Melody has returned and it comes from the land down under-once again-in the form of Gotye! If you've been living under a musical rock and haven't checked him out I suggest you do so immediately! Haven't been this excited about new music since the early 80s! That's what brought me here; revisiting some of my favorites of that era.
Yeah this video definitely had a certain creepy air...but loved it all the more for just that reason!...Loved these guys, Sparks, Squeeze....HUGE Talking Heads fan as well...Cheers!
@hedhurtzbrainsobig This clip is very conventional next to their previous stuff (which I'm sure you've already viewed). 'Sweet Dream' and 'I See Red' take the cake over this one. This clip, and some later Crowded House's 'Chocolate Cake' video is not necessarily an astronomical change over... unlike 'I See Red' next to 'Fall At Your Feet', which is almost inconceivably the same brothers.
@hedhurtzbrainsobig This clip is very conventional next to their previous stuff (which I'm sure you've already viewed). 'Sweet Dream' and 'I See Red' take the cake over this one. This clip, and some later Crowded House's 'Chocolate Cake' video is not necessarily an astronomical change over... unlike 'I See Red' next to 'Fall At Your Feet', which is almost inconceivably the same brothers.
This is one of those dark haunting songs from the 80's with a fun kick to it! Gosh how I remember skating my heart out to this song on Friday nights at the skating rink or just hanging out with friends at the pool and this song coming on and us taking wild dives off the high dive and just being wild and crazy! I had the best times back then! Oh the power of youth making us do the craziest things but leaving us the best memories and leaving us longing for those times again! I sure miss it all!:-(
@MrHueJazz1 He's Noel Crombie. He designed their stage set, their clothes and played 'spoon' and percussion in the group (you know, bongos) and he took over as the band's drummer after Tim Finn (the guitarist/other leadsinger) sacked the drummer you see in this clip. Noel Crombie was very important in Split Enz.. he wasn't just some freeloader living on the back of a successful group.
When I first saw this clip I was just a little kid and it gave me the creeps so bad I had nightmares despite the fact I loved the song. Mind you, the Beatles were still huge then so when you compared the two bands you can see the dilemma my poor kiddie mind was experiencing
love this song.... i heard it today walking down the road.... to me this frames my childhood of aus and NZ........ wheres our culture gone..... to me it felt like summer and xmas as it always did when i heard it......... nevermind the shit music that all the kids have to listen too on mainstream radio and TV. saaaaaad!
I remember this song was played a lot in the very early '80s on a local college radio station, KFJC. The DJ's had a lot of leeway on what they played beginning around '78, and the music was great back then.
The late '70s through the early '80s had so much truly great music that was hardly heard in the US as the rock stations were still obsessed with Journey and Boston.
The song, and in particular the instrumental break in the middle was the harbinger of the magic that would become known as Crowded House. Probably my favourite band across all the genres in 50+ years of listening to popular music..
First band I saw live at age 11 in 1983. Wow my parents were great. They came on stage with all their flourescent clothes. Brilliant from memory. Followed their career and side/after projects since.
I agree with those who say 1980. I remember being 13 and at a slumber party when I saw this with my friends. I have no idea what show it was, only that I was mesmerized by the tune.
Heard this song a long time ago but didn't know it was by Neil Finn. The man is genius of a singer-songwriter. Love that haircut and those eyebrows!!! Frightening!
Mmmm, good stuff! This song is so 80s and I don't think I ever heard it back then. It would be awesome if someone could refresh this style of music today.
My gosh, listening to this song for the first time. I have known of Split Enz for the last decade but it wasn't until I started seeing their videos here on You Tube that I started LISTENING to them. That's some melody and quite a vid for it's time. Of course Split Enz were making cool videos long before MTV, back in 1977! This is one of those songs were the catchy melody and chorus just drives you into another world! This was the sound of the GOOD '80s.
This song didn't become known in the United States until about 1982, and then only because MTV started playing this video. It's amazing how much less melody today's music has compared to songs like this.
@evergreenpotato America was not that behind... really, try and get your facts right. The song landed on the US charts in 1980... a good year before MTV began. MTV played two Enz clips (neither of them was the 'I Got You' clip) on the day of its launch in August, 1981. If you can drag out the facts that this song only became a hit in '82, I'll stand corrected. But really... just double check the facts.
@nzoz1980 Sorry, I'm just going by what I remember. I was part of the generation that grew up with New Wave and '82 is when people started talking about this song in Seattle, where I lived.
@evergreenpotato That's odd... all the American TV shows (Solid Gold, Fridays, for example) that have Split Enz playing 'I Got You' are all dated 1980 and from what I've read, MTV were playing the 'Six Months In A Leaky Boat' clip in '82 - which suggests 'I Got You' was old news by that stage.
@nzoz1980 You are 100% correct regarding the dateline.
America was not two years behind in recognizing the song, although admittedly the song was never quite embraced to the same extent as it was in other countries. Nonetheless, "I Got You" was a big hit in North America in 1980. It peaked at #53 in the U.S. in August 1980 on the Billboard charts and #13 in Canada. Not surpisingly it went to #1 in both Australia and New Zealand. It reached #12 in the UK.
@67impalalover SHUT THE FUCK UP and don't tell me what to do on my fucking upload, on my fucking channel... who's boss do you think you are? Don't bother answering I've blocked you.
@BrettMiller33 If you spend five years looking for the best quality music video clips - merging them if CD or audio tracks for the best sound quality, as well as working to improve picture and sound quality and then you read shit comments, you too will become a tool. Yeah, I am a tool, but i'm liked by many, so fuck you you little sensitive piece of shit. 'ooooh, i'm so awkward reading a comment on youtube'... piss of you fucking cunt! grow some balls!
@BrettMiller33 nzoz is a huge tool... when it comes to discovering wonderful Aussie/Kiwi classic hits and memories. I love nzoz, he should be worshipped by the masses. What have you done that comes near to nzoz's great work! Rock on nzoz, shit on everybody that pisses you off. You got my support!
@GillianSydney No Gillian, Brett is right. I am a bad nzoz channel. All the other nzoz channels are nice and polite, but not me. I'm the mean one. lol
@evergreenpotato I'm afraid you caught New Wave really toward the end of New Wave. I remember this song when I was a 13 year old boy mowing my parents lawn. I had bought the cassette at my local record store and played it on my Sony Walkman while mowing the lawn. I thought it was the greatest song in the world at the time. I also remember it from MTV as one of their first videos that aired in late 1981.
I am a Brit, was 18 in 1980 and this song is one that always takes me back. IMHO that makes it (and I See Red ) a f££$%n classic :) Great company with the Buzzcocks, Vapours, Rezillos at al
The picture on the wall concept is pretty cool, and long before flat-screen TVs were a real concept. And artful that the picture only came to life during the chorus.
Sorry nzoz never mean't to cause so much distress.....
I guess what can feel like a throw away comment this end can cut pretty deep with someone who gives a shit...
I relate to this I am passionate about stuff to and would not take to kindly to some twat rubbishing it for no good reason other than to attempt to come across smart .
Apologies again for any offence I'm sorry mate .... And after what you called me I hope you are a bloke : ) Yeah I have give it a listen. not bad
Okay, seeing as you are a gentleman about it, I will return the respect.
All too often I read very negative comments from those of the British patriots about the music I upload (all antipodean music, which makes up roughly forty channels; nzoz1980 is the 1980 chapter). It always turns out that their knowledge of the music they had criticized is limited to Kylie Minogue, Rolf Harris and perhaps an odd Men At Work song. It's laughable seeing as this period of the music was rich.
I cannot argue nor get angry with a person who had actually listened to the music and had given it a fair chance - although I really would not be able to comprehend somebody dismissing all the artists from this time and place, seeing as the music was diverse... okay, if the person doesn't like commercial rock, how about The Birthday Party... okay, if they don't like it extreme, what about Models?
The Americans don't seem to have a jaundiced view of this music - often it is the Brits.
@nzoz1980 It is frustrating when a British person leaves a turd of a comment about the rest of the music; especially when it is a jaundiced view - it's annoying to somebody who knows the entire scenes of both Australia and New Zealand. I'm not even patriotic about Australia and if an early 80's Aussie band sound like shit, I'll be the first to enjoy a slanderous comment about that band. However, a lot of the music was far from being shit. I'm less inclined to defend today's Aussie stuff. Thx
Yeah I've seen the other chapters wow you are really committed.. A true labour of love it would seem.
I was aware of The Saints (Awesome) whose contribution to the punk scene in England was crucial & of course the Birthday Party( Legends) My best mate at work is a Aussie and I feel our friendly banter was projected into my previous (now erased comment) He was a drummer in an Aussie band the name escapes me at present I will find out you never know you may have some footage.
@RicTic66 Cool.. please do find out. I am not biased. I don't walk about with a foolish grin thinking 'oooh everything us Aussies do is oh so wonderful! Even our out of tune groups are great coz they're Aussie and I am blindly patriotic'... no! I put four years into this draining project because I believe in what I upload. I believe in the music's value from this time period and truly believe that something with enormous potential was growing. Not everything on my channels is great.. but..
@nzoz1980 Keep doing it bro... before you, I just heard a lot of these tunes on the radio and passed them over as just a bit of local history. Then i watched and listened closer and now know that there was something in the water.... raw talent at it's best was heard through American Rock 'n' Rollers in the 50's and British invasion bands in the 60's... and no doubt it hit Australia in the 70's and 80's. The Church, Triffids, Go-Betweens, then Icehouse... the list goes on...
In Atlanta this was a staple on Ted Turner's station when they would broadcast music videos late at night on Fridays and Saturdays. I was always impressed by the fact that he just talked about launching a cable music channel and MTV gave him MILLIONS to shut the idea down. Props to Ted! RIP 688 Club.
@zakman246 Hi Zak, I don't know... I mainly specialize in promo-videos. I am not aware of those tracks having videos, although I heard there was a True Colours laser disc that featured videos made for the album... I don't have access to it, unfortunately.
@nzoz1980 I don't know about a laser disc, but my copy of the vinyl has been etched with a hologram logo. There are a few mentions of it on the web if you look.
Great Song! I,ve forgot the artist and title of this song so I couldn,t trace it, as the these years have gone by it was played on the "80,s channel" on my internet-radio. God! I miss that era!
I rmbr when MTV started in '81 (when it was cool unlike today's rubbish) this vid was played all the time... great song, great musical changes, brings back a lot of mems :)
I didn't know that Neil Finn sang in Split Enz, I knew Tim Finn was in Crowded House's Wooden Face but just because his brother wanted to borrow songs for Crowded House
First time I heard this song was at a Korean grocery store near my house that seems to like to play all sorts of 80's classics. Happened to run across this video and remembered where I heard it.
I'm a musician, and played this in one of my bands many years ago. It sounds easy, but it's not. You have to get the groove of the thing JUST RIGHT. Plus, the harmonies in the chorus are spectacular! We just couldn't get it right, so we punk the song out a bit and it worked... But I fully admit our version paled in comparison to the original!!!
@JimmyDaSavage that's tame... look at 'Sweet Dreams' (nzoz1976), 'Lovey Dovey' (nzoz1977) and 'My Mistake' (nzoz1977)... and with talent like that they can do and be whatever they want.
The video is not the worst of the era but the song is a perennial classic. It's too bad that these boys came across so, dare I say, Metrosexual. They still enjoyed prolific air play when they evolved their sound as 'Crowded House'. 'Don't dream it's over' actually became prophetic, lol.
@IsLifePeachy This is their "New Romantic" phase. You see a lot of bands around this time with men wearing make up - think Human League and Spandau Ballet. The big difference is these guys lasted much longer
@stevemcarthur1981 I don't think this 'new romantic' phase was intensional... they were delving into the make-up department for nearly as long as Kiss. Prior to this clip the band were unique for their presentation and image - they stood out. I believe the band mellowed their image by this period; especially due to the commercial success heading their way.... I'd say the 'New Romantic' phase kicked, around 1981 and it was as temporary as the Village People's New Romantic experiment.
@nzoz1980 You are correct in that Split Enz did the make-up thing in the late 70s - but more extreme (white clown style faces). But it is too much of a coincidence to say this is nothing to do with the "New Romantic" movement. I do think they were ahead of the trend. And this is not surprising since they did spend a lot of time in the UK in the late 70s.
@stevemcarthur1981 I watched this video clip again and thought nothing more than Split Enz getting on with 'business as usual', which is wearing the usual Noel Crombie designed clothes and applying a much-lesser dose of make-up than previous years. It wouldn't be a surprise if Split Enz and producer David Tickle took some notes from The Cars when recording this single, but to give credit to the still-very-infant 'New Romantic' may indicate a little laps in historical knowledge on your behalf..
When this single was issued in January 1980 the New Romantic movement was not yet greatly considered by such older more-established acts like Split Enz, Devo, The Cars, The Tubes, etc; because most of these acts and their producers were trying to squeeze themselves into the "New Wave" market. David Bowie was one of a the very few who had taken consideration to New Romantic; especially when using the scene's stars in his 'Ashes To Ashes' video, and that was around about August/Sept 1980.
New Romantic was a small-tight-cliquey scene mostly found at clubs like Blitz. No doubt it was a curiosity for those-in-the-know, but as a musical or trend influence, New Romantic didn't really take off in the mainstream til 1981... a good 10 to 12 months prior to 'I Got You'. Honestly, there is no New Romantic influence in 'I Got You'. What you see is Split Enz giving it another shot at a hit single - not a brain scheme to try and cash in to 'New Romantic'. You're seeing too much into it.
Sorry for the four paragraphs but looking through pictures of Steve Strange, Boy George, Ultravox, Soft Cell and even pre-1980 'New Romantic' looking bands like Japan, I just cannot agree that Split Enz were attempting to take a slice of that pie in this clip.... I would like to think there is a certain humour in Split Enz (visually) next to the contrived and humourless 'New Romantic' movement. It's just not the same... take a serious look at Split Enz clips/videos and New Romantic.. please?
@nzoz1980 Hey - I agree with you. This is Split Enz with their humour. No its not 'New Romantic'. The 'New Romantics' had no humour. But nevertheless there was something going on in the UK music culture in the late seventies/early eighties which I think the Enz tapped in to. Fortunately they were smart enough not to get sucked in to the latest crazy and try and make themselves the next Spandau Ballet
Love it - this was my favorite band in high school and college.(1981-1985). It seemed not many Americans knew about them until Tim Finn did some solo stuff later.
Oh My Goodness...thank you so much You Tube, I didnt think I would ever hear this song again...what awesome awesome memories of Split Enz I have from having lived in NZ 1977-84. Eventhough I havent heard it for almost 30yrs it still sound as if Ihave only heard it recently...Now to 'I see red" and One step ahead" yes yes yes
Ahh Split Enz. I'm in my mid-teens and practically worship them. Certainly a relief finding this, seeing as all the featured music video's are usually by some of those rubbish artists of today. But anyway, people my age must start listening to this, because thay don't know what they're ignoring. Neil Finn is a genius!
@MrEnzFanMan So true. I'm in my mid- teens too and I prefer the 80's and 90's music so much more than today' "music". Glad to have met someone of a like mind ^_^
Melody has returned and it comes from the land down under-once again-in the form of Gotye! If you've been living under a musical rock and haven't checked him out I suggest you do so immediately! Haven't been this excited about new music since the early 80s! That's what brought me here; revisiting some of my favorites of that era.
fosterapamela 7 hours ago
Yeah this video definitely had a certain creepy air...but loved it all the more for just that reason!...Loved these guys, Sparks, Squeeze....HUGE Talking Heads fan as well...Cheers!
hedhurtzbrainsobig 1 day ago
@hedhurtzbrainsobig This clip is very conventional next to their previous stuff (which I'm sure you've already viewed). 'Sweet Dream' and 'I See Red' take the cake over this one. This clip, and some later Crowded House's 'Chocolate Cake' video is not necessarily an astronomical change over... unlike 'I See Red' next to 'Fall At Your Feet', which is almost inconceivably the same brothers.
nzoz1980 1 day ago
@hedhurtzbrainsobig This clip is very conventional next to their previous stuff (which I'm sure you've already viewed). 'Sweet Dream' and 'I See Red' take the cake over this one. This clip, and some later Crowded House's 'Chocolate Cake' video is not necessarily an astronomical change over... unlike 'I See Red' next to 'Fall At Your Feet', which is almost inconceivably the same brothers.
nzoz1980 1 day ago
I wish I still owned the original vinyl LP. I love their music.
postalboy2011 2 days ago
1 writer and 1 producer.
Beyonce needed half a dozen writers and another half a dozen producers to come up with
Girls, who run the world?
Girls, who run this mother?
Girls, who run the world?
And then she needs to surf Youtube to find choreographers' dance videos to rip-off for her video clips.
Prod1Kh 3 days ago
Love this song and "something so strong" by Crowded house; instant mood lifters!
Rushville030 4 days ago
This is one of those dark haunting songs from the 80's with a fun kick to it! Gosh how I remember skating my heart out to this song on Friday nights at the skating rink or just hanging out with friends at the pool and this song coming on and us taking wild dives off the high dive and just being wild and crazy! I had the best times back then! Oh the power of youth making us do the craziest things but leaving us the best memories and leaving us longing for those times again! I sure miss it all!:-(
thecarebearhideaway 4 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
3:02 nightmare
olacola15 1 week ago
this song and this music video is so simple, but still so awesome! music to day is too complicated, keep it simple and rock on!
olacola15 1 week ago
Anyone remember the laser etched pattern version of this album?
stevobath 1 week ago
killer tune from the enz....!!!!
fluffydolly 2 weeks ago
What exactly is the guy to the right of the drummer supposed to be doing? lol
MrHueJazz1 2 weeks ago
@MrHueJazz1 He's Noel Crombie. He designed their stage set, their clothes and played 'spoon' and percussion in the group (you know, bongos) and he took over as the band's drummer after Tim Finn (the guitarist/other leadsinger) sacked the drummer you see in this clip. Noel Crombie was very important in Split Enz.. he wasn't just some freeloader living on the back of a successful group.
nzoz1980 2 weeks ago 5
@MrHueJazz1 Keyboard dude.
chefsu11715 1 week ago
@MrHueJazz1 He plans tamboreen on other vids, just not this one.
illustrate100 1 week ago
Classic,30 years later and this song sounds as good as it ever did!
taxidriver508 2 weeks ago
Loved them Then,LOVE Them now!!!! This was the Bomb in 81!! I wore this lp OUT!!!!!!!!!!!
SuperScotch23 2 weeks ago
omg, I have loved these guys since the first time I heard the song, they can come and film a video anytime I'm a great cook so I'll even feed them :)
muskokapuss13 3 weeks ago
This video is standard next to their weirder-creepier videos ('Sweet Dreams' anybody?)
nzoz1980 4 weeks ago 2
When I first saw this clip I was just a little kid and it gave me the creeps so bad I had nightmares despite the fact I loved the song. Mind you, the Beatles were still huge then so when you compared the two bands you can see the dilemma my poor kiddie mind was experiencing
TRIXIE972 4 weeks ago
@TRIXIE972 This clip is pretty tame in comparison to their early videos, such as 'Sweet Dreams' and 'My Mistake'.
nzoz1980 4 weeks ago
@nzoz1980 I know but its the one that stands out as being the first to scare me. I think the only other one that got to me was Dirty Creature
TRIXIE972 4 weeks ago
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KISSarmyGuy 1 month ago
Great song. Maybe he is frightened by his 1960s horror movie haircut.
arecuk1 1 month ago
Love this song, creepy video lol
wendykara1 1 month ago
This wasmy favourite song when I was 19
weirdscience85 1 month ago
love this song.... i heard it today walking down the road.... to me this frames my childhood of aus and NZ........ wheres our culture gone..... to me it felt like summer and xmas as it always did when i heard it......... nevermind the shit music that all the kids have to listen too on mainstream radio and TV. saaaaaad!
ferret630 1 month ago
I remember this song was played a lot in the very early '80s on a local college radio station, KFJC. The DJ's had a lot of leeway on what they played beginning around '78, and the music was great back then.
The late '70s through the early '80s had so much truly great music that was hardly heard in the US as the rock stations were still obsessed with Journey and Boston.
Oldbmwr100rs 1 month ago
they became bigger when they became Crowded House.
theEricoeric 1 month ago
U GUYS ROCK ! JEWELS /26/WESTERN AUSTRALIA. :O)
blues84able 1 month ago
still a new track in my mind this is ageless.. top band.
MrCenter07 1 month ago
read all the comments about me on every channel! Go and look how I'm worshipped by so many people... they call me GOD!!!!
nzoz1980 1 month ago
@nzoz1980 you got my support mate!
MrRickSpence 1 month ago
@MrRickSpence Thanx mate we have to fight these haters.
nzoz1980 1 month ago
@nzoz1980 TRU!
OK THA MAKE UP WAS ABIT MUCH BUT THAT LYRICS N CHORDS DNT LIE ... GLAM ROCK NEVAH DIES
blues84able 1 month ago
YEAH WOOOO GOT 1000TH LIKE
likemekillyou 1 month ago
The song, and in particular the instrumental break in the middle was the harbinger of the magic that would become known as Crowded House. Probably my favourite band across all the genres in 50+ years of listening to popular music..
Hirudinaceous 1 month ago
A trio of idiots don't like this song
BeatlesFetish09 1 month ago
TOP SONG!!
johnlennon1970 1 month ago
I did'nt know David Hasselhoff was the guitarist in this band.
soopertrucker2004 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
@soopertrucker2004 OMG.... lmao!!!
Liquideze 1 month ago
Great band. There's also no doubt the Finn brothers despise American Conservatism. They actively fight against it.
tomthefunky 1 month ago
First band I saw live at age 11 in 1983. Wow my parents were great. They came on stage with all their flourescent clothes. Brilliant from memory. Followed their career and side/after projects since.
MrMattmusicmaniac 1 month ago
fuck yea 80's 4 life
RandySkuxx 2 months ago
I agree with those who say 1980. I remember being 13 and at a slumber party when I saw this with my friends. I have no idea what show it was, only that I was mesmerized by the tune.
GabbyD448 2 months ago
3:50 - 3:55 My God he has about 40 teeth!
alindallas 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Whoa, '82 ... sorry u r wrong. I was 21 running the roads to this unforgettable ..
CyCoChili 2 months ago
This song was played in america on video concert hall prior to mtv ,VCH was the original music video channel
webb972 2 months ago
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Heard this song a long time ago but didn't know it was by Neil Finn. The man is genius of a singer-songwriter. Love that haircut and those eyebrows!!! Frightening!
atifsuleman 2 months ago
Patrick Swayze @ 1:45
TheWolfsDen617 2 months ago
I still have the "lazer etched" vinyl. I remember they had like four different colour album covers. Great marketing. Super party band. Thanks
DrWatson221 2 months ago
I have this on a 45 and it says 1979. That IS correct because I was there. : )
presley7777777 2 months ago
LOVE SPLIT ENZ
Nunya84 2 months ago
There was me and another guy who probably had the only copies of this vinyl in Arkansas. The others missed out.
simfaithguitar1 2 months ago
Mmmm, good stuff! This song is so 80s and I don't think I ever heard it back then. It would be awesome if someone could refresh this style of music today.
babybirdhome 2 months ago
Man I miss those days. If I could go back it would be during the 1980's. Things are so different today.
Iceberge1971 2 months ago
.... and kids, THAT is how you get your point across without coming across as a pompous twat !
Healthy respect for the opposition and humility to accept that indeed you may be wrong or not privy to all of the facts to said situation.
emanon86 2 months ago
@emanon86 Like the pompous twat is going to realize you're talking about him? Nice sentiment though, and I very much agree.
cantrememberchit 2 months ago
My gosh, listening to this song for the first time. I have known of Split Enz for the last decade but it wasn't until I started seeing their videos here on You Tube that I started LISTENING to them. That's some melody and quite a vid for it's time. Of course Split Enz were making cool videos long before MTV, back in 1977! This is one of those songs were the catchy melody and chorus just drives you into another world! This was the sound of the GOOD '80s.
MattHatter 2 months ago 3
This song didn't become known in the United States until about 1982, and then only because MTV started playing this video. It's amazing how much less melody today's music has compared to songs like this.
evergreenpotato 2 months ago 12
@evergreenpotato America was not that behind... really, try and get your facts right. The song landed on the US charts in 1980... a good year before MTV began. MTV played two Enz clips (neither of them was the 'I Got You' clip) on the day of its launch in August, 1981. If you can drag out the facts that this song only became a hit in '82, I'll stand corrected. But really... just double check the facts.
nzoz1980 2 months ago
@nzoz1980 Sorry, I'm just going by what I remember. I was part of the generation that grew up with New Wave and '82 is when people started talking about this song in Seattle, where I lived.
evergreenpotato 2 months ago 3
@evergreenpotato That's odd... all the American TV shows (Solid Gold, Fridays, for example) that have Split Enz playing 'I Got You' are all dated 1980 and from what I've read, MTV were playing the 'Six Months In A Leaky Boat' clip in '82 - which suggests 'I Got You' was old news by that stage.
nzoz1980 2 months ago
@nzoz1980 Now that you mention it, I do recall that "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" was new in '82. Alas, the memory fades some after thirty years.
evergreenpotato 2 months ago
@nzoz1980 You are 100% correct regarding the dateline.
America was not two years behind in recognizing the song, although admittedly the song was never quite embraced to the same extent as it was in other countries. Nonetheless, "I Got You" was a big hit in North America in 1980. It peaked at #53 in the U.S. in August 1980 on the Billboard charts and #13 in Canada. Not surpisingly it went to #1 in both Australia and New Zealand. It reached #12 in the UK.
TKUNDER 1 month ago
@nzoz1980 Dude, chill.
67impalalover 1 month ago 8
@67impalalover SHUT THE FUCK UP and don't tell me what to do on my fucking upload, on my fucking channel... who's boss do you think you are? Don't bother answering I've blocked you.
nzoz1980 1 month ago
@nzoz1980
hahaha wow.
pup421 1 month ago
@nzoz1980 Rude prick, aren't ya.
AndoInAus 1 month ago 2
@AndoInAus Yeah, it makes it kind of awkward. Glad he posted the song, but he sounds like a huge tool.
BrettMiller33 1 month ago
@BrettMiller33 If you spend five years looking for the best quality music video clips - merging them if CD or audio tracks for the best sound quality, as well as working to improve picture and sound quality and then you read shit comments, you too will become a tool. Yeah, I am a tool, but i'm liked by many, so fuck you you little sensitive piece of shit. 'ooooh, i'm so awkward reading a comment on youtube'... piss of you fucking cunt! grow some balls!
nzoz1980 1 month ago
@nzoz1980 k.
BrettMiller33 1 month ago
@BrettMiller33 nzoz is a huge tool... when it comes to discovering wonderful Aussie/Kiwi classic hits and memories. I love nzoz, he should be worshipped by the masses. What have you done that comes near to nzoz's great work! Rock on nzoz, shit on everybody that pisses you off. You got my support!
MrRickSpence 1 month ago
@MrRickSpence he's a useful tool he he
GillianSydney 1 month ago
@GillianSydney No Gillian, Brett is right. I am a bad nzoz channel. All the other nzoz channels are nice and polite, but not me. I'm the mean one. lol
nzoz1980 1 month ago
@evergreenpotato I'm afraid you caught New Wave really toward the end of New Wave. I remember this song when I was a 13 year old boy mowing my parents lawn. I had bought the cassette at my local record store and played it on my Sony Walkman while mowing the lawn. I thought it was the greatest song in the world at the time. I also remember it from MTV as one of their first videos that aired in late 1981.
christschool 1 month ago
@evergreenpotato By the time MTV began playing Split Enz, They were Split Up!
rojosdad 2 months ago
IF IT MOVES YOU, LISTEN. IF IT DOES NOT, YOU MOVE ON. SEEMED SIMPLE, TILL NOW. GET A ROOM YOU TWO. A.S.A.
ASADAAAAAAMA 2 months ago
I love this song - and yes I'm a POM!
It was a pretty big hit in the UK (as I remember as was about 8).
It's a pity that not more of their stuff made it over here in the 'mainstream' of music at the time. Crowded House were massive over here though. :-)
DingKong 2 months ago
i am a hard rock fan but i still loved this song when it came it,
andyseaview 2 months ago
I'm a Brit and love the Finns (and the other boys too!). The Splits were well recieved here just as Crowded House too.
tcmoon 3 months ago
I am a Brit, was 18 in 1980 and this song is one that always takes me back. IMHO that makes it (and I See Red ) a f££$%n classic :) Great company with the Buzzcocks, Vapours, Rezillos at al
ukblahblah 3 months ago
One of my top 3 bands ever
bluemanc43 3 months ago
The picture on the wall concept is pretty cool, and long before flat-screen TVs were a real concept. And artful that the picture only came to life during the chorus.
garathome 3 months ago
I like it!!!!!!
187ciFTW 3 months ago
pppppp
jacob4israel 3 months ago
Sorry nzoz never mean't to cause so much distress.....
I guess what can feel like a throw away comment this end can cut pretty deep with someone who gives a shit...
I relate to this I am passionate about stuff to and would not take to kindly to some twat rubbishing it for no good reason other than to attempt to come across smart .
Apologies again for any offence I'm sorry mate .... And after what you called me I hope you are a bloke : ) Yeah I have give it a listen. not bad
RicTic66 3 months ago
@RicTic66
Okay, seeing as you are a gentleman about it, I will return the respect.
All too often I read very negative comments from those of the British patriots about the music I upload (all antipodean music, which makes up roughly forty channels; nzoz1980 is the 1980 chapter). It always turns out that their knowledge of the music they had criticized is limited to Kylie Minogue, Rolf Harris and perhaps an odd Men At Work song. It's laughable seeing as this period of the music was rich.
nzoz1980 3 months ago
@nzoz1980
I cannot argue nor get angry with a person who had actually listened to the music and had given it a fair chance - although I really would not be able to comprehend somebody dismissing all the artists from this time and place, seeing as the music was diverse... okay, if the person doesn't like commercial rock, how about The Birthday Party... okay, if they don't like it extreme, what about Models?
The Americans don't seem to have a jaundiced view of this music - often it is the Brits.
nzoz1980 3 months ago
@nzoz1980 It is frustrating when a British person leaves a turd of a comment about the rest of the music; especially when it is a jaundiced view - it's annoying to somebody who knows the entire scenes of both Australia and New Zealand. I'm not even patriotic about Australia and if an early 80's Aussie band sound like shit, I'll be the first to enjoy a slanderous comment about that band. However, a lot of the music was far from being shit. I'm less inclined to defend today's Aussie stuff. Thx
nzoz1980 3 months ago
@nzoz1980
Yeah I've seen the other chapters wow you are really committed.. A true labour of love it would seem.
I was aware of The Saints (Awesome) whose contribution to the punk scene in England was crucial & of course the Birthday Party( Legends) My best mate at work is a Aussie and I feel our friendly banter was projected into my previous (now erased comment) He was a drummer in an Aussie band the name escapes me at present I will find out you never know you may have some footage.
RicTic66 3 months ago
@RicTic66 Cool.. please do find out. I am not biased. I don't walk about with a foolish grin thinking 'oooh everything us Aussies do is oh so wonderful! Even our out of tune groups are great coz they're Aussie and I am blindly patriotic'... no! I put four years into this draining project because I believe in what I upload. I believe in the music's value from this time period and truly believe that something with enormous potential was growing. Not everything on my channels is great.. but..
nzoz1980 3 months ago
@nzoz1980 Keep doing it bro... before you, I just heard a lot of these tunes on the radio and passed them over as just a bit of local history. Then i watched and listened closer and now know that there was something in the water.... raw talent at it's best was heard through American Rock 'n' Rollers in the 50's and British invasion bands in the 60's... and no doubt it hit Australia in the 70's and 80's. The Church, Triffids, Go-Betweens, then Icehouse... the list goes on...
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Cool song. It's a shame MTV forfeited its position as a social catalyst and entertainment Mecca.
mesmerizeme 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Split Enz
Love Neil's hair :D
smallfox2 3 months ago in playlist 1
I just noticed the guy standing next to the drummer isn't doing anything!
nomnomchikhan 3 months ago in playlist Liked
I have always loved this song! Hauntingly elegant and direct.
theshit88able 3 months ago
In Atlanta this was a staple on Ted Turner's station when they would broadcast music videos late at night on Fridays and Saturdays. I was always impressed by the fact that he just talked about launching a cable music channel and MTV gave him MILLIONS to shut the idea down. Props to Ted! RIP 688 Club.
32mudbug 3 months ago
Still gestating when this song came out...my mom was in the end of her 2nd trimester...
corrupt200 4 months ago
The beginning sounds like Eminem's 'Lose Yourself'.
Edam3000 4 months ago
Love this...too high to make funny comment. I was 12 when this was made.
lurch6969 4 months ago
this is 31 years old? wow it seriously makes me feel old . . . man 31 years
brotatopineapple 4 months ago
i like this but he jus reminds me of mr bean in this lol
charissecoal 4 months ago
Hi nzoz
Do you think it would be possible to upload "Double Happy" and "Nobody Takes Me Seriously" by Split Enz? They are both off the True Colours album.
-Zak
zakman246 4 months ago
@zakman246 Hi Zak, I don't know... I mainly specialize in promo-videos. I am not aware of those tracks having videos, although I heard there was a True Colours laser disc that featured videos made for the album... I don't have access to it, unfortunately.
nzoz1980 4 months ago
@nzoz1980 Man that's a shame... Well I have the album, I could try uploading them... Perhaps on a separate channel. Thanks anyway!
zakman246 4 months ago
@nzoz1980 I don't know about a laser disc, but my copy of the vinyl has been etched with a hologram logo. There are a few mentions of it on the web if you look.
TheVortura 3 months ago
Great Song! I,ve forgot the artist and title of this song so I couldn,t trace it, as the these years have gone by it was played on the "80,s channel" on my internet-radio. God! I miss that era!
KevinRexrod 5 months ago 4
Amazing. What a way to start the 80's music. I Got You.....Say no more.....
miyan12 5 months ago 3
World's first wall mounted lcd t.v.
jackhandy0001 5 months ago
I still have my copy of this LP..the one with the "laser-cut" geometric shapes in the vinyl...awesome album, awesome band
petedorril 5 months ago
talent willout.I ve not seen or heard a band since that has one iota of the Enz musical and visual brilliance.
MrFireballxl500 5 months ago
Shit Hot..!!!!
hottestbabe1000 5 months ago
I rmbr when MTV started in '81 (when it was cool unlike today's rubbish) this vid was played all the time... great song, great musical changes, brings back a lot of mems :)
-Seattle Mark
SeattleMark1979 5 months ago 2
@SeattleMark1979 It's 100% awesome song mark thanks for reminding of it!
cebucemagenaitap 5 months ago
666 likes, 1 dislike lol.
xXKushmanXx 5 months ago 9
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@xXKushmanXx Split Enz fans tend to be devil worshippers, hence 666
nzoz1980 5 months ago
I didn't know that Neil Finn sang in Split Enz, I knew Tim Finn was in Crowded House's Wooden Face but just because his brother wanted to borrow songs for Crowded House
tychu9 5 months ago
Neil Finn has never written a bad tune
Anon371 5 months ago 3
1980-81 Split Enz first Top 100 hit here in America...still way cool today as it was 30 years ago.
rowdymax1 6 months ago 4
Back in the day, even people who hated New Wave would say: "Hey, that song's not too bad.
perking77 6 months ago 3
so much better than todays music, LONG LIVE 80/90 KIWI AND AUSSIE MUSIC!!!! (Kiwi music preferred xP)
TaikaNyx 6 months ago 2
First time I heard this song was at a Korean grocery store near my house that seems to like to play all sorts of 80's classics. Happened to run across this video and remembered where I heard it.
madflava76 6 months ago 2
A song i'll never get tired of hearing or singing. Love it!
craigchisel 6 months ago 2
The song+video that "broke" the lads in the USA. Shoulda been earlier, but, better late than never I guess.
westsail42 6 months ago
where are the clown outfits....????
supercarXXX 6 months ago
I'm a musician, and played this in one of my bands many years ago. It sounds easy, but it's not. You have to get the groove of the thing JUST RIGHT. Plus, the harmonies in the chorus are spectacular! We just couldn't get it right, so we punk the song out a bit and it worked... But I fully admit our version paled in comparison to the original!!!
sonicfrogdotnet 6 months ago
LOVE THIS
marilynrenee1 6 months ago
I haven't heard this song since I was like, 5..and I suddenly just came across it! Never knew the title so I couldn't find it haha.
Chookie369 6 months ago
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Wow what a bunch of creepy freaks!
JimmyDaSavage 6 months ago
@JimmyDaSavage that's tame... look at 'Sweet Dreams' (nzoz1976), 'Lovey Dovey' (nzoz1977) and 'My Mistake' (nzoz1977)... and with talent like that they can do and be whatever they want.
Long live Split Enz and Crowded House.
nzoz1980 6 months ago 16
@nzoz1980 He (JimmyDaSavage} must be the only sick low-life to possibly dislike this all time great classic-my condolences if its true
JIMNNICKY 4 months ago
very underrated song
tsexauer1 6 months ago
great aussie band
stanjack007 6 months ago
helluva song by neil finn still sounds great 31 yrs later! =]
kinglouiebee 6 months ago
The video is not the worst of the era but the song is a perennial classic. It's too bad that these boys came across so, dare I say, Metrosexual. They still enjoyed prolific air play when they evolved their sound as 'Crowded House'. 'Don't dream it's over' actually became prophetic, lol.
Brainwave36 7 months ago
this is a combination of the cars and whe wonders. nice!
vyanez08 7 months ago
Why must this song be so perfect? Why isn't Neil Finn considered the best songwriter alive by more than me?
wildsmiley 7 months ago
@IsLifePeachy This is their "New Romantic" phase. You see a lot of bands around this time with men wearing make up - think Human League and Spandau Ballet. The big difference is these guys lasted much longer
stevemcarthur1981 7 months ago
@stevemcarthur1981 I don't think this 'new romantic' phase was intensional... they were delving into the make-up department for nearly as long as Kiss. Prior to this clip the band were unique for their presentation and image - they stood out. I believe the band mellowed their image by this period; especially due to the commercial success heading their way.... I'd say the 'New Romantic' phase kicked, around 1981 and it was as temporary as the Village People's New Romantic experiment.
nzoz1980 7 months ago
@nzoz1980 You are correct in that Split Enz did the make-up thing in the late 70s - but more extreme (white clown style faces). But it is too much of a coincidence to say this is nothing to do with the "New Romantic" movement. I do think they were ahead of the trend. And this is not surprising since they did spend a lot of time in the UK in the late 70s.
stevemcarthur1981 6 months ago
@stevemcarthur1981 I watched this video clip again and thought nothing more than Split Enz getting on with 'business as usual', which is wearing the usual Noel Crombie designed clothes and applying a much-lesser dose of make-up than previous years. It wouldn't be a surprise if Split Enz and producer David Tickle took some notes from The Cars when recording this single, but to give credit to the still-very-infant 'New Romantic' may indicate a little laps in historical knowledge on your behalf..
nzoz1980 6 months ago
When this single was issued in January 1980 the New Romantic movement was not yet greatly considered by such older more-established acts like Split Enz, Devo, The Cars, The Tubes, etc; because most of these acts and their producers were trying to squeeze themselves into the "New Wave" market. David Bowie was one of a the very few who had taken consideration to New Romantic; especially when using the scene's stars in his 'Ashes To Ashes' video, and that was around about August/Sept 1980.
nzoz1980 6 months ago
New Romantic was a small-tight-cliquey scene mostly found at clubs like Blitz. No doubt it was a curiosity for those-in-the-know, but as a musical or trend influence, New Romantic didn't really take off in the mainstream til 1981... a good 10 to 12 months prior to 'I Got You'. Honestly, there is no New Romantic influence in 'I Got You'. What you see is Split Enz giving it another shot at a hit single - not a brain scheme to try and cash in to 'New Romantic'. You're seeing too much into it.
nzoz1980 6 months ago
Sorry for the four paragraphs but looking through pictures of Steve Strange, Boy George, Ultravox, Soft Cell and even pre-1980 'New Romantic' looking bands like Japan, I just cannot agree that Split Enz were attempting to take a slice of that pie in this clip.... I would like to think there is a certain humour in Split Enz (visually) next to the contrived and humourless 'New Romantic' movement. It's just not the same... take a serious look at Split Enz clips/videos and New Romantic.. please?
nzoz1980 6 months ago
@nzoz1980 Hey - I agree with you. This is Split Enz with their humour. No its not 'New Romantic'. The 'New Romantics' had no humour. But nevertheless there was something going on in the UK music culture in the late seventies/early eighties which I think the Enz tapped in to. Fortunately they were smart enough not to get sucked in to the latest crazy and try and make themselves the next Spandau Ballet
stevemcarthur1981 6 months ago
The Finn Brothers. AWESOME
msfrydae 7 months ago
Love it - this was my favorite band in high school and college.(1981-1985). It seemed not many Americans knew about them until Tim Finn did some solo stuff later.
julieanderson100 7 months ago
Oh My Goodness...thank you so much You Tube, I didnt think I would ever hear this song again...what awesome awesome memories of Split Enz I have from having lived in NZ 1977-84. Eventhough I havent heard it for almost 30yrs it still sound as if Ihave only heard it recently...Now to 'I see red" and One step ahead" yes yes yes
helamana 7 months ago
I'm 14 and I think Neil is really sexy in this video. *.*
Ha, I'm so weird. (:
TakeThatSuckaz 7 months ago
Will never get tired of thia song!!
richard52402 7 months ago
you could release this now and the kids would think this is is a new band... timeless
MrCenter07 8 months ago
@MrCenter07 you got that right you can release a whole bunch of classic songs and this generation would think it's new
trkk01 7 months ago
AAHHH the 80`s.How I miss you.
caryg666 8 months ago 2
@IsLifePeachy this is mild in compared to their other videos (pre-1980)
nzoz1980 8 months ago 10
This song always make me smile. :-D
JazzedinFL 8 months ago
i cant stop listening/watching this video ... its like a 4 mintute David Lynch movie
triumphadelic 8 months ago 5
@triumphadelic watch their previous videos dating back to 1975...
nzoz1980 6 months ago
31 years ago ! and it looks and sounds brand new... i didnt really dig this at the time but its as if im watching a new band in 2011
triumphadelic 8 months ago 4
@triumphadelic me too i thought i was a new band with a new sound
vyanez08 7 months ago
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I've always wondered...is this about a stalker? Seriously.
TheDavemccollom1 8 months ago
I've always wondered...is this about a stalker? Seriously.
TheDavemccollom1 8 months ago
@TheDavemccollom1 It's about a dude who's really paranoid that his girlfriend is cheating on him. :D
Yee-Ha!
TakeThatSuckaz 7 months ago
once again I fucking miss the 80's ahhh man did I ever luck out to grow up in that era
awesome song
thanks for posting
kinkybynature71 8 months ago
I adore these lyrics!
AdiasDaddy 8 months ago
Ahh Split Enz. I'm in my mid-teens and practically worship them. Certainly a relief finding this, seeing as all the featured music video's are usually by some of those rubbish artists of today. But anyway, people my age must start listening to this, because thay don't know what they're ignoring. Neil Finn is a genius!
MrEnzFanMan 8 months ago
@MrEnzFanMan So true. I'm in my mid- teens too and I prefer the 80's and 90's music so much more than today' "music". Glad to have met someone of a like mind ^_^
Darkspinethezolrace 8 months ago 2
GOD DANG! I was a kid who had not learned to wank it yet. But this song makes me pull the pud now.. THANKS
jfk1971 8 months ago
i can say with certainty that the one dislike was a misclick.
drewey07 8 months ago
Oh my...The memories.
muddcat30 8 months ago
my 3 year old loves this, thats my boy
sparky1706 8 months ago
I used to have the 7 inch Mushroom vinyl 45 of this. It's up there with Skyhooks/TMG/Cold Chisel (and AC/DC) - aussie greats!
FOX9746 9 months ago
It's sounds like a song from every guy I've went out with. LOL
LadyLotus74 9 months ago
I loved new wave, techno rocked.
tutlady64 9 months ago
just takes me back to when times were easier, and more fun, who knew, great upload by the way,
sparky1706 9 months ago