This guy should be remembered as one of the greats, and only about 5% of music lovers recognize his achievements.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:09 (seventeen years ago) link
4th martini coming up.
― Jim M (jmcgaw), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
5th martini coming up.
― Jim M (jmcgaw), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― pleased to mitya (mitya), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:18 (seventeen years ago) link
What a horrible fuckin' day.
― Jim M (jmcgaw), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link
An actual genius. Not many that can be said about. RIP.
― Ally C (Ally C), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link
6th martini coming up.....
― Jim M (jmcgaw), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:32 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, Pontiac, MI at the 7th House. I remember it really vividly.
This completely sucks. Grant was what, only 48? Awful.
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Our relationship’s changing all the time. We’re still discovering its magnitude. Any successful relationship requires a lot of give and take. If the spotlight’s on your partner instead of you, you learn to accept it. We’ve seen famous bands where they’re all friends break up, and it’s sad. We’re passed that point, though. We’re concerned with the greater good. Certainly in the ‘80s, when we faced a lot of commercial pressure—to write hit singles and so forth—it’s a bad situation for two songwriters, and was not good for our friendship. But the peak is still there, and we’re looking for new ones.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:55 (seventeen years ago) link
Just out of curiosity, how big were they in Australia?
― pleased to mitya (mitya), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Saturday, 6 May 2006 22:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 6 May 2006 23:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― drone/a/sore (drone/a/sore), Saturday, 6 May 2006 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― drone/a/sore (drone/a/sore), Saturday, 6 May 2006 23:19 (seventeen years ago) link
grant seemed to have a way of opening up his mouthand singing instant choruseshed plucked outta the etherwords flew to himhe walk with melodies at his beck n call
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 6 May 2006 23:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Saturday, 6 May 2006 23:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 6 May 2006 23:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 6 May 2006 23:43 (seventeen years ago) link
i somehow fanangled my way into seeing him at urbis orbis in chicago about 12 years ago now, opening for...are you ready for this?... Jewel. there was a line through the coffee shop to the door before the door opened. he played solo accoustic and put on an incredible show -- the song i most remember is "haven't i been a fool", which remains my favorite from him probably because of the performance. the crowd (geez, maybe 75?) was so respectful, hardly a whisper uttered during any of the songs. it was gorgeous.
after a standing ovation, 90% of the crowd got up to leave. i remember Jewel, who took the floor very quickly, was reduced literally begging "please don't go!"
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Saturday, 6 May 2006 23:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Velvet Overlord (The Velvet Overlord), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:25 (seventeen years ago) link
G.W : Where I grew up there is an annual picnic race meeting where the people from the surrounding cattle stations come and race their horses and relax. Whenever I'm there I get asked to play some songs but I find it really difficult because I don't know any of the songs they like. If I play my own, especially the early ones, they say "do you know any with a tune?" (much laughter)
N.C : I'd love to be able to play guitar and be able to sing, to stand on the back of a truck or around the campfire and entertain people in that way. I can't do that, unfortunately.
G.W : You could if you wanted to. You used to have an old guitar in London which I wrote "Cattle and Cane" on.
N.C : So that's why I could never write anything on it.
G.W : I ruined it for you. Did I steal its only tune? I'll give you a credit next time I see my publisher.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Momus (Momus), Sunday, 7 May 2006 00:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― mike a, Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:12 (seventeen years ago) link
Very sad news, this.
― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:35 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm so glad that I saw the G-Bs play live last year.
― Bring Me The Head of ESTEBAN BUTTEZ (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Sunday, 7 May 2006 01:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 7 May 2006 02:17 (seventeen years ago) link
-- "Dusty in Here"
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 7 May 2006 02:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 7 May 2006 02:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dee Xtrovert (dee dee), Sunday, 7 May 2006 02:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 7 May 2006 02:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― TRG (TRG), Sunday, 7 May 2006 03:11 (seventeen years ago) link
Haha, yeah, I was there too, great show. Shit, this is awful news, I'm heartbroken.
― TRG (TRG), Sunday, 7 May 2006 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Guymauve (Guymauve), Sunday, 7 May 2006 03:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― gem (trisk), Sunday, 7 May 2006 06:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Sunday, 7 May 2006 07:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― mentalist (mentalist), Sunday, 7 May 2006 07:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Sunday, 7 May 2006 07:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Sunday, 7 May 2006 08:28 (seventeen years ago) link
ABC-TV (Aus) evening news just reported his death as the 3rd or 4th story. Which was pleasantly surprising. Many viewers of a certain age probably stopped chewing their dinner, even if he wasn't a household name...
― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Sunday, 7 May 2006 08:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― mentalist (mentalist), Sunday, 7 May 2006 08:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― zeus (zeus), Sunday, 7 May 2006 09:03 (seventeen years ago) link
Put '16 Lovers Lane' on at work on Friday and listened to it all the way through - I rarely do that with any album these days. Very, very sad news indeed.
― wombatX (wombatX), Sunday, 7 May 2006 09:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Not in every state! Didn't get a mention on ABC News down my way.
― Bring Me The Head of ESTEBAN BUTTEZ (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Sunday, 7 May 2006 09:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― David Orton (scarlet), Sunday, 7 May 2006 09:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Beautiful tribute
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 6 May 2016 14:12 (seven years ago) link
That tribute gig looks great. Can't believe it's been 10 years.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 6 May 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
I'm afraid to wear my Grant McLennan t-shirt anymore because I don't want it to fade.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 May 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
Lovely piece here
https://medium.com/@RyanMaffei/gentlemanly-melancholy-7ff32d02763f#.8ssrq56xz
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 May 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
The best of Forser and McLennan's solo work.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 02:42 (six years ago) link
Is the book ever coming out in the US?
― Barkis Garvey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 03:12 (six years ago) link
Steve Kilbey's compiled and selling 3 hours of Jack Frost performance and interview footage as a download via his Facebook. $20 bucks. Grabbing it in the morning as I imagine it'll be perfect accompaniment to early Xmas Day wine drinking and vegetating.
― So, This Leaked (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 06:02 (five years ago) link
I love this strummy alubm.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 April 2020 00:24 (four years ago) link
*album even
Fifteen years.
Robert Forster remembers:
https://www.facebook.com/robertforsterofficial/posts/202652301677146
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 May 2021 03:39 (two years ago) link
Fifteen years since I wept at the passing of someone whom I didn't know personally. I now understand that I was grieving the end of the source of so much of the music that both defined and enhanced my youth. RIP Grant. Your songs were good company.
― doug watson, Thursday, 6 May 2021 10:28 (two years ago) link
Coincidentally, I just bought his double album Horsebreaker Star after looking for it for a very long time. (It's not hard to find outside of the U.S., but I wanted a reasonable price for it since the U.S.-only single-disc version goes for peanuts, and I've been told that all but one of the excised cuts aren't really missed. I still wanted the original version though.)
I didn't listen to the Go-Betweens until well after Grant passed. Love them, wish I saw Grant and Robert on-stage when I had the chance.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
Happy birthday.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 February 2023 23:10 (one year ago) link