They (XTC) have to be the best band that never made it to megastardom. So quintessentally English that you can smell the hollyhocks, hear the cuckoo's call, and feel the gentle spit of rain on a fine July's breeze. The song "Summer's Cauldron" from Skylarking is literally a hot summer's day bottled and converted into music. Genius. If God Save the Queen is toppled as the anthem then we should vote for "When I get to England" - a partridge outtake. And that's coming from a 100% Welshman. (Well, British first, then Welsh)