"Streets Of Your Town" / THE GO-BETWEENS Original Version (1988)

[@asinzuar]

Songs like these. Make life worth living.

[@xero6396]

Agreed.

[@davidgeoghegan8506]

You got that right my friend alarm from under the land from Down Under

[@pauljohnson7548]

This is simply one of the best pieces of popular music ever composed.

[@cranstonpenelope2578]

yep

[@pauljohnson7548]

Jhon Rambow That's awesome! The whole album is great.

[@borbetomagus]

You might enjoy 'Just the Way You Are' by Milky, which samples the strummed guitar intro.

[@HC_GUITAR]

Perfection!!!

[@heideggerdowson]

it fucking is best Aussie song ever

[@billyburroo]

reminds me of growing up in australia and being a teenager without a care in the world and wishing things were that simple now

[@jimglennie9033]

billyburroo its a different world,great track though.

[@GrootsieTheDog]

They’re still that simple. All the complexity is an illusion of adulthood.

[@9sunskungfu]

Because we never realise we are living the good old days when we are in them.

[@RABRABRABRABRABRAB]

Just starting to discover The Go Betweens over 30 years late, don't why I missed them back in the 80's - great band

[@nites90]

Seriously, ive grew up listening to Ice House, Midnight Oil, Crowded House, Men At Work, etc in the 90s. But i cant believe ive completely missed out The Go Betweens until just yesterday. Such a class band and their songs. I really felt i have just missed what coulde been another milestone in my life. Anyway im glad I have found them and il make the most of it. I LOVE THE GO BETWEENS and esp this song. Such an art.

[@_hector_hidalgo]

go betweens are not like those bands. be safe stay strong and dont say bs

[@nites90]

+Hector Hidalgo ur missing the point. all those band wer sort of in the same time frame. but I just missed this one band in particular.

[@markocivonalim9934]

You miss the triffids to:))

[@aussieevonne7857]

I was gonna say, The Triffids too. Well done for mentioning them, Marko Civonalim. The Triffids and The Go-Betweens were class acts. (And of course, there were others.)

[@commodoreredlight]

correct

[@bestsongs9796]

Absolute brilliance! One of the world's great bands I'm not wont to say it lightly - but this is a literal masterpiece.

[@yotony0]

Absolutely. Has there ever been a better pop song our of Australia? Or anywhere. Grant M and Amanda B - what a combination.

[@Matlockization]

An innocent care free, catchy song. Sydney almost unrecognisable.

[@anthonykennedy5324]

That's because a good part of the video is centred on Brisbane.

[@brendanmead7785]

Brisbane Boy still listening this great song 2024

[@jimorpe1949]

best song I know

[@lessthanabillionpeople2610]

No way I get tired of listening to this beautiful song!

[@bunnyfish714]

can't

[@heideggerdowson]

I'm on replay

[@mlppina]

This band was a jewel Absolute brilliance! One of the world's great bands

[@FloccinaucinihilipilificationD]

Aussie Aussie Aussie!! Nothing more to be said

[@xdavehartman8612]

No way I get tired of listening to this beautiful song! Love this song.......Love Australia.......

[@loumargolis7785]

Absolute brilliance! One of the world's great bands No way I get tired of listening to this beautiful song! Great pop song...a jingle-jangle brilliant guitar...

[@joaoignacio1978]

Was a minor hit in Brazil in the 80's!

[@kentdunn3976]

Love this song.......Love Australia.......

[@leokimvideo]

Many people are spooked they never heard the Go Betweens in the 80's. I think the missing link in all this is exposure on Countdown. That was the key to success, mind you Midnight Oil never appeared on Countdown and grew a fan base the very hard way. I feel their music was coming from a future time, and now many years after the songs were written everyone is waking up to the sheer beauty of the band that no one knew in the 80's.

[@ThreadBomb]

Countdown did play some of their songs. They were also played on alternative radio station JJJ. Their songs just didn't grab enough people.

[@AntipodianMusic]

@@ThreadBomb Yeah it wasn't Pub Rock or Pop music. It was on the edge of everything. Too bad commercial radio didn't play them more.

[@zuk999]

As a kid who grew up in the US in the 80s, listening to New Order, Smiths, & the like, I can't figure out why I never heard the Go-Betweens until much later in life. I thinks my mainstream medias hid them :) As much as I watched 120 Minutes, I don't remember seeing them until 20 years late and a great band.

[@kevinwilliams8784]

A great aussie song.One of my all time favourite songs.l never get tired of hearing it.

[@robstrange]

Absolute brilliance! One of the world's great bands

[@yeast2327]

Still remember first hearing this incredible song back in 2005 on the old courier mail adverts and I wanted to know what this song was and for years that I kept searching into KZbin for "round round" but the search came up next to nothing. Then finally when they opened the go-between bridge in Brisbane 2010 and they announced it on the news while playing this song I remember I finally managed to search this song after getting a proper listen to the lyrics. Thank god I found it and know it's name as now I never get sick of listening to it

[@CaptainFeatherSwordz]

Yeast 232 at least you would have found "Round and Round" by Ratt 🤘🏼

[@davidlp3019]

This song is our school bell. Every morning at 9am its "Round and Round", "Up and Down" etc lol. Finally someone told me what this song was and now its stuck in my head. Good tune.

[@EpicCorn0]

Sounds like my school, are you in the Sutherland shire in Sydney?

[@kennethkendrick4795]

Excellent song. It didn't get nearly enough airplay back then, and it certainly doesn't on the satellite nostalgia stations now.

[@rhondacallahan1603]

It's something about the late 80s.. the nostalgia Excelente canção,a cantora Milky usa um sample dela na musica Just The Way You Are. Excelente canção,a cantora Milky usa um sample dela na musica Just The Way You Are.

[@pescaenaustralia3331]

That's why I found it so familiar, you're right!

[@rapidcaricol]

I laugh & cry when i hear this tune.Devastating lyrics,smooth subtle punch. as i know it is all so real,& it's beautiful

[@byron8663]

I live in brisbane and this song is just amazing and it will still be a hit in Brisbane.

[@stephenbarbieri3269]

just heard this on the radio after years of not hearing it. love it!

[@brahminy1]

Oh this song really brings back memories! I just heard it while watching the movie 'Motherhood' and had to look it up. I grew up in Melbourne town during the 80s. Even though we only see glimpses of it, the video and music took me right back there!

[@nana-wd3he]

Great pop song...a jingle-jangle brilliant guitar... Brill song. Was a minor hit in Brazil in the 80's!

[@gerasimo1985]

I had this set as my alarm in the morning for years. Such a nice & peaceful tune to wake up to.

[@paully1969]

I keep playing this as it's so 'feel good' ... yet a tinge of sadness as well... as I cant visit every town that I'd like to Thanks for posting xx

[@63arizona1]

Lost 80's Classic you never hear in the USA - So Sad!

[@63arizona1]

The radio stations here play the same songs over and over.

[@63arizona1]

Punky Brewster I try not to listen to the bullshit radio stations here, and do the same.

[@dartmouthhoop]

That;s actually not true....the Go-Betweens were played heavily on many USA college radio stations....there are a fair amount of GB fans in America even still today in 2014

[@63arizona1]

Jim McGonigle I never heard this song on a Arizona radio station. Most college kids listen to rap crap. I found out about GB on youtube.

[@dartmouthhoop]

I was college DJ in Massachusetts in the 80s

[@justinstamper2840]

Absolute brilliance! One of the world's great bands R.I.P. Grant ..

[@andyfalcs]

Kriv - your version is much more authentic and it's great to see the Melbourne of my teenage years. Many thanks.

[@wuggacrt]

By far the better video it captures the feel of the track , a real time and place feeling , even more if you have lived in one of these inner cities . Its a shame this is all gone .

[@oldbluesboy]

Only found this recently. As im in the UK I missed it when it came out in the 80's buts sooo evocative and I cant stop playing it, Its a beautiful piece ♥

[@TimMaunsell]

The Guardians, vote for a Song of Brisbane, bought me here. If a song is a composition, this is an incredible story. RIP Grant McLennan, you are one of Australia's best songwriters without a shadow of doubt.

[@OEKIE77]

I was pleasantly surprised when this little gem popped up in the rather likeable movie "Motherhood" with Uma Thurman, which I saw yesterday on one of the Dutch commercial networks. The film itself was actually more engaging than I expected it would be. And naturally I turned the volume up a few notches or so, (which is okay,taking the fact that I was wearing headphones at the time) as soon as the intro started. You go Go-Betweens!

[@toddbrittain800]

The quintessential Aussie pop song. Absolutely love it.

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

A great song, of course, and a perfect choice for the new Ampol ad too. :-)

[@jameslee4285]

I love the idea of filming in different cities. The song isn't colloquial in the sense that it aligns itself with any one particular place. This is where Grant McLennan and Paul Kelly part ways in their songwriting technique. This song suggests a broader more spiritual sense of place; an imagined one seen through the prism of memory and the streets of Australian suburbs - brilliant writing and your clip captures it all beautifully. This clip will become more and more aligned with the true theme of the song as time passes.

[@merops]

ITYM parochial instead of colloquial

[@martiniltis1284]

Really? Isn't this filmed in Brisbane, their home city?

[@Liamnerfdude1]

this is just sydney dude

[@xero6396]

I saw tram lines and the coathanger so it must be at least 2 cities: Melbourne and Sydney. And I'm not sure if the town hall clock is Adelaide's.

[@Priest-Iuput]

@@xero6396 The town hall clock is Brisbane's.

[@mrsecondsoul3278]

One of the best pop songs of the eighties

[@seven-alpha-ten]

Some great captures of 1988 suburban Sydney - Erskineville, Macdonaldtown, Newtown mostly from what I can identify immediately. Surry Hills maybe? Central Station clock tower. Some water shots I can't quite place. 1988 was a great year for Sydney - had a wonderful energy and vibe, unlike nowadays.

[@kennethkendrick4795]

By far their best song in my opinion. It should have been a radio play hit.

[@britishjournalistinjapanma6120]

I was a bit late, buying this in 1991. But 200,000 views - should be 2.4 million. Superb.

[@nickwaipara6090]

Brilliant, inspirational & wonderful song!

[@nathanwilding7343]

Simply one of the greatest bands of all time playing one of the best songs of all time

[@TheChuckism1]

Beautiful. I watched it over and over.

[@gildamx]

This band was a jewel

[@alvaroasc]

Great pop song...a jingle-jangle brilliant guitar...

[@simonbrett8543]

This song reminds me when this song came out on a time when i was with my dad sailing back on his yaght by motor to dartmouth waterfront in devon ,england, UK in 1989 to anchor up by the towns edge then by foot through the town. brings back dreams from this song that fits the lyrics becase this song is on my all time greatest list of 80's music delight that i like im sad it never made the pop charts since i looked at the interview on youtube but i have the record in my collection since 1988.

[@kendramiranda4755]

Absolute brilliance! One of the world's great bands This is simply one of the best pieces of popular music ever composed. This is simply one of the best pieces of popular music ever composed.

[@voltaire36]

Best years of my life in Norman Park, Bulimba and West End :-)

[@ghjklngb9166]

It's something about the late 80s.. the nostalgia Best years of my life in Norman Park, Bulimba and West End :-)

[@starman8623]

Pure 80s happiness!! When life was simple.

[@borisfeigin9205]

One of the first songs that I've ever seen on Rage when I was getting into alternative music. Definitely something about the song and video just grabs you:)

[@riewoldt12]

Boris Feigin they will be hosting RAGE this weekend

[@ThePowerbloke]

Love this song LOVE this Brissy band. Filmed in Brisbane and Sydney I think.

[@MetalPatrick93]

ThePowerbloke Yeah, I wasn't sure where they filmed it. I can see the clock tower from King George Square in Brisbane in one shot, then the Sydney harbour bridge in another so I was a bit confused.

[@ThePowerbloke]

Yes that's what confused me a little too so I assumed it was filmed in both towns with familiar places from both cities. :-)

[@samwilkins5064]

ThePowerbloke I think there is some sydney , melbourne and brisbane in there ....

[@xero6396]

Love this song.

[@TheChuckism1]

I work on a lot of music vids here in Los Angeles that are way below par in many regards. This was a wonderful visual representation for this song . Great stuff.

[@ulbert123]

IVY brought me here :-) And I'm glad IVY covered this song. I LOVE IT!!

[@CreativeClones]

I prefer this version of the music video. Paul's has a higher production value, but your video has a great romance and nostalgia about it. Thanks for the great description too!

Excelente canção,a cantora Milky usa um sample dela na musica Just The Way You Are.

[@PhilHyland]

great video and song!

[@angeliquesourtzis2392]

Awww the awesome 80's! We Xs were SO lucky to have lived during the best times in (relative) recent history ❤🎉

[@janetmaynard5176]

found this beautiful song on the film Black balloon.... love it.... hadn't heard for so long xxxx

[@MsMiguel70]

Great track. Like so much from Australia. The later big production video was I suppose more popular, but the images in this are what I’d expect from such a song. Just my 8 farthings

[@jayzedable]

Wow. Memories. Studios 301, Robert recording 'Clouds' on the roof 10 stories above Castlereagh Street. Grant recording some of his own ideas in Studio D, me sweating about learning that weird desk. Lindy chatting over a cup of tea before going in to do a drum track and fighting her corner against too much Marc Wallace drum machine. A TR-707, IIRC. And Wilsteed, the new boy. Great guitarist. I'm looking at my Les Paul he used on one of the tracks right now. I didn't really speak to Amanda all that much, not sure why. But a fantastic multi-instrumentalist. Maybe it was a Brisbane Mafia thing :D I love this filmclip, I think it captures the song beautifully. I never realised there was the usual industry BS about re-doing it.

[@robstrange]

Pure magic

[@kjburkable]

wonderful song

[@shelbyac57]

Brilliant song ... the best

[@SHAYDJ08]

Just heard this on rte radio ireland .....yeah very 80s like it a lot

[@rrr1063]

R.I.P. Grant ..

[@mariluleon7520]

¡Hermosa musica!. Adoro este tema.

[@mezspiers]

perfect pop. this and milky way ... everyone else can put their pen down ...

[@grahamthackray596]

[@kevinwilliams8784]

Brilliant pure and simple. The perfect song.RIP GRANT.

[@buchananjudith]

Great film clip...nice song!

[@ModMokkaMatti]

I'm sure I'd heard of this band back in the day (I was in high school then) and even some of their songs in the hazy periphery, but listening to Ivy's "Guest Room" covers album recently (for the zillionth time) brought me here.

[@gman880a]

Great song - top vid... does it justice - WD. Thanks

[@caneruzal1116]

Best years of my life in Norman Park, Bulimba and West End :-) Great pop song...a jingle-jangle brilliant guitar...

[@brucecox296]

Brings back great memories . 1988 I was 22 yrs old , worked at PANCH Hospital (closed down in 98) as an Cas Orderly , lived in the northern suburbs of Thornbury , Northcote & Reservior in Melbourne . 1min:10sec looks like the blond is in St Kilda . I miss Melbourne ☹️ eg: hot chocolate & pizza 🍕 at Lygon St (little italy 🇮🇹) , Malay food in North Fitzroy , food ,drink , festivals at Brunswick St , Fitzroy , riding on the W Class trams when they had conductor's to Northcote / Thornbury on the West Preston line , watch the footy at the MCG ... Like the original video of this track , great work mate ... Cheers from Nth Tassie 🤗

[@Vigilante311]

This song makes me feel very nostalgic, and makes me wonder how my life could have been had I done things differently in the past

[@user-ns3lb8ky5l]

Welcome to Brisbane, my beautiful home city.

[@georgeward7124]

Its Sydney isn't it?

[@user-ns3lb8ky5l]

+George Ward The music video was filmed in both Brisbane and Sydney, but mostly Brisbane, as the band originates from there. You can see the City Hall at 0:36.

[@georgeward7124]

Hi Your quite right , I just saw the harbour bridge and thought it must be Sydney. Anyway Brisbane is a better city!!

[@user-ns3lb8ky5l]

That's the way mate :D

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Lived in Brisbane too as a student, miss those times. When I had nothing else to do I'd take a walk or bike ride along the river... took me to many places like Kangaroo Point, West End and New Farm.

[@roro4major]

pure brilliant shiny talent.

[@sonbur76]

Brilliant song...

[@richardvale6576]

Thru the streets of you're town!!!! aww 😂😂 beautiful memories 😂😂

[@TheCory42]

A fantastic song and film clip!

[@murtog1]

This song is used in the new Ampol (rebranded from Caltex) ad with shots of the servo on a highway that more than likely bypasses one of many towns

[@visog]

Oh god... Pop genius... beautiful

[@leosimmes6993]

wondeful song , thanks guys !!!

[@viviandonelly6428]

true, a phenomenal Ozzie band that shouldve reached no 1

[@SuperBashem]

Nice song !!

[@anthonyteodoro230]

it feels good again!!!

[@HONEEBEAR55]

Back when life was much easier to enjoy without all phones and internet This band was a jewel Absolute brilliance! One of the world's great bands

[@zildjian888]

Nice to see past videos shows it looks like way back to a place

[@johnm2631]

Too much to take in, amazing, XO

[@kevinlydon5064]

prefabulous

[@earnestkruse6030]

It's something about the late 80s.. the nostalgia R.I.P. Grant ..

[@IanWhiteAustralia]

My God such an amazing flavour and sentimentality to this song. A classic piece of Australiana. I hope those who like this may also like my own song Worlds Away by Ian White

[@shelbyac57]

A brilliant song , sorry I forgot a VERY brilliant song

[@paulopimenta6912]

perfection...

[@marcusht]

sublime