Colin Moulding Poll

It's gotta be "Grass" although I would like to rep for his "Nonsuch" output, which has gotten way too much verbal abuse. "The Smartest Monkeys", "My Bird Performs" and "War Dance" are all brilliant songs!

He wrote "Funk Pop a Roll"? Doesn't Partridge sing it?

So much in the shadow of Andy Partridge that Geir doesn't know what he looks like

Hmm. I followed an image link from Google, but I now see that is a young Andy Partridge.. Bummer...

This is actually very hard. "Wake Up", "English Roundabout", "What In The World??...", "My Bird Performs" and "The Smartest Monkeys" are all contenders IMO.

LOL GEIR :D

Life Begins at the Hop. He wrote my favorite songs on Drums and Wires.

Dan beat me to it

"That Is The Way" is one of XTC's worst songs, dude.

although "Life Begins At The Hop" is really really good, yeah

I don't remember "That Is the Way"! What's that on?

Ten Feet Tall for me.

"That Is The Way" is the really shitty boring one on Drums And Wires, it sticks out from the rest like a sore thumb

I've just realised how long it is since I've heard that album, this must be recitfied pronto

Hmm, just had a listen, hasn't aged as badly as it might. Still a pretty dull track although the post-chorus horns are nice. Put up against that album's highlight's it's a pretty nothingy song.

"Reel By Real" and "Complicated Game" are my favourite D&W tracks, they're fkn awesome.

I mean when it comes down to it I find Partridge's invective usually beats Moulding's whimsy.

I find it upsetting to look at the list and see all the good work undone by those last five pieces of shit that could have spat from Richard Digance's wrinkly old arse.

RUNAWAYS

Also why do we have "What in the World" as his only Dukes of the Stratosphear song?

I love That is the Way.

I gotta go with "Crowded Room" -- and that's Andy in the picture, not Colin.

Also why do we have "What in the World" as his only Dukes of the Stratosphear song?

The others are listed after the "Skylarking" numbers as they were released in 1987.

o i c

"Runaways" is really good too!

Voted for "English Roundabout" tho.

Funk Pop A Roll is Andy Partridge! The bloke in the picture.

Colin Moulding pic:http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/artist/v/veils_the/az_official/281x211.jpg

Meeting Place

btw I might have REALLY, GENUINELY voted for "Smokeless Zone" if Geir had woken up on the right side of bed this morning, it's fucking AWESOME

"Making Plans for Nigel"

Everyone knows that I am a Colin Moulding whore.

and that's Andy in the picture, not Colin.

Thank god someone pointed this out.

SACRIFICIAL BONFIREEEEEEE

generals & majors, totally pwned andy in the singles dept. for a brief time

"BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN-GaaalOOOOOOOOOOOWWWW"

I hope this one gets a vote even if it's the worst.

"Standing In For Joe" is probably the best Moulding song that will get zero votes.

Went for "Vanishing Girl"

"Ten Feet Tall".
And "That Is The Way" is a good song too.

It's between "Hop", "Ten Feet Tall" and "The Meeting Place" for me

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

What they want is....

MY WHITE SHIRTS ARE LOOKING SO GREEEEEEEY-EY

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Thirteen tracks:

Ladies and Gentlemen and Majors: The best of Colin Moulding.

I'm glad I missed this - I'd never have been able to choose between: "I'll Set Myself On Fire", "Heatwave", "Cross Wires", "Ball And Chain", "Fly On The Wall" and "Do What You Do".

Yeah I didn't try to choose, either. I kinda wish "Officer Blue" from Rag & Bone Buffet had been included, though.

The Affilated 0

:(

How did Bungalow get 0 votes?

that song is awful

That's where you're wrong. It's easily one of his best. Easily.

"Ball and Chain" getting zero votes is kinda madness

agreed...WTF?

A couple of years ago I remember vowing to make myself a compilation of only his songs. I can't understand now why I abandoned that project.

One vote for King For A Day? Oh man, ILM has seen better days.

King for a Day is awful. Well, not awful, but not great or good or anything.

B-b-but I totally voted for "Dying!"

Talking of forgotten projects, I once intended to edit together every XTC middle eight into one long file.

I *did* once edit the intro to "No things in our house" for a PE style backing track jam.

^^^Ballet For A Rainy Day ftw

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