November 17, 2002
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I’m finally getting around to ripping my CD of XTC’s ‘Black Sea.’ Why did it take me so long to get around to doing this? (..he asked himself rhetorically.)
Back in the early 80s, XTC was known as the punk Beatles. And ‘Black Sea’ is really the last album of theirs that would qualify for that description, because soon after ‘Black Sea’ they went on to become the not-so-punk-anymore punk Beatles.
There’s also a fair measure of Captain Beefheart thrown in on this album for good measure, mostly in the Colin Moulding songs, and this makes me happy. I suppose being the punk Beefheart band wouldn’t garner as much positive public image.
Anyway. Music Du Jour for today, straight atcha from 1980, and in ‘honor’ of my generally foul mood of late: ‘Burning With Optimism’s Flames‘
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Punk, eh? Listening to that example, I would never consider them even a blend of punk and Beetles. Ska-flavored Beetles, maybe. But then… they’re just XTC to me. Other things sound like THEM.
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