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paranoid android

Sorry if this has been posted already, but I just found this bizzare, but utterly fascinating documentary made by French TV before and during THAT xtc concert in '82 in Paris.

It's in 3 parts, and the end of part 3 is quite upsetting.

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Andy was performing so well, that I thought 'it can't be THAT gig' but sure 'nuff!

Do not watch if easily upset - very sad.

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paranoid android · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:05 am Post subject:

Oh, and please don't post these links on Ape - ta! Shhh!

Al.x

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Jeff Truzzi · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:22 am Post subject:

Andy commented on in somewhere. I just took a look through "All of Andy & Colin Reply" and couldn't find it, but somewhere he spoke about that interview in Part 3 and how he felt at the time. Maybe Spastic remembers where he spoke about this.

I guess before they walked out for the San Diego concert, Andy turned to leave but the others literally pushed him out on the stage. There was a part during the middle of "Melt The Guns" when all these audience members came up on stage and danced, and one handed Andy this anarchist newspaper that was being distributed in front of the theater before the show. He opened it up and acted like he was reading it for a few moments while the roadies got everyone off the stage. I thought for sure that would have freaked him out - and it probably did - but he appeared to take it all in stride.

tiny little switch · Black Sea Joined: 10 May 2008 Posts: 176 Location: England

No Al never seen that before....and I didn't believe it would affect me at all until the last few seconds....he looked fine right up to the moment he went ....yes you could see he was doubled up in pain....................and then when the lads carried on without him it was made all the more poignant by knowing that that was the very last time they would ever do that.....I will never enjoy Respectable Street the same again and I have the opening guitar riff as my ring tone on my phone so I might have to change that too. Crying or Very sad

Blushift · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks for posting those links Al. I must be an unfeeling cad because I'm apparently not as affected by watching that as everyone else. I didn't get the feeling that he was doubled over in pain. It looked more to me like a, "Right, that's it. I'm off.", moment. If I were at the show, I may have thought he needed a wee.

Knowing now what was going through his head at the time from stories he has told, I can barely imagine the struggles in his head at the time to continue or not.

sticksman3 · Mummer Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 351 Location: Londonium

That last few seconds have been on the Chalkhills site since 2001 I believe... but it is still very painful to watch, even now. But, before that - this is interesting. I'm still trying to work out how Terry is playing "Melt The Guns"... that song sounded SO good even as a soundcheck!

But... poor Andy. Sad

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Bill Wikstrom · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:30 pm Post subject:

I must too be unfeeling ...

I first got a VHS copy of this Le Palace show (3/18/82 I think) in 1991 (along with loads of other stuff - The Rockpalast show, The six songs from Apeldoorn, Paly At Home, XTC At The Manor, etc). So I've seen it several times before.

The only thing I ever wondered was I could ever get a soundboard copy of "Melt The Guns" which they performed on this tour. But the two shows I have do not have it.

Still sad though (of course).

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donavan · Apple Venus Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 1751

but it all worked out for him in the end. Smile

edited to avoid a quarrel

favoritething · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:06 am Post subject:

Devastating!
But yes, he did get through it.

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