Split Enz - I See Red (1979)

[OutlawMCC]

Fast Skating at Brunswick Roller Skating, Mahem !!

[xXGhilliedxSamuraiXx]

I love Split Enz but this is their most generic work.

[chaddvanzanten]

TOTALLY ZANY.

[jalkgc55]

Neil Finn was approx 15 or 16 years old...unreal

[nzoz1979]

@jalkgc55 lol, he was 20... he wasn't a child singing with his older adult brother.. lol

[Lieu3C4]

Whassissabow? Murderass womens warking downda stree? Peeps gettin away like cans? Thassum fukdup ghetto sheetmon, fukdup!

[Andrewdoesbass]

Holy fuck is that double kick at 0:55... Well il be

[SirAaron29]

I don't see red on the like/dislike bar! :)

[colonnaable]

Anything KyWy from this era is quirky,original and pure-magic

[owsleythebear]

weirdos make the best music

[nzoz1979]

@owsleythebear this line up didn't consist of weirdos.. the real weirdos were booted out of the band three years prior...

[fishboy1111111]

@nzoz1979 you mean like phil judd?? a little rude to call him a weirdo, my favorite stuff by this band was the early stuff, without judd the band would never had happened and he helped write their first few albums

[nzoz1979]

@fishboy1111111 So a creative force cannot be a weirdo? Enz wouldn't have existed if it wasn't for Judd and Chunn... but the ship would have gone down if they stayed on board... Roman Polanski was also talented, but that doesn't deter his 'weirdness'. You try uploading Split Enz videos and being forced to delete weird comments by genius ex-members of the band... sheesh!

[TheFordMan888]

@owsleythebear Yeh look at Peter Garret, legend.

[JinxedEuphoria]

@owsleythebear You've made my day with that comment, thanks! XD

[ke70hibino]

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[figbat1]

PRESS SEE ALL...............I DARE YOU.

[figbat1]

i came up with a theory that involves the book of genesis (fig leaves) buddha (sitting under the bodhi fig tree) jesus (many sayings aobut figs) ross horne's book (new health revolution) and science( figs are the most important source of food for fruit eating rainforest animals). i then experimented on the figs by eating mainly dried figs (same brand) for over 6 years now and found cycles which i related to the numbers in psgs 11/12 of the book of revelations. this theory has gone everywhere.

[figbat1]

so far i have had eliminations at days 504, 840, 1176, 1512, 1848, 2184, and expect my 7th at day 2520. today is day 2362. i have definitely found something. i am not lying. what i have discovered has gone around the world and many songs have been written about it.....the foo fighters last 3 albums...."vertigo" by U2 (my first name is phil)....coldplay's last 2 albums. an elimination is a day when you epxerience strong flu-like symptoms and feel terrible. bad stuff is washed out of your body.

[figbat1]

I LOVE THIS SONG!.....want to hear some juicy gossip from their '77 australian tour that they dare not print anywhere....go to "i see red jimeapg" and press "see all" to find my 3 comments. regards.

[GaryXGomes]

Hold It, at least two members of Crowded House were from Split Enz! And this is power pop, not punk!

[LeLimeLine]

@GaryXGomes Punk is not a sound, fucktard.

[GaryXGomes]

Hold It, at least two members of Crowded House were from Split Enz!

[JetsonVinyl]

1979 was the best year EVER for great music !!! Long Live New Wave !!!

[AdiasDaddy]

Is Neil having a seizure in the background?

[peterkvideo]

Was Punk/New Wave current in Australia and New Zealand as huge and popular as in Britain back in late 1970s-early 80s?!

[nzoz1979]

@peterkvideo

It was the same, the only difference being that the UK has a higher population...

Punk didn't stir the media in Australia nor became a phenomenon, as it did in Britain. However, New Wave did take off in Australia during the post-punk period, with many overseas and local New Wave bands taking off on the charts.

[MillionaireGhostCat]

this song is fantastic! and the video it truely awesome!!! this song i stumbled on totally took me down the split enz rabbit hole, but i dont think any of their other songs beat this one! punk rock!

[MeSoHorrrny]

good jamaican band

[drewey07]

apparently this song was dedicated to the royal womens hospital..

[aussiebluemax]

i see red everyday reading the comments

[NealeinMI]

That's one fucked up video. I love it.

[ExploraOfLife123]

AUSSIE RED, AUSSIE RED, AUSSIE RED

[Comodusprimus]

@ExploraOfLife123 piss off ... kiwi red!

[kenethlujan]

FUN AND CREDIBLE POP ROCK!

[eddiehuman1]

Great band, today music  truly suck, all show no go.

[eddiehuman1]

great band, they can sing, they can perform, catchy song, today bands suck well and truly.

[MsHGH1]

Oh my goodness - I'd forgotten how fab Split Enz were. Look how young Tim and Neil are! :o)

[KirbyPownsYou]

Why does Tim Finn look like The Penguin in the beginning?

[Ezdduf4kuZ]

Great pop song from that era in Rock & Roll when Disco was written all over the dance floor(1979). This is an extremely interesting song with a unusual title, but then maybe it isn't! This song was apparently a hit the same time Blondie, Lief Garrett, Kool & the Gang and Susi Quatra were riding the top 40 playlist & altho I do remember a band called "Split Enz" I don't remember "I See Red" by this group...in fact I remember nothing by them...Again, I really like this song & "I'll Be Back!!!"

[SuperRondalee]

Neil tears up that guitar solo!

[SlimeTron5000]

Remember the 23/09/09 in Sydney? I woke up on that day, and everything was red!

[BobMonkfish]

Reminds me of Devo in a strange way.

[ulujain]

@BobMonkfish

Fairly sure they predate Devo. Arguably similar musically but ethics wise, planets apart.

[bragal23]

@ulujain Yeah they did, by 2 years. 1971 saw Split Enz form at the University of Aukland, and Devo were formed in Akron, Ohio, in 1973.

[halofan2233]

0:01 COME ON BABE GIVE ME SOME MORE OHH COME ON DONT LEAVE ME AHH FUCKING HELL FORGET IT

[MattTheSaiyan]

Damn, this song is catchy!

[PannaPete]

what an end of the night floor filler, pogo to the max, bloody brilliant

[halfafrog]

Very cool. Funny thing is I had an old Benz back then....had a girl friend..came on like a white fly.....

Love Split Enz/Crowded House....still my favorite bands ever and they really never got the North American fanfare they probably deserved, especially the enz

[MusicMaster74]

Have a listen out for Tim shouting out "GO!!" @ 2:29! as a que to Neil. It is widely rumoured that young Neil hadn't quite mastered the electric guitar at the time, still wet behind the ears having joined the group! Yet back their in Abbey Road Studios, he let rip with that guitar solo that made the rest of the band think SHIT!! I guess Neil Finn went from strength to strength from then on.....BTW. lol @ Mal Green and his casual drumming approach! Always makes me laugh! :)

[tosgem]

@MusicMaster74 they recorded it ina studio, no need for que's to anyone. That was just the song they wanted to create, with "GO!" before the lead break as part of it

[lisafs1]

i see red IAN..ARRRGGGHHH.....

[METu8]

i have Red eyes=do you

[cyghost]

OMG !! I never noticed Niel's influence of Buddy Holley until now..

[timofwar]

frenzy smenzy,dopeaid

[FederalPolice620]

I see red I see red I see red.. GREAT SONG!

[perf5paul]

As an aussie , i can only wish they were from here. crowded house are australian tho, lol. and frank your a dickhead. aussies and kiwis bled in the trenches together. show some form mate.

[halofan2233]

@perf5paul oh cool mate ur an aussie i am too

[geldartm]

@perf5paul They are crowded house , well the Finn brothers are anyway

[perf5paul]

@geldartm YEAH I KNOW! , but split enz were all kiwi's and crowded had some aussie's , so as a joke we say their an aussie band just to stir

[geldartm]

@perf5paul ok sorry, they were my favourite band at the time, all songs were different it was like he was exploring in his writing

[zakman246]

@perf5paul Well crowded house had like 2 kiwis in it but yes, there was mainly Australians in crowded house, so we'll give you them. :D

[FrankCleocuz]

For a bunch of retarded, hillbilly, sheep shaggin', fush and chups sayin' kiwis THE ENZ were fucking great!!

[mfactor88]

unique !!! none will EVER better ENZ!!!

[gobsmack10]

wicked suits!!! i want one!

[timofwar]

by far their best song

[tbinthroled]

crazy awsome

[collingwoodtel]

speed skating at brunswick what a great flash back for a aussie stranded in England thankyou

[maxwedge66]

Great to see this clip again. Barry Jenkins played it on RWP, from memory it had trouble getting played because it was considered too violent or some bollocks. They were about to launch into mainstream stardom not long after this.

[WoodRatGirl]

I saw some of their original costumes at Te Papa.

Now that was awesome :)

[mfactor88]

mix devo the cars and the beatles up in a bowl and voila split enz! llove em all :)

[rotcafarg]

They came well before the first two.

[mfactor88]

Devo AND Split Enz 1972 Cars 76 all great ORIGINAL bands the only other band i can say matches the whole package would be the B52s :) only sad thing for me is i never saw any of them live :(

[ozdesmo]

Devo's first album (Q. Are we not men? A. We are Devo) was 1978, as was the Cars first record (The Cars). This song is 1979 so they're all pretty close really.

[ozdesmo]

and in reply to myself I see that Split Enz first released a single in April 1973 - so they were most def first!! Devo first single 1976 but performed from early 70's - it's all so confusing, lets just say they are all great bands. .

[nzoz1979]

Split Enz played a mix of jugband and folky-hippie stuff, that suited the University and Art-school crowds of the early 70's. Before The Angels played rock music, they were also a jugband under the banner 'Moonshine jugband'....

The most popular out of this jugband movement was Captain Matchbox Whoopie Band... in 1975, Split Enz turned 'art-rock' and by '77 were coming close to the punk ethics.....

[nzoz1979]

The Cars had two different backgrounds - Ric and Ben were folk singers with rock 'n' roll backgrounds. Elliot was a professional guitarist. Brad (drummer) came from the original Modern Lovers (Jonathan Richman's old band and an example of proto-punk).... Devo were also art-students creating their own landscapes, much like the Residents...

All in all, it the roots of what became new wave.... 1976/1977 was a time of reconstruction and dabbling of rock 'n' roll... there were no 'firsts' .

[AngryShutIn]

I love it. I wish modern musicians were so theatric. Music just isn't "fun" anymore.

[SavageBezerkEclipse]

Seether is Amazing..its like Old School with all the emotions!

[mfactor88]

music is a manufactured product these days so we may never see bands like Split Enz Devo B52s ever again :(

[ShellShockPechu]

New bands are coming out without record labels all thanks to the internets...so hopefully for you and me new bands will fill those nichés.

[hashbrownfilms]

Never get tired of this song. This should have been massive everywhere.

[killalegend]

adelaide united lol

[kenbouy]

Got to love em..

[leanda27]

i also saw red in 1979 but now everythings mellow yellow.nerdy neil and his glasses crack me up. hehe. those strobe lights turning red and green seems fitting to the song .oh yeahhhhhhhh and the recliner for mal green seems comfy for any drummer

[cruizin000111]

love this thanx

[OriginalMooMix]

amazing

[jiangbaojiding]

Cool sound quality.