The Whitlams - Gough (Official Video)

'Gough' released 1993, from the album Introducing The Whitlams. Remixed 2008 for the album Truth Youth Beauty and a Picture of You.
Stevie Plunder and Andy Lewis were Canberra boys that I met in Newtown. We formed the
band as an acoustic trio - piano, double bass and acoustic guitar - in a city full of pre-Seattle grunge. There were always a few drummers in the audience imagining what they'd play.
After I named the band Stevie told me he had gone to the same school as Gough Whitlam -
Narrabundah College - so I set about using that fact in a theme song for us. When we got a
good deal to record some stuff up in Newcastle I dragged along my housemate Louis
Burdett to play some drums. He remains on “Lester Walker” and “Where is She”. Then we
did a live session one afternoon and that was enough for our first album “Introducing”.
Back when we started out Gough Whitlam himself had been absent from Australia for a long
time, and people just seemed to enjoy hearing his name again. The “Anthony Hayes” in the
song is actually Stevie's real name before he took on the rock and roll moniker from his
previous band The Plunderers.
I was at the corner of King and Brown when I heard this come out of the car radio of my
Kingswood in 1993. Very exciting. Rob Taylor and I remixed this in 2008 . The original has a hangover of the 80’s reverb habits on it which doesn't sit with the later stuff. It's snappier now. I've also replaced the digital piano with a real one.
Words and music by Tim Freedman
Produced by Rob Taylor at Sky High, Newcastle
Mixed by Rob Taylor at Prick Up Your Ears
Vocal, piano - Tim Freedman
Guitar, backing vocals - Stevie Plunder
Double bass - Andy Lewis
Drums - Nic Cecire
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LYRICS
Little song about a man called Gough
And a little boy who wanted to be tarred with the same brush
He learnt Latin, held his head up high and he hated the Liberals tho' he didn't know why
There were reasons - how long have you got?
There are always reasons - how long have you got?
The little boy is on the stage tonight, his name is Anthony Hayes and he's doing alright
They both went to the same local Canberra school, but Stevie was nine in 1972
What a party - a big day for both of us
A big reason to party - a big day for both of us
Come over have dinner with me, we'll play chess and drink claret
Walk slowly down my little street, you can bring Margaret
November 11 it was Armistice Day, a bushranger was slaughtered and Gough was betrayed
November 11 he wouldn't survive the Governor General in '75
November 11 a big day for all of us
November 11 Ned Kelly died, ahh shame Fraser shame and we all cried
For you Gough, you Gough, you Gough
Edward Gough Whitlam
You Gough, you Gough, you Gough
Edward Gough Whitlam
Come over have dinner with me, we'll play chess and drink claret
Walk slowly down my little street, you can bring Margaret
It's for you Gough, you Gough, you Gough
Edward Gough Whitlam
Days of wine and roses, days of wine and roses
All the artists flew in and all the arseholes flew out in '72

[@thespamdance311]

Vale Gough. Long live your vision of an Australia that is fair for all.

[@aussieangie]

Gough Whitlam helped to secure a strong future for Music and the Arts in Australia. RIP Gough.(1916 - 2014)

[@robertsimpkins6571]

A true legend who loved his country and his wife❤

[@werebilbyj4449]

Gough Whitlam was only in for a short period of time but accomplished so much in that time - what a legend. Love the song - great tribute fellas!

[@johndunn4182]

That's right..... Whitlam destroyed the economy, sent small businesses broke, increased inflation, increased unemployment, stopped the Vietnamese from seeking asylum in Australia, introduced Socialism, increased debt, created dysfunction, mismanagement and chaos in government, scandal after scandal. Great accomplishments.

[@carljan57]

We want Gough!

[@dontlookatthispagedlatpt.v7819]

Best P.M Australia ever had!

[@dsteamer100]

RIP Gough - Days of Wine and Roses (and I got to go to university because of you - thanks)

[@robertbollard5475]

In 1975 at age 14 I walked down my own local Canberra street wearing a badge that said "Shame Fraser Shame." I was stopped by a roadworker who only saw the word "Fraser" on the badge and obviously assumed that I was a Fraser supporter as I had his name on the badge. He didn't speak English but clearly knew which side he was on and started berating me. I still remember his Aussie supervisor pissing himself laughing. At school I found girls I was attracted to wearing " I'm a Liberal Lover" T-Shirts and blokes who had previously been physical threats suddenly allies.

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

"ALL, for, OUR, Sovereign, Commonwealth, Federated, National, Federal, Country, of, AUSTRALIA!"! ! - St. Soldier."

[@greybirdo]

They’re all gone now - Gough and Margaret, Kerr and his cur, and Sir David Smith who had the job of reading the dissolution proclamation while Gough towered imperiously over him on the steps of Parliament. Even Bruce Petty, the cartoon chronicler of that time and this music video. All a part of history now, together with the vanished optimism of that gilded age. And look at what we have in their stead. Chancers on one side and ‘not as shit as the other mob’ on the other. It makes an old man weep.

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

"The Morning Paper is a Good Routine for a HEALTHY Memory!" - St. Angel."

[@RobertFairhead]

I bought this album on CD a few years back for a friend who'd introduced me to The Whitlams when I returned to Australia in 1996. He's also a leftie, so I knew he'd love "Gough". When Gough Whitlam died in 2014 I bought a copy of the album for myself from iTunes. I remember singing along to "Gough" while walking my dog in my local park, with a lump in the throat and tears in my eyes. And I still get teary listening to it and thinking of the lost opportunities of the Whitlam era. "For you Gough you Gough you Gough Edward Gough Whitlam ..."

[@LittleFeetMusic]

I loved this time in my life. Getting Drum Media and circling the shows we’d go to every night for the next week. SO MUCH FUN.

[@slashpot]

Flawed, Magnificent, and the best we ever had. Thanks Gough!

[@johndunn4182]

What Rudd and Gillard..... they matched Gough's level of mismanagement, dysfunction and chaos.

[@ZaoMedong-]

@@johndunn4182🤓

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

"Australian Politicians ARE SO GOOD You have to ASK Them WHAT They have done WRONG to FIND out what Their MISTAKES are!"! ! ! ! ! ! - St. Sir HMAJW SkyKnight Anzac Wattle."

[@Tanzadog1]

November 11th 1975 .... the biggest day in Australian Political History .... and Norman Gunston was there in the middle of it all on the steps of Parliament House - only in Australia :)

[@tamarapetrov4990]

That was pure brilliance! The man still needs an award for that!

[@Tashvk]

Aah Papa Gough and 90s Newtown, it doesn't get much better.

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

"Melbourne is No Harbour for Resentment in Australia!!!" - St. Sir HMAJW SkyKnight Wattle."

[@robertsimpkins7351]

A true Australian ...I know an angel who is my Margret ....both legends and trustees of the right

[@robertsimpkins7351]

Correct and varified as true and tested love you bubbie ❤️ 4EVA

[@agenttheater5]

Whether you disagreed with his policies or not, whether you liked him or not, it's hard to deny that he got more done than any prime minister we've had!

[@brianmoylan1671]

Thanks for everything Gough. Best PM by a longshot.

[@kennygough114]

Wow very interesting, catchy tune. Maybe I'm more Australian than I think.

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

"A MAN IS MADE WHEN HE STARTS TAKING ORDERS FROM HIS MATE AND NOT JUST THE DAD HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN!"! !! ! ! - ST. HMAJW."

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

"A MAN IS MADE WHEN HE STARTS TAKING ORDERS FROM HIS MATE AND NOT JUST THE DAD HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN!"! !! ! ! - ST. HMAJW."

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

"Angels Noble Zealosly Advancing Christ Started FORMAL recognition of the PROOF in MARTIN LUTHER!!!" - St. SkyKnight HMAJW Lord Saviour Drongo Tigerclaw Anzac."

[@thespamdance311]

ALBO!

[@complexitydaemon]

RIP Gough.

[@markthespark6240]

Luv this song. ANU refectory in the 90’s - Soo good!!! We drove to Mollymook golf club to on the NSW South Coast see them the next night!!!

[@MrBlackCanvas]

A fucking Legend!

[@mins2memories]

vale Stevie Plunder and Andy Lewis. thank you. and thank you to Tim Freedman for keeping on, and for helping to tell their stories, and our own.

[@TheMartin1962]

Gough Whitlam once said "This IS the promise land".

[@ERRIN2000]

RIP Gough Whitlam.

[@markjmaxwell9819]

It was certainly a pivotal moment in Australian political history. 😎🇦🇺

[@archermadsen7744]

Australian hero

[@ZaoMedong-]

We need him back.

[@DS-id8ye]

Legend , Edward Gough Whitlam

[@landcroft2007]

the best pm

[@joegrimes3873]

+Kelli Hunter OR AM FOR THAT MATTER

[@laurenceomara3808]

Joe Grimes Gough made our country what it is today. A fucking nightmare run by idiots.

[@BigBlueMan118]

@@laurenceomara3808 You are an absolutely clueless idiot, and I urge you to actually do a nominal amount of research and reading before you spurt rubbish all over the place in future.

[@laurenceomara3808]

@@BigBlueMan118 go fuck yourself you maggot

[@BigBlueMan118]

@@laurenceomara3808 probably about the same amount of time went into that defence as you have put into bettering yourself and your knowledge through the course of your existence, eh?

[@13dirty666]

R.I.P Gough

[@phillipchisholm4735]

Good song

[@ShamanMick]

Vale Gough.

[@anraimacconuladh2182]

R IP Gough .....

[@khylerin70]

Yugoff ,yugoff ,yugoff.

[@wallwombat]

Vale Gough Whitlam

[@ynmthwutla]

ok so explain to me why in the video it's Freedman on guitar, Plunder on bass and Lewis on piano, when everything else says that when the band consisted of those three, it was Freedman on piano, Plunder on guitar and Lewis on bass?

[@dingobonza]

What I would do to campaign for Labor in the 70s. What I would do.

[@greybirdo]

I did. Handed out how to votes for Bill Hayden at Blair State School on 13 December 1975. He was the only ALP member to retain his seat in Queensland that day. No need to thank me.

[@sophiehatcher2858]

In that Heath Ledger featured in the vid?

[@andrewwhitbread9362]

"Republic: Turnbull LEADERSHIP. FAILED Republican MESS: ALBO for LABOUR clean up!!!" - St. HMAJW."

[@roybennett9284]

Should be made a saint..under him conscription was finished, otherwise a load more body bags

[@BrissoParrothead]

Did we ever find out why he hated the Liberals (does he now know why?)

[@GreenMindxD]

There has to be atleast mild dislike for the Liberal party in an indivdual or something is not quite right with them

[@TheZugaii]

His true hate was the Country Party. When they changed their name he said that Nats rolled better off the tongue.

[@leejam5268]

Love the song - but it does seem a bit pretentious to call your band 'The Whitlams'

[@tamarapetrov4990]

Any more than calling yourself "Madonna"? ;)

[@leejam5268]

@@tamarapetrov4990 Exactly, or The Edge 🤣