Grant should also be credited for the fantastic guitar playing in this song, one of the things that make it. In one of his interviews, Forster remarks how Grant played unbelievably here and had him impressed.
Not only here, you can see him doing just that visually on one occasion in the Right here video from the Tallulah album and sonically again in the fabulous track You cant say no forever from their last album.
@bonepaper I completely agree, though another thing is true as well: both Grant and Robert as solo artists were far from being as good as they were as partners in the Go-Bes. I LOVE Batchelor kisses and Apology accepted as much as Part company and Spring rain, to just name but a few. It was a brilliant competition! But Twin layers is my fave, ´coz it so perfectly captures the spirit of a wonderful moonlit night..."and then we love and we turn...".
grant mclennan seems to often get more love from go-betweens fans, but robert forster always had the edge for me. for lack of a better comparison, i think of him as the lennon to grant's mccartney; his songs may not necessarily be as catchy or pretty, but they're often more interesting to me because of their jagged edges. this song is a great example of that. and whatever the video is, somehow it fits.
The weirdest thing is that I could never tell which was which. I always thought Grant was writing the songs I liked best like this one, spring rain, clouds, dive for your memory, can't say no forever. Only after reading his autobiography, I realized that Robert was the writer I was liking best. Not so say Grant's stuff isn't great either.
