Kia ora Kev hay yeah i dig this track amongst dozens of other Split Enz songs i really really like. The first time i saw them was with my dad at the SWEETWATERS music festival Xmas 1982/83 i was almost 13 also playing that weekend from memory TOOT'S AND THE MAYTELS... MIDNIGHT OIL.... THE CHURCH.... THE NETHER WORLD DANCING TOYS... THE SCREAMING MEE MEES.... THE PRETENDERS.... DD SMASH.....BLAM BLAM BLAM plus heaps more i can't remember off hand. The last time i saw them was at the bowl of Brooklyn in New Plymouth Aotearoa New Zealand around 1993/94
@@notanotherenigma7759 agree on all those. I got the Escapade album when it came out and played it often! Tim is a bit overshadowed by his younger brother Neil. Understandably.
Great single ! Cracked the Top 20 in Canada 🇨🇦. Last saw Neil in 2019 when he was performing in Fleetwood Mac & did a solo version of Don't Dream It's Over while the other FM members took a break !
Remember seeing this on Countdown ( Australia ) as the1st single from their new "Corroboree" album .. The previous album "True Colours" was massively successful here, with multiple hit singles, many other great tracks, and much critical acclaim .. On the strength of this song, I thought, "Wow, I think they're going to prove they can repeat the dose" .. And they did !
Split Enz sound so much better to me decades later than they did when I was just a kid, This seems like one of their milder videos back then. Most of the time they seemed to wear some freaky outifts and make up and their videos made me feel I was experiencing a horror moves as a little kid, Now I can listen to their songs from back then and appreciate them more without feeling frightened. They are not the type of music I seek out but when I come across their music on radio or here can really appreciate how unique and special they were. I'm sure they must have been best band ever from New Zealand.
This is the first time i have heard this song. It's very good. I like the way the chords of unresolved giving it a slightly uneasy sound. This is halfway between Squeeze anf the Cure. The Cure's song the Forest applies this unresolved technique beautifully. You may wish to check it out. In the meantime i will be addind this Split Enz song to my playlist.
"Australian?" grumblegrumble. Try the Enz's "Message to My Girl", "Strait Old Line", or "Six Months in a Leaky Boat", or one of their early art-prog tracks like "Walking Down a Road" or "Maybe".
Nice new intro song. Reminded me of Kit Walker, especially from his Fire In The Lake album. Glad you enjoyed the track. How good are their melodies? You’ve done a great selection of their tunes. Of the ones you haven’t I think you’d most like Strait Old Line. Quirky but pop-mentality behind it and such great musicianship, lyricism, and songwriting on display. For some reason it reminded me that there’s a good deal of Mondo Rock’s greater works that you’re still yet to discover. No Time and Come Said The Boy are a couple of examples for when you get around to them.
@@sean---the-other-one - Yes, that's what I like about it, too! 😀 And the fact that it simply has more pep 😄 Talk Talk's album 'The Colour Of Spring' has some good Hammond organ action on it too, by the way! 😀👍
@@JamesDickson-vs5of - You mean the organ sound like in their song 'Generations'? Sounds more like a Farfisa or a Vox 'Continental' to me, played through an Overdrive effects pedal 🙂
In Australia by this time, we stopped seeing Split Enz as that weird band from New Zealand and began seeing them as our own home grown act. This song is part of my eary 80's life soundtrack. Most of my friends had Split Enz pins and posters and were big fans. My sister and I half-heartedly chased Neil Finn when we spotted him in the Melbourne CBD, but stopped ourselves because we realised we had been seeing Split Enz in the Countdown studio for about four years at this point, and already had a few of Neil's autographs. Why are we acting like crazed fans now? I also touched Tim Finn's hand while he was hosting Countdown. Ha, ha... Speaking of which, why haven't you guys come around to doing a comparison of Split Enz and Jo Kennedy's take on ''Body And Soul''? I'm easy to spot in the Countdown clip. 🐕
One step ahead of you stay in motion, keep an open mind Love is a race won by two Your emotion, my solitude If I stop I could lose my head So I'm losing you instead Either way I'm confused You slow me down, what can I do? There's one particular way I have to choose One step ahead of you Always someone makes it hard to move She says, Boy I want you to stay But I save it all for another day If I stop I could lose my head But I'm ready for romance Either way I'm confused I don't know what I'm supposed to do I can only stay One step ahead of you Da, da, da, da, da Da, da, da, da Da, da, da, da Da, da, da, dumb Stop, I confess sometimes I don't know where I'm going Part of me stays with you, I'm slowing down, what can I do It's hard to stay one step ahead of you (Uh huh) One step ahead of you Time is running out Catching up with you One step ahead of you When I hold you close Can I really lose? One step ahead Only one step ahead She's one step ahead of you This charted in Oz at number 5, at number 6 in their native NZ and 17 in Canada. As for the lyric meaning, my take on it is that the girl (who was full of emotion) was really into him. He was not sure, and was trying to regress or remove himself into solitude, staying a step ahead of her advances. He liked the romance though. In the end due to his ongoing indecision, it held him back and the girl started to move away from him, meaning that she was probably going to end the relationship. It does have a catchy happy sound to it despite the lyrics.
SPLIT ENZ songs that are top tier: that you haven't covered yet "MISSING PERSON," "HAUL AWAY," "SHARK ATTACK," "SIX MONTHS IN A LEAKY BOAT"... All completely worthy of your attention. ...and speaking of BRILLIANT New Zealand bands: THE CHILLS. I know you (wonderfully!) actually gave them a shot, but you should also check out "I LOVE MY LEATHER JACKET" (about Martin's bandmate who died of Leukemia), ""PYRAMID/WHEN THE POOR CAN REACH THE MOON," and "NIGHT OF THE CHILL BLUE" among other great songs from this legendary band! Thank you!!
About this time 1980 1981 I think Neil was engaged? Certainly in this song and “I got you” you can hear the uncertainty and worries about his new relationship. And the fact that Split Enz was finally starting to have success now. After years of disappointment in England. So he might have been worried the band might damage his marriage? Just a theory.
if you are going down the SE route then there is a lot of variations you can end with. Just one mention is Tim Finn Persuasion from Before & After album when you get there.
I have been with a small time musician who toured a lot, that was hard, until I decided to come with, but I had to make myself useful and pay my way, otherwise, the others would get stroppy about having to leave their partners behind. I just cleaned up for them, did washing and dashed to the shops, nothing else 😅. Sometimes we would book a hotel room if the house they were in was too cramped. Turns out that he was a pain in the butt, didn't travel well, so the others were happy I took him away. 😝 Great band, they really take me back to the best parts of my teens. 💖
Great band. This song is kinda straight for these guys. Their earlier videos were more artsy, kinda theatrical, and manic! Please, try some of Tom Finn's dolo stuff, Fraction Too Much Friction (which was huge here in Oz) Through The Years, Staring At The Embers and my fave, Made My Day, with is bkoody uplifting!
Brilliant song, band and reaction! It's Split Enz, ofc it's strange and bizzare or as you said, demented 😂 I Hope I Never is another darkish song by them, with Tim singing instead of Neil and is also brilliant. A very dark and less common song is Charley...one of my very favourite Enz songs!
Great song. Personnel changes and Neil's emerging as a great songwriter too was changing the band; I, for one, liked their early screwball aesthetic, but it's hard to argue with their great pop songs later, and their best album was coming next. Eddie Rayner, again with some great work on keys. Great upload.
I'm glad I subscribed to your channel so it reminded me of this great song. One reason it might sound a bit dark (demented 😀) is because of the downward chords.
Oh well here goes, I don't know anything about split ends, and tbh IMO this hasn't inspired me to look them up, I'm sure I recognised the voice, and there was something familiar about the song, but not for me 🏴✌️
Maybe don't give up on them completely just yet, James! This is one of their rather soft songs, so you may enjoy other Split Enz songs more, including some of C&C's previous reactions 🙂
@@JamesDickson-vs5of - Cool! 😊 I'm recommending 'I See Red' and 'History Never Repeats' 🙂 And by no means am I trying to convert you into a fan of theirs, but they aren't a shabby band! 😄
Singer Neil Finn, great! Listen to him in "Crowded House" he was the singer of that group that came after Split Enz. They were fantastic you will love them!
@@usernamer-2728KSAkssjs - Now, now! Bit of a high horse you are sitting on, from _my_ perspective! Is that really necessary? Why not let _everyone_ have their fun? Even if it's not always at the same time! 😉👍
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The magic of Eddie Rayner’s keys!
One of my favorite Split Enz songs!
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I'll take that as a compliment kia ora hello from Aotearoa New Zealand were the men are men and the sheep are TERRIFIED 😘🐑😍🥰
@@usernamer-2728KSAkssjs 🐑Baa♥️💓
Kia ora Kev hay yeah i dig this track amongst dozens of other Split Enz songs i really really like. The first time i saw them was with my dad at the SWEETWATERS music festival Xmas 1982/83 i was almost 13 also playing that weekend from memory TOOT'S AND THE MAYTELS... MIDNIGHT OIL.... THE CHURCH.... THE NETHER WORLD DANCING TOYS... THE SCREAMING MEE MEES.... THE PRETENDERS.... DD SMASH.....BLAM BLAM BLAM plus heaps more i can't remember off hand. The last time i saw them was at the bowl of Brooklyn in New Plymouth Aotearoa New Zealand around 1993/94
Did you see the dude doing a moonwalk variation in the background pre Michael Jackson at 6:00
Great NZ band. Could you react to “Fraction Too Much Friction” by Tim Finn?
No one reacts to Tim, and it's a shame. That is a cracking song, as is Staring At The Embers, and my fave, Made My Day. Fingers crossed they do Tim!!
@@notanotherenigma7759 agree on all those. I got the Escapade album when it came out and played it often!
Tim is a bit overshadowed by his younger brother Neil. Understandably.
No thunder no fire no rain.
Great single ! Cracked the Top 20 in Canada 🇨🇦. Last saw Neil in 2019 when he was performing in Fleetwood Mac & did a solo version of Don't Dream It's Over while the other FM members took a break !
Fun song. On my playlist. Funny that you like Split Enz so much and have never heard this. Definitely one of their bigger hits.
early early Split Enz were amazing... "Stranger than Fiction " is a masterpiece
And also 'Spellbound' 🤩
Saw them in 75 at the Bondi Lifesaver.
Thanks guys for the positive vibes!
I'm a fan!
All the best from Wagga Wagga.
Remember seeing this on Countdown ( Australia ) as the1st single from their new "Corroboree" album .. The previous album "True Colours" was massively successful here, with multiple hit singles, many other great tracks, and much critical acclaim .. On the strength of this song, I thought, "Wow, I think they're going to prove they can repeat the dose" .. And they did !
More Split Enz please! Try “6 Months in a Leaky Boat”
Split Enz were part of the 'Kiwi Invasion' of Australia.
Mi-Sex, Dragon, Dave Dobbin and the Herbs etc.
NZ born band.
Saw them in 1980 with The Sports..great concert too
Split Enz sound so much better to me decades later than they did when I was just a kid, This seems like one of their milder videos back then. Most of the time they seemed to wear some freaky outifts and make up and their videos made me feel I was experiencing a horror moves as a little kid, Now I can listen to their songs from back then and appreciate them more without feeling frightened. They are not the type of music I seek out but when I come across their music on radio or here can really appreciate how unique and special they were. I'm sure they must have been best band ever from New Zealand.
This is the first time i have heard this song. It's very good. I like the way the chords of unresolved giving it a slightly uneasy sound. This is halfway between Squeeze anf the Cure. The Cure's song the Forest applies this unresolved technique beautifully. You may wish to check it out. In the meantime i will be addind this Split Enz song to my playlist.
Love your comment. Very accurate and perceptive.
"Australian?" grumblegrumble. Try the Enz's "Message to My Girl", "Strait Old Line", or "Six Months in a Leaky Boat", or one of their early art-prog tracks like "Walking Down a Road" or "Maybe".
So good! Absolutely love this song
Nice new intro song. Reminded me of Kit Walker, especially from his Fire In The Lake album.
Glad you enjoyed the track. How good are their melodies? You’ve done a great selection of their tunes. Of the ones you haven’t I think you’d most like Strait Old Line. Quirky but pop-mentality behind it and such great musicianship, lyricism, and songwriting on display.
For some reason it reminded me that there’s a good deal of Mondo Rock’s greater works that you’re still yet to discover. No Time and Come Said The Boy are a couple of examples for when you get around to them.
I had far preferred the old channel intro music, to be honest 😅
But hey! "No two pairs of ears ever hear the same music"!
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I probably prefer the older one too, but then that’s because I love some good Hammond.
@@sean---the-other-one - Yes, that's what I like about it, too! 😀 And the fact that it simply has more pep 😄
Talk Talk's album 'The Colour Of Spring' has some good Hammond organ action on it too, by the way!
😀👍
@@mightyV444 is it a Hammond Clint Boone from the inspiral carpet's, plays do you know 🏴✌️
@@JamesDickson-vs5of - You mean the organ sound like in their song 'Generations'? Sounds more like a Farfisa or a Vox 'Continental' to me, played through an Overdrive effects pedal 🙂
In Australia by this time, we stopped seeing Split Enz as that weird band from New Zealand and began seeing them as our own home grown act. This song is part of my eary 80's life soundtrack. Most of my friends had Split Enz pins and posters and were big fans. My sister and I half-heartedly chased Neil Finn when we spotted him in the Melbourne CBD, but stopped ourselves because we realised we had been seeing Split Enz in the Countdown studio for about four years at this point, and already had a few of Neil's autographs. Why are we acting like crazed fans now? I also touched Tim Finn's hand while he was hosting Countdown. Ha, ha...
Speaking of which, why haven't you guys come around to doing a comparison of Split Enz and Jo Kennedy's take on ''Body And Soul''? I'm easy to spot in the Countdown clip. 🐕
Neil Finn wrote most of his songs in minor keys. That's why it comes across as a bit moody and sad and yet happy at the same time.
One step ahead of you
stay in motion, keep an open mind
Love is a race won by two
Your emotion, my solitude
If I stop I could lose my head
So I'm losing you instead
Either way I'm confused
You slow me down, what can I do?
There's one particular way I have to choose
One step ahead of you
Always someone makes it hard to move
She says, Boy I want you to stay
But I save it all for another day
If I stop I could lose my head
But I'm ready for romance
Either way I'm confused
I don't know what I'm supposed to do
I can only stay
One step ahead of you
Da, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, dumb
Stop, I confess sometimes
I don't know where I'm going
Part of me stays with you,
I'm slowing down, what can I do
It's hard to stay one step ahead of you
(Uh huh)
One step ahead of you
Time is running out
Catching up with you
One step ahead of you
When I hold you close
Can I really lose?
One step ahead
Only one step ahead
She's one step ahead of you
This charted in Oz at number 5, at number 6 in their native NZ and 17 in Canada.
As for the lyric meaning, my take on it is that the girl (who was full of emotion) was really into him. He was not sure, and was trying to regress or remove himself into solitude, staying a step ahead of her advances. He liked the romance though. In the end due to his ongoing indecision, it held him back and the girl started to move away from him, meaning that she was probably going to end the relationship.
It does have a catchy happy sound to it despite the lyrics.
SPLIT ENZ songs that are top tier: that you haven't covered yet "MISSING PERSON," "HAUL AWAY," "SHARK ATTACK," "SIX MONTHS IN A LEAKY BOAT"... All completely worthy of your attention.
...and speaking of BRILLIANT New Zealand bands: THE CHILLS. I know you (wonderfully!) actually gave them a shot, but you should also check out "I LOVE MY LEATHER JACKET" (about Martin's bandmate who died of Leukemia), ""PYRAMID/WHEN THE POOR CAN REACH THE MOON," and "NIGHT OF THE CHILL BLUE" among other great songs from this legendary band! Thank you!!
...and also 'The Oncoming Day' (by The Chills)
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Love wet blanket -chills...oh...and my mistake -se ...which has a great video😊 churr
About this time 1980 1981 I think Neil was engaged? Certainly in this song and “I got you” you can hear the uncertainty and worries about his new relationship. And the fact that Split Enz was finally starting to have success now. After years of disappointment in England. So he might have been worried the band might damage his marriage? Just a theory.
if you are going down the SE route then there is a lot of variations you can end with. Just one mention is Tim Finn Persuasion from Before & After album when you get there.
I have been with a small time musician who toured a lot, that was hard, until I decided to come with, but I had to make myself useful and pay my way, otherwise, the others would get stroppy about having to leave their partners behind. I just cleaned up for them, did washing and dashed to the shops, nothing else 😅. Sometimes we would book a hotel room if the house they were in was too cramped. Turns out that he was a pain in the butt, didn't travel well, so the others were happy I took him away. 😝
Great band, they really take me back to the best parts of my teens. 💖
Great band. This song is kinda straight for these guys. Their earlier videos were more artsy, kinda theatrical, and manic! Please, try some of Tom Finn's dolo stuff, Fraction Too Much Friction (which was huge here in Oz) Through The Years, Staring At The Embers and my fave, Made My Day, with is bkoody uplifting!
I’m a huge admirer of Crowded house .. so all the future ingredients were right here , what’s not to like ? ✊
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Brilliant song, band and reaction!
It's Split Enz, ofc it's strange and bizzare or as you said, demented 😂
I Hope I Never is another darkish song by them, with Tim singing instead of Neil and is also brilliant. A very dark and less common song is Charley...one of my very favourite Enz songs!
@@usernamer-2728KSAkssjs lol nope 😂
Great song. Personnel changes and Neil's emerging as a great songwriter too was changing the band; I, for one, liked their early screwball aesthetic, but it's hard to argue with their great pop songs later, and their best album was coming next. Eddie Rayner, again with some great work on keys. Great upload.
I'm glad I subscribed to your channel so it reminded me of this great song. One reason it might sound a bit dark (demented 😀) is because of the downward chords.
The oh so witty Countdown kids tormented Neil Finn during this time with the slogan ''I want Neil's finn''.
Oh well here goes, I don't know anything about split ends, and tbh IMO this hasn't inspired me to look them up, I'm sure I recognised the voice, and there was something familiar about the song, but not for me 🏴✌️
Maybe don't give up on them completely just yet, James! This is one of their rather soft songs, so you may enjoy other Split Enz songs more, including some of C&C's previous reactions 🙂
@@mightyV444okay mighty v , I'll check them out , iv just listened again and it's better than I thunk 🏴✌️
@@JamesDickson-vs5of - Cool! 😊
I'm recommending 'I See Red' and 'History Never Repeats' 🙂
And by no means am I trying to convert you into a fan of theirs, but they aren't a shabby band! 😄
I See Red and Shark Attack are fun! Give them a whirl.
@@notanotherenigma7759 - I see what you did there!
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I think you'll find if you dig deeper into Crowded House as well, that there is often a subtle sinister element to many of their songs.
*First to comment again, Jay!!!!* 😄
🤣 I have a note from my Doctor mightyV
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New Zealand/Australia Canada/America
What's the difference 🤔😅
I'm sorry i had to
How bout Madness, one step beyond.
It feels like only yesterday when I saw this video on MTV in August 1981.
Off a great album?
Which also includes the undervalued “Iris”
Nice new Intro.
I got you. I see red.
What more can a poor boy do?
Richard Clapton - Deep Water (Audio + Video merge 2024) is my Australian request for this week.
Singer Neil Finn, great! Listen to him in "Crowded House" he was the singer of that group that came after Split Enz. They were fantastic you will love them!
I confess sometimes I don’t where I’m going.
Split Enz is entirely a New Zealand band…
Not my favourite track by, 'Split Enz', it's okay, but there are many better tracks by them.
Yeah. I'm fine with this song _because_ they also do have all those others! 😊
@hanierfamily - Check it out, you two! I think we have another Michael Judge in our midst! 🙄😅
@@usernamer-2728KSAkssjs - Highly unlikely that over 50% of this channel's followers will just vanish because of 1 single sourpuss!
😂😂😂😂
@@usernamer-2728KSAkssjs - Now, now! Bit of a high horse you are sitting on, from _my_ perspective! Is that really necessary? Why not let _everyone_ have their fun? Even if it's not always at the same time!
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@@usernamer-2728KSAkssjsOr … YOU can go elsewhere. No loss.
This one wasn't really for me
We don’t care
@@thrusta100 And?
@@thrusta100 Ooooh get you. I suppose that's something of a threat. Oh dear, how sad, nevermind!