This song will be played at my funeral. My favorite song ever.

One of the greatest songs ever written.

Agree!

One of my all time favourite Crowded House songs

I also so love 'into temptation' !

@@Minervathree a beautiful song 🎵 and thoughtfully written... his voice conveys galaxies of emotion....

@@kayelle8005 exactly right ✅️

Agreed!!!

I don’t think he is underrated. Everybody with ears knows Neil is a legend. He brought back melodies to pop songs.

True. Fleetwood Mac heard it, say no more.

Neil Finn is my favorite songwriter of all time. Listen to his entire CH catalog as well as his solo stuff, he is so gifted.

Personalopinion, this isn't even the best song on the album. "Something So Strong" and "Mean to Me".

Yes, they're from the 80s, but they came out during the 'transition period' (1986 onwards) which was less electronic and more folk-oriented (see Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega, John Mellencamp, REM, The Dream Academy). Crowded House's earlier incarnation was Split Enz, which definitely had a prototypical early 80s sound, as they were part of the 'New Wave'.

Yes diverse to a degree though no where near as diverse as the wide open and quality musicianship of the 1970’s!

All the 80’s stuff they really like is from the UK and Australia

I came up in the late 60s and 70s, but the 80s had some amazing stuff. Early Los Lobos, the Cure, Oingo Boingo's Dead Man's Party, early U2, Prince, Van Halen, Springsteen's Born In The USA and Nebraska albums, Bruce Hornsby, Huey Lewis, Men at Work, Midnight Oil, early Bryan Adams, the Greg Kihn Band, Guns n Roses, Motley Cue, and so many more. I forgot how spoiled we were. We used to hear Hot for Teacher or Dancing in the Dark and think "God, not this s*** again." These boys have helped me hear this stuff through new ears. It really is pretty cool.

@@Renkk17 I keep waiting for them to crack open some early Los Lobos (Will the Wolf Survive, One Time One Night In America, Shakin' Shakes) or 80s Springsteen or Siouxsie and the Banshees. Lots of stuff to hit in the 80s from the good ol USA.

Totally agree. Neil Finn is a supreme songwriter.

Not to mention his solo albums and those with his brother Tim..........all brilliant stuff.

@@Fuzcapp They are young, and totally getting around to the playbook!

Neil Finn is definitely a top ten songwriter

You sold me. Going to dive in!

Or "Reptile"!

Yes, great song and album! 👍

Antenna

I wanted to recommend "Under The Milkyway Tonite"! I'm glad to see I'm not the only one!

@@ronaldlambert85 Same here!

saw Neil with Fleetwood Mac in austin, tx a few years ago. i regretted only buying a ticket that was on the floor instead of being up in the bleachers for someone as "tall" as me hehehehehe

Two guys to replace Lindsey :/

I saw an interview in which they said they weren’t sure about Neil’s guitar skills but when he joined they realised he was a great guitarist

His songs are all amazing.

I'm also a big fan of "Weather With You", "Locked Out", and "Chocolate Cake"

I think Something So Strong is better

“Their other song????” These guys had about a dozen big hits and albums. This was a consistently productive band.

@@bobmcdougall8981 I agree. ”Weather With You” and ”Fall at Your Feet” and the ones above are only a few examples of their hits.

Such a fun lyric to say and sing. Like the rest of the song it's perfection.

_"My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof"_ another superb lyric.

Yes! 💯

@@marktubeie07 Love! 💯

Heard Neil Finn say in an interview recently that this line was paying homage to John Lennon’s ‘Across the Universe’ and the line: “Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup.”

Awesomely touching real life story. Thanks for sharing!!

❤

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😢 hug In my case was my parents separating when I was a kid. I can’t tire of listening to this song. It’s so well written and executed. I remember watching the video and loving it too.

I lost five babies out of seven pregnancies. I know you know the heartache that brings with it. Even my own mother could not show any empathy. I will never forget when she said I had to "get over it." It killed me that she said that to me. As I said, I now have two beautiful sons and one precious granddaughter so I count myself lucky. So glad you are blessed with your three beautiful children. God bless them all and you as well.

I feel that exact same way. Interestingly, the vocals in the chorus have a yearning manner about them, which matches my own insatiable melancholy at being a one-time 80s kid, now hearing this song once again deep into my adult years.

We all have those feelings no matter what decade you're from

Agree John!

Feel the same! ❤

The song by The Church that A&A should hit is "Reptile". I can guarantee that Alex will push his mic away and hold his head in his hands in mid-song, and Andy will go full-on stankface, because "Reptile" is so freakishly good and so right up their alley.

Fantastic song!

@@gregsager2062 Haha, I love this! And yeah, agree that's a likely reaction. But they should do both songs imo (I know, I know - them getting around to both is the problem lol)

Great album too!

@@gregsager2062 I love Under the Milky Way and Reptile

YES to Life In a Northern Town!

I would add Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon" to that list.

A & A, these two, yes please.

@@CG-vn8iy another one of my favourites!

Oh yeah! That's interesting, because The Church has been called "goth". But the Dream Academy, I have no idea. I just know the Northern town song, and it's good!

I loved Neil Finns Straight Old Line from when he was with Split Enz

Distant sun was always my favourite as well. It's only natural is great too

@@barryshepherd1533 Good call, a lot people forget Split Enz but it was a damn good band. Loved Six Months in a Leaky Boat and I See Red and well, yeah could be doing this for a while.

@@danielurwand4738 Another nice one. I'm also a big fan of Private Universe.

@@jonrosenberg4324 Saw them many times here in NZ. Huge fan of all their incarnations.

INXS pleeeeeze

Almost anything by INXS…

Yes we turned them on to INXS a while back if I recall correctly

@@sibkiss2009 what Do you mean? They never played any of their songs

If you're gonna do INXS it should be Need You Tonight

YES - I Got You by Split Enz is AMAZING !!!

Good one Josh, Neil Finn!

@@surlechapeau yes he is such a great songwriter!

@@surlechapeau And his brother Tim.

Six months in a leaky boat -split enz.Great song also!

Thx for that…I met Paulo in Melbourne..around 27 years ago. R.I.P.

Yeah, nah. Neil Finn is a Kiwi, not just born in NZ. Crowded House is his creation, and is a NZ band.

They're a band with members from both countries, and were embraced by both countries. No need to get too patriotic, just enjoy the music 😃

I don't mean any disrespect. Both of the bands are remarkable.

Yes cool song!

Fun fact, Neil Finn toured as part of Fleetwood Mac on their last tour.

Agreed. Perfection!

Great track! Also, Better Be Home Soon!

Also Better Be Home Soon.

That's from woodface, the only CD they did with Neil's brother Tim, which takes the harmony to a new level.

yes, 'Fall at Your Feet', absolutely!

Woodface makes my "desert island disc" collection every time the topic comes up!

Because Tim was singing harmony with his brother.

It indeed is a S catergory because very few songs if ANY can take you back to YOUR CHILDHOOD and you remember fondly when you hear the song come on like this song can.

S for me too but I wasn't sure they'd like it at all, so I was pleasantly surprised to see A being thrown about

What does s stand for?

@@danielurwand4738 I'm not exactly sure what it stands for, but "S" is their highest rating. It's higher than A+ and is reserved for really classic songs. IMO this song a classic that never gets old.

Paul Hester was Australian

@@howardkip99 I knew it was a split 😀

@@laughinggravyuk As in "Split Enz"? 😉

@@hiturbine lol

Neil may be from NZ originally, but the band was born, bred and lived its life out of Melbourne, Australia. Many of the lyrics in their songs reference places in Melbourne.

Nearly everything from "Woodface" is a masterpiece.

Totally agree the boys need to hear more from the Crowdy’s… Weather with you is a fantastic suggestion.

I totally agree that you should hit I Got You from his former group Spit Enz. It has more of a new wave sound, and the chorus is a banger.

Neil Finn's two sons are now both in Crowded House.

Black Coffee in Bed

@@jameslindberg8608 From Squeeze? That’s one of my other favorite bands - best time for me was early when Jools was in the band.

@@jameslindberg8608 That was Squeeze.

very cool,never realized the split endz connection.

Not exactly. Tim Finn and Phil Judd started Split Enz in 1972. They had little international success until younger brother Neil Finn replaced Phil Judd and Split Enz began to get international success largely due to Neil's songs. In 1983, frontman and co founder, Tim Finn left the band to pursue a solo career and left Neil to head the band which Neil didn't feel comfortable with because he felt it was still his brother's band and the look and style of Split Enz was not his taste so he formed a new band with his best friend and former Split Enz drummer, Paul Hester. Nick Seymour was added and that became Crowded House. In 1990, with his solo career failing, Tim Finn was invited by Neil to join Crowded House and they released a hugely popular album called Woodface, thanks to the additional talent of Tim Finn. Tim Finn quit Crowded House for reasons only known to the group about a year later and returned to his solo career.

Totally agreed. Plus all of your 80s movies are also classics ;-)

That was my senior year of high school right there

That Dream Academy song is SO good!

Two great suggestions. Throw in The Adventures, Broken Land and you’ve got the hat trick

Those are two great picks! Someone in another thread mentioned "Under the Milky Way" by the Church, which would fit with these songs nicely.

I agree! Simple minds has lots of great songs.

Other than I travel, they are absolute guff

A & A, gotta hit this one!

Totally agree, and I love Weather With You.

Let's not overlook the root band, Split Enz!! Also, excellent!

@@MrWalkingguy absolutely. Great band.

+1 on Weather With You, it's my wife and I's song and has the best lyrics you'll ever come across.

Pineapple Head and Four Seasons in One Day are both Beatles Level. S city.

Neil Joined the Enz when he was 18 it was started by his brother Tim and his friend Phil Judd in 1972 and Neil replace Judd in 1977, he wrote many songs for the band (I got you) being their biggest hit in america, he left the band in 1986 and formed Crowded House in 1986 with Enz's drummer Paul Hester. Split Enz song worth a listen; History Never repeatskzfaq.info/get/bejne/quClfbuizNnNg4E.html, What's the matter with you kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsmUdLhht9LRio0.html, I hope I never kzfaq.info/get/bejne/httpa6WEnLvPeIE.html, I see red kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLGaZ9ihvpe6iX0.html, One step ahead kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLFdZ6Z02869k6M.html.

Def

Split Enz has gems as well. I Got You, One Step Ahead, Six Months In Leaky Boat are all worth a listen.

@@kevinbraiden9142 Message to my girl is a timeless classic

Props for not overlooking these really great lyrics. That’s the main reason I love this song.

The best kind of song to me. It's all about the message. ❤🔥

It is like the 80's and 90's were the party, the 2,000's the end of the night and the long journey home and the last decade or so the morning hangover. Hope we find the cure.

yeah the radio always only plays dont dream but sometimes they play something so strong.

But these songs just barely touch on their genius.

"Weather With You" was their biggest hit in the UK, and has the second highest amount of listens on Spotify, but I don't think was released in North America.

@@markghughes A great song among a lot of great songs.

Don’t Stop Now World Where You Live Distant Sun Into Temptation Fall At Your Feet Better Be Home Soon Four Seasons in One Day It’s Only Natural Chocolate Cake Mean to Me Locked Out Any many more….

Live farewell at sydney opera house…. Classic and emotional

Crowded House was founded by Neil Finn. Tim didn't join the band until their 3rd album, Woodface, which for me was their best. They've also recorded a couple of albums as just The Finn Brothers. Great songwriting, and great harmonies.

Glad someone mentioned Split enz!,"I got you" is still one of my favourite pop tunes of all time.

Would love to hear a reaction to a Split Enz song likely I Got You maybe Shark Attack . Might want to look at the I think first time "laser-etching” playing with colours on the vinyl. I wonder if I still have that.

@@keithevans9544 couldn't agree more!

YOU are speaking my language.

This ^^^

This song is major league nostalgia for me. Finn's lyrics are in a class by themselves. Great guitar licks - and the Hammond organ absolutely seals the deal.

Correction: WORLD where you live lol

LOVE Hole in the river

They were formed in 1985. Split Enz was still going strong in 1979, with Neil just getting prominent.

"Weather with you" is a great song. I first heard it 20 years after all of the other stuff I loved from Crowded House. I'll never know how I missed it all of those years.

Couldn't agree more...

I’ll second (third?) that!

*Split Enz, no The

And Yes to Hoodoo Gurus, one of my favorite bands. And I'm not from Australia

The day anyone reacts to Lelaini would make that day Day of the Month. Such a fun album, too. Love the little-known awesome songs over the years, like Lelaini: Rita Matsouko’s c’est comme ca (long version), House of Pancake by The Swirlies, Shimmy & Shake by Ledernacken, Lava by The B-52’s (long version), Go! by Tones On Tail, etc.

@ my quick typing always gets me in trouble. Yes...Split Enz...one of my favorites from my highschool life in the 80's.

@@privatename123 went out and got a Stoneage Romeos t-shirt and everyone asks who they are. I'm dumbfounded. In my circle of friends they were big, so were The Smithereens and no one knows them either...this is what needs to be played.

Satriani, Surfin With The Alien is an 80's song and album that I've been hoping for. 🙏🏻 😆

yes that is true. but dont change and the one thing off their debut album are my 2 favorite songs by them

The Kick album is really good! So many hits in that album.

I accidentally added an S to the title. It’s KICK

There are a bunch of Met At Work songs that they should hit.

Totally agree with both recommendations 👌

Down Under by Men at Work also from down under. The biggest song of the 80s can't be overlooked, Physical by Olivia also from down under. Rolling Stone called it the sexiest song ever. Have they heard the 17 minute version of Love to Love Ya Baby by Donna Summer? Or Je taime by Jane Birken and some guy?

Love HEAD OVER HEELS!

And a small orchestra, too, all recorded live in one night, which was broadcast live on the Internet (KZfaq and Facebook).

Yes! INCREDIBLE album, so overlooked. Wow, I need to listen to that again

@@noheamike5036 Second Nature in the 4th session is unbelievably good.

@@jml-rj5re which take?

So true. I was going to suggest "Terrorise Me" from that album.

Agree on both

Icehouse!

Yes Australia kicked ass in the 80s! We heard you all the way in Blighty! INXS, Icehouse, Crowded House, Midnight Oil, The Church etc etc 👍😁

INXS yes, but Hoodoo Gurus and the Go-Betweens are the other best 80s Aussie bands

@@robland6804 The Lime Spiders, the Stems, and the Someloves were right up there, too. Oh, and the Triffids as well.

Oh, and if A&A should react to any other Aussie song from the '80s, apart from The Church's "Reptile" (1988), it should be "Just Like Fire Would" (1986) by The Saints. But it's gotta be the original version by The Saints, *not* the highly inferior cover version by Bruce Springsteen.

@@gregsager2062 Alex, I'll take "Bands I've Never Heard of" for $1000 But I forgot Little River Band, masters of 80s soft rock

@@robland6804 you already won the category with yr suggestions. Aussie bands with no US hits that nobody's ever heard of. Congrats!

The Authority Song and Crumblin' Down are must listens as well.

@@roberthughes2402 There's too many to mention. I love Crumbling Down because he's channeling his inner James Brown.

I saw him in the oughts. Maybe 2007. A fantastic concert.

I agree "Paper in Fire" is a must

"Pink Houses" & "Ain't Even Done With The Night" rock!