I'm glad someone's reacting to Split Enz. Such an awesome and inventive group. Their their 70s costumes and makeup were off the chain kooky. Totally love it!
Split Enz sadly never got the world recognition they deserved because they were so ahead of their time. It's great to see people enjoy them now still ahead of their time.
They were awesome - then magic happened and out of the ashes - Crowded House was born... and they were also awesome... different.. but awesome.. All hail the Finns - they are very special musicians !!
Grew up in the Mount.....Brother lived nextdoor to the Fins beach house...watched Split Enz at Bay Park when I was in Intermediate...Mount was great back then
Fantastic song, Split Enz were the first band I fell in love with. Tim is a fantastic singer and songwriter, especially zanny stuff. His brother Neil joined later with a more pop vibe.
Correct, although Neil was there to co-write many of the hits from this album. He's singing back-up and playing guitar in this clip. Two of the best writer/performers of all time and a great band live.
@@mrmockatoo6786 for sure, both great but very different, love Tim's theatrical flair! But Neil's airy vocals are sublime. Saw Tim solo in the early 90s, fantastic!
1979 New Zealand. No MTV, populated by Saturday Night Fever and Grease soundtracks. Two little girls, 12 and 10, dancing their asses off in front of the TV playing I See Red, while their Dad (who grew up with Elvis and Buddy Holly) was saying a polite version of WTF?! This was so out there, and the start of our musical educations. I love seeing this so much - thank you!
Tim and Neil Finn were known for their brilliant lyrically. The album ‘I see red’ was mainly about Tim separating and divorce. Neil, of course, when on too form his own group ‘Crowded House’. Neil, recently toured with Fleetwood Mac. What a journey.
Guys you did Split ENZ!!!! They were more great live from what I've seen. Great musicians!!!! Years later Neil and Tim did 7 worlds collide concert inviting guests from around the world and of course, Neil asked his sons band betchadupa who they would like to invite and they asked for Eddie Vedder, it's def worth watching the live version of this, seeing Tim Finn still Rock it out in his dad shirt and even show Eddie how it's done was awesome !!!!!!
Tim Finn was the lead singer. His brother Neil joined the band for a while. Neil eventually left to form Crowded House. Splitz Enz was an Auckland NZ band.
Bought this as a single 45 rpm record in my last year of high school. I would have played it 150 times in a row, it was just fantastic for 1979. Great band, great time
This came out when I was in my second to last year of high school. It's arguably their best song and such great energy. If you like this, look up 'Counting The Beat' by The Swingers, which is a band formed by Phil Judd after he and Tim Finn had a falling out. It went pretty much straight to No.1 and is considered one of those classic NZ songs that everyone knows.
Splitz Enz were a huge part of my youth. Concerts were the best. They came over to Australia early on and were awesome. Check out the later incarnation of Neil Finn, Paul Hess and Nick Seymour in the band, Crowded House.
These are the brothers Tim Finn (Split Enz) and Neil Finn (Split Enz and Crowded House). Saw Crowded House last month with The Teskey Brothers. Great mates of Jimmy Barnes (Cold Chisel), he calls them his Finn-laws.
@@kaiberberich1 "He reunited with Neil and subsequently joined Crowded House for their third album Woodface, co-writing the majority of the songs on the album, including the hits "Four Seasons in One Day", "Weather with You" and "It's Only Natural"."
Love the short piano solo. Deliberately discordant (which is difficult for seasoned musicians to tolerate), perfectly "in tune" with the theme of the song
Such a theatrical based band but still with dynamite musicianship . They had a number of hit songs, including Six Months In A Leaky Boat which was banned in the UK as it was released just when the Falklands War started for more reasons. Crazy!
@@DMSProduktionspretty common place to buy mention war related things during a war. To ok young for the Falklands but I remember certain adverts but being shown on TV because of certain themes.
When it first came out a DJ in Auckland called it a 3 minute 15 second explosion - he is right. The Finn Brothers are from Te Awamutu; a country town in the North island. They formed Split Enz around 1972-3 .They are New Zealand's best ever band.
The song is from circa 1978, which was the height of the punk era. The band started out as Split Ends and then changed to Split Enz after a couple of years. Saw them several times on the university and general music venue tours. Am enjoying watching your happy reactions to them.
Great fun, cross between pantomime and clever music. Tim Finn was the main singer in this one, Neil became more prominent and of cause when the Enz split, Neil founded Crowded House. I highly recommend My Mistake.
I saw them at Bombay Rock in Melbourne when this song had just been released. On the same night Paul Kelly and the Dots also performed it in their set (on different floors of the venue).
This is the band that became Crowed House its Tim and Neil Finn the guy with the glasses and the red guitar is the lead singer of crowed house you did a reaction video on already and Phil Judd was the lead singer of The swingers counting the beat you did also
Split Enz are hardly obscure! They were huge in the 70s and into the 80s. Also, the guitar Neil Finn is playing in the clip is a Rickenbacker while the guitar Fox plays in Back To The Future is a Gibson.
Anything thats not US is obscure , overlooking that Neil was or still is part of Fleetwood Mac. I would have preferred that the two goofy presenters were small on the screen and the video dominated. Saw Split Enz live in Wellington in the mid 70’s they were fantastic as were the costumes designed by Noel Crombie .
I think you've done reactions to Crowded House. The lead singer, Neil Finn, joined his brother, Tim, in Split Enz as a teenager and wrote some of their biggest hits. Split Enz were known for their incredibly creative costumes and their frenetic musical style. The young man in the glasses playing the red guitar in this clip is Neil. Tim was in Crowded House for a short time as well.
Eddy Raynor the keyboardist is incredibly I bought one if his keyboards if splitenz when he upgraded his he eventually became a top notch producer too and such a nice guy. I remember their concerts when they dressed like that. It was all fun they have a bunch of crazy songs from their first few albums totally different Phil Judd sung a few too like spellbound, if you want to see their extreme styles
Listen to their first album, Mental notes from 1975! Its sort of crazy prog/art rock, totally original, they got a bit more commercial , slowly, lol, True colours from 1980 had four hit singles, and was huge inOZ andNZ
Iconic NZ band featuring brothers Tim and Neil Finn..Neil of course founded Crowded House..there is a great version of I see Red featuring Eddie Vedder and Liam Finn's band Betadupa.
don't forget "Shark Attack" - another banger
I'm glad someone's reacting to Split Enz. Such an awesome and inventive group. Their their 70s costumes and makeup were off the chain kooky. Totally love it!
Split Enz sadly never got the world recognition they deserved
because they were so ahead of their time.
It's great to see people enjoy them now
still ahead of their time.
They were awesome - then magic happened and out of the ashes - Crowded House was born... and they were also awesome... different.. but awesome..
All hail the Finns - they are very special musicians !!
Neil had already joined the band at this point.
That’s him in glasses playing lead guitar
Paul McCartney was once asked "how does it feel too be the greatest songwriter of all time..." he said "I dunno - ask Tim Finn..!".
Lol bullshit 😂😂😂
Paul McCartney also said he'd give up one of his kids to be able to write a song las good as "Don't Dream It's Over" by Neil Finn.
Guitarist with the glasses is Tim's little brother......,NEIL FINN
@dcmastermindfirst9418 I know right?... what a crock...
It was his brother neil and in reference to don't dream its over
Loved Tim Finns voice from the very beginning. Absolutely favourite.Great talent.
Split Enz are mental, outside the box brilliance.
I remember when John Cale toured Australia in 1983 he said his favourite 'Australian' band was Split Enz,.
so ahead of their time. if this came out now it would be a hit. Love this band and I am 63
Grew up in the Mount.....Brother lived nextdoor to the Fins beach house...watched Split Enz at Bay Park when I was in Intermediate...Mount was great back then
Love split enz, we had the best music in Australia in the 80s.. love your reaction to them!!!
And NZ mate, we got you and you got us 🤘🍺
NZ band...
Fantastic song, Split Enz were the first band I fell in love with. Tim is a fantastic singer and songwriter, especially zanny stuff. His brother Neil joined later with a more pop vibe.
Correct, although Neil was there to co-write many of the hits from this album. He's singing back-up and playing guitar in this clip. Two of the best writer/performers of all time and a great band live.
@@mrmockatoo6786 for sure, both great but very different, love Tim's theatrical flair! But Neil's airy vocals are sublime. Saw Tim solo in the early 90s, fantastic!
The guy far right - Neil Finn. Went on to write and release "Don't Dream it's Over" many years later.
Amongst other bangers!
1979 New Zealand. No MTV, populated by Saturday Night Fever and Grease soundtracks. Two little girls, 12 and 10, dancing their asses off in front of the TV playing I See Red, while their Dad (who grew up with Elvis and Buddy Holly) was saying a polite version of WTF?! This was so out there, and the start of our musical educations. I love seeing this so much - thank you!
Heya Linda, cool thing, Radio with Pictures directly inspired the formation of MTV. True story.
@@haydengoodall6767 Karyn Hay!!
Tim and Neil Finn were known for their brilliant lyrically.
The album ‘I see red’ was mainly about Tim separating and divorce.
Neil, of course, when on too form his own group ‘Crowded House’.
Neil, recently toured with Fleetwood Mac.
What a journey.
Guys you did Split ENZ!!!! They were more great live from what I've seen. Great musicians!!!! Years later Neil and Tim did 7 worlds collide concert inviting guests from around the world and of course, Neil asked his sons band betchadupa who they would like to invite and they asked for Eddie Vedder, it's def worth watching the live version of this, seeing Tim Finn still Rock it out in his dad shirt and even show Eddie how it's done was awesome !!!!!!
Tim Finn was the lead singer. His brother Neil joined the band for a while. Neil eventually left to form Crowded House. Splitz Enz was an Auckland NZ band.
Yes, Neil joined in 1977 until the band ended in 1984 and the Finn brothers were a formidable one-two songwriting punch
..and of course is currently a member of Fleetwood Mac!
@@terrykemp1876 Really? Didn't know that.
I thought the band disbanded and then Neil formed Crowded House
@@antheabrouwer7239 Yes he did
Six Months in a Leaky Boat is another great Split Enz number, has a really haunting outro
Bought this as a single 45 rpm record in my last year of high school. I would have played it 150 times in a row, it was just fantastic for 1979. Great band, great time
This came out when I was in my second to last year of high school. It's arguably their best song and such great energy. If you like this, look up 'Counting The Beat' by The Swingers, which is a band formed by Phil Judd after he and Tim Finn had a falling out. It went pretty much straight to No.1 and is considered one of those classic NZ songs that everyone knows.
Splitz Enz were a huge part of my youth. Concerts were the best. They came over to Australia early on and were awesome. Check out the later incarnation of Neil Finn, Paul Hess and Nick Seymour in the band, Crowded House.
That's Paul Hester. RIP Paul.
You two seat dancing...I was laughing so hard I nearly cracked...so good !
Tim in a less crazy mode was also the lead singer for Split Enz in the song "I Hope I Never" and love him as a solo artist for the song "Persuasion".
Yeah, "I Hope I Never" is a haunting, beautiful song - one of my favourites from Tim.
These are the brothers Tim Finn (Split Enz) and Neil Finn (Split Enz and Crowded House). Saw Crowded House last month with The Teskey Brothers. Great mates of Jimmy Barnes (Cold Chisel), he calls them his Finn-laws.
Tim was with Crowded House too... for a bit - guested on an album !!
@@kaiberberich1 "He reunited with Neil and subsequently joined Crowded House for their third album Woodface, co-writing the majority of the songs on the album, including the hits "Four Seasons in One Day", "Weather with You" and "It's Only Natural"."
Love the short piano solo. Deliberately discordant (which is difficult for seasoned musicians to tolerate), perfectly "in tune" with the theme of the song
Tim & Neil Finn.
Two of NZ best musicians ever!
Eddie Raynor is also one of the best keyboard players!
The guitar solo is played by Neil Finn, singer Tim's younger brother and later the founder, singer and songwriter for Crowded House.
There only ever punk tune, but a masterpiece. That's how good they were and still are in all their permutations throughout.
Shark Attack has a very similar vibe.
Mind over matter punky vibe also
Such a good song, Split Enz were awesome. Thanks for the reaction
I love Split Enz so much ✨🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾♥️
New Zealander here. Thank you for checking Split Enz out. We have some great bands down here. :)
Such a theatrical based band but still with dynamite musicianship . They had a number of hit songs, including Six Months In A Leaky Boat which was banned in the UK as it was released just when the Falklands War started for more reasons. Crazy!
Really ..why? That song was about getting to NZ in the 18th century . Nothing to do with that
@@MB-oc1nw You KNOW the Poms! Cancel culture before there WAS even such a thing!
@@DMSProduktionspretty common place to buy mention war related things during a war.
To ok young for the Falklands but I remember certain adverts but being shown on TV because of certain themes.
@@MB-oc1nwmost likely naval themes and sinking boats.
But yeah a little tenuous
Tim Finn is the singer, his brother is Neil Finn and he was in the Fleetwood Mac band for a while, he also has a band called " Crowded House "
You just massively undersold Crowded House there!
1st live concert! Tauranga Sound Shell NZ circa '81 History NEVER Repeats, I was 15,took my gf, Maree Higgins ❤ We right up the front, was EPIC!❤
There’s a great clip of Eddie Vedder doing this live when on tour in NZ - and Tim Finn joined him on stage …. Really worth checking out 👍🏻
I had the privilege of seeing Tim and Neil 10 feet away sing this!
The guy who played the tambourine, well he designed and made all their costumes.
Noel Crombie
Tim and Neil Finn went on to found Crowded House, who you've reacted to before - Neil also joined Fleetwood Mac in 2018.
Loved your reaction. Another great song of their's was "Dirty Creature".
Great choices DEI. loved this slide back into the late 70's
saw this live in a pub in aukland 1979 absolutety insane.people dancing on tables hanging of balconies so wild!!!
Love split enz ..use to do speed skate at the rink on a Saturday arvo in Brissie to this song..they are amazingly talented and orginal artists x
These guys were the soundtrack of my adolescence, here in NZ(Godzone)....anything but obscure here.....
First time watching ths i couple. I love her!!!! too fun. Plus Split Enz!!!! They need Boomtown Rats too!
Memories of Bluelight Disco's dancing crazily to this song ❤️
They weren't obscure in Australia and NZ. They have been popular since the seventies
When it first came out a DJ in Auckland called it a 3 minute 15 second explosion - he is right. The Finn Brothers are from Te Awamutu; a country town in the North island. They formed Split Enz around 1972-3 .They are New Zealand's best ever band.
This was our Roller skating song, when speed skating came on. I grew up in Sydney, they were very popular.
I Got You-Split Enz
I got to sing this in a musical written by a guy in Aussie called Aotearoa a Rock Musical
This was used as the theme for the Coca Cola ads in Australia in the 90's.
The song Shark Attack has the same kind of energy, just brilliant !
This takes me back to the roller skating days, it was the fav speed skate song in the 80s.
Every Kiwi and Aussie knows this song.
Tim's hair was/is legendary.
NZ had Split Ends, US had DEVO, UK had Madness.
Fun times. First saw Split Ends at Hurstville Civic Centre, Sydney around 1977 or 78.
Split Enz not ends
Bold As Brass-Split Enz
The song is from circa 1978, which was the height of the punk era. The band started out as Split Ends and then changed to Split Enz after a couple of years. Saw them several times on the university and general music venue tours. Am enjoying watching your happy reactions to them.
absolute classic !!
My all-time favorite band.
The two singers are Tim and Neil Finn (brothers) Tim is singing this song
Now this song is the definition of hyperkinetic!
Great fun, cross between pantomime and clever music. Tim Finn was the main singer in this one, Neil became more prominent and of cause when the Enz split, Neil founded Crowded House. I highly recommend My Mistake.
"My Mistake" is one of their best. "Poor Boy" is a favourite as well as "Message To My Girl".
I saw them live in the early 1980’s and this was the last track, and the place totally erupted
I saw them at Bombay Rock in Melbourne when this song had just been released. On the same night Paul Kelly and the Dots also performed it in their set (on different floors of the venue).
This is the band that became Crowed House its Tim and Neil Finn the guy with the glasses and the red guitar is the lead singer of crowed house you did a reaction video on already and Phil Judd was the lead singer of The swingers counting the beat you did also
Not exactly. Neil didn't want to continue with his "brother's; band" after Tim left. So formed CH
Neil Finn, Tim's brother. Now have a listen to "I got you" please.
Best live band
the guy with glasses is Neil Fin, Crowded House, the other singer is his brother Tim
I really enjoyed this trip thru Enz history! Dance Exponents next please Patreons!
Funny you mention Michael J. Fox while listening to an NZ band, as MJ starred in a great NZ movie from Peter Jackson called The Frighteners.
Split Enz are hardly obscure! They were huge in the 70s and into the 80s. Also, the guitar Neil Finn is playing in the clip is a Rickenbacker while the guitar Fox plays in Back To The Future is a Gibson.
Anything thats not US is obscure , overlooking that Neil was or still is part of Fleetwood Mac. I would have preferred that the two goofy presenters were small on the screen and the video dominated. Saw Split Enz live in Wellington in the mid 70’s they were fantastic as were the costumes designed by Noel Crombie .
I think you've done reactions to Crowded House. The lead singer, Neil Finn, joined his brother, Tim, in Split Enz as a teenager and wrote some of their biggest hits. Split Enz were known for their incredibly creative costumes and their frenetic musical style. The young man in the glasses playing the red guitar in this clip is Neil. Tim was in Crowded House for a short time as well.
4:35 I'm glad we finally saw he had a guitar
Many a Friday night speed skating to this one in my teenage years
Great NZ band.
Eddy Raynor the keyboardist is incredibly I bought one if his keyboards if splitenz when he upgraded his he eventually became a top notch producer too and such a nice guy. I remember their concerts when they dressed like that. It was all fun they have a bunch of crazy songs from their first few albums totally different Phil Judd sung a few too like spellbound, if you want to see their extreme styles
Radio with Pictures, all day! Karyn and Dylan❤❤
The Enz were basically the brothers Finn! (Tim & Neil)
Mike Chunn and Phil Judd both wrote a lot of material.
@@danieleyre8913 Never said they didn't. BUT the band was basically RUN by the Finn bros!
@@DMSProduktions Didn’t Neil only join at the end?
@@danieleyre8913 Not that I recall.
AFAIK I remember him there from the earliest days they moved to Oz.
MIGHT have been Tim.
Shark attack , such a great track !
Neil Finn lead on that song and his brother Tim Finn who is usually lead singer on other songs
And then Tim's brother joined, Neil, and he then went on to form Crowded House!!
I believe True Colours continues to be voted NZ’s best album
Split Enz is "Message to My Girl."
Love songs don't get better.
It's Neil and Tim Fin from Crowded House kids
Neil Finn played in Crowded House wrote Don't Dream It's Over..last gig was drummer for Fleetwood Mac
Oh Tim still has great hair!
Great Kiwi band.
Go!...
If you wanna see and hear the grandpappy of NZ pop music, check out Ray Columbus. 2 of his songs are "Till we kissed" and " She's a Mod."
Listen to their first album, Mental notes from 1975! Its sort of crazy prog/art rock, totally original, they got a bit more commercial , slowly, lol, True colours from 1980 had four hit singles, and was huge inOZ andNZ
Iconic NZ band featuring brothers Tim and Neil Finn..Neil of course founded Crowded House..there is a great version of I see Red featuring Eddie Vedder and Liam Finn's band Betadupa.
You want MORE odd ball Kiwi groups, check out Mother Goose!
The Guy on Tim's right with the glasses is Neil Finn. He's the lead singer of Crowded House.
Neil and Tim Finn.
The Lennon and McCartney of Kiwi pop music.
Eddie Vedder does this song live as a tribute to split enz . It’s awesome
Have look at" The Stems" from Western Australia.
Fremantle band.
That’s our kiwi Legends🤙🇳🇿🌏✌️
“Squeeze me out of your life
Down the drain like molten toothpaste
I feel used, and spat out”
So damn good!
They pretty much morphed into crowded house the two Finn bros Neil joined Fleetwood Mac
Red Wave coming 😉
I've been waiting for someone to react to this song...taa
Lead is Tim Finn