Don't linch me - not listened to any of this stuff in years but just knocked on Crowded House and what a great band - forgot how many of their songs I really liked as a kid and how much they get your feet tapping an a smile across your face.
Crowded House - what a great band!
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Well crafted songs with good melodies and intelligent lyrics - always a winning formula. Great live too.
I'm still a big fan of 'Together Alone' - fantastic songs .. Distant Sun, Locked Out, Private Universe... etc. And it was made back in 1993 when most artists, management and mastering engineers were trying to create CDs that sounded great, as oppose to nowadays when the first priority is that it should be 'loud'.
jules.
jules.
Together Alone is a classic album.
They used to be one of the very best live bands but since the sad suicide of Paul Hester, the soul has been ripped out of the group imho.
Sister Madley live was always a highlight- especially when Paul & Nick "made mistakes!" to allow Neil to adlib- check out the live version on the Recurring Dream Disc 2- classic
They used to be one of the very best live bands but since the sad suicide of Paul Hester, the soul has been ripped out of the group imho.
They're one of the wifes fave bands. we saw them at Bradford St Georges Hall. What a strange gig. The drummer threw a bottle of beer up to the upper circle. it didn't reach, so falling onto the sound desk for the drums. It shorted it out. the band had a argument of stage, where the drummer stormed off. they had to do some accoustic numbers before the drummer came back. They kissed and made up and sorted the sound desk out. Tim Finn commented on the gig when he played there a few years later on a solo tour.
It's amazing how many people have their best of hidden away in their collections. Even old Doris has it and she's in her 70's
It's amazing how many people have their best of hidden away in their collections. Even old Doris has it and she's in her 70's
I love Crowded House - Distant Sun is one of my all-time favourite tracks
They're also one of the best bands i've seen live - the energy and talent on display, as well as great interplay with audience (as opposed to those acts that just turn up, play, and leave) was superb. Paul Hester's demise was truly a sad one....
They're also one of the best bands i've seen live - the energy and talent on display, as well as great interplay with audience (as opposed to those acts that just turn up, play, and leave) was superb. Paul Hester's demise was truly a sad one....
matthewpiano
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A great band. I love 'Distant Sun', 'Four Seasons In One Day', and 'Private Universe' in particular.
Inspired by this thread, i've fired up a Crowded House playlist on iTunes - 39 tracks and 2.5 hours of antipodean enjoyment ahead. Have had to shut my office door, however, to save the wider world from hearing me 'harmonise' along...
Woodface is the classic, they need the extra bite of Tim Finn. A touch too Beatley at times, but great tracks, even so.ÿ
The Kiwis greatest band after Split Enz, which featured the Finns. "Four seasons in one day" is rather poignant, since the city to which it refers now only gets hot or mild thanks to global warming.ÿ
The Kiwis greatest band after Split Enz, which featured the Finns. "Four seasons in one day" is rather poignant, since the city to which it refers now only gets hot or mild thanks to global warming.ÿ
Claire,
you are seriously not alone in that respect-you can't help but try and harmonise.
p.s. I hope you have included the wonderful "I am in love"
you are seriously not alone in that respect-you can't help but try and harmonise.
p.s. I hope you have included the wonderful "I am in love"
I love the line'...she came out of the water,into my horizon,like a cumolonimbus coming in from a distance' from 'when you come' Just great songs with class lyrics.
plastic penguin
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RodhasGibson
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matengawhat:Don't linch me - not listened to any of this stuff in years but just knocked on Crowded House and what a great band - forgot how many of their songs I really liked as a kid and how much they get your feet tapping an a smile across your face. Great Band, Very Well recorded Albums, like them a lot.
I agree
Fall At Your Feet
How Will You Go
Don't Dream It's Over
Distant Sun
Four Seasons In One Day
It's Only Natural
Locked Out was the first Crowded House single I bought in the days of tape, god that was a long time ago!
Fall At Your Feet
How Will You Go
Don't Dream It's Over
Distant Sun
Four Seasons In One Day
It's Only Natural
Locked Out was the first Crowded House single I bought in the days of tape, god that was a long time ago!
daveyjay
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I`m a bit of a fan, also. Here`s a story for y`all. I went to New Zealand to visit a friend of mine, bit of a trip of a lifetime, back in Nov 2004. At the airport, not long before we (me and a mate) were due to board, I spotted Neil Finn! Anyway, when we eventually arrived at my buddy`s place in Auckland, I told him that I`d seen Neil Finn back in Blighty. My mate said, ah! he`s gigging here in Auckland in the next few days. Phoned up, got some tickets, went to the gig. Unfortunately, that`s where the good part of this story ends. We were so tired and jet lagged at the gig, we could hardly stand up, and I only recognised one or two of the songs that he performed, so it was a bit of an anti climax. A bit like when I saw Tori Amos at Glastonbury a few years ago, but that`s another story. Still a big fan of Neil Finn, Crowded House and Tori Amos, though.
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kena
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Yes regularly play them suberb and if you haven't heard yet, check out Neill's boy Liam's debut CD I'm be Lightning - A chip off the old block....
Top band. Saw them at Newcastle City Hall in 1992 - classic gig, but boy could Neil Finn talk - massive gaps in betweeen songs!
I also saw them at Whitley Bay Ice Rink in 1994 - a larger venue, freezing as you would expect, complete with Maori choir - and the gig was truly awful. Must have been a one off.
(Saw the mighty Metallica at the same venue in 1991, Whitley Bay, rock capital of the world - not)
Time on Earth is a superb recording.
6 Months in a Leaky Boat by Split Enz is a classic.
I also saw them at Whitley Bay Ice Rink in 1994 - a larger venue, freezing as you would expect, complete with Maori choir - and the gig was truly awful. Must have been a one off.
(Saw the mighty Metallica at the same venue in 1991, Whitley Bay, rock capital of the world - not)
Time on Earth is a superb recording.
6 Months in a Leaky Boat by Split Enz is a classic.
gwynne61
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Love Crowded House on Album, but their Cardiff gig in Junee 1994 was so uninspiring, that I nearly fell asleep, felt like a band going through the motions
I always recommend the following album to Crowded House fans -
Split Enz - `True Colours` Currently just £3.87 at www.amazon.co.uk
Incidentally this was the first laser etched album to be released just ahead of Styx`s `Paradise Theater`. Bit of pop trivia there for all you pop trivia fans!
Split Enz - `True Colours` Currently just £3.87 at www.amazon.co.uk
Incidentally this was the first laser etched album to be released just ahead of Styx`s `Paradise Theater`. Bit of pop trivia there for all you pop trivia fans!
manicm
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Did anyone mention their debut album? Would like to get it on the available ( not sure which format) superaudio or dvdaudio. Big departure from the Split Enz days.
plastic penguin
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They appeal to all ages, the Mother-in-Law likes them. Conversely, my 6 year old loves them too.
Their best album. . ."Woodface." The track 'It's only natural,' is the closest I've heard to the Beatles. Magnificent in its simplicity.
Their best album. . ."Woodface." The track 'It's only natural,' is the closest I've heard to the Beatles. Magnificent in its simplicity.
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