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The Dukes Of Stratosphear May 9, 2019 22:12:43 GMT Horacewimp, queenofthehours, and 2 more like this

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Post by vlogdance on May 9, 2019 22:12:43 GMT

Have we talked about The Dukes Of Stratosphear yet? (Don't worry, they're not the thieving dukes.)

The Dukes were the British rock group XTC, performing under another name to record psychedelic-type music. Singer-songwriter Andy Partridge described the Dukes as an amalgamation of "your favourite bands from 1967". The project was partly based on his teenage fantasy of being in a psychedelic group.

This song, Collideascope, was intended to sound like John Lennon as lead singer of The Move. See what you think.

unomusette ELO Spaceship Brenhines of the Chwyrligwgan Other Ninja Groupie Twiin Posts: 10,172	The Dukes Of Stratosphear May 9, 2019 22:21:54 GMT vlogdance likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by unomusette on May 9, 2019 22:21:54 GMT May 9, 2019 22:12:43 GMT vlogdance said: This song, Collideascope, was intended to sound like John Lennon as lead singer of The Move. See what you think. Describes the sound really well, I like it
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BSJ ELO Spaceship A Shining Spaceship In The Sky Ninja Groupie Twin Posts: 10,538	The Dukes Of Stratosphear May 9, 2019 23:58:34 GMT vlogdance likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BSJ on May 9, 2019 23:58:34 GMT You could convince me this was made back in the day. Love it.

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The Dukes Of Stratosphear May 17, 2019 16:40:45 GMT unomusette and vlogdance like this

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Post by queenofthehours on May 17, 2019 16:40:45 GMT

I love the Dukes a little bit more than XTC because they sound how XTC kept trying to sound. This was one of the first Dukes songs I heard, it's both slightly Beatles and slightly 10538 Overture -

unomusette ELO Spaceship Brenhines of the Chwyrligwgan Other Ninja Groupie Twiin Posts: 10,172	The Dukes Of Stratosphear May 17, 2019 21:57:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by unomusette on May 17, 2019 21:57:15 GMT Well,this is an instant winner with me due to the inclusion of a fabulous pantomime horse - one of my most favourite things cheers
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Post by vlogdance on May 9, 2019 22:12:43 GMT

Post by unomusette on May 9, 2019 22:21:54 GMT

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