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XTC — Greenman
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midigitguy
(Massachusetts)
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 17:02
 
Another great song from the World's Most Under-rated Band.  Love the bass line and tone.

Grammarcop
(The end of the Pointe)
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 10:40
 
Best song on this record might be "Your Dictionary." Boy, does that song pack a punch! Probably can't be played on RP, however, because of the powerful and judicious use of language to express anger. (You get the idea.) 

 

rage
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 10:38
 
 bailey_comus wrote:
WHY? There are so many excellent XTC songs.  This is not one of them.
 
So true.  Please don't play this one again - complete muck!  XTC were so much better than this.


bailey_comus
(Phoenix, AZ)
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 10:35
 
WHY? There are so many excellent XTC songs.  This is not one of them.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 10:34
 
 Misterfixit wrote:


This is the Double Contrabass Bassoon.  The only wind instrument which can go any lower (16 Hertz) is the Double Contrabass Surrousophone.  Rumor has it that the Double Contrabass Surrousophone playing the long note ("C͵͵͵" or 13.75 Hertz) can cause an accident release of the bowels.

 
{#Roflol}

The Green Man reference is to an old English pagan folk figure - see the Wikipedia entry for a flavour.


ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 10:34
 
Ah... Andy Partridge, the best warlock to ever pen a pop song.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Aug 10, 2011 - 13:54
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:
Excellent bassooning at the beginning!  Possibly even contrabassoon.  Will have to hear that again.

 

This is the Double Contrabass Bassoon.  The only wind instrument which can go any lower (16 Hertz) is the Double Contrabass Surrousophone.  Rumor has it that the Double Contrabass Surrousophone playing the long note ("C͵͵͵" or 13.75 Hertz) can cause an accident release of the bowels.


alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: Jun 08, 2011 - 13:43
 
I like XTC and absollutely love this song.  All you haters, get your own radio station.

vnprc
(Raleigh, NC)
Posted: Jun 08, 2011 - 13:43
 
This song is unbelievably creepy.

rapdas
(South Pole)
Posted: Jun 08, 2011 - 13:41
 
Am I alone in thinking that this strangely sounds like a Bollywood musical? {#Stop}

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Jun 08, 2011 - 13:40
 


There's only one greenman!


lsfeder
(At the wheel of a Benzo)
Posted: Jun 08, 2011 - 13:39
 
Please to stop singing the greenman

lexica
(Oaktown, 510)
Posted: May 07, 2011 - 23:16
 
Also not getting the hate. Do y'all also hate "Chalkhills and Children" and "Grass" too? Because they seem similar to me.

{#Think}

Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: Apr 06, 2011 - 07:56
 
XTC is such a contradiction for me. I love their music but disagree with a fair amount of what they say in their words. I do have to admire their skill in music and message though.

Dave_Mack
(Swimming Upstream)
Posted: Apr 06, 2011 - 07:53
 
Excellent bassooning at the beginning!  Possibly even contrabassoon.  Will have to hear that again.


BKardon
(Boulder, CO by way of State and Madison)
Posted: Feb 02, 2011 - 13:10
 
This is far from my favorite XTC song, but I'm surprised by the negative comments.  Is it really all that bad?  I've surely heard worse.  Wasp Star (Apple Venus Vol 2), made right around the same time, is a pop classic!

-relayer-
(9500 ft ASL)
Posted: Feb 02, 2011 - 12:55
 
Terrible

Tana
(Lancaster, PA)
Posted: Feb 02, 2011 - 12:53
 
Hmmm, this song and album do not seem to be on iTunes.

mapman
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 14:18
 
Pleasant and somewhat different tune.  I'll buy that!

Chinju
Posted: Oct 31, 2010 - 19:26
 
It says this was last played on September 29, though it was played last night, on October 30. A bug?


cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Oct 30, 2010 - 22:13
 
I always liked XTC, and this is the best album cover yet.

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 06:26
 
Working on something here and for some reason it just got really f*cked up and now i'm really screwed. Have to do the damn thing all over again and it's gonna cost me hours to finish it.

And then there's this song playing. Out-of-this-world annoying, it's like it's laughing in my face because things all turned out wrong....

Oh, when......does.....the...hurting.............stop...........
Ow wait, that's now, it's over.... {#Lol}
If only there were a rating below 1 for these rare occasions....

iTuner
Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 06:23
 
I like XTC, but this is horrible.

black321
(Bong Island - FL - CA - CO - WA - Bong Island)
Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 06:36
 
a little more annoying than usual from XTC.

alaken
(Missoula, MT)
Posted: May 24, 2010 - 13:45
 
Thanks Bill, I was just mentally requesting some XTC! For those who love this band, Chalkhills is an amazingly rich online resource.


Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: May 24, 2010 - 13:43
 
As XTC goes, this ain't half bad.

yodasan_magoo
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 - 05:55
 
Not sure I'm strong enough to keep from hitting the mute button on this one.  Bounderline 1, but I'll go with a 2 because I'm in a good mood.

muxz0r
Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 15:37
 
 fredriley wrote:
"Here's to bend down for the one called the binman". Hmm. I'll give 'em a Xmas bonus, but I don't think I'll pay them homage.
 
LMAO


lysisphere
(largest contiguous ponderosa forest)
Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 15:32
 
Yes, I'm all for Wicca and Paganism, but this is kinda cheesy.  Just like all religious songs are when they talk about praising "him," whomever "he" may be.

muxz0r
Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 15:26
 
This playlist sounds recycled, but i LOVE it RPNOSTALGIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 06:08
 
Just love XTC.

And since Bill is known to play wonderful Porcupine Tree songs now and then, here is an interesting XTC/Porcupine Tree connection; original XTC guitarist David Gregory wrote orchestration on some of the early PT material.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 05:58
 
that was kind of cool.
"m not sure how I feel about the repetitive ending though. still, a 7.

michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON)
Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 05:56
 
Actually, a nice listen for a Monday morning. Catchy beat. Thumbs-up.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 05:56
 
"Here's to bend down for the one called the binman". Hmm. I'll give 'em a Xmas bonus, but I don't think I'll pay them homage.

Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 20:11
 
 damo wrote:
yet again, bill has reached back into my past and found another favorite of mine. Bill, I'm starting to think there is some associative weirdness going on....

Some synchronicity going on when you've been thinking of a song from more than two decades ago and they play it right after the thought? That's happened to me here—-but not this song.


moonsaura
(Baltimore, Maryland)
Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 20:01
 
{#Dancingbanana} love the song!


plaice3
(Cape Cod)
Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 10:23
 
Well this is different.  With that swelling orchestration and the nature (wiccan?) theme, it reminds me a little of the Disney World fireworks show at EPCOT, which was actually a lot of fun.

Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 10:21
 
 chasech5 wrote:
Its completely a Pagan religious song. The Greenman is the masculine divine principle., or Horned God.  The song calls the listener to offer respect ("bend down") in both eros (lover) and agape (father) ways to Him. The CD has the *Wiccan Rede* printed on it, for Herne's sake, folks. This thread runs through much of XTC's music.

 Gish05 wrote:
Dear God is like 100x better than this crap.

I don't want to say it's religious. I'm sure "Greenman" implies nature and such. But it's a pretty corny tune.
 
 
 

From what I understand the Greenman, while clearly originating in pagan beliefs, has become something traditional in British culture. Not necessarily religious in and of itself.

themotion
(somewhere between infinity)
Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 10:20
 


damo
(vacnouver, bc)
Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 10:19
 
yet again, bill has reached back into my past and found another favorite of mine. Bill, I'm starting to think there is some associative weirdness going on....

alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: Oct 15, 2009 - 23:16
 
Greenman has always been my favorite XTC song.  Why o why isn't this available on iTunes? 

dunno
(somewhere between here and over there)
Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 09:57
 
 revsully wrote:
Dear sweet Lord! I usually dig XTC, but that repetition at the end almost killed me.
 
exactly. couldn't stand it neither. 2.



lmic
(Narrow Minded Couch Potato)
Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 09:57
 
History will be kind to XTC. 9 for this one.

chasech5
(East Lansing, MI)
Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 09:55
 
Its completely a Pagan religious song. The Greenman is the masculine divine principle., or Horned God.  The song calls the listener to offer respect ("bend down") in both eros (lover) and agape (father) ways to Him. The CD has the *Wiccan Rede* printed on it, for Herne's sake, folks. This thread runs through much of XTC's music.

 Gish05 wrote:
Dear God is like 100x better than this crap.

I don't want to say it's religious. I'm sure "Greenman" implies nature and such. But it's a pretty corny tune.
 
 



whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA)
Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 09:53
 
ick

More_Cowbell
(North of Chicago, IL, USA)
Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 09:52
 


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 09:51
 


This is cool...  we be dancing...



Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 06:35
 
most excellent I think.  I always liked these guys (at least since "English settlement")


Monkeysdad
(Simi, CA)
Posted: Jun 11, 2009 - 11:14
 
 zipper wrote:
well, that sucked in an overwhelmingly annoying way. I'd rated it a 2, but it's absolutely a 1.

 

meh.




zipper
Posted: Jun 11, 2009 - 11:09
 
well, that sucked in an overwhelmingly annoying way. I'd rated it a 2, but it's absolutely a 1.