This song is the sound of Brisbane on a summers afternoon in the 1980s. Heat rising all day and then the afternoon storm would roll in, with the rain cooling things off. Sat on the decks of old Queenslanders in Paddington listening to this on those very same afternoons. We never knew what we had back then.
I'm just a lowly American, but I found this song on a Beggar's Banquet compilation CD in a used record store in the '90s, and without any geopolitical context whatsoever, the Go-Betweens became -- and forever will be -- one of my very favorite bands. I own everything they have ever produced. Their sound is timeless.
J. Craig Anderson A ridiculous cover of this song was used as an ongoing promotional theme for GWN (A rural Western Australian Television Network). They cut the "batters wives" section out. Whoever was responsible for that one is a cultural criminal.
First day in Sydney all those years ago as a young English backpacker!!! Airport straight to the harbour !! And rode a red rattler over Sydney harbour bridge. No health and safety with the doors wide open, head peering out onto the beautiful harbour below on a stinking hot summer day in January. This was the first indigenous Aussie song I'd ever heard just a little later that day blaring out somewhere in down town Sydney. I always give it a play every now and then just to reminisce .. Thanks .
Arguably the most beautiful song ever written and performed by an Aussie band - how good does it sound?! All these years later there's nothing comes close - it sits in that groove!
As a Brisbanite from their hometown, the most overlooked band ever. Bono rates Cattle & Cane his 3rd fav song of all time. Get yr hands on albums, "Spring Hill Fair", "Liberty Bell" or DVD "Striped Sunlight Sound" - enjoy
My desert island song. It pained me in 1989 that none of my friends knew this song or were interested when I mentioned the band. They were my lonely pleasure aged 18.
this is such a great song. i go back in time to learning it (when it was new) on the summer porch with my friend karen. we'd sing it at gigs together. the early hopeful days.
This is why I love TH-cam. It gives you a window to the world that you'd otherwise never see and hear. We never hear most Australian music including this in the USA.
Let us keep this song alive. I was never a fan of the Go-Betweens, I will admit, and it's a pleasant song, but I am awesomely behind the sentiment having lived in the vicinity of the song's subject matter.
Saw them in a small club in Scottsdale, Az in late 88, maybe early 89. Probably 50 people there. I couldn't believe in a city the size of Phoenix, even back then, more people didn't show up for this fine band. So intimate, it was perfection.
The GBs were without question one of the best bands ever. Brilliant harmonies, melodies and deep lyrics--qualities rare in an artist or band these days. 16 Lovers Lane is my favourite album, and fits into my all-time favourite records!
i had never heard of this band in 1989 when they opened for REM on Green tour in Europe, put on great show (rem also incredible, best concert i've seen).
This song epitomizes that whole 80s new wave/alternative/college era that I've yearned for ever since. Never to be recaptured. I can't believe I've never seen this video. A great companion piece to such a gorgeous song.
Why do you want to relive it? It's music that can be shat out as food is. Some shits feel great but you don't linger in the bathroom revelling in it, nor you do you return a half hour later to do so. Just in case you haven't pondered this 3 years on.
I know why this song was used for the Brisbane paper six months ago. No other song has ever said "Brisbane" to me as this song does, it makes all my childhood memories of our great "big country town" come flooding back. Beautiful!
I can really dream away on this music. The more i hear the album the more briljant i think it is!! Great almost forgotten music but I will never forget it! Edwin, 26 years old, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Before 5 minutes ago, I hadn’t listened to this in many years. A college friend gave it to me on a mix tape back in the day, during a time when I felt lost. This beautiful song evokes that time so strongly that I can hardly get through it! Powerful music.
One of my favourite songs by an Aussie band. Timeless. Great teaming of lyrics with the music. All the band members looked their best at this time especially Amanda Brown!
Yes, the best Australian pop song...perfect in every way. On a level with the best of the Cure from the same era 'Just Like Heaven' 'Pictures of You' and the like.
this album was a recommendation from prehaps my best friend ever .. sadly she is no longer with us .. everytime i listen to this, she's with me ... Thank's Em ....
Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Everyday I, make my way Through the streets of your town And don't the sun look good today But the rain is on its way Watch the butcher shine his knives And this town is full of battered wives Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Everyday I, make my way Through the streets of your town And I ride your river under the bridge And I take your boat out to the reach 'Cause I love that engine roar But I still don't know what I'm here for Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Everyday I, make my way Through the streets of your town They shut it down They closed it down They shut it down They pulled it down ............... Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Everyday I, make my way Through the streets of your town Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Everyday I, make my way Through the streets of your town Round and round, up and down Through the streets of your town Everyday I, make my way Through the streets of your town
Amazing song-Of course I've discovered it after poor Grant is gone (earlier viewed a video about 80's pop stars who are gone which led me here). Here in the US we were deprived of some great Aussie talent like the Go Betweens and Lighthouse Family. I love the way the melody of the gal follows Grant's vocals. RIP Grant.
I love this classic Brissy song as well. Lucky enough to see Grant and the band play at a gig in the Valley. 'Cattle and Cane' though tugs at my heart strings even more.....I recall a schoolboy coming home....
Yep. I was at the U2 Adelaide show and was delighted when it came up as the first song after the show as people were shuffled out of Footy Park. A special moment for sure.
Listening to this song and watching this video can take you back to a time and place in your life and make you realise how quickly your life can pass by. .
We lived on Ballarat Street Yarraville, where the Sun theatre sits. The lyrics " and I ride your river under the bridge " I think of my sister, attached to the back of my push bike, on her roller blades, riding under the westgate bridge, one of the best memories of my life xo
Wonderful, wonderful band; no matter what guise or sound they turned to. '16...' is certainly my favourite record of theirs, followed closely by 'Before Hollywood' :-) Amanda was beautiful! J x
in the 90's i've recorded it passing by on my radio k7 but since never known what song or singer it wax now i know it and like it ever for many years now.( fm France )
The Go-bies talking about battered women decades before everyone else did publicly. Saw them live in Amsterdam, Melkweg, in 1988/9. One of the best gigs I ever saw. Beloved Go-Betweens.
This song is the sound of Brisbane on a summers afternoon in the 1980s. Heat rising all day and then the afternoon storm would roll in, with the rain cooling things off. Sat on the decks of old Queenslanders in Paddington listening to this on those very same afternoons. We never knew what we had back then.
So true, Brissy in 80s with the late arvo rain too cool down for the night .use to sleep on the verandah ,no air con or crime. Loved those days
We had our youth.
This song is so good that I love everyone who loves it.
J. Craig Anderson Love you right back! AND my name is Karen, yeah yeah Karen, helps me find James Joyce, she always makes the right choice
+J. Craig Anderson Thanks for your love :)
+J. Craig Anderson That's so sweet! Like an aural eccie!
+J. Craig Anderson with ya mate! :)
Great! Thank you.
I'm just a lowly American, but I found this song on a Beggar's Banquet compilation CD in a used record store in the '90s, and without any geopolitical context whatsoever, the Go-Betweens became -- and forever will be -- one of my very favorite bands. I own everything they have ever produced. Their sound is timeless.
Nice!
You've got great taste mate.
geopolitics...
J. Craig Anderson A ridiculous cover of this song was used as an ongoing promotional theme for GWN (A rural Western Australian Television Network). They cut the "batters wives" section out. Whoever was responsible for that one is a cultural criminal.
Richard Jordan Ugh, that sounds awful.
First day in Sydney all those years ago as a young English backpacker!!! Airport straight to the harbour !! And rode a red rattler over Sydney harbour bridge. No health and safety with the doors wide open, head peering out onto the beautiful harbour below on a stinking hot summer day in January. This was the first indigenous Aussie song I'd ever heard just a little later that day blaring out somewhere in down town Sydney. I always give it a play every now and then just to reminisce .. Thanks .
God, I miss Grant. A little sunlight in just about every song. uncommonly good songs that have stood the test of time. this is just ONE of them.
But always the melancholy. Both he and Robert never compromised in their songwriting, whatever pain followed. Treasures of this planet.
Love this. Authentically Australian and yet ageless and timeless at once. Sheer perfection.
Come back and listen to this song Immanuel
When does this classic come out on TV video?
What year was this video made it's a classic I love it
RIP Grant McLennan. Your bright soul will be missed.
i've never been to australia, but every time i hear this song - it makes me pine for the aussie sod. love this band - always.
Heard this song for the first time in years on ABC radio . Turned it up full blast and enjoyed it . Bloody great Aussie song .
Capturs the feeling of Australia in the 80's perfectly.
The female backing vocals are AMAZING! Simple, but perfect.
Great classic Australian song......... timeless actually!
There's a cool little piece of Aussie history there... makes me happy to be Aussie!
So sad to think we won't hear any more Grant M songs...but thanks for the great ones we did get, like this one
Arguably the most beautiful song ever written and performed by an Aussie band - how good does it sound?! All these years later there's nothing comes close - it sits in that groove!
big call
hyperbole
As a Brisbanite from their hometown, the most overlooked band ever. Bono rates Cattle & Cane his 3rd fav song of all time. Get yr hands on albums, "Spring Hill Fair", "Liberty Bell" or DVD "Striped Sunlight Sound" - enjoy
I’ve just discovered this awesome band the last week. Thanks Aussies from Chile.
Thanks Chile for these singers - Jacqueline Fuentes th-cam.com/video/6qg2bzx0F38/w-d-xo.html and Cami th-cam.com/video/gSb5pPXOQxo/w-d-xo.html
Just the perfect pop song. The Go-Betweens had a shed load of em.
Aussie history all for everyone to appreciate. Great song. Superb!!!
straight to the road trip playlist
Fun fact: this song is about the city of Brisbane, Australia, and there is a bridge in Brisbane called the Go-Between Bridge, named after this band.
Yeah? Where abouts? Are used to live in Brizzie myself
@@PassionJo777 it runs from Merivale Street in South Brisbane to Hale Street in Milton, which is just near Suncorp Stadium/Lang Park
My desert island song. It pained me in 1989 that none of my friends knew this song or were interested when I mentioned the band. They were my lonely pleasure aged 18.
go betweens one of the best bands ever, subtle , intelligent, very catchy, superb really.... to this day...last few albums great....
This is my childhood - memories, love this forever
this is such a great song. i go back in time to learning it (when it was new) on the summer porch with my friend karen. we'd sing it at gigs together. the early hopeful days.
This is why I love TH-cam. It gives you a window to the world that you'd otherwise never see and hear. We never hear most Australian music including this in the USA.
I just fell in love with this song all over again. It's has to be one the best songs ever written. I wish we still had music like this today.
Let us keep this song alive. I was never a fan of the Go-Betweens, I will admit, and it's a pleasant song, but I am awesomely behind the sentiment having lived in the vicinity of the song's subject matter.
Saw them in a small club in Scottsdale, Az in late 88, maybe early 89. Probably 50 people there. I couldn't believe in a city the size of Phoenix, even back then, more people didn't show up for this fine band. So intimate, it was perfection.
The GBs were without question one of the best bands ever. Brilliant harmonies, melodies and deep lyrics--qualities rare in an artist or band these days. 16 Lovers Lane is my favourite album, and fits into my all-time favourite records!
Still sounds as fresh as it did all those years ago, an Oz classic
A song that reverberates through us all , 'till the end .
Love 80s music I hate today's no talent
i had never heard of this band in 1989 when they opened for REM on Green tour in Europe, put on great show (rem also incredible, best concert i've seen).
you can see in this video that Amanda is absolutely smitten with Grant. Great music :)
They were great live. They did the hard slog through the pubs in Brisbane early in their career and were preparing to tour again when Grant died.
This song epitomizes that whole 80s new wave/alternative/college era that I've yearned for ever since. Never to be recaptured. I can't believe I've never seen this video. A great companion piece to such a gorgeous song.
Brilliant comment.
Why do you want to relive it? It's music that can be shat out as food is. Some shits feel great but you don't linger in the bathroom revelling in it, nor you do you return a half hour later to do so. Just in case you haven't pondered this 3 years on.
Al D you're a moron
crazyfeline its a time I yearn for that i never got to experience
Aussie history all for everyone to appreciate. Great song. Superb!!!
That new ampol ad brought me here
This is world-class songwriting.
I know why this song was used for the Brisbane paper six months ago. No other song has ever said "Brisbane" to me as this song does, it makes all my childhood memories of our great "big country town" come flooding back. Beautiful!
I can really dream away on this music. The more i hear the album the more briljant i think it is!!
Great almost forgotten music but I will never forget it!
Edwin, 26 years old, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Have you forgot about this song Edwin, or do you still listen to it 14+ years later?
Before 5 minutes ago, I hadn’t listened to this in many years. A college friend gave it to me on a mix tape back in the day, during a time when I felt lost. This beautiful song evokes that time so strongly that I can hardly get through it! Powerful music.
One of my favourite songs by an Aussie band. Timeless. Great teaming of lyrics with the music. All the band members looked their best at this time especially Amanda Brown!
Just the perfect pop song. The Go-Betweens had a shed load of em.
Yes, the best Australian pop song...perfect in every way. On a level with the best of the Cure from the same era 'Just Like Heaven' 'Pictures of You' and the like.
Them Aussies got some damn good bands...
The evolution of INDIE POP
Thank you Ampol for resurrecting this song.
Yes thanks Ampol
I was in Highshcool in the 80s
Didn't know this song existed until I heard it on the Ampol ad
When I saw the ad, loved the song
this album was a recommendation from prehaps my best friend ever .. sadly she is no longer with us .. everytime i listen to this, she's with me ... Thank's Em ....
'I still don't know what I'm here for' - to delight in the beauty of the Go Betweens and this particular song - that's a lot.
Good one.
Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I, make my way
Through the streets of your town
And don't the sun look good today
But the rain is on its way
Watch the butcher shine his knives
And this town is full of battered wives
Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I, make my way
Through the streets of your town
And I ride your river under the bridge
And I take your boat out to the reach
'Cause I love that engine roar
But I still don't know what I'm here for
Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I, make my way
Through the streets of your town
They shut it down
They closed it down
They shut it down
They pulled it down
...............
Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I, make my way
Through the streets of your town
Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I, make my way
Through the streets of your town
Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I, make my way
Through the streets of your town
Amazing song-Of course I've discovered it after poor Grant is gone (earlier viewed a video about 80's pop stars who are gone which led me here). Here in the US we were deprived of some great Aussie talent like the Go Betweens and Lighthouse Family. I love the way the melody of the gal follows Grant's vocals. RIP Grant.
Amazing bloody song, filmed in an amazing bloody city. My hometown of Brisbane.
I HEARD THIS SONG FIRST TIME IN 1989 AND AFTER A YEAR I FOUND CD AND BOUGHT IT. I ALWAYS LISTEN TO IT AND NEVER BORES ME: IT IS GORGEOUS !
Onc of the best aussie classics of yesterday. Like coming back to over time
One of my favorite songs ever.
The best of Australia
Just the perfect pop song. The Go-Betweens had a shed load of em.
Great song and a great band!
Its just one of those songs that grab you. Really sweet!!!!!!
I love this classic Brissy song as well. Lucky enough to see Grant and the band play at a gig in the Valley. 'Cattle and Cane' though tugs at my heart strings even more.....I recall a schoolboy coming home....
Yep. I was at the U2 Adelaide show and was delighted when it came up as the first song after the show as people were shuffled out of Footy Park. A special moment for sure.
Grant McLennan lead singer and co writer of this song.
RIP Grant.
Ken.
You dickhead
They are interviewing the rest of the band today on Radio National Music Show.
@@Kangabelle always someone like you has nothing good to say
Listening to this song and watching this video can take you back to a time and place in your life and make you realise how quickly your life can pass by.
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Aussie history all for everyone to appreciate. Great song. Superb!!!
THANK YOU FOR POSTING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG
Delicious, this song! Reminds me of my little town "they shut it down" and yet it still manages to "shine."
the intersection of art and urban-planning. love it
We lived on Ballarat Street Yarraville, where the Sun theatre sits. The lyrics " and I ride your river under the bridge " I think of my sister, attached to the back of my push bike, on her roller blades, riding under the westgate bridge, one of the best memories of my life xo
Wonderful, wonderful band; no matter what guise or sound they turned to. '16...' is certainly my favourite record of theirs, followed closely by 'Before Hollywood' :-)
Amanda was beautiful! J x
Listening to great Aussie music like this song is a great way to deal with homesickness Love this song
one of the best australian song for all time..after all these years sonud fresh and wonderfull..thanks go betweens!
Found this song again after 25 years. Listening in 2021
16 Lovers Lane is one of my all time favourite albums.
Its a pure delight every time I listen to it...
Que banda msravilhosa
Magnífica!
HAD THE TAPE , STILL VERY FRESH SONG. GREAT MEMORIES.
Love it totally! One of the best.
THANK YOU FOR POSTING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG
Great song and a great band!
Amazing bloody song, filmed in an amazing bloody city. My hometown of Brisbane.
Saw the band with R.E.M., in 1988.
Great song and a great band!
It's just the most simply brilliant song isn't it? Dyso
One of my all time favorite songs.
in the 90's i've recorded it passing by on my radio k7 but since never known what song or singer it wax now i know it and like it ever for many years now.( fm France )
A tough song with a sweet melody. The whole chemistry was so perfect. Legendary.
From Spain (València) I love Go-betweens....
utterly timeless...its almost spiritual...luv it!
Round and round up and down,thru the streets of your town😂😂love you Rachel😂😂
Greatest song ever written......period :)
Lovely summer song.
The Go-bies talking about battered women decades before everyone else did publicly.
Saw them live in Amsterdam, Melkweg, in 1988/9. One of the best gigs I ever saw. Beloved Go-Betweens.
I discovered The Go-Betweens after someone introduced me to The Triffids. Love them both!
Great aussie song ,great aussie band greetings from longreach qld.
This really is a beautiful peace of music . An Australian treasure.
Long Live the Australian Rock Industry, Yeah!!
The entire album is as good as this. Perfection.
I love that he is happy and in love fiming this, 16 Lovers Lane is my come to album if I'm stressed or sad
I love the way it was used in a petrol ad - so good.
I was watching an American movie last night and this song came on. It was so good to hear an Aussie song playing.
I can't get enough of this...
My favourite song. Full stop ✋️
Just seen the drummer on a advert on tv. Had to race here and relive this song.
immer wieder schön!