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"Dear God" is a song by the English rock band XTC that was first released as a non-album single with the A-side "Grass". Written by Andy Partridge, the song lyrics grapple with the existence of God and the problem of evil. Partridge was inspired by a series of books with the same title, which Partridge viewed as exploitative of children.
Channel 5 (also known as "Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan" on YouTube) is an American digital media company and web channel, billed as a "digital journalism experience." [ 2 ] The show is a spinoff of the group's previous project, All Gas No Brakes , which was itself based on the book of the same name.
It was issued exclusively in the UK with the B-side "Dear God", an outtake. "Dear God" became so popular with American college radio stations who imported the record that Geffen Records (XTC's US distributor) recalled and re-pressed Skylarking with the track included. [14] Controversy also broke out over the song's anti-religious lyrics, which ...
XTC's 1986 song "Dear God", written by Partridge, was seen as controversial at the time for its anti-religious message; Partridge stated that the song failed to represent his true feelings on religion, as human belief is "such a vast subject". [61] Although an atheist, he believes that heaven and hell exist metaphorically. [59]
[3] The song's lyrics contains a plea for a worldwide religion, although Ure said that this was unlikely to be fully realised. [4] Ure recorded "Dear God" without knowing that XTC had released a song with the same title a few years prior. He only learned of the song's existence in early 1989 after his record company sent him a cassette ...
Andrew Callaghan, the 27-year-old director and journalist known for his popular Channel 5 YouTube videos, is back with his most intimate project yet: “Dear Kelly.” The documentary is Callaghan ...
English Settlement is the fifth studio album and first double album by the English rock band XTC, released 12 February 1982 on Virgin Records.It marked a turn towards the more pastoral pop songs that would dominate later XTC releases, with an emphasis on acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar and fretless bass.
The lyrics are told from the point of view of overbearing parents who are certain that their son Nigel is "happy in his world", affirming that his future, to be spent working for British Steel, "is as good as sealed", and that he "likes to speak and loves to be spoken to". [6] The single marked XTC's commercial breakthrough.