Split Enz - Stranger Than Fiction

...from "Mental Notes" (New Zealand, 1975)

Timothy Finn - Vocals, Piano
Philip Judd - Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Maondolin
Eddie Rayner - Piano, Mellotron, Synthesizers, Organs, Clavinet, Electric Piano
Wally Wilkinson - Lead Guitar
Jonathan Michael Chunn - Bass
Emlyn Crowther - Drums
Noel Crombie - Percussion

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Split
• Enz
• Stranger
• Than
• Fiction

[meltedmoonlight]

Why is it so hard to find the damn ORIGINAL version of this song?

This version is really crap and hasn't the same dynamics of the original...

[Mellovisions]

@meltedmoonlight

This is the original. Recorded in 1975 from the Mental Notes LP...you're thinking of the 1976 re-recording from the "Second Thoughts" LP.

Your mileage may vary :)

[sydneyindie1]

FINN JUDD AND BAND RE-UNION TO DO MENTAL NOTES (or second thoughts version) I would love to see this performed - maybe Manzanera can mix it LOL

Any VOTES for this request??

[Helterskelter4]

Awesome song, thanks for uploading!! Love the part from 1.06 to 1.32

[watto59]

@Mellovisions just drive on the nullabor plains, at night, and then play second thoughts, stoned in a truck

[gedbag]

It's good to see people still comenting on Splt Enz so many years since they started. They touched so many peoples lives and were in a league of thier own with so many dedicated followers!

[gedbag]

lots of cofusion about Mental Notes and Second Thoughts verions of this song and others. Depends what part of the world you live!

[chasedspleen]

Tremendous song. So original. So powerful

[gedbag]

@Mellovisions Seems to be some confusionn over Mental Notes and Second Thoughts depending on if your from the UK or NZ/AUS

[lokanunda]

thanks for posting just love this track ;)

[BluntRapture]

Brain-boggingly bizarre. Love the OLD Split Enz. With Phil Judd. Hugely underrated band. Mind-altering. Mental Notes is their Darkside of the Moon.

[drprogensteinphp]

@Mellovisions

This is correct. I actually own the original vinyl with the gatefold cover released on the Aussie label 'Mushroom Records'. It was also reissued the following year (1976) under the same title as a single pocket cover on 'Chrysalis Records' UK. As you mentioned, this song was re-recorded for the 'Second Thoughts' LP...also in 1976. I prefer this version.