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One of my favorite songs. No mixed signals. Andy made his thoughts clear.
Right. No mixed signals. I Don’t Believe In You. Can’t miss that. Sooooo if I pick the “wrong” religion do I go to hell or am I safe because I picked one? 3000 gods of disbelief vs 2999 because I choose one.
Way before you were born young lady.
I was about to say the same thing.
No ambiguity at all.
Maybe too much irony for our families overseas?
@@gastrickbunsen1957 Some people are just so sure there's a god they can't process that there might not be.
@TrainrhysI would maybe do that if it wasn't for all the evil in the Bible.
As i get older, the more i feel this song in my heart. I get teary eyed and I'm a male 45.
Emotions are a completely natural thing for anyone of any age to feel.
I feel this way, even as a child. Nobody forced religion on me.
Same- this song has brought out so many different emotions at different times in my life since it came out- now I’m 46 and again- it hits differently.
I’m a female at 38. Heard this song at 32. Makes me bawl my eyes out, every time I hear it.
Same here.
Dear God, don't know if you know this but, your name is on a lot of quotes in this book. Us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look.
We as humans created all past and present gods...
Love that line
Best bit in this song.
Ikr
XTC are one of the great underappreciated bands of all time.
quite easily
Phil bell Agree. There influence continues to be felt.
my dad used to play this song when i was like 10 and i didnt really pay much attention to the lyrics but the songs hits right
Truth
Not on my record player they're not
I've always heard 'Dear God' as an expression of anguish by a man who's losing what little faith he has left.
Abso-f*ckin-lutely my thoughts exactly
Yeah. We all need a bid reduction in amount of tears.
It's more straightforward than that - he doesn't believe in God and blames the very concept of gods for much on the conflict in the world.
@@tonytango7253 That's not what Andy Partridge says. To be fair, he doesn't see it the way I do, either. But that's the beauty of poetry, and literature in general. It can mean something different to different people So you go ahead and think of it your way, and I'll interpret it in mine.
@@Timothy23P We agreed then - we both think we know the song better than Andy 😁
Fair comments mate, I just thought he was pretty clear but obviously not! 😉
I feel this song. When I was young I was indoctrinated into religion like most people. The older I got, the more questions I had, that weren't answered adequately by any minister, preacher, priest, emir...The more I read about history the less I believed in god, any god. Although I am an Atheist I still love to study religion....it's an interesting way people used to explain the world around them that they didn't understand.
Sherri, we are like kindred spirits (no pun intended). As a child I went on a religious exploration but the more I looked into the bible the more contradictions I found. Not to mention all the hypocrisy I noticed among religious people or terrible things done in the name of religion. I keep toggling between atheism and theism. I to find different religions interesting for the same reasons you stated. I used to enjoy religious debates but not that much anymore. It saddens me that most people are simple- minded and can't fathom a different idea outside of the realm of thinking they were taught (brainwashed) to believe from an early age. I'm tired of hearing "I'll pray for you" or "You just have to have faith" when I've stumped them with questions they can't answer. Anyway...
XTC is one of my favorite bands. And lyrically "Dear God" is beautiful. Andy Partridge is really asking the audience to open their eyes and really think.
@@ricmartinez2590 its nice to know that I am not alone. I know I am not alone, thanks for reaching out
have you read reza aslan's book about Jesus...very interesting. done in a purely historical context
Same here
I can’t imagine the ignorance one must have to assume a preacher has all the answers….and then when they don’t give them up you abandon your faith….you’ll be back…that deep part of you that fears I’m right, knows I’m right. Deus Vult
XTC is one of Britain's most brilliant bands..check out "Senses Working Overtime" and "the "Mayor of Simpleton"...British music at its best !
Hard not to fall in love with a band which began with Punk sensibilities and then channeled its energy and evolved into articulate pop band with challenging topics and lyrics that hit you on multiple levels. I always thought that despite their lack of universal appeal they were the true inheritors of the Beatles title of best pop band.
I really liked melt the guns. I first heard it on one of my dad's old mixtapes and I really like it for whatever reason
Drums and Wires is XTC’s best in my opinion. Great stuff on other records but that one is ridiculously good back to back.
XTC may be the most underrated band in history!
XTC, one of my all time favourite bands. Love 'Mayor Of Simpleton' one of my favourites among way too many to mention. Just a great band. Andy is one of the greatest songwriters around.
.I think you should re-watch it with the lyrics if you haven't already.. The little boy is the grown man who clearly never got his letter answered from god.
He gave mixed signals?.....I think he was pretty clear on how he felt
jamie flowers …. Really?,,,, are you sure you know what ambiguous means?..he comes right out and says he hates God
This is one of my favorites. The irony is the fact that he is addressing God. So he's questioning Him about why there is so much hatred, famine, violence, etc.
That aside: the composition of this peice is beautiful. Very Beatles influenced.
XTC can definitely be considered what the Beatles might have sounded in the 80s :)
There's only one thing worse about fighting in general......and that's fighting about something that doesn't exist. As an athiest it amazes me how many war over how to pray to the same God.
How about the intolerance of those people who have different imaginary dieties? They want religious freedom; but only their flavor of religion, but no others? Silly Loonies.
Wrong again
Wrong again
Every song on this album is outstanding. Try a reaction to the XTC song called Melt The Guns.
I love both albums, “English Settlement” and “Skylarking”.
I love that songg
Sure buddy, you think she even knows or cares about this?
I think I will.
This is from the late 80's, I believe. I'm a HUGE fan of XTC. I think Andy Partridge is one of the most underrated songwriters ever. This song is brilliant, but I don't believe there are any mixed messages in it. It's basically Andy stating his non-belief - and I agree with him, "...the wars you bring, the babes you drown, those lost at sea and never found..." - spot on.
1986
The beauty (and genius) of the lyrics are that those who believe and don’t believe can relate. We all question our existence and the purpose of why we’re here, at times.
I would love a reaction to XTC "The Mayor of Simpleton"...a great love song about a guy who admits all his faults..including very little education...social skills..limited vocabulary..but asks to be accepted for what he is..in love...he offers that..he feels that is the best he has and asks for faith in him in spite of his position in life...he offers EVERYTHING....despite how little it is..
The music video is pretty killer as well
@Helen Gillis you are spot on dude!!!!!!!
You got no hope, she didn't even react to this, she watched it and asked us for our reactions, she may play it and post it, but she won't react to it, she won't sit for a while and opine about it or dissect the song she listens to, most of these reaction videos are not worthy of being called a reaction!
This song means a lot to me. We all, at least most of us, question the faith we've been taught. For some of us, the questioning leads to unacceptable answers from religion, and our faith is lost. I found this song when I was questioning, and it brought up many of the same issues I had problems with. Even though I've since become an atheist and no longer struggle with religious brainwashing, this song is still special for the support it gave me at the time, letting me know that it was good to question, even if, in the end, the answers were uncomfortable.
As a wise man once said, “We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”
Talking about MD or somebody else? I ask because Matt was the first person I've heard say that.
@@adako25 Richard Dawkins, from his book, The God Delusion
@@droopyofthenorthwestmounted ah ok, thank you. That's where he got that from. Much appreciated friend
@@adako25 Dillahunty has said some brilliant shit that originated from himself but yeah he borrowed that from Dawkins as Droopy already mentioned. Just wanted to put in a word for interaction with other atheists. 👍
@@droopyofthenorthwestmountedI dunno. I don't see it really saying much interesting. And I'm a pretty committed non-fan of god.
XTC one of the most underrated bands of all time!
4:50 "it definitely felt like they were questioning about god" the lyrics are very very straight forward that they don't believe in God. Its an argument on how if this almighty being exists then why does such a being cause the creatures it made to hate each other and why would such a being cause us to suffer in so many different ways
I’ve never experienced the level of chills I got when the kid said from god and the guitars came on. Wow what a song!
I remember hearing this when it first came out.
I think that it had to be heard and that the message is a fair one. Some of us just can’t accept what so-called believers do in contrast to what they preach.
I Love XTC and I Love this song.
It's something
I'm in my 50's. I could never buy into religion even though I was raised in it and back in the 60's it wasn't really something you heard people openly question or criticize. It made me think there was something wrong with me. While I never hid my lack of belief, I never met another self-admitted atheist until I was in college. When this song came out my reaction was "Finally! Someone saying out loud what I've been thinking for so long. It's not just me." I'm sure it was the same for a great many people. I still consider it one of the most important pop songs ever written. XTC is, in my opinion, one of the greatest and most underappreciated bands of our time. Their discography is full of brilliant songs with amazing hooks and incredibly clever and thought provoking lyrics.
The message is pretty clear and it's delivered in a very interesting way instead of just slamming hate.
The child starts out innocently questioning basic things and being a little cheeky "reduction in the price of beer". Then it goes to adult and he's questioning more serious things "a lot of quotes from this book us crazy humans wrote". The entire song goes from somber to intense as questions to conditions of the world make less sense ending with the pounding of anger or desperation (not hate). There's even the subtle use and progression of the phrases can't believe in, won't believe in, don't believe in. It's a controversial song but it's a very good one.
Zero mixed signals in the lyrics..The song isn't about how god let this happen...its saying that because these things happen there can't be a god. Who lets babies drown..no-one would if they could.
Yeah! "Mixed signals" It's even clearer than that to me. There is no god. All religion is total nonsense. I'm a nice, decent human being cos that's the way I am. I don't need religion. It has zero relevance to me.
Super underrated song. My favorite part is the pairing of the lyrics, "did you make man kind after we made you"? with image of the family out on a limb all being backwards. Just like the idea that we were created in his image, when in reality he looks like man because it's what man wanted God to look like at that time. And that was themselves. They wanted to be seen as godly because...same image? Great visuals in this video, I love it!
👍🏻💯
"The father, son and holy ghost is just somebody's unholy hoax"
XTC is an incredible band that criminally ignored band that doesn't get nowhere near the attention that they deserve.Its hard to nail down a style of music for them because it goes all over the place with incredible lyrics.These guys are deep any album after Drums and Wires could be considered a masterpiece.
This is my favorite song of all time.
My favorite band of all time... you should listen to XTC- THE WHEEL AND THE MAYPOLE. ITS THE BEST!!!
Mine too!
This song was a revelation to me as a very young man. It was the first time I realized that I wasn't alone in my reaction to religions and made me realize I was an atheist. I didn't even know that was a thing.
It's written to the Bible character called 'God', and it has two meanings (I think). "If there's just one thing I don't believe in, it's YOU. Dear God."
There's the atheist saying, "You're a made-up character in a book!" and then there's the one who believed in God saying, "I don't trust you anymore, God. I don't trust anything you say. We're done."
Thanks for the video! Stay awesome!
I had the same feeling...It felt like a weight being lifted. It made me feel like I wasn't the only one...I was always afraid to say something, and then boom.....like a light switch going on in my brain.
No mixed signals.... asks all the right questions
A song that can make one very uncomfortable. One of my favorites. It will likely tick somebody off...so just remember to be mad at me, not India. I requested it.
Thing is regardless of one's belief, the thing I like is it's a good song, great video, and addresses an interesting question. If there's a God why does he allow all this bad stuff? So there must not be a God. Or, maybe, he allows the bad stuff because We make the bad stuff, whether he told us not to, or not.
Because God gave us free will and if He intervened too much then the concept of free will would be jeopardised.
@@macker33 So either way, God or no God, bad stuff is either natural like illness, or created by man. And a step further, according to at least one faith based belief, even natural stuff like illness occurs because of original sin. And maybe that part about murdering everyone except Noah, etc., is an example of what could happen if God does step in?
@@danielbruns7055 Noahs ark was just Gods way of explaining to pre literate man genetic bottlenecks or perhaps the extinction of neanderthals, my opinion.
In any event the cruel God argument is moot.
@@macker33
Do animals also have that free will?
And if not, why do they have to suffer so much nevertheless?
@@DerEchteBold Things are what they are.
XTC is one of those bands, like Killing Joke - once you go down that rabbit hole, there is no turning back.
I've been waiting for someone to react to this one.
One of my favorite songs of all time.
React to these XTC songs:
Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
Making Plans For Nigel
Senses Working Overtime
King For A Day
The Disappointed
Mayor of Simpleton
This Is Pop
Life Begins at the Hop
Generals and Majors
Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)"
Peter Pumpkinhead could be #andrewyang2020 theme song
The Seagulls Screaming, "KISS HER! KISS HER!"
Towers of London is a good one too.
"Beds are Burning" by Midnight Oil is another good one.
The Dead Heart ...
I remember my sister walking into the room when I was playing "Beds Are Burning". She said, "Oh, wow. A protest song. I didn't know they still made those." So I played her "Jimmy Sharman's Boxers" . Fan for life.
Blue Sky Mine
@@jking195 yes Blue Sky Mine
One of my favourite songs ever!
This song gets more relevant as the years pass. What I’ve always felt is that the point isn’t that he doesn’t believe in God because the entire dialogue is directed at God. What he’s doing is standing up to God and telling Him to take some notice on how screwed up His children are without adult supervision. Basically God has let us down and abandoned us.
This song is a masterpiece and you can tell he means every single word of it
There are no mixed signals. He clearly says he doesn't believe, and his singing to God is merely a stylistic choice. He mentions humans wrote the holy books, and "did you make mankind, after we made you.".
My favorite XTC song is "Making Time for Nigel". The band did not do a lot of touring because of the lead singer's stage fright. He even froze one time on stage.
Making "Plans" for Nigel
@@CN-uc6py Yeah, my bad. Must be Alzheimer's. :-)
@@stevenfritchie7529 LOL. I think I'm afflicted with the same on a daily basis however, I don't remember.
C N Was just going to say that
@@personalcheeses8073 lol. Great minds...
I love this song. ❤️
I hate this song as much as i dislike emo-intellectuals.
A Lot of people said this band was The Beatles if they made music in the 80's. There's another band from Canada that's considered The Canadian Beatles called Klaatu!
But unfortunately, Klaatu is not that good. They sound like the cornier Paul McCartney songs.
Don't forget about Tears for Fears, especially "Sowing the Seeds of Love". Very Beatles-esque.
@@jking195 I never heard that song before but you're right it does sound like the Beatles. Thanks for the recommendation.
Such a powerful song and makes me cry just about all the time. I truly feel his words.
Great song from my favorite band of the '80s. The writer Andy Partridge is brilliant, most of their songs are not this confrontational but the song does make the listener think. It doesn't take much effort to see all the crimes committed in the name of religion and the injustice going on all the time. There's no reason anyone in this country should go hungry or lack a place to live or healthcare.
XTC released a lot of incredible albums, "Skylarking" is probably their most accessible (this song was not on it originally, it was added upon re-release) although my favorite is "Mummer" which is a little darker.
Yog-Sothoth It doesn’t make me think. I’ve had the same opinion as him even from going to Sunday School as a small child. I loved getting a couple of treats from my parents as bribery to go and I loved the bible stories but not for one fraction of a second did I think their was as scrap of truth in them
Senses Working Overtime
Here is a song guaranteed to freak someone out if they've never heard it before
Artist : Melanie
Song : Brand New Pair of Roller skates .
Please consider .
Song is called "Brand New Key".
Jesus not that one.
@@rogerhurtubise2150
That song should be played at Guantanamo & various other places of punishment & torture. Makes my ears bleed.
I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key.
I had pandora for years and had a puffy amiyumi station and heard a lot of strange songs like that. Ever heard "mushroom hair cut" or "twist barbie"? Other titles escape me right now, been a long time since I've been on pandora
I LOVE this song. Sometimes I will pair it with Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell on my "pre-80s singles" playlist and binge play for hours.
This song was huge on MTV back in the day. I never realized how utterly blasphemous it is. It's a masterpiece.
They played this song on the t.v. show called i zombie. I saw it just before my mom died of cancer
A great song and a great band. I have been loving your obscure song reactions. It is refreshing to see that a reactor is not following the typical reactor formula and typical reactor songs.
Havent heard this in a while. I believe sarah mclachlan did a cover? Someone did anyway. Great song. And the choir said "Amen."
Also, Tricky covered it around 2003, '04. He did a nice job, along with a cover of The Cure's "Love Cats".
It's a powerful song that addresses the "Problem of Evil."
I know
People will one day realize, if we want peace and harmony on this planet, ALL RELIGIONS will need to be tossed aside and people need to laugh at themselves for being so gullible. Unfortunately, the climate crisis will end humankind well before mankind actually uses their brains!
This is a powerful, thought provoking song. There’s nothing wrong with questions
If you are a Believer India, cool....I respect that. But I'm so glad that I live in the UK where no-one cares about religion or tries to use it in a political way.
I was lucky enough to grow up listening to the wonderful XTC. I dedicate this to all the religious, gun nuts out there.
Such a great song. The music is the best. The lyrics make you think. Thanks! Be well.
Peace from SF
I like a lot
Very Beatlesque
No band is greater than XTC
I'm impressed with whoever is making these requests. This is pretty obscure. Even in the 80's it's not like a lot of people knew about XTC.
This song had a fairly decent presence on MTV for awhile.
Yeah MTV had that late night show back in the late 80s called 120 Minutes. I found a lot of alternative rock bands through that, including this one. The Pogues, Pixies, Cocteau Twins...lots of bands I still listen to today.
It was featured in the new It movie, so that brought a bunch of new listeners.
Produced by Todd rungren.
Always loved this song. The truth hurts......doesn't it??
Hurts? how? God is good, thats awesome.
@@macker33 No. WE are all awesome, or have the potential to be so. But we choose to believe madeupgods and fight one another because their gods are different to our gods. Religions stop us THINKING.
@@BelindaSam Religions stop us from thinking? if it wasnt for religion we would still be living in the dark ages,
No internet, no electricity, no moon landing,
What exactly is it you think religion is?
Now your into my music love xtc
The producer of this song/album,
Todd Rundgren, did his own version
of this song on his collection,
"(Re)Production".
You nailed it. English Settlements - great album; classic English 80's rock.
I'm so glad I found this, and more young people besides myself are getting exposed to what this is. SUBSCRIBED!! my folks reared me listening to this jawn. thank you for sharing your reaction.
Wow...finally a reactor reacting to one of my favorite bands!
I love this song and its message. It's resonating even today, some 30+ years later. FTR, I am an anti-theist. This song almost brings me to tears when I think of all those under the spell of religion, believing in an all-knowing, omnipresent and omnipotent entity that will only break their hearts when "prayer" doesn't work. Peace and love to all. And thank you for this review.
Me too! Awesome song and very ballsy for the time!
One of my favorite songs. I'm an atheist but a good friend of mine is a minister.we spent many hrs just discussing this song. We both have strong beliefs or lack there of lol, but love each other. It can happen.
Welcome to the wonderful world of XTC.All their stuff is excellent listen to anything from English Settlement to their last CD Wasp Star.
OMG, love this song!
Brilliant song!
They weren't questioning. They had specific valid accusations.
I thinks he speaks more of people's conception of God more than anything else.
One of my very favorite bands ever. This song is shocking for some. But you should try some of their other songs. Senses Working Overtime, Reel by Reel, Making Plans for Nigel, 10 Feet Tall, It's Too Late, Yacht Dance. English Settlement and Drums and Wires are masterpieces. No bad songs. Andy Partridge (like the bird) suffered from anxiety and stage fright so they stopped touring. Even so, they are very influential among early 80s alternative bands. A bands band.
I'll throw in This World Over, just for good measure.
Love this song. Bare, raw truth! Mixed signals? Nope.
By the way, Sarah Mclachlan did a surprisingly passionate cover.
Stunning reaction! It seems she didnt polite Like It. I dont either at the first Time i heard , but hey, its XTC. AND its really good piece.
This is an extremely powerful song. I had not heard it since I was a teenager. It's also one of my three favorite music video's of all time:
1) Dear God - XTC
2) Gloria - The Lumineers
3) If I were a Boy - Beyonce
In 2020, the messages and the undertones in this song are more poignant than ever.
Probably the best comment ever on this - "I have no problem with God, my problem is with his fanbase".
Some great songwriters. Check out Generals and Majors. With all the horriible things in the world , questioning religion seems normal.
You looked absolutely horrified. 😬. Glad you were okay. 😎
What I love about you most- you don’t just hear music with your ears, you hear it with your eyes and it is a beautiful thing to watch.
Just found your videos and sitting here binge watching.
Any chance you could do a reaction video to Madonna’s “Rain”? I think it will surprise you in an amazing way.
Love ya!
Beautiful song that speaks the truth about religion in general.
Brilliant band. "Generals and Majors", "Towers of London", "Senses Working Overtime", "Beating of Hearts"... gems, every one of them. There's a much more open attitude to questioning God in the UK than in the US. The song is basically saying "God, if you exist, why is there so much bad on Earth?"
xtc are brilliant
What a ❤great song to offer to GOD
i can't believe in you...🙂
Mixed signals? Andy definitely doesn't put any stock in 'god'.
I said whoa, but damn works too.
The first time I heard this song it was brand new and I was still in college so I thought of it in light of Voltaire's "Candide" (1759) -- a book you might think of as "The Princess Bride" of the 18th century. Why do bad things happen to good people is a question of the ages. Anyway, for a palete cleanser to that check out the power pop stylings in "Vanishing Girl" by XTC's alter-ego group The Dukes of Stratosphear. The 2001 digital remaster sounds great.
Candide is one of my favorites too.
Definitely a song written by someone suffering.
The boy in the video is actually lip synching to a little girl's voice. Partridge's niece if I recall correctly. She's the one on the the track.
If you've dealt with tragedy in your life that never seems to give you a break, you'll understand anger at God. If you don't, you were sheltered, or lucky. Either way you had it much better than some wayward nare do wells that routinely fall on thier face.
I always say that, The proof that god doesn't exist, is our existence...
and radio stations in the USA got threats for playing it.
Yes!!! I was looking for a reaction to this song!!!!
Don't know how to explain how much I love XTC, except to suggest you listen to the entire XTC Skylarking album from start to finish. It's only the beginning, each album is it's own journey, and very different. My fave XTC songs at the moment are Greenman, River of Orchids and Summer's Cauldron. But it changes daily! Andy Partridge is GENIUS and Colin Moulding needs props too.
anybody else here familiar with Dear God by Midge Ure, another great song
You should have a listen to "Making Plans for Nigel". It's another vignette of unrest in the UK in the late 70s-80s and how the journey to success is often easier for those who have the 'right' cultural attributes. The heavy issues surrounding it are an interesting contrast to the light-hearted tone of the music.
One of my favorites. Refreshing.
If you still believe in god, READ THE BIBLE...