XTC - Complicated Game | Reaction! (I Don't Know What to Say)

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  • I have definitely been missing out. This song almost left me speechless.
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  • @nicbennetts9459
    @nicbennetts9459 Год назад +5

    Seen and listened to these for 40yrs and more my humble opinion it's been complicated and a joy most underrated band from our shores for sure

  • @TZ61
    @TZ61 Год назад +9

    I read a review of this album in our local newspaper in late '79, went out and bought the album, took it home and loving it, then I got to this last track, and this 18- or 19-year-old didn't quite know what to make of it either, but I knew it spoke to me. I promptly went out and bought their two previous albums and have been a huge fan ever since; and, no, there weren't many of us in those days. Great upload, and great to see some young people getting into this.

  • @donlopeaguirre112
    @donlopeaguirre112 Год назад +7

    One of music's greatest lyricists -

  • @sylvanm4216
    @sylvanm4216 3 года назад +24

    If I had to pick five discographies to take with me to a desert island, XTC's would definitely be one. Andy Partridge was able to get the great, harsh guitar solo on this song by overdubbing with his headphones off, so he couldn't hear the backing track he was playing along to! I love the way it contrasts with how every other detail of the instrumental track is "locked in".

  • @johnmavroudis2054
    @johnmavroudis2054 3 года назад +25

    XTC are a remarkable band. I my opinion, they're the greatest pop band since The Beatles. They can produce absolute bangers like this song, but they can also produce some of the most gorgeous music you can imagine. They are WELL WORTH a dive to see how amazing they can be.
    You should check out Senses Working Overtime, Travels In Nihilon, Playground, Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead, etc... They have covered pretty much every topic under the sun... and have played everything from lovely acoustic ballads to screaming rockers.... with a bit of everything in between. I've worked at record shops and on radio (college and commercial) and they are my all-time favorite band. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for the wonderful reaction!

    • @slbgraphics2
      @slbgraphics2 2 года назад +2

      Yes to all of this, including your song suggestions. They are one of the best bands from my lifetime. Such range!

    • @imbwildrd3693
      @imbwildrd3693 Год назад +2

      Did you know XTC original drummer Terry Chambers has an XTC cover band called EXTC?? I've seen them once and I'm seeing them again this year (tickets already purchased). GO SEE THEM! Even though it's just Terry from XTC, it's still XTC to me. Sounded just like I wanted it to sound. Even the singer did a good job. Andy Partridge and Dave Gregory from XTC gave Terry their blessings with the band. I even got Terry to sign a poster of XTC I still had that used to hang on the wall in my bedroom, lol.

  • @AzimuthTao
    @AzimuthTao Месяц назад +1

    XTC was unquestionably the most creative 80s-era band.
    English Settlement is a masterpiece.

  • @SteamySteamClips
    @SteamySteamClips Год назад +15

    This is my favorite track of all time. I think because it's so raw and emotional, it would be impossible to replicate this performance; just a masterpiece. I'm glad the algorithm recommended your channel, you have great taste!

    • @InsignificantNick
      @InsignificantNick  Год назад +4

      It's one of my fav songs I've ever reacted to.

    • @arveyilleszender5809
      @arveyilleszender5809 7 месяцев назад

      Then you should probably try Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (1994) album. THREE lead guitar channels - Lyle Workman, Morris Tepper, and Joey Santiago. So that's ultra high-end session guitarists. Frank Black at the centre. Eric Feldman on bass and electronics/keyboard. You'll get similar INSENSATE intensity and craft there also.

  • @jasperchance3382
    @jasperchance3382 Год назад +13

    masterpiece

    • @InsignificantNick
      @InsignificantNick  Год назад +8

      Agreed. It's become one of my all-time favourite songs.

    • @levonpoe
      @levonpoe Год назад +1

      @@InsignificantNick complicated game is one of my dessert island disc

  • @ryanwalker5723
    @ryanwalker5723 Год назад +4

    Top 5 XTC songs. Such an amazing band. MM and the Mechanical Animals wanted to be them. XTC is a powerhouse of emotion. Glad someone else gets vibes from them too.

  • @goctagonrecovery3270
    @goctagonrecovery3270 2 года назад +12

    Listening to Drums and Wires all the way thru for the first time was a real experience to me. I had never heard music like what is on that record. It feels futuristic yet classic at the same time. I kept listening to it over and over again and now it’s one of my favorite records.

    • @notanotherenigma7759
      @notanotherenigma7759 Год назад +1

      Yes, my fave XTC album. They rewrote the role of guitar and bass. I mean songs like Scissor Man or Helicopter 🚁, brilliant!!

  • @michlev9390
    @michlev9390 3 года назад +21

    “Weird and good”…. You’re right to me.
    Even if every single XTC’s song leads the listener in a unique and new universe, and even if almost every XTC’s fan prefers different songs, a lot of those songs are weird and good.
    They’ve been able to create a lot of unusual stuff but catchy in the same time. They really made it their own way.
    It was really good to watch you digging it! I think you’re gone have a lot of fun surfing on their music!

    • @michlev9390
      @michlev9390 3 года назад

      If you want to stay in the same XTC’s vibe, you could listen to Roads girdle the globe or scissor man on this album.

    • @elosoguapo8137
      @elosoguapo8137 2 года назад

      It gives me pixie vibes

    • @derandavis1393
      @derandavis1393 Год назад

      I can't get enough of this! I find myself listening to this song quite a bit and I'm 64 yrs old ... that in itself must seem weird to people that know me but I love it for some strange reason and I like the movie as well.

  • @jimbliss8216
    @jimbliss8216 3 года назад +12

    For me, the genius of this song is that the growth in intensity that (for me) poignantly reflects growth in frustration. I think it's easy to overlook the gradual changes in the music while appreciating the moment-to-moment stuff.

  • @carllouisyoung
    @carllouisyoung 10 месяцев назад +6

    You have to understand this was 1979, NOTHING sounded as good as this song. Listen to those guitars, bass and drums, and Andy's vocal. I heard this on Halt and Catch Fire and was WTF is and went out and bought everything I could find and buried myself in this record, thinking where this song in 1979 being played. It wasn't.. There isnt a song in 2024 that is as creative musically and sounds as good vocally at this and they recorded this album start to finish in just 4 WEEKS!! Great album and song. I want to hear Andy talk about how this was recorded and written..

    • @32INCHSTRIPER
      @32INCHSTRIPER 8 месяцев назад

      One take... He did the guitar solo without even listening to the track.

    • @enricocavallo4386
      @enricocavallo4386 7 месяцев назад

      "Listen to those guitars, bass and drums" - this is why the album is named "drums and wires"

  • @derandavis1393
    @derandavis1393 8 месяцев назад +3

    When i heard this at the end of "Vivarium", I was hooked. When I feel strange, I play this song.

    • @stevensmith8261
      @stevensmith8261 8 месяцев назад

      When I heard this at the end of "Vivarium", I asked when she thought this song was written. She couldn't believe it was from the late '70s.

  • @KajVardinghus
    @KajVardinghus Год назад +7

    Just pure genius! And so intense...

  • @magnetodan
    @magnetodan Год назад +2

    Such a great group, this song is what made me a fan.

  • @sspbrazil
    @sspbrazil Год назад +3

    XTC is one of my favorite bands of all time, this song is really ahead of its time lyrically and musically, it creates such tension in each verse up to the guitar solo and on to the ending of the song. I think the commentary of the lyrics are still relevant today and even more so with social media creating this angry atmosphere.

  • @Netttty
    @Netttty 2 года назад +4

    LOL, life can feel like a complicated game indeed. Their song "Senses Working Overtime" is a song that can get stuck in my head.

  • @Dookuh90opet
    @Dookuh90opet Год назад +3

    'Halt and Catch Fire', as much as I remember, you can hear this song in the first episode of this tv show.
    The whole album Drums and Wires is beautiful, but "Complicated Game", as the last song on this album, is the real hidden gem.

    • @CcC-ct9tb
      @CcC-ct9tb 2 месяца назад +1

      That’s where I first recall hearing it. Love the show, love the song.

  • @rexahdar4199
    @rexahdar4199 10 месяцев назад +3

    A song of pure genius

  • @spillledcarryout
    @spillledcarryout Год назад +2

    I love your reaction Nick. I was equally beautifully bewildered!!

  • @TonyLovell
    @TonyLovell Год назад +12

    Talking Heads are a poor man's XTC. No doubt on that order.

  • @spencerhatchcock6246
    @spencerhatchcock6246 3 года назад +8

    Love xtc. This is a gem of a song tucked away on the end of a fantastic album. Scissor Man and Making Plans For Nigel are also great tracks from the same album. But they were definitely a band that evolved album by album. Fantastic singles band too. Love your channel BTW

  • @elosoguapo8137
    @elosoguapo8137 2 года назад +4

    Best XTC songs…dear god, making plans for Nigel, and complicated game. I think complicated game is the absolute best. Just a masterpiece of mayhem. It always gets me hyped.

  • @aydnofastro-action1788
    @aydnofastro-action1788 Год назад +25

    Lets be honest, XTC mops the floor with the Talking Heads.

    • @coolguy36393
      @coolguy36393 5 месяцев назад +1

      so true. i hate to say it because i love the talking heads but xtc is on a whole other level

    • @TT-fq7pl
      @TT-fq7pl 4 месяца назад +3

      I didn't know music was a competition.

  • @gibbogle
    @gibbogle Год назад +6

    Great band. Like nobody else.

  • @fightswithspirits915
    @fightswithspirits915 7 месяцев назад +1

    The truth is more known as each day passes. Song shreds our illusions.

  • @RexGroovi47
    @RexGroovi47 3 года назад +5

    Welcome to the XTC fandom …
    Let the suggestions spew
    Heavens paved with broken glass -xtc
    Dear madam Barnum -xtc
    Fly upon the wall -xtc
    River of orchids -xtc
    Great fire -xtc

  • @Kyle_heringer
    @Kyle_heringer 3 года назад +3

    Thanks for the reaction of this one, I loved that , it looks like Talking Heads and Pulp drank from this water! Amazing !

    • @jamesnolan4412
      @jamesnolan4412 3 года назад +1

      Pulp perhaps but Talking Heads were doing their own thing from 1976 though I see how it's relative to this song. I actually prefer their more alternative tunes than the commercial pop material.

    • @Kyle_heringer
      @Kyle_heringer 3 года назад

      @@jamesnolan4412 hey James, such a great surprise to get to know this band, this song never goes out of my mind, and I decided to buy this cd, well, reviewing it I realized there is a bit of bowie as well, i am referring to his album Lodger, you have a great day.
      Carlos from Orlando.

  • @spillledcarryout
    @spillledcarryout Год назад +2

    Shit, the Beatles could never do something so raw. They were all about filters and what about me.

  • @jimblob44
    @jimblob44 Год назад +4

    Another atmospheric song by XTC to try would be "Somnabulist" .

  • @gonzalorios2586
    @gonzalorios2586 3 года назад +4

    Mi favourite song from this amazing album

  • @bradlaventine
    @bradlaventine 3 года назад +4

    i was hoping you would get around to listening to XTC eventually. Glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully more to come. 'Making Plans For Nigel' is probably their most well known song (here in the UK anyway) but being an atheist you may appreciate the song 'Dear God' which i think was a single in the US but not over here.

  • @summertime_blooz
    @summertime_blooz 2 года назад +3

    I've loved this whole album (plus the enclosed 45) so much since it came out whenever.

  • @d.a.8699
    @d.a.8699 3 года назад +11

    A very unique XTC song. I’d try Respectable Street next.

  • @kevinm4138
    @kevinm4138 3 года назад +6

    A quirky song on an album chock full of quirky new wave rock songs. They progress a great deal after this album , their album Skylarking is very Beatles influenced. My favorite album though is English Settlement. Try, Melt the Guns , Ball and Chain, Senses working overtime.

  • @mercurialpierrot7073
    @mercurialpierrot7073 2 года назад +2

    And that song was recorded only 10 years after the Summer of Love...😮

  • @NightWalker
    @NightWalker 3 года назад +2

    The constant smile on your face throughout the video was it, I'm glad you liked it. :)
    Anyway, up next: Nina Hagen - Naturträne (live on Rockpalast if you wanna see some goofy facial expressions). The vocal range this woman has is insane. It's a must listen.

  • @timhollis3390
    @timhollis3390 3 года назад +1

    Just found your channel today and made sure I subbed because you did XTC,my favorite band.Glad you picked them for your number one for 2021 too.please do more XTC.Look into the Duke's of Startopher too.That's XTCs tribute to the 1960s and it's awesome.

    • @rogerpatton2242
      @rogerpatton2242 2 года назад

      *Stratosphear*

    • @timhollis3390
      @timhollis3390 2 года назад

      @@rogerpatton2242I never could spell but I thank you and I'm sure the Dukes thank you too.

  • @slbgraphics2
    @slbgraphics2 2 года назад +1

    One of the best bands of all time, imho. So fun to watch you check it out for the first time! Try Travels in Nihilon and then Burning With Optimism's Flames, from the same album - the raaaange of this group!

  • @tubecated_development
    @tubecated_development 3 месяца назад

    Killing Joke shoe-in! I immediately thought ‘Requiem’ (Killing Joke debut LP 1980)

  • @MisterWondrous
    @MisterWondrous 3 года назад

    I thought I was the only one who used "goofy voice" for effect. Thanks for this wondrously weird work. Loved the barking at the end. I will hear it many times, as well as more of their work. I had only heard their radio hits.

    • @forasec
      @forasec 3 года назад

      barking at the end? Like woof woof? I missed that

  • @jonathancullen7190
    @jonathancullen7190 10 месяцев назад +2

    The best album to come out of 1979

    • @TT-fq7pl
      @TT-fq7pl 4 месяца назад

      London Calling.

  • @rogerpatton2242
    @rogerpatton2242 3 года назад +9

    Try Helicopter off the same album.

  • @garethgriffiths1674
    @garethgriffiths1674 3 года назад +2

    Great track! In case you were wondering, they do have some more 'pop-like' tunes, such as Making Plans for Nigel.

  • @kjellmand7103
    @kjellmand7103 3 года назад +1

    Some mind blowing songs by other artists:
    Genesis - Supper's Ready - 1972 Foxtrot
    Yes - The Gates Of Delirium - 1974 Relayer
    Can - Halleluhwah - 1971 Tago Mago
    ELO - Fire On High - 1975 Face The Music
    Popol Vuh - Queen Of All Queens - 1973 Quiche Maya
    Jordsjø - Solens Sirkulære Sang - 2019 Nattfiolen
    Camel - Nimrodel The Procession The White Rider - 1974 Mirage
    Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Part 1 - 1975 Ommadawn
    Steve Hackett - Ace Of Wands - 1975 Voyage Of The Acolyte
    Vangelis - The Dragon - 1971/78 The Dragon

  • @deanwrigleyuk
    @deanwrigleyuk 3 года назад +3

    I've never heard this one before and it is right up my street! In places it reminds me of It's No Game by David Bowie off the Scary Monsters album. Edit: this song was released before Bowie's song.

  • @asxtc
    @asxtc 3 года назад +1

    its what music used to be like before the sample merchants took over.

  • @taxman67000
    @taxman67000 3 года назад +5

    What a song! Great but complicated...

  • @a.k.1740
    @a.k.1740 3 года назад +4

    In the frenetic and grueling genre by XTC, you should listen to the track "Train Running Low On Soul Coal" on The Big Express album. It's something !

  • @Kyle_heringer
    @Kyle_heringer 3 года назад +2

    Nick , do you know Party Fears 2 by the Associates??
    Beautiful voice from Billy Mckenzie

  • @davidmildenhall5326
    @davidmildenhall5326 3 года назад +2

    Great song..XTC songs cover all genres of music...also in the movie Vivarium. ...

  • @MarvinForte
    @MarvinForte 3 года назад +8

    I envy you getting to listen to the entire XTC catalog for the first time. Many surprises await. Enjoy!

  • @johnroberts1708
    @johnroberts1708 3 года назад +1

    XTC did so much great (and varied) stuff. Try Dear God or, for example, The Wheel and the Maypole. Would really like to see your reaction to Tom Waits too ... Try Romeo is Bleeding or Blue Valentine's for example ...his lyrics are great too....tells great stories

  • @sherrydixon4852
    @sherrydixon4852 Год назад +1

    😳 ,,the lights are on...

  • @davidpulliam5936
    @davidpulliam5936 3 года назад +4

    Try Scissor Man from the same album!

  • @jamesbelljr7987
    @jamesbelljr7987 11 месяцев назад

    "Poor man's Talking Heads?"...I had records from both bands,I definitely don't see the connection,they are two totally different bands and both were good in their own right....But I can't hear a comparison between the two....just an humble opinion.

  • @aydnofastro-action1788
    @aydnofastro-action1788 Год назад

    Xtc is the kind of band that a kind of band like PRIMUS covers. (Scissor Man, Same album).... And there is a great tribute album with others.

    • @coolguy36393
      @coolguy36393 5 месяцев назад

      primus has made a cover of making plans for nigel!

    • @zoeherriot
      @zoeherriot 4 месяца назад +1

      @@coolguy36393the guitar solo in Complicated Game sounds like it could have been written by Larry LaLonde.

  • @Kyle_heringer
    @Kyle_heringer 3 года назад +2

    Nick, have you heard of the band called THE SOUND?

  • @shyecjj
    @shyecjj Год назад +1

    It's Fing awesome

  • @johnhouston8857
    @johnhouston8857 3 месяца назад

    Remember at this time peroid in music the goal was to be diiferent at all cost didbt matter if liked it or not

  • @aydnofastro-action1788
    @aydnofastro-action1788 4 месяца назад

    If you like this echo or delay effect, check out Prophet song by Queen!

  • @thankyoudriver4219
    @thankyoudriver4219 7 месяцев назад

    If you take suggestions, how about The Loyaliser by Fatima Mansions? (I think you'll like it). Or Gang Of Four's Cheeseburger?

  • @leefr76
    @leefr76 3 года назад

    The ending reminded me of the ending of Chant of the ever circling Skeletal Family by David Bowie. If you want to react to weird, do Bowie’s Big Brother and Skeletal Family as one song (which they virtually are).

  • @William44-c9c
    @William44-c9c 3 года назад +2

    The singer Andy Partridge has a link to blur he was brought into produce the album Modern Life is Rubbish, but the result wasn’t favoured by the band & maybe the label. A great band but there are many other songs you should of chose.

  • @triffidkiller1234
    @triffidkiller1234 3 года назад

    I don't know why I like this, it's complicated. I'd like to suggest you do a reaction video to 'The Watch' by Ian Matthews of Matthews Southern Comfort woodstock fame.

  • @Kyle_heringer
    @Kyle_heringer 3 года назад

    I heard it again, and i realized there is a bit of Bowie too, please listen to his album LODGER

  • @bradbla
    @bradbla 5 месяцев назад

    I'd say more of a smart man's Talking Heads. Talking Heads is more for the masses.

  • @jamesnolan4412
    @jamesnolan4412 3 года назад +1

    Sadly Andy suffered terrible anxiety after a nervous breakdown whilst performing and therefore afterward they rarely played live gigs.

  • @AddaleeBracken
    @AddaleeBracken 2 месяца назад

    Research the tech involved back then!

  • @martinmiller6984
    @martinmiller6984 3 года назад +1

    I love xtc but this isn't the best introduction to them imo
    Please listen to Sgt rock.generals and majors. Senses working overtime and making plans for nigel.

  • @jonathancole833
    @jonathancole833 3 года назад +1

    Maybe something more 'entry-level' is required when approaching XTC for the first time!
    They had a smattering of commercial hits, mainly in the late 70s/early 80s, which tracks such as This Is Pop?, Making Plans For Nigel and Senses Working Overtime.
    They are very highly regarded in the world of alt-rock and beyond!

  • @manofagoodwill3939
    @manofagoodwill3939 3 года назад

    Can you please react to 👉the lady of heaven trailer? ( The movie will be in AMC theaters by the 10th of December in the US and it is expected to have a worldwide release in various countries soon after that ) 🙂

  • @malcolmpayne8211
    @malcolmpayne8211 3 года назад +3

    Not sure why you chose this song from XTC. Would suggest Science Friction, Making Plans for Nigel or Senses Working Overtime.

    • @rogerpatton2242
      @rogerpatton2242 3 года назад +8

      Because it was requested and it's a great song.

  • @rosenfield10
    @rosenfield10 3 года назад +1

    Not the best representation of XTC. Try "Mayor of Simpleton".

    • @jonathancole833
      @jonathancole833 3 года назад

      Or The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead.

    • @rogerpatton2242
      @rogerpatton2242 3 года назад +4

      This is a GREAT early representation of XTC..

    • @jdrukman
      @jdrukman 3 года назад +3

      the cool thing about XTC is they have SO many different styles/moods/techniques. there is definitely more like complicated game (travels in nihilon, train running low on soul coal). but then you've got the straightforward beatlesy pop like mayor of simpleton, you're the wish you are i had, etc... psychedelia, pastoral pop, balls out rockers... a hell of a catalog.

    • @spillledcarryout
      @spillledcarryout Год назад

      Well…this is one best representation of XTC! And that is my friends, the whole point of XTC. Depending on the album and point of time you choose to listen, is like listening to different bands. The bottom is that they are all genius level sounds. Who does that. No one. XTC is unique upon itself.

  • @dancalestini5698
    @dancalestini5698 29 дней назад

    How about millions the best song on the album You have never heard of XTC well let me give you a lesson on the best band you have never heard of I’ve been listening since 1982 way before you were born probably blacks sea oranges & lemons skylarking English settlement mummer drums & wires the big express just a few of the best albums you will ever hear this is one of the greatest bands that many have never heard what they wrote about was everything everything Being a fan for many years here are just a taste of my favorites this song is mediocre at best just wait till you hear what I suggest here we go Off the mummer album ladybird castaway. Human alchemy drums & wires millions is the best song on that album Big express this world over one of my favorites sky larking Big day meeting place super girl summers coldren/ grass English settlement is a double album packed with hits oranges & lemons most notably king for a day I CONSIDER XTC A BRILLIANT COMBINATION OF THE BEATLES & CHEAP TRICK AND BETTER THAN BOTH THEY SING ABOUT ANYTHING & EVERYTHING THEIR LYRICS ARE BRILLIANT & SO ARE THE MUSICIANS BEST KEPT SECRET IN ROCK N ROLL

    • @InsignificantNick
      @InsignificantNick  28 дней назад

      I've heard a few more since this, and they're definitely one of, if not the most, underrated band, idk ever? Such sophistication and authenticity. I love them!