Author _TheBassist01_ [a] 7,255. Informeer naar beschikbaarheid Engelse boeken. Nigel just needs this helping hand, G Em Bm (Oo - oo - oo!) And Colin said, 'Yeah, give it a go.'"[9]. Join us here as we catalog our ongoing adventures with Nigel. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014. Watch the video for Making Plans for Nigel from XTC's Drums And Wires for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. He continued: [Our second guitarist] Dave [Gregory] began to chop away, doing a much more syncopated version of the basic chords, on electric guitar. He learned the studio trick from his older brother George Young, who was the rhythm guitarist for The Easybeats. And back on Top of the Pops! Moulding: "Partly biographical, this one. The Crossword Solver found 20 answers to the "Making Plans for nigel" band crossword clue. We're only making plans for Nigel He has his future in a fist of steel We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed [Chorus] And if young Nigel says he's happy [13], The single spent 11 weeks on the UK Singles Chart[7] and marked the band's first hit record. The TV show One Tree Hill got it's name from a song of the same name on U2's Joshua Tree album. This was covered by Nouvelle Vague, a bossa group, and included on a chillout compilation album known as, Thegripester from Wellington, New Zealand, Arrested For Your Art - The Story Of 2 Live Crew's "Obscene" Album. Among the idiosyncrasies of the song's arrangement is Partridge's whooping backing vocals. When we resumed touring in late November, every gig was sold out. We're only making plans for Nigel, Nigel just needs a helping hand. Dor and Josh had a baby! Mark Fisher and Laura Wade ask the questions. See what you know about Ms. Jackson. The single "Making Plans for Nigel" (1979) marked their commercial breakthrough and heralded the reverberating drum sound associated with 1980s popular music. Evelyn McDonnell, editor of the book Women Who Rock, on why the Supremes are just as important as Bob Dylan. The guy who brought us "Stacy's Mom" also wrote the Jane Lynch Emmy song and Stephen Colbert's Christmas songs. 176 likes. Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding grew up on Penhill council estate in Swindon. The lyrics are told from the point of view of parents who are certain that their son Nigel is "happy in his work", affirming that his future in British Steel "is as good as sealed", and that he "likes to speak and loves to be spoken to." Can’t get enough pics? And if young Nigel says that he happy, he must be happy in his work" In this case "work" is "world" for our Nigel. "[11], The first 20,000 pressings of the single came in a fold-out cover that created a fully playable gameboard of "Chutes and Ladders" adapted to details of Nigel’s "miserable life", including the purchase of a scooter, job interviews, a holiday in Spain and an engagement to "a very nice girl." The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles. You can hear them all over White Music and Go 2, and it only starts to get out of our system over the next few albums. He has his future in a- British Steel, Bm N.C. Steel, steel---, steel----, steel---, steel----, yeah-----! I knew somebody called Nigel at school. With Bernie Taupin, Martin co-wrote the #1 hits "We Built This City" and "These Dreams." Dor and Josh had a baby! We used a keyboard to make a smashing sound, like an anvil in a foundry. 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. Enter the answer length or the answer pattern to get better results. Cover of Making Plans For Nigel recorded on an acoustic guitar. Angus Young created the distinctive opening guitar part for "Thuderstruck" by playing with all the strings taped up, except the B. "Making Plans for Nigel" is a song written by bassist Colin Moulding of the English rock band XTC, released as the lead single from their 1979 album Drums and Wires. So instead of keeping the rhythm on the hi-hat, I played it on the floor tom and used the hi-hat for the accents. We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel just needs this helping hand And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy He must be happy in his work We're only making plans for Nigel He has his future in a British steel We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy Making Plans For Nigel bass tab by XTC. The other guys helped me on that, I suppose. [10] Biographer Chris Twomey wrote that although the single is reported to have reached number 17, it was "later learned that a computer error by the chart compilers had forced the record downwards when it had in fact gone up. In 2019, Drums and Wires was ranked number 31 in a similar list by Paste. Nigel Tomlinson is a singer songwriter from St Albans who gigs regularly around Hertfordshire with some classic covers & exciting original songs on the way Check nu welke nummers in de lijst staan op https://staatieindetop2000.nl. When I was about 16, my father wanted me to stay on in school. New England IPA. [laughs] It was just a little 'byoo-doop,' sung in a falsetto. "Making Plans for Nigel" is a song by the English rock band XTC that was released as the opening track and lead single from their 1979 album Drums and Wires. Mmmm, we're only making plans for Nigel, G Em Bm (Oo - oo - oo!) It spent 11 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at #17. 102 likes. Can’t get enough pics? We're only making plans for Nigel, G Em Bm (Oo - oo - oo!) [6], During this time, XTC typically rehearsed about two or three times a week, at which juncture Moulding would introduce his bandmates to whatever new songs he had been working on. Complete your XTC collection. It's the name of a 1979 movie about a man who invents a time machine. So, in a way, is it autobiographical? to me when xtc sung 'we are making plans for nigel' they were taking on the persona of the patriachal politcal party of the time - the party that formed the company that was 'british steel'. "Making Plans for Nigel" is a song by the English rock band XTC that was released as the opening track and lead single from their 1979 album Drums and Wires. But by that time, I really didn't want to do anything other than music, I think. Making Plans for Nigel. We're only making plans for Nigel, G Em Bm (Oo - oo - oo!) And I thought, "Well, what the hell am I going to do?" Before I knew it, I'd written three parts of the song, and the rest of it just kind of fell in line probably a day or two later. At one point I was fuming because my songs were being ignored.". Making Plans for Nigel came along in a period of drastic change for the band. That's really how the whole feel of the song came about, because when Colin brought it up, at about half that tempo, on a nylon-string guitar, it was a case of, "Well, this is a great melody, and great subject matter, but it's going to go nowhere like that.[9]. It was a transitional record, and a mark of what could be achieved with XTC’s new two-guitar line-up (guitarist Dave Gregory had recently been brought in as a replacement for keyboardist Barry Andrews). Almost snare-drum-like, you know? Legacy. View official tab. [14], After the song's release, 100,000 steel workers went on strike and contacted Moulding for a statement on their issues, but he offered no comment. It was written by Colin Moulding, the band's bassist. It got to the point where he almost tried to drag me down the barber's shop by my hair. "[5], The single marked XTC's commercial breakthrough. If it gets to be too much, you can always unfollow! 12,949 views, added to favorites 169 times. The lyrics are told from the point of view of parents who are certain that their son Nigel is "happy in his work", affirming that his future in British Steel "is as good as sealed", and that he "likes to speak and loves to be spoken to. "[6], In the XTC biography Chalkhills and Children, it is stated that the song's drum pattern was discovered by accident after a miscommunication between guitarist Andy Partridge and drummer Terry Chambers. Making Plans for Nigel. [5] In a 2020 Guardian article about the song, Moulding said: "I've had countless Nigels come up to me over the years and say: 'That song is my life. Did she gain 60 pounds for a movie role that went to Mariah Carey? But at that time, I didn't really have enough confidence in myself to know where I was going with the arrangement. That phrase popped into my head, and one line followed another. 85 talking about this. The Rembrandts, Primus and Robbie Williams all covered this. But I think that, when you write songs, it's a lot of things all wrapped up, like in your dreams. Click the answer to find similar crossword clues. But then again, that might be a good thing. Not everyone can be a superhero, but that hasn't stopped generations of musicians from trying to be Superman. He saw how sometimes when they died, nobody really noticed. [8] He explained that Moulding introduced the song to the rest of the band on a nylon-string guitar at a slow tempo and did not have an idea of how the arrangement should be fleshed out, "so we said [to Colin], 'Do you fancy trying something like [Devo] for this?" He recalled watching local guitarist Dave Gregory performing Jimi Hendrix-style so… Alphabet Brewing’s Making Pints for Nigel. But then, the unthinkable happened -- Nigel got playlisted at the BBC and in early October, XTC were back in the charts! On 14 September, the song was issued as a single, backed with Partridge's "Bushman President" and "Pulsing Pulsing". It was written by Colin Moulding, the band's bassist. Well, a little bit. Your dreams are kind of bits and pieces of all the walks of life you've been in. "Kashmir" is the only Led Zeppelin song to use outside musicians, as it needed strings and horns. Making Plans For Nigel. "Making Plans for Nigel" was released in August 1979 as the opening track to Drums and Wires. [5], I didn't know where it came from. In the 1960s, he was a fan of contemporary pop groups like the Beatles, but was intimidated by the process of learning guitar. As a response to the song, British Steel gathered four Sheffield employees named Nigel to talk about job satisfaction for the trade publication Steel News. And we hear from young drummer Lucas making an excellent attempt at the Terry Chambers pattern for Making Plans for Nigel. G Em Bm We're only making plans for Nigel! "We're only making plans for Nigel, we only want what's best for him. He commented: Literally, as soon as it came up, it was like, 'Jesus, this is annoying! In Chambers' recollection: "Because of the subject matter, I wanted to make the beat a bit more industrial. 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I know the song tells of a slightly different situation, but it all boils down to the same thing - parental domination. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about XTC - Making Plans For Nigel at Discogs. "[7] The song also reached number 12 on the Canadian chart and remained on the charts there for 22 weeks. ", Partridge: "Quite early on it had been decided that Making Plans For Nigel was going to be the single. We're only making plans for Nigel He has his future in a British steel We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed And if young Nigel … Perhaps in a few days, I'll 'grow a pair' and drill the holes for the seat belt anchor points. It was the opposite to what drummers usually do but it gave it a juddering, production-line feel. In the summer of 1990, you could get arrested for selling a 2 Live Crew album or performing their songs in Southern Florida. so in that light they are singing about a politcal party creating jobs for workers (Nigels) We used an exciting and expressive yeast; as well as a bouquet of fruit-forward hops – Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic, and Motueka, to be exact! [7] Partridge said that the drum pattern was actually a deliberate attempt to invert drum tones and accents in the style of Devo's cover of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction". We spent five times longer messing with that song than any of my tracks. There were two versions of the gameboard, one to be played by Nigel and the other to be played by his parents. Paul McCartney based the "Eleanor Rigby" story on old ladies he met at his housing estate. Twice! "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was supposed to be titled "In The Garden Of Eden," but someone in the studio wrote down the title phonetically, and it stuck. I still love it. Join us here as we catalog our ongoing adventures with Nigel. [6] Partridge later complained about the amount of time spent recording the song, remarking that "[w]e spent a week doing Nigel and three weeks doing the rest of the album. (Oo - oo - oo!) This episode also features Alex Parkinson introducing Making Pints for Nigel, a beer by Alphabet Brewing. [15] British Steel also gathered four Sheffield employees named Nigel to talk about job satisfaction for the trade publication Steel News. A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs. [12], The video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was shot in London on 10 July 1979, together with another put together very quickly for "Life Begins at the Hop."[13]. We're only making plans for Nigel He has his future in a British steel We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy He must be happy in his work Nigel is not outspoken But he likes to speak And loves to be spoken to Nigel is happy in his work We're only making plans for Nigel View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1979 Vinyl release of "Making Plans For Nigel" on Discogs. '"[10], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "WC-Re NIGEL..."distinctive drum pattern of its lead single, Moulding's "Making Plans for Nigel", was discovered by accident after a miscommunication between Partridge and Chambers" No, it was planned like that. We have an official Making Plans For Nigel tab made by UG professional guitarists. After writing the Pretty Woman song for Go West, he had his own hit with "In the House of Stone and Light.". In 2016, the song was ranked number 143 on the Pitchfork website's list of the 200 best songs of the 1970s. 85 talking about this. It was written by bassist Colin Moulding, who shared vocal and songwriting duties with guitarist Andy Partridge. As credited on the back cover, the illustrator was Steve Shotter and sleeve design was by Cooke Key. Making Plans For Nigel. Partridge jokingly characterised the community as being populated almost entirely by people with physical, mental or emotional defects. Chefpaulo from Pennsylvania I always had a different take on this. And if young Nigel says that he happy, he must be happy in his work" In this case "work" is "world" for our Nigel. While planning this beer, we took Nigel’s happiness into consideration. We still loved those high-falsetto, Beach Boys-y answer things. Making Plans For Nigel had an appropriately metallic tone, a dub-spacious one. In 1979 XTC released their third album, Drums and Wires, which featured what would prove to be their second-most successful single, the Colin Moulding-penned “Making Plans for Nigel” (“Senses Working Overtime,” which came out three years later, charted slightly better). My dad prompted me to write it. That might click with people, if they find it as irritating as I do!' [10] Partridge said that once the drum pattern was established, the band decided that Moulding should duplicate the tom rhythm on his bass guitar. When the Monkees grew popular, he became interested in joining a music group. In 2016, "Making Plans for Nigel" was ranked number 143 on the website's list of the 200 best songs of the 1970s. He remembered that "Making Plans for Nigel" appeared to receive "a favourable response. We're only making plans for Nigel, Nigel just needs a helping hand. ... so I locked on to that with this two-note, little oriental pattern. 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