haven’t thought about xtc in a while but i just ran across this song in my itunes library…they have some great songs. making plans for nigel is one of them and it was their breakthrough single mostly written by the bassist colin moulding. here’s his description of the song:
“Partly biographical, this one. My dad prompted me to write it. He wanted a university future for me and was very overpowering in trying to persuade me to get my hair cut and stay on at school. It got to the point where he almost tried to drag me down the barber’s shop by my hair. I know the song tells of a slightly different situation, but it all boils down to the same thing - parental domination.”
thanks to www.songfacts.com for the facts…now forget about the facts and listen damn it.
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Making Plans For Nigel-XTC
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And if young Nigel says he’s happy, he must be happy…
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