neil finn deserves to spoken of in the same way as lennon and mccartney he is incredible and so overlooked,temple of low men,woodface and together alone are as good a trilogy of albums any band has ever done
@@sirandrelefaedelinoge as a Brit I would say the majority of the uk population for one ,I would be amazed if 1/20 uk people even knew who Neil Finn was plus they only ever had modest chart success over here
I saw them in Canada on tour for this album. They were superb musically & hilarius in places. Paul Hester especially. When they performed Niel's beautiful Split Enz song "Message To My Girl".. my good friend/long-time musician/sound engineer looked over and said "this guy is the Paul McCartney songwriter of our generation". And the decades since have proven Neil Finn is not just that but a songsmith of the ages just as Lennon-McCartney, Buckingham-Nicks or Gershwin.
I’ve only just found this (live 1990) and it’s the same year I got to see them. they did a one time CBGBs that was the same day announcement/ show & we went! amazing show; even years later it shocks me I got to see that particular band, small venue!
Before the horrible onset of autotune. Nice to be able to hear a band replicate their album sound acoustically. There were very albums I could listen to from beginning to end. Two were CH's first two albums. RIP Paul.
Holy crap! I so remembering watching this segment on Letterman . . . I think it either 89 or '90 . . . all I remember was being so flipping happy to watch!!
Crowded House were always able to maintain that earthy sound and remain low -key in their music stylings but could still fill the auditorium with their sound !! ENJOY!!
John T - from the first album, people were making the comparisons. Crowded House were brilliant - and their brilliant final concert at the Opera House was a bittersweet experience.
i saw or read an interview with Neil with him saying that he would love to cover a Beatles song, as they were a big influence on him when he was a kid. he DID actually get to do just that. if you look on youtube for "Neil Finn Nowhere Man" he does it real justice! okay, so Milli Vanilli are singing backup, but it's still damned amazing! :-) Neil is the reason i picked up my guitar and learned to play that song.
i love all live Crowded House/Split Enz stuff, and this one blows me away! thanks, morrisonAV for posting this!! i missed it the first time around (as i missed a lot of their early stuff). btw, Neil is still HOT as all get out. i was honored to meet him last August in Austin, TX and even at 53 (10 years older than myself), he is still a genious songwriter and an all around good ol' boy as we say in TX. and did i say he was still hot?? LOL
Hey Savoo01......Thankyou for the explanation...Its always been one of my favorite songs and ive always been curious about it..till now that is :) Thankyou.
@notoriouskitty1 Neil wrote this song about his sister, who shared a bedroom with him at some stage. She would occasionally have nightmares and wake up in a state of paranoia, screaming at the top of her lungs. This would usually wake up everyone in the Finn residence.
morrisonAV Ah, coming through for me again with priceless Neil Finn video! Thank you so much! I never was much of a fan of Dave's but I have to say the band is full of crackerjack musicians, especially Will Lee.
Such a great band. Agree w/ John T's comment. Neil is one of the best pop/rock songwriters of all time. And an incredibly charming man on stage, have seen many times both w/ Crowdies, solo and w/ Tim. Yeah.....damn shame about Paul, great talent and funny dude.
@savvo01 is that for real? i've never heard that before, but the intro to this song on their Farewell To The World '96 DVD, Neil says something about "waking up in a room with my sister having nightmares". weird! awesome song!!
if you're talking about the main guitarist, that would be none other than Neil Finn. he is the greatest and most sensitive singer/songwriter/musician of our time.
Dave had to back announce the song, he clearly goes to chat with Neil after that. Why does everyone judge Letterman's reaction more than the performance itself? It's so petty.
The guys are brilliant here as ever--but I really got my money's worth in "wayback points" from seeing Dave wander out to shake their hands with an LP jacket in his hands. :-)
