| 词条 | Head Full of Steam | |||||||||||||||||
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| name = Head Full of Steam | cover = Head_Full_of_Steam_single_cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Go-Betweens | album = Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express | A-side = Head Full of Steam | B-side = Don't Let Him Come Back | released = May 1986 | format = 7" vinyl 12" vinyl | recorded = Berry Street Studio, London | studio = | venue = | genre = {{Flatlist|
}} | length = 3:35 | label = Beggars Banquet (UK) True Tone (AUS) | writer = Grant McLennan, Robert Forster[1] | producer = Richard Preston | prev_title = Spring Rain | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Right Here | next_year = 1987 }} "Head Full of Steam" is the second single by Australian indie group The Go-Betweens, from their 1986 studio album, Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express. It was released as a 7" and 12" vinyl single on the Beggars Banquet label in the United Kingdom in May 1986, with "Don't Let Him Come Back" as the B-side. In Australia it was released in 1987 by True Tone Records, with "Little Joe" as the B-Side. VideoThe video was a take-off of Prince's recent video for "Kiss". If featured Forster cavorting in a mid-riff top and flares and McLennan in drag. Forster later wrote that, "This was weird and gave the video an odd edge. I didn't know what Grant was thinking. A team of psychologists at a lakeside retreat outside Vienna would have to work that one out."[2] Critical receptionNed Ragett at Allmusic states ""Head Full of Steam" finds the band in relatively jangley mode, the sparkling chime of Robert Forster's and Grant McLennan's guitars almost as close as they ever got to being like the Cocteau Twins. It's an inexact comparison admittedly -- there's not any digital delay soundscapes for a start! -- while the steady, fairly relaxed pace of the song and its melody found the band in easy rather than tense, concerned mode. Forster himself is in fine form vocally, his particular plaintive style just nervously worried enough to convey his unsuccessful-but-he'll-try-anyway pursuit of an unrequited love. Thorn's singing is understated but adds a nice bit of low-key contrast and flair."[3] In Jason McNeil's review of Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express in Popmatters he states the "lone drawback might be the laissez faire attitude on “Head Full of Steam”, a track whose title misrepresents it totally."[4] Alternately, The Guardian thought, "Its softer, janglepop sound showed that shifting towards simplification could work in their favour."[5] Treblezine's Jeff Terich states that it is "another song that bears similarities to The Smiths. But it’s Grant McLennan’s voice that gives it away each time. Sounding like a cross between Robyn Hitchcock and Tom Verlaine, his voice is no less unmistakable than Morrissey’s.."[6] Australian musician David McCormack (Custard) believes that "It’s a classic. It’s mysterious but it’s got such a great euphoric chorus. My fascination with this particular song is also about when I discovered it – whenever I put it on, it transports me back to Brisbane in the mid-80s, which is where I first heard it at a friend’s house. I also recommend checking out the video which features Robert doing his best Prince impersonation."[7] Track listingOriginal 7" Vinyl release{{Track listing| all_writing = G. McLennan, R. Forster[1] | notes = yes | title1 = Head Full of Steam | note1 = Remix | length1 = 3:35 | title2 = Don't Let Him Come Back | note2 = | length2 = 2:30 }} Original 12" Vinyl release{{Track listing| all_writing = G. McLennan, R. Forster[1] | notes = yes | title1 = Head Full of Steam | note1 = Remix | length1 = 3:35 | title2 = Don't Let Him Come Back | note2 = | length2 = 2:30 | title3 = The Wrong Road | note3 = Early Version | length3 = }} Release history
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References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)|title='Bye Bye Pride' at APRA search engine|url=https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch#axd?q=Bye%20Bye%20Pride |accessdate=7 July 2015}} Note: User may have to click on 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:', e.g. Bye Bye Pride; or at 'Performer:' The Go-Betweens. 2. ^{{cite book | author=Robert Forster |title=Grant & I |year=2016 | publisher = Penguin|isbn=978-0-6700782-2-6|pages=167-168}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/head-full-of-steam-mt0004638593 | title=Head Full of Steam - The Go-Betweens | publisher=Allmusic | last=Ragett | first=Ned | accessdate=10 July 2015}} 4. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/gobetweens-reissues2004/| publisher= Popmatters | title=The Go-Betweens: 16 Lovers Lane / Tallulah / Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express| first = Jason | last = MacNeil | accessdate=10 July 2015 |date=3 February 2005}} 5. ^{{cite news| work= The Guardian | title=The Go-Betweens – 10 of the best| author=Hayley Scott | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/jun/08/the-go-betweens-10-of-the-best}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.treblezine.com/reviews/go-betweens-liberty-belle-and-the-black-diamond-express/|date=5 January 2005|publisher=Treblezine|last=Terich|first=Jeff|title=Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express|accessdate=11 July 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://doublej.net.au/#/news/features/are-these-robert-forsters-five-finest-moments|title=Are these Robert Forster's Five Finest Moments|publisher=DoubleJ|date=24 May 2014|accessdate=12 August 2015}} External links
6 : 1986 singles|The Go-Betweens songs|1986 songs|Beggars Banquet Records singles|Songs written by Grant McLennan|Songs written by Robert Forster (musician) |
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