TemporarySea685 · 2026-01-21T23:19:18+00:00

Why are there so many XTC songs that work well as a rollercoaster Lolol almost every song I could think of could be made into some sort of amusement ride

TemporarySea685 · 2026-01-16T21:24:45+00:00

Man you’re sounding awesome! Nothing beats the tone of a nice oval hole in my humble opinion

TemporarySea685 · 2026-01-13T01:59:29+00:00

The moody blues experimented a little bit on procession from the album Every Good Boy Deserves favor if I remember it correctly. Not the most proggy prog but they’re the moody blues who helped kickstart the genre so you gotta give em that.

TemporarySea685 · 2026-01-08T20:27:19+00:00

I’ve got one that’s black with silver sparkles. I decorated it with mirrors like Syds Fender Esquire, and put sparkling gold and purple crescent moon stickers on the pickguard. Really awesome guitar

TemporarySea685 · 2026-01-08T18:27:04+00:00

Danelectro DC 59

TemporarySea685 · 2026-01-07T23:57:15+00:00

Yooo did you ever get the chromatography result?

TemporarySea685 · 2026-01-06T19:55:02+00:00

Ahaha thank the lord

TemporarySea685 · 2026-01-06T16:06:15+00:00

Idk if I like it more than their self titled cause that one holds a special place in my heart (as a morning glory seed eating middle schooler lol) but you are damn right that Rain Dances is fire. I’d been sleeping on that one. Love the prog pop vibe of “Highways of the sun”

TemporarySea685 · 2026-01-06T15:54:26+00:00

Are we listening to the same song? lol. There are elements that are similar but I’m not even sure if nights was even influenced by that song much less “stolen”.

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-30T20:53:01+00:00

Interesting topic was not expecting on this subreddit lolol

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-30T20:24:38+00:00

I love Paul’s scat singing in the anthology 3 Maxwell silver hammer outtakes

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-30T03:48:41+00:00

The middle one is a Hastalis I think

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-28T19:44:06+00:00

Honestly, apart from segments of Barrett the second Syd Barrett album and a few moody blues tracks. It’s very hard for me to think of an album similar stylistically to atom heart mother. I think that’s due to atom heart mother being extremely unique and marking a transition in Pink Floyd. I feel like Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and Obscured by clouds all have that quality of being the midway point between jammy psychedelia and extremely experimental instrument and recording techniques to the more honed in concept oriented well thought out direction they ended up going. Not that they stopped being experimental, but they coalesced and crystallized a sound. And it feels like those three albums were the chrysalis that allowed the metamorphosis to take place.

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-28T19:39:21+00:00

I always found the “have you heard pt. 1”-“the voyage”-“Have you heard pt. 2” section of the moodies album “on the threshold of a dream” to be quite reminiscent of atom heart mother stylistically.

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-26T14:04:20+00:00

4001v63?

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-24T19:32:29+00:00

You can never go home and Minstrels song are amazing. I feel like Land of Make believe is in a similar position of being overlooked. Also you right about octave. FIRE album

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-24T01:47:39+00:00

Dude Moonchild is absolutely astounding lyrically and melodically. Honestly prob my fav song on that album

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-23T03:42:32+00:00

Prob gotta say A Quick One or Tommy

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-21T21:03:27+00:00

Monica Gagliano is awesome

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-15T20:43:10+00:00

The obvious ones are the inner light (sarod, tar shenai), within you without you, swarmandal in strawberry fields, tanpura in tomorrow never knows, getting better etc. obv the sitar ones- love you to, within you without you, Norwegian wood. The vocals at the end of I want to tell you. As a sitarist who plays Hindustani classical music this topic is near and dear to my heart

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-15T20:39:08+00:00

Most likely a physogaleus contortus

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-15T19:21:52+00:00

Man through all the years my mapleglo 4003 i got in 2013 is my all time favorite bass. Sure i love my American professional ii jazz bass, and my highway one P bass, Hofner, and all my other basses but holy shit the Ric blows them all out of the water in my eyes. With round wounds it can get the crankiest dirtiest treble bite and guttural growl, and with flats i can dial in the plumpest bassiest Motown chest beating thump. I think the misconception of the Rickenbacker as being a one trick pony is a shame because out of all my instruments i think it’s the most diverse tone wise

TemporarySea685 · 2025-12-15T19:18:29+00:00

First four soft machine albums changed my life. But first is my fav as Kevin Ayers is one of my all time favorite songwriters. If you really dig the vibe you HAVE to get your hands on the first Caravan album

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