"Bye Bye Pride" is a song by Australian alternative band

The Go-Betweens The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, who were its only constant members throughout it ...

that first appeared on their fifth studio album '' Tallulah''. It was released as a 7" and 12" vinyl single on the Beggars Banquet label in the United Kingdom in August 1987, with "The House That

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Built" as the B-side. In Australia it was released in 1987 by True Tone Records, with "Time In The Desert" as the B-Side. "Time In The Desert" was originally released as the B-side of the band's earlier single, "Cut It Out" (the second single from ''Tallulah''). True Tone subsequently in 1988 re-released the single with a new B-side, "The Clarke Sisters". The song failed to chart in either the UK or Australia however "Bye Bye Pride" was voted in at No. 89 in Triple J's Hottest 100 for 1989 and No. 85 in the Hottest 100 for 1990. At that time listeners could vote for songs released in any year. Forster wrote that, "Grant's majestic "Bye Bye Pride, with one of the best opening lines ever, was a ten-foot wave driven by Lindy's snare, with Amanda's piping oboe the froth on top."

Critical reception

Kristi Coulter at Allmusic states "For a lost-love song, "Bye Bye Pride" sounds positively joyous, rivaling "Love Goes On!" as the most ebullient entry in the Go-Betweens' catalog. It boasts one of Grant McLennan's most indelible melodies, which is saying something—at once soaring and stately, embellished by Amanda Brown's stellar oboe accompaniment, it's about as close to epic as the band ever got."

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agreed, "an all-time band classic, with the best ever oboe solo in rock n roll".

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' Jason McNeil's considers that the song "returns to the band’s abundant strengths - witty lyrics and music making for heavenly ear candy." In 2015

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( The Church) selected "Bye Bye Pride" as one of his top ten Australian songs, stating "This song is so full of longing and regret and naive hope. The lyrics are so Brisbane I can almost see it all happening right before me. I never could grow sick of this song."

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's Noel Mengel called it, "One of the greatest rock songs of the '80s"

Track listing

Original 7" Vinyl release

Original 12" Vinyl release

Release history

Credits

;The Go-Betweens * Amanda Brown — oboe, backing vocals *

Grant McLennan Grant William McLennan (12 February 19586 May 2006) was an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter-guitarist. He co-founded the Go-Betweens with Robert Forster in Brisbane in 1977. In addition to his work with the Go-Betweens (1977–89, ...

— guitar, lead vocals * Lindy Morrison — drums *

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— backing vocals, guitar *

Robert Vickers Robert Vickers (born 25 November 1958, Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian bass guitarist, who is best known as a member of the Australian musical group The Go-Betweens. Vickers visited London, England in 1977, and returned to Brisbane to join ...

— bass ;Production * Producer — Richard Preston ("Bye Bye Pride") * Producer — Dale Griffin ("The House That Jack Kerouac Built") * Engineer — Mark Colley ("The House That Jack Kerouac Built")

References

External links

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