XTC always and from the beginning on were one of the favourite bands in the so called "Hinterwald Scene" (the Püttlingen section, where we also loved The Clash, The Talking Heads and tons of Reggae - the Köllerbach section was more into Westcoast and also Reggae).
When we met on fridays after our PAV ("Püttlingen Alternative Verstaltungsgruppen" = Alternative Event Organizing Groups Of Püttlingen) where we planned cinema or concert evenings ect, we knew what would be played as records in kinda ritual while the joint was jumping & going round and round: The Dead "Terrapin Station", The Tubes "Remote Control", Boomtown Rats "The Fine Art Of Surfacing", Max Romeo "War ina Babylon", The Clash "London Calling" and XTC "Drums & Wires" ...
Well I know "Terrapin" has to be some kind of sacriledge to a deadhead, but there was this guy, klaus, he became a taxman later on, always levitated while listening to it - and we enjoyed watching him doing so ;)
Those days are gone forever, over and over again, oh yeah ...
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1980-01-30 FM Paradise Rock Club, Boston
01 homo safari
02 beattown
03 real by reel
04 when you're near me I have difficulty
05 life begins at the hop
06 the rhythm
07 meccanik dancing
08 ten feet tall
09 helicopter
10 this is pop
11 battery brides
12 crowded room
13 complicated game
14 making plans for Nigel
15 encore break
16 radios in motion
17 are you recieving me
18 encore break 2
19 outside world dance band
20 statue of liberty
21 announcer wrap up
1980-02-25 Old Waldorf, San Francisco, USA
01 Beatown
02 Real By Reel
03 When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
04 Life Begins at the Hop
05 The Rhythm
06 Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
07 Heatwave
08 Scissor Man
09 Ten Feet Tall
10 Helicopter
11 This is Pop
12 Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)
13 Instant Tunes
14 Crowded Room
15 Are You Receiving Me
16 Complicated Game
17 Making Plans For Nigel
1980-12-02 Roslyn
01 Intro ~ Outside World
02 Life Begins At The Hop
03 Helicopter
04 Love At First Sight
05 Respectable Street
06 No Language In Our Lungs
07 Meccanik Dancing ( Oh We Go )
08 This Is Pop
09 Scissor Man
10 Towers Of London
11 Real By Reel ~
12 Battery Brides
13 Living Through Another Cuba ~
14 Generals And Majors
15 Making Plans For Nigel
16 Crowd
17 Crowded Room
18 Are You Receiving Me
1980 BC University - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
01 Bushman President (Homo Safari No. 2)
02 Beatown
03 Real by Reel
04 When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
05 Life Begins at the Hop
06 The Rhythm
07 Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
08 Scissor Man
09 Heatwave
10 Helicopter
11 This is Pop
12 Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)
13 Instant Tunes
14 Crowded Room
15 Are You Receiving Me
16 Complicated Game
17 Making Plans for Nigel
18 Outside World
19 Dance Band
20 Statue of Liberty
1981-04-17 Cherry Hill NJ - Emerald City
01 Intro
02 Reel By Reel
03 Life Begins At The Hop
04 When You're Near Me I Have
05 Respectable Street
06 Sgt. Rock (is going to hel
07 No Language In Our Lungs
08 Ball And Chain
09 Paper And Iron
10 Love At First Sight
11 Roads Girdle The Globe
12 Scissor Man
13 Towers Of London
14 Burning With Optimism's Fl
15 Making Plans For Nigel
16 Living Through Another Cub
17 Generals And Majors
18 DJ Commentary
19 This Is Pop
20 Helicopter
21 DJ Commentary 2
22 Statue Of Liberty
23 Outside World
24 Closing Remarks
1982-02-10 Rockpalast
01 Respectable Streets
02 Towers Of London
03 Runaway
04 Jason and The Argonauts
05 Burning With Optimism Flame
06 Snowman
07 Ball and Chain
08 Sgt Rock Is Going To Help Me
09 No Thugs In Our House
10 Senses Working Overtime
11 Making Plans For Nigel
12 Living Through Another Cuba
1982-03-07 Ancienne Belgique - Brussels
01 Runaways
02 Jason And The Argonauts
03 Snowman
04 Ball And Chain
05 Senses Working Overtime
06 All Along The Watchtower
07 Towers Of London
08 Making Plans For Nigel
09 Living Through Another Cuba - Generals And Majors
10 Real By Reel
1989-05-15 Boston-Kings For A Day
01 intro~Scarecrow People
02 Medley Senses Working Overtime + Grass + Love on a Farmboy's Wages
03 King for a Day
04 interview
05 Mayor of Simpleton
06 intro
07 Medley Great Fire + Dear God + Big Day
08 outro
09 intro
10 Scarecrow People
11 intro
12 Medley Senses Working Overtime + Grass + Love on a Farmboy's Wages
13 intro
14 Blue Beret
15 intro
16 Medley One of the Millions + Pink Thing + Garden of Earthly Delights
17 intro
18 Mayor of Simpleton
19 intro
20 King for a Day
21 outro
1989-05-22 WXRT 93 FM - Chicago, Illnois
01 Talk
02 Scarecrow People
03 Talk
04 Great FireDear GodBig Day
05 Talk
06 Talk
07 Blue Beret
08 Talk
09 Senses Working OvertimeGrassLove On A Farmboy's Wages
10 Talk
11 King For A Day
12 Talk
13 Mayor of Simpleton
1989 Acoustic Radio Tour !!!
01 Intro Dialogue
02 Scarecrow People
03 Dialogue 2
04 Mayor Of Simpleton
05 Dialogue 3
06 Senses Working OvertimeGrass
07 Dialogue 4
08 Blue Beret
09 Dialogue 5
10 Great FireDear GodBig Day
11 Dialogue 6
12 King For A Day
13 Dialogue 7
14 One of the Millions medley
15 End Dialogue K.R.O.Q.
16 Intro Dialogue on K.I.S.S.
17 King For A Day
18 End Dialogue on K.I.S.S.
1990 Explode Together
01 Dance with Me, Germany
02 Beat the Bible
03 A Dictionary of Modern Marriage
04 Clap Clap Clap
05 We Kill the Beast
06 Commerciality
07 The Day They Pulled the North Pole Down
08 The Forgotten Language of Light
09 Steam Fist Futurist
10 Short Leave Ornithology (Another 1950)
11 Cairo
12 The Rotary
13 Madhattan
14 I Sit in the Snow
15 Work Away Tokyo Day
16 New Broom
A billion Thanks to all the original posters!!
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