Crowded House on Much Music Kare Kare (1/13)

[jewsbury87]

My favourite Crowded House song. Brilliant.

[ChizelMonkee]

@jewsbury87 Yeah, it is a pretty darn good one. Kicks off that album wonderfully!

[ooOraindropOoo]

thanks for posting:)

[JohnMcGary1]

CH at their absolute peak. Anyone know if this is available on DVD?

Damn glad they got together again, though -- seen 'em in Nashville once and Chicago twice....

[browneyeddog31]

Wow, thanks for posting...I used to have this on VHS somewhere but I think I lost it or taped over it or something...awesome!

[ChizelMonkee]

@browneyeddog31 Glad you were able to rediscover it! That is why I posted it. Great performances in this appearance especially of the TA songs. I think I can safely say that in retrospect, looking at the original band's catalog TA is my favorite album of theirs. I think it has held up the best (but of course they are all great!).

[phillper0906]

Thank you ChizelMonkee for this vid, I've been a CH fan for over 20 years. I met them at a radio station in 1991, they were very charming. And saw them in London in concert in 2007

[icanwaitanotherday]

Wonderful performance! This is a treasure- thank you!

[AndyB1286]

Does anyone know what Mark Hart (the slide guitarist) is holding in his left hand here to slide up and down the strings on the fretboard? I wanna know because he gets a damn good sound out of the guitar with it, one that the song wouldn't be the same without! It doesn't look like a bottleneck because he's holding it between his first and middle fingers instead of sliding it over one of his fingers, anyone know what it is?

Thanks.

[ClanRewired]

I don't think the sound is determined that much by the steel, or tone bar, he is holding, but simply by the fact he uses a proper lap steel guitar. A lap steel guitar is played with a steel rather than with a bottleneck. It just has a tone of its own other than a guitar combined with bottleneck.

[AndyB1286]

ClanRewired: ah right, I see.  I don't think I've ever seen a 'steel' before, then again I've barely ever used a bottleneck! Thanks for letting me know :-)

[Lixtentain]

@AndyB1286 I think that the name of that thing is only SLIDE. If anyone else know other name, please, write down :P

[psychobollox]

@Lixtentain

it's actually called a 'steel', and it can be solid or hollow. solid steels give a very clear and bright tone because of the mass of the steel and the hollow ones give a more mellow tone - the actually resonate slightly.

i'm not totally sure but i think lap steels use solid steels only.

[mazzerness]

one of favourite songs by Crowded House!

RIP Paul Hester

[AndyB1286]

Harsh? Lol, what's wrong with Canadian people? I'm British and I can probably name several British show hosts who'd do a worse job than she does here.

Anyway, Kare Kare is top-quality Crowded House, and it's great the way Together Alone was recorded in a beach hut. Very original. Paul Hester R.I.P.

[travpoet]

Oh, man, don't ya know not to lump all Canadian into one group?? We're a pretty diverse country, ya know.

[Markfly]

I had been hoping that one dayone day someone would post this. That day is today! Kare Kare is the best song! Thanks again for hooking us up!

And unfortunately, I have to agree with a few comments below - that host is painful. lol

[driller198080]

Look I love this song, But that bitches voice makes me want to take a gun and shoot every last fucking Canadian person that fucking lived, Tell me is here voice is not fucking annoying, or am I the only one??????????

[jo4nny]

Yeah it's annoying, but the 80's were annoying so it's par for the course.

[FinnLlywelyn]

This is actually from 1994 . . .

[01235shank]

she's nice...sexy french canadian accent...and she's very attractive also,...you hate canadians? Your hate *is* the problem for you...unfortunately, it's a problem for others other than yourself,.... shit.

[irmaraujo]

I just love this song, the first time I heard it I felt I was breathing coastal air from New Zealand

[jmoney19]

Excellent song and clip! Thank you for posting this!