Here's the video of one of my favorite songs ever, XTC's Mayor of Simpleton. Andy Partridge is a hero to all us aging bespectacled blond guys.
In all the years it's been out, today was the first time I had ever seen it. It sounds as fresh today as when it came out around 20 years ago.
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Cool! XTC is one of my all-time favorite bands.
I wish my life was a music video. This one would be just fine. I'm in love with the sofa.
CALLING GENERALS... AND MAJORS....
wrong song. sorry.
That's really super....
(Supergirl)
My fav HAS to be the Man Who Sailed Around His Soul. How the hell do you top the lyrics and completely "smokey jazz club/poetry slam" feel of that song. Going to grab that cd now.
Dear God, what a great post;)
Pat Mastelotto - he lives not too far from me.
Ha! I had no idea who did this song, never knew the name of it, and cannot understand 98% of the words (pretty much everything but "and I know one thing: that I love you" might as well be;nbsptiuhwgvkjmto[hj[ npp;oijwern[ohnqgfercu).
However, I happen to really like it. Thanks, Monkey!
For you Snad:
Never been near a university,
Never took a paper or a learned degree,
And some of your friends think thats stupid of me,
But its nothing that I care about.
Well I dont know how to tell the weight of the sun,
And of mathematics well I want none,
And I may be the mayor of simpleton,
But I know one thing,
And thats I love you.
When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done,
Youll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton.
I cant have been there when brains were handed round
(please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton),
Or get past the cover of your books profound,
(please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton),
And some of your friends thinks its really unsound,
That youre ever seen talking to me.
Well I dont know how to write a big hit song,
And all crossword puzzles well I just shun,
And I may be the mayor of simpleton,
But I know one thing,
And thats I love you.
Im not proud of the fact that I never learned much,
Just feel I should say,
What you get is all real,
I cant put on an act,
It takes brains to do that anyway. (and anyway...)
And I cant unravel riddles, problems and puns,
How the home computer has me on the run,
And I may be the mayor of simpleton,
But I know one thing,
And thats I love you (I love you).
If depth of feeling is a currency,
(please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton),
Then Im the man who grew the money tree,
(no chain of office and no hope of getting one).
Some of your friends are too brainy to see,
That theyre paupers and thats how theyll stay.
Well I dont know how many pounds make up a ton,
Of all the nobel prizes that Ive never won,
And I may be the mayor of simpleton,
But I know one thing,
And thats I love you.
When all logic grows cold and all thinking gets done,
Youll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton.
Youll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton.
Youll be warm in the arms of the mayor.
(Please be upstanding for the mayor of Simpleton)
Aw, thanks, Monkey! You're da best!
AWESOME! I just got boo boo a Playskool "made for me" mp3 player and have been seeking out cool tunes for it. I loved this song too. :)
Like the Beatles after a time, XTC decided to give up on playing live. They still recorded some great albums.
Love this song, too.
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