The Go-Betweens: "Bye Bye Pride"

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

Its anzac day, remembering lost war heroes.

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.

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:)

The Shrine of Rememberance in the background is in Melbourne.
Quite simply one of the most beautiful songs ever!