I heard this song for the first time yesterday. I thought it was a new indie song. I searched it up on spotify and i couldn't believe it was 42 years old!!!! It is so far ahead for its time! Then on youtube i saw that this video was posted 4 days ago? Crazy!
And I myself was there the day this song came on record.... So a genius song long before you heard it the first time and before CD's existed. So you see, life.... was pretty genius, before you were born genius ;-)
That’s crazy this happened to me today, it was on my discover weekly and I came to TH-cam to see the video and discovered that it was over 40 years old. Could have sworn it was a new song
This simply because everything about music was done til 92, after there is just some random meteor band or valuable isolated cases. The remaining musicians from today just copy and mix. Nothing really new coming up
@@kinoglaz777 The bands Ghost , J.B.O. , lacuna coil , nothing , m83 , cellar darling , second person , coheed and cambria , gorillaz , periphery , polyphia , omnium gatherum , archenemy , epica and apocalyptica all beg to differ.
Well, there's a reason they never made it big; this is their best song, and as good as it is, that's pretty much it - Senses Working Overtime is a cringe song (as in any song that has counting as part of the lyrics!). While I love this song as a piece of music, I detest the lyrics and the general sentiment. What's wrong with wanting the best for one's kids and preparing them for a steady, stable and prosperous life? Nothing. I wouldn't be surprised if Andy Partridge is/was a Trotsyist.
XTC were one of the most under-rated bands of all time, their unique sense of "Englishness" and rural themes, epitomised in their 1983 album "Mummer" is one of the greatest albums of all time to me, superb musicians too, if you haven't heard them before go back and have a listen, you won't be disappointed!!!
I have the double CD of XTC called " FOSSIL FUEL ", some fantastic stuff on it. Sad to read that they stopped touring in the mid 80,s coz Andy Partridge had a nervous breakdown whilst performing live. He won't be the first or last to fold under that pressure. His songs are superb & bursting with life.
@@frankcairney5523 Job centres are a complete irrelevance these days. People have searched for jobs online for many years. They only exist to snoop on people who claim.
@@frankcairney5523 We used to call them," subjugation centres." ( Easy to spot the droids who work in them, as the frontal lobotomy scar on their forehead is a dead giveaway.)
It absolutely does not sound fresh. It sounds exactly like a popular song from the late 70's early 80's but that doesn't take away from what an amazing track it is
I'm just blown away by how contemporary this song sounds over 40 years after it was recorded, Steve Lilywhite produced the f*&k out of this song, amazing.
@@thankyoudriver4219 Really, someone else told me donkeys years ago that Dr. Nigel Gray ( who did first 3 Police and Banshee albums) had a hand in it too. One day when I have time, I,ll treble check to be sure. Though Nigel Gray is dead now.
My first concert, probably Bayonne 1980 had the Police headlining and XTC part of the opening card. So the Nigel Gray link has legs. Also Skafish and the Beat were there if I'm not dreaming. (The Beat had a hard time in France, their name was tricky to get your mouth round in the local language)@@richardmurphy4520
Late June 1979 my classmates organized a post 'O' levels disco party where this song was played, I felt things with such intensity at that age, now I am a stranger in a strange land, the past being another country entirely
There's a minor 9th guitar chord amidst the riff, somewhere around the 7th fret. Bloody hard to play correctly, I know coz I've tried n failed many times. Andy Partridge is a genius.
I love all these great little details - sounds, riffs, vocals, patterns, drums...So many things in only a few minutes in this iconic catchy new wave song.
XTC...a band that despite some great pop songs is unfortunately (and unjustly) more or less forgotten these days. This song still sounds fresh and modern and with a great video. This song is somehow also longer than I remembered!
So great to read all the positive comments about this song and the band. They were just brilliant. And this is a fabulous song, i’ve loved it since the day it was released.
Now(and always)thats top notch drums and bassline intro in a song that cannot be matched or compared. Rolls on throughout the song. Great music Great song. ♥♥♥♥♥♥
As a 'nigel' I grew up hating this song , forty years later I can sit back and laugh at feeling like that and appreciate how good this song is , strange how time mellows you 👍
I 💖 XTC, they were a combination of MOD, New Wave and Rock and like everyone says v.underated by the music industry and media of that time. Maybe because they were difficult to define, it may have been the reason for not being taken so seriously? I remember this single was released in the Autumn/Fall of 79 and I'd just turned 14. The late 70s/early 80s was the best era for rock/new wave. 🎵👍
I was born in 1986, this was obviously before I was born but this is a great tune and even way ahead if it's time. This is a tune. People say I was born in the wrong decade as all my favourite music is from 78 to 84! I do think music was at its absolute best between those years x
This song made for a beautiful summer back then, along with the blue sky and the yellow sun. Oh for those pre- chem trail, halcyon days. Nigel is happy in his world ... Much love to XTC
Blimy that's weired I only thought of this song again after all these yrs just now and searched for it.. 😁 Listened to the yrs ago, have it on vinyl still..
Unforgettable this song! Always on my mind. I was wery surprised at first listening when I was a young girl and in Italy there was the British invasion in 80's about music.
The first 'hit song' with gated reverb drums. With a second set of mics positioned high in each corner of the stone built Studio .( usually attributed as an accident to Phil Collins on his solo LP and drums on Peter Gabriel 'melt' LP).Recorded april 79 at the newly built townhouse studio with Steve Lillywhite & Hugh Padgham' released 6th Sept79 as a single. Xtc never really got the kudos they deserved for their output.
Partridge was more prolific by tenfold but Moulding wrote some true XTC classics, ran out of steam after Nonsuch though and completely lost interest after 2001 or so.
The blonde woman nurse in the loony bin looks like me and its no wonder I didn't end up in one with the life I've had lol. Great song, spiky, ironic and about real life situations that don't involve lurrrvve and ooh baby. My grandfather liked XTC and Talking Heads in the 80s, in his late 60s, and he was like Nigel pushed into a career he never wanted (Naval officer), he wanted to be an artist or surgeon. So I always think of him when I hear them.
True. But it also put a lot of yesterday's music to shame. There is quality and utter crap in every decade. The sin is committed by those whose eyes are blinkered. See - Aldous Harding.
There's still a lot of good music out there today though don't forget, the Brixton Windmill is going through a bit of a renaissance, loads of great bands today.
XTC without doubt one of the most influential under the radar bands that has ever existed, they were doing post punk britpop etc before those labels ever come about, a truly incredible band
LYRICS: We're only making plans for Nigel We only want what's best for him We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel just needs that helping hand And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy He must be happy He must be happy in his world We're only making plans for Nigel He has his future in a British steel We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed Yeah And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy He must be happy He must be happy in his world Nigel is not outspoken But he likes to speak And loves to be spoken to (in his world) Nigel is happy in his world (in his world) Nigel is happy in his world (in his world) We're only making plans for Nigel We only want what's best for him We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel just needs this helping hand And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy He must be happy He must be happy in his world We're only making plans for Nigel We only want what's best for him We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel just needs this helping hand We're only making plans for Nigel He has his future in a British steel Steel, steel, steel, steel, steel We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel, Nigel, Nigel, ...
Heard this song on the local alternative radio last night for the first time in my life. Immediately shazamed. Later checked the band. 1979,wtf? First thing that crossed my mind was that this sounds progressive even for 90s. Awesome tune!
@@6wm i suppose the saddening thing is how people are being taken care of instead of being given the opportunity to learn how to take care for themselves i.e. learn about ones own needs & responsibilities. It gives me the creeps. And i think its about a particular age, somewhere 10 to 16?, where the young ones arrive at a pivot age, skilled or not to deal with their passion & goals, self-discipline & freedom but at a point to decide about the directions their lives shall take (education, also friends, ..) - or, else, others do that for them, or (worst?) no-one does. Even Brexit comes to mind.. But perhaps i got it all wrong.
@@gioponti6359I understand. It may appear for the most part that people are being taken care of, but those in power do not really care. All smoke and mirrors. As for Brexit and anything to do with politics.. divide and conquer is the game. Stay strong, alert and God bless you and those closest to you.
Most overused and dumbest comments on youtube: A) who's here in (insert year)? B) we are so back C) let's goooooo (nowhere) D) underrated band E) First
Poor Nigel. What a song. Still relevant after 40 years. Still listening in 2023.
😭😭😭
Parody of our Nigel to 😅😅😅😅 day , hilarious.
Especially if his future was in a British Steel. That won't have gone well! Poor Nigel!
Tata Nigel?
unforgettable: XTC in Berlin 1982- Metropol Theater
The Great British band you’ve never heard of!
XTC were always ahead of their time.
Respectable Street from their Fossil Fuels album is my favourite.
@@theresamcgurk907 That's the bowdlerised version. The proper one's on their album Black Sea.
If you haven’t heard of them,try all their albums,each great and each unique-God ,I miss talent like them!
@@theresamcgurk907 Amazing record! Me and my mates all bought the 7" and STILL it didn't chart!
@@theresamcgurk907 complicated game... omg that song
I heard this song for the first time yesterday. I thought it was a new indie song. I searched it up on spotify and i couldn't believe it was 42 years old!!!! It is so far ahead for its time! Then on youtube i saw that this video was posted 4 days ago? Crazy!
Exactly same thing for me lol
It’s incredible that it’s from 79’ but so much new stuff only sounds like this now
And I myself was there the day this song came on record.... So a genius song long before you heard it the first time and before CD's existed. So you see, life.... was pretty genius, before you were born genius ;-)
I love these coincidences
Same here
That’s crazy this happened to me today, it was on my discover weekly and I came to TH-cam to see the video and discovered that it was over 40 years old. Could have sworn it was a new song
STILL SOUNDS AMAZING TODAY JUST AS IT DID BACK IN '79.
The video held up nicely too. It's from 79, but really looks more mid-80's, with those video effects. I'm impressed.
I agree
This simply because everything about music was done til 92, after there is just some random meteor band or valuable isolated cases.
The remaining musicians from today just copy and mix. Nothing really new coming up
Because they remastered the audio.
@@kinoglaz777 The bands Ghost , J.B.O. , lacuna coil , nothing , m83 , cellar darling , second person , coheed and cambria , gorillaz , periphery , polyphia , omnium gatherum , archenemy , epica and apocalyptica all beg to differ.
XTC were on spot. This tune and Senses Working Overtime were part of my childhood when I was about 13...still my favourites now and I'm 53.
Well, there's a reason they never made it big; this is their best song, and as good as it is, that's pretty much it - Senses Working Overtime is a cringe song (as in any song that has counting as part of the lyrics!).
While I love this song as a piece of music, I detest the lyrics and the general sentiment. What's wrong with wanting the best for one's kids and preparing them for a steady, stable and prosperous life? Nothing.
I wouldn't be surprised if Andy Partridge is/was a Trotsyist.
Summers cauldron killed it too
@@sunnyjim1355 True
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Ok Nigel fuck it’s only music 🎧
I loved this song in 1979 , and I still do👌
Same, back then to, was 20
We named our cat after him 😂👌🏻
Needless to say that XTC’s name came out before the awful designer drug.
One of the most unique bands of the era.
Absolutely
So many songs singer's sounds very much alike now
... --*most*- unique, eh? That's pretty unique! LOL!
Most unique ? Not sure id go that far. I allways thought they were quite mainstream but to be fair im not that clued up about them. Great tune tho
@@arttiefuffkin5536 LOL!
XTC were one of the most under-rated bands of all time, their unique sense of "Englishness" and rural themes, epitomised in their 1983 album "Mummer" is one of the greatest albums of all time to me, superb musicians too, if you haven't heard them before go back and have a listen, you won't be disappointed!!!
I have the double CD of XTC called " FOSSIL FUEL ", some fantastic stuff on it. Sad to read that they stopped touring in the mid 80,s coz Andy Partridge had a nervous breakdown whilst performing live. He won't be the first or last to fold under that pressure. His songs are superb & bursting with life.
«Black Sea» is one of the better records ever.
Aggre spot on Mummer great album...white music waz the first real punk record,imo
@@GarryWoottonwhat.....
I read this in Patrick Bateman voice.
They should have this playing 24/7 at all job centres. You’re life is just a game to them.
Ha ha i know where r u coming from.😀
When I was a kid, we used to call jobcentres joke shops.
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Job centres are a complete irrelevance these days. People have searched for jobs online for many years. They only exist to snoop on people who claim.
@@frankcairney5523 We used to call them," subjugation centres." ( Easy to spot the droids who work in them, as the frontal lobotomy scar on their forehead is a dead giveaway.)
Totally agree
An absolute classic, still sounds fresh and stand alone.
You're not wrong there Eric.
It absolutely does not sound fresh. It sounds exactly like a popular song from the late 70's early 80's but that doesn't take away from what an amazing track it is
This was one of the great tracks from early 80s still sounds great in 2024 XTC "Making plans for Nigel" 😎👍.
Fergal sharkey u little thief it's amazing Google it
Late seventies
Stand corrected so much great music around late 70s early 80s a conveyor belt of greatness across all genres 😎👍 .....
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Such a dark video. Just thought it was a happy song for so many years . Brilliant song
Xtc awesome 1979 great music 🎶, thank you 😊.
what a masterpiece
@@miltiadisathanasiou4058 great intro..strange into power.
Been humming this Song today whilst in the garden 44 years later some tunes never leave you Thanks XTC
This decade of music is the best ever and so diverse. Love XTC, the beat, echo and the bunnymen, men at we work
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What a fantastic historical song, a big leap in drum production too. Timeless
I was singing this the other day. Simply brilliant
This song (excellent), is paradoxically much more relevant today. What a genius XTC group !
I´m living it.
@@erikhassler9459 Remember de song of ELO, "hold on tight to your dreams". Thank you for your comment ;o)
@@daniel-mI love that song, and ELO songs in general, I recently discovered their song “Jungle” and instantly fell in love with it, it’s awesome.
this is a brilliant song...timeless and should be rereleased 2024
I'm just blown away by how contemporary this song sounds over 40 years after it was recorded, Steve Lilywhite produced the f*&k out of this song, amazing.
I thought Nigel Gray ( Now dead Police producer) had a hand in this XTC smash ?.
@@richardmurphy4520 Hugh Padgham was the engineer.
@@thankyoudriver4219 Really, someone else told me donkeys years ago that Dr. Nigel Gray ( who did first 3 Police and Banshee albums) had a hand in it too. One day when I have time, I,ll treble check to be sure. Though Nigel Gray is dead now.
My first concert, probably Bayonne 1980 had the Police headlining and XTC part of the opening card. So the Nigel Gray link has legs. Also Skafish and the Beat were there if I'm not dreaming. (The Beat had a hard time in France, their name was tricky to get your mouth round in the local language)@@richardmurphy4520
The strokes copied this guitar sound to fuck. It's genius. Like post punk reggae
Haunting song, sinister video. I remember this from when I was a kid in '79. Such a brilliant tune. Possibly more relevant today than it ever was
I love the instruments, the voice and the lyrics. So futuristic.
Yea, if it hadnt been heard before and released now, we would all be claiming a musical break through! lol
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The lyrics are not futuristic at all. Its a political anti Thatcher song
XTC are literally underrated
Says who?
They are and a lot of folk don't get the irony about Nigel the yes man.
Only children keep saying a band is underrated, because they think commenting it is cool.
Bullshit.
@@fatherpaulstone896Fuckwits who want exposure for their business
Late June 1979 my classmates organized a post 'O' levels disco party where this song was played, I felt things with such intensity at that age, now I am a stranger in a strange land, the past being another country entirely
1979 ❤ was a great tune then still is now
I loved this song as a 13 year old. Lovely to hear it again!
No matter the style, time and geography you can always tell when someone is having fun making the music, and it’s the best
Beautiful song!
A truly forgotten classic, which simply never gets old.
Love it!
I never forgot it.
Good stuff!
It has never been forgotten !! WTF ??
@Kate Well, certainly not by us! Thankfully 🙂
A truly unique band. They're all I listen to nowadays.
@@johnjones7977 Yes
God, this is one of the greatest tunes EVER.
Their first major UK hit,reaching number 17 in October/November 1979.
Thank you Black Mirror Bandersnatch, for introducing me to this quirky song. What an apt song for the show.
He has his future in a British steel..... So, no worries for Nigel :-(
most memorable lyrics for me.lol
IIRC British Steel were not happy!
British Steel great Priest album
Swindon's finest - 42 years old, unique sound, still sounds fantastic, it's a pity they are not around anymore as a group
Not many bands stick together for 42 years.
Shriekback is coming up on it, though.
@@micheinnz Bands should NOT stick together for anywhere near that long.
Yes wish they would reform
Well, one of them is dead, so that's that sorted.
@@FFM0594 Partridge and Moulding are both living, that is the core.
It looks like their using flat screen TVs on the walls. Unbelievably futuristic for 1979. XTC what a great band!
Stylistically it looks like it's from the 90s, especially with all the computer graphics, and even the album cover design.
I've got a cousin called Nigel so this was a very popular song in our house growing up. Cousin NIgel grew to hate it with a passion though. :)
great song, so ahead of it’s time
One of the best riffs I’ve ever heard
There's a minor 9th guitar chord amidst the riff, somewhere around the 7th fret. Bloody hard to play correctly, I know coz I've tried n failed many times. Andy Partridge is a genius.
Listen to more riffs then.
@@Muhammad_SausageWhat are your favourites then
@@primalious9548 Jimmy Page.
The best underated british band ever
Agreed. Should have had greater success in the charts than they did. They had a unique and wonderful sound.
I love all these great little details - sounds, riffs, vocals, patterns, drums...So many things in only a few minutes in this iconic catchy new wave song.
XTC...a band that despite some great pop songs is unfortunately (and unjustly) more or less forgotten these days. This song still sounds fresh and modern and with a great video. This song is somehow also longer than I remembered!
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classic one from late 70s-early 80s. still sounds good today. timeless classic
He's bloody happy now . Bring back the good feelings, Narg
Vote for Nige...vote for Russian interference in the UK. What a patriot!
how are those Brexit fishermen doing Nige? Has he said a word for them yet??
X.T.C. One of the Great Bands of the 80s. I just loved them... Yours Cliff
So great to read all the positive comments about this song and the band. They were just brilliant. And this is a fabulous song, i’ve loved it since the day it was released.
Now(and always)thats top notch drums and bassline intro in a song that cannot be matched or compared.
Rolls on throughout the song.
Great music Great song.
♥♥♥♥♥♥
Classic forever thank you 😊 🙏 ❤.
As a 'nigel' I grew up hating this song , forty years later I can sit back and laugh at feeling like that and appreciate how good this song is , strange how time mellows you 👍
I hear what you're saying mate. That is such a nice comm.
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Im a Gordon and hated Gordon is a moron,now at 58 i see it for what it is,a piece of music/comedy genius.
Always loved song AND Senses working overtime-WHAT a VERY underrated band they were !!!!
I loved them since the first time I heard them on JP in 77.
Timeless. Touched by genius. Still sounds fresh as a daisy.
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This is the Australian loner's anthem. In case you don't know, "Nigel" is Aussie slang for someone who is lovable but has no friends.
Ole Nigel No-mates 😂😂❤️
In Scotland we say Nigel Nae-Pals! :D
@@paulinacolada8581 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hello I'm Billy ☹🤣🤣
Ok, learned something again. Like Bruces and Sheilas. I'm Dutch, we do the same stuff with some names.
XTC love them my favourite band of all time . I'm 59 now but takes me back.
Nostalgia night with headphones, just had to hear this again. I was 15 when itit was released, LOVE IT
I 💖 XTC, they were a combination of MOD, New Wave and Rock and like everyone says v.underated by the music industry and media of that time. Maybe because they were difficult to define, it may have been the reason for not being taken so seriously? I remember this single was released in the Autumn/Fall of 79 and I'd just turned 14. The late 70s/early 80s was the best era for rock/new wave. 🎵👍
this song has randomly turned up on my playlist , what a choon , I can't believe ive never heard this. off key , way ahead of its time
I discovered this song couple weeks ago and I can't get enough!
I was born in 1986, this was obviously before I was born but this is a great tune and even way ahead if it's time. This is a tune. People say I was born in the wrong decade as all my favourite music is from 78 to 84! I do think music was at its absolute best between those years x
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True! Good on you 😍
1980 here. 😁
I agree about late 70s and I would say it was great until the end of the 80s. After that the music suddenly began to die. 😕
My favourite era, exactly the same as yours mate.
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Extremely successful in the Netherlands as well. And not only this one. I was serving in the army back then. Great times!
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This song made for a beautiful summer back then, along with the blue sky and the yellow sun. Oh for those pre- chem trail, halcyon days. Nigel is happy in his world ... Much love to XTC
Yes, I remember those days.
Brilliant piece of music ,remember it well. Jeez I'm gettin old !!!
Can definitely feel a Kinks influence here!!! love it
A classic then, and still a classic!
A opinion is such a wonderful thing to express...the trick is to remember your opinion is unique to you and you only.
I agree, this track is classic🇬🇧❤️🌈
@@Silkroads733 Yes, opinions are like A-holes, everyone has got one.
@@richardmurphy4520 that’s not actually true, think about it..
@@Silkroads733 You sound like a Pope Pious the 2nd of Spain fan. Think about that.
Can't believe this was only uploaded 3 days ago and yet the song is 42 years old lol!!🤣🤣
I loved this song since 42 years ago!
Blimy that's weired I only thought of this song again after all these yrs just now and searched for it.. 😁 Listened to the yrs ago, have it on vinyl still..
Wow really glad I found it.👌🙂
It's been uploaded countless times.
I didn't even know there was a music video filmed until I searched today.
I saw this video twenty years ago, in The best punk video. Very creative group! One of the best post punk group.
Mummer Skylarking that's their best work .Grass for instance th-cam.com/video/nyvgFFAzwzA/w-d-xo.html
Still sounds great in 2087 😉 anyone else here yet !
It's not hard to make good music. That's XTC's message
Phew, just got back from 2089... don't go - it's BAD 😊 Still making plans.
RIP 💔🙏 Nigel ,Stewart 1977 /78 , beautiful wee baby boy , , taken far soon , so 😢💙sad ,
wow i get strong blur vibes from this in both the song and video - i see where they got some of their inspiration from.
I was a teenager when this came out and this is the first time I have seen the video, awesome stuff
I'd just been born. I originally heard Pitchshifter cover it then followed up the original. Glad I did as it's an absolute belter.
The white man was a great family
Unforgettable this song! Always on my mind. I was wery surprised at first listening when I was a young girl and in Italy there was the British invasion in 80's about music.
The first 'hit song' with gated reverb drums. With a second set of mics positioned high in each corner of the stone built Studio .( usually attributed as an accident to Phil Collins on his solo LP and drums on Peter Gabriel 'melt' LP).Recorded april 79 at the newly built townhouse studio with Steve Lillywhite & Hugh Padgham' released 6th Sept79 as a single. Xtc never really got the kudos they deserved for their output.
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I thought Police producer Dr Nigel Gray also had a hand in this XTC great too ?, at his Surrey Sound Studio in Leatherhead Surrey.
Brilliant band! Loved them then, still love them.
I bet you also love Squeeze. My big sis introduced me to lots of 80's bands and XTC and Squeeze are the best!
Hard to believe these guys are now heading towards their 70s.
Damn, that proves how far ahead their music was
Fuck off, so am I. Punk til I die.
We all are, even you.
From the '70s to the 70s...
@@heinoustentacles5719 True
Chef d œuvre de l annee 79! le rythme de la batterie est exceptionnelle .J adore
What a great song ,by a great band,still sounds great!!!!
Great song from xtc
Released back in '79
September 1979
I was a pillock like Nigel working as a trainee manager for Tescos when this came out in 1979. Great track but sinisterly sincere and true.
Unlike British Steel, Tesco is still around mind!
Unlike British Steel, Tesco is still around mind!
@@stephengrimmer35 No surprise with the very long hours I worked, and the unpaid overtime I simply never received.
Andy Partridge is a genius but Colin Moulding just hit it out of the park with that one.
Partridge was more prolific by tenfold but Moulding wrote some true XTC classics, ran out of steam after Nonsuch though and completely lost interest after 2001 or so.
They were the Lennon McCartney if their time. The Mancunian chaps 50/50 sex pistols Beatles don't compare
The blonde woman nurse in the loony bin looks like me and its no wonder I didn't end up in one with the life I've had lol. Great song, spiky, ironic and about real life situations that don't involve lurrrvve and ooh baby. My grandfather liked XTC and Talking Heads in the 80s, in his late 60s, and he was like Nigel pushed into a career he never wanted (Naval officer), he wanted to be an artist or surgeon. So I always think of him when I hear them.
I absolutely love this song puts a lot of today's music to shame!!
Said it all, man!!!!! ❤️
True. But it also put a lot of yesterday's music to shame. There is quality and utter crap in every decade. The sin is committed by those whose eyes are blinkered. See - Aldous Harding.
There's still a lot of good music out there today though don't forget, the Brixton Windmill is going through a bit of a renaissance, loads of great bands today.
Most music today rips off old songs
Agree , even when some people Say that todays música is still good , that's a lie
I remember first seeing this video on Saturday swap shop on bbc1 when I was 8. Loved it then, love it now.
XTC without doubt one of the most influential under the radar bands that has ever existed, they were doing post punk britpop etc before those labels ever come about, a truly incredible band
The first time i ever heard this song was 2010/2011 when it was on vintage tv its stuck with me ever since 🤣
A great band ! One of the most important band in the 80's
As an architect for many years I understand your pain and love your take on it, keep it up and you will get there eventually. Peace and love
Fabulous song. I remember when it was first released I was in my early 20's,now I'm 62.
I can't get tired of this song
1997 and this still makes me smile, whenever if feel sad this brings endless joy! So futuristic sounding, XTC was ahead of time
don't you mean 1979? Our geography teacher had the look of the lead singer so e used to sing this when we saw him!
Used to love this song as a kid... I still do.
it was stand out back in the day and still is now. Such a unique song.
Wow, the apple vision pro since 70's
LYRICS:
We're only making plans for Nigel
We only want what's best for him
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel just needs that helping hand
And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his world
We're only making plans for Nigel
He has his future in a British steel
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed
Yeah
And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his world
Nigel is not outspoken
But he likes to speak
And loves to be spoken to (in his world)
Nigel is happy in his world (in his world)
Nigel is happy in his world (in his world)
We're only making plans for Nigel
We only want what's best for him
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel just needs this helping hand
And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his world
We're only making plans for Nigel
We only want what's best for him
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel just needs this helping hand
We're only making plans for Nigel
He has his future in a British steel
Steel, steel, steel, steel, steel
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel, Nigel, Nigel, ...
So sad
Heard this song on the local alternative radio last night for the first time in my life. Immediately shazamed. Later checked the band. 1979,wtf? First thing that crossed my mind was that this sounds progressive even for 90s. Awesome tune!
Absolutely love this, XTC superb👏🏻👏🏻, made my upcoming weekend😀
Not me, am happy for comments.
Terry drums just boom out of the speakers here.....Awesome.
Excellent Song...
Dystopian song.
this song always makes me cry, thanks guys!
Oh 🙁
May I ask why that is?
@@6wm i suppose the saddening thing is how people are being taken care of instead of being given the opportunity to learn how to take care for themselves i.e. learn about ones own needs & responsibilities. It gives me the creeps. And i think its about a particular age, somewhere 10 to 16?, where the young ones arrive at a pivot age, skilled or not to deal with their passion & goals, self-discipline & freedom but at a point to decide about the directions their lives shall take (education, also friends, ..) - or, else, others do that for them, or (worst?) no-one does.
Even Brexit comes to mind..
But perhaps i got it all wrong.
@@gioponti6359I understand.
It may appear for the most part that people are being taken care of,
but those in power do not really care. All smoke and mirrors.
As for Brexit and anything to do with politics.. divide and conquer is the game.
Stay strong, alert and God bless you and those closest to you.
@@6wm ..touching words! Thank you so much, same very best to you & loved ones
@@gioponti6359 Thank you
We are so back.
LFO
Most overused and dumbest comments on youtube:
A) who's here in (insert year)?
B) we are so back
C) let's goooooo (nowhere)
D) underrated band
E) First
@@DontKnowDontCare6.9
You missed one-
F) 'Fun Fact:'
The chugging base line makes this song.Cant believe this was 44 years ago; timeless!
Feeling the era through this one song
I'm amazed to find out this was from 1979, my Spotify recommended it for me and I thought it was from the early 2000s!
Way ahead of its time for 1979.
Timeless Classic..
When music was music.
Total respect
🙏👏✊