Namesakes #170: The Go-Betweens

Another quick one for the space between Christmas and New Year, when everybody's got more important things to do than read blogs...

THE GO-BETWEENS #1

Hailing from Queens, New York, in 1965, these guys (who were mates with Dion) had a minor hit in the local charts with the single below…

The Go-Betweens – Have You For My Own

THE GO-BETWEENS #2

Brisbane’s finest, formed in 1977, led by the exemplary songwriting team of Robert Forster and Grant McLennan with top notch support from Lindy Morrison, Robert Vickers and Amanda Brown. McLennan’s death in 2006 brought the curtain down on the band for good, but Forster remains a strong solo voice to this day.

I’ve chosen their very first single because, basic though it is, it’s still one of my favourites.

The Go-Betweens – Lee Remick

THE GO-BETWEENS #3

Something to do with the German football team SV Darmstadt in the year 2000… perhaps a tribute album or some such? Google translate would only take me so far, although the song title translates as “Football can be so beautiful”… which I’ve yet to see any evidence for myself, but hey ho.

The Go Betweens - So schön kann Fussball sein

Not much to choose between this week - and a clear winner, surely?

We'll see...