I adore this band and their songs. Forster and McLennan were two of our best songwriters. Like my sister, I didn't get them immediately. I was a bit slow with Cattle And Cane, but I grew to love other songs like Bachelor Kisses, Bye Bye Pride, Streets Of Your Town... Just adorable songs. 🐕
Thank you!!!! They're from my home city of Brisbane! We were very proud of them and their achievements in Australia and elsewhere. Like The Saints, they left Brisbane for Britain. I've always loved this song.
@@DogInSpace lol.. That's good to know! But didn't Brisbane give you Melbourne lot your punk scene with The Saints? I mean, you had good bands but The Saints ignited something bigger in your neck of the woods.
@@Sspringgrainn No doubt. The Saints did ignite our scene in Melbourne. Sex Pistols were impactful on an intellectual level. It was reading about some revolutionary manifesto happening in another country, but ''(I'm) Stranded'' being local and being of that quality was a shock to us. It was the shot in the arm we needed. Radio Birdman were good, but there was something a bit more biting with The Saints. So yeah, you Brisbanites gave Australia its own taste of punk and we felt it strongly in Melbourne.
They captured a spirit of Australia that may no longer be around. A song about nostalgia and longing that manages to bring about feelings of nostalgia and longing. Top band!
Here where I am it’s almost spring again and it’s unseasonably warm. And it rained overnight. So… nice timing, Haniers. With Brisbane being the Olympic city in 2032, I just hope the Gobees and the Saints get some love in the opening ceremony. The car in the video is a XC Ford Falcon Cobra coupe.1978 model I tbink. Allan Moffat won Bathurst in one. Chris, if you’re into muscle cars and racing, check out the Bathurst 1000. Not my speed, but revhead heaven.
Was an early 70s Falcon. First Ford Falcon was, 1960. Many exist in the US. Watch movies from that time and beyond and you will see them in the background of most movies. I have a 1961 Ford Falcon Deluxe wagon.....awesome!
Thanks for sharing some more Aussie content. The Go B's are one of the treasured bands from the 80's. I also agree with Cynthia its great driving music
Read through the lyrics. The song brings tears to my eyes. It is about longing for a thrill like falling in love. They were quite a honest bunch of people those Go-Betweens were.
These guys didn't have a lot of luck on their side, chart wise, but they had the rare fortune of having 3 classic line-ups. This is this was the first classic line-up (mk3) that recorded ''Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express'' LP in 1986. When Amanda Brown joined that was classic up (mk4). Classic line-up (Mk5) was the last classic line-up that recorded the timeless ''16 Lovers Lane''. After that, they were no more and then Robert Forster and Grant McLennan grouped got the name back and recorded a few more great albums in the 2000's before Grant left us.
I've been a surfer for over 20 years and I love their music. Could you do ''Surfing Magazines'' one of these days? Would really love it! It was awesome surfing out in Byron Bay and driving back home listening to The Go-Betweens.
It took me a while to take to The Go-Betweens, but the moment I saw them perform ''Cattle And Cane'' on Countdown, there was no going back. Robert Forster (who's singing ''Spring Rain'') and the late Grant McLennan (who sang ''Streets Of Your Town'') are two of Australia's most important songwriters - up there with Paul Kelly, Don Walker, David McComb... and I loved almost everything they had to offer. You might like to check out the post-Go-Betweens project called Jack Frost, which is a collaboration between McLennan and The Church's Steve Kilbey. ''Thought That I was Over You'' and ''Every Hour God Sends'' are two worthwhile tracks. Speaking of which, I noticed a thumbnail of the video for The Crystal Sets' ''Benefit of the Doubt'' in amongst the recommended thumbnails at the end of the ''Spring Rain'' video. The Crystal Set was fronted by Russell Kilbey (Steve's brother). They too were a great, but short-lived Aussie band from the 80's/early 90's. They had a lot of great tracks on their few albums with ''Benefit of the doubt'' being their most remembered song. I would like to see you guys react to ''Benefit Of The Doubt'', and maybe make mention of Russell being the brother of Steve Kilbey. Cheers, Hayley
Hayley... You're not wrong about Crystal Set. I saw them in 1985 and I bought ''Benefit of The Doubt'' (red eye records single version) the following year. Such a good band! Their 90's stuff was quite good too. Did you ever get into John Kilbey's band Bhagavad Guitars?
@@leavemealone344 Nice Natasha! I saw Crystal Set a few times in 86 and 87, and reacquainted myself with them in 1991. Did I ever get into Bhagavad Guitars? For sure I did! Anything to do with Steve Kilbey I was into. In my Countdown days and post-Countdown days, I got to talk to Steve Kilbey on a few occasions. We didn't always see eye to eye, but I was always into his musical endeavours and his brothers had great bands. Russell and John were probably a little more complex than Steve, if that's even possible.
And I have everything Bhagavad Guitars and Crystal Set had released. I'd love to see ''We Haven't Arrived'' by Bhagavad Guitars on the Hanier channel, but these things take time, I guess.
Love The Go-Betweens! Their early stuff was a bit post-punky, but they got better by each album. This song is just beautiful. I have to agree with Dogs about Died Pretty. Died Pretty pretty please do ''Stoneage Cinderella''! 😀👍 Yeah go on!!!
10 years after The Bee Gees left Brisbane for Britain, The GB's formed and would also find their way to Britain. They had a lot of songs; arguably better ones than this. To me, this song is ingrained in my DNA because I grew up on it. I recognise most of the scenes in this video, but the one that's most familiar is the wedding scene by the church. That was shot on Concord Road in Concord and North Strathfield. It's a nowheresville area in Sydney's inner west and I spent a big part of my life there. The car scene was also shot on Concord Road, and the black 'n' white rain scene was shot at Ultimo in Sydney. The following are the best quality videos for songs requested on this page: Died Pretty - Stoneage Cinderella nzoz1986 Crystal Set - Benefit Of The Doubt nzoz1986 Tactics - Second Language nzoz1981 The Go-Betweens - ''Bachelor Kisses'' nzoz1984 The Go-Betweens - ''Cut it out'' nzoz1987 The Go-Betweens - ''Was There Anything I Could Do'' nzoz1988 The Go-Betweens - 'Head Full Of Steam'' nzoz1986 The Go-Betweens - 'Right Here'' nzoz1987 Robert Forster - ''Baby Stones nzoz1990s G.W. McLennan - When Word Gets Around nzoz1990s Jack Frost - Every Hour God Sends nzoz1990s The Go-Betweens - Bye Bye Pride nzoz1987 Bhagavad Guitars - We Haven't Arrived nzoz1988 Ups & Downs - The Living Kind upsanddowns official channel
A couple of fun facts to take note of. The Countdown kids voted ''Second Language'' by Tactics as being the worst Australian music video of 1981. The Birthday Party's ''Nick The Stripper'' came in second. Tactics were an inner city sound band from Canberra that had Steve Kilbey as a member before he formed The Church.
@@Sandy-dd4le I actually read a few reviews from old UK magazines I managed to get a hold of and reading the positive reviews of Go-Betweens and Triffids. Same the Aussie music industry didn't get on board with it.
For me this was far from the best track by 'The Go-Betweens', they did better stuff back in the day. Some of there stuff sounded like 'Lloyd Cole and The Commotions' who you should react to, track that I recommend by them are: "Perfect Skin", "Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken", "Forest Fire", "She's a Girl and I'm a Man", "From the Hip", "Perfect Blue", "Bread New Friend", "A Long Way Down", "The Sea and the Sand". There are many more but these are some of my favourites.
There was often a darkness in their light-breezy music. God, I do miss these guys! I used to see them a lot when they played around Melbourne in the early 80's. I wasn't too crash hot seeing them toy with heavy drugs. I was in the ''inner city sound'' scene, but I was also a Carton rock gigrat, and we were more pills than heroin. The inner city bunch liked their needles. Anyway... Who gives a fuck after all these years? I miss the work of Grand and Robert. Lindy Morrison (drummer) was my favourite Brissy girl.. She was a no b/s type and years later she founded a support network called ''Band Support''. She got disgraced popstar has-been John Cave (aka William Shakespear) a home after he was living in a St.Vinnies bin for a few years. You should explore more of this band.. ''Bachelor Kisses'', ''Cut it out'', ''Was There Anything I Could Do'', ''Head Full Of Steam'', ''Right Here''... and Robert Forster's ''Baby Stones'', and Grant McLennan ''Word Gets Around'', and Jack Frost ''Every Hour God Sends''..
Head Full of Steam and Bye Bye Pride are wonderful. Lots of album tracks are great too. Robert’s still around and making music. And, fingers crossed, Karin’s OK and more music will come.
I think Lloyd Cole had a stronger voice. You might be right. Postcard Records were the first British label to sign up Go-Betweens because that smart-but-dumb doofus from Rough Trade thought they (The Go-Betweens) were too pop.. What a laugh
Not their best but it’s a good song. By 1987 they would hit a peak with 16 lovers lane. Not a weak track on it !! You should definitely check out that album.
Maybe Sydney's inner city sound should get a bit of representation with Died Pretty's ''Stoneage Cinderella''? Ron Peno died, you did a tribute to the bloke, maybe revisit his band?
@@adamx2939 Yeah, ''Everybody Moves'' is a great song. Was a bit of a hit on the Triple J Hot 100 in the late 80's. Before Triple J turned into what it is today.
From the heady heights of yesterday’s Hoodoo Gurus banger , this poor man’s Lloyd Cole tribute act is a major disappointment. Maybe they had better stuff , but this is some weak stuff right here .. 🎤drop.. 👍🏴
Ouch! I won't lie. That kind of hurt man. But as Natasha said, The Go-Betweens signed to Scottish label Postcard in the late 70's, so maybe Lloyd Cole was influenced by them? I don't know.. I never thought of Lloyd Cole when listening to ''Spring Rain''. Most of The Go-Betweens' material is very Australian and tells the stories of the Australian experience. It's very hard to not feel (or be) defensive when people begin saying they're a poor man's whoever is from somewhere else. I don't know if the LC had an influence on Robert Forster at this stage, but I'm struggling to recall anything by LC and The Commotions that sounds like this. I don't know if The Go-Betweens will ever be your thing, but ''Cattle & Cane'' is about the Australian rural experience, which Grant McLennan had grown up in
@@DogInSpace Hurt ? Defensive ?.. 😆 Who are you and how did you get access to Dog in Space account ? 😝 …. Don’t forget my mantra DIS , “it’s just my opinion and it’s never personal “ I was just being a little flowery with my response when what I really thought was that to ME it really wasnt very good and quite derivative . Having said that , I’ve never heard of them before and I thought the same thing about the very first Hoodoo Guru’s track I heard on here and yet I heard a proper banger of theirs yesterday . 👌 👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering It's weird because my personality has been shaped and battered by heroin use.. Even though I haven't touched the shit in 40 years, it's kept my brain in a state of calm, where I am not quick to be defensive openly.. I wouldn't be able to keep up with Robbo or Gillian, because they'd be running circles around me in a social situation. Robbo was a beer monster/gigrat and those types are very social and quick talking. I have a more strung out/introverted personality, but I do get inquisitive when I am not in full agreement... that's my brand of defensiveness I guess. Fair enough with the Go-Betweens.. Didn't you see the Haniers doing ''Streets of Your Town'' a few months back? They're not a one trick pony, so you will get a different take on another song.. but I listened back to Lloyd Cole after many years, and I do hear a similarity, but GB's are their own animal.. Two distinctive songwriters that grew up on poetry, Australian literature, Bob Dylan and the bleakness of living in Queensland. When I met them in 1980, they had Brisbane written all over them before they even said a word. As a Melbourne man, I could pick them.. Go-Betweens being a poor man's Lloyd Cole is like Tom Waits being a poor man's Rod Stewart... Slow down and take a step back and access that statement again... Lloyd Cole didn't come from Queensland - he'd be a very different man if he did... you wouldn't want to be from that horrible place at the time
@@DogInSpace good reply DIS 👌 I don’t remember the other Go Betweens track in here if I’m honest . As for Tom Waites 🤣.. I’m the UK chairman of the Tom Waites haters directory .. but that’s by the by . This has happened a few times with Aussie bands I’d never previously heard before DIS , I’ve maybe came upon them with a less popular track but round the corner is a cornucopia of bangers I haven’t heard yet . It’s a bit like letting someone in their 20’s hear Silly Thing ( nominally) by the Sex Pistols and expecting them to understand the colossal impact they had on our society with their earlier seminal work . So , point well made and argued passionately DIS , respect for that mate ✊ 👍🏴
One of their finest moments methinks.
I adore this band and their songs. Forster and McLennan were two of our best songwriters. Like my sister, I didn't get them immediately. I was a bit slow with Cattle And Cane, but I grew to love other songs like Bachelor Kisses, Bye Bye Pride, Streets Of Your Town...
Just adorable songs. 🐕
Thank you!!!! They're from my home city of Brisbane! We were very proud of them and their achievements in Australia and elsewhere. Like The Saints, they left Brisbane for Britain. I've always loved this song.
Great request! We certainly loved The Go-Betweens when they played the inner city sound scene in Melbourne back in the early 80's.
@@DogInSpace lol.. That's good to know! But didn't Brisbane give you Melbourne lot your punk scene with The Saints?
I mean, you had good bands but The Saints ignited something bigger in your neck of the woods.
@@Sspringgrainn No doubt. The Saints did ignite our scene in Melbourne. Sex Pistols were impactful on an intellectual level. It was reading about some revolutionary manifesto happening in another country, but ''(I'm) Stranded'' being local and being of that quality was a shock to us. It was the shot in the arm we needed. Radio Birdman were good, but there was something a bit more biting with The Saints. So yeah, you Brisbanites gave Australia its own taste of punk and we felt it strongly in Melbourne.
@@DogInSpace Ha, ha.. That's great to know! 👍
Sasha, that was a great request. I loved The Go-Betweens in the 80's.
After hearing this, I had this song on my brain all day! 😅
They captured a spirit of Australia that may no longer be around. A song about nostalgia and longing that manages to bring about feelings of nostalgia and longing. Top band!
Great song great band RIP Grant
Here where I am it’s almost spring again and it’s unseasonably warm. And it rained overnight. So… nice timing, Haniers.
With Brisbane being the Olympic city in 2032, I just hope the Gobees and the Saints get some love in the opening ceremony.
The car in the video is a XC Ford Falcon Cobra coupe.1978 model I tbink. Allan Moffat won Bathurst in one. Chris, if you’re into muscle cars and racing, check out the Bathurst 1000. Not my speed, but revhead heaven.
Was an early 70s Falcon. First Ford Falcon was, 1960. Many exist in the US. Watch movies from that time and beyond and you will see them in the background of most movies. I have a 1961 Ford Falcon Deluxe wagon.....awesome!
Thanks for sharing some more Aussie content. The Go B's are one of the treasured bands from the 80's. I also agree with Cynthia its great driving music
There's a bridge named after this band in Brisbane: Go-Between Bridge. We value our contributors to culture over here.
Read through the lyrics. The song brings tears to my eyes. It is about longing for a thrill like falling in love. They were quite a honest bunch of people those Go-Betweens were.
These guys didn't have a lot of luck on their side, chart wise, but they had the rare fortune of having 3 classic line-ups.
This is this was the first classic line-up (mk3) that recorded ''Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express'' LP in 1986. When Amanda Brown joined that was classic up (mk4).
Classic line-up (Mk5) was the last classic line-up that recorded the timeless ''16 Lovers Lane''. After that, they were no more and then Robert Forster and Grant McLennan grouped got the name back and recorded a few more great albums in the 2000's before Grant left us.
I've been a surfer for over 20 years and I love their music. Could you do ''Surfing Magazines'' one of these days? Would really love it! It was awesome surfing out in Byron Bay and driving back home listening to The Go-Betweens.
The sound of rain you should react to next
It took me a while to take to The Go-Betweens, but the moment I saw them perform ''Cattle And Cane'' on Countdown, there was no going back. Robert Forster (who's singing ''Spring Rain'') and the late Grant McLennan (who sang ''Streets Of Your Town'') are two of Australia's most important songwriters - up there with Paul Kelly, Don Walker, David McComb... and I loved almost everything they had to offer. You might like to check out the post-Go-Betweens project called Jack Frost, which is a collaboration between McLennan and The Church's Steve Kilbey. ''Thought That I was Over You'' and ''Every Hour God Sends'' are two worthwhile tracks. Speaking of which, I noticed a thumbnail of the video for The Crystal Sets' ''Benefit of the Doubt'' in amongst the recommended thumbnails at the end of the ''Spring Rain'' video. The Crystal Set was fronted by Russell Kilbey (Steve's brother). They too were a great, but short-lived Aussie band from the 80's/early 90's. They had a lot of great tracks on their few albums with ''Benefit of the doubt'' being their most remembered song.
I would like to see you guys react to ''Benefit Of The Doubt'', and maybe make mention of Russell being the brother of Steve Kilbey.
Cheers,
Hayley
Hayley... You're not wrong about Crystal Set. I saw them in 1985 and I bought ''Benefit of The Doubt'' (red eye records single version) the following year. Such a good band! Their 90's stuff was quite good too. Did you ever get into John Kilbey's band Bhagavad Guitars?
@@leavemealone344 Nice Natasha! I saw Crystal Set a few times in 86 and 87, and reacquainted myself with them in 1991. Did I ever get into Bhagavad Guitars?
For sure I did! Anything to do with Steve Kilbey I was into. In my Countdown days and post-Countdown days, I got to talk to Steve Kilbey on a few occasions. We didn't always see eye to eye, but I was always into his musical endeavours and his brothers had great bands. Russell and John were probably a little more complex than Steve, if that's even possible.
And I have everything Bhagavad Guitars and Crystal Set had released. I'd love to see ''We Haven't Arrived'' by Bhagavad Guitars on the Hanier channel, but these things take time, I guess.
I met Robert Forster (singer of this tune) many moons ago. He was a weird bloke.
Love The Go-Betweens! Their early stuff was a bit post-punky, but they got better by each album. This song is just beautiful. I have to agree with Dogs about Died Pretty.
Died Pretty pretty please do ''Stoneage Cinderella''! 😀👍 Yeah go on!!!
10 years after The Bee Gees left Brisbane for Britain, The GB's formed and would also find their way to Britain. They had a lot of songs; arguably better ones than this. To me, this song is ingrained in my DNA because I grew up on it.
I recognise most of the scenes in this video, but the one that's most familiar is the wedding scene by the church. That was shot on Concord Road in Concord and North Strathfield. It's a nowheresville area in Sydney's inner west and I spent a big part of my life there. The car scene was also shot on Concord Road, and the black 'n' white rain scene was shot at Ultimo in Sydney. The following are the best quality videos for songs requested on this page:
Died Pretty - Stoneage Cinderella nzoz1986
Crystal Set - Benefit Of The Doubt nzoz1986
Tactics - Second Language nzoz1981
The Go-Betweens - ''Bachelor Kisses'' nzoz1984
The Go-Betweens - ''Cut it out'' nzoz1987
The Go-Betweens - ''Was There Anything I Could Do'' nzoz1988
The Go-Betweens - 'Head Full Of Steam'' nzoz1986
The Go-Betweens - 'Right Here'' nzoz1987
Robert Forster - ''Baby Stones nzoz1990s
G.W. McLennan - When Word Gets Around nzoz1990s
Jack Frost - Every Hour God Sends nzoz1990s
The Go-Betweens - Bye Bye Pride nzoz1987
Bhagavad Guitars - We Haven't Arrived nzoz1988
Ups & Downs - The Living Kind upsanddowns official channel
A couple of fun facts to take note of. The Countdown kids voted ''Second Language'' by Tactics as being the worst Australian music video of 1981. The Birthday Party's ''Nick The Stripper'' came in second. Tactics were an inner city sound band from Canberra that had Steve Kilbey as a member before he formed The Church.
There were a number of Australian bands that the UK music press went absolutely mental for, The Go Betweens being one of them. Good Times!
@@Sandy-dd4le I actually read a few reviews from old UK magazines I managed to get a hold of and reading the positive reviews of Go-Betweens and Triffids. Same the Aussie music industry didn't get on board with it.
For me this was far from the best track by 'The Go-Betweens', they did better stuff back in the day. Some of there stuff sounded like 'Lloyd Cole and The Commotions' who you should react to, track that I recommend by them are:
"Perfect Skin",
"Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken",
"Forest Fire",
"She's a Girl and I'm a Man",
"From the Hip",
"Perfect Blue",
"Bread New Friend",
"A Long Way Down",
"The Sea and the Sand".
There are many more but these are some of my favourites.
Wonderful band please try Fingers by guitarist Grant Mclennan
There was often a darkness in their light-breezy music. God, I do miss these guys! I used to see them a lot when they played around Melbourne in the early 80's. I wasn't too crash hot seeing them toy with heavy drugs. I was in the ''inner city sound'' scene, but I was also a Carton rock gigrat, and we were more pills than heroin. The inner city bunch liked their needles. Anyway... Who gives a fuck after all these years? I miss the work of Grand and Robert. Lindy Morrison (drummer) was my favourite Brissy girl.. She was a no b/s type and years later she founded a support network called ''Band Support''. She got disgraced popstar has-been John Cave (aka William Shakespear) a home after he was living in a St.Vinnies bin for a few years. You should explore more of this band.. ''Bachelor Kisses'', ''Cut it out'', ''Was There Anything I Could Do'', ''Head Full Of Steam'', ''Right Here''... and Robert Forster's ''Baby Stones'', and Grant McLennan ''Word Gets Around'', and Jack Frost ''Every Hour God Sends''..
Head Full of Steam and Bye Bye Pride are wonderful. Lots of album tracks are great too. Robert’s still around and making music. And, fingers crossed, Karin’s OK and more music will come.
@@NickJewlachow-of3yh You read Robert's books? He's a great writer!
I'm sure it is Lloyd cole they Remind me of , nice voice not bad ok 🏴✌️
I think Lloyd Cole had a stronger voice. You might be right. Postcard Records were the first British label to sign up Go-Betweens because that smart-but-dumb doofus from Rough Trade thought they (The Go-Betweens) were too pop.. What a laugh
Second language by tactics I request especially
Not their best but it’s a good song. By 1987 they would hit a peak with 16 lovers lane. Not a weak track on it !! You should definitely check out that album.
Maybe Sydney's inner city sound should get a bit of representation with Died Pretty's ''Stoneage Cinderella''? Ron Peno died, you did a tribute to the bloke, maybe revisit his band?
I'd like to see more DP here too. My choice of next track would be "Everybody Moves". Great song.
@@adamx2939 Yeah, ''Everybody Moves'' is a great song. Was a bit of a hit on the Triple J Hot 100 in the late 80's. Before Triple J turned into what it is today.
Oh would LOVE to see ''Stoneage Cinderella'' get done on this channel. 1986 was an awesome year of Australian indie rock.. huh?
awesome year for..
Oh yeah. 1986, memories of spending spring inside cramming for the HSC. Ups & Downs- The Living Kind. Another Brisbane band!
It's pleasant enough, but generically, 80's
From the heady heights of yesterday’s Hoodoo Gurus banger , this poor man’s Lloyd Cole tribute act is a major disappointment. Maybe they had better stuff , but this is some weak stuff right here .. 🎤drop..
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Ouch! I won't lie. That kind of hurt man. But as Natasha said, The Go-Betweens signed to Scottish label Postcard in the late 70's, so maybe Lloyd Cole was influenced by them? I don't know.. I never thought of Lloyd Cole when listening to ''Spring Rain''. Most of The Go-Betweens' material is very Australian and tells the stories of the Australian experience. It's very hard to not feel (or be) defensive when people begin saying they're a poor man's whoever is from somewhere else. I don't know if the LC had an influence on Robert Forster at this stage, but I'm struggling to recall anything by LC and The Commotions that sounds like this. I don't know if The Go-Betweens will ever be your thing, but ''Cattle & Cane'' is about the Australian rural experience, which Grant McLennan had grown up in
@@DogInSpace Hurt ? Defensive ?.. 😆
Who are you and how did you get access to Dog in Space account ? 😝
…. Don’t forget my mantra DIS , “it’s just my opinion and it’s never personal “
I was just being a little flowery with my response when what I really thought was that to ME it really wasnt very good and quite derivative . Having said that , I’ve never heard of them before and I thought the same thing about the very first Hoodoo Guru’s track I heard on here and yet I heard a proper banger of theirs yesterday . 👌
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering It's weird because my personality has been shaped and battered by heroin use.. Even though I haven't touched the shit in 40 years, it's kept my brain in a state of calm, where I am not quick to be defensive openly.. I wouldn't be able to keep up with Robbo or Gillian, because they'd be running circles around me in a social situation. Robbo was a beer monster/gigrat and those types are very social and quick talking. I have a more strung out/introverted personality, but I do get inquisitive when I am not in full agreement... that's my brand of defensiveness I guess. Fair enough with the Go-Betweens.. Didn't you see the Haniers doing ''Streets of Your Town'' a few months back? They're not a one trick pony, so you will get a different take on another song.. but I listened back to Lloyd Cole after many years, and I do hear a similarity, but GB's are their own animal.. Two distinctive songwriters that grew up on poetry, Australian literature, Bob Dylan and the bleakness of living in Queensland. When I met them in 1980, they had Brisbane written all over them before they even said a word. As a Melbourne man, I could pick them.. Go-Betweens being a poor man's Lloyd Cole is like Tom Waits being a poor man's Rod Stewart... Slow down and take a step back and access that statement again... Lloyd Cole didn't come from Queensland - he'd be a very different man if he did... you wouldn't want to be from that horrible place at the time
@@DogInSpace good reply DIS 👌
I don’t remember the other Go Betweens track in here if I’m honest . As for Tom Waites 🤣.. I’m the UK chairman of the Tom Waites haters directory .. but that’s by the by . This has happened a few times with Aussie bands I’d never previously heard before DIS , I’ve maybe came upon them with a less popular track but round the corner is a cornucopia of bangers I haven’t heard yet . It’s a bit like letting someone in their 20’s hear Silly Thing ( nominally) by the Sex Pistols and expecting them to understand the colossal impact they had on our society with their earlier seminal work .
So , point well made and argued passionately DIS , respect for that mate
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