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Demonaut

(8,924 posts) Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:29 AM Aug 2016

one of my favorite videos from the 80's, Dear God by XTC, the lyrics are awesome

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one of my favorite videos from the 80's, Dear God by XTC, the lyrics are awesome (Original Post) Demonaut Aug 2016 OP

Love XTC. progressoid Aug 2016 #1

that looks like a young Richard Branson on the Generals and Majors video Demonaut Aug 2016 #2

Yep. That's him. progressoid Aug 2016 #3

progressoid

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1. Love XTC.

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Wed Aug 10, 2016, 03:37 PM

Aug 2016

In the early 80's, I remember playing a cassette of their Black Sea release after hours in a painting studio in college. Someone unfamiliar with their music heard it and said, "they need to practice a little more".
She was more of a Rod Stewart and Leo Sayer fan.