I firmly believe OMD's Singles were as good as XTC's

[KensPen]

Enola Gay,
Joan of Arc,
Maid of Orleans
Forever Live and Die
Locomotion,

kick ass.
in an ethereal kind of way.

[Kolesar]

1. Tes, Tes, Tes, Tes, Te-te-te-te-te-tes

Tesla Girls, Tesla Girls
Testing out theories
---
until you made me look up the lyrics, I thought it was
"testing out feelings"
http://www.omdweb.com/sheetmusic/tesla.htm

[KensPen]

2. no other fans???

What about They Might Be Giants......

[Kolesar]

5. TMBG vs. XTC--now that's a toughie!

While I think about it, I have to concede that I put XTC over OMD.
--better lyrics
--string arrangements
--nobody in OMD sounds like Paul McCartney
--great recordings right up to the 1990s, and would have produced a lot more in the 1990s if A&M Records was not screwing them out of their royalties.

[the_boxer_]

3. Forever Live and Die...is a fantastic song...

as are their others.

[XNASA]

4. You're mad.

I'm taken aback that anyone would even make the comparison.

OMD is in the same league with....oh, I don't know......Haircut 100.

The early stuff is not bad, "Electricity" comes to mind.

XTC was (is?) one of the finest bands on the planet.

[scottcsmith]

6. Same league as Haircut 100???

No way! "Joan of Arc," "Maid of Orleans," "She's Leaving," the albums "Sugar Tax" and "Dazzle Ships," the list just goes on and on. XTC are okay, you really can't compare the music of XTC to OMD. Maybe XTC to Squeeze or XTC to Talk Talk (post "It's My Life" Talk Talk).