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Yeah, The Meanies were always a bit meh. Entertaining though when Link got pummeled by the crowd at the first Beastie Boys gig in Radelaide.

Punk!

Saw Link stage dive off a 4(?) speaker stack one night at the Tote(?), radical!
All a little vague in hind site.

I hate it when the family fight. Some toons to settle into a Friday evening.

san Guine wrote:

Saw Link stage dive off a 4(?) speaker stack one night at the Tote(?), radical!
All a little vague in hind site.

I might have even been there, ive seen them quite a few times at the Tote even in recent ten years.

Link is an amazing front man just full of so much energy.

Nice work blackers.

some wind-down music

Nice. Taking down a notch is a good idea.

Cosmic hipster wigout?

Maestro.

Great track. Never really got into the Smiths, always too bleak for me but that track above is a keeper.

Can't go past this one.

Saw a doco about Linda Ronstadt fairly recently. The Sound Of My Voice. Interesting woman. Worthy.

The doco in question:

The gentle version of Jack White's new single.

Sophia...

Wow Udo. Hard to say anything else really.

Performance Art? Not going to click.

Yup, title says it all. Liked the Jack White track tho.

zenagain wrote:

Great track. Never really got into the Smiths, always too bleak for me but that track above is a keeper.

Even though I like a lot of their tracks, The Smiths always seemed overtly introspective and far too into themselves to me. The Go Betweens, who were were bumped by UK record company Postcard (I think) for The Smiths, rang a little truer for me. Also a bit up themselves, but I loved their melodies and lyrics.

Worth a look.
Could well bring a tear to yer eye - the interviews in this vid certainly hit a nerve amongst the old band members.
And for me, The Go-Betweens invoke such a feeling of nostalgia for an older Australia that no longer exists.

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/go-betweens-right-here/video/AC1608H001S00

AndyM wrote:

Worth a look.
Could well bring a tear to yer eye - the interviews in this vid certainly hit a nerve amongst the old band members.
And for me, The Go-Betweens invoke such a feeling of nostalgia for an older Australia that no longer exists.

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/go-betweens-right-here/video/AC1608H001S00

Agree.... 16 Lovers Lane in my view is brilliant. Did not really bget into them in 80's as was into heavier style of music at the time.
16 grew on me in last 10 years, and yep takes me back to a simpler time.
Thanks for posting link, have been wanting to see this doco, think reading about it may have been catalyst to give them a serious listen....

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Thanks Andy x 2. Haven't seen either of those vids. Might mess up my work day a little. Same as above, didn't know much about Go Betweens until Streets of your town came out... when I took a deeper look, it while to warm to them too - but I reckon the best music normally needs to seep in for a while before it can truly resonate.

icandig wrote:

Thanks Andy x 2. Haven't seen either of those vids. Might mess up my work day a little. Same as above, didn't know much about Go Betweens until Streets of your town came out... when I took a deeper look, it while to warm to them too - but I reckon the best music normally needs to seep in for a while before it can truly resonate.

Also reckon you may have to be over a certain age to appreciate it. Was case for me.... :)

Does anyone remember this band? Boys from Sydney and Newcastle, from the early 90’s. I shared a house with them in London for a short while in late 91.
One night they supported the Breeders at the Marquee club, don’t remember much about the gig but do remember busting out REM’s “Superman” around the kitchen table in the wee hours later that night. 30 years, a lifetime ago. Songs still hold up.

blackers wrote:

Does anyone remember this band? Boys from Sydney and Newcastle, from the early 90’s. I shared a house with them in London for a short while in late 91.
One night they supported the Breeders at the Marquee club, don’t remember much about the gig but do remember busting out REM’s “Superman” around the kitchen table in the wee hours later that night. 30 years, a lifetime ago. Songs still hold up.

Didn't know the moles, but found this cracker when I looked them up.

Blackers, hearing The Triffids, Go-Betweens, The La's and maybe some Stone Roses in that track by The Moles.
As well as that REM song.

thermalben wrote:

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Anyone remember the Youngblood compilation series from RooArt? #4 was a killer.. discovered some great bands through that label.

I think I still have #1 hanging around on cassette somewhere Ben. Same place as my “Cooking with George” tapes.

Classic Adelaide band, perhaps best heard after lunch : )

I've got the first RooArt album on vinyl. Hasn't had a needle in the grooves for a loooong time.

Haha Ben, I have to wake up a bit more gently than that.

A note: 'How Soon Is Now' was a 12 inch B-side. Marr wrote 3 songs in 4 days. That, the A-side 'William, It Was Really Nothing', and this:

Good work, I daresay.

And talking about the Go-Betweens and B-sides, who doesn't like this?

And as far as old Adelaide bands go, I really liked The Plague. And then there were the Iron Shieks.

Some of the fellas from both bands are now in this mob:

nice, REM and the Go-Betweens. They, alongside the Ramones and TISM, were the fist 4 bands I was ever into, at the tender age of 12. The influence of the big bro and his mates kicked in early

i still kick myself, when the Go-Betweens came to Eumundi some years back when they released their last album 'Oceans Apart' (which I think is an awesome album) and I thought the ticket price was too high, so didnt bother - then Grant died not long after, so I missed my chance to ever see them live...

and I had that Yongblood album on tape originally, lost it, then picked up the LP recently at an antiques shop for $9. Its ok for a listen now and then, no real standouts on it for me

An awesome album it is.

As is this single from it.

If the wife and I ever get married - properly married that is - this'll be the cheeseball slow-waltz-down-the-aisle song we'll do it to.

And then we'll all get uproariously drunk.

Do it!

Makes a huge difference.

That song is a great last gasp. Easily entered into their pantheon.

At the very least.

Actually, I think I like this live version better...

sounds perfect Stu!

there's definitely no filler on that album

I still listen to some of their early albums regularly, there's some really good stuff in there

revealing my softer, maybe somewhat maudlin side - I've recently been captured by the Seeker Lover Keeper self-title album. Those 3 lovely ladies each have great voices and songwriting skills, so coming together, there are some great tunes on that album

and then....there's this. I guess Apia are trying to tap into a demographic. Happy for Lindy to make some bucks, but a bit of a strange choice given that the Go Betweens didn't really push through to mainstream (apart from Streets of your town). Maybe that's the point?

icandig wrote:

and then....there's this. I guess Apia are trying to tap into a demographic. Happy for Lindy to make some bucks, but a bit of a strange choice given that the Go Betweens didn't really push through to mainstream (apart from Streets of your town). Maybe that's the point?

You know when your getting old when a teen crush is selling pensioners insurance...Oh well.

This is pretty good.

Constance B Gibson wrote:

That song is a great last gasp. Easily entered into their pantheon.

At the very least.

Actually, I think I like this live version better...

And then there is this..
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Hahaha.

"Wrestlemania thrash metal"!

You be the judge:

Also, front and centre on the bass in the Meatbeaters now is Robert Stafford. Formerly of Where's The Pope?

Good times.

Where's The Pope? used to do the hell live cover of this:

Lovin that Meatbeaters stuff Constance.
I remember they did a show with Cock and The Toss.
Some balls out rock for ya.

Good stuff, Mattlock.

And now to something completely different!

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