This STRANGE BAND Was SO BADASS! | Professor of Rock

Coming up a great music conversation with one of the greatest singer songwriters of the 80s and 90s, Neil Finn and his story behind the forgotten 80s treasure I Got You when he was the lead singer of the Strange Band Split Enz. It's time to give his one a whirl! He felt the producer was pushing him in a more pop direction and wasn't too comfortable with the song and thought the chorus was corny but it became a calling card for the band as it became the biggest-selling single in Australian history, Then, another single One Step Ahead that became one of the first videos played on MTV, where one of his bandmates did the Moonwalk years before Michael Jackson would.
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It’s time for another edition of our show Revelations where featured artists share rare stories behind their greatest songs and albums. Insight you won’t find anywhere else. And you’ll love this one… It’s another one of our most requested songs from you, the viewers. I have Neil Finn the singer and writer behind Crowded House but today in addition to covering Crowded House we get the story behind several of his biggest songs with his first band Split Enz… which was really his brother Tim’s band that he started way back in 1972 with Phil Judd as more of a progressive art rock band but when Judd left, little brother Neil Finn came in, and the band started moving into a more new wave style.

Neil's song I Got You became the band’s biggest hit, and the catchy opening guitar riff would later be ripped off by a famous rapper for his biggest hit. Neil thought the verses were good, but he wanted to replace the chorus but ran out of time, and in the end, the song became the biggest-selling song in Australian history. We’ll also take about the classic song One Step Ahead in which Neil’s bandmate beat Michael Jackson to the punch on doing the moonwalk when it was one of the first videos played on MTV and then Neil tells us about forming crowded house and the fan who traveled all around the world to meet him and how he turned it one of band’s best songs… Here’s the interview.

A lot of people forget that Crowded House’s classic self-titled debut album with Don’t Dream It’s Over and Something So Strong was actually a bit of a flop when it was first released. They couldn’t get anything going in America as the first 3 singles missed the top 40 and were stiffs and usually when your first 3 flop you don’t get a 4th one but the fourth times was the charm as Don’t Dream It’s Over became an all time smash and put them on the map. For my money, it's one of the greatest songs to come out of the 80s. I believe this is the most under-appreciated songwriter of his generation. Leave us a comment.

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