Mr Partridge is always good value in interviews and here’s an epic two hours of Podmax with Swindon’s potato shaped pop genius. Focus is on the Skylarking box set and the interviewer seems obsessed with the (really not very good) ‘Dear God’ but it’s a great listen all the same. Worth admission for his Sting impersonation, and Todd Rundgren gets a good-natured but merciless shoeing (only fair after the rock Munster dished it out to Andy via Marc Maroon’s podcast). @Colin-h of this parish will be thrilled at Partridge’s choice of Desert Island Disc (clue…it’s not Sham 69)
http://podcast.tunetribe.com/?name=podcast_96_-_andy_partridge.mp3
DogFacedBoy says
We would have asked him about 1000 Umbrellas for 2 hours
Moose the Mooche says
His response: “MISERY!”
The Good Doctor says
Indeed. Not sure I agree ‘Earn Enough for Us’ should have been a single …and didn’t realise he was a bit miffed about Colin’s tracks being picked as singles.
Also didn’t realise there is another Patridge /Monkees tune out there…
Moose the Mooche says
Colin H eh? I’m guessing it’s Jimmy Nail Sings Van Morrison.
Sniffity says
“…(really not very good) ‘Dear God’…”
Eh? A friend po-facedly told me it was one of the most important songs ever written.
Moose the Mooche says
As a huge fan of “The ‘C”, I’m totally mystified by the mini-cult surrounding the very poor Dear God. I can only guess that it emerges from parts of the US where questioning the existence of The Big Guy literally never happens in public.
It wasn’t on bloody Skylarking anyway, which is completely perfect once you take it (back) off.
bricameron says
Just finished listening 👂 Thank you very much for posting this. Thoroughly enjoyed.😎
bricameron says
I want to hear the re-polarized ‘Skylarking’ now. I only have the original on cassette.
The Good Doctor says
To be honest, I first heard Skylarking on a second hand cassette tape and I was blown away by it. It always sounded fine to me. I’ve got the corrected version and it sounds nice but not hugely different to my ears. I’m hanging on to my supposedly inferior mix because that’s the one that grabbed me originally
bricameron says
That’s interesting and a whole other thread I should think.
retropath2 says
C’mon, who read this OP and thought immediately of Alan?
Johnny Concheroo says
I did, first thing this morning.
bricameron says
Play it Loud please.
bricameron says
Can you still see that video? XTC seems to have disappeared from YouTube for me?
fentonsteve says
Thanks for pointing it out, it made painting my hallway ceiling go a lot more quickly.
bricameron says
I’ve got on XTC musical performance idea built around that song.Would you care to know what it is?