Split Enz - Dirty Creature (1982)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1982:

Split Enz's promo-video for the hit single 'Dirty Creature' (April, 1982), taken from the 1982 album 'Time & Tide'.

Band Origin: Auckland, New Zealand
Track: Dirty Creature
Album: Time & Tide
Composed By: Tim Finn
Produced By:
Label: Mushroom
Chart Position: # 6 (Australia) -- # 3 (New Zealand)
Release Date: April, 1982
Footage Information: A Chris Lofven Production
Links:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_Enz
- http://www.frenz.com/
- http://www.myspace.com/splitenz

Line-up:

Tim Finn - Vocals, Guitar
[ Split Ends (1972-1974) -- Split Enz (1975-1984) -- solo (1983-present) -- Crowded House (1990-1992) -- Enzo (1966) -- Finn (1996) -- Alt (mid-late 1990s) ]

Neil Finn - Guitar, Vocals
[ Split Enz (1977-1985) -- Crowded House (1985-1996) -- Finn (1996) -- solo (1998-2004) -- Crowded House reformed (2007-present)

Eddie Rayner - Piano, Keyboards
[ Split Enz (1974-1984) -- session (notably Paul McCartney) -- Crowded House tour keyboardist -- The Makers (1990) -- Split Enz reunions ]

Noel Crombie - Percussion, Drums
[ Split Enz (1972-1984) -- Schnell Fenster (1986-1992) -- The Makers (1990) -- Split Enz reunions ]

Nigel Griggs -- Bass
[ Octopus (1968-1970) -- Carmen -- Steve Hillage's Khan -- Split Enz (1977-1984) -- Schnell Fenster (1986-1992) ]

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NZOZ NZOZ1982 1982 New Zealand Australia Early Eighties 1980's 1980s 80's 80s

Extended Tags: Neil Finn, Tim Finn, Crowded House

Musical Terms: New Wave, Rock, Pop, Kiwi, Old New Zealand Band

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Split
• Enz
• 1982
• New
• Zealand
• Early
• Eighties

[dah72007]

A dumb question, I love this song, but what is it about?

[nzoz1982]

@dah72007 mental illness?

[dteutnhg]

@glamcherie69 - from a Tim Finn interview:

[Dirty Creature is a song I wrote] when I suffered from these really terrible panic attacks. I didn't know what they were and a terrible anxiety feeling would come about every night. I didn't know anything about this condition, this clinical condition. [..] That song was basically me defending myself against this thing.

[anitashelby]

Awesome Song!!! 5*s Thanks Anita

[zindi1138]

@milofire hahahahahhahahahaaaaaaaaaaa

[milofire]

@zindi1138 well you never know who ya might meeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!

[chubchaser69]

@dah72007 It's an allegory about depression based on a legendary creature called the Taniwha, sort of like a whale, that lived at the bottom of lakes, rivers, and other bodies of (usually) treacherous waters, that historically saved those imperiled in said waters. Google it. Great insight into NZ/Maori culture.

[nerdflanders8710]

Tim Finn was the genius behind this band.

[nerdflanders8710]

@dah72007 a woman

[getevilnic]

@dteutnhg Sad stuff. I always thought Tim Finn deserved every bit as much fame/fortune/recognition as everyone else in Split Enz and Crowded House. Unfortunately, it seems his temperament worked against him :(

[zindi1138]

lets go walkin around the block?!?

[TheNouveauxdecadence]

My utter favourite S;lit Enz track EVER!

[musikgal17]

I love Split Enz and Crowded House....Finn Brothers such amazing, creative Songwriters!!!!

[Blinkybills]

The Finn brothers would have to be one of the most consistently talented song writer combinations Australasia has ever seen. Still love em after all these years.