I remember back in 1981 watching MTV as teenager after midnight and "I got you" came on. I had never heard of the Split Enz before, but it was different, a very well done video, and the musical chemistry of the band was excellent. I have been a fan ever since.
I swear my story is the same as yours. It was the first video I saw on MTV and I was hooked - my whole world changed that day. Saw their 1982 Time and Tide tour. It was awesome!!
I was at an Enz with a Bang Concert at the Morley Generator in Perth, it must have been about 1983, great show obviously, what was more memorable was what happened after the show, you had to be there.
Kathy Brown I saw them about a dozen times including the Farewell tour at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, saw a Tim perform his Escapade album. Saw Crowded House, Finn Brothers tour. Started as a Frenz in 1979. Still have all their Christmas singles, badges etc that Peter Green probably organised for club members.
1st time I saw them 1974 ? was before they adopted the costumes.Next time I saw them 1975 ? on national tour they had progressed to costumes and it blew us away.
Thoroughly enjoying this! Thanks Peter! And I'm very glad to find you again after many years of loving your work. Was a member of your 'friends of the enz' club back in the 80s and met you at an Enz merch stand many years later at a reunion show in Brisbane. You were very kind and answered my fanboy questions with patience and good humor.
This brings back some amazing memories. Peter, I wrote to you almost 40 years ago wanting to become a Frenz of the Enz. I'm not sure if you will see this but I understand you managed the fan group for the best part of 40 years. Dude you're a bloody legend.
SPLiT ENZ !!! what a GREAT KiWi band they were, they made Odd Ball quirkyness so damn COOL !! 👍👍🙂👍👍 I was 14yr old high school student when I remember seeing them for the first time on NZ TV talent show in 1971 or 72.. one "so called" talent judge( Phil Warren?) didn't rate them very well saying they won't get anywhere being a band of circus clowns( becos of the wierd costumes they wore) HAH.. how Wrong he was !!! SPLiT ENZ morphed into CROWDED HOUSE and as the saying goes: The rest is history!
Thank you so much Peter. You will never how much I appreciate what you have documented. They have always been my favorite band, they inspired me to write and record music, even if it's awkward and different 🙂
glad that I subscribed to this channel thanks to Mr. Peter Green for the upload living in Scotland didn't discover Split Enz until after they split when a friend of mine knew I liked Crowded House gave me a few of his Split Enz albums and that was me hooked found some great stuff on youtube so those of you that have Split Enz stuff keep uploading were all #friendsoftheenzhere
brilliant ive got the one out of the bag dvd a superb live show sound on it is so good and Split Enz are playing great but one of my fave songs Give It A Whirl isn't on it but you uploaded that as well so thanks I could listen to Neil Finn all day not just singing just so interesting to hear him speak
I got my first job at A&M Records thanks to Noel and the Finns. Great people, great artists, great band. I missed this farewell tour by a whisker - and a few thousand air miles...so great to see it finally! Thanks for posting Peter.
Just found this! Great stuff. Whangarei Kensington Stadium was my first ever concert at 14yo. What a bloody thrill that was, several thousand smelly kids squeezed into an oversized basketball court bouncing around to these blokes. ('Stadium' is a slight exaggeration....).
Um, Tim, You and the boys ARE LEGEND! I’ve always loved your hits since I first heard/seen ‘I Got You’ on Satellite Music Videos, the precursor to MTV. However, I’ve been diving deep into everything Split Enz. You guys went from maybe 20-30 on my favorite list during the last 40 years, but you all have moved up to top five with Rush, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Oingo Boingo, pushing INXS (unbelievably) to 6th. That’s beating the likes of ELO, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Peter Gabriel/Genesis, AC/DC, The Cars, Simple Minds, aHa, ZZ Top, Billy Idol, Queen….get the picture?
Love the suits! Latecomer to the Enz - partly age, partly accessibility. The net has enabled us to discover so much in hindsight, and much as I love Crowded House, i find Tim's voice better than Neil's a lot of the time. And once you strip away the more gimmicky early image, the actual musicianship is awe-inspiring. Some of Tim's songs are very raw emotionally in comparison to Neil's but that would be due to age and life experience as much as anything else.
Paul Hester wasn't just a great drummer, I think he gave Crowded House it's personality, too. A lot of charisma. Maybe he should have taken comfort - which is difficult on your depressively bad days- to what the lyrics to Enz's Dirty Creature was about. But there's a lot of coulda/woulda/shoulda's in life, especially for we bi-polar strugglers at the best of times. I completely empathised with him when he made his final, fatal decision in his short life. :(
@@nickdryad I don't agree. I think it had a great sense of wanting to recapture the magic, and there is still plenty of magic between Neil and Nick (the others, while excellent musicians, are later additions), but it is a more sober magic. The three together were really something special that cannot be recaptured though.
You must be an Australian trying too make out a drummer from Australia that joined a band after the fact with the great NZ Finn brothers in it was anything but a drummer who joined an existing band. Look he was a great guy but dont over sell his influence this was all Finn.
@@nickdryad Like re-forming INXS after the death of Michael Hutchence. A really bad choice of replacements, too - except for Terence Trent D'arby when they played New Years Eve '99. What a farce.
hellovanite Neil Finn and Paul were in Split Enz together before Crowded House, they added Nick Seymour later (after Split Enz collapsed) and they had Craig Hooper for a few weeks while they were the Mullanes. Finn was obviously ambivalent about the nature of the band but Hester and Finn were tight and I believe it was always going to be about Hester and Finn, at least in 85’ and 86. There’s a telling story, that can be found in Something So Strong, the biographical account, where Finn says to Nick and Hester while they were in LA, that he wasn’t even sure they were a band at that point. They even had Jim Keltner on drums because Hester couldn’t get the shuffle-feel on Now We’re Getting Somewhere and Froom hired other session men, like Tim Pearce. It’s highly debatable and in my view, also improbable that Neil Finn would have made it on his own. Having followed The Enz, CH and The Finn brothers since 1979 it’s pretty tough to Imagine Neil as a solo act until after Crowded House. Not impossible but difficult. Hester was great on See Ya Round. Hester was so funny in live shows. Nationality had nothing to do with it.
Yes it is. There is also footage of him interviewing Neil for Shazam online. i think he is British but made a name in NZ before coming back to do kids tv?
Weird how a band could get progressively worse yet more successful the longer it went on. For me, the ‘main stream years’ post 1979 weren’t at all good.
I see someone doesn't recognise the Hester brand of humour. I bet he really put the wind up a lot of people back in school too, with so many people thinking he was being serious. You need to watch more footage with him talking, and you will get it.
@@greggregson9687 I thought it was pretty obvious it was tongue in cheek! Especially with the previous comments from others about sitting back waiting for reunions and watching from out front. Sadly not all humour translates internationally. Despite our common language, Brits, Americans and Antipodeans have very different humour styles.
Not that serious. He said he was doing a project with Neil (C House) so that was probably where his interest and heart was, it would be something to look forward to. Not the same as tagging onto an existing band.
I remember back in 1981 watching MTV as teenager after midnight and "I got you" came on. I had never heard of the Split Enz before, but it was different, a very well done video, and the musical chemistry of the band was excellent. I have been a fan ever since.
for me it was Viddo Jukebox on HBO. Hooked ever since.
I swear my story is the same as yours. It was the first video I saw on MTV and I was hooked - my whole world changed that day. Saw their 1982 Time and Tide tour. It was awesome!!
I was at an Enz with a Bang Concert at the Morley Generator in Perth, it must have been about 1983, great show obviously, what was more memorable was what happened after the show, you had to be there.
God I love Tims voice. One of the best males singer of all time, along with Sam Cooke, Art Garfunkel and Marvin Gaye.
I totally agree. Such a unique, beautiful voice.
Otis Redding Al Green Jimi Hendrix [ I agree with Jools Holland] Jim Morrison Luther Vandross James Brown
Dave from Elemeno P
Split Enz were like New Zealand’s answer to the Beatles. Just magnificent.
this band was the single most influential band in my life
I've been a huge fan ever since i saw the Sight and Sound concert in 1977, they were and still are unique . The soundtrack to a huge part of my life.
Noel Crombies hair! Legendary 😂 love em all...Hester on drums and guitar vocals...like having Judd back into the band...
What a great band. Wish I could have caught them live way back when.
Kathy Brown I saw them about a dozen times including the Farewell tour at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, saw a Tim perform his Escapade album. Saw Crowded House, Finn Brothers tour. Started as a Frenz in 1979. Still have all their Christmas singles, badges etc that Peter Green probably organised for club members.
Saw them 6 times. 😌
1st time I saw them 1974 ? was before they adopted the costumes.Next time I saw them 1975 ? on national tour they had progressed to costumes and it blew us away.
So great to see Hessie singing 'Massive'... thanks for posting this great show
glad you enjoyed it.
Thoroughly enjoying this! Thanks Peter! And I'm very glad to find you again after many years of loving your work. Was a member of your 'friends of the enz' club back in the 80s and met you at an Enz merch stand many years later at a reunion show in Brisbane. You were very kind and answered my fanboy questions with patience and good humor.
This brings back some amazing memories. Peter, I wrote to you almost 40 years ago wanting to become a Frenz of the Enz. I'm not sure if you will see this but I understand you managed the fan group for the best part of 40 years. Dude you're a bloody legend.
Soooo great! 😍 Time For a Change is Tim at his absolute best. ❤️
SPLiT ENZ !!!
what a GREAT KiWi band they were, they made Odd Ball quirkyness so damn COOL !!
👍👍🙂👍👍
I was 14yr old high school student when I remember seeing them for the first time on NZ TV talent show in 1971 or 72.. one "so called" talent judge( Phil Warren?) didn't rate them very well saying they won't get
anywhere being a band of circus clowns( becos of the wierd costumes they wore)
HAH.. how Wrong he was !!!
SPLiT ENZ morphed into CROWDED HOUSE and as the saying goes: The rest is history!
Genius NZ Band, Each member makes the whole, brilliant.
No bands come close to the genuine quality these guys exude.
I agree that Split Enz are the top New Zealand band of all time.
Huh?
Beatles, Floyd, Led Zeppelin..
Thank you so much Peter. You will never how much I appreciate what you have documented. They have always been my favorite band, they inspired me to write and record music, even if it's awkward and different 🙂
Thank you Peter!xx
These guys were too cool, what a band what a life !!!!
glad that I subscribed to this channel thanks to Mr. Peter Green for the upload living in Scotland didn't discover Split Enz until after they split when a friend of mine knew I liked Crowded House gave me a few of his Split Enz albums and that was me hooked found some great stuff on youtube so those of you that have Split Enz stuff keep uploading were all #friendsoftheenzhere
A total pleasure Brian- lots more to come..PG
brilliant ive got the one out of the bag dvd a superb live show sound on it is so good and Split Enz are playing great but one of my fave songs Give It A Whirl isn't on it but you uploaded that as well so thanks I could listen to Neil Finn all day not just singing just so interesting
to hear him speak
I got my first job at A&M Records thanks to Noel and the Finns. Great people, great artists, great band. I missed this farewell tour by a whisker - and a few thousand air miles...so great to see it finally! Thanks for posting Peter.
How did you go from there Kitty.. JKEN BRISBANE. OZ.
glad you enjoyed it. Loads on my UA-cam page. xPG
Just found this! Great stuff. Whangarei Kensington Stadium was my first ever concert at 14yo. What a bloody thrill that was, several thousand smelly kids squeezed into an oversized basketball court bouncing around to these blokes. ('Stadium' is a slight exaggeration....).
I love Eddie Rayner's style of playing! Unique.
34 years ago, incredible how time flies
zooms by!
@Nicholas Blakeney Today's my birthday, 47 now. Waking up in a weird world.
Neil Finn with eye shadow is such a turn on.
OMG baby Liam! And now he's a Dad himself twice over.
He has two kids? Wow how time flies
ENZ NEVER FAILS TO SATISFY!!!!!!!
Split Enz doing Fraction Too Much Friction with Tim, BRILLIANT!! ❤💪
I thought the Spellbound doc was great (and it is!), but this gem is priceless. Good stuff, gang.
yes a fun look back. Good times.
Um, Tim, You and the boys ARE LEGEND!
I’ve always loved your hits since I first heard/seen ‘I Got You’ on Satellite Music Videos, the precursor to MTV. However, I’ve been diving deep into everything Split Enz. You guys went from maybe 20-30 on my favorite list during the last 40 years, but you all have moved up to top five with Rush, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Oingo Boingo, pushing INXS (unbelievably) to 6th. That’s beating the likes of ELO, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Peter Gabriel/Genesis, AC/DC, The Cars, Simple Minds, aHa, ZZ Top, Billy Idol, Queen….get the picture?
Paul says , I’ve got something to do with Neil after this . 💥 Crowed House!
I remember their last concert here in Australia. Cried my heart out at the end.
Festival Hall. I remember it like it was 1984. : )
So much fun. Ended up on stage with a few others during the encore. Amazing band, amazing night.
a fun tour for all of us ... Festival Hall shows were mighty.
Eddie Rayner was the man!
Noel on the spoons is just iconic
Love the suits! Latecomer to the Enz - partly age, partly accessibility. The net has enabled us to discover so much in hindsight, and much as I love Crowded House, i find Tim's voice better than Neil's a lot of the time. And once you strip away the more gimmicky early image, the actual musicianship is awe-inspiring. Some of Tim's songs are very raw emotionally in comparison to Neil's but that would be due to age and life experience as much as anything else.
I thought Neil caught up somewhat later. I adore his stuff, too. And his voice.
time for a change is in here folks, early material!!!
'Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water'. Such a great tour.
awesome tour.
Philip Schofield of Shazam TV show NZ. He ran back to UK eventually and became a big performer himself.
Paul Hester wasn't just a great drummer, I think he gave Crowded House it's personality, too. A lot of charisma.
Maybe he should have taken comfort - which is difficult on your depressively bad days- to what the lyrics to Enz's Dirty Creature was about. But there's a lot of coulda/woulda/shoulda's in life, especially for we bi-polar strugglers at the best of times. I completely empathised with him when he made his final, fatal decision in his short life. :(
Yeah. I agree. Reforming Crowded House without Hester always feels like a corporate decision.cashing in on the Brand.
@@nickdryad I don't agree. I think it had a great sense of wanting to recapture the magic, and there is still plenty of magic between Neil and Nick (the others, while excellent musicians, are later additions), but it is a more sober magic. The three together were really something special that cannot be recaptured though.
You must be an Australian trying too make out a drummer from Australia that joined a band after the fact with the great NZ Finn brothers in it was anything but a drummer who joined an existing band. Look he was a great guy but dont over sell his influence this was all Finn.
@@nickdryad Like re-forming INXS after the death of Michael Hutchence. A really bad choice of replacements, too - except for Terence Trent D'arby when they played New Years Eve '99. What a farce.
hellovanite Neil Finn and Paul were in Split Enz together before Crowded House, they added Nick Seymour later (after Split Enz collapsed) and they had Craig Hooper for a few weeks while they were the Mullanes. Finn was obviously ambivalent about the nature of the band but Hester and Finn were tight and I believe it was always going to be about Hester and Finn, at least in 85’ and 86.
There’s a telling story, that can be found in Something So Strong, the biographical account, where Finn says to Nick and Hester while they were in LA, that he wasn’t even sure they were a band at that point. They even had Jim Keltner on drums because Hester couldn’t get the shuffle-feel on Now We’re Getting Somewhere and Froom hired other session men, like Tim Pearce. It’s highly debatable and in my view, also improbable that Neil Finn would have made it on his own. Having followed The Enz, CH and The Finn brothers since 1979 it’s pretty tough to Imagine Neil as a solo act until after Crowded House. Not impossible but difficult. Hester was great on See Ya Round. Hester was so funny in live shows. Nationality had nothing to do with it.
thank you, peter! wonderful.... absolutely epic :D
glad you enjoyed it Carie.
No cellphones ....maybe one glo-stick!
This has to be the most amicable split up ever.
I love this song!!!!
Damn good band@
Epic Noel'Fro!
Peter, is that toddler Liam Finn?
It is, he would always escape from us at side stage and head straight for the drum kit. Musician dna.
where can I get I walk away as a download?
I walk away
Nini Kneez Up was excellent!! 23:24
Please...what's the title song at 14:00? Thanks!
"Years Go By"
In similar style oingo boingo was so much better live band
is that Philip Schofield interviewing the band? I know he originated from NZ
Hmm think so, sorry so long ago my memory a bit rusty.
Yes it is. There is also footage of him interviewing Neil for Shazam online. i think he is British but made a name in NZ before coming back to do kids tv?
It is Philip Schofield. He is English but worked in kid's tv in New Zealand in the 80s before returning to Britain.
I couldn't stand his presenting style, so irritating for some reason.
Weird how a band could get progressively worse yet more successful the longer it went on. For me, the ‘main stream years’ post 1979 weren’t at all good.
Paul Hester couldn’t wait to finish with Split enz? Ungrateful
How does that make him ungrateful?
I see someone doesn't recognise the Hester brand of humour. I bet he really put the wind up a lot of people back in school too, with so many people thinking he was being serious. You need to watch more footage with him talking, and you will get it.
@@greggregson9687 I thought it was pretty obvious it was tongue in cheek! Especially with the previous comments from others about sitting back waiting for reunions and watching from out front. Sadly not all humour translates internationally. Despite our common language, Brits, Americans and Antipodeans have very different humour styles.
Not that serious. He said he was doing a project with Neil (C House) so that was probably where his interest and heart was, it would be something to look forward to. Not the same as tagging onto an existing band.
i was a better drummer.
You always say that!!!
7piecebucket I’ll bet Mal Green says that too.
nah just different, hello you talented old bastard.
peter green So Emlyn Crowther is still out there. Go Emlyn.
@@nickdryad bet Div Vercoe says that too
Some of the most grossly overrated shite to ever contaminate the airwaves.