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Andy Partridge answers readers' questions SWINDON music legend (butchers pronounce it leg-end, he tells us) Andy Partridge kindly volunteered to answer a range of questions on music-related topics from our readers.

He first rose to fame with XTC in 1977 at the tip of the punk explosion and is still a highly respected member of the music community.

Everyone will remember hits such as Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me), and Senses Working Overtime and now, after 30 years, XTC and Andy have more than 30 albums to their name.

As well as being a singer, songwriter and guitarist, Andy has been a record producer, run his own label, been a broadcaster on radio, appeared on numerous TV programmes and written songs for other artists, as well as penning film and TV music.

So scroll through the questions and answers at your leisure - you never know, you might learn something!

Sounds familiar?


Q. Andy, Crowded House's Weather With You, do you think the whole song is based on the instrumental coda of Garden Of Earthly Delights or is it just me?

Cheers me old mate.

Mark Arbury

A. Mark, Mark, his teeth are not dark. Seeing as there are merely 11 notes in western music some combinations are going to be the same. Some bike locks will have the same code,some phone numbers are almost identical. Lots of people have the same name (and there are more letters in the alphabet than notes in western music). You see.

But as regards your initial question,the answer is... probably. AP


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