| Author | Message | ||
     spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 483 Registered: 05-2005 |
For me it must be Tallulah and Oceans Apart. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 72 Registered: 04-2006 |
BYBO, Ocean's Apart and Spring Hill Fair are rotating frequently. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 379 Registered: 04-2005 |
Lifetime, I suppose it's 16LL, but BH and SHF are closing in fast. I'm more inclined to play them than 16LL now--it's an album that reveals its secrets much more quickly than most GoBs albums. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 447 Registered: 03-2005 |
Historically it's been Liberty Belle but more recently Spring Hill Fair. I've always loved "Part Company", "Five Words" and even "River of Money" but it's been so great to re-discover the fantastic "You've Never Lived" which is currently very high on my list of great Go Betweens and also Robert Forster songs. I still say SHF is where Robert really takes off as a songwriter. What a list of songs for him: "The Old Way Out," "You've Never Lived," "Part Company," "Draining the Pool" and "Man o' Sand." Maybe "The Old Way Out" isn't a classic but the other four unquestionably are. | ||
| james o'neill Member Username: 16loverslane Post Number: 1 Registered: 06-2006 |
I'm quiet new to the go-betweens... I first heard Streets of Your Town just after Christmas on bbc6 and wondered who it was and they kept playing it so started checking them out, luckily my freind is a huge fan and has all there albums , he did me a disc with all the albums on but i can copy it to my computer but can play them - really like bright yellow bright orange... I got 16 Lovers Lane (which is soundtracking my summer) recently got Bellavista Terrace best of... and yesterday bought Oceans Apart and Liberty Bell expanded ( i really love the second disc on the expanded album). I couldnt beleive that just after discovering the band Grant died... i text my freind we were both shocked as everyone else | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 321 Registered: 08-2004 |
All time has to be Liberty Belle, in recent years FORW. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 121 Registered: 01-2005 |
10 years ago it was 1978-1990. Alltime it has to be 16 LL. Although lately it's been Tallulah, SHF, Libery Belle and Ocean's Apart. Randy, insightful comments regarding SHF! | ||
| abigail law Member Username: Abigail Post Number: 79 Registered: 06-2005 |
1978-1990 compilation (is that cheating?) liberty belle | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 76 Registered: 04-2006 |
randy, i just can consent what michael said about yr. comment regarding spring hill fair. to me it's my fave Go-Betweens-album with three of my all-time favourite songs of the band. it was my starter. and, you know, the first love is something special. no matter what critics or whatever says/said about that album. i love it and it is my most played - followed by BYBO and OA's as said above. | ||
| Adrian P Member Username: Adp Post Number: 15 Registered: 05-2005 |
For me, probably Spring Hill Fair... it's where I came in, and it's stayed with me. But over the last year or so it's been Oceans Apart that I've been playing the most. | ||
| Dusty Member Username: Dusty Post Number: 30 Registered: 05-2005 |
I would probably say it was SHF and Tallulah, partly because they frustrate me slightly in that they are so-nearly fantastic albums. Sometimes I put Tallulah on and I just have to switch it off instantly because it doesn't 'work', other times I find it mesmerizing. I completely concur with Randy about the Forster tracks on SHF. 'You've never lived' is (what the man himself would probably call) the dark horse of the album, and I think it's fantastic. I tweaked the album round a bit so that I don't get so frustrated with it now - pumped up the volume on Bachelor Kisses, and (to a lesser extent) 'Man o'Sand', replaced 'The old way out' with Rare Breed (demo)- (doesn't run into 'You've never lived' as well but I find it a far superior replacement) and edited 'River of Money'. I much prefer listening to it now because it's got a real fizz to the core of the first side which I always found lacking. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 505 Registered: 05-2005 |
Before Hollywood - hands down Least played - 16LL - by a country mile. MOR dross, sell out on a massive scale. however, I bet the demos/practice sessions were fantastic because the songs most certainly are. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 359 Registered: 10-2004 |
certainly liberty belle for me, followed closely by spring hill fair, before hollywood, and 16LL. and ocean's apart is quickly catching up. i don't listen to SMAL as much as i used to. it's never been a fav, but these days i probably only pull it out a few times a year. least played - friends of rachel worth. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 381 Registered: 04-2005 |
So, Kevin, Grant's passing didn't make you any more sentimental about 16LL, hmm? ;-) | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 510 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kurt, got to admit I'm a bit perplexed by your question. I didnt like it pre may 06 2006, why should I change my mind now? Grant was a magnificent songwriter, some of his very best songs are on 16LL - for me it just wasnt translated onto vinyl. its all about opinions and if people love that album i can fully understand it, it just disappoints me , sorry | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 382 Registered: 04-2005 |
I was just teasing, Kevin, because of your well-known dislike for that album (hence the stupid emoticon I used). I wouldn't expect you to change your opinion no matter what. | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 140 Registered: 11-2004 |
Send Me A Lullaby and Before Hollywood would be my most played Gobs albums. That trio of Robert, Grant and Lindy had the best sound. With Lindy's amazing drum patterns, Robert's thin trebly guitar scratching and Grant's lead bass playing through the middle of it. I guess I like them the most as a trio more than any other configuration, though not putting down the sterling contributions of Amanda Brown, Robert Vickers, John Willsteed, etc. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 511 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sorry Kurt, I now see where you are coming from! | ||
| Matt Ellis Member Username: Matt_ellis Post Number: 115 Registered: 11-2004 |
for a long time my most played was SMAL. I think that was because it seems so unlike any of the other records - and i was intrigued by it. Also, strangely it seems more similar to other lo-fi current music I'm listening to such as Frank Black, Maximo Park, The Futureheads. I think the 'easiest' listen - not necessarily meaning the best album would be Friends of Rachel Worth. I would be confident in playing this to anybody that I know and thinking that if they didn't like it then they wouldn't like The Go-Betweens Per Se | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 360 Registered: 10-2004 |
But then, Matt, you have freaks like me who don't particularly like Rachel Worth so much, but who love everything else! | ||
| Carsten Olbrich Member Username: Mr_ebu Post Number: 1 Registered: 06-2006 |
In the 80s it was "16 Lovers Lane" - that's why I was so happy that The GoBs played lots of songs from this album live on their tour in 2005. In the 90s it was "1978 - 1990" because of these lots of unreleased material and exclusive versions. Now in the 00s it's "Tallulah", "The Friends Of Rachel Worth", "The Lost Album" and many more from time to time, also the solo-works of Grant and Robert. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 488 Registered: 05-2005 |
16LL is not a favourite I must say but my wife has been playing it since the passing of the 'G' and I must say it perks me up, it captures everything about r and g perfectly. of course as has been discussed many millions of times the drum machines and production haven't aged well... | ||
| Guy Ewald Member Username: Guy_ewald Post Number: 165 Registered: 02-2005 |
I've been playing The Go-Betweens a great deal since Grant's death. Usually when a favorite rocker dies I keep my distance for a period of time; it took me years to enjoy The Beatles after Lennon's murder and I'm not sure I've ever embraced any of his solo albums again. But I've taken solice in admiring The Go-Betweens accomplishments and nodding in wonder at their firm grip on the QC handle. I know which G-B's album I've listened to the least, that would be Send Me A Lullaby, purchased after the eye-opening discovery of Before Hollywood. But after that (and as I've said on this board before) I like them all - no weak links. Of the Mk.II albums I've probably listened to Bright Yellow, Bright Orange the most (not the consensus winner here) but I wouldn't say it's my favorite; I like all three of the Mk.II albums equally. And I don't think of those albums as being in any way "lesser" than the 80's albums, just distinct by circumstance. It may be that I've played Spring Hill Fair the most through the years. That was the album that elevated The Go-Betweens to favorite band status, and one that I KNEW was going to be making wonderful albums for a long, long time to come. They did not disappoint. | ||
| Ian Member Username: Fins Post Number: 9 Registered: 05-2005 |
Always Liberty Belle. I listened to Friends Of Rachel Worth a hell of a lot when it first came out but I did find it a bit bland and don't really listen to it at all now. At the moment I do listen to 16LL a lot. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 520 Registered: 05-2005 |
talk about out of the frying pan and into the ire Ian - is this a case of the bland leading the bland  | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 164 Registered: 07-2005 |
Recently BH,otherwise Liberty belle,but 78-90 has been played the most mainly because it has those previously unreleased songs ( and it the only Tape I now have-so is permanantely in the tape deck of the car to put on when any thing on the cd player is boring me)and has a real new world cinematic sound towards the end I'm thinking mexican post card rock and roll friend etc. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 395 Registered: 05-2005 |
Better watch out Jerry. Every car tape eventually turns into Queen's Greatest Hits. | ||
| Matt Ellis Member Username: Matt_ellis Post Number: 116 Registered: 11-2004 |
Weird how you mention that album on tape Padraig - it was a disguarded copy of that on a 'Memorex C90' tape which I found lying in a Car Park around '85 which got me switched on to Rock music. I'd previously only enjoyed Breakdance, Hip Hop and House music. Now I'm typing this twenty years on, 12 rock bands later, 600 rock albums on the shelf, countless MP3's, 200+ rock gigs attended. Strangely enough, its one of my least favourite Queen Albums now! | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 156 Registered: 05-2005 |
Used to be Liberty Belle, with SHF, BH and Tallulah but now I'm always drawn to Oceans Apart. Surely Queen did not tip the scales for you Matt?! How did you get into hip hop anyway? I guess I'm of that generation that had grown up on rock and found hip hop and house annoyingly too concerned with the beat and not the emotion. | ||
| Peter Senning Member Username: Peter_senning Post Number: 19 Registered: 05-2005 |
It's still 16LL but Oceans Apart is cathing up fast, although there's still some way to go. | ||
| Matt Ellis Member Username: Matt_ellis Post Number: 117 Registered: 11-2004 |
Well put Geoff. I may have to borrow the phrase 'the beat not the emotion'. Although having a strong beat and bassline is the aspect of a song I hear first (Cattle And Cain being the prime example). I think the Go-Bees managed to combine both beat and emotion. I do seem to remember that I got into those genres initially through my best friend at school who was an amazing breakdancer! I also remember finding a House compilation that I adored in a bargin bin for £2.99 (very important if you are 15 years old!) There was certainly no scene for these genres where I grew up in rural North East England. Also, my parents were never massively into Rock (apart from the odd Beatles or Stones albums) so I didn't really grow up on the classics. | ||
| Michael Leach Member Username: Mike_l Post Number: 20 Registered: 05-2005 |
Well, for me, SMAL was on such perpetual play when I was 21 and 22 (it really made sense to me then) that I suspect its still ahead of the rest, even today at 37, when I rarely play it. Interestingly, my two year old daughter absolutely loves Friends of Rachel Worth. No kidding. She picks it out, outs it on, and presses play - at least twice a week. Wont hear another album - GBs or otherwise. Its really growing on me as a result. |