I opened a notebook, it read The Darlinghurst YearsI snapped it shut but out jumped some tearsI didn't have to read it, it all came backDragging my fingers through my hairHiding behind her back
Gut rot cappuccino, gut rot spaghettiGut rot rock'n'roll through the eyes of Frank BrunettiAnd always the traffic, always the lightsJoe played the cello through thoseDarlinghurst Nights
One more coffee and I must goBack to my room more chapters to goWe'll meet up in an alley with more places I know
I'm going to change my appearance everydayI'm going to write a movie and then I'm going to starin a playI'm going to go to Caracas because you know I'mjust going to have to get away
Marjorie and Kim, Andy and Clint, Debbie, Bertie, people came and wentAnd then there was Suzie who we never ever saw again
And always the traffic always the lightsClimbing that hill star studded nightsJoe played the cello
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
I mean, that's what I love (on ONE of the things I love) about the Go-betweens right there -- a perfect depiction of how memories creep up on you, how you're always living with your past even if you don't realize it.
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
"or ONE" is what I meant
im gonna put my head on the chopping block and admit that this is my fave go betweens album
― Michael B, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
i was thinking about the music, i didn't listen to the words.
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
well, sure, "Darlinghurst" is pretty straightforward musically ... this whole album is that way, isn't it?
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
hot diggity, nice poll idea! haven't heard this in a few months but taking "Lavendar" this time. they were so fuh-reaking sublime on this tour (my one GOB's show).
― outdoor_miner, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
I finally said to hell with it and voted "No Reason to Cry."
― Matos W.K., Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Darlinghurst Nights" is still the best song about Darlinghurst (Paul Kelly's "Darling, It Hurts" is just rubbish).
― King Boy on Parole (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
Hey, often I think so too!
Also: alex is RONG about "Darlinghurst Nights." The whole point of the song is how the Go-Be's find a musical correlative for how the meditation gives way to a flood of memories.
― Anatomy of a Morbius (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
i picked 'lavender' but it could have been any of them except 'the statue'. love the clockwork reggae and the line 'shes got tasmania...in her head'.
― Michael B, Thursday, 13 August 2009 22:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 23:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 23:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
potential 'GO BETWEEN BRIDGE'
in recognition of the Brisbane band the Go-Betweens and the link over the river
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/the-gobetweens-bridge-20090902-f7pc.html
lol brisbane
― wilter, Thursday, 3 September 2009 01:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
aw <3
― mince lice (electricsound), Thursday, 3 September 2009 01:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
you can vote at www.namethatbridge.com
― Simon H., Thursday, 3 September 2009 01:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
done!
― mince lice (electricsound), Thursday, 3 September 2009 01:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
you're a statuenothiiiing can hurt you
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Finding You
― that's not my post, Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:03 PM (2 years ago)
Still love this one.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 19 May 2012 04:19 (1 year ago) Permalink