The Go-Betweens - Live at The Tivoli, Brisbane (August 6, 2005)
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2015
- That Striped Sunlight Sound DVD (2006)
Live At The Tivoli, Brisbane 08/06/05
01 Black Mule
02 Clouds
03 Boundary Rider
04 Born To A Family
05 Streets Of Your Town
06 Here Comes A City
07 Draining The Pool For You
08 Finding You
09 Spring Rain
10 Was There Anything I Could Do?
11 Surfing Magazines
12 The Devil's Eye
13 Too Much Of One Thing
14 People Say
15 The Clock
16 Karen
Three bands stand out in my memory from my time as a promoter back in the 1980s. One I won't name for their thankless rudeness and trashing of the dressing room and facilities. Two I remember for their lovlieness, not just their music but their manners and demeanor. One of those was The Go-Betweens. They asked for a very modest fee, no rider (unusual that) and were so happy to sit with us before the gig, chatting and eating the very tasty filled baguettes we had got for them. Just shooting the breeze. Lovely lovely people.
Believe ik vroeg Mc solo heloik'd me in my eyes and just smiled
Please spill the beans Clare 🫢
I will be eternally grateful that Grant and Robert decided to film this concert and release it on DVD, because we all know what happened about a year later.
I am probably The Go-Betweens biggest fan from America, and it all started when I discovered the song Surfing Magazines while surfing the web. This song just floored me with it's beautiful, stark simplicity. So, I did a little research and learned of their entire body of work. Soon I had every CD from 1981s Send Me a Lullaby up until 2006s That Striped Sunlight Sound, as well as Grant and Robert's solo output.
My God, what a stunning body of work it is, with Grant and Robert's amazing, jaw-dropping chemistry being the artistic soul and heartbeat of all the various band incarnations.
If you were to take Don and Phil Everly, Simon and Garfunkle, Paul McCartney and John Lennon and mixed them up in a blender, then add just a tad of Lou Reed and top it off with a huge layer of originality, then you would create The Go-Betweens.
I read that this band is a beloved "cult" band in Australia, and I can certainly understand the "beloved" part. Personally, I wouldn't label them as a "cult" band because their artistic merits are too huge to ever be considered cult.
Quite simply put, they are a phenomenal and highly intelligent band that may not appeal to average listeners, but their achievements are vast, not cult and their loving, dedicated fans are many and lifelong. They may not have become big in America, but my passion and admiration for this band is so deep that it makes up for the other 200 million Americans that are missing out.
R.I.P. Mr. Grant, and thank you for sharing your enormous gifts and that wonderful soul with us.
You're not one of the Americans that Robert was talking about who flew to Ireland to catch his recent Dublin and Cork shows
"I am probably The Go-Betweens biggest fan from America" - Pretty arrogant. Your passion is a bore. Go fcuk yourself and then take a deep breath. No one cares about you or your dull taste in music.
Sweet
Well said. Liked your passionate statement. In Spain there's a bunch of us loving this band. Criminally underrated is an understatement
A tragically underrated band, imo. Still... excellency is always better than popularity.
I bought my first Go-Betweens record in 1987 (Liberty Belle) and have heard their music ever since - just can‘t get enough of it even 30 years later... - the melodies are haunting; the arrangements are timeless - true Artists!
Great record mate....my first listen was “Tallulah”...
definitely a criminally underrated pop group
Best songwriters ever - love them forever. Miss Grant - world not the same without him. XX
I share the feeling. I had the fortune of meeting Grant at the bar of the last NYC venue he played in. Nice fella too.
I never got to tell you what your music meant to me.I just thought I'd get around to it one day...Rip Grant. You continue to inspire me still. Youll never die.
Thank you for all your beautiful songs. We love you, Robert. We love you Grant. We love you so much.
I saw both of these gentlemen at separate solo concerts 28 years ago. Nice to see them together here. The Go Betweens were the backdrop soundscape to my late teens and early twenties. Lindy Morrisson the original drummer walked past a cafe I worked in in Sydney, a year or so later with her young daughter and I gave her a free sandwich. Simon and Allanah from the Hummingbirds came to that same cafe once too. I wanted to be rock stars like these guys, but was too shy and lacking in confidence, and didn’t like drunk people or pubs. I became a meditating Buddhist monk instead! Go figure. Brisbane was a nice place in which to be a young man.
Thanks guys! RIP Grant.
Lindy was the first permanent drummer but The Go-Betweens had Bruce Anton from The Survivors was on drums first time I saw them at a hall besides the Prince Alfred Pub in Caxton St. They were doing songs, Karen and Lee Remick back then.
such a great Gig new years eve 2021 , blasting the concert , tears flowing ( finding you ) for all the 8 loved ones ive lost in life during a pandemic r.i.p and happy heavenly new years Grant your music will never be forgotten
Love from Scotland, keep on keeping on x
Amanda's voice was perfect for The Go-Betweens 😎
What a nice band, so nice sounds, lyrics.....Greetings from Germany
Absolutely brilliant . So right and so tight.
Grant, what a great loss. Robert, go on.
What great memories :) Thanks for uploading this vid, Sinisa Lemic!
What great memories :) Thanks for uploading this vid, Sinisa Lemic!
Absolutely brilliant . So right and so tight.
Grant and Robert. What a beautiful love shared and wondrously reciprocal. NYC 2000 was magical thanks to their class.
Really nice thanks for posting!
Desde España mucha paz y amor para Grant y vivan los go betweens
10:58 Born To a Family. A secret to that Go Betweens feather light songs was Grants rhythm playing.
Check the moment when his style in song turns it big at 12:03
So underrated, great band
good concert R.I.P Grant McLennan.
What a nice band, so nice sounds, lyrics.....Greetings from Germany
Sad I never had the chance to see them in Canada ... but followed them for ever and I have every album they released. I was very happy to see Robert Forster recently which was awesome !
i am grateful I got to see them live on their The Friends of Rachel Worth tour. This is golden.
Bet they're glad they decided to do this DVD when they did. I know I am :D
What a nice band, so nice sounds, lyrics.....Greetings from Germany
Love, that’s all
If you're a Go-Betweens fan, and you read Grant & I, I'd recommend watching this after. You might get a bit teary at 28:52 though.
yes the book is incredibly moving at the end.
my favorite song , feeling the emotion for sure
I must read it, I heard Grant dropped Amanda from the group in a very 'matter of fact' manner she left him the next day i think he regretted it bitterly since and never quite got over her leaving him, so there you go, what did he expect I suppose , apart from that the boy was a genius
I saw the Go Betweens at Revesby Hotel in Sydney in about 89 or 90. Brilliant band and a great gig it was.
Bet they're glad they decided to do this DVD when they did. I know I am :D
Best video in RUclips for ever.
One of the few bands that were just as good when they reformed. Much missed
great gig , got the dvd years ago play it all the time , r.i.p grant :( .. robert continues to rock on :)
Great band.
Miss Grant.
What great memories :) Thanks for uploading this vid, Sinisa Lemic!
read the book by Robert Forster : Grant & I . Its great !!
read the book by Robert Forster : Grant & I . Its great !!
Triffids, Nick Cave and the Go-Betweens - when Australia ruled the sonic world.
True. Cool bands. I'd add the Church and Died Pretty to the list as well.
@@andrewksadventures
Wow...that's harsh...what about Ed? 😮
Um…huge omission here: INXS
Fucking nice songwriters. God bless Grant. Dammit.
Love Go-Betweens.
Awesome
infinite love
good concert R.I.P Grant McLennan.
An sadly missed band. RIP.
I love the song Streets of your Town.
read the book by Robert Forster : Grant & I . Its great !!
a superb read
15:00 Just bookmarking "Streets Of Your Town" for when I come back to it. Wish I had the opportunity to see them live.
April 27 or 28 in bendigo, the girls are doing 16 Lovers Lane for the last time
@@IanJessup1 I'm in the US. :(
Love, that’s all
32:32 I prefer this recording of Spring Rain to the original recorded version.
Great band, great music, beautiful people.. i liked The Go Betweens pre Wilsteed when Rob Vickers was on bass.. Grant and Robert perfect song writing couple.. though personally i'll always prefer The Triffids and music written by David McComb. For me Davids lyrics cut deeper. If there's an afterlife, i hope Grant and David caught up with each other.
Norma Nolan there is an eternal life & if u were a fan of these 2 they would want u there at the eternal party celebrations too. Seek Jesus. Grant was connecting the many. my free ebook #Called2Stand came about because of Grant passing. www.goyathechurch.me/me/called2stand
rip
You almost wonder if Grant knew something was wrong. Somehow he doesn't seem at full strength here. Still a fantastic show. So sorry he's gone.
+Henry Miller I was thinking the same thing
Was this poor old Grant McLennan's last concert? :-( It's so good to see him here like this if nothing else. :-) Which is not to diminish Robert Forster's contribution by any means, as one would have to be sure is how Grant McLennan would have wanted it.
Was this poor old Grant McLennan's last concert? :-( It's so good to see
him here like this if nothing else. :-) Which is not to diminish Robert
Forster's contribution by any means, as one would have to be sure is
how Grant McLennan would have wanted it.
Poor old Grant McLennan? Sure, he died young (not so young as his father), but... I wanna be Grant McLennan!
Sure there was something wrong with him. Obviously far too much drinking, depressions, smoking (read "Grant and I" by Robert Forster). If you live like that you cannot expect to have a long life. But he was a great songwriter like his friend Robert (whom I adore even a bit more). They were great live, too. I saw them as support of Lloyd Cole in Cologne in the early ninetees. The only time ever that people were not waiting for the main act but just listened to them - they could have played for hours...Lloyd was good, too. So, in total this was one of the best concerts I have ever seen.The Go-Betweens are no more but their music is still there. And don't miss to see Robert live whenever you can. He's today better then ever.
It's great to have this of course, but I am a bit nonplussed at some of the song choices: no "Quiet Heart", "Dive for Your Memory", nothing from "Before Hollywood" (maybe "That Way" would have worked). I don't there is anything from "Tallulah" either ("Bye Bye Pride" would have been good), no "Bachelor Kisses" either. Hmm. Maybe due to the four-piece set-up, I guess. Maybe I'm just an old c*nt but does anyone really want to hear the solo stuff or so-called Go Betweens albums made after "Lovers Lane"?
I would have thrown in 'To reach me,' 'Right here' and 'Spirit' for good effect but you cant put in everything
john Schumann and from red gum should get together both his and im only nineteen are legendary songs
Where is Cleopatra wong?
good concert R.I.P Grant McLennan.
Where is Cleopatra wong?
rip
After living in Brisbane for a few years , theres ONE thing I learned that you DONT ever mention in Brisbane............. "I came from Sydney" ................. EVERYONE around you will be "different" from that day on!
Was this poor old Grant McLennan's last concert? :-( It's so good to see him here like this if nothing else. :-) Which is not to diminish Robert Forster's contribution by any means, as one would have to be sure is how Grant McLennan would have wanted it.
Too much of one good thing.
Where is Lindy Morrison?
+Matt Amery keep up
Answer the question, please! Don't resort merely to being a smart-arse about it. Where is Lindy Morrison? I don't know.
wurlyjig she's long gone at this stage
they shafted her
Lindy Morrison and Amanda Brown were sacked in 1990. The band was always loved by their fans, but the problem was there wasn't enough of them. Their 1988 album 16 Lovers Lane should have been a huge seller, but after a year touring it they barely were hanging on financially. They finally got some financial success with their last album released in 2005, Oceans Apart, but unfortunately Grant only hsd one year to enjoy it. Their music will always be with me.
A little of folk a little of Talking Heads.
They should've kept Lindy! Great set though.
@RUclips OfficialInteresting, I haven't heard that.
@RUclips Official Having known the band from their early days, I also saw them on their first London tour.
I think it's easy to cast dispersion from afar without really knowing.
Rob was easily the most difficult to connect with, which doesn't mean he didn't have a special relationship with Grant.
I think much of the latter line up had to do with a distinct effort in trying to move away from the 'darlings' of the press and really trying to make inroads into a commercially successful career. (Alas, that still never really happened). And so what happened behind closed doors I suspect only the band members really know about.
The combination of styles between Rob Grant will ensue that their music lasts well into the future.
And it's great reading through some of the comments and seeing that they continue to get newer fans.
Cheers. 🎶🎶🎶
@RUclips Official Interesting reading, thanks for the reply. 😎
We all know how the rumour mill swings hard in the industry & perhaps by the time you were looking to recruit a drummer, it was nigh on all over.
No doubt many rumours stem from facts, so I'm not doubting you here. Just as you say...Lindy wasn't the main reason for disbanding.
Are you still in the music industry (band context?).
Wow time flies...and jjj certainly isn't what it used to be, which is a loss to many local artists.
I'd have thought they might play some Goon Sax. I don't think any of their albums have raised a mention, not that I listen religiously. I specifically thought "We're not talking", was one of the better albums of 2018 & had a sound that would work well with what they were playing/promoting. But, that's an entirely different convo.
Cheers. 🎶🎶🎶
No two wimps and a witch; no Go Betweens.
Amanda and Lindy missed
They were problematic. That’s why they were fired. It’s all about Robert and Grant. 😊
What year Grant McLennan die??
6 May 2006, I'm ashamed to admit, I had to look that up.
I was so bummed when I read about it. Horsebreaker Star is one of my favorite albums ever by anyone.
Never heard of them before must have had poor marketing one of them sounds a bit like a member of Prefab Sprout.
Stop commenting and delete your account please.
@@clvrswine what you talking about
The antonym to Artificial Intelligence? Artificial Moron. John Moron.... What a stupid comment
With you there mate, but as they say there's no accounting for taste.
I'd like to thank the Australian people for some great music by the likes of The Triffids, Hunters and Collectors, That Petrol Emotion and Nick Cave . Unfortunately you can't hit a home run every time you bat cause these guys suck!
That Petrol Emotion are 'pre-Transportation' Australians Kev - mostly from Derry in Ireland and the singer from the States. Agree with ye on all that great Aussie music - but beg to differ on the last bit.