Original video located here. Accessed 26th January 2023
Song title: Streets of Your Town
Artist: The Go-Betweens
Year: 1988
Why I like this song:
How's this for an analogy: If the Go-Betweens were a TV show they would be Firefly. Quality material, inspiring a small but devoted legion of fans and really should've been huge - and it's the latter that adds to the band's mystique to the point where may as well eclipse everything else about them.
Cynicisms aside, this song is pure magic. I like that a lot is done with two chords. I like the summery feel of the thing. The harmonies are fantastic.
Furthermore, this song will remind me of eighteen year old me who was heading to Uni for the first time and finding more about the world & how it works (is that the majority of the Go-Betweens audience - Uni students?). Nothing like a fresh start.
Although it still remains baffling why this didn't take off. How can you say no to this? Leaves a lot of pop in the decade for dead.
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