This is done with such love, respect and British silliness. I was entranced from the day it was released. There ain't half been some clever barstewards!
I love how they are able to capture me blend both the Beatles and Syd Era Floyd into this loving and silly video. The oil projections (Floyd) the creepy costumes (Beatles) the overall playfulness and art school vibe of the video (Beatles/Floyd). I am 35 but discovered the Beatles in elementary school and became obsessed (I cried watching a documentary when it got to their breakup). I remember being challenged at first by the psychedelic era of my favorite band, but then embracing it as my favorite era. I owned only two full Beatles albums apart from my anthologies (red and blue albums), Sgt. Peppers and Magical Mystery Tour. I still love those albums.
My type of musical knowledge and taste what a distinguished gentleman. I’m 25 and was bottle fed all of that and zeppelin, who, all the way to god damn weather report, and don’t get me started on funkadelic. Our generation of popular music is literally a flaming pile of three note garbage.
I still consider Chips From The Chocolate Fireball to be one of the greatest collections of music from any genre. Really. I would kill to see any live footage from this period. I've read that they played at least one show from behind a curtain.
Andy, Colin, Dave and Peter, you are such magnificent Dukes! Kudos to producer John Leckie, who used nothing but vintage 60's recording gear to record and mix the Dukes to recapture their moments in time, in glorious mono!
Not really, the first were the Damned with their side band Naz Nomad and the Nightmare on '84, the (well, big) difference it's they only did 2 original song and the rest were just covers
@@Kiharu4Reinbou I had both at the time, and I was (AM) a big fan of the pair of them. I tried to trick my friend at the time that I had found old classic, lost albums lol but he didn't fall for it. Something about this reminds me of XTC he said. Bike Ride to The Moon gave it away. So Andy
They even went a layer deeper, with 'lost' demos of this song and others from 25 O'Clock. As the story goes, the lost tapes were from a few years earlier (circa 1964), and were 'discovered' shortly after the 25 O'Clock songs came out. The lost demos sound very similar to 1964-era Beatles.
I had my stereo stolen with this LP on the turntable in 1986. Framed the cover after that in honor of the missing disk. I am so tickled to see the entire video after all these years. I have often said that the 80's were made more bearable by following XTC. Loved their look back to the 60's- absolute genius.Thank you for sharing this.
XTC - remember them? The 'smart' critics rubbished Sgt Rock (some even Senses working overtime); Andy and the boys were screwed over big time by Virgin (allegedly - I just can't quite remember where i read that reference Yer Honour, but read it i did, so it aint just me that's sayin it). But, soft! what sounds through yonder Mirsch speakers break? Ill tell you - its Andy and Dave two of the most mellifluous guitarists in any band. Andy Partridge's lyrics are sublime (but they were always a band and worked as a team). Born in 50s Ireland, I'm a child of the 60s and remember Psychedelia - DoS took it, satirised it (even better than the Small Faces) and lovingly pimped it for the end of the century and without plagiarizing or copyright infringement. Andy and the boys are profoundly underrated, immensely talented and they have always made me Stupidly Happy. Live Long and Prosper XTC/DoS
There are very few bands (songwriters) who have such a wholly unique catalogue and yet show their influences so obviously. Partridge is gifted in too many ways to count; Moulding's pop-craft remains remarkable in a landscape of throwaway radio hits. I will risk being a pop snob by saying (as some others on this thread might) that they were too clever by half.
XTC not screwed by Virgin but by their manager who failed to negotiate expected royalty increases with Virgin as their popularity increased. Basically, they were still getting newbie royalties still after 6 albums
Did Virgin screw them? Did their manager screw them? Both, really. Then Andy's health kept them from touring and Virgin never really promoted them after that. Andy has been quoted as saying "Most bands those days sold out for ten pounds and a can of beer. We're still waiting for our beer."
This was the perfect aglam of .uk new wave going back to its earliest floydian realm xtc many of them did it in the 80s first ep album is great Andy partridge was in an actual 60s freak beat group in 1967 like the police guy dandelions chariot
Thanks KPCMediaUK for posting this. The debut album by Dukes of the Stratosphere was brilliant, definitely one of the best and most convincing psychedelic albums of all time.
I love trippy music and this is no exception. Very impressive stuff. The Beatles in their psychedelic heyday could not pull it off better than this. Wonder what the reaction that the remaining Beatles had to this.
They once asked McCartney, what's it like being in the greatest band of all time? He replied, I must be getting old cause I can't remember being in the band X.T.C
Just bloody brilliant all the way through! Nice resolution and sound too! It's nice Andy & Colin didn't get sued for plagiarism - it's a testament to the artfulness of their tributes to the 60s psych greats.
Thanks KPCMediaUK for posting this. Amazingly well done video. The debut album by Dukes of the Stratosphere was brilliant, definitely one of the best and most convincing psychedelic albums of all time.
The Dukes inspire the desire to fire up your creativity. What a band, what an album...I remember the first time I heard it as a young man! I hope one day to duplicate the effort! Wahi'
there is a great quote from paul mccartney, he was asked what it was like being in the greatest band of all time, and he replied i nust be losing me memory, i don't remember ever being in xtc.
Thanks Nick Kennerley for posting this gem. Not only is this a brillant friendly parody of one of my favourite Beatles songs, "I am the Walrus" (visuals and music), it's a great and beautiful song in it's own right.
