i actually like this song ,as long as i dont watch the creepy fucking video it accompanied with ...yeesh, its looks like the gathering of juggalos mixed with twin peaks ..fuckin nightmare mania!
Unbelievable how they did this in 77. It`s part Talking Heads, silly Beatles and Madness before Madness actually did fun silly stuff like this. What a band.
Great song & a great band, I remember as a kid I used to call Split Enz "The Puppet People", they just reminded me of puppets I spose but gee they made beautiful music.
I find it surprising... he must have been getting a taste of the antipodean talent at the time... Little River Band's 'Reminiscing' was one of his favourite tunes around that time. God knows why it's not mentioned in any other publications on John Lennon.
@nzoz1977 I saw this on another youtube video but apparently in an interview Paul McCartney was asked what it's like to be the best song writer in the world and he said "I'm not". So the interviewer asked who he thought was and he replied "Neil Finn".
a truly brilliant video because they just sit there in a group and he just walks around them. Theatre, not "video" of the MTV age, of course. Marvellous stuff.
Wow, you guys are so open minded. As cool and elite as you are and you still have time to feel bad for people who don't think like you do. Bravo. So tolerant of you. Really, I'm very impressed.
i can't believe this is from the late 70's seems like a new song bring it back someone I think we are all making mistakes this might wake some of us up hahahaha
@helamana I went to live in Australia in 1981. When I got there, Split Enz were played on the radio all the time. I had never heard of them before - but their music was always around during my childhood. Its fantastic to hear them again - this is what You Tube is for
no way no way no way..what a trip I just now took....34yrs ago when I first went to live to New Zeland till 84 and then to hear this song now as I when I first heard it then. I didnt like this band at first but by the time I left I could get enough of their sound and music....so so so classic now...I wish they would be played in the US now, it would be new as it was not heard here at all back then
can someone help me with the chords to the "all I needed was a 'friend' bits? so far Ive got Bb then it seems to go to E and back to C but I cant really get a basic chord pattern to sound good
Did you know the Finn brothers dad was in the Rotary Club when they started to get on TV and he was fined by the club for having 'weird looking sons' on TV.
Oh my god, The Enz are one of the greatest bands rock ever produced. Tim Finn's lyrics are sheer genius and the music is sophisticated and catchy at the same time. These guys were absolutely brilliant and totally unique. "DIZRYTHMIA" is one of the greatest rock records ever recorded. Don't know about that? --- go and have a listen!
Weren't we LUCKY to grow up during the Seventies? Colour TV for the "rich" ones (our neighbours!! NOT us) ... Things moved slower then, but hey, music was ALIVE & VIBRANT back then. I wouldn't change my birthdate for anything now! THANKS AGAIN to nzoz1977 : ) Your postings have brought JOY to me & so many others : ) xx
Clever, Catchy, Quirky, Brilliant ... Love, Love, Love it all ... Never got to see them live, even though I started going out to see Live Bands in 1978, but hey, there were SO many back then. Loved their stuff on the radio & on Countdown though & now I appreciate it all even more. Thanks so much to you nzoz1977 for posting so many GREAT clips. I'm extremely grateful for the trip/s down Memory Lane that you are providing. Maybe it's a mid-life crisis (turning 50 this April!) BIG HUG 4 YOU : )
love how Noel Crombie made up the numbers in a really, really, really weird way love the absolute bizarreness of the ENZ..what the hell do they put in the water over in NZ?? ie: Mother Goose / ENZ / Phil Judd etc etc..
(to nzoz1977 cont.) ......Unfortunately by then the Enz weren't as theatrical as they were earlier......but yes, I too continue to be fascinated by conservatism and what drives people to it. Hey, I'm in Queensland and grew up in the Bijelki-Peterson era! What were people thinking!!
nzoz1977 I envy your free spirit you had at such a young age...
@ecurb10 thanks for that... gives a little more clarity! I was only just born when My Mistake came out. The song was a good ten years old by the time I cottoned on to it and it still blew me away!
@ecurb10. You are 100% on the money in respect to Split Enz. I saw them after the release of "Mental Notes." I was a teenager and I was hooked. I suspect the late 60s and early 70s were a time that these artist / musicians were feeling their way, creating an identity. Skyhooks, Mother Goose, Captain Matchbox to name just a few. Double J were a driving force in this. Good news 2011. A teenager from work hounded me for months to burrow my Split Enz CDs. Their magic still works.
@ecurb10 I'm a Canuck but I lived in Brisbane at the end of Sir Joh's reign of terror ;-) He truly was a strange bird. All I remember is "Don't you worry 'bout that...everything's all right in Queensland". I arrived in '87 just as he was being chased out.
Australia and New Zealand should both be proud of the Enz and Crowded House. We've never had anything like them in Canada and America should be so lucky!
Hey thanks for your response nzoz1977! I guess it's just the environment I grew up in - fundamentalist christian, large close family etc. Later though I (the youngest of six kids) turned out the most radical of us. But I was very much influenced by the opinions of my older siblings...I just meekly went along with everything they said. It wasn't until my late teens-early twenties that I 'radicalised' somewhat. Becoming an agnostic was ironically like a 'born again' experience!
When I was young we were a very conservative family, so when these blokes came on Countdown we thought they were too weird looking, which turned me off them straight away. Pitty, because now I love their songs soooo much!!! If only I was more open minded back then......
@ecurb10 I've always been fascinated by what makes a family or individuals that closed minded, uptight and conservative. When I first saw this clip as a kid I wanted to know everything about this band and find out what would inspire people to write a song and make a video that is so-off-planet! Of course I pretended to disapprove, but deep down, this band became an obsession for me when I was 10 years old...
@ecurb10 - Hey, I'm what you would consider a hard core Ronald Reagan type of conservative/.libertarian but there is nothing wrong with liking these groups or music, I enjoy them very much, they were a part of me in my teen years. I'm also a huge fan of Michael Jackson and Boy George/Culture Club too.
@sunonthewindow Back in the 70's I was into Simon and Garfunkel and Don McLean mostly I think...but for some random reason my mate and I were right into Queen!!! I didn't really enjoy 70's music much....those grainy video clips on Countdown didn't do much for me, especially the Glam rock (with the exception of Queen for some reason!), I much prefered the 80's: The Police, Dire Straits, Blondie etc. Just a style thing I think.
@pentergraph go to Noel Crombie, the block in the clip that doesn't play anything and is sitting next to the nervous-looking trumpet player... he designed all their clothes.
@halofan2233 Skyhook's Red was painted as well. Not as weird as these blokes, but as a kind of drag queen kind of thing. I reckon he is so far from gay. Anyway that was our time. good fun. no crap. Not like now, with that age thing happening as we speak/type.
@halofan2233 that was their look. the '70s were the time of glam rock and pop so it wasn't that uncommon to see an entirely male band done up in full make-up in costumes, but for the Split Enz it was like a parody of theatre and pantomime. And after about '74 they ditched pub gigs and took to only performing in theatres and their stage antics were really something of a pantomime.
All part of the image of the band. Make them stand out and memorable.
Remember seeing these guys perform this song on a televised music award (at the Palais Theatre?) that year and thinking what was that - it was so different to all the other be-jeaned and glam looking pre-punk bands?!! But this was a catchy song and their songwriting just went ahead in leaps and bounds til they rightly attained the status of one of the best local bands of the era.
Love this song!! Thanks to the music gods for giving us the Enz. There just aren't enough theatrics in pop music anymore.- original thratrics anyway. These guys were in a league of their own.
I was lucky enough to see split enz on tour supporting Jack the lad in 1976 at the Guildhall portsmouth. Brilliant gig, and have been a fan ever since.
@RooForce I'd like to qualify that; the Finn boys did take themselves pretty seriously in the end - though they'd certainly earnt the right to via 10 years worth of this sort of awesome stuff. Kiwis still have respect for others to this day whilst many of us Aussies are sadly selling out fairly easily to the rat race.
@RooForce Yep! If I lived in NZ or England, I would SOOOOOO love to start an ENZ tribute band! It would be so much fun! Too bad it just wouldn't play here in the states. Oh well. Long live the Endz!
Is this style called 'neo-classical structures and arrangements' or parlour music or what?. I agree Unavailableable - this is timeless and priceless..love the 'Enz !
Always did prefer Neil's songwriting when he joined the band. Think he also wrote 'leaky boat' and 'Hope I never' as well.This is my favourite one though.
@nzoz1977 "Six Months..." was a collaboration btw the two brothers who were to start feuding (with a credit to Raynor for "Pioneer") A bit like the Lennon/McCartney collaboration with " We Can Work It Out" before all started to go to hell :(
@nzoz1977 Sorry!! It was in reply the post ("Always did prefer Neil's songwriting when he joined the band. Think he also wrote 'leaky boat' and 'Hope I never' as well.This is my favourite one though."), in which you stated that the songs were in fact Tim's (which is the case!). "Six Months...." is Tim's!! Oppps :) It does stand to reason, when you listen to the lyric, that it could be about a relationship he was in. lol @ the pomms thinking it was about the Faulklin Conflict!
@RippdUb lol, that seems to be the bases of most of his songs. I thought 'Six Months In A Leaky Boat' and 'I Hope I Never' were written for the very same reason.
Oh, .. my goodness .. the world really is full of weird, strange, odd people, isn't it. Whoever it was who put the minus-1 beside my comment .. well, for my money, you can just go suck on salt-watered, briny eggs. That should be in perfect harmony with your indicated demeanour.
Brilliantly creative and a healthy departure from 'politically-correct', bland, 'formula' type rock music that was being put out in some quarters of the Oz music industry in those days. The 1970s, all up, was one of the very best decades for ultra-creative & 'out-there', most-enjoyable musical experiments. With the Finn Brothers anchoring this band, Split Enz were a fabulously popular & much-respected group of artists on both sides of The Tasman - with considerable reason !! Great posting !!
is this 'eclectic rock art meets barber shop mix' ? This is way way ahead of their time - and probably never 'cloned'....talented musicians / singers, were 'Enz.... It would be a travesty to label them new romantics... those were clones (and poor at that) of Kraftwerk etc etc
Funny, this came out at a time when Madness were only beginning to play the pub circuit as The Invaders - two years away from a contract and chart hits.
i actually like this song ,as long as i dont watch the creepy fucking video it accompanied with ...yeesh, its looks like the gathering of juggalos mixed with twin peaks ..fuckin nightmare mania!
jiveassrog 4 days ago
truly proud of this world class band, this music is amazing.
nerdflanders8710 1 week ago
random but awesome!
olacola15 1 week ago
Many thanks to the uploader you have uploaded some Amazing vids, This one is pure Genius, I havent watched it since I was a teenager in the 70's
MultiJohnf1 2 weeks ago
@MultiJohnf1 no worries... only happy to provide!
nzoz1977 1 week ago
Culture-hero Noel Crombie...!!
Bazmaniac19 2 weeks ago
@aranciobitch: The Panda Band - it's on one of the Triple J 'Like a Version' albums.
mattmanic7325 1 month ago
Justin and Rebecca have nothing on this. THIS is talent.
horrorcatali 1 month ago
Lady Gaga should stop trying to copy Tim and Neil's hairdos :P
TheEchelonFTW 1 month ago
Formed in 1971 with Phil judd, full time, 1972. 'Nuff said.
masterawesomeish 1 month ago
neil finn tries to be quirky; Gets FAIL mark.
masterawesomeish 1 month ago
I've watched this three times already. Wow.
masterawesomeish 1 month ago
I love YouTube.
Thank you nzoz1977
barbergreg 1 month ago 6
@barbergreg It's been a pleasure...
nzoz1977 1 month ago
im related to them
my grandads cousins neil and tim finn
shanel12100 1 month ago
Unbelievable how they did this in 77. It`s part Talking Heads, silly Beatles and Madness before Madness actually did fun silly stuff like this. What a band.
carntspell 2 months ago
Always loved this song, a masterpiece very cabaret style wonderful great video as well
jonflynn1 2 months ago
another masssive tune....legend
whaaq2 2 months ago
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horrorcatali 3 months ago
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horrorcatali 3 months ago
Pure Genius!!!!!!!!!
smokieWTF 3 months ago
i wish i could give this video 5 likes
MrGziss 3 months ago
'Madness' seems to have ripped off these guys. And I thought they were original :(
Edam3000 3 months ago
Capolavoro. Ottimi sia il brano che il video.
1alfredson 3 months ago
Great song & a great band, I remember as a kid I used to call Split Enz "The Puppet People", they just reminded me of puppets I spose but gee they made beautiful music.
kingbrude 4 months ago
They just don't make 'em like this any more. Damn shame.
forgetfulmuse 5 months ago
Story of my life, lol.
forgetfulmuse 5 months ago
i saw these nutters in Bristol [twice].they were a fantastic live band . i still love em.
MrFireballxl500 5 months ago
mr. owl how much coke do you do to be like these guys? lets see (snort) one (snort) two (snort) three. Three! lol i love split enz
Eric19882007 5 months ago
John Lennon once called Tim Finn his favourite current song writer.
High praise from Ceasar.
drumdust 5 months ago 20
@drumdust you serious??? where you read that? That's mind blowing!
nzoz1977 5 months ago
@nzoz1977 Ah mate read it year's ago in an old Rolling Stone.
Pretty cool hey?
If I was Tim Finn I'd have it written on my gravestone :)
drumdust 5 months ago
@drumdust
I find it surprising... he must have been getting a taste of the antipodean talent at the time... Little River Band's 'Reminiscing' was one of his favourite tunes around that time. God knows why it's not mentioned in any other publications on John Lennon.
nzoz1977 5 months ago
@nzoz1977 I saw this on another youtube video but apparently in an interview Paul McCartney was asked what it's like to be the best song writer in the world and he said "I'm not". So the interviewer asked who he thought was and he replied "Neil Finn".
Ibeenez 3 weeks ago
@drumdust is tim fin dead?
Swar1y 2 months ago
@drumdust but he is not dead (I think)
jasonulyatt 2 months ago
@jasonulyatt Just a figure of speach guys, he's still with us.
drumdust 2 months ago
This is a truly brilliant piece by a very talented and underrated band
DonnyPepquoi 5 months ago
a truly brilliant video because they just sit there in a group and he just walks around them. Theatre, not "video" of the MTV age, of course. Marvellous stuff.
jasonpfinch 5 months ago
Wow, you guys are so open minded. As cool and elite as you are and you still have time to feel bad for people who don't think like you do. Bravo. So tolerant of you. Really, I'm very impressed.
Thomcalhoun 6 months ago
we loved these guys in Brooklyn...wow takes me right back to summer days in basements and parks,always chasing something...
afterthefox 6 months ago
i actually love this song, im 13, :) that proves i should get an A in music.
TheTurtleMasacre 6 months ago 2
i can't believe this is from the late 70's seems like a new song bring it back someone I think we are all making mistakes this might wake some of us up hahahaha
smilebig1000 6 months ago
Thank you
Thecurbstomper 7 months ago
@helamana I went to live in Australia in 1981. When I got there, Split Enz were played on the radio all the time. I had never heard of them before - but their music was always around during my childhood. Its fantastic to hear them again - this is what You Tube is for
stevemcarthur1981 7 months ago
no way no way no way..what a trip I just now took....34yrs ago when I first went to live to New Zeland till 84 and then to hear this song now as I when I first heard it then. I didnt like this band at first but by the time I left I could get enough of their sound and music....so so so classic now...I wish they would be played in the US now, it would be new as it was not heard here at all back then
helamana 7 months ago
Cardiacs
PhoenixTheKnight 7 months ago
they must have had such a laugh watching that clip when they finished making it.
unknownperson95 7 months ago
can someone help me with the chords to the "all I needed was a 'friend' bits? so far Ive got Bb then it seems to go to E and back to C but I cant really get a basic chord pattern to sound good
yngvaibucketrucci 7 months ago
you cant hear the guitar at all!
yngvaibucketrucci 7 months ago
I love this, it has a very 'beatle-esque' sound to it.:)
Kainlarsen 7 months ago
Imagine seeing this song performed in some pub in Wellington in 1977, fuck! Countdown at age 6 was fair though.
aaronsdavis 8 months ago
I can't stop watching this video. The music is fantastic and there's something mesmeric about the video
m1ll10n1977 8 months ago 3
I can't stop watching this either and I don't know why lol.
refreshmntslover 6 months ago
@m1ll10n1977 I've watched it about 10 times! Whoa! Here comes 11!!
jbelafonte 3 months ago 2
Tim is the best Finn, him and Judd had guts.
4tealicks 8 months ago
That is pure genius. The outrageous outfits.. everything reminds me of the good old days. I was born in '77 by the way!!
AustralianGuyyy 9 months ago
im here because of Sam Newman
spinking458 9 months ago
@spinking458 Ha Ha! I remember that Countdown skit The Footy Show did which included this!
MrBSergeant 9 months ago
Neil Finn looks like an utter pillock in this video!
MrBSergeant 9 months ago
@MrBSergeant He just looks young.
Hissyspit 9 months ago
I get dreams like this when I turn over in bed, and sleep on my hands.
ViceroyCDR 9 months ago
love this band
peterandkerrie 10 months ago
dat,vind,ik,leuk,mimespelers,the,eyemake,up,dat,geeft,de,mimiek,goed,back
mollysangelique 10 months ago
lol @ the guy in red, he looks like he's braindead
Davez621 10 months ago
This was the first band I ever saw live (Preston 1977). They blew me away....way ahead of their time!
shaddiedown 10 months ago
One of the best bass lines ever!...I listen and am in awe!
jameskwaka 10 months ago
Split Enz should do like a concert for all the victims of the Christchurch earthquake. You know like a fundraiser.
PortandFreo 10 months ago 5
How the hell did these guys exist in 1970's New Zealand, specifically Te Awamuntu, affectionately referred to as "Nowhere Town"?
Anon371 11 months ago
Did you know the Finn brothers dad was in the Rotary Club when they started to get on TV and he was fined by the club for having 'weird looking sons' on TV.
True statement.
jasonulyatt 11 months ago
I've seen these outfits in teh Te Awamutu Museum. Not sure if theyre still there.
sonofsilence 11 months ago
Oh my god, The Enz are one of the greatest bands rock ever produced. Tim Finn's lyrics are sheer genius and the music is sophisticated and catchy at the same time. These guys were absolutely brilliant and totally unique. "DIZRYTHMIA" is one of the greatest rock records ever recorded. Don't know about that? --- go and have a listen!
richardviews 11 months ago
THIS was really OUT THERE for 1977 - I saw them in 1982 and they were NEW even then... love their sound.
bozomahoney 11 months ago
Enjoyed these guys in Revesby NSW 1985 (about then anyway) when I lived in Sydeny (1982 - 1992).
Came back to Blighty for a holiday and never went back.
ScragNath 1 year ago
Weren't we LUCKY to grow up during the Seventies? Colour TV for the "rich" ones (our neighbours!! NOT us) ... Things moved slower then, but hey, music was ALIVE & VIBRANT back then. I wouldn't change my birthdate for anything now! THANKS AGAIN to nzoz1977 : ) Your postings have brought JOY to me & so many others : ) xx
AnnieDelico1 1 year ago
Clever, Catchy, Quirky, Brilliant ... Love, Love, Love it all ... Never got to see them live, even though I started going out to see Live Bands in 1978, but hey, there were SO many back then. Loved their stuff on the radio & on Countdown though & now I appreciate it all even more. Thanks so much to you nzoz1977 for posting so many GREAT clips. I'm extremely grateful for the trip/s down Memory Lane that you are providing. Maybe it's a mid-life crisis (turning 50 this April!) BIG HUG 4 YOU : )
AnnieDelico1 1 year ago
theyre so cute
fungusnimbo 1 year ago
Cute video, quirky, colourful, nobody does this anymore.
scidriver 1 year ago 2
@scidriver ... LOVE your short, simple, yet extremely insightful comment ... Thanx so much : )
AnnieDelico1 1 year ago
so camp
tzeqin 1 year ago
Oops a mistake. Split Enz - My Mistake. OMG we were twisted in the 70's come to think of it so were we...
FandangleProductions 1 year ago
love how Noel Crombie made up the numbers in a really, really, really weird way love the absolute bizarreness of the ENZ..what the hell do they put in the water over in NZ?? ie: Mother Goose / ENZ / Phil Judd etc etc..
newellgirl 1 year ago
watching this video on acid, yea that was my major mistake!
Eric19882007 1 year ago
(to nzoz1977 cont.) ......Unfortunately by then the Enz weren't as theatrical as they were earlier......but yes, I too continue to be fascinated by conservatism and what drives people to it. Hey, I'm in Queensland and grew up in the Bijelki-Peterson era! What were people thinking!!
nzoz1977 I envy your free spirit you had at such a young age...
ecurb10 1 year ago 3
@ecurb10 thanks for that... gives a little more clarity! I was only just born when My Mistake came out. The song was a good ten years old by the time I cottoned on to it and it still blew me away!
nzoz1977 1 year ago
@ecurb10. You are 100% on the money in respect to Split Enz. I saw them after the release of "Mental Notes." I was a teenager and I was hooked. I suspect the late 60s and early 70s were a time that these artist / musicians were feeling their way, creating an identity. Skyhooks, Mother Goose, Captain Matchbox to name just a few. Double J were a driving force in this. Good news 2011. A teenager from work hounded me for months to burrow my Split Enz CDs. Their magic still works.
ookland81 1 year ago
@ecurb10 I'm a Canuck but I lived in Brisbane at the end of Sir Joh's reign of terror ;-) He truly was a strange bird. All I remember is "Don't you worry 'bout that...everything's all right in Queensland". I arrived in '87 just as he was being chased out.
Australia and New Zealand should both be proud of the Enz and Crowded House. We've never had anything like them in Canada and America should be so lucky!
cedredecat 1 year ago
Hey thanks for your response nzoz1977! I guess it's just the environment I grew up in - fundamentalist christian, large close family etc. Later though I (the youngest of six kids) turned out the most radical of us. But I was very much influenced by the opinions of my older siblings...I just meekly went along with everything they said. It wasn't until my late teens-early twenties that I 'radicalised' somewhat. Becoming an agnostic was ironically like a 'born again' experience!
ecurb10 1 year ago
When I was young we were a very conservative family, so when these blokes came on Countdown we thought they were too weird looking, which turned me off them straight away. Pitty, because now I love their songs soooo much!!! If only I was more open minded back then......
ecurb10 1 year ago 11
@ecurb10 I've always been fascinated by what makes a family or individuals that closed minded, uptight and conservative. When I first saw this clip as a kid I wanted to know everything about this band and find out what would inspire people to write a song and make a video that is so-off-planet! Of course I pretended to disapprove, but deep down, this band became an obsession for me when I was 10 years old...
nzoz1977 1 year ago 2
@ecurb10 - Hey, I'm what you would consider a hard core Ronald Reagan type of conservative/.libertarian but there is nothing wrong with liking these groups or music, I enjoy them very much, they were a part of me in my teen years. I'm also a huge fan of Michael Jackson and Boy George/Culture Club too.
NowhereMan1966 11 months ago
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zelotalot 9 months ago
@ecurb10 So being conservative in the 70s, what was there for you to listen to?
sunonthewindow 6 months ago
@sunonthewindow Back in the 70's I was into Simon and Garfunkel and Don McLean mostly I think...but for some random reason my mate and I were right into Queen!!! I didn't really enjoy 70's music much....those grainy video clips on Countdown didn't do much for me, especially the Glam rock (with the exception of Queen for some reason!), I much prefered the 80's: The Police, Dire Straits, Blondie etc. Just a style thing I think.
ecurb10 6 months ago
does anyone know where u can get bad arse suits like that
pentergraph 1 year ago
@pentergraph go to Noel Crombie, the block in the clip that doesn't play anything and is sitting next to the nervous-looking trumpet player... he designed all their clothes.
nzoz1977 1 year ago
@nzoz1977 All I can to him; Choice threads!
masterawesomeish 1 month ago
Know this song off by heart, like so many of the old Enz stuff...fantastic.
AustraJoni 1 year ago
ahh, music i grew up with, good ol' innocent music.
good to be able to show the teens what good music is.
hot318 1 year ago
Very Madnessy.
gazwilwah 1 year ago
@gazwilwah Split Enz's audience in Britain consisted of people who would later play in successful Ska and Reggae bands...
nzoz1977 1 year ago
guys im getting a lot of fucking comments about my comment its kinda spamming my inbox
halofan2233 1 year ago
@grogandroppa - Yeah, a clone... that's it.
tbsdy 1 year ago
Am oldie and not just a goodie, a great-ie!
misterjoecool 1 year ago
I HEARD THIS FIRST IN 1979 SO GREAT NEARLY AS GOOD AS CHARLIE XX
buscargo89 1 year ago
So low budget that it's actually brilliant.
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago
P I M P
jpkyker 1 year ago
bitchin tune
vhsorbeta36 1 year ago
guys i wanna know something why did they paint them selves like clowns a little not trying to be mean
halofan2233 1 year ago
@halofan2233 to stand out from the rest
nzoz1977 1 year ago
@nzoz1977 oh ok just wondering
halofan2233 1 year ago
@halofan2233 Skyhook's Red was painted as well. Not as weird as these blokes, but as a kind of drag queen kind of thing. I reckon he is so far from gay. Anyway that was our time. good fun. no crap. Not like now, with that age thing happening as we speak/type.
dusysoonerable 1 year ago
@halofan2233 you can also blame Noel Crombie... lol
eirrac54 1 year ago
@halofan2233
Actually thats how they all dressed in New Zealand at the time..
grogandroppa 1 year ago 3
@grogandroppa - how would you know you kiddy fucking DIPSHIT?
gonna 'destroy me' are ya????
where were you at the radio show eh hero????
yeah right. being really 'tough' and threatening women in belgium rather than sacking up and taking me on man to ... well whatever the fuck you are!!
POOF!
GROGEStonedeafSPAZZO 1 year ago 2
YAWN..
a boring clone....
grogandroppa 1 year ago
@halofan2233 why did K.I.S.S. or Lady Gaga do it? Answer that, and you'll have your answer.
Slorrin 1 year ago
@halofan2233 that was their look. the '70s were the time of glam rock and pop so it wasn't that uncommon to see an entirely male band done up in full make-up in costumes, but for the Split Enz it was like a parody of theatre and pantomime. And after about '74 they ditched pub gigs and took to only performing in theatres and their stage antics were really something of a pantomime.
All part of the image of the band. Make them stand out and memorable.
Linkchvary 1 year ago
@halofan2233 Weird cabaret. Avant guard. Different. Left field pop. That's why.
nervybanana 1 year ago
Sheer brilliance!! Love the Enz.......
ColumRogers 1 year ago
This is realy like Flash and the Pan!!! Funny 1977 ;-)
ludo281160 1 year ago
Remember seeing these guys perform this song on a televised music award (at the Palais Theatre?) that year and thinking what was that - it was so different to all the other be-jeaned and glam looking pre-punk bands?!! But this was a catchy song and their songwriting just went ahead in leaps and bounds til they rightly attained the status of one of the best local bands of the era.
vinylman4533 1 year ago
Sometimes the low budget videos are the best.
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago
brilliant! Saw them here in Holland in '78 :o)
TerryTeadreg 1 year ago
1:23 Gordon from Two and a Half Men?
FreedomWorkShop 1 year ago
LOL...its typical.... Guys played like puppets by there mrs.... guess that was there mistake...LOL
pentergraph 1 year ago
Love this song!! Thanks to the music gods for giving us the Enz. There just aren't enough theatrics in pop music anymore.- original thratrics anyway. These guys were in a league of their own.
Missfantlady 1 year ago
almost as good as i got you man once again rockband needs more songs like this then i wouldnt mind sucking at the game at least id enjoy the songs
79wylie 1 year ago
ill probably never forget this song.....or split enz
@Pmciulla Noel Crombie did all the designs for the outfits and hairstyles
dumdumbinks274 1 year ago
Who's you're tailor??? Great song Fun Vid THANKS!
Pmciulla 1 year ago
Much of the Enz's music still sounds great all these years on, what songs of today will live this long?
leokimvideo 1 year ago
great drinking song... raise a glass, and hope it doesn't disappear! LOL
ramadarose41 1 year ago
I was lucky enough to see split enz on tour supporting Jack the lad in 1976 at the Guildhall portsmouth. Brilliant gig, and have been a fan ever since.
greebo61 1 year ago
Well compose,very clever.
berowra7 1 year ago
Great music video!
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago
I just love bands that don't take themselves too seriously, and boy, these guys never did! The Frenz and I thank you for posting this. Great stuff.
RooForce 1 year ago
@RooForce I'd like to qualify that; the Finn boys did take themselves pretty seriously in the end - though they'd certainly earnt the right to via 10 years worth of this sort of awesome stuff. Kiwis still have respect for others to this day whilst many of us Aussies are sadly selling out fairly easily to the rat race.
stuartk319 1 year ago
@RooForce Yep! If I lived in NZ or England, I would SOOOOOO love to start an ENZ tribute band! It would be so much fun! Too bad it just wouldn't play here in the states. Oh well. Long live the Endz!
Signed; the Finn loving Sonicfrog
sonicfrogdotnet 1 year ago
Wow, these guys would nearly cut it today with this track!! We've got an FM station that plays modern stuff like this all the time!
daveasch 1 year ago
Kind of hard to label this great music because it is in a league all it's own! Makes me wish I was a New Zealander in the 1970's! Tim is amazing!!!
lincbond442 1 year ago
My dream job.
newsreader 1 year ago
My dream job.
newsreader 1 year ago
@chubsoda 1972, not 1969
nzoz1977 1 year ago
great video. thank you!!
joeman552 1 year ago
shiny
68kira 1 year ago
ooooooooo whoops, oooooooooo whoops! LOL Split Enz was incredible!!!!! and lmao at Neil with his spotted jacket and callick. great video!!
ramadarose41 1 year ago
check this guys out,they look like there f*#!+$ out there man.what an awesome vid.bet this vid didnt cost much to produce
kiwiglacier 1 year ago
They almost look like ventriloquist puppets at one stage! I wonder if its the illusion there trying to give, marrionetts or something?
pentergraph 1 year ago
I guess the word for this music style is 'cabaret' judging by the costumes - and the p*stake with the lipstick!! lol
pauloheypaulo 2 years ago 2
How about Neuro-manic? Ok. New Romantic then.
skepticoz 1 year ago 3
Is this style called 'neo-classical structures and arrangements' or parlour music or what?. I agree Unavailableable - this is timeless and priceless..love the 'Enz !
pauloheypaulo 2 years ago 3
Split Enz are timeless, not many bands around that you can say that about. Fantastic original sound, punk/pop what a mix!
Unavailableable 2 years ago 17
Très très bon belle chanson merci Tim
sylmor26 2 years ago 3
ta mère est une putain
taepodong1101 2 years ago
Tu dois avoir un petit pénis hein
sylmor26 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
why dont you go fuck your self you anus licking candian french fuck?
taepodong1101 2 years ago
Always did prefer Neil's songwriting when he joined the band. Think he also wrote 'leaky boat' and 'Hope I never' as well.This is my favourite one though.
dagoelius 2 years ago
all songs you mentioned were written by Tim
nzoz1977 2 years ago
DOh! I realized after i hit post comment. Tim Tim Tim dammit.
dagoelius 2 years ago
lol, poor Tim
nzoz1977 2 years ago
@nzoz1977 "Six Months..." was a collaboration btw the two brothers who were to start feuding (with a credit to Raynor for "Pioneer") A bit like the Lennon/McCartney collaboration with " We Can Work It Out" before all started to go to hell :(
MusicMaster74 1 year ago
@MusicMaster74 I thought I've heard time speak about it being about a relationship he was in...
nzoz1977 1 year ago
@nzoz1977 Sorry!! It was in reply the post ("Always did prefer Neil's songwriting when he joined the band. Think he also wrote 'leaky boat' and 'Hope I never' as well.This is my favourite one though."), in which you stated that the songs were in fact Tim's (which is the case!). "Six Months...." is Tim's!! Oppps :) It does stand to reason, when you listen to the lyric, that it could be about a relationship he was in. lol @ the pomms thinking it was about the Faulklin Conflict!
MusicMaster74 1 year ago
@nzoz1977
yeah i heard an interview with Tum recently and he said he wrote it straight after leaving a bad relationship.
RippdUb 1 year ago
@RippdUb lol, that seems to be the bases of most of his songs. I thought 'Six Months In A Leaky Boat' and 'I Hope I Never' were written for the very same reason.
nzoz1977 1 year ago
@nzoz1977 I think you have the brothers mixed up mate...
ArtieinAus 1 year ago
well i like drugs and genesis too
wolfmega321 2 years ago
Oh, .. my goodness .. the world really is full of weird, strange, odd people, isn't it. Whoever it was who put the minus-1 beside my comment .. well, for my money, you can just go suck on salt-watered, briny eggs. That should be in perfect harmony with your indicated demeanour.
colindominy 2 years ago
Brilliantly creative and a healthy departure from 'politically-correct', bland, 'formula' type rock music that was being put out in some quarters of the Oz music industry in those days. The 1970s, all up, was one of the very best decades for ultra-creative & 'out-there', most-enjoyable musical experiments. With the Finn Brothers anchoring this band, Split Enz were a fabulously popular & much-respected group of artists on both sides of The Tasman - with considerable reason !! Great posting !!
colindominy 2 years ago
genius .Beatles sounding
lovesGenet 2 years ago
or vaudeville / theatrical is maybe a better description
pauloheypaulo 2 years ago 5
is this 'eclectic rock art meets barber shop mix' ? This is way way ahead of their time - and probably never 'cloned'....talented musicians / singers, were 'Enz.... It would be a travesty to label them new romantics... those were clones (and poor at that) of Kraftwerk etc etc
pauloheypaulo 2 years ago
Tim is a genius
Prolly78 2 years ago 2
fantastic, genial
konextado 2 years ago
Another coincidence is that Tim Finn i think, was in a band called The invaders prior to Split Enz.
gazwilwah 2 years ago
lol, that's a spin-out... i did not know that!
nzoz1977 2 years ago
This is very Madnessy.
gazwilwah 2 years ago
Funny, this came out at a time when Madness were only beginning to play the pub circuit as The Invaders - two years away from a contract and chart hits.
nzoz1977 2 years ago
Heaven.
newsreader 2 years ago
Who the fuck will fall in love again when u dress like a clown?
taepodong1101 2 years ago