X-TEENS - LOVE AND POLITICS (1984)
Part of the early-'80s explosion of Southern power pop, the X-Teens emulated the quirky wit and geeky tension of new wavers like Elvis Costello, XTC, and Talking Heads. The group was formed in Durham, North Carolina, and featured guitarist/vocalist Robert Bittle, keyboardist/vocalist Todd Jones, bassist/vocalist Kitty Moses, and drummer Ned Robie. Their debut release was the Don Dixon-produced EP Big Boy's Dream, issued on the local Moonlight label in 1980. Local legends Dixon and Mitch Easter both worked on the band's self-titled first album, which was released on Dolphin in 1983, several years after it was originally completed. The follow-up, 1984's Love and Politics, was the band's biggest seller, even scoring a little MTV airplay with the single "Change Gotta Come." However, that taste of success led to internal tensions, and the X-Teens split up in 1985. Jones and Robie formed 4 Who Dared, while Bittle and Moses embarked on their own project; neither achieved the respectable underground profile of their former vehicle. AMG. If someone has the EP, please let me know. The First LP can be found on subversivesounds
Songs
Hostage Of My Heart / All Day Long / Say It Isn't So / Change Gotta Come / D.I.F.Y / Rain Rain Go Away / Western Eyes / Don't Listen To Me / You Belong With Me / Soaring / Kiss And Make-up Time / It Was Something
Songs
Hostage Of My Heart / All Day Long / Say It Isn't So / Change Gotta Come / D.I.F.Y / Rain Rain Go Away / Western Eyes / Don't Listen To Me / You Belong With Me / Soaring / Kiss And Make-up Time / It Was Something
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Hi Angelo!
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Greetings from Brazil.
sharebee doesn't accept files over 100mb - so either it's RS with split files or megaupload which accept files over 100mb
You can download their fist album at The Subversive Sounds blog.
http://thesubversivesounds.blogspot.com/2007/03/x-teens-x-teens.html
thx a lot - nice comment
And what about Sendspace?
i use RS , Sharebee and Megaupload - i guess this is quite sufficient
How does their first album compare to "Love and politics", in your opinion? If you find their Ep please let me know.
Wow! I heard "Change Gotta Come" (or rather, saw the video) on Rock N America oh so many moons ago. Never found the album, but I've been patiently searching for this for years! Thanks very much! You have a great blog!
Cowboy Wally
Video for "Change Gotta Come" is here:
http://robiefamily.com/Video/XTEENS-01.avi
Video for "Anyone Can" is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLWaUN3wxn4
It's X-Tastic!
Cowboy Wally
Wow!!!
Great stuff. This is my first visit and I'm happy to have been pointed here by TuneLovinJacket!
I've got the first two X-teens records up at The Tuna Melt (http://tunatwo.blogspot.com/2007/05/one-of-many-great-things-to-emerge-from.html) so you need to come get that EP.
Thanks!
I have original vinyl copies of all three X-Teens records. Plus The Fabulous Knobs, The Woods, The Popes, Th' Cigaretz, many others from North Carolina. I play tunes from most of them on my internet radio station Comboland Radio. You have a great blog!! Thanks!
"You Belong With Me" was on our wedding cd about 15 years ago :)
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