It's hard to choose between the second and sixth albums. And Oceans Apart is their best album.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
my favorite switches around a lot — I think right now I'm in a Tallulah zone.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
Goon Sax is a very bad Australian pun that reads even worse overseas
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
Before Hollywood is my favorite as wellGoon Sax is fun!
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
i usually return to liberty belle, but only because all the songs on 16 lovers lane are so familiar.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 23 August 2018 03:12 (five years ago) link
I think my order would be something like this:
Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond ExpressTallulah The Friends Of Rachel Worth Spring Hill Fair Oceans Apart Before Hollywood Bright Yellow Bright Orange 16 Lovers LaneSend Me A Lullaby
There's not much between two and six. They're all so solid.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 23 August 2018 03:40 (five years ago) link
78-79: The Lost Album would be up there for me if that counts
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 23 August 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
still haven't seen that recent go-bs documentary ... looks like it's just AUS/NZ DVD at the moment? >:(
― tylerw, Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
No Go-Betweens LP without a double l in the title counts.
― Tim, Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
gosh just IMAGINE having to order a record or DVD from overseas because that’s where the band is fromluckily nobody in Australia has ever had to do that, for anything
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
haha, well, the DVD won't play on my DVD player. that's what i meant, mate.
― tylerw, Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
australian DVDs spin in the opposite direction than in the US iirc
― tylerw, Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
Like the water going down the plughole.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
take it to the gay thread, sailor
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
imagine being the comfortable beneficiary of such cultural exceptionalism that you bought a region-locked DVD player :)
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 23 August 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
ok
― tylerw, Thursday, 23 August 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
Release date here for the documentary is late November. Trailer
https://vimeo.com/251353828
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 October 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
(Though a second check -- this may be a UK release date only, but hopefully US too.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 October 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
There are showings of it on in Edinburgh this week: https://www.filmhousecinema.com/showing/go-betweens-right-hereIf things pan out I'll be seeing it on Wednesday.
― treefell, Monday, 15 October 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
I'm really hoping crustaceanrebelisback is still around to give us a detailed analysis of the new volume of "G Stands For Go-Betweens"!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 7 December 2019 03:35 (four years ago) link
The double live LP in the 2nd box is soooooo goooooood. Really annoyed i missed the 1st box as this one is wonderful and a really high quality PHYSICAL PRODUCT.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
also I got one of Grant's books included - Sackville-West's St Joan Of Arc which his inscription inside says he bought in 82 and it smells of every second hand book store in history
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
FYI, if you missed out on the 1st box set, they're considering a re-press, but they're trying to gauge how many people will buy before they commit:
https://www.facebook.com/gobetweens/photos/a.215887108489598/3563926360352306/
"Happy New Year everyone... good afternoon and good morning, depending on your geo-location. 😏
"We hope everyone has had a happy and safe holiday season. While we're hard at work on Volume 3 of "G Stands For Go-Betweens," we wanted revisit the possibility of a final repressing of Volume 1.
"While making no guarantees, we are entertaining the notion of doing a final re-press of the first volume. We know there's some demand out there but it would be good to get a picture of just how much. Unfortunately, these box sets are not inexpensive to make and between things like Brexit and COVID-19 getting increasingly so.
"We don't want to go down the whole road of Kickstarter/Pledge type thing, but there's a bare minimum we would need to sell to comfortably reach to make it a worthwhile endeavor. So, we're taking an informal poll here to see just how much more demand there might be. So, simply reply below if you would be 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 interested in a future purchase if we were to proceed"
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 06:22 (three years ago) link
Listening to Mirror II , Goon Sax 2021 album with Robert Forster's son Louis. It's ok
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
some of it is quite bad -- the singing, the chord changes
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
i definitely didn't like their second one as much as the first, but it has its moments. feels like they probably have a great album on the horizon? I almost respect the insanely out of tune singing on a few tracks, haha.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
I think it's great...like you, I find the out of tuneness on some of the tracks endearing and an interesting contrast to the more conventional tracks on it.
If you've listened to GBV, Sebadoh, Flying Nun etc it's not hard to wrap to wrap your head around.
― yugi ex, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
I do get "In the Stone" stuck in my head once a week.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
i like "the chance" a lot
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
Don’t think I noticed this before:https://www.facebook.com/othermusicdoc/videos/the-go-betweens-bachelor-kisses-live-at-other-music-6799/1505476926304698/
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 September 2022 22:12 (one year ago) link
Also, where did Spring Hill Fair go in the streaming world?
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 September 2022 22:20 (one year ago) link
xp - i saw them right around this time in NYC (not sure why i didn't go to this in-store) and it's still one of the best shows I've ever seen.
― tylerw, Monday, 5 September 2022 22:56 (one year ago) link
Did Robert Vickers join for a few numbers?
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 September 2022 23:38 (one year ago) link
I saw them in NYC too but my feeling is that it was a year or so earlier.
good band imo
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 September 2022 23:45 (one year ago) link
First time I’ve heard you say that
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 September 2022 23:49 (one year ago) link
j/k
Vickers played with them for “head full of steam” — maybe something else? It was at the Fez, definitely summer of 99.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 September 2022 02:31 (one year ago) link
Sounds about right.
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 02:44 (one year ago) link
I seem to remember some amusing banter of Robert’s referring to “another string in his bow,” can’t remember who or what he was talking about, maybe it was “my bow.” Song selection was really good, couldn’t tell you what it was though.
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 02:47 (one year ago) link
That video link says something about a Mercury Lounge show.
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 02:48 (one year ago) link
The one I saw, was it the Fez? It was downstairs, but feels like maybe it was at Acme.
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 02:49 (one year ago) link
It's the only Go-Betweens record on hoopla, under Rhino/Warner Brothers.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 6 September 2022 02:51 (one year ago) link
Founds some reviews but they are only of the show at The Mercury Lounge.https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/11/movies/pop-review-challenges-and-magic-in-a-reunion-of-a-duo.htmlhttp://www.robertchristgau.com/u/cd/music/scgobet-99.php
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 02:59 (one year ago) link
Okay, The Fez was Saturday, June 26th, 1999. Will Rigby joined them for a few times too, it seems.
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 03:08 (one year ago) link
The musicians that just came to watch were all at the earlier Mercury Lounge show.
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 03:10 (one year ago) link
If it hasn’t been mentioned already, Tracey Thorn has a book about about her friendship with Go-Betweens drummer Lindsey Morris. Guardian review here.
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 04:32 (one year ago) link
^ Thanks for reminding me. Finally reserved a local library's copy!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 6 September 2022 12:49 (one year ago) link
I hope it's not hyperbole to claim there isn't another memoir like it.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 12:56 (one year ago) link
You're talking about the Tracey Thorn memoir, and not the Robert Forster one again?
― When Harpo Played His ARP (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 14:25 (one year ago) link