XTC - Red brick dream (live) video free download

ZhuZhu Barr

an underrated composer. Andy wrote some truly amazing songs and it's a shame more people don't know about XTC.And I've always liked his guitar playing as well....nice tone.

Chris Kim A

*Red Brick Dream** – XTC*

95thFoot

Don't ask me why, but I'm an American, and yet, this quaintly obscure paean to Swindon, a town I've never been to, is my favorite XTC song.

geech55

@charlie7891000 Make sure you explore Andy's Fuzzy Warbles demos collection. And do yourself a favor and explore all the goodies that xtc4u.org has for downloading! Lots of live stuff there with some great video for the grabbing too. XTC were brilliant live, no matter what Andy says to the contrary!

geech55

@charlie7891000 Always love to hear about new people getting turned on to one of the most underrated and fabulous bands around. Their catalogue is so rich with treasures. You've got a fun time ahead of you. There are actually a lot of interviews and documentary bits floating around, though most salvaged from crappy VHS tapes, but that's what we have to deal with.

geech55

@crustyeyegoop It's a B-side from the Big Express, and a damn brilliant one at that.

pakaal22

Andy Partridge and XTC prided themselves on being average guys from Swindon (a town developed around a railway manufacturing works). XTC's reference to the iron works forging the locomotive engines in this song; "By the light of the furnace pouring / molten memories / Splashing down upon the roofs of Swindon town." Red Brick Dream references Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times. Both Dickens' "Coketown" and XTC's "Swindon town" are versions of labor-class dystopias, hopeful, confused.

charlie7891000

it's lovely to see so many other XTC obsessives here. I only got into them around 3 months ago, and they're already my favourite band. i literally don't need to listen to anything else these days. They have such an extensive back catalogue, spanning such a variety of styles that it's impossible to get bored of them. Wish there were more interviews etc., and, with reference to some of the comments below me, where's the documentary?!?? xtc you are gods. thank you

chris guy

This was a song recorded for a docu about the band, shot in around the 'railway town' of Swindon. Obviously about the history of Swindon too. Where the fuck is that film?

Boylieboyle

@ngholden ! Today's you're lucky day. I was watching this (particularly lovely) video and saw your comments. The guitar part is pretty easy actually. I think I'll post a cover version and you can let me know if you want me to post a vid with the guitar fingerings. It's great being an XTC fan - No thugs in our house!

therealsoulproduct

Such a brilliant yet underrated songwriter.

Nick Holden

I Want tabs for this so badly, it's just too difficult to see what he's doing. If anyone else can please share it. I've been listen to this song since I was a young child and I would love to play it for my father who played them on the radio for me back then.

The Wakz

I got this song stuck in my head over the weekend. Glad I found this video, I love hearing "new" stuff from andy/colin.. yay!

stumptacular

NOBODY writes songs as well as these guys... poetic and musical geniuses... I GOT ANDY PARTRIDGE TO WRITE ME BACK ONCE! I was literally jumping up and down for joy... the internet is good for a few things.

FirstUberLlama

Luckily it was on the Virgin Canada cassette. Beautiful peace of work, this is.

xtstevie

Nice to hear the unmixed version here, Wish the lads would release a second box set !! I always felt there were too many Demo's on the first one.

ferrari808

this song really brings me back. To my first cd's and how exciting everything was back then. Bonus songs on cds were awesome!

almadora english

i've married andy a thousand times... sigh.

Victor Hobbs

The more i watch the more i want to listen. The more i listen the bigger the fan. When will it ever end. Never.... Thanks Andy.

fightonusc

If memory serves me correct, this is from a documentary on the Swindon Railyard that was done around the time of Big Express. They asked Andy to contribute something, and he pulled out Red Brick Dream.

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