The Go-Betweens: "Bye Bye Pride"

[beachdeam0n]

the most beautiful harmonies i have ever heard have come from this band

ugh so underrated

[ronnyjrw1]

This is a wonderful video for such a gorgeous song. Thanks!!

[MrManJezza]

I love this song, so beautiful and touching. The comments below show the appreciation of Grant's extraordinary talent. As palaceboy77says just to be able to write one song like this but there were so many others as well. RIP Grant.

[MrFcordeiro1]

It's a pity Grant's death have ended this project.

[transonicbuoy1]

From a storied Brit, grey London. This was special.

[Mouldytone]

And the greatest use of an oboe in a pop song award goes to............

[palaceboy77]

I revisit this song about once every five years and it still does me in every time. To leave a single song behind like this as your legacy....wow.

[TheMIITAROU]

バイバイ、マイプライド…

わたしも歳をとりましたわ…がしかし

door is open wide …ｴｴ言葉やね

[rojinsaro]

I've always like the Go-Betweens

but I think it just hit me how great they really were

[1teanu]

Just brilliant, awesome lyrics thanks heaps, another legend band of the 80s and another fav of mine was INXS

[tkshots]

my favourite 32 seconds in the history of popular music is on this...the instrumental at the end....

[MrManJezza]

@tkshots great comments on "bye Bye Pride" couldn't agree more!

[ronnyjrw1]

@tkshots Totally agree! Wish it could go on for ever......

[camford68]

I haven't heard this for years, i cried and cried listening to it, omg, so long ago, still so real and meaningful, valid.... so brilliant... always. thankyou, so much for your wonderful lyrics and sound.... viva brisvegas!!!

[gavgams]

@camford68

Have you seen the classic rock albums dvd of 16 lovers Lane? Worth buying for double the price.

[thedizzies1]

a sad sad sad day that Grant McLennan died.

[franknwalters]

just brilliant

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[SteveSanders81]

Brisbane's greatest.

[mutikonka]

When I saw this video in 1987 I fell in love with Australia from a distance and wanted to emigrate. It took me three years but I did it. I'd forgotten about it until now - and looking at it, looks like it was filmed just down the road form me in Pyrmont (?JOnes Bay?). It's still a classic.

[56music]

@mutikonka

A belated welcome from Brisvegas

[awesometris999]

Possibly The Go-Betweens finest moment. Only just stumbled across the video though, obviously didn't get mainstream play back in the day.

[tommywm24]

What an amazing song...I'm an Aussie and feel ashamed for only just finding it.

[rossisland11]

If only more Aussie bands were brave enough to be themselves! The Go-Betweens managed to combine artiness (perhaps with a touch of pretension!), and great songwriting, whilst being totally unashamed of their Australian-ness. And it wasn't a jingoistic Aussieness, one that dealt in cliched symbols and stereotypes, or parodied them for laughs. Like so many great writers, Grant and Robert simply wrote about where they came from. How could they do anything else?

[TheFleurieuLA]

Watching this it occurred to me that since back then we've lost George from the Warumpi Band, James Freud, Alistair Hullett, David McComb and Grant.

Aussie music back then was so odd, varied and magical. I just hope they all realised the amazing things they achieved and what it meant to all of us.

[samlamamma]

Had the pleasure of seeing Grant and Robert opening for Lloyd Cole in the early 90's, so great. Miss Grant so much. But don't forget "The Triffids":)

[ushananditha]

holiday dating site  # lushfmlk.info #

[1teanu]

Wish I had seen the Go betweens in concert but living in the middle of the pacific ocean on Norfolk Island I missed out but absolutely love there music also listened to the radiators, Inxs, Cars and Bob Marley to name a few during the eighties, the 80s are my favourite music Darren

[flippypimpstein]

eno meets the smiths

[Timmybear]

Yes, the oboe is majestic. And how many times can one even reference an oboe on a pop song? Some Roxy Music - the Dream Academy (I think) - some Swans - and then I'm at a loss.

[xamesm]

@Timmybear there's oboe in at least one Icehouse song (Man of Colours)

[BlackMonk66]

@xamesm Also in The Move's "It Wasn't My Idea To Dance." Probably some solo Roy Wood, too.

And at least one song on the new Television Personalities album.

[stankler]

good video too.

[JitenJP1]

they Aussie? sound british...really nice  :)

[maida1982a]

the oboe is great on this

[Fnarf]

@maida1982a the oboe at the end especially is the GREATEST THING EVER. I could listen that solo a thousand times.

[lrjh750f1]

An hymnical exultation to loss, redemption, self discovery and self determination.

Truly one of the greatest Australian bands of all time.

RIP Grant and luv to all who continue.

[SvendTV]

@lrjh750f1 Very succintly put! This song makes me feel I could levitate with hope - so beautiful. "Walk to that tide because, the door is open wide....

[maurrod]

another brilliant piece. Miss you Grant

[londonemski]

I'd forgotten how much I liked this song. Grant McClennan was such a fine writer.

[dlotroxx]

Greatness!

[angelfielder]

This song always makes the hairs on my neck stand up - it's simply sublime!

[jzsjzs]

grant fuiste el mejor

[bunnymanzimbo]

Just perfect,always makes me cry its so beautiful,what a chorus...25 years on it still gets me every time..Up there with The Killing Moon (Bunnymen) as the best song ever...

[mepegasus]

Pop perfection...sadly it is far too brilliant to ever appeal to a mass audience...why weren't these guys huge?...i mean just listen to it!

[bartonim]

@mepegasus I am with you! I was a bit late on board, starting with Liberty Belle and working my way backwards eventually. They were just too good, maybe too literate and visionary for the radio, but who can resist their magic?! Great band. RIP Grant.

[warooa]

The lyric is set in Cairns, Far North Queensland - Shield st . . mangroves . . etc, but there is a double meaning which is anybodies guess. Just enjoy

[menyc]

@warooa

thanks!

[monica9965]

Thanks to a facebook friend, I rediscovered the GBs. I'd forgotten how amazing they were. The melody and lyrics are particularly haunting. Not much like this exists today.

[dartmouthhoop]

@monica9965 so true

[heyswampy]

This is Grant's shining moment. So gorgeous. But stripped down without the backing vocals and the horn, it's not so great. so says me

[daleam1]

Beautiful song. I hate to ask a stupid question but I'm American and I don't understand what is going on in the video. Could someone explain what it is about?

[flock101]

Its anzac day, remembering lost war heroes.

[daleam1]

Thank you so much. I have a couple of albums by these guys and I love the music but I had never heard this song before. I think this sounds like their best work but I had a hard time understanding what it was about.

[jb291266]

A lot of the video footage is probably of an ANZAC day parade (not sure which city, possibly Brisbane?), similar to Memorial Day in the U.S. I think the song is about the transition from youth to adulthood thus the juxtapositions in the video but that's just my take on it. Classic nostalgic song:)

[zedovichi]

The Shrine of Rememberance in the background is in Melbourne.

Quite simply one of the most beautiful songs ever!

[OliWilliamz]

simply the best song ever written !!

[twainname]

Wow, is it simply the best song ever written?

I think Brownie adds so much to the band at this period. I like the years with out her but I liked the songwriting possibilities it opened up while she was there.

[OliWilliamz]

simply the best song ever written

[Michaelmc352]

The word 'genius' is bandied around too freely these days. To have two in the one band seems almost selfish. Grant, you're still much missed. Robert, you're much loved.

[bartonim]

Agreed! On all counts. I loved the GBs, got into them from Liberty Belle initially. Eventually I got all the older recordings and was a fan till the first end, and through the reunion.

Grant and Robert: two of the best songwriters ever.

[bartonim]

@Michaelmc352 Well said. They may not have sold millions of records, but they weaved magic together. Grant, a life cut way too short. Robert, the other brilliant half of this group.

[nanotubeX]

I can recall the first time I heard this song, it was on rage( ABC) hottest 100 in  1990.

[TheMemberForHiggins]

Gee, I'm pretty sure that was the first time I heard it too!!! I was a wee bit young for Tallulah when it was released and had probably only heard "Cattle & Cane" and "Streets of..." by 1990.

[seancyril70]

Thank you Go Betweens. What a wonderful song. Bye Bye Pride

[maida1982a]

such a great melody-grant knew how to write them--what a talent. love amanda's oboe on this, just magical. timeless, classic music.

[leahfkenney]

I love this song. Reminds me of trying to meet Grant in Brisbane in 2001.

[kadelbach63]

Del Amitri do a really good version of this song on the B side of one of their early singles 1990 ish. The original is great too, this being one of my fave GB songs. Justin Curry does the song credit though and it's well worth checking if you can find it.

[jimmbrady]

Great aussie bands like the G'betweens, Sunnyboys, Radio Birdman, Church etc never really got a go. Radio and Countdown played a lot of shit - why ?? - i'll never understand that ---

[terrorbytepresents]

Totally agree. Perhaps the age of greed is good commercialism began to take over.

[fofotini]

so totally agree w you, we had to swallow all that US and UK shite! I have more and more respect for the aussie music scene the older I get!

[dartmouthhoop]

Maybe the best band very few people ever knew ...if that makes sense.

[oleshatterbutt]

yeah-makes sense

[Amunication]

My favourite song on thing album is "cut it out" but this is amazing too, and the music video makes it perfect.

[BassAceReturns]

By far my favorite Go-Betweens song.  Great oboe. :-)

[kmw1470]

i have that on 7 inch vinyl . cracking .

[WKaliber1]

VERY underrated band

[mynameislotti]

This song is class in a beautifully crafted glass .... still lifts my spirits, still gets me thinking and imagining and smiling .... thanks Go Betweens

[lonesomesound]

Beautiful

[domusaurea]

OMG, a GOOD use of oboe in popular music!... *faints*

[mickeyzoopoo]

timeless classic wish Grant was still with us

[dubaipete]

Classic! Their music is so full of contagious emotion. I always loved listening to the Go Betweens.

[dbvalentine]

This is one of my fave GoBs song. They make u feel proud to be an Aussie

[iateyourhamlady]

amen dbv! and even more proud to be an aussie singer-songwriter : D

[PatDoolan23]

I love that song! Absolutely beautiful. "A white moon appears, like a whole in the sky. The mangroves go quiet."

Can anyone please, please send me the guitar chords for this song!!!!! I can't find them.

[feinstein1]

Just D and G, my friend.

[dominator68]

Scarily good.

[marquez2605]

they were so great! grant, we miss you...

[akis723]

actually they're better than Talking Heads that's why they are so underrated.

[paddlepop77]

The Talking Heads guy is an imbecile.

[akis723]

lol... nice

[dropkickmurphy9]

The best band of the 80's (alright, maybe tied with The Replacements), and one of the most underrated bands ever.

[mothernaturesson88]

their good, Replacements and Talking Heads are both better...but who cares, this rules

[dartmouthhoop]

completely and absolutely agree!!!

[JitenJP1]

@dropkickmurphy9 replacements?

[bartonim]

@dropkickmurphy9 I'd say they were the best, with all due respect to some of the decade's greats. Simply superb.

[54spiritedwill54]

The perfect video for the perfect song.

[siberiav1]

something truely Australian so hard to find these days! Thank God for 80's aus rock

[maida1982a]

this song hits the ground running and then soars to unbelievable melodic heights all while telling a great story.

grant was a master craftsman.

[francisanosissi]

ah that kodachrome quality,sunshine in the undercurrent,bustingly good everywhere and everyway,time capsule stuff.

[maida1982a]

The world is a better place because of The Go Betweens.

[prolo67]

fucking love this song..made me the way i am;)

[freudastaire]

This was my 17 year old summer soundtrack... happy and strange days

[kickittome70]

Love in all it's strange and wonderful forms

[kickittome70]

I write whilst listening to this for the 4th time. This song is really amazing as it has such wonderful harmonies ans meaning. To think these guys cooked with gas under dirty old Joh. QLD in the 70's to the early 90's was a backwater. But these guys cut thru, due in no part to an excess of talent.The tribute early last year was fantastic.I proposed to my wife literally minutes after playing "Right Here".In a smart ass way I could say I cheated by playing the song - but these guys are about love

[kickittome70]

Icon - brilliant - RIP dude

[PopularLunch]

If a song could ever be perfect, this is it.

[trashysinatra]

you mean so much to me.

[KwautLizard]

Wow!

[swanstep]

Love the smile from amanda at 3:05! Perfect song. Thanks Grant.

[seintzeit]

they just made the perfect most beautiful songs...

[fourteenbellbirds]

yes they did - vale Grant

[seintzeit]

rest his blessed soul...

[jjj7477]

they surely did....

[zach85]

The director did a really good job!!!! But I don't know this singers.....

[fieldmor77]

Part of the soundtrack to my youth, one of the most underated bands of all time.

[1sb3nson2]

Such a moving song, melancholy but ultimately uplifting, made all the more so emotional by Grant's passing. I get a lump in my throat whenever I hear this song...

[bravebern]

Discovered them by accident in the 80's at an obscure gig on a wet London night - - This song and that performance I still carry with me. Saw them once more after that - still brill - RIP Grant

[nichaeloz]

Check this out Gen Y ! The music you guys were born into! ....soak it up and enjoy..

[stankler]

gushing.the perfect song.i love how they mamas and papas it at the end.korea..now knows the genius of the gbtws

[monkeymanmoi]

What a perfect song. My favorite Go-Betweens track (and that's really saying something). I don't think I can listen to these songs in the same way anymore. It's almost painful. The same feeling I get listening to Kirsty MacColl.

[markdcarter]

Possibly the most beautiful track I've ever heard. Puts even "Waterloo Sunset" to shame. "Just Like Heaven" is about the only other one I can think of that's in the same league. A transcendent achievement!!! _Tallulah_ is a wondrous album. Go-Betweens forever!! O:-D

[boerni1976]

Most of Grant's songs find a way deep into my heart, I discover the go-betweens really late, think it was by the release of "Rachel Worth".This music 'll never go away,I'`ll keep it till to my death!

[roisin05]

is he really dead over a year now... what a tragic loss.. love you grant

[gjr64]

The perfect video for the perfect song.

[boerni1976]

wonderful song.period

[iggypotwotwot]

i love this song

[privatetartanarmy]

fantastic! cheers for posting

[Beaksa]

Another wonderful G-B's video. It would be great if all the G-B's videos could one day be compiled on a DVD so we can enjoy them even more.

[astrophell]

Fitting video for a wonderful song. Grant was brilliant. I'm actually sitting here trying to hold back the tears...

[ceurov]

fantastic classic