I loved Split Enz in those days. Just fun-zany music for fun-zany people like myself.

There's a few of us Split Enz fans in the states too. Used to have a VHS tape of music videos of theirs. Big thanks to you.

Great reaction again... This song answers the question "Tell me you're a Beatles fan without telling me you're a Beatles fan".

great band from new Zealand ! :-)

Thanks for this awesome piece of NOSTALGIA. The 80s just came rushing through my mind. Great reactions. Love your channel. Liked and subbed.

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel! 😀 Have fun here! 😊👍

I actually saw this video on TV in England back in 1977..

Noel Crombie created their look and played minor percussion (tambourine, etc.).

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

( ... and spoons! 😁)

Thanks for this, one of my favourites too. I love that wind up marionet performance.

Thanks for hitting one of my all time favorite albums.

Great band. Saw them on one of their few US tours in 82. The drummer did a spoon solo.

@hanierfamily

Жыл бұрын

Love that!

Great reaction to an incredible band, thanks guys

Hay there my friends when it comes to split enz of the dozens of great songs HELLO SANDY ALLEN OFF TIME AND TIDE IS MY FAVORITE SONG I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SEEN THEM FOUR TIMES SINCE 1983 at the SWEETWATERS MUSIC FESTIVAL with my dad

@hanierfamily

Жыл бұрын

We have that one on our list for you. We almost played it last night, but we had just done one for you recently.

@heathcornbeef

Жыл бұрын

@@hanierfamily thank you guys I'll chuck in a little more $ on your give a little account next week you guys have been really kind and i appreciate it a lot HANIER WHANAU (family) i know you guys have struggles in life so you taking time out of your day for Us isn't unnoticed and i hope through this channel eventually you will be able to relax and enjoy life with out so much grinding away day after day making someone else rich or short cut the lot and win Powerball 👍😜🤘✌️🤞

Split Enz based this song loosely on Paul McCartney's 1971 song ''Monkberry Moon Delight''. Three years after Split Enz called it a day, Eddie Rayner (Enz piano/keyboard guy) would be working with McCartney.

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

...and would eventually become the musical director for 'NZ Idol', too! What a waste of talent! 😅

@leavemealone344

Жыл бұрын

@@mightyV444 That's unfortunate

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

@@leavemealone344 - Yeah... But NZ's music industry is very small, so everyone takes whatever opportunity they can, or move to Australia or elswhere overseas.

Great band......I'll never ever forget seeing them live and there was a solo played on.....Electric Spoons!!! ....genius.

@hanierfamily

Жыл бұрын

That's hilarious! LOL

@markferrett700

Жыл бұрын

@@hanierfamily It's true 👍....The Roundhouse,Chalk Farm London.....unbelievably it sounded....er.......ok🤣

@hanierfamily

Жыл бұрын

@@markferrett700 Big Frank Zappa fans, I take it. We gotta do some of his stuff on the channel...

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

@@markferrett700 - I had meanwhile forgotten about Noel Crombie's spoons solos! 😄 It was also him who'd designed their outfits, hairstyles, make-up, album covers and who'd directed some of their video clips 😊

Cool track from the early days of The Finn Brothers & Split Enz. Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick Produced this .. thus the sound ! Big band in the early days of MTV 📺 .

I remember seeing them live in London in 1976. Say whatever you like.. I thought they were a lot more interesting than a lot of the punk groups around at the time. Deaf School were also a groovy little band to see around the same time. I was at their gig and saw punk hipsters like Siouxsie Sioux. They were there too. These guys were tight!

Thanks for introducing me to this band. I think this is great. For some reason it made me want to go and play the Hot Fuss album by The Killers. Right from Jenny Was a Friend of Mine to the end.

@hanierfamily

Жыл бұрын

It makes us happy that we're discovering new music for our audience as well as ourselves.

Good catch on the nationality Chris. Us New Zealanders will forgive you, this time 😂😂

Thanx for the reaction, and using the nzoz1977 upload. Split Enz has been taking down good quality uploads of their work, and replacing them with inferior uploads. Anyway, it's good to see this reaction.

Chris your memory is as Sharp as a razor remembering The Managers

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

As sharp as the razor that's chopped all his hair off! 😉😊

@heathcornbeef

Жыл бұрын

@@mightyV444 another Sharp one lucky I'm here to blunten the channel down a bit

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

@@heathcornbeef - Speaking of "blunten", I just heard someone sing 'You're Beautiful' by James Blunt! 😄

@hanierfamily

Жыл бұрын

I (Chris) so tired of that song after a while when it was a hit. They just wouldn't stop playing it.

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

@@hanierfamily - Yeah, me too 😏😄

Bad Company, Simple man, is a great song with a wide vocal range and range of expression 👌

@hanierfamily

Жыл бұрын

I heard a Lynyrd Skynyrd song by that name.

@colrhodes377

Жыл бұрын

@Hanier Family not the same song though It's well worth checking out.

GOOD SPLIT ENZ, MY FAV OF THEM IS I GOT YOU, THINK THAT WAS THEIR BIGGEST HIT IN UK

@hanierfamily

Жыл бұрын

That's a really good song.

I wonder if Mr Bungle listened to these guys....great track and video

@hanierfamily

Жыл бұрын

We'll have to listen to Mr Bungle and find out.

@MB-oc1nw

Жыл бұрын

@@hanierfamily Do so at your own peril...

As you know Finn bros are legends. Nobody takes me seriously my fave please add sometime ❤ great opening from Liam. they are unique. No bad songs.

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

You mean Neil, right? Liam is one of his sons 😉 And yes, great song! I'm happy to give it my vote, too! 😊👍

@SimonColey

Жыл бұрын

@@mightyV444 sorry meant Tim

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

@@SimonColey - Ah! Okay 😊

Time to get into Nz/Oz artist Sharon O'Neill's catalog

@surf2escape892

Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see them react to Maxine

@australianbananapie2017

Жыл бұрын

@@surf2escape892 I was just about to say! Maxine (music video) would make a great reaction. Give the Haniers an opportunity to see Kings Cross in its 80's glory (though I can't say the video makes much of a happy story line).

@isebmazo2140

Жыл бұрын

LADIES, Sharon has too many other more outstanding songs than Maxine..

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised there'd never been a remake with the title 'Vaccine', during the Lockdown days 😄

@australianbananapie2017

Жыл бұрын

@@mightyV444 lol

New Zealand band

I first became aware of Split Enz in 1975 when they moved to Australia from New Zealand. They were an oddity. I was always interested when they came on TV (particularly Countdown) and enjoyed watching their oddball music videos. However, we were all obsessed with Skyhooks, because they had hits songs with dirty lyrics and their songs got banned on radio. Hooks were pretty edgy, and Enz were just arty and unorthodox. We Aussie teens only began to back Split Enz when Skyhooks got old and boring, and ''I See Red'' was a horse we were happy to back. Then ''I Got You'' was released a year later and it got to # 1. Very cool time to be alive..

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

Throw some Skyhooks song titles at me to check out, please! I've never heard (of) them, and "dirty lyrics" sounds intriguing, too! 😅

@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83

Жыл бұрын

@@mightyV444 Smut, You Just Like Me coz I'm Good In Bed, Why Don't You All Get F*cked.. Then try All My Friends Are Getting Married, Horror Movie, Living In The 70's, Million Dollar Riff, Blue Jeans, Women In Uniform.. They were very big in Australia in the mid 70's, and I got to see them on Countdown. Parents of Australia took them more seriously than us kids did. I also liked Supernaut, and their songs ''I Like It Both Way'' and ''Lick My Lolly'''.

@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83

Жыл бұрын

Skyhooks V's Willesee 1975 .

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

​@@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83 - Good morning! 😀☀ Thank you for that suggestion and all the other ones in your latest comment in the other video, Hayley! 😀👍 I looove how the presenter finishes with "I give in", after trying to 'educate' the Skyhooks forever 😄 I've also listened to 'Million Dollar Riff' and quite enjoyed it, too! 😊 That singer's voice is crazy high! 🤯 I'll check out some more of your suggestions later and also Supernaut 😀 Other than that, have a very pleasant Sunday! Cheers, V. 😊

@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83

Жыл бұрын

@@mightyV444 You'd probably like Skyhooks 70's stuff. I was Skyhooks crazy in the mid 70's, but like many Aussie kids, I was fickle and had a short attention span. Iron Maiden recorded ''Women In Uniform'' (might be worth a comparison reaction) early in their career. The kids in the studio audience were typical Skyhooks fans, and typical of Aussie teens during that time. Skyhooks were a phenomenon.

Very familiar names indeed! 😄 (of the people who'd requested this) And didn't you still have a beard only yesterday, Chris?! 🤔😄 By the way, and speaking off sudden hair loss: Maybe also check out Split Enz's song 'Sweet Dreams' ! The clip isn't the greatest quality but you definitely wanna watch that, too! The audio is fine and in stereo, though 😊👍

@hanierfamily

Жыл бұрын

When I kiss my wife and feel my hair on her lips, it's a sign.

@heathcornbeef

Жыл бұрын

@@mightyV444 kia ora THE MIGHTY V how's your week treating you? Sending RANCID VIBES AT YOUR BOYS

@liveitup67

Жыл бұрын

@@hanierfamily When I touched Tim Finn's hand and felt no paint coming off... it was a sign.. that he only applied paint on his face! 😲

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

@@liveitup67 - Why would he have painted his hands?? 😄 Funny, though! 😄

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

@@hanierfamily - Yeh nah, please scrap my Split Enz / 'Sweet Dreams' suggestion; The audio ain't that great after all 😏 Maybe check out 'Stranger On The Town' by The Damned instead! 😀👍

Yes 100% NZ band, thanks for clarifying your mistake! And also check out, I see Red and Dirty Creature!.. 👍

@mightyV444

Жыл бұрын

At _this_ point in their career, they had two people from the UK in their line-up, though; Malcolm Green (dr) and Nigel Griggs (b). But of course you're ultimately right, and they've always been considered to be from NZ 😊 Unlike Crowded House, whom some regard as being Australian, others as being Kiwi.

@hanierfamily

Жыл бұрын

A mixed group, really. Same area, I suppose.

@lindascott6902

Жыл бұрын

No, not really. Both Australia and NZ have a significant number of citizens not born in that country. But Split Enz isn’t a “mixed” band... it is 100% NZ, formed in Auckland in 1973. This point is important to some of us, as NZ at the time was a country of 3M (now 5M) and Australia is so insecure about its own recognition internationally, that it “claims” anything successful in NZ as it’s own.