I came to this video specifically to see if anyone else had commented about the sheer brilliance of the bridge in ballet for a rainy day - I didn’t have to scroll far !😂
Isn't it Todd Rundgren who did the string arrangements for this whole album? If I recall correctly that's what the linear notes say. I know Todd did a lot for this album either way. Dave Gregory i believe did mostly all of the lead guitar.
@@cremejockey8636 Dave Gregory did the string arrangements for both 1000 Umbrellas and Dear God. I recall him mentioning it in interviews. I can post a source when I find it. :)
@@mikkel.granrud true. I gotta find my CD or cassette of skylarking and see what the linear notes say again. I remember it saying Dave gregory-odd tipple or something like that and Todd rundgren- production, string arrangement etc.
@@mikkel.granrud exactly. but later, everyone thought that it is rundgren's work and he did get a lot of offers because of this :) he admitted in an interview
God what a brilliant album. Used to listen to this to death back in 87. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that many of the songs on this record are the 80s equivalent of songs from " The Village Green Preservation Society" or Beatles songs such as "Penny Lane", "She's Leaving Home", and others. The same great melodic sensibility pervades this entire album. Fantastic.
Season Cylce was the only "Meh" track on this album. Rhyming Cycle with Umbilical was terrible. "Dear God" and "The Man who sailed around his soul" are absolutely briliant. Thease two songs and the way they play together are just too good.
@@danr.5017 Funny, I think Season Cycle is great, but Dear God is not very good and doesn't deserve to be on the album. Sacrificial Bonfire is a perfect closing song, only to be ruined by Dear God afterwards.
@@empiricalmiracle8592 I didn't say season cycle was bad at all, just that it sufers form some really bad rhymes. Ubill-ii cle. its pretty cringy. the idea is great and it's catchy but that line is just painful. Dear god as an athiest anthem is great.
@@danr.5017 I don't think Dear God fits the tone of the rest of the album. I'm an atheist but that doesn't make the song any better to me on a musical level.
paul wyles I fell in love with this album when I was in 6th grade. Just rediscovered it recently. I patted myself on the back and said "damn, Dan, you had great taste in music even back then!" = P
I'm living on the coast of callifornia during a 3 week rainstorm and these songs shine a very bright light on my gloom laden walks along Fremont street.
It's not supposed to fade before transitioning like in this video, so for those listening, check out the album - the transition sounds much better and is in fact one of the best parts of the whole album.
Orange and lemon Raincoats roll and tumble Together, just liked fruit tipped from a tray Pineapple wet heads Watch new hairdos crumble As scenery sunlight shifts away Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Apples and cherries Are varnished in water Despite, striped awnings bright dismay I push my paintbrush To conjure a new world While this one is slowly washed away Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window To the backdrop of a slow descending grey When it rains, it rains All the colors in my paintbox When it rains, it rains Tickets for the front row seats Up on the rooftops Orange and lemon Raincoats roll and tumble Together, dropped in diamond disarray Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window Behind the curtain silver falling Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window To the backdrop of a slow descending grey One thousand umbrellas Upturned couldn't catch all the rain That drained out of my head When you said we were Over and over I cried 'Til I floated downstream To a town they call Misery, oh oh misery Misery oh oh misery And one million teacups I bet couldn't hold all the wet That fell out of my eyes When you fell out with me Now I'm crawling the wallpaper That's looking more like a roadmap To misery, oh oh misery How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better And you'll soon forget her If you let the sunshine come through How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better If you never let a girl rain all over you And just when I thought that my vista was golden in hue One thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view One million salt seas Recalled from school atlas Alas, would be filled to the brim Sunny Jim couldn't jump it How can I be pleased When I'm handed the keys To a town they call Misery Oh oh Misery So with a mop and a bucket I'll just say forget her And carry on sweeping up Where I've been weeping The Jesters will creep in To strike down the newly crowned Monarch Of Misery, oh oh Misery How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better And you'll soon forget her If you let the sunshine come through How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better If you never let a girl rain all over you Just when I thought that my skies were a June July blue One thousand umbrellas opened Two thousand umbrellas opened Ten thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view
Thank you for uploading these songs together (shame it fades out a little at the end of Ballet for a rainy day - but that is just a very criticism). Remember playing this album endlessly and my mum laughing at me saying "you playing that bloody misery song again" ha ha ha. Little did she know, it had the opposite affect and the entire album lifted my hearts and spirits :)
One thousand umbrellas Upturned couldn't catch all the rain That drained out of my head When you said we were Over and over I cried 'Til I floated downstream To a town they call Misery oh oh misery Misery oh oh misery And one million teacups I bet couldn't hold all the wet That fell out of my eyes When you fell out with me Now I'm crawling the wallpaper That's looking more like a road map To misery oh oh misery How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better And you'll soon forget her If you let the sunshine come through How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better If you never let a girl rain all over you And just when I thought that my vista was golden in hue One thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view One billion salt seas Recalled from school atlas Alas would be filled to the brim Sunny Jim couldn't jump it How can I be pleased When I'm handed the keys To a town they call Misery Oh oh Misery So with a mop and a bucket I'll just say forget her And carry on sweeping up Where I've been weeping The Jesters will creep in To strike down the newly crowned Monarch Of Misery oh oh Misery How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better And you'll soon forget her If you let the sunshine come through How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better If you never let a girl rain all over you Just when I thought that my skies were a June, July blue One thousand umbrellas opened Two thousand umbrellas opened Ten thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view
Orange and lemon Raincoats roll and tumble Together, just liked fruit tipped from a tray Pineapple wet heads Watch new hairdos crumble As scenery sunlight shifts away Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Apples and cherries Are varnished in water Despite, striped awnings bright dismay I push my paintbrush To conjure a new world While this one is slowly washed away Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window To the backdrop of a slow descending grey When it rains it rains All the colors in my paintbox When it rains it rains Tickets for the front row seats Up on the rooftops Orange and lemon Raincoats roll and tumble Together, dropped in diamond disarray Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window Behind the curtain silver falling Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window To the backdrop of a slow descending grey
AldofromBordeaux, I feel like it probably wasn't Todd who played piano. He seems to really feel uncomfortable playing piano! When I saw him at The Fillmore here in San Francisco a couple weeks ago he referred to the part of the show where he played piano as "the pressure cooker".
it's known as the archaic pronunciation - found a lot in (that other English genius...) Shakespeare. A device to stretch a word to fit the iambic pentameter - eg banish-ed. google for "pronouncing shakepeare's words by Dayle Coye". Interestingly if the text was "banished" then Elizabethans would assume it to have 3 syllables. If just two were intended to be spoken, the word would be written as "banish'd".
ballet for a rainy day has one of the best bridges there has ever been
+naakkve10 when it rains it rains all the colours in my paintbox!
Three years later and it's still true.
I support this sentiment
When it rains, it rains all the colors in my paint box
I came to this video specifically to see if anyone else had commented about the sheer brilliance of the bridge in ballet for a rainy day - I didn’t have to scroll far !😂
The string arrangement on 1000 Umbrellas is all Dave Gregory. Masterful.
Absolutely
Isn't it Todd Rundgren who did the string arrangements for this whole album? If I recall correctly that's what the linear notes say. I know Todd did a lot for this album either way. Dave Gregory i believe did mostly all of the lead guitar.
@@cremejockey8636 Dave Gregory did the string arrangements for both 1000 Umbrellas and Dear God. I recall him mentioning it in interviews. I can post a source when I find it. :)
@@mikkel.granrud true. I gotta find my CD or cassette of skylarking and see what the linear notes say again. I remember it saying Dave gregory-odd tipple or something like that and Todd rundgren- production, string arrangement etc.
@@mikkel.granrud exactly. but later, everyone thought that it is rundgren's work and he did get a lot of offers because of this :) he admitted in an interview
XTC... one of the most underrated, underexposed bands ever. Too bad... its opus is phenomenal. Go Andy.
KidIndigo1 and Colin!!!
Only in the U.S. In the U.K. these guys were as big as any in their day. See Also: Robyn Hitchcock
this band could have been the biggest act in the world
@@SlowVillageBand They're my favorite. Just incredible songwriting and musicianship..
God what a brilliant album. Used to listen to this to death back in 87. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that many of the songs on this record are the 80s equivalent of songs from " The Village Green Preservation Society" or Beatles songs such as "Penny Lane", "She's Leaving Home", and others. The same great melodic sensibility pervades this entire album. Fantastic.
Season Cylce was the only "Meh" track on this album. Rhyming Cycle with Umbilical was terrible.
"Dear God" and "The Man who sailed around his soul" are absolutely briliant. Thease two songs and the way they play together are just too good.
@@danr.5017 Funny, I think Season Cycle is great, but Dear God is not very good and doesn't deserve to be on the album. Sacrificial Bonfire is a perfect closing song, only to be ruined by Dear God afterwards.
@@empiricalmiracle8592 I didn't say season cycle was bad at all, just that it sufers form some really bad rhymes. Ubill-ii cle. its pretty cringy. the idea is great and it's catchy but that line is just painful.
Dear god as an athiest anthem is great.
@@danr.5017 I don't think Dear God fits the tone of the rest of the album. I'm an atheist but that doesn't make the song any better to me on a musical level.
@@empiricalmiracle8592 Fair, but you know we don't have to have agree.
Skylarking is my all-time fave album.
one great track after another
paul wyles
I fell in love with this album when I was in 6th grade. Just rediscovered it recently. I patted myself on the back and said "damn, Dan, you had great taste in music even back then!"
= P
the album's a masterpiece
I'm living on the coast of callifornia during a 3 week rainstorm and these songs shine a very bright light on my gloom laden walks along Fremont street.
Really good. Todd's hand on the record shows through.
It's not supposed to fade before transitioning like in this video, so for those listening, check out the album - the transition sounds much better and is in fact one of the best parts of the whole album.
Orange and lemon
Raincoats roll and tumble
Together, just liked fruit tipped from a tray
Pineapple wet heads
Watch new hairdos crumble
As scenery sunlight shifts away
Ballet for a rainy day
Silent film of melting miracle play
Apples and cherries
Are varnished in water
Despite, striped awnings bright dismay
I push my paintbrush
To conjure a new world
While this one is slowly washed away
Ballet for a rainy day
Silent film of melting miracle play
Dancing out there through my window
To the backdrop of a slow descending grey
When it rains, it rains
All the colors in my paintbox
When it rains, it rains
Tickets for the front row seats
Up on the rooftops
Orange and lemon
Raincoats roll and tumble
Together, dropped in diamond disarray
Ballet for a rainy day
Silent film of melting miracle play
Dancing out there through my window
Behind the curtain silver falling
Ballet for a rainy day
Silent film of melting miracle play
Dancing out there through my window
To the backdrop of a slow descending grey
One thousand umbrellas
Upturned couldn't catch all the rain
That drained out of my head
When you said we were
Over and over I cried
'Til I floated downstream
To a town they call
Misery, oh oh misery
Misery oh oh misery
And one million teacups
I bet couldn't hold all the wet
That fell out of my eyes
When you fell out with me
Now I'm crawling the wallpaper
That's looking more like a roadmap
To misery, oh oh misery
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
And you'll soon forget her
If you let the sunshine come through
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
If you never let a girl rain all over you
And just when I thought that my vista was golden in hue
One thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view
One million salt seas
Recalled from school atlas
Alas, would be filled to the brim
Sunny Jim couldn't jump it
How can I be pleased
When I'm handed the keys
To a town they call Misery
Oh oh Misery
So with a mop and a bucket
I'll just say forget her
And carry on sweeping up
Where I've been weeping
The Jesters will creep in
To strike down the newly crowned Monarch
Of Misery, oh oh Misery
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
And you'll soon forget her
If you let the sunshine come through
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
If you never let a girl rain all over you
Just when I thought that my skies were a June July blue
One thousand umbrellas opened
Two thousand umbrellas opened
Ten thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view
"I push my paintbrush
To conjure a new world
While this one is slowly washed away"
Still one of the greatest lines in music.
That's my favorite line too - but the whole song is beautiful, downright poetic
this song helped me a lot during though times, i always hink this as a "Elenor reagby" of the 80's, it's just an incredible song/songs
Steven Wilson brought me here. This album is indeed a masterpiece. Dear God, Dying, Supergirl... wow. Been listening to this over and over again.
Have you heard Nonsuch by XTC? There's a few songs on that album that actually sound like Steven Wilson is singing on them. Like War Dance for example
Steven Wilson?
Old comment, but if any music nerds open this thread check out Drums and Wires IMMEDIATELY. It's a production masterpiece.
I have been listening to these guys since Nigel.
Lyrics Shakespeare would have stood and applauded. The sheer breadth of imagery is astonishing.
god man 1000 Umbrellas is unbelievably catchy and gorgeous
Uh, Colin Moulding is totally secretly slaying this bass line!
No doubt! He is killing it!
Colin always slays✨✨
1000 Umbrellas was the first XTC's song I knew. Love at First Sight...
This albums is essentially the 80's Sgt Peppers.
@koropokkur If you threw in Psonic Psunspot I'd agree
So beautiful... here come the tears
che bella...mi ricorda la mia adolescenza...grazie
I think this album is pretty timeless.
The Beatles: "You're Welcome!"
The influence is obvious. Beach Boys too, but more Beatles here.
Holy cow! Unbelievable. Best band ever.
Thats right! this albm is like a modern Sgt Peppers and many songs of it are very inspired in The Beatles.
god the transitions in this album are just so good
Thank you for uploading these songs together (shame it fades out a little at the end of Ballet for a rainy day - but that is just a very criticism). Remember playing this album endlessly and my mum laughing at me saying "you playing that bloody misery song again" ha ha ha. Little did she know, it had the opposite affect and the entire album lifted my hearts and spirits :)
What a masterpiece!
BRAVO!!!!!
Get a load, of equally well crafted and executed; and audibly equivalent, songs on their 'Oranges and Lemon's' album, that followed this.
One of the greatest bands of all time. Love love love them.
もう何年前だろう？ 当時、下北のヴィレバンでこのアルバム買って、すぐCDウォークマンで聴きながらの帰りの井の頭線の電車の中、この曲で僕は泣いたｗ
もっと売れてもいいんじゃないですか！
いつまで440でやってるんですか！
One thousand umbrellas
Upturned couldn't catch all the rain
That drained out of my head
When you said we were
Over and over I cried
'Til I floated downstream
To a town they call
Misery oh oh misery
Misery oh oh misery
And one million teacups
I bet couldn't hold all the wet
That fell out of my eyes
When you fell out with me
Now I'm crawling the wallpaper
That's looking more like a road map
To misery oh oh misery
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
And you'll soon forget her
If you let the sunshine come through
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
If you never let a girl rain all over you
And just when I thought that my vista was golden in hue
One thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view
One billion salt seas
Recalled from school atlas
Alas would be filled to the brim
Sunny Jim couldn't jump it
How can I be pleased
When I'm handed the keys
To a town they call Misery
Oh oh Misery
So with a mop and a bucket
I'll just say forget her
And carry on sweeping up
Where I've been weeping
The Jesters will creep in
To strike down the newly crowned Monarch
Of Misery oh oh Misery
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
And you'll soon forget her
If you let the sunshine come through
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
If you never let a girl rain all over you
Just when I thought that my skies were a June, July blue
One thousand umbrellas opened
Two thousand umbrellas opened
Ten thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view
Thanks
Uno dei migliori album dove le canzoni non durano più di 3 minuti..
good job 👍️
Great record.
Fantastique!
Orange and lemon
Raincoats roll and tumble
Together, just liked fruit tipped from a tray
Pineapple wet heads
Watch new hairdos crumble
As scenery sunlight shifts away
Ballet for a rainy day
Silent film of melting miracle play
Apples and cherries
Are varnished in water
Despite, striped awnings bright dismay
I push my paintbrush
To conjure a new world
While this one is slowly washed away
Ballet for a rainy day
Silent film of melting miracle play
Dancing out there through my window
To the backdrop of a slow descending grey
When it rains it rains
All the colors in my paintbox
When it rains it rains
Tickets for the front row seats
Up on the rooftops
Orange and lemon
Raincoats roll and tumble
Together, dropped in diamond disarray
Ballet for a rainy day
Silent film of melting miracle play
Dancing out there through my window
Behind the curtain silver falling
Ballet for a rainy day
Silent film of melting miracle play
Dancing out there through my window
To the backdrop of a slow descending grey
Thanks again
6:17 Rain scene outside mall from Minority Report.
the 1980's music was the best in my opinion song wise stories done to music
AldofromBordeaux, I feel like it probably wasn't Todd who played piano. He seems to really feel uncomfortable playing piano! When I saw him at The Fillmore here in San Francisco a couple weeks ago he referred to the part of the show where he played piano as "the pressure cooker".
Mmmiiisery
Aw, Aw, Mmmiiisery...
Partridge at his best
it's known as the archaic pronunciation - found a lot in (that other English genius...) Shakespeare. A device to stretch a word to fit the iambic pentameter - eg banish-ed. google for "pronouncing shakepeare's words by Dayle Coye". Interestingly if the text was "banished" then Elizabethans would assume it to have 3 syllables. If just two were intended to be spoken, the word would be written as "banish'd".
I love the language for that reason. Studied composition and English Literature.
I think the uploader faded it out - the fade isn't on my album :-)
likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
who plays acoustic piano on this one ??? Gregory, Rundgreen ?? another one
adams crying for eve
That is a lyricist
Missouri isnt that bad guys cmon
Not so... it blends in, as you hear in the intro to 100 Umbrellas. I think this is an iTunes liberty at wrong.
Andy
Inspired by The BEATLES..!!! Mc Cartney style...!
Dear Bear Farmer
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A lyrical singleton: "striped" pronounced as "biped". Valid, I know, but what does one call such a choice of emphasis, grammatically? I do not know.
Poetic license in English prose.