Go, going, gone

I'm not even gonna qualify my claim that the Go-Betweens were one of the very best bands of the 1980s, "alternative" or otherwise. The facts: the band boasted 2 ace songwriters in Robert Forster and Grant McLennan; the songs are tight, smart and catchy, nearly always in equal measure; they were critically adored but criminally absent in the charts, with recognition coming way too late. You've heard it before.

I'm gonna skip over their '80s classics (anyone reading this should at least own Before Hollywood) and go right to their comeback in the '00s, which was cut short due to McLennan's sudden death in 2006. Super bummer. They still had it—rhyming about looking good in Hollywood, dreaming of Birnham Wood. Take that, Biggie.

The Go-Betweens - Going Blind