Go Betweens - Bye Bye Pride HD

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From 1987's Tallulah album
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[@moparsully]

I saw Robert and Grant open for Lloyd Cole at Liberty Lunch in Austin in 1992 and they were so good, people were climbing the walls

[@russellhowchin265]

The oboe solo at the end of the song and especially the last note of it are so beautiful, it’s repeated so it stays with you long after the song is over.

[@BBrecht]

Greatest ever oboe solo in a pop song?

[@woofbark4475]

Amen

[@ceedasun6148]

Actually a clarinet

[@bassage13]

@@ceedasun6148 No. It's an oboe. That is not what a clarinet sounds like. You can easily look it up if you disagree.

[@Dreamboat1979]

@@bassage13 I'm going with French Horn

[@djbrain150]

what makes it even more impressive is that she taught herself how to play it. I love this band.

[@kelvinredward3013]

True Aussie band with strong lyrics, the Oboe solo makes this song 🎵 unforgettable

[@owensmith4303]

about the best jangle pop i have ever herd

[@jimjones7821]

The ending....the best 30 seconds in Oz rock history

[@JohnSmith-zl8rz]

what a freaking masterpiece!

[@draoi99]

I was lucky enough to see this band play live in Dublin in 1989. They were playing support to REM. A great night.

[@alfredoca687]

80's REM with The Go Betweens both at the same time, now that's a show

[@SeanDunne-bo6yw]

saw The go Betweens live in 1989 as support to REM on Green tour in RDS Dublin. What a band

[@paulbreen8533]

I was there too. I remember being mesmerized by their performance of The House Jack Kerouac Built.

[@johnrotring74]

A band with a beautiful sound, wonderful harmonies and sometimes with baroque pop wind instruments, a brilliant irony. Thanks for sharing ; )

[@instagraham8]

Perfection. An Aussie classic ❤️

[@robertoc2485]

Wow. I always thought Robert sang this. But what vocals from Grant. This is a masterpiece.

[@carlosmendes2034]

Eternal pleasure listening GO BETWEENS!

[@patrickhicks9880]

john peel loved this and i do forever

[@rickybatten8312]

visited oz in in 86 and 88 and came back to england with great memories and a great tape...........16 lovers lane.......addicted ever since

[@bassage13]

"Tape." I remember tapes. The 80s are too far away.

[@carllloyd5086]

Still sends shivers up the spine!

[@hellokidscorp]

Simply a brilliant song in every way ! Perfect.

[@BeggarsArchive]

agreed :)

[@nunoleal9842]

1994. Vieira town, sea, balcony, hi-fi pounding this song, i had Forster-like blonde dyed hair, OzPortugal

[@adrianopieretto609]

they was a very symphatic great band the line up of the band 2 girls and 2 boys was perfect i am a big fan of them,,forster solo albums are also amazing,thank you guys for the beautiful music

[@johnnygoesdrummin9680]

love

[@ianbruce892]

The Go Betweens were so uniquely Australian 🇦🇺 very similar to The Smiths but aussie!!😎🎸🥁🎻🎸🎤

[@stevelarson1077]

Really a reincarnation of The Byrds

[@paulhastings3439]

My one musical regret is never having caught the Go Betweens. Vale G.W. McLennan.

[@mapple432]

Lucky to see this lineup on the Tallulah tour. Magnificent!

[@Apirana100]

A magic video, and song!

[@neilmanley9843]

Other oboe songs , the triffids hometown farewell kiss...oz oboe perfection both ...

[@JCridford]

Best looking band in the world with this line-up: McLennan, Forster, Brown, Morrison and Vickers! Grant looks like James Dean in this, Robert is at his most Robertish, and I'll still argue that this is GW's best GBs song till I'm blue in the face :)

[@ianisfullofit]

I think this is my favourite GBs song.

[@robertoc2485]

Yes it's my favourite - a flawless piece of music

[@123cahoots]

Beautiful song that is sometimes overlooked in their catalogue. My favourite anyway.

[@teddydog6229]

I'm not entirely sure I agree just because 'Dusty In Here' is about the most heartbreaking song I know but this one is top 5 with no question. Wow how many instruments does Amanda Palmer play ? She's like Brian Jones only better looking and (I assume) less impossible.

[@micahb2627]

You might be right.

[@micahb2627]

Truly a great Human anthem, this is empathy rushing TO the fire.

[@paulafay8551]

just joyous.

[@Mark_Ocain]

An instant classic....and what a great groove. reminds me of being back in my 20's in the pubs of Sydney, just passing time while this plays on the Juke Box. caught these guys live a few times...class act all the way.

[@Nowheres770]

Beautiful song

[@mattmcdonald6202]

Justly famous song... but what a missed opportunity with this video. If you've seen the moonlit stepped clouds over Trinity inlet, if you've walked home alone, drunk, down Shield St, you will know this is as a homage to Far North Queensland, and the nostalgia of a Queensland boy with a guitar who left the cane fields, saw the world, and never found a true home.

[@scottreid4311]

Agree. While I know nothing of Queensland, the song is so rich in emotion (sad/brittle/majestic) that you can't help but wish they went for more of that vibe in the video.

[@Bennyboy1985]

Looks like the footage is from Sydney on ANZAC day, would've been better if they'd shot it in Brisbane instead

[@IsabelCañete-d9l]

Muy buena cancion

[@paulafay8551]

I went to see the Go-bies in this era. They were on fire.

[@mapple432]

I saw them tour Tallulah. Amazing.

[@antoniocarreira9743]

Very envious, from Portugal! And they were here!

[@alansmitheemx]

Thanks for uploading... this is perfection

[@ianbruce892]

Too be honest, they were just as good as The Smiths... Grant and Rob were definitely as talented as Marr and Morrissey!!🎸🎸🥁🎻🎙

[@rrickey360]

I totally agree 👍

[@DJKinney]

Um...absolutely not. You are insane.

[@zala90]

Amazing

[@donbiswas7250]

Australia's national anthem.

[@milanmernjik8354]

Oboe is magnificent ,also like in Night swimming by REM,and Twist in my sobriety,by T.Tikaram

[@richalderson6069]

The fact that this beautiful song wasn't a huge hit shows just how stupid the record buying public and radio programmer's are. It's as perfect as pop gets and yes, commercial as well.

[@ButtonPhonics]

You are soooo right. It's a 10/10 banger

[@petersheridan6809]

Yes. Too true.

[@patrickcullen5598]

Impossible to say what is their best song, but this is in the top 5 or 6. A fallible band, some bad bits, but overall beautiful - from the first album to Grant and Robert's solo stuff. Ps. Lindy is a much better drummer than she's give credit for; does her stuff like Ringo

[@lunarblancoimperial]

Las despedidas no siempre son tristes... Adios orgullo, adiós... Tremenda banda...

[@patricknorrie4617]

My heart breaks for this. "For Ransom" is a chapter in Heathlands.

[@milanmernjik4834]

Volim da čujem obou,divna pesma

[@scottwaldon7420]

Great song by GB; check out On My Block, and The Ghost and The Black Hat too.

[@brunoBEGARANI-kx2ey]

❤Sound of BRISBANE ❤

[@adamrosenthal3072]

Del Amitri does a great Version

[@grey_eminence]

Bye bye whatever. Life is an endless chain of good byes. The door is open wide ... but hope has to stay outside. Thank you. Thank you, my love. Thanks to you, my life!

[@loicamar]

brought here by the Winterpills cover. i do love this a lot! but the cover brings an air of ambient wondrous melancholy that adds a lot. check it out! Bye Bye Pride from Echolalia by Winterpills

[@kimbatwl4663]

The cover is nice but I prefer the casual, breezy realness of the original.

[@JCridford]

By the way, can anyone confirm: Is the man at 0:58 Robert's dad? There is a real likeness there!

[@Handlemcdaniel]

"Hey guys I've got this great new song. I mean, it's not just kinda great, it's *all-time* great." --"Let's hear it...wow, that really is great! Let's put that on the new album." --But there's just one thing...my girlfriend wants to be on it. She wants to sing backup. --Well, can she sing? --Sure...I mean, with enough phasing and, you know...sure. --OK then. --But, guys...there's just one other thing. --What is it, Grant? --She wants to do an oboe solo, too. ---WHAT?? --Yeah, you know, oboe. The woodwind. Like, where there would ordinarily be a nice guitar part one of us could play, maybe an arpeggio...But an oboe solo instead. --Oh geez, Grant. Seriously.

[@pauljacobson2207]

Sad to think about all the great songs Grant would have written......

[@kelvinredward3013]

Grant was and is a true song 🎵 writer R I P.

[@TwonkeyTV]

Nice to see it in HD, but sound is so bad, it does not sound like that on the record.

[@BeggarsArchive]

not sure what you are listening on but we have double checked the sound and it is fine

[@lauratansey818]

My dad likes this song

[@multiloop2024]

I'm here because of Stuart Murdoch ✌🏻

[@kate9576]

Heroin is good for no one.

[@petere9668]

I met grant just before he died at the cha Cha grill steakhouse in Brisbane. a perfect gentleman but horse took him away from us. Such a tragedy and a waste. I wish he was here today making music

[@bassage13]

@@zaphodtrillian5237 My best friend died from Heroin in his early 20's. It's sick that you would defend it.

[@jmr1920]

wish it was 80s forever.. songs today are so bad

[@belwoodzzzz]

Del Amitri"s cover is better.