I used to drink with Grant at a bar in Brisbane called Rics in the late 90s. He was a REAL gentleman. He was incredibly well read, and a very gentle, unassuming man. I had spent quite a few sessions on the piss with him, before finally asking him: "what do you do?" He looked at me shyly, and said: "Umm.. I do Music." Such a modest man. And such a fantastic ear for a melody. I will never forget GW McLennan.
@dermot51
5 жыл бұрын
Grant was genius songwriter , say no more
@JohnCran
4 жыл бұрын
That's Brizzie for you 2 degrees of separation. Not long after Grant left us (bastard) I was at a party and the usual cohort was there and I was talking to Johnathan Midgley about Grants passing and Johnathan blurts out that he was Godfather to either Grant or Roberts kids (I'm not sure and unfortunately I can no longer ask Johnathan which one Vale you vague wonderful man). See 2 degrees of separation...
@vitaminsminerals9708
4 жыл бұрын
I met Robert Forster in STA travel opposite King George Square circa 1991. I was so gaga i was a dick. He was cool ofcourse
@Meandgenevieve
2 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool. I'm a Sydneysider. I bought Before Hollywood when it came out, one of my top five Aussie albums forever. Saw them live just after Spring Hill Fair was released, at my local pub, was able to walk home. Later worked with Amanda at Woollhara Library. One of the best bands.
@frasermacmillan5940
2 жыл бұрын
Wow James did you come to Livid Festival too… haha god Rics that takes me back as well.
@shellbbach
12 жыл бұрын
I was driving through the bush in 1994 when I first heard this song - clear night, stars everywhere and the stark trees of the WA hills around me with not another soul in sight. It was the first time I ever felt Australian. It still makes me feel Australian.
@allenpavo
2 жыл бұрын
Rad
@DJKinney
Жыл бұрын
Sounds made up.
@glendenehall-xv9jv
Жыл бұрын
My favourite song of all time.
@RoxUniverse
8 ай бұрын
I’m a native Californian, but I’ve been singing & playing Grant McLennans songs forever. He once ate dinner with me in la Luna & we only spoke in poems. Here’s to Paul Kelly too, he also makes me feel Australian, even though I only lived there from 1988-1991, I drove across the Nulaboor plain and performed everywhere there was love ❤
@CJARCHIVES
16 жыл бұрын
A band doesn't have to ever have "Made it Big" to be loved by those who had the pleasure of discovering them.
@frasermacmillan5940
2 жыл бұрын
The fact that they haven’t only makes it better to be one of the chosen, select few enlightened by them.
@allbottledup9513
Жыл бұрын
@@frasermacmillan5940On one hand, you wish they had achieved more success. They deserved it. On the other, I agree. It’s like having a special place no one knows about that you go to, the fact that nobody else knows and that its “yours” in a way makes it all the more special.
@Mcklusky12341
Ай бұрын
Arguably one of besh Australian songs ever!!
@styxcreek
9 жыл бұрын
No chorus, strange time signature, such an unusual and beautiful song.
@TimmyTickle
3 жыл бұрын
@Patrick Names It isn’t until the last minute of the song that Lindy seems to play separately from the rest of the band
@anthonymcglinch7503
3 жыл бұрын
@Patrick Names old comment, I know, but for reference, Wikipedia page says it's a bar of five, a bar of two and a bar of four for eleven beats total. Checks out when I tap it with my fingers.
@chrisb1953
16 жыл бұрын
The drummer, Lindy Morrison, is my son's teacher at TAFE on musical copyright law.
@ritadmn3824
3 жыл бұрын
Wow. That would have been exciting.
@jamiew1664
3 жыл бұрын
She’s also currently on an insurance advert
@geetee8154
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the APIA ad.
@jamiew1664
3 жыл бұрын
@@geetee8154 that’s right! And she drums at home in the advert!!
@demisecphuket
3 жыл бұрын
Probably made more cash from the advert than the Go Betweens.
@rowena13
12 жыл бұрын
I turn this song up in my little flat in London and dream of my home in Brissie :)
@leokimvideo
5 жыл бұрын
A song that breaks all the rules and works so well.
@floydgondolli7321
Жыл бұрын
It can't break rules that weren't invented yet
@themetr0gn0me
Жыл бұрын
@@floydgondolli7321 the sentiment "avoid writing in 5/4 + 2/4 + 4/4 if you want to succeed in Western popular music" certainly pre-dates this song.
@Thats-Cool-Thats-Trash
17 жыл бұрын
Listen to this song and tell me it doesn't bring tears to your eyes. Go ahead, tell me, you can't.
@dermot51
5 жыл бұрын
A simple cyclical chord structure followed by that wonderful ringing open G , beyond fantastic, brings you to another place, one of the best pop tunes ever written
@pvkoz8698
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, you won. I used to drive through burning cane fields driving around in Queensland in the late 70s and 80s. Some songs are just perfection. This is one of them.
@BeachyLFC83
17 жыл бұрын
Without doubt one of the best songs of all time
@demisecphuket
3 жыл бұрын
Really?
@BeachyLFC83
3 жыл бұрын
@@demisecphuket yes
@igorbuttos9044
2 жыл бұрын
Yup, I cant recall how many Rage programmers included it during the 90s
@allbottledup9513
Жыл бұрын
@@demisecphuketI’d say so. Top 100 for sure. I consider myself pretty damn snobby when it comes to music. Excellent writing, powerful emotion, flawless musicianship, and a catchy “hooky” melody. What more could you want?
@zlatkotonkovic8080
4 жыл бұрын
The song has become even more poignant for me as I get older. With my dad suffering dementia in his old age. Time waits for no one. Innocence lost. Then faint memories come back, but never quite sure whether they are real.
@culture_7015
4 жыл бұрын
neka je Bog s tobom
@ritadmn3824
3 жыл бұрын
The song evokes sentimental memories of the past.
@michelleperry6592
Жыл бұрын
They were big in my eyes as they were esoteric.
@mistalental
Жыл бұрын
Something so complex yet simplistically beautiful
@roybennett6330
4 жыл бұрын
A sad and beautiful song,loved overseas I'm told
@paulhastings3439
3 жыл бұрын
Simply the sound of Australia.
@petercifuentes2670
7 жыл бұрын
This song just brings tears to my eyes.......so beautiful
@xiancode3682
2 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful pop songs ever written. I know lots of people here think of Australia when they hear this song, but I think of growing up in southeast Texas, fields of cattle, fields of cane.
@oluckyman
5 жыл бұрын
Stone cold masterpiece.
@themillwall442
9 жыл бұрын
A classic Australian song. A song that picks up the imagery of this outstanding sprawling land. The best country on the planet. I LOVE THE GB for telling Aussies how great it is to live in the beautiful land of plenty. God Bless you Grant!
@bassage13
7 жыл бұрын
Nick Ireland I want to visit Australia someday. I think I would feel at home. I live in the U.S. in the desert southwest in the middle of Arizona. I love the desert and I think I would love Australia.
@dannymo2595
6 жыл бұрын
Yes a beautiful land with a terrible Stolen history
@MothraBlues
5 жыл бұрын
All offence, but I think you may've got mOzz confused with Unzudd there? Tho yess, your music IS (almosst) as good as ours (plz note: DON'T feed the Troll... LoL? Ahem!) jk - The Gobby Twins rock HARRDER than Ayers & Plymouth COMBYNED..! Pity they weren't Kiwis, izzall I'm sayin' - SLAPP! - tho I'm DAMN proud to say I mettem & shook their clever liddle hans when they came to ChurchChurch in the early '80s... ;-D
@KaneNormanHolahan
4 жыл бұрын
@@dannymo2595 thats rubbish
@dannymo2595
4 жыл бұрын
@@KaneNormanHolahan Aussie History For Dummies...have a great Australia Day mate,such a "lucky country" doubt you've heard that expression or can explain your own expression of "thats rubbish" LOLs
@geovision
18 жыл бұрын
I'm not an Aussie but grew up listening to this song as a surfer boy. I learned the lyrics to this song and it truly gave me a perspective of growing the Australian countryside. Thanks iteglund! ~geovision
@collapsiblechair9112
10 ай бұрын
wonderfully hypnotic and rhythmic
@dartmouthhoop
17 жыл бұрын
"alone and so at home"...says it all...classic tune
@dermot51
5 жыл бұрын
That's a brilliant line Jim
@daverawcliffe3212
4 жыл бұрын
The first time I ever heard this song was when I was 16 and heard it on CJSW in Calgary, I was listening to the station at the right time and this song struck me, I called in and fortunate to find out who sang this song, and from that time on , the go betweens became one of my most favourite bands, they were incredible and never got the recognition that they deserved.
@joybraithwaite4454
8 ай бұрын
Pure joy
@ruthdixon7807
11 ай бұрын
gorgeous melancholia.
@dartmouthhoop
16 жыл бұрын
Classic song from a classic band....we won't hear from such a fantastic band in a long,long time.
@bergedie
9 ай бұрын
Thank you
@ianbruce892
2 жыл бұрын
I traveled to WA across the Nullabor and The Go Betweens were definitely on my playlist!🏜🛣🚘🎶🎵🎼🎸🎸🥁🎻🤩😍 fantastic memories!!😎🤩
@dartmouthhoop
18 жыл бұрын
Sadly I didn't know Grant had died until played this. One of, if not THE most unheralded great bands of all time. Fond memories of listening to thses guys in the mid 80's when I was still cool.
@Spectrescup
Жыл бұрын
Don't be silly. You were never cool.
@dartmouthhoop
Жыл бұрын
@@Spectrescup LOL
@Spectrescup
Жыл бұрын
@@dartmouthhoop i take it all back.
@digger5521
Жыл бұрын
Just listening to these guys once makes you cool for Eternity
@enforcer1
Жыл бұрын
wonderful song and Jimmy Little does an excellent version with Brendan Gallagher at his side, it's really worth checking out
@guccililpiggy
3 жыл бұрын
15 years today since Grant left us.
@simonmoore7504
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant songwriting and performance.
@houseequity395
5 жыл бұрын
Still love this song to this day! And will continue to even after years of not playing it.
@austmel8862
3 жыл бұрын
A beautiful song. I'm not usually a fan of most folky type music but the Go Between's music is so evocative and beautifully done with unique timing. I saw them play at the Seaview Ballroom in Melbourne in the early 80s and they were fantastic live. They were a tight unit.
@GiorgosDimitriadisArtist
16 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL SONG!!As many more from this truly magnificent band!
@chrisb1953
15 жыл бұрын
It's Ultimo TAFE in Sydney. She teaches subject 7810A "Copyright & Royalties". Must be a good teacher as my son got a Distinction.
@56music8
9 жыл бұрын
Second but only just to Grant's brilliant writing is Lindy's drumming. Some people criticize her style but I think she helps make this song. Also Bono said some years ago that this song is one of his top 5 favs of all time.
@Dick67
9 жыл бұрын
definitely, god only knows what kind of time signature or whatever she's playing, she probably didn't know either (good!) just lots of feel and groove instead of mathematical equations. Lindy was the first thing to catch my eye with the Go Betweens (at some Joint Effort at UQ a million years ago) - ie "a girl drumming! cool - we're probably not going to be hearing a pile of neanderthal 4/4 boring rock drumming then..." She actually strikes me as quite jazzy, like John Densmore in the Doors, bringing a jazzy feel into non-jazz songs. And now we have a bridge named after them (a TOLL bridge)
@maxtiefenbacher9726
9 жыл бұрын
You are wrong, this song is nothing without her drumming
@user-li3fr8jl3b
9 жыл бұрын
+Ben Jackson he does have good taste in music!
@dannymo2595
6 жыл бұрын
She liked programming drum machines too,hence different time signatures
@MothraBlues
5 жыл бұрын
Oh BIG frakking DEAL - Bono rates thiss song? He should be so lukky as to write one HARF as good, the overrated plonker. Just sayin'! lulz >:-D Oh, but yess - Lindy's drumming IS frikken BRILLO on thiss, and WHEN o WHEN are them thar mOzzies gunner WAKE UP & make this their National Anthem??? Cos, y'know, a Bridge, while nice, DUZZINT quite cuttit (in MY Kiwi handbook, at leasst) - nossireebob n noma'ameelindy neithurr.
@Northernsoul1222
2 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest Australian songs ever.
@v23envelope
18 жыл бұрын
Gutted...completely gutted... this song alone meant the world to me at 15. It still does... Rest in Peace Grant.
@eo6374
2 жыл бұрын
My God, the syncopated baseline! They take the end of the string and run to the hills, just until the ball nearly unravels. Then when two lines appear to converge in the distance, the music fades.
@nokori3byo
18 жыл бұрын
Great great song. It's always sounded beautiful, but it's breaking my heart to hear it now...
@andyking7621
3 жыл бұрын
Lindy Morrison's drumming on this is..... WOW
@clvrswine
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds pretty basic. If she wasn't a woman, would you even say anything? How do you even know what is wow drumming vs. not wow?
@mmullen67
18 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful song... I'd never heard it before, but now I've discovered something special. The video looks like it could have been made last month, instead of 23 years ago. Life is too brief. Thank you for sharing this.
@thebasisofabassist604
Жыл бұрын
39 years ago now
@frasermacmillan5940
2 жыл бұрын
This song is up there with the Churches “Under the Milkyway”, if you ask me. Isn’t it funny how Steve Kilby formed Jack Frost with Grant too… well it’s a coincidence to me hahaha. Love reading everyone’s comments too.
@User-mj9hv
5 ай бұрын
Interestingly, when Grant heard Under the Milky Way for the first time he was inspired to write Streets of Your Town.
@hughhanson9919
9 ай бұрын
Timeless.
@babaallen61
2 жыл бұрын
I ws a paddy in Sydney 89/92. The Site in Victoria St. Sydney ws thee club for punks, indie, alternative. The best Aussie band
@mccluney9131
3 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful song. Very Aussie
@WantonMyth
3 жыл бұрын
Grant wrote this on one of Nick Cave's old guitars that was lying around
@styxcreek
2 ай бұрын
Cave wouldn’t try to play that guitar after Grant wrote Cattle and Cane. He knew it couldn’t be topped
@sfedroid
4 жыл бұрын
I've owned Before Hollywood on vinyl since it came out. It's not an everyday listen but one to savour when you're in the mood. When you are, every song satisfies and takes you to a very special place. 37 years ago, so long ago I don't know what triggered me to buy it but I know I was aware of this song first, and thought I'd never heard anything like it, and I've still never heard anything like it.
@christinapalomo4996
Жыл бұрын
Well that was beautiful. 🥹
@johnduncan9253
Жыл бұрын
First heard this track on ZM all night. Sounded pretty damn good even on the tiny transistor underneath all the bedcovers. Thank you doctor.
@caoimhainotreasaigh
17 жыл бұрын
Brilliant music. Thanks for posting.
@KurtfromLaQuinta
7 ай бұрын
"It's A Jangle Out There" MAIN-FM brought me here!
@dumpydog3340
4 жыл бұрын
love this song :D
@drdavid1963
2 жыл бұрын
Bought this single in 1983. Can still remember the needledrop and the feeling of euphoria on first listen
@aaronsunderland8838
Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤
@stephenmorrow7634
9 жыл бұрын
Jeanie, I hope you like. Browse through them on a search if you do, many gems to be found. R.I.P to Grant.
@twx4184
3 жыл бұрын
I concur....an Aussie masterpiece
@zeluskateixeira5528
Ай бұрын
The Go Betweens bebeu da fonte do Joy Division e The Cure, há música Your Turn My Turn soa bastante Cure. The Go Betweens e The Church são duas bandas que se você não souber da onde vem diria que são bandas Inglesas pelo som soar parecido com 90% das bandas pós punk Inglesas.
@iesus68
16 жыл бұрын
That Way and this song are the best from a sublime album as Before Hollywood still is. I was just mentioning today to a friend of mine when I saw r.e.m. for the first time in 1989 and Go-Betweens were the opening. Simply beatiful.
@martineimms3526
8 жыл бұрын
Perfection
@jamessutcliffe7984
8 жыл бұрын
+Martine Imms A friend of mine said it best: "Grant taught grace"
@benji274
2 жыл бұрын
Uploaded the day Grant passed away. Still an absolute classic
@dheerajbw
Жыл бұрын
allow me pedantary, but the very next day, and quite obviously as a tribute to GM
@dobbsiancant
12 жыл бұрын
more a memory song than a nostalgia song i think.the way that specific memories of specific events mark and corrupt your thought process_'from time to time the waste.memory wastes'it reminds me of harold pinter's script to the movie from whence came their name.
@steveparker8579
7 жыл бұрын
Awesome track
@TheGapFarmersmarkets
7 жыл бұрын
Support the band members: buy this evocative and beautiful song
@marko5631
Жыл бұрын
Love the drums,good work .
@steveparker8579
8 жыл бұрын
Superb Song
@shelbyac57
5 ай бұрын
Amazing band
@jjmontes14
Жыл бұрын
2023!
@matthewodonoghue4123
3 жыл бұрын
Saw this on the tele!
@Fazzarelli
2 жыл бұрын
Question for muso's on this thread. Is the timing of this song 5/4 then 4/4 over and over again? It's so catchy, yet so hard to keep timing to. I think this makes Lindy Morrison even more under-rated. How hard would that be to play!!!
@sharklostworld
2 жыл бұрын
i count it as 11/8 but i'd imagine more accomplished musicians would disagree with me there as i can imagine charting the entire riff as one absurdly long bar might raise a few eyebrows... but whatever it works for me
@celshader
18 жыл бұрын
thank you, thank you, thank you
@tomartos
6 ай бұрын
Lindy the most underrated drummer ever, brilliant :) Roberts contribution very fake as he knew FA of FNQ
@patrickpower3750
3 жыл бұрын
Song of innocence song of growing up song of being true self
@nikolaosmosxakis3395
3 жыл бұрын
VERY GOOD..................................................
@bartonted
5 ай бұрын
Reading Tracet Thorn's book, think about the drumming, it's good.
@ex0pos
16 жыл бұрын
You could say that both Grant's dad and Grant died when Grant was, relatively speaking, young. His own father's early loss brings some meaning to the line "his father's watch, he left it in the showers" -- not sure what. Maybe he took that one to the grave.
@youandwhosearmy6339
2 жыл бұрын
It's just brilliant, isn't it.
@Amber-so8cl
2 жыл бұрын
Best song
@hosey8574
4 жыл бұрын
The best of rage
@KogaBrigaXTC
4 жыл бұрын
The Velvet Underground nor the Byrds don't even come close to it.
@barbaracameron-smith7093
8 жыл бұрын
Love
@samdutton
16 жыл бұрын
far kernel! this song attracts strange comments
@tonywalker7602
2 жыл бұрын
Unique.
@robertgraham70
15 жыл бұрын
seems a shame that such a wonderful musician has to work at TAFE (no offence TAFE teachers), I just mean if would be nice if she could live off fat royalties like other people (eg Sting). Maybe she likes it. Hope she is still creating music in some form or other.
@samward1317
4 жыл бұрын
very few musicians can live off royalties any more. That's why bands keep touring until they are 80 years old
@kostajovanovic3711
3 жыл бұрын
Too little views a decade and a half later, wake up people
@Battismore-Blue
2 жыл бұрын
Bit of Joy Division influence there?
@TimmyTickle
2 жыл бұрын
Nah, seems too upbeat to be Joy Division
@Battismore-Blue
Жыл бұрын
@@TimmyTickle xfdfgdkgn
@the_drag_dasher5148
3 ай бұрын
yo what time sig this is?
@aaron6178
2 жыл бұрын
Lindy. Goddam. The drumming in this song is just wild cool.
@Tifa556
4 жыл бұрын
Australia is the most Texan place in the whole world ❤
@Tifa556
4 жыл бұрын
they even have more poisonous bugs! i wonder if there are fireants yoo 😈
@Tifa556
4 жыл бұрын
*too
@Guedingen
16 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, many thanks. As I recall the rest of the album was pretty gash though
@sfedroid
4 жыл бұрын
No way. All of Before Hollywood is brilliant. It's an all killer no filler album.
@ddtng
16 жыл бұрын
She took Robert's actually.
@cormacocolmain7857
5 жыл бұрын
Am I incorrect in thinking 🤔 that there was a campaign to have this adopted as The Australian National Anthem? For indie kids perhaps 💩
@warrenscottholland127
3 жыл бұрын
I don't get all the fuss. Each to their own.
@gneary74
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds a bit like The Cure
@clvrswine
2 жыл бұрын
Nope.
@Disjecta71
16 жыл бұрын
Since when was Grant McClennan gay?
@jasonparr4275
8 ай бұрын
Just Ace
@sexobscura
2 жыл бұрын
*a haunting song that for some reason reminds me of early REM* *who knows how things would've gone for them if they'd not been bumped from ROUGH TRADE*
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