Neil Finn (Crowded House) - Fall At Your Feet (Acoustic Live) | Reaction 

Thanks Nic, you did the other version after I requested this - glad you could give it a second outing! Crowded House is one of the greatest bands to evolve in Australia, love 💕 all they do is amazing, Neil is the kingpin. P.S. It’s the vegemite that preserves your vocal cords! 😂

Crowded house is seriously one of those bands that pulls you into listening to it and then that voice comes in and it makes you stop listen and sing that voice is truly amazing.

Crowded House and especially Neil are amazing live. When I was 17, like 100 years ago, I went to their free farewell concert at the Sydney Opera House. Amazing experience.

Love, Love, LOVE this song... Neil Finn is an exquisite song writer!!

Neil Finn is a New Zealander, but I agree that his voice got even better with age. Amazing songwriter too! Message to My Girl, the final single with his previous band Split Enz, is a songwriting masterpiece 🙌

I watched this whole thing some time ago. Some show where they had random musicians on stage together, chatting and playing together. Roddy Frame was the guy in the middle, from one of my favourite bands Aztec Camera, from Scotland, but I don't remember who the guy on the right was. They would take turns playing their songs and the others would join in. Neil is amazing live, recorded or any other way you hear him.

I once heard a DJ intro a Crowded House song, describing a "hopeful melancholy" in the music. That stayed with me as a great way to describe the elation and regret one hears in Finn's songwriting.

This was a songwriters show, they each did a few or their own songs !

Love your reactions. Guy on the right is Graham Gouldman from 10cc, He has also written hits for many groups EG. The Yardbirds, The Hollies, Herman Hermits and of course 10cc

No idea who the other 2 dudes are, but I thought Neil said something right at the start about them only having an hour to do an arrangement. The original does have some harmonies though Neil can also do this song magnificently all by himself.

I agree, Don't Dream it's Over is one of my all time favourites too.

Neil's older brother Tim brought him into into his then popular band Split Enz. Tim has a great voice & had a solo career, & I can recommend No Thunder, No Fire, No Rain from him. Later, they did several albums together & they sound great together.

It's Our Accent That Allows Us To Sing Like That

The harmony is an important part of this beautiful song

Don't Dream It's Over is in my top 5 songs of all time. Love Neil Finn, fantastic songwriter and storyteller.

I can't answer your question other than to suggest they all came through the Australian pub set. You either sounded good live or no one turned up ever again but you did just list some great talents that have managed to stay relevant for several decades so perhaps its about talent, hard work and longevity. There must have been something in the water in the 70s and 80s in Australia...except i never got to drink it lol

I’ve been waiting for this one. One of the most beautiful songs of our generation. This is not Crowded House though. Neil holding it all together.

A few years back Neil and Paul Kelly put out an album together with the two of them playing either each others songs or dueting. It's brilliant.

You need to check out Split Enz (New Zealand Band) - the start of the awesome onslaught of the Finn brothers! (Tim & Neil) I can't pick 'A' song, like Crowded House they're ALL awesome! I think "I See Red" [1979] was their first real hit outside of NZ - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vKj4upY1VYI.html But then these classics are unforgettable! "That Was My Mistake" - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-adP0G9z3b6U.html "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NVFbNYNPbUY.html "I Hope I Never" - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Pu98BS7UkHM.html "History Never Repeats" - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vFp4axRBag8.html

Thanks Nic. Neil is a living treasure. Should be better recognised.

"who is this guy?" Loool. This is basically a catch phrase for you at this point. I'd buy merch with "who is this guy?" written on it.

Seeing crowded house live next week and cant wait!

He is incredible live I’ve played live and sung with Neil great songwriter and greater human being! He has such a voice of longing

Crowded House and Neil Finn are just fantastic. It is truly an experience seeing them live, especially when it was Neil, Paul and Nick, they bantered together like brothers. RIP Paul Hester 💔

Such an unbelievable song writer & sings with such feeling too

Saturday week, the count down is on to see them :-)

It is so good that someone from outside of Australia is discovering the hidden talent that we have been blessed to listen to since the 80s and up to now. You are most welcome to keep on going listening to our classic bands and singers.

Love this song

You're right, it is (at least partly) something in the air. There are legendary stories of famous opera singers arriving here for the first time and exclaiming about how dry our atmosphere is. They feel it working on their throats and start guzzling water to balance that. Following that logic through, people who live here and are conditioned to our atmosphere learn (maybe through formal teaching, maybe through organic trial & error) how to look after their voices really well so that they do last. If they don't, their voices break down a lot faster, so they don't end up with the big catalogues of work. I've heard plenty of community amatuer singers call it age, and yes partly that would be true, but is also, literally, "something about the air". You either look after your voice really well, or you lose it.

Tim Finn was a local in my home town. Used to chat to my dad at the petrol station. Didnt know who he was till I got older. Lol

The entire first album of crowded house is top notch..... It is one of those albums best listed to in it's entirety....

One of my favorite bands too. I followed them on tour back in the 90's.

You put my exact thoughts into words, a falsetto with smoke to it

Roddy Frame was doing the higher pitched backing, which was sublime (of course). Graham Gouldman was doing the basic chorus backing. It was a great bit of hardly rehearsed harmonising. I watched and recorded this episode when it first aired on the BBC. The other Songwriters' Circle programmes were great (thinking of Richard Thompson), but this one was the best. I think I still have the tape, but no video recorder! Luckily most of it's on RU-vid.

Neil Finn is an extraordinary musician, extremely talented and a long, successful career but I think he would’ve been buzzed and humbled to have Graham Gouldman singing harmonies to one of his songs. An absolute legend of the biggest era of popular music. An unsung hero for sure, along with his mate, Eric Stewart. Do some 10cc reactions someday you’ll see what I mean.

This is a show called songwriters circle, its Neil, Roddy Frame in the middle (Aztec Camera), and Graham Gouldman (10cc) on the right. It was a great show, Roddy is amazing too. Graham is great on record, Neil and Roddy are great

My tears rain down when I hear this beautiful song.

One of my all time favourite songs.

Sounds like honey on a warm day my mom used to say

I actually thought it was arranged that way, where the different tones of voices come in at different times, but harmonising beautifully. 🥰👏👏

You're taste in music is superb, lad ❤

Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera and Graham from 10cc. What a line-up

If you want to hear Neil Finn doing some more great live stuff (mind you, nearly EVERYTHING he does live is great), listen to "Message To My Girl" live with ENZSO, which is the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Check it here, the song starts at about 0:56 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6-6Ta_8T7QM.html

Don't dream its over is 1 of mine too!👏🏼✌🏼

Better be home soon is my all time fave crowded house song

Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera is in the centre, check out his songs from the same set 'Oblivious', 'Somewhere In My Heart' & 'Killermont Street' all are superb... The show is called 'Songwriters Circle', this episode for me is the pick of the bunch...

This clip is from a tv program called The Songwriter's Circle. It's where they get 3 or 4 artists up and they each sing eachothers song's. Neil is from Crowded House. Roddy Frame, in the middle from Aztec Camera and Graham Gouldmann from 10cc. That's why you see Graham looking at Neil trying to look at his mouth to harmonize with. It would be similar to saying, okay Beyonce, T-Boz, and Nicole Scherzinger pick 3 songs from each of your bands and sing them acoustically in front of this audience thanks lol you have an hour to practice lol.. which would never happen nowadays haha

Great singer and songwriter, like his brother Tim. Their band Split Enz was brilliant. You should check them out… Many hit songs there 😁👍

Saw this when it was first on....Roddy Frame is the guy in the middle, famous for the song 'somewhere in my heart' the other guy with the glasses is from 10cc

One my fact songs can't wait watch ya reaction

The two guys playing with Neil were Graham Gouldman from 10cc, and Roddy Frame from Aztec Camera. They are not members of Crowded House! 💜

I also absolutely love crowded house songs. Neil Finn is a beautiful song writer and performer. It's just beautiful. The song ' Four Seasons in one Day' is an amazing song, I'd love to see your reaction. I love how you really appreciate our beloved artists😊❤️ thank you🌏🪐🍀🌕🙏💓👣🇦🇺🦘🦉🏡🎶🦘❤️❤️❤️

“Crowded house are one of my favourite bands” “Who’s that dude? Is he one of Crowded House..?” 🤔😉👍🏻🤣 Nice vid though man 👍🏻

Neils furrowed brow when the other dude sang the dud notes 😂

When Phil Judd left Split End, Tim Finn sent a message home to Neil in NZ telling him they needed him urgently. So Neil came. As Tim was the main song writer, no one was keen on doing songs Neil wrote. So Neil published his songs, and Jimmy and the Boys had a smash hit with They Won't Let My Girlfriend Talk To Me. So next thing you know, Split Enz started going through his catalogue. Imagine two fantastic song writers in the same band!!

Crowded house is so under rated.

Still waiting for you to listen to "it's only natural"; you will love it

Love this song. Crowded House do great “pub songs”. If you’re ever in Oz, we’re going to a Pub, have a few drinks (you can have water if you don’t drink) & we can sing along when the song comes on, haha. Would love to see Home Free cover this with their arrangements & harmonies.

Boy and Bear do a great version of this too!

Neil Finn is a kiwi he aint an aussie he was singing years before he was in crowded house - Neil Finn is Crowded House

The other guy is Graham Gouldman was big in the 70s with the band 10cc

It's the Vegemite!

Isn’t that dude maybe lead singer of 10cc the band that did the big hit ‘I’m not in love’ wearing the glasses?

That looks like roddy frame in the middle - from Aztec Camera

Yeah this one is a favourite. It's up there with the best "Australian" music (NZ artist, Aus band)

Erm Dominic, Neil Finn is a New Zealander ! His band Crowded House was formed with Australians but he made his beginnings when his older brother Tim Finn (also amazing) brought him into his band called Split Enz.

I have no idea who the other guys are, definitely not members of Crowded House. It’s the sun, beach, beer and Vegemite keeping their vocal cords flexible! Love this song, wish it was a live Crowded House version.

hey Nic, just a heads up if you are interested, Crowded House will be performing at Bourbon and Beyond in Kentucky this September, not sure how close you are to Kentucky, but would be well worth the trip.

Distant sun is a banger

I've mentioned this before, but I put through a paypal request for this song done by Boy and Bear and supported by Bernard Fanning from Powderfinger back in like December. I have the feeling it didn't go through though given how many Crowded house, powderfinger and a boy and bear cover from Julia stone you've reacted to since. I know I can't pay for it again at the moment, but it's a hauntingly beautiful version of this song and would be well worth your time.

Did Split Enz become Crowded House? Crowded House formed in 1985 when Finn dissolved Split Enz rather than carry on after his brother Tim, the group's founding member, left to pursue a solo career.

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You really need to listen to their song "All I ask" from the Woodface album. So beautiful.

Love your reactions mate, don't know what you've done with your audio though, your intro music is loud, but then your vocal and reaction audio is really quiet and I have to crank my volume right up

You need to hear the Clare Bowditch version.

His voice (for me) or the positioning as a story teller cuts so deeply because (in my opinion of course) is it's that quiet voice we keep for ourselves...the real us

Just to be clear, the other two are not from Crowded house, the guy in the middle is Roddy Frame, not sure of the other, but they did a few of their own songs each for a show of some kind and attempted to help each other out on the fly, you're correct with the darkness or angst in Neil's voice .

Subscribed. Liked. Etc. Hardly anyone is doing CH reactions, and that's a shame.

CH, Aztec Camera, 10CC.

Crowdies are definitely best with Nick and Paul's harmonies.

If you listen to the album version, there is a slight delay in the vocal arrangement

Lol it was not rehearsed! Just three musicians playing rack others song so he probs was just trying to keep up 😂

Neil is a genius, as is his brother Tim. You need to listen to hints of Crowded House developing in the latter stages of New Zealand supergroup, Split Enz. This song sung by Neil with backing vocals by his big brother Tim is a pop masterpiece. Seriously, a perfectly beautiful pop song. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O6YD4rjVIO8.html

Yeah who is that guy on the right? He was a bit of a distraction.... anyway Neil was amazing as per. And loved the reaction also as per... your videos are great dude! ✌🏼💜 🇦🇺

In 1977 Neil joined the band his brother Tim co-founded in 1973, Split Enz. In 1980 he had his first big success as a singer/songwriter for the band with "I got you" which was a big hit in Australia and New Zealand, here's the official clip ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wiqBlKnb91A.html . He followed that up In 1981 with "One step ahead" and two years later with his biggest success for the band with the release of "Message to my girl" which really put him on the map, here's the clip ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O6YD4rjVIO8.html. A year later Split Enz disbanded and the following year he formed Crowded House with Split Enz drummer Paul Hester and the rest is history, Ps, the guy to his far left is Graham Gouldman, the last remaining original member of 10CC and a legendary songwriter, he co-wrote their biggest hit "I'm not in love" with original lead vocalist Eric Stewart, check out this live clip from 2011 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ii6pRq0-mhY.html cheers

worth (for his singing) ...Split Enz ENZSO 'Message to my Girl' - where he was singing with an orchestra

Everyone forgets, Neil is a Kiwi, not an Aussie. Have a look at Split Enz, that where it all started.

Have you tried Into Temptation? It’s my favourite Crowded House song. I can’t recommend it highly enough

Thia bands was once upon a time Spilt enz before the name change

There all members ,the backing vocal is beautiful, he is suppose to be a sec of Neil

I'll take the original thanks! But I still love it.

Graham Gouldman from 10cc, legend in his own right on the far right. Anyone saying he dont know his stuff is barking up the wrong tree altogether. Maybe look into their stuff if you are unsure. They may have had an accoustic issue but it sounded fine to me.

Neil is now lead singer with Fleetwood Mac so he’s still got it.

Crowded house Kiwi band ❤

You mean the air in New Zealand not Australia 😊

The harmony by Graham Gouldman is intentionally delayed he is not just singing slow. Go and listen to the original, while not exactly the same, it is an homage to the original arrangement.

Have a look at Holy Smith another kiwi (NZ)

the start sounds like Johnny cash version of hurt ,it's clearly been lifted from Neil i mean most music has right ,weather intentionally on or not .

If you like Australian bands/artists, you should definitely check out Peter Furler -- great vocalist, musician and performer. He's a Christian artist -- was in The Newsboys and is now solo. Furler solo: I'm Alive: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TRClVZe28-4.html Newsboys: Something Beautiful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LYEyimgNg1o.html

Neil says he is Kiwi but Australia has claimed him 🥝 🇭🇲🙂