| Author | Message | ||
     Todd Slater Member Username: Todd_slater Post Number: 16 Registered: 01-2005 |
Danger in The Past - The Story of The Go Betweens is part of the Sydney Festival 2006. Spoken word plus music. January 16th, Walsh Bay Theatre (home of Sydney theatre company; a great venue) giddeeup !! | ||
| Paul B. Member Username: Paul_b Post Number: 9 Registered: 10-2004 |
A fireside chat or a concert? Or a concert with lots of tween song banter?? | ||
| Michael D Member Username: Michael_d Post Number: 6 Registered: 06-2005 |
From the Sydney Festival Website: Hailed by the critics, adored by their peers, The Go-Betweens has been one of the most influential bands of the past 20 years. Just as they seemed to have given up on the fame that had eluded them throughout their career, they released Oceans Apart, one of the great albums of the past year, and accompanied it with a sold-out world tour. In this unmissable evening, Robert Forster and Grant McLennan sit up and tell it like it is, like it was, and like it might yet be. The duo relive two amazing decades through stories and special renditions of their favourite songs. | ||
| Brook Crowley Member Username: 1_fan Post Number: 56 Registered: 02-2005 |
You said it right, Michael, but will Robert and Grant include any of their long-lost bandmates to the fray? Bruce Anton, Steve Daly and Tim Mustapha (pre-Lindy Morrison Go-Betweens drummers) should be hunted down urgently! And don't forget the other Go-Betweens (no matter what the line-up) as this should be a reunion with a difference (if they ever get to bury the hatchet)! | ||
| Todd Slater Member Username: Todd_slater Post Number: 17 Registered: 01-2005 |
Wow sounds like you're proposing a 'Polyphronic Spree' like reunion ! Now wouldn't that be fun. All Go-Betweens past & present dressed in liturgical robes singing like the aformentioned 'Spree'. Robert Vickers would be a natural not to mention John Willsteed. How hilarious would that be !! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 62 Registered: 05-2005 |
Got my ticket this morning. Second row, but at the side. Ticketek, where I got it, only have tickets for the ends of the rows downstairs. You have to get tickets directly from the venue if you want to get in the middle. Seeing as I was at the Ticketek office I just decided to buy it anyway. | ||
| David Matheson Member Username: David_matheson Post Number: 27 Registered: 12-2004 |
Should be fascinating. Have they ever done anything like this before? I booked online and got a seat towards the back. Does this mean it is selling very quickly or should I have booked in person? Looking forward to it regardless. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 109 Registered: 08-2004 |
This could be filmed for part of a DVD release. If not Vh1's Storytellers. | ||
| John Flood Member Username: Floodjo Post Number: 40 Registered: 05-2005 |
Christ, this sounds fantastic. Pity I live on the other side of the planet. Someone record it please (the audio spoken words would be fine). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 86 Registered: 05-2005 |
John, I reckon it will be similar to the acoustic session on the DVD. I hope not too similar though, I'd like them to take questions from the audience. I've got one I'm itching to ask. | ||
| Jonathan Member Username: Jonathan Post Number: 23 Registered: 08-2004 |
I've been asked to pass on the message that Robert and Grant's performance at the Sydney Festival will be a normal song-based show, in similar fashion to their pre-'Rachel Worth' acoustic tour. This means no spoken word or Q&A sections. | ||
| David Matheson Member Username: David_matheson Post Number: 35 Registered: 12-2004 |
Well, that is bloody disappointing. While I am sure I will enjoy the gig, it is not what was advertised. The Festival of Sydney program says: “In this unmissable evening, Robert Forster and Grant McLennan sit up and tell it like it is, like it was, and like it might be. The duo relive two amazing decades through stories and special renditions of their favourite songs.” | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 89 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yeah, I'm pretty pissed off too that the format has been changed. I would have gone anyway, but now it is not what I paid for. |