Nate’s Reviews > Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC > Status Update

It’s hardly gonna shake my faith in Colin as a Godlike Genius-level bass player, but it’s interesting that Andy was the one who wrote the lines on “Mayor of Simpleton” and “Vanishing Girl.”

I breathed a sigh of relief when they included at least one Dukes of Stratosphear tune. Also, I had to laugh at Andy’s story about reading the YouTube comments on “Dear God.”

The parts about the Colin/Terry breakup are honestly tragic. These dudes were obviously musical soulmates and only the most obnoxious boor would deny it.

They’re talking about Andy and Dave’s interplay and how ridiculously good it was—I had to breathe a sigh of relief when they mentioned “Love at First Sight” even though it was a Colin song...I dare ANYONE to name a song with better two-guitar action on it.

Feeling some jingoistic pain at the fact that “Statue of Liberty” was about Andy’s then-wife ironing clothes with her hair all fucked up rather than our giant French-given icon.