saw this thread as "cattle and cane" came on. weird.
― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 19:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Hard to believe it's been more than a year since McLennan's death.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, memories are funny. I recall a schoolboy... wait, no, I recall sitting with Martin and he's EXTREMELY modest about the quality of his work. His best is on the same level as Grant and Roberts.
― Mr. Odd, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_nn90p-tIg
what a pretty song. though, sometimes i forget how awful and pointless so many mid-1980s videos were.
― amateurist, Saturday, 24 October 2009 02:18 (fourteen years ago) link
The song that introduced me to the Go-Be's. I don't get why this song is called overproduced; to me there's just enough reverb on the guitar hook, synth, and vocal to give it that nuevo Orbison vibe.
― lihaperäpukamat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 24 October 2009 02:21 (fourteen years ago) link
From an interview with one of the guys from No Age on Pfork this morning, regarding new album influences:
Pitchfork: Is there any brighter, more poppy music you have been listening to lately that might be having an influence?RR: Yeah, actually. The Go-Betweens have been on rotation. They have a really interesting sort of sound collage. That and this band Disco Inferno have been two references for us in a lot of ways. There's a fun-ness in there. Disco Inferno is really heavily sample-based, but still has this pop element. There's this record D.I. Go Pop that I have been listening to a lot during the creation of this.
RR: Yeah, actually. The Go-Betweens have been on rotation. They have a really interesting sort of sound collage. That and this band Disco Inferno have been two references for us in a lot of ways. There's a fun-ness in there. Disco Inferno is really heavily sample-based, but still has this pop element. There's this record D.I. Go Pop that I have been listening to a lot during the creation of this.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
That's interesting .... Haven't really been nuts about the No Age I've heard, but a Go-B's influence would be welcome! Hey if you're wondering what the latter day go-betweens were all about, my friend put together a best of the 2000s mix of the band over yonder .... http://ow.ly/11qAR ... it's very good!
― tylerw, Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:07 (fourteen years ago) link
We're doing this, on Sunday afternoon, in London:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gGTkjs7tinQ/UVyLUBUzysI/AAAAAAAAApk/bNVaRQXFd68/s320/Grant+McLennan+tribute.jpg
Details here: http://hangoverlounge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-third-annual-grant-mclennan-tribute.html
― Tim, Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:29 (ten years ago) link
Would go to this but I'll probably be watching a lot of football, should be ashamed of myself
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:35 (ten years ago) link
One of my fave t-shirts:
http://www.gobetweensstore.co.uk/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/mclennanT-large.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:55 (ten years ago) link
man i would so go to that hangover lounge thing if i lived in london. i don't even know what it is but I'd go! was just listening to a pretty wild bootleg of the trio go-Bs from 1982. kind of amazing they made tallulah a couple years later -- this thing is spikey as hell.
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 May 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
I actually prefer the earlier work, especially Before Hollywood, over the late '80s stuff like 16 Lovers Lane. I dunno, I just find a track like 'A Bad Debt Follows You', with its spiky guitars and shifting time signatures, much more interesting than the U2-isms of 'Quiet Heart'.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 2 May 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
"Quiet Heart" only sounds like U2 because of "With or Without You."
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 May 2013 21:22 (ten years ago) link
The female harmonies in Streets Of Your Town are the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. Beyond that, I dig Spring Rain because of that guitar riff that's in Kingpin that I spent 10 years trying to identify. That's about it for me though.
― kaleb h. (Everything You Like Sucks), Thursday, 2 May 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
Hey, don't ruin "Quiet Heart" for me by making a U2 association!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 2 May 2013 23:16 (ten years ago) link
feel like i've heard Forster say that song started out as a jesus and mary chain thing?
― tylerw, Friday, 3 May 2013 04:07 (ten years ago) link
My fav T-shirt ever. http://www.gobetweensstore.co.uk/products/hammert-large.jpg
― Jazzbo, Friday, 3 May 2013 11:20 (ten years ago) link
where the streets of your town have no name
i don't get the u2 thing at all, but yes i would love to hear more spiky guitar go-betweens a la man o'sand to girl o'sea
― dschinghis kraan (NickB), Friday, 3 May 2013 11:27 (ten years ago) link
Every line in "Quiet Heart" reverberates ("We're trying hard to keep this warmth in"). Plus: harmonica solo instead of guitar!
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 May 2013 11:30 (ten years ago) link
http://damienpower.com.au/2013/04/spleen-archives-grant-mclennan-interview/coincidence not
― MatthewK, Friday, 3 May 2013 12:27 (ten years ago) link
Well, our Third Annual Grant McLennan Tribute Day was a proper treat, not least (but not only) because Robert Forster showed up and treated us to a couple of songs. Amazing.
― Tim, Sunday, 5 May 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
oh wow! that's fucking great!
― dschinghis kraan (NickB), Sunday, 5 May 2013 21:29 (ten years ago) link
Is Robert coming out with a new album anytime soon? "The Evangelist" was his greatest work.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 5 May 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
that's awesome re: robert showing up...maybe he's in London recording?
― tylerw, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link
Would go to great lengths to see him play.
― Mule, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
"The Evangelist" was his greatest work.
sure is
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 May 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link
i'd say it's neck and neck with danger in the past in terms of his solo work, but that is high praise from me.
― tylerw, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link
Forster video at Hangover lounge blog
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 May 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
I love The Evangelist, one of the most moving albums I've ever heard. Would love another album soon.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 04:37 (ten years ago) link
Tylerw, apparently he played in Barcelona on Saturday night and then took an early flight (without sleep) to London to be at our event. Not sure how long he's planning to stay, but I haven't heard that he's playing any shows here. We were all extremely thrilled that he was there, as you can probably imagine. There were a bunch of his old friends around on the day, including (coincidentally) Mick Harvey, who was played a show in the same room that evening.
― Tim, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 08:17 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKxhevymXVM
― yuoowemeone, Sunday, 5 January 2014 10:31 (ten years ago) link
Soothing, comforting, reflective. Just lovely. Especially today.
― Mule, Sunday, 5 January 2014 11:04 (ten years ago) link
Waking up this morning to that video. Thank you.
― doug watson, Sunday, 5 January 2014 11:22 (ten years ago) link
A+
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 5 January 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU-RsLRICX4
― yuoowemeone, Thursday, 28 August 2014 09:42 (nine years ago) link
thanks, i had forgotten how good that song was. one if those few tunes which touch something deep inside. that chord sequence is magic indeed. it has got this melancholic feel, i think it encapsulates a wisdom about the transience of life. and if you think about the early disappearance of grant mclennan, it even gets more under your skin.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
McLennan's harmonies on the original are beautiful -- it's as much a song about male friendship as it is a romance.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
i was thinking recently about how the go-betweens might be the only group that reunited after a long period where i wouldn't necessarily prefer a concert without post-reunion material to a concert with post-reunion material. Really wish that I could, too.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
Mclennan's tunes on 16 immediately grabbed me but Forster's seemed more rewarding long term
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
yep. I think McLennan peaked as a Go-Be on Tallullah.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
I think McLennan's four solo albums are packed with great stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 13:20 (nine years ago) link
Agreed, particularly Horsebreaker Star. I meant as a Go-Be though. "Streets of Your Town" and "Quiet Heart" aside, the 16LL stuff is mushy.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
Has anyone seen this? Supposedly released last month (http://www.go-betweens.net/news.htm).http://www.go-betweens.net/images/GBboxs.jpg
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
mysterious! seems like the people over on the go betweens message board don't know much either -- don't think it's actually out though.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
Box set coming in a couple of weeks. I'm very curious about the unreleased stuff on the CDs but honestly if it's all like "78-79 The Lost Album" it's not much more than a curiosity.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
i don't know, i love that 78-79 material -- but it is kind of like an entirely different band in a lot of ways. wish i could afford this thing! anyone seen any awesome deals on it?
― tylerw, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
Is there much unreleased stuff? My nearest Go-Betweens expert told me that there was very little.
― Tim, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
I thought the Jetset doubles ten years ago took care of unreleased material.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 January 2015 17:26 (nine years ago) link
Ah, I've looked it up now; four CDs of rare, hard to-find and unreleased material apparently. I imagine when he said "there's nothing new", he meant new to him.
― Tim, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
Rare and hard to find if you don't have the previous reissues, probably.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 January 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
also on the list of luminaries destroyed by historical excess despite getting their shit together, Rowland S Howard. His death still hurts.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 30 June 2023 01:16 (nine months ago) link
Robert seems to have launched a cereal called Spring Grain and it's not a joke
https://www.facebook.com/robertforsterofficial/posts/pfbid0XR9dC1XNxupnYrji7xdBxkMsWokhJzgXAJ4JHuA1QBbCUbiwMjYTRsnffYyfJfYLl
― Alba, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 13:25 (nine months ago) link
I am going to the launch event on Thursday morning and will report back.
― Piedie Gimbel, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 13:32 (nine months ago) link
I began eating muesli in my late teens. I loved the milky mixture of oats and grains and sultanas – and knowing it was good for me. Through the years as muesli became more mainstream, I noticed my morning bowl was becoming more colourful and sweeter. A time came when my doctor and dieticians told me my breakfast was no longer good for my long-term health. The exotic pieces of dried fruit were pushing up my sugar levels. The nuts lurking in the dried fruit were harming my teeth. Something had to change.I looked for a simpler, tastier, gentler product on the shelves, but I couldn’t find it. What was I looking for? I knew organic wholegrain oats were important. I knew a sprinkle of coconut would be good. Ground sunflower and linseeds were super healthy. A strategically placed sultana would be divine. I remembered Amaranth puffs, the South American superfood. And ground Brazil Nuts, rich in the health-preserving mineral Selenium – every nutritionist recommended them. I mixed these ingredients in my kitchen like an inspired scientist. Until I got what I wanted. The magic mix. Spring Grain.Now here’s the genius part. It’s your muesli. I’m giving you the basics, a cereal that works beautifully by itself. However, if you want to augment your muesli experience you can. Add half a chopped pear one day. A handful of berries the next. The corporations aren’t sweetening your muesli – you are. Add your chosen milk. And as a final treat, perhaps a loving spoonful of natural yoghurt on top. How will it taste? Just like Spring Grain.
I looked for a simpler, tastier, gentler product on the shelves, but I couldn’t find it. What was I looking for? I knew organic wholegrain oats were important. I knew a sprinkle of coconut would be good. Ground sunflower and linseeds were super healthy. A strategically placed sultana would be divine. I remembered Amaranth puffs, the South American superfood. And ground Brazil Nuts, rich in the health-preserving mineral Selenium – every nutritionist recommended them. I mixed these ingredients in my kitchen like an inspired scientist. Until I got what I wanted. The magic mix. Spring Grain.
Now here’s the genius part. It’s your muesli. I’m giving you the basics, a cereal that works beautifully by itself. However, if you want to augment your muesli experience you can. Add half a chopped pear one day. A handful of berries the next. The corporations aren’t sweetening your muesli – you are. Add your chosen milk. And as a final treat, perhaps a loving spoonful of natural yoghurt on top. How will it taste? Just like Spring Grain.
https://robertforsterspringgrain.tmstor.es/product/117976
― devvvine, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 13:49 (nine months ago) link
delivery cost makes this a bit rich for my blood sadly
― devvvine, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 13:53 (nine months ago) link
This is great. My breakfast these days is mostly steel cut oatmeal with nuts and fat-free yogurt so I would definitely get this.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 17:25 (nine months ago) link
Pick me up in pieces, I'm scattered and brokenSlow, slow muesli
― fetter, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 18:17 (nine months ago) link
In development: Bachelor Knishes
― fetter, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 18:22 (nine months ago) link
I got as far as "falling down like wheat" before I gave up trying to Weird Al it
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 08:26 (nine months ago) link
dude like his breakfast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV-mi0bFpaI
― buzza, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 08:58 (nine months ago) link
Draining the Bowl for You
Was There Anything I Could Chew?
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 09:36 (nine months ago) link
Wheats of Your Town
― John Donne In Concert (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 09:44 (nine months ago) link
Head Full of Cream (of Wheat)
― Piedie Gimbel, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 10:42 (nine months ago) link
and their steel-cut oats, their lovely steel-cut oatsthe Clarke sisters
― henry s, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 13:03 (nine months ago) link
Cattle and Grain
― Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 13:39 (nine months ago) link
Sorry, doesn’t work, too close to the original
I can't wait to see if my Amaranth's accepted
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 13:53 (nine months ago) link
Graining The Pool For You
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 17:09 (nine months ago) link
er, Graining The Bowl For You
But that makes the song all the more viable for advertising - they missed their chance to cash-in with Quaker Oats!
Joking aside, it's strange how old white guys are like the go-to face for breakfast grains now, between the Quaker dude, the late Wilford Brimley, Bob's Red Mill and now Robert.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 19:06 (nine months ago) link