Colin Moulding

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Colin Moulding (born Colin Ivor Moulding, on 17 August 1955, in Swindon, Wiltshire, England) is a founding member of the new wave/rock/pop group XTC, in which he is the bassist and secondary songwriter and vocalist. Though less prolific than bandmate Andy Partridge, he has written many of the group's most popular songs, including their first three UK hit singles: "Life Begins At The Hop", "Making Plans For Nigel", and "Generals and Majors". "Making Plans For Nigel" was also a top 20 hit in Canada, and "Generals and Majors" was the band's first US chart entry, peaking at #104 in 1980. Moulding sings lead on all his XTC compositons.

Moulding's style of bass playing is characterized by a strong and tasteful melodic sensibility, much in the tradition of such predecessors as James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, and Brian Wilson. Representative track examples of Moulding's playing include "Burning With Optimism's Flames", "Snowman", "Season Cycle" and "Easter Theatre."

Moulding contributed five tracks to the album Skylarking and four each to Go 2, Drums and Wires, English Settlement and Nonsuch. XTC's final album, Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2), was issued in 2000. A handful of other new XTC tracks (including Moulding's "Where Did All The Ordinary People Go" and "Say It") appeared on singles and compilations up until 2005. After this point, XTC became inactive.

In February 2007, Partridge told music website Pitchfork Media he had lost contact with Moulding, who he said was "not interested in music anymore, and doesn't want to write." [1].

Contents

[edit] Songs

[edit] Studio albums

White Music (1978)
  • "Crosswires"
  • "Do What You Do"
  • "I'll Set Myself on Fire"
  • "Dance Band" (CD bonus track)
  • "Heatwave" (CD bonus track)
  • "Instant Tunes" (CD bonus track)
Go 2 (1978)
  • "Buzzcity Talking"
  • "Crowded Room"
  • "The Rhythm"
  • "I am the Audience"
Drums and Wires (1979)
  • "Making Plans for Nigel"
  • "Day In Day Out"
  • "Ten Feet Tall"
  • "That is the Way"
  • "Life Begins at the Hop" (CD bonus track)
  • "Limelight" (CD bonus track)
Black Sea (1980)
  • "Generals and Majors"
  • "Love at First Sight"
  • "Smokeless Zone" (CD bonus track)
English Settlement (1982)
  • "Runaways"
  • "Ball and Chain"
  • "Fly on the Wall"
  • "English Roundabout"
Mummer (1983)
  • "Wonderland"
  • "Deliver Us from the Elements"
  • "In Loving Memory of a Name"
The Big Express (1984)
  • "Wake Up"
  • "I Remember the Sun"
  • "Washaway" (CD bonus track)
25 O'Clock (1985)
  • "What in the World??..."
Skylarking (1986)
  • "Grass"
  • "The Meeting Place"
  • "Big Day"
  • "Dying"
  • "Sacrificial Bonfire"
Psonic Psunspot (1987)
  • "Vanishing Girl"
  • "Shiny Cage"
  • "The Affiliated"
Oranges and Lemons (1989)
  • "King for a Day"
  • "One of the Millions"
  • "Cynical Days"
Nonsuch (1992)
  • "My Bird Performs"
  • "The Smartest Monkeys"
  • "War Dance"
  • "Bungalow"
Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999)
  • "Frivolous Tonight"
  • "Fruit Nut"
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) (2000)
  • "In Another Life"
  • "Boarded Up"
  • "Standing in for Joe"

[edit] Compilation albums

  • "Let's Have Fun"
  • "Sleepyheads"
  • "Find the Fox"
  • "Didn't Hurt a Bit"
Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers (1990)
  • "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen"
  • "Looking for Footprints"
  • "The World is Full of Angry Young Men"
  • "I Need Protection"
  • "Officer Blue"
  • "Blame the Weather"
A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC (1995)
  • "The Good Things"

[edit] Non album songs

  • "Down a Peg"
  • "Say It"
  • "Skeletons"
  • "Where Did The Ordinary People Go?"

[edit] External links

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