Written by Andy Partridge and originally the B side of Grass from Skylarking released in 1986, Dear God was hastily added to the US album (replacing Mermaid Smile) as a result of the unprecedented attention it was receiving due to its lyrical content. Its controversial message hit a nerve across America where belief is woven […]
When Skylarking was released in 1986, I must have been in America because I remember having it on pre-recorded cassette. These little convenient plastic boxes of sound were extremely popular there – more popular than anywhere else I’d been. It was something to do with the car culture, everyone had a car, everyone had a […]
On this day at 12.30 PM. 1963 John F. Kennedy the President Of The United States was assassinated. The Ballad Of Peter Pumkinhead by XTC released in 1992 from the album Nonsuch may not have originally been written specifically about this event and may also have no connection to anything to do with Jesus Christ, […]