http://www.metafilter.com/tags/grantmclennan Posts tagged with 'grantmclennan' at MetaFilter. Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:56:16 -0800 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:56:16 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/120472/my%2Dfeelings%2Din%2Dthe%2Dbedroom%2DBrisbane%2Ddriving%2Dmy%2Dcar%2Dand%2Danything%2Dfrom%2Doverheard%2Dconversations <a href="http://www.collapseboard.com/reviews/albums-reviews/the-go-betweens-quiet-heart-emi-australia/">"There’s a recurring idea in David Nichols’ excellent Go-Betweens book, the belief that The Smiths were unfairly taken to heart by the world’s introverted bookworms when The Go-Betweens were obviously so much better, so much more literary etc, but there’s a teenage desperation at the heart of The Smiths’ music that The Go-Betweens never touched. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing. As someone who loved the Smiths as a teenager — and still in some respects admire them — I’m not a teenager anymore. In my 20s, I liked the Go-Betweens. In my 30s I loved them. As I prepare to enter my 40s, I am in awe of them. By the time I reach my 60s, they might be all I listen to."</a> <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/the-go-betweens-rock-group">The Go-Betweens</a> were an Australian band who recorded their excellent 1980s albums - think The Smiths if Morrissey had ever got out in the sunshine once in a while - in London, then two further records in the 2000s until the early death of one of the principal songwriters, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/may/10/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries">Grant McLennan</a>, led to the end of the band. They have a new best-of out, and Robert Forster, the surviving songwriter <a href="http://messandnoise.com/articles/4512537">talks us through the tracks</a>, including clips for those new to their work. Since the band dissolved following McLennan's death, he's <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/praise-for-a-pencil-pusher/2006/10/25/1161749186810.html">also carved out a neat sideline as a critic</a> - and <a href="http://www.robertforster.net/otherpubs/articles/rfdebris198712.html">still has excellent hair</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.120472 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:56:16 -0800 collapseboard go-betweens grantmclennan robertforster mippy