A little bit of trivia... the bloke in red wearing the horn-rimmed glasses is Neil Finn, brother of the lead singer Tim Finn. Neil is one of the members of Crowded House...

Best New Zealand band ever , ahead of its time .

Make no mistake . this is a New Zealand band . Saw them when they first came to Australia live , brilliant !. They were just as good live . And their live show was like you just saw , just great !

@suave-rider

Жыл бұрын

that was my mistake

@MB-oc1nw

Жыл бұрын

@@suave-rider That was his mistake

@TheMichaelseymour

Жыл бұрын

that was their mistake

@menschemaschine

9 ай бұрын

Also from UK

Have a listen to Dirty Creature, Shark attack, Poor Boy, What's the matter with you, Six months in a leaky boat and History never repeats.

@benji274

Жыл бұрын

Also I Hope I Never and Message To My Girl

@andreamalcolm4082

Жыл бұрын

@@benji274 message to my girl 🥰🥰🥰

@karanaman68

Жыл бұрын

@@andreamalcolm4082 a perfect love song

@soulcornflake1

Жыл бұрын

Or Nobody Takes Me Seriously.

I really liked Tim Finn’s solo song “Fraction too much Friction”, actually the whole Escapade album

@terrykemp1876

7 ай бұрын

I love the follow up just as much. Big Canoe

so cool that you guys reacted to this song, such a hidden gem.

Loved these guys. Brothers Tim and Neil Finn. You have reacted to Neil Finn so many times already in the band he started after Split Enz... Crowded House and their farewell concert songs such as Don't Dream its Over!

Split Enz, every song is a banger! Thanks for the reaction 👍

Lead vocals on this Tim Finn, Brother Neil is in the Red suit playing guitar later to form Crowded House.

Love the eye and eyebrow movements they are as colourful as your hair

Speaking of toes. I was around a mate's place and he kept referring to his wife as "my little toe". After a while she asked if that was because she was small and cute? he replied, " No. I's because I'll probably have a few beers tonight and bang you on the coffee table".

I just recommend this song in another video, not knowing you'd done this. Awesome song.

If the Thunderbirds had formed a band! I remember seeing them in the early days in Australia. They were at Bombay Rock in Melbourne with Paul Kelly and the Dots. the highlight was they both did "I See Red" on the night.

@alisonholland7531

9 ай бұрын

First time I saw them was at North Sydney oval along with Radio Birdman

Two things to say 1- gotta love split enz 2-ya gotta watch chitty chitty bang bang with him!

I absolutely loved this reaction lolz. 😂😂😂 especially with the poses😉🥴😕😜🤪🤣

Bit of trivia for you. There was a TV show in Australia called Countdown, hosted by Ian 'Molly' Meldrum, and they would have guest artists from all over the world on it, plus local talent. Really famous show, look it up. Anyway - one of the producers was talking about rock stars coming on the show to plug their latest songs (they would usually have the groups perform their hits live on the show, every Sunday night). He was talking about how they would get the bands to come on and rehearse at 7am or 8am on a Sunday morning, and how difficult it would be to get them to come in that early on a Sunday (any day, you know, being rock stars 😂). He said that Split Enz every time would turn up at 8am in full costume and makeup ready to go - it was stunning stuff. One of the most professional bands ever. One of my absolute favourite bands of all time - Tim and Neil Finn are amazing and Split Enz (and Neil's band after, Crowded House) are brilliant ❤

Great choices as usual Dei! Great reaction and brilliant song from a brilliant band!

OMG. Tim Finn was Awesome..

And then his brother Neil Finn joined the band.. they supported Roxy Music with Bryan Ferry taking them under his wing and they released their album called Second Thoughts

@MatineeIdyll129

Жыл бұрын

It was actually Phil Manzanera from Roxy who took to the Enz and produced their Second Thoughts album

Four Sit Enz reactions in one day!!!! Thanks Dei!

@_Dei_

Жыл бұрын

Yeah... oops. I sometimes get one step ahead of myself.... I guess that was my mistake.. Let's hope history doesn't repeat, or else I'll see red.

@jemxs

Жыл бұрын

@@_Dei_ lol sit Enz are fantastic aren't they 😂

@_Dei_

Жыл бұрын

@@jemxs We've done a lot of Crowded House and even some Neil Finn solo stuff. I just wanted to give Travis and Suzi some context. We see a VERY young Neil Finn here, and then an ageing Neil at the Sydney Opera House still smiling and still rocking the house down, that just makes me happy. So many decades of good music. Both Neil and Tim are absolute legends. Neil's back catalogue of music is just insanely good.

@jemxs

Жыл бұрын

@@_Dei_ oh I know and I have watched them all! I thought your first reply was a clever pointing out my typo! So I went along with it. So you're Dei, you used to be TruBlu I think! LoL 🤣. I appreciate all your requests, especially your Split Enz and Crowded House ones! Split Enz were the first band I fell in love with and as a ten yo I cried my eyes out when they broke up! I did get to see them live in 1990 when they did a concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, supported by Crowded House lol, it was amazing! Also saw Tim do a show at The Lounge in about 1993, also amazing.

@_Dei_

Жыл бұрын

@@jemxs I think the first song I liked as a kid, a song of my own, was Counting the Beat. It had the "Sit" Enz drummer and the future Midnight Oil bass player... Oh, and I'm still TrojBlu, named from the Icehouse song Trojan Blue, but I'm planning to make my own sci-fi channel, hence the all new logo and stuff. January 2023 will mark 20 years since I started making my own comics. Don't tell anyone about this. I recognise your name and know you've been around the block a few times like I have! lol!

Suzi your antics are so damn cute Taiho means hold on or what

You do that well Suzi!

Split Enz were the best. Tim and Neil, geniuses.

Love it at the end "ooooh-oops ooooh-oops"...Love their use of comedy and costumes in their act. In the 80s they went more mainstream without the costumes etc...

The ENZ were true pioneers in the NZ music scene.

Noel Combie their percussionist designed all of their clothes. He later played drums on Time and Tide after Mal Greens departure. He wasn't sure he was the right choice as he was not a drummer in the true sense. He performed well!

message to my girl is a great song

Split Enz were huge in Australia in the late 70's and early 80's. They had many hits. Too bad that wasn't transfered to the US.

@dougmedina4619

Жыл бұрын

Huge in Canada. Saw them live in Pasadena in 82'. Excellent!

When my baby’s walkin’ down the street, I see red I see red I see red, huh huh-ha huh huh-ha

The discordant chords make this song

Eddie Vedder from Pearljam is a massive fan of Split Enz. Check him out singing various Enz songs on the original Seven Worlds Collide DVD/clips on KZread eg I See Red with Liam Finn's band, Tim Finn joining him for the second verse. It is pure mayhem.

@terenasimons5247

5 ай бұрын

Hahaha I know, I love it how Tim comes out his Dad shirt but kills it still!!!! They are a band to have been seen live, they could go harder live!!!had to town it down for tv.

There looks to be a few influences on the video, marionettes and mime in addition to the others mentioned in the comments. But all of them in their visual aesthetic have their roots in pre televised entertainment where either because of viewing distance or scale the facial makeup and movements are exaggerated to make them easier to see compared with a computer monitor or a tv a few feet away.

Split Enz was kinda new zealands answer to punk

This band, Split Enz evolved into Crowded House. The lead singer here is Tim Finn, the brother of Neil Finn, Crowded House. Split Enz had some really good music and is worth exploring. This track maybe a bit strange for many.

This song is the one that got me to notice them. They fit my kind of entertainment/like in music. Tim was and still is my favourite. Lol, many underage concerts to see them in the early 80's They dont make film clips like that anymore

Was the word you were looking for "Ring leader"?

Keep in mind these guys were wearing hair up, sides of their heads shaved, and makeup--what bands were doing in the 80s--in the SEVENTIES. Split Enz was so far ahead of its time nobody has really ever caught up with them.

split enz's first album is amazing!

How brave were Split Enz back in the day?

You must watch and react to Six60 live at Western Springs,Don't forget your Roots.....also L.A.B live in the studio..

On the costumes, Pretty sure they were all designed and made by Eddie Rayner ( Piano and Key boards )

@petersmith7577

Жыл бұрын

Costume designer was actually the percussionist , Noel Crombie.

@dennisjames1792

Жыл бұрын

@@petersmith7577 oh was it ,Its a while since I heard Neil talk about the costumes designed for him .I thought it was Eddie.

Now do “I see red” 😇

Ring master

Vaudeville influence

Mr Bungle must have listened to these guys

Have you seen any Dragon or Cold Chisel songs? Aussie/Kiwi Rock

its simply titled my mistake

This was back in the 70s to 80s. When white people were just being strange. But these guys were always awesome. They’re icons in Nz.

wish I had the money to put in some music we have 5 seconds of summer -young blood new band called Wicked Smile -Don't wait for me and singer Danny is amazing but I would be broke by the time I finished lol keep them coming

lol, you two guys are bickering - you might need a break from posting videos lol