[情報]The Go-Betweens' Grant McLennan Dead …
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標題: [情報]The Go-Betweens' Grant McLennan Dead at 48
時間: Sun May 7 08:10:46 2006
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/06-05/05.shtml
The Go-Betweens' Grant McLennan Dead at 48
Scott Plagenhoef reports:
Grant McLennan, co-leader of the Australian band the Go-Betweens, died
Saturday, May 6, in Brisbane at the age of 48. McLennan passed away in his
sleep; the cause of death is not yet known.
McLennan, along with Robert Forster, formed the Go-Betweens in 1977 around a
shared love of 1960s pop, folk-rock, Television, and the Velvet Underground.
The group released six albums of jangly, intelligent, incisive music and a
handful of classic singles on Postcard, Rough Trade, Beggars Banquet, and
Sire before disbanding in 1989 after years of deserved critical success but
public indifference. In the 90s, McLennan released four solo albums and
paired with the Church's Steve Kilbey as Jack Frost. Following a performance
at the behest of French rock magazine Les Inrockuptibles, McLennan and
Forster re-teamed as the Go-Betweens at the start of this decade and recorded
three studio albums, including 2005's vastly underrated Oceans Apart.
Throughout the 80s, the Go-Betweens seemed poised to gain the success enjoyed
by likeminded groups such as the Smiths and R.E.M., but despite relocating to
London and releasing a string of extraordinary singles, the charts remained
just out of their grasp.
McLennan was often considered to be the more pop-oriented half of the
Go-Betweens' songwriting team, but his work is also often tinged with sadness
and melancholy, most notably "Cattle and Cane", a haunting rumination on
aging and memory, and "Dusty in Here", written for his late father.
McLennan also excelled at marrying breezy melodies to world-weary, evocative
words, crafting tracks that were cerebral and sometimes humorous yet exuded a
delicate warmth and depth of humanity rare in a three-minute pop song. The
best examples of which are "Bye Bye Pride", "Bachelor Kisses", "Right Here",
and "Streets of Your Town". Among other compositions for which McLennan will
be most fondly remembered are the Go-Betweens' "That Way", "Love Is a Sign",
and "Finding You", and solo tracks "Put You Down" and "Simone & Perry".
Pitchfork wishes to extend its thoughts to McLennan's friends and family.
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