The Go-Betweens ""Here Comes The City"

[TheMjblades]

Not to quibble but isn't it supposed to be billed as 'Here Comes A City'?

[LordChoxy]

The Go-Bys were and ARE fuckin ACE

[transonicbuoy1]

Going back to England, after a long time away, in August. Time to get the Honda superbike on the road. Approach London, through Cambridgeshire. You can see the towers on the horizon - one of two Alpha cities on Earth. Very exciting.

[chinkwo]

Robert is regal

[hairymarx]

Very Talking Heads-ish

[thunders73]

What a track!

Grants axe sure looks like a Maton on initial sighting. More research needed...

[sydneyindie1]

I've seen these guys heaps over 20 years but never got to see what I consider their best...such a shame !

[Pinkybum]

@ixis99 It looks like a Hohner to me.

[wwwtherockernl]

Oceans apart is really great.

[wwwtherockernl]

Oceans apart is really great.

[transonicbuoy1]

Yes not many songs capture the feeling of approaching a great city. London and NYC: the global "alpha" cities. I used to approach London, from the north, by superbike. Through Cambridgeshire, down the M11. Docklands in the distance, the Heathrow traffic, the other four airports` jets. The fug of London...exciting stuff.

[reilly3]

The only song that shells the tempo and anxiety of approaching a city. Singular.

[maurrod]

Here Comes A City from the brilliant (and sadly last album) Oceans Apart. Check it out on Mushroom Records

[qiput]

their music only gets better over time..

[blacksunfish]

Banging track. What's the guitar Grant is playing here? Is it a Maton?

[ixis99]

@blacksunfish- I think it is a German guitar that Forster picked up during the time he lived here.Never seen another like it-it is also on the back cover of his 1st solo album.If anybody knows what it is,please let me know!

[blacksunfish]

@ixis99 Thanks! I've wondered for a long time.

[randombeliefs]

@ixis99 Gretsch surely

[ixis99]

@randombeliefs Surely a Gretsch inspired guitar,but not a Gretsch.It has 3 pickups/3 switches for one thing and the headstock and tailpiece both have an"A"motif.More like an old Harmony,but the shape of a Gretsch....interesting guitar.

[NewHopeNashFan]

It's as if Bryan Ferry met Brian Wilson.... I just love these guys and if I weren't so distracted by Graham Nash I'd be listening to the Go-B's constantly. Thanks for the video!

[thecurera]

cred for whom it may NEVER con CERN

[voxpop2000]

Ahem... the song is called "Here Comes *A* City"! Call me a trainspotter, but accuracy = credibility.

[NewHopeNashFan]

But this is YepRock for whom we have to thank this lovely number.

[thecurera]

rather walk from katoomba to martins place maquarie street sounds better pushing whom in the city

[Rox4brayns]

w0w...

[transonicbuoy1]

They're a rock/pop group, what's all this "quintessential cult" stuff about?

[Timmybear]

I don't know why someone downgraded this comment, so I voted it back to 0. They ARE a rock/pop group.

[tikicupcake]

they really aged gracefully, the late songs are just as good as the early stuff. such a shame that Grant passed away, would've been interesting to hear more from them...

[oleshatterbutt]

Hello Robert,Iris here watching you

[Grebennikova]

best band of the eighties , amazing career , GENUINE talent

[maida1982a]

Robert is a genuinely nice, caring and thoughtful man. He can look severe but he is anything but that. When I met him after a show (in fact the last Go Betweens show ever in the USA), I thought he'd be cold or distant. He gave a lot of his time to chat with us fans.

[jonnythewhitefoot]

I would like to dedicate this to an ex-lover that will never see this... And if she does, Fuck ya! XXX

[ralfrecords]

Robert Forster is so great

[kevinherbert]

Boy!!!!! what a driving vocal on that hook..sort of like an angry parish priest, on mogadon..are they serious!!!!

[ptalex1976]

loved "bright yellow bright orange" was their best album in my opinion

[samjanemurray]

oh go-betweens i will always love you, from town halls in the eighties into all the new cities, thank you for songs that stay with me eternally

[ashleighfleur]

Grant RIP, you inspired me to write songs. God, Robert Forster is sooo gorgeous lol :-)x

[1ralfloren]

wow, this song has blown me away !! f####ng awesome. Heard it on Jonathon Ross Radio 2 prog on saturday. Thought it was Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks) at first How on earth did i not hear of them b4 ? Is it the lead singer who has passed away ? Absolutely Brilliant

[ashleighfleur]

Grant, who passed away, is playing guitar on this one (the bald one), Robert Forster is singing here...he is also an actor and has starred in quite a few good films including Mulholland Drive. Jonathan Ross rules for playing it! The Go Betweens are so great, i advise buying some albums, they never disappointed, all the albums are great :-)x

[MaxVoltage]

the actor is not the same persone here

[copfromperth]

You will find it is actually a completely different Robert Forster in the film. Same spelling, different man !

[han444]

You are confusing Robert Forster the musician with Robert Forster the actor.

[lovecell]

What a lovely time with them...

[peepingpom]

Great song, great album, at least they finished on a high.

[oldpaw]

'Oceans Apart' is one of the great albums.

[boerni1976]

What a Loss.Great Grant McLennan.Fantastic Band."Bright yellow,bright orange" perhaps the best so-called poprock album.

[mwed]

Amazing band - just found them last year - loved thelast album and look forward to the past stuff - finding you - no reason to cry - boundary rider - born to a family - wow. I remember right here from the 80's - great song

[ziggboy11]

Nice stuff.

[l1ght1n1ng1]

yes RIP Grant. Amazing soul.

[gonzax]

great band

rest in peace Grant