Unmissable Performance: Crowded House and Paul Kelly Join Forces! Into Temptation 

It’s a gourgeous song isn’t it. Always a favourite of mine. He is such a lovely songwriter. The Finn Brothers are equal to anything in the world. And then Paul Kelly 2 legends together. So simply done and so beautiful.

Neil's version of Paul's song You can put your shoes under my bed is amazing the whole concert was fantastic.

The best crowded house song. Bar none. The lyrics are incredible.

Wow ive heard that so much but Paul Kelly really nailed it, loved his confidence in doing it his way, beautiful with the harmonica stunning ❤❤❤❤

Neil and Tim Finn have written a whole raft of brilliant songs over the years. Neil's sons play with his band Crowded House these days. He's a class act; incredibly talented but zero ego. Loved the harmonica in the performance with Paul Kelly. What a treat to have two master songwriters from the Antipodes sharing the stage!

This is an excellent recording of a live version, but, again, this is a song of which the studio version needs to be heard. It's so haunting, moody, absorbing, so beautifully produced.

Paul and Neil - no two more humble superstar musicians will you find - an absolute masterclass. Come on Chris how's that curated Month of Paul Kelly coming along - must be about due. Great reaction as ever boys - keep up the fantastic work, can't wait for the next episode.

Such a glorious song. Neil is so talented. I could see you were both blown away by him.

The concert that Paul Kelly and Neil Finn did together was amazing. I’ve had the good fortune to see them both individually.

Omg I can’t believe you picked this one today 😆 I was in the supermarket this afternoon and they were playing “Into Temptation” on the instore music 😮 I was actually wondering at the time what today’s song might be - this is too much 😂. Always loved this one, best I ever heard it was in the State Theatre Sydney 1988. What an incredible show that was. Love the version with Paul Kelly too 🙌 I remember seeing a comment the other day that it would be unthinkable not to include “Message to My Girl” - just warning there may be a riot here if it’s not on the list - but a good excuse for week 2 😆💕💐

Thumbs up for the intro alone

You can’t go past true colours for a fantastic split enz album. Or if you want a complete package- enzs of an era.

True Colours would probably be the album to get, it’s mid-era, so they’ve figured themselves out by then. A good compilation is History Never Repeats.

True Colours...first album and just the best of...ever.

Have always loved the lyric to this tune. Can totally picture a musician writing a song about the, um, "Temptations" whilst touring etc.. The version with Paul Kelly was epic. A great duo.

Thank you, I needed this today, beautiful

Sounds beautiful.

Neil just keeps putting out music. Can't stop for long!

Neil Finn is a class act and one of THE best songwriters ever.

That was beautiful. Really enjoying the bonus tracks lads, they're turning out to be something special every time you play one.

I know I mentioned it before, but you guys are absolutely brilliant! Proper reactions...absolutely focused, giving nothing but respect to the artist. Thank you for that! Wow...hitting "One Step Ahead" and "Into Temptation", easily my two favorite Neil songs. Can't thank you guys enough. Have a great weekend!

Incredible! I'm a little lost for words. Can't even explain my emotions, but are moved.

True colours is a masterpiece.

Wasn’t expecting this one to make the list, but so glad it did. It’s a sensational song.

Fab blokes, a masterpiece !

I am glad you said 'He is the real deal' because Neil is so underrated, and so is Split ENZ. Maybe that is why Mick Fleetwood first thought of Neil when he needed a guitarist and vocalist to join Fleetwood Mac.....great choice but even greater admiration for such a talent. Thanks guys.

That's one thing I've been thinking about listening to these songs. Neil Finn has to have top-notch musicians around to make this stuff sound good. A good solid drummer with people around that drummer who can weave in and out. The harmonization of Neil Finn and Paul Kelly is incredible. What a great version of the song!

Just thank you

True colours

Doesn't get much better than that...The rabbit hole is open and it is long and glorious enjoy

Niel’s brother , Tim, is also an excellent songwriter , musician and singer. He had quite a successful solo album in the mid 80’s when Split Enz broke up.

Both versions were great. Thanks for doing the bonus.

WOW!! I've never seen the clip of Neil and Paul together...... It doesn't get much more simple than that. These guys aren't just brilliant songwriters, they are poets. For so many years in Australia and our brothers and sisters in NZ, mainly heard British and American songs. Then guys like these came along telling OUR stories. So proud of them.

another thing we have lost somany music icons here in australia this year and previous , rip u aussie icons we miss u but , we have yt to watch over n over , u live on forever.

Saw Crowded House a few months ago outdoors in Perth. Neil Finn is singing as brilliantly as ever. Superb night. Check these two out singing Moon River... Wow! Paul Kelly this Thursday at Freo Prison. Happy Days. ☮️

Guys their 1980 Album True Colours is a masterpiece

I adore this song, could listen to this over and over for hours!

Awesome stuff fellas. As for Split Enz you can't go wrong with their 1980 albulm True Colours. Not their debut but definitely the standout album

A dream team! PK and Neil. Magnificent, gentle, intelligent souls. We are so lucky to have them.

Their album together is on Spotify called Goin’ Your Way. I also have the dvd of the concert. It’s bloody brilliant ❤

Wow 2 of my favourite artists together, haven't seen this before. Thanks

Neil did 7 Worlds Collide concerts with Johnny Marr and guys from Radiohead and covered "There is a Light that Never Goes Out" which is worth a listen

Beautiful

Your response at the end of the duo was exactly mine: A moment of silence to absorb; a deep breath out and a deep appreciation of the raw, beautiful talent on display. Thank you so much for sharing and reacting to these artists. Love your reactions and your banter and I look forward to your posts. Keep up the great work guys!

Wish "Finn Kelly" became a 10-year collaboration, imagine the new gems that would come from that!

Gentlemen. About Split Enz. True Colours (1980) is their best selling album but it only has three Neil Finn songs on it. That said, his older brother Tim was a genius songwriter in his own right too. You should check out his work as well. I think you should go for Time And Tide (1982) to start with. It's artistically their most elaborated album, a cohesive band effort with five real gems by Neil, five by Tim, one intro by keyboard player Eddie Rayner and one band effort. Actually Neil en Tim never really worked together on songs before the Woodface (1991) album when Tim joined Crowded House briefly. Thank you both for this beautiful Finn week.

True Colours…. Start there for your ENZ journey..🥰

True Colours or Time and Tide. A great blend of tunes in those two albums.

After seeing the Monkey intro again, I think we need a Godiego week.

Loving this. Check out Neil doing Paul's song (with P.K) 'You can put your shoes under my bed "

I would suggest Split Enz “True Colours”, album, i grew up with them during that albums era, and it was always my favourite.

I watched an interview from overseas, where the interviewer asked Paul McCartney what it was it like to be such a prolific and wonderful songwriter. He answered straight back and said ask Neil Finn!! True story, the interview must be online somewhere!

Paul Hester once said that this was the best song that Neil had ever written because of how personally it struck him. Given his sad passing, the lyrics certainly provide more than their share of clues here.

That duet was sublime 🥰

That clip with Paul Kelly was only the promo for the concert!! You should really sit down and watch the whole concert, with the band!! The greatest hits of Paul and Neil is a truly amazing catalogue, and they only scratched the surface in that concert!!

The Kelly and Finn clip basically was a promo announcing their concert series. There are a few videos of songs available on RU-vid; an album, Goin’ Your Way, was released in 2013. 29 live tracks, including an exquisite Moon River.

Forgot to add that I just LOVE Six months in a leaky Boat - Split Enz about 82 if my memory is correct

and they did a free pod cast true musicians.

Nick Seymour (bass) has a brother (Mark) who is in a special much loved band not really known outside of Australia called Hunters & Collectors. Their song Throw Your Arms Around Me - will get a pub full of drunken Aussies singing along and crying the way Williams' Angels can in an English pub.

Split Enz..True Colors is the album to get..

Ty Guys for the double treat, both have engraved their place in Australia and New Zealand;s hearts. Each has given us such brilliant lasting songs that we cherish, Keep Safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘🎶🎶🎶🎶💖💖💖💖

This was released in 1989. Between Neil and producer Mitchell Froom, they did more than any other act to bring back the sounds of the Mellotron, the great analogue sample playback keyboard that became the sound of Progressive Rock, most popular from the late 60s to the mid 70s. The Mellotron was magic in your ears.

Outstanding again.

Neil Finn produced about thirty songs genuinely as good as this one (their quality is amazingly consistent). When he was in the solo stage of his career, a time when he experienced the inevitable decline in the powers that every great song-writer suffers, he was asked what In his opinion was his best song. Predictable he said "Don't Dream it's Over" - a real classic in popular music, but he also quickly added "Not the Girl You Think You Are." It is an interesting situation with this particular song because it came right at the end of Crowded House's time and wasn't on a studio album, and consequently I don't think it got radio play in Australia. For that reason I sense that it is very little known among people who know all the other Crowded House songs. (Despite it obviously being in a John Lennon style I think that Finn remarkably wasn't conscious of that when he created it) Crowded House was definitely a vehicle for the talents of Neil Finn. That said, the band did have a George Harrison in drummer Paul Hester. He usually had one song written and sung by him on the Crowded House albums. Although not bad, his songs did struggle when compared to even Finn's worse. (He was a complex character, a real clown who in the end took his own life)

2 legends, Paul Kelly one of Australia's all time greatest songwriters and lyricists, and Neil Finn the Kiwi's greatest. Definitely need a Paul Kelly week too! so many great tracks (with Leaps and Bounds my personal fave)

YES - love Monkey Magic. Was on TV when we got off the school bus at 5pm on the farm. On the weekend we would ride pushbikes to each others farms to hit each other with sticks we painted black and gold. As for crowded house - I would buy albums for my sisters then copy then onto cassette for me, never owned any of their albums myself until I bought the tribute albums performed by Kiwi and Aus artists 'They will have their way'. Looking at the song lists I only knew half the songs - turned out I could sing along with all of them. Thats how interwoven with daily life the Finn brothers had become for me in Australia.

his best song IMO.

Beautiful and mesmerising Thanks lads, thanks Ross and Chris Loved that

In the time before Thamesmen primal chaos reigned, people sought order but the Phoenix can fly only when it's feathers are grown, the four world formed again and yet again as endless eons wheeled and passed.

I think you’ve seriously misunderstood the development of Split Enz. They started as a band in about 1972, whilst they were students at art college. Changes in music style and band mebets ensued, but they built up a small following. In 1974, they moved to Australia, where the record labels were, and found it a struggle against the Aussie pub rock. Michael Gudinski did sign them tho, paid for a 1st album and then sent them to London where a second album was recorded. Their quirky punk wasn’t as popular as the gritty British version. They returned to NZ, a couple of members left and Neil joined. Their first hits in Australasia came in 1977; they were written by Tim Finn and were still quirky. Their success came when New Wave started; “I See Red”, written by Tim Finn, was a big hit. Neil started contributing more after being a band member for several years, and the rest is history. Frankly, you could easily do a Tim Finn (Split Enz and solo) week; he’s written some real doozies.

This song is just...no words really .. it's one my first go to songs when all hope in love feels lost .He has another beautiful one Called .Fall at your feet .. So beautiful..Just love those guys for all the amazing music they have given us .

Great track great musicianship great voice. Growing up I heard crowded house growing up. At the time they were on the radio they were not playing music I was listening to. They were top 40 and I was more fm.

Thank you

Wow, how generous of them both 💜

True Colours Split Enz absolute incredible album

I was only showing my 81 year old Mum Monkey the other day, she didnt remember it.. I did, a Buddhist fable each night, in a action show.. Monkey always learned something... HOW MUCH GOOD MUSIC HAVE YOU HEARD IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS!!

Tafataka Buddha say "Doo is always beddar dan one". 🧖‍♀️💮 😅 Loved both😘👌 True colours is definitely the best one.

Beautiful relatable poetry.❤️ Try I fall at your feet

Terrific song! Both performances were great -- thanks to Ross and Chris! If forced to pick one, I think I'd join with Alex and George that the sparser performance of just vocals, guitar and harmonica that Neil Finn and Paul Kelly gave was very, very special.

btw tim finn is so good too his bro

Such a beautiful song, both performances were amazing.

well done guys , no interruptions on the music. but we tried in vain to adopt him as an aussie , but he his a kiwi thru n thru. seen him lots live even in the split enz daYS. u need to see neil and paul at the Sydney opera house,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and have u seen neil with Fleetwood mac? awesome!

Bloody fantastic, I had not seen this clip , 😮👏👏👏 , They do do a tour together and there’s an album recorded , chk it out boys 👍

These guys have an open Invitation to my weekend BBQ.

Okay now I need to see you guys react to Distant Sun🙌🙌🙌👏👏

Split Enz? Start with Mental Notes.....their first album, it's quite progressive but brilliant, some say the music is inspired by Genesis. Tim Finn and Phil Judd were the main song writers at this point. For Neil Finn's influence on the band, check 'True Colours', Neil's second Enz album and the band's fifth and the one where Neil's song writing really came to the fore. This album set them on the road to stardom. BTW, as for this song, Into Temptation, the studio/album version beats both these by a long way. Sometimes live is not better. You guys are obsessed with live....it's not always better.😉

Small detail fellas, but Redfern is a suburb of Sydney. Love all you do. Cheers.

Both versions are brilliant. Awesome Aussie musos 😃

A beautiful song, played beautifully. A huge call out to Nick Seymour on bass. His lines are stunning in their beauty. The Finns are a great musical family but so are the Seymours.

So beautiful, both brilliant performances, so glad you guys are liking these songs, and I agree with everyone else George, you should start with 'True Colours', you'll hear how different Tim and Neil are vocally and stylistically, both are awesome though (OK, Neil is slightly more awesome🤭). ❤

Renee Geyer does the hands-down best version of Into Temptation

The recorded CD of this track is the only one the kicks in the Sub Woofer on the Harmon Kardon in the Mercedes...

Wow, hadn't heard Paul and Neil together. Brilliant. I'd love to see you guys do a Nick Cave and Warren Ellis feature week.

neil spent so much time in australia part of him is aussie

The one Split Enz album?? Not fair, but probably has to be True Colours.

Two geniuses...enough said! There is a whole live album of the two of them singing each other's songs so i'm sure there must be some live footage too.

Woodface, superb !

Neil is a Kiwi legend however Crowded House was ostensibly an Australian band from Melbourne. Loved in both counties. Ross from Redfern - probably Redfern Sydney - not NZ. Four Season in One Day - a great Crowded House song was an ode to Melbourne.

True Colours

Ahhh, I loved your intro. I think you might have shown me the source of my fascination for Japanese culture by reminding me of Monkey (and, you probably won't know it, but Ultraman as well). Anyway, we won't dwell on that. Into Temptation is a beautifully written song. Forget the music for a moment and pull up the lyrics. I truly forgot how good these lyrics are. Honestly, you could drop almost any melodic acoustic guitar line behind these lyrics, and you could enthrall the audience. Georgous. Bonus Video: Paul Kelly and Neil Finn, it probably couldn't get much better ... could it? I doubt it. Chris the Curator, have started my Paul Kelly education early? I wasn't expecting such an amazing pairing. I can imagine Ross and you working this week up ... just another great collaboration. Back to the real stuff, Neil was amazingly generous to allow Paul Kelly to take the lead vocal. I have never met either of them, but I feel they would both be incredibly humble. Perhaps their down to Earth personas allow them both to capture the hearts of Australia (and beyond). Neil and Paul killed this. One more night? awesome. I am excited to see what tomorrow brings.