Fun Music Information -> XTC
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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XtcBand Name Origins:
- Andy got the initial inspiration from a Jimmy Durante film wherein Durante exclaims, "I am in ECS-T-SY!" and it sounded like three letters. Submitted by: Peter P.
- Andy Partridge has also stated that part of the inspiration for the band's name cam from watching a Jimmy Durante movie, when his character stands up and says "Dat's it! I'm in ecstasy!" They spelled in out the way it sounded when he pronounced it. Submitted by: Entil'Zha
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Dead Skunk" | "Senses Working Overtime," XTC | FussBudget |
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Making Pans For Nigel" originally "Making Plans For Nigel"
Roy R. Pryor
"It's Nearly Arica" originally "It's Nearly Africa"
Arica is a city in Chile.
Jamie Burke
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Merely A Moan" originally "Merely A Man"
Connie Brady
"Making Planes For Nigel" originally "Making Plans For Nigel"
Roy R. Pryor
"Making Plants For Nigel" originally "Making Plans For Nigel"
Roy R. Pryor
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Lenses Working Overtime" originally "Senses Working Overtime"
Ashley Schwartz
"Faking Plans For Nigel" originally "Making Plans For Nigel"
Ava Murphy
"Making Plank For Nigel" originally "Making Plans For Nigel"
Renee Keener
"Making Clans For Nigel" originally "Making Plans For Nigel"
Renee Keener
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Making Plans For Nigel" | "Taken By Obama" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Dear God" | "Sween' Todd" | John A. Barry |
| "The Smartest Monkeys" | "A Smarmy Flunkey" | John A. Barry |
| "Making Plans For Nigel" | "Savin' 'Is Hands for Hair Gel" | LucidLupin LeeBee |
| "The Man Who Murdered Love" | "The Man Who Hates The Fat" | Olvan The Terrible |
| "Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" | "Ballad of Steven the Dell Kid" | White Mystery |
| "Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" | "Ballad of Steven the Dell Kid" | White Mystey |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| My Name Is Eminem | Dear God XTC | My Name Is Dear God | britrock |
| Stupidly Happy XTC | Shiny Happy People REM | Stupidly Shiny Happy People Two bands with 3 initials together. | British Bullcrap |
| Stupidly Happy XTC | Happy Loving Couples Joe Jackson | Stupidly Happy Loving Couples Aren't they all? | plasket |
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
INXTC
INXS combined with XTC
This combo should have happened a long time ago. Think about the pronunciation...
Submitted By: Martha Hankins
Misheard Lyrics:
"The Meeting Place"
Misheard Lyrics: Share a toga, laugh's on me.
Original Lyrics: Share a joke, laugh's on me.
| "Ball And Chain"
Misheard Lyrics: Save us from the ball, Aunt Jane!
Original Lyrics: Save us from the ball and chain!
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"Senses Working Overtime"
Misheard Lyrics: One, two, three, four, five
Dentists working overtime Original Lyrics: One, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime | "Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: Sgt. Rock is going to Hell.
Original Lyrics: Sgt. Rock is going to help me.
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| There are additional XTC misheard lyrics available. | |
Repetitive Lyrics:
"Senses Working Overtime"
The Repetitive Lyrics: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Senses working overtime. Why They're Repetitive: And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, @$$es getting kicked for writing this song.
Submitted by: Celeste
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Garden of Earthly Delights"
The Lyrics: Talk and let your mind loose
Can't all think like Chekov But you'll be okay Who They Mention: Anton Chekov
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
| "Merely a Man"
The Lyrics: I had no message and the message was
We're all Jesus, Buddha and the Wizard of Oz! ... I'm all religious figures rolled into one Gaddafy Duck propelled from Jimmy Swaggart's Tommy Gun. Who They Mention: Wizard of Oz, Jesus, Buddha and Jimmy Swaggart
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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| There are additional XTC celebrity lyrics available. | |
Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Making Plans For Nigel"
Opening Lines: We're only making plans for Nigel.
Comments: Submitted by: Brian Kelly
| "Dear God"
Opening Lines: Dear God, I hope you got this letter.
Comments: Submitted by: Brian Kelly
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Song Title Space Change:
"The Ball Ad Of Peter Pumpkinhead" originally "The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
"General Sand Majors" originally "Generals And Majors"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
Song Title Anagrams:
"Read Dog" originally "Dear God"
Submitted by: Peter
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Gear Dodd" originally "Dear God"
Submitted by: brit
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"Dear God"
1996 film with Greg Kinnear and Tim Conway
Submitted by: Paul Warren
