Crowded House/Split Enz/Finn Bros

[Ason Unique]

I have never engaged my peers in a discussion about Crowded House. In fact, I am so clueless as to the consensus, I can't remember if New Zealand nationals of my age are even meant to like them. But the guitar intro for 'Don't Dream it's Over' begs to be sampled.

I like some of their songs, but the thing that lifts them above other acts from this hemisphere is that they never really sounded like what was popular at the time. Whereas many other groups are distinctly bound by the style of the times, the Finns just seemed to write songs. 'Leaky boat' is another one I quite like.

Do you foreign lot know about them? I'm sure they barely register on the radar, but I could be wrong. Am I meant to like them, or not. Drederick? Gareth? Oz Clique (:D )?

[Tzar]

my mum likes the finn brothers. end of my contribution to the thread :p

[Ason Unique]

my mum likes the finn brothers. end of my contribution to the thread :p
Yeah, fair nuff.

[abcdefz]

I never got much into Split Enz, but I liked the first two Crowded House albums bunches. I see stuff like Woodface and one of the other ones in the bargain bin all the time and I pick it up, listen to bits of it, and it doesn't grab me. I dunno.

[hitmonlee]

its a little before my generation but my brother and parents were big fans, i think my dad and bro went to a crowded house concert around 1988 at the ent centre.

im a bit of a fan but i dont own any of their stuff
i think my dad has some crowded house vinyl and split enz cassettes

[TAL]

Me and my brothers are Finns.

[Documad]

My friend was and is a huge fan of the Finns, so I wound up going to Crowded House concerts back in the day. They put on a hell of a concert. They were such hams and the hall would be full of bouncy energy.

I still think the self-titled CD is darn good (only a few duds), and I still love a few songs from Woodface (the Chocolate Cake song take me back to a very specific time in my life, plus I hate Andrew Lloyd Webber).

[abcdefz]

I still think the self-titled CD is darn good (only a few duds)



I'm curious to know what songs you think are duds on there. It's not the greatest album that ever came down the pike, but, for what it's doing, it seems pretty near perfect to me. Kind of like Marshall Crenshaw's first.

I should probably snag Woodface, huh? I dunno. But it's only, like, $3.

[Documad]

Woodface has Chocolate Cake, Fall at Your Feet, Weather With You, and a couple of other songs that I really like.

Off the top of my head, on the self-titled CD, I always skip over the song after Don't Dream It's Over, and the last song, but often I stop listening after Hole in the River. That could be that I always run out of time. I'm like that with a lot of albums. I would listen for 30 minutes and then shut them off.

For about 2 years after Joshua Tree came out, I still hadn't listened to the last few songs (in part because I used to put all my albums on cassette tapes to play them in the car and the last songs wouldn't fit). It was only after a friend pointed out that some of the best songs are at the end of the album that I gave it a complete listen. :p

[abcdefz]

...did you ever hear the CD version of the first album? There's an extra track and it kicks off the album and makes the tone a bit snappier from the start; maybe that helps.

[Documad]

I have the CD that starts off with Mean to Me. I don't understand all the lyrics, but I like it. :p

[abcdefz]

Yeah, that's the one.

The LP kicks off with "The World Where You Live," and "Mean to Me" isn't even on it.

[Ason Unique]

Weather with you, that's another one.

[Drederick Tatum]

just to make it clear, Crowded House is a New Zealand band. they are not Australian.

anyway the Finn brothers are pretty good. I don't really listen to them a great deal, but I respect what they do and that they're excellent song writers. Neil Finn in particular. he gets quite a bit of respect from artists worldwide I think. he did this show here once and had Eddie Vedder, some dudes from Radiohead and a bunch of others play with him.

[Ason Unique]

i used to post under Kid Presentable. if anyone knows how much it hurt when Australian Wheel of Fortune gave the clue "Great Australian Band", it's me.

[Documad]

Neil Finn in particular. he gets quite a bit of respect from artists worldwide I think. he did this show here once and had Eddie Vedder, some dudes from Radiohead and a bunch of others play with him.
My friend says that 7 Worlds Collide is the DVD of that concert and she had me put it on my netflix list. They're the wrong dudes from Radiohead but I still put it on my list.

[nypb]

I've always liked Split Enz (still have the True Colours cassette) and also a big Crowded House fan. Saw them at the Beacon on the Woodface tour. Solid, great pop tunes. They should have been huge in the States. Oh well.

R.I.P. Paul Hester :(

[abcdefz]

(still have the True Colours cassette) (




...if I remember right, my copy of the LP had this odd laser-engraving thing on the vinyl that made part of it shimmer. I can't remember exactly what the image was, though.

Styx did the same thing on Paradise Theater, but it was the album logo on one side. Odd.

[nypb]

Yes! The 45 for "One Step Ahead" had the same engraving. I can't seem to find it though, wonder what I did with it??

[abcdefz]

Yes! The 45 for "One Step Ahead" had the same engraving.


(y)


I can't seem to find it though, wonder what I did with it??


:(

[Documad]

Styx did the same thing on Paradise Theater, but it was the album logo on one side. Odd.
I purchased that on cassette only -- something I rarely did -- so I never saw the LP. :(

(That album is one of my most embarrassing teenage loves but I haven't heard it since.)

[scotty]

I like Woodface very much, but Crowded House were never a band I was really passionate about. I like Split Enz better, an age thing I guess. If I had a choice, I'd listen to Paul Kelly first rather than Neil Finn.

[Kid Presentable]

Paul Kelly is the shit.(y)

[hitmonlee]

ugh paul kelly.

my dad said that pearl jam played a crowded house cover the other night when they played here. nice :)

[Lyman Zerga]

i so hate/love 'dont dream it's over'

[abcdefz]

I purchased that on cassette only -- something I rarely did -- so I never saw the LP. :(

(That album is one of my most embarrassing teenage loves but I haven't heard it since.)



Paradise Theater? Oh, man.

I got a lot of shit from the eighth grade girls for giving it a two-star review in the school paper. :D