FIRST SONG OF MINE EVER TO MAKE THE A SIDE OF A SINGLE, AND A BIT SPECIAL TO ME
AS A RESULT.
    I LIKE TO REMINISCE AND THIS ONE SPRANG FROM SPENDING THE GREATER PART
OF MY ADOLESCENCE ON A COUNCIL ESTATE AND HAVING THE CHURCH HALL HOP AS
THE ONLY WAY OF GETTING ME ROCKS OFF.
    I GO INTO TRANCE EVERYTIME I THINK OF THOSE YOUNG SOCIALISTS MEETING IN
THE CHURCH HALL EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT.
WELL, YOU HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT SOMETHING, HAVEN'T YOU?

COLIN MOULDING.
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 HAIRCUT 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.
    AS IT HAPPENS, THE WHOLE THING GOT DECIDED BY MY HEADMASTER WHO
EXPELLED ME FOR KEEPING IT LONG. MY DAD WAS A BIT CUT UP I THINK. I KNOW THE
SONG TELLS OF A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SITUATION BUT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO THE
SAME THING - PARENTAL DOMINATION. LOOKING BACK, I THINK HE SAW PLAYING
WITH "ANDY PARTRIDGE'S MOB" AS A BAD INFLUENCE ON ME. I THINK NOW HE'S PROUD
OF ME, ALTHOUGH HE WOULD NEVER LET ON, HE'S THAT SORT OF BLOKE.

COLIN MOULDING.
I WROTE THIS SAT UP IN BED ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK ONE MORNING. ALL THE HAIRS ON THE
BACK OF MY NECK STOOD ON END WITH EXCITEMENT, I HONESTLY (NAIEVLY) THOUGHT
IT WOULD GET TO NO.1 IN THE CHARTS. IT DIDN'T, IN FACT NOBODY BOUGHT IT, BUT IT'S
STILL MY FAVOURITE XTC TRACK, AND MY HAIRS ARE STILL KNOWN TO DANCE ABOUT
A BIT IF EVER I HEAR IT NOWADAYS.

ANDY PARTRIDGE.
ONE FOR ALL THE MILITARY TYPES - JUSTIFY YOUR MANHOOD HERE, CHAPS. PARTLY
INSPIRED BY A SCHOOLMATE'S BROTHER WHO WAS A MERCENARY IN ANGOLA AND GOT
KILLED. I'M SURE IT WASN'T JUST FOR THE MONEY.
    I TRIED TO INTRODUCE A LITTLE SARCASM AND POMPOSITY INTO IT AS WELL, SO IT
WASN'T TOO HEAVY GOING.
    IN THE STYLE OF "OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR".

COLIN MOULDING.
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