I saw Neil and his brother at the Royal Albert Hall as The Finn Brothers, the night after the former Crowded House drummer Paul Hester took his own life. No one knew what was going on at the time but there was something, some sort of energy in that place that night. Despite the clowning around coming on stage with his brother, once the music started, it got half way through the song, just after the middle 8 and the song stopped and Neil wandered to the edge of the stage, sans mic, and said to the crowd "I'm gonna need your help with this one" and just started with the first half of the first line of the chorus - remember, he's about 15ft away from his stage mic at this point - and the crowd, lowly, but surely replied with the next half. And it grew, and it grew. 5000 people singing along in quiet voices to one of the greatest songwriters of the late 20th century. Man, I've never felt anything like it at a gig, before or since, like a huge shiver going right through me. I'll never ever forget it, it is one of my most precious memories. The most emotional gig I've ever ever been to. There was that much of an atmosphere that night, you could have stuck your tongue out and tasted it. Later on that night, it became clear what had happened in the previous 24 hours... and why that night was such a special evening.
@@stevem-h3562 I was there a few nights later. They had Paul's snare drum on its own at the front of the stage under a spotlight if I remember rightly. Nick was there and played, as he had the previous nights. Show ended with a spirited "Throw Your Arms Around Me" followed by "The Parting Glass." "English Trees" always makes me think of that show. Sadness, but also the power that music has, especially when shared.
If you want to treat yourself, watch/listen to Tim Finn's greatest vocals on an early Split Enz song called "I Hope I Never". It even has some amazing piano, including a solo. It makes me tear up every time I hear it because I think I was going through some inner turmoil, but I cannot remember specifically what was causing me those issues.
@@mburland yeah, I did hear about that. Myself and my late wife were there on the Monday night. I wrote a chapter about it in a book written by a collective of Finn fans called We Got You.
@@vajbern’I Hope I Never’ is the most beautiful sad song of unrequited love ever! It hits me hard even 35 years after the event of my greatest sorrow, the girl of my dreams breaking up with me to go and marry another man with a stronger pedigree!
My 28th birthday at Melbourne's Festival Hall. Split Enz' last Melbourne gig and close to their last. Hester, fooling around, finally gets his moment in the sun, singing "Italian Plastic", and screams "hey, I'm singing on the same stage as The Beatles!". Pure Joy! Dial back nine years and Split Enz with Phil Judd hold thousands in their palms with the song "Spellbound". Never witnessed anything like it, a true "pin drop" moment. Then there was Neil's first gig where he broke a string early on and was in all kinds of trouble for the rest of the night. Felt for him, he was very young. But no doubt, Split Enz and later CH brought you into their world with every song, such great stagecraft and honesty, made most acts look ordinary
The Beach Boys were the first band I fell in love with. I was only 5-years-old and would listen to my uncle's music collection. They were my favourite band until I was about 8 when I discovered how much I loved the Beattles. I remember my mom's friend comparing me to a teenager as I would put on records and use a headset to blast the music full-blast and rock out!
That describes me also… Sounds like we are about the same age. I’m a hard-core Beatles fan but I never let go of the beach boys. One of the beach boys songs that meant a lot to me is “Girl don’t Tell Me.” it was the B-side to Barbara Ann. I had a little puppy love - first kiss thing with a girl for a couple summers when she used to come out and stay with her grandparents. Suddenly she stopped writing back to me… Next time I saw her, she was more grown-up than me (because girls develop faster than boys). And she realized how attractive she was. Anyway… Still think back to that whenever I hear that song.
I’m a huge Beach Boys fan and in my opinion they have sooo many underrated hits. “Please Let Me Wonder”, “She Knows Me Too Well”, “In My Room” “You Still Believe In Me” “Don’t Talk Put Your Head On My Shoulder” and more.
I come for the rock history, but stay for the presentation. It's like listening to your buddy's older brother explaining why this album is totally cool.
Love the Crowded House pick. Fantastic song! I was a radio DJ back in the 80’s and I remember seeing the band Fairground Attraction perform their song, “Perfect” on an awards show. Apparently it was a smash in other parts of the world. I fell in love with it, found the 45, and played it on the air. It quickly became the most requested song we’d ever played. I could never figure out why it didn’t take off in the USA. It didn’t make it past 80 on the Billboard Top 100. Still boggles my mind.
I absolutely love Don't Dream It's Over. It's got some beautiful lines, my favorite being "try to catch a deluge in a paper cup." This song also featured a bit in the original 2 part movie of Stephen King's The Stand. It was a poignant scene in the first movie (Part 1 of the novel).
@@ProfessorofRock thank YOU! I'm embarrassed to say that I wasn't able to buy that or any album. Finances and having to ask for really important albums. It's all good, I can make a RUclips Playlist. 😉👍
Mom was a huge Beatles fan, dad was a huge Beach Boys fan. It was fun to hear them rib eachother as to which band was greater, while I was growing up, even though the music was 'old' by that time. It was 'their music' from 'their time' but as I grew up listening to it, it became MY music too. I was so fortunate to have cousins in AZ that were older by 5 and 7 yrs, while I was growing up. They were really tuned in to new music and we would sit and listen to records they just bought for hrs! It seemed that all the new summer music slowly filtered east at the time.I got to hear bands like Crowded House way before my friends did back home. As a result, I would write certain close friends letters ( yeah we did stuff like that) and tell them to look up so and so at our local record shop, long before it hit our airwaves. As for Elderly Woman..That's a song I cannot play anymore. 3 yrs ago, an ex-g/f that I hadn't seen in 28yrs suddenly walked into my life, through the garage door of my small shop. Even at 47 yrs old myself, I couldn't believe the way I still felt about her. I actually said "My God it's been so long, never dreamed you'd return, but now here you are, and here I am.." and I'm not sure but maybe way back in my subconscious, that song was where I took that from. But I meant it. Problem was the girl I recalled at 16, wasn't the woman of 44 I came to know, and our new relationship ended horribly traumatic. Sometimes we need to heed the lyrics of our music gods.
Great to see Crowded House get the respect they deserve, so underrated and underappreciated. My favorite is Whispers and Moans. And Split Enz has some excellent stuff too.
I'm so glad you chose to spotlight "The Little Girl I Once Knew", one of The Beach Boys' and Brian's greatest songs. It's criminal it hasn't received more exposure and airplay. "Monday Monday" had a pregnant pause in it, and that didn't stop it from getting airplay.
Elderly Woman for me, is about re-incarnation. They were old flames when Eddie was in his previous life. It's a stunning song, both musically and in it's very thought provoking words and levels of interpretations.
DJ's don't hate dead air, but station managers and producers do. I was a college DJ and broadcast operator at SXM, got several tongue lashings for missing my cue.
I am shocked that Fall at Your Feet charted so poorly. Its heartfelt lyrics and soaring vocals make it one of my favourites from Crowded House. Thanks for this new show format that shines the spotlight on such deserving songs.
I was a year out of High school when this album came out. Elderly woman behind the counter was the song that I listened to over and over again. Truly a spectacular song. Was totally captivating. Really hit me, growing up in what was a small town at the time. To this day it is one of my all time favorites
What a selection of songs to review. All 4 gems in their own right. Songwriting geniuses to be sure!! All that beautifully resonate on such an emotional level!! Fascinating as always Professor!! Ty...❤
Beatles For Sale is their most overlooked album. Its a tweener. Right in the middle of the smashes, Hard Days Night and Help!. But, man what an record! This melancholy Beatles record, with a lot of sad titles, got me through some tough times as a teenager.
"Beatles For Sale" is, to me, the last "early" Beatles album. The way the production sounds still has that early -Beatles cold and raw sound that I always liked. It is truly a transitional work, which seems ironic in that there are more cover versions on this album than any other Beatles' album-a reflection of their grueling touring and TV appearance schedule in those insane Beatlemania days. This is a great album to listen to on a cold winter's day for me (it's snowing in Chicagoland right now as I write this!). This is also the last album that was made before George began to shed his "Quiet Beatle" status and became a songwriting force to be reckoned with.
agree with that last summer i bought the 1988 past masters collection cds i listended to like the first 6 or 7 songs parlophone so is uk version of course i also got people mag 60 yrs of beatles mania chapter madness george said pauls photo exhibit from.those days is coming here in 25 mate saw in va is pretty neat to see photos literally through pauls eyes said
Glad to see Beatles for Sale getting some love! Pretty much everyone agrees that it's a transitional album, and a lot of people blow it off for that. I praise it for that because you can hear-like you said-that they're transforming from teeny-boppers (good teeny-boppers but teeny-boppers nonetheless) to rock legends.
I don’t want to spoil the party - yes! Always loved it, and No Reply, and the other two you mentioned. Early Beatles were the best. I never even considered “Party” might have been a personal song - just figured it was songwriting, like writing a novel. But the harmonies and guitar solo - magic! ❤️
"Don't Dream it's Over" is my favourite song from the '80s, and "Fall at Your Feet" was one of my favourites from the '90s. The first time I heard the latter was on August 29, 1991, when the band (with Tim as a member) performed it live in Edmonton. It was a magical moment, and I hoped the song would be released as a single. The concert also included "Six Months in a Leaky Boat," which produced a huge response from the audience (Split Enz were way more popular in Canada than in the States). I've always liked "The Little Girl I Once Knew," and I'm sorry I never saw the Beach Boys do it live, although they did it as part of their 50th anniversary tour in 2012. The B-side, their underrated cover of "There's No Other (Like My Baby)," was a top-10 hit in Calgary. "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party," like some of the other songs from "Beatles VI," is a song I like much better now than when I first heard it when I bought the album almost 50 years ago. Suggestion: If you're not already doing it, how about a segment called "Should have been a hit"?
I am a pretty big Beach Boys fan and I have never heard this song before. Thank you for introducing me to a hidden gem. As always, keep up the great work sir.
Still got to go with Crowded H House's "Never Be the Same... Love the line, "Don't stand around like friends at a funeral... Eyes to the ground, it could have been you. " It never got the attention it deserved... Excellent idea for a show professor!
Hmm, I'd go with: Journey- Winds of March from Infinity Toad the Wet Sprocket- Pray Your God's from Fear The Cars- All Mixed Up from its debut album INXS- Tiny Daggers from Kick
@@flavellinator Love the TTWS nod. I actually have every album from your list of 4. Can't quite say that about Adam's list because of the Beach Boys, but I do have Pet Sounds so.... close enough?
My suggestion: Back in early 1981, the group Ambrosia had a song out from the soundtrack of the movie "Inside Moves". It was called "Outside", and it perfectly summed up my life at that moment: "living on the outside looking in". I was a senior in high school who'd broken up with my boyfriend, and I was also having other problems. The song summed me up well. I looked for it for *years* and finally found a recording here on RUclips!
I bought that soundtrack and everything else from Ambrosia and payed "Outside" on college radio. Ambrosia are also on the "All This And World War II" soundtrack.
So happy that you hit the song 'Fall at your Feet' and give it the praise that is absolutely deserves. Have loved it since the first time I heard it. Lyrically and emotionally jaw dropping. 😊
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Good one! I was just thinking of that the other day, but with altered lyrics: Oh dear what can I do, my country turned red, and I'm feeling blue...etc.
Oh, Daddy- Fleetwood Mac What Love Could Be - Kingdom Come Dangerous Game - Tommy Shaw Cry - Godley and creme Another rainy day in New York City - Chicago Angela- Bee Gees Classic- Adrian Gurvitz
I'll nominate my favorite Eagles song "My Man", Bernie Leadon's tribute to his friend, the late Gram Parsons. A touching song. My man's got it made He's gone far beyond the pain And we who must remain go on living just the same
4 of my favorite non hits Hitch a Ride maybe the best song on Boston's debut album All Mixed up/Living in Stereo on Cars debut was stellar An Cat Dubh/ Into the Heart from U2 debut Shine a Light on Exile of Mainstreet by RS Loved your picks because i love finding music i may have missed because the songs weren't hits. Keep doing these episodes!
When I first put on Vs on cd, I was hypnotized by elderly woman, hands down their best. The fretless bass, the lovely lyrics, man the simple chord progression. I stop dead in my tracks when it comes on to this day
Fall At Your Feet is my absolute favourite Crowded House song. It's emotionally raw and unspeakably beautiful. ❤❤❤ The middle eight shatters my heart every single time.
I LOVE that you pronounce NES as "nes", like a word. It is so charmingly midwestern. I also love all you do on your show, so don't be insulted by this... but I know you won't, because you're obviously way cooler than that. I also really LOVED Roseane Cash's foray into new wave, as it was seen at the time...
Omg. I thought I was hearing a cover of Jesse Cook with Danny Wilde, not that he did a cover. I just know I freaking love that song for relaxing and slow dancing. His guitar work takes it to the next level.
One of my favorite songs that is also on Crowded House's Woodface album is the song Chocolate Cake. Another amazing version of "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" is by Roseanne Cash.
Hard agree. I wish there was as much love for Temple of Low Men though. It's my favourite album of theirs. I want Love This Life to be played at my funeral. Such a beautiful lyric and vocal performance. Neil Finn is the songwriter of my lifetime.
One song I hear a lot is I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight by the Cutting Crew. They have a beautiful song called I've Been in Love Before. Maybe it's not totally under played, but it's not played as much as the other one.
(my perspective) Music was the best from 1954 to 1989...then music got bad/stupid/lazy/unoriginal....so I have albums, CD's, my iPod (yes I still have one..... I used to have cassette tapes, but I have nowhere to play them.) and online stuff. I have retrospectives each week..each one "a" decade. I miss people who actually played instruments and sang (no auto tune, no excessive dancing/gestures/posturing for the masses) Luckily people have preserved t.v./albums/and movies on youtube. My new home.....thank you for making these videos with the music and back stories. Makes my nights less lonely and boring...🤩
Four Songs People Outta Be Listening to: 1. Angel From Montgomery - John Prine 2. Isn’t Life Strange - Moody Blues 3. The Wanderer - U2 & Johnny Cash 4. 24 Hours At A Time - Marshall Tucker Band
Fall at your feet is my favorite song by the Crowded House, hands down! Every time I hear this song I get goosebumps. The Beach Boys: God Only Knows is their best for me.
All Eddie Vedder vocals are killer; I never wanted to see them in concert because I sincerely do not know how I could look at him and listen to him simultaneously without some part of my brain catastrophically blowing a fuse
your comment about Pet Sounds being the best album. in my opinion the crown goes to Revolver. This is the Beatles really upping their game. Pet Sounds is good but not in the same class as Revolver. You know what they say about opinions.
I love "The Little Girl I Once Knew". The Beach Boys have so many superlative songs that could've been hits: "Til I Die", "Keep an Eye on Summer", "Don't Talk", etc. If you want to hear an awesome Carol Kaye bass line, check out "Hypnolove" by Wondermints from their excellent 1998 album, Bali. There's a reason Brian Wilson picked those guys to go out on the road with. Their brand of power pop is part-Beach Boys, part-Raspberries, part-Elvis Costello and part-Beatles, among many other influences. Check it out and have an excellent day! - Dave
It’s so aggravating even infuriating how big shots are always looking down small towns. There wasn’t even the option suggested that somebody could be happy in a small town. The implication is always that if you live in a small town, you’re trapped in one way or another and certainly miserable. I moved to a small town from Miami, where I was born and raised, and consider to be one of the most horrible places on Earth. I have never been happier than I have been since moving to a small town, and I have never looked back for a single second. Top 3 Best Decision of my life. My husband feels the same way. And I know many many people in this town and they all love it, and would never move to a big city. And these are not the town’s “big fish.” We’re not that far from Manhattan and no one is interested in living there. Nice place to visit, but we happily and peacefully live in our small town, thank you.
Thank you for the recs on songs I've never heard of by famous artists. I'm convinced the radio is a liar. They coyly play the same few songs over and over and over and meanwhile there are deep cuts I never knew existed.
Hey, did you forget about the saddest song from one of the greatest rock groups ever? “A Man I’ll Never Be” by Boston makes me sob every time I hear it! My fave sad Beach Boys song is “Don’t Worry Baby” My fave sad Beatles song is “This Boy”
@@ProfessorofRock I monologued in the last Crowded House video about eating cattered burritos with the band and how small they were (turns out 5'10" but they were skinny guys).
The Monkees 'Daily Nightly' written by Michael Nesmith is a really cool deep cut from the Pisces album. The Beatles 'You Won't See Me', Bee Gees 'The Earnest Of Being George', Bob Dylan 'Every Grain of Sand' and Axiom 'Who Am I Gonna See' are others that come to mind, but really, there are heaps of songs by lots of artists that fit the criteria.
The Finn Bros are great always loved them throughout the years. I remember one of my first school dances we used to have fun too " I got you" and I always love the video he looks so perfectly unraveled. Split Endz.
Good morning, Adam and music lovers. I'll watch before commenting today, but don't get me started on DJ's and "dead air". Everyone have the day you derserve.
Speaking of songs that have dead air, The full version of Bad to the Bone rarely gets play on my local station these days. They usually remove the first bit and the dead space after and come in a few seconds later. I actually really like the silence and feel that it sets the rest of the song up well. Also, respect for mentioning Trombone Dixie! Was a lot of fun hearing that from the Pet Sounds Sessions discs!
I remember when they had their far well concert on the steps of the Opera House in Sydney they finished with Don't Dream it's Over. It's the only part of the concert I remember. I watched it on tv. Crowded House where huge in Australia.
I was a fan of Split Enz i had their greatest hits CD but I never had any of the Crowded House CD's though but heard their songs on the radio and videos on RUclips i like both bands; the Beach Boys i heard them on AM radio constantly before I had any of their records, I've heard some obscure songs I'd never heard before of the Beach Boys recently; i liked some of Pearl Jam's songs especially Jeremy and Even Flow but never really was a fan of the band however; i liked most of the Beatles songs but I preferred a lot of their lesser known songs that were never heard on radio like on this album here and this was another great episode of hearing about classic rock and roll artists as always Thank You Professor.🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶
So many hidden gem songs that I love that never made the radio. When I saw the ZZ Top shirt, I was hoping that you were going to mention "I Need You Tonight" with some of their best guitar work. Another song that I was surprised was never a single is "Kite" by U2 (obviously "Bad" should also have been a single but it got put into a greatest hits album so I cannot count it). Don Henley had some great album cuts in the 1980s that are still relevant today with "If Dirt Were Dollars" and "Gimme What You Got." A song that is further out is "Thought I Knew You" by Matthew Sweet (a song of "bitterness & betrayal" on the Girlfriend album). I could go on forever on underappreciated songs but will close on the biggest musical mystery of them all: how could "The Perfect Kiss" not crack the Top 40, not even in the UK, when it should be in the discussion with "Layla", "Hey Jude", "Hotel California" and "Imagine" as one of the best songs of all time!
One thing about Neil Finn and Crowded House, even with the work with Split Enz, you always had gems hidden in the album tracks that seems so quality you wondered why they weren't singles. My favorite song by Neil Finn is Hole In The River, and all that does is justify that almost any Neil Finn song can be somebody's favorite.
Poll: What is your pick or picks for the most UNDER APPRECIATED Song(s) of the rock era?
Sport'n a Woody Dangerous Toys
Sloop John B. So crazy and fun.
I'll nominate ... "A Man I'll Never Be" by Boston.
I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins
Lavender Marillion
Waiting For The Day George Michael
Red Light Spells Danger Billy Ocesn
Stay With Me Til Dawn Judie Tzuke
So Far Away Dire Straits
I saw Neil and his brother at the Royal Albert Hall as The Finn Brothers, the night after the former Crowded House drummer Paul Hester took his own life. No one knew what was going on at the time but there was something, some sort of energy in that place that night. Despite the clowning around coming on stage with his brother, once the music started, it got half way through the song, just after the middle 8 and the song stopped and Neil wandered to the edge of the stage, sans mic, and said to the crowd "I'm gonna need your help with this one" and just started with the first half of the first line of the chorus - remember, he's about 15ft away from his stage mic at this point - and the crowd, lowly, but surely replied with the next half. And it grew, and it grew. 5000 people singing along in quiet voices to one of the greatest songwriters of the late 20th century.
Man, I've never felt anything like it at a gig, before or since, like a huge shiver going right through me. I'll never ever forget it, it is one of my most precious memories. The most emotional gig I've ever ever been to. There was that much of an atmosphere that night, you could have stuck your tongue out and tasted it.
Later on that night, it became clear what had happened in the previous 24 hours... and why that night was such a special evening.
@@stevem-h3562 I was there a few nights later. They had Paul's snare drum on its own at the front of the stage under a spotlight if I remember rightly. Nick was there and played, as he had the previous nights. Show ended with a spirited "Throw Your Arms Around Me" followed by "The Parting Glass." "English Trees" always makes me think of that show. Sadness, but also the power that music has, especially when shared.
If you want to treat yourself, watch/listen to Tim Finn's greatest vocals on an early Split Enz song called "I Hope I Never". It even has some amazing piano, including a solo. It makes me tear up every time I hear it because I think I was going through some inner turmoil, but I cannot remember specifically what was causing me those issues.
@@mburland yeah, I did hear about that. Myself and my late wife were there on the Monday night. I wrote a chapter about it in a book written by a collective of Finn fans called We Got You.
@@vajbern’I Hope I Never’ is the most beautiful sad song of unrequited love ever!
It hits me hard even 35 years after the event of my greatest sorrow, the girl of my dreams breaking up with me to go and marry another man with a stronger pedigree!
My 28th birthday at Melbourne's Festival Hall. Split Enz' last Melbourne gig and close to their last. Hester, fooling around, finally gets his moment in the sun, singing "Italian Plastic", and screams "hey, I'm singing on the same stage as The Beatles!". Pure Joy!
Dial back nine years and Split Enz with Phil Judd hold thousands in their palms with the song "Spellbound". Never witnessed anything like it, a true "pin drop" moment.
Then there was Neil's first gig where he broke a string early on and was in all kinds of trouble for the rest of the night. Felt for him, he was very young.
But no doubt, Split Enz and later CH brought you into their world with every song, such great stagecraft and honesty, made most acts look ordinary
The Beach Boys were the first band I fell in love with. I was only 5-years-old and would listen to my uncle's music collection. They were my favourite band until I was about 8 when I discovered how much I loved the Beattles. I remember my mom's friend comparing me to a teenager as I would put on records and use a headset to blast the music full-blast and rock out!
Very cool! Thank for sharing!
That is the best way to do it!
Beach Boys forever for me though I understand the Beatles fans.
That describes me also… Sounds like we are about the same age. I’m a hard-core Beatles fan but I never let go of the beach boys.
One of the beach boys songs that meant a lot to me is “Girl don’t Tell Me.” it was the B-side to Barbara Ann. I had a little puppy love - first kiss thing with a girl for a couple summers when she used to come out and stay with her grandparents. Suddenly she stopped writing back to me… Next time I saw her, she was more grown-up than me (because girls develop faster than boys). And she realized how attractive she was.
Anyway… Still think back to that whenever I hear that song.
I’m surprised it wasn’t the Beatles.
I’m a huge Beach Boys fan and in my opinion they have sooo many underrated hits. “Please Let Me Wonder”, “She Knows Me Too Well”, “In My Room” “You Still Believe In Me” “Don’t Talk Put Your Head On My Shoulder” and more.
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I come for the rock history, but stay for the presentation. It's like listening to your buddy's older brother explaining why this album is totally cool.
Same. I agree. I don’t know everything about every album like the Professor does.
Love the Crowded House pick. Fantastic song!
I was a radio DJ back in the 80’s and I remember seeing the band Fairground Attraction perform their song, “Perfect” on an awards show. Apparently it was a smash in other parts of the world. I fell in love with it, found the 45, and played it on the air. It quickly became the most requested song we’d ever played. I could never figure out why it didn’t take off in the USA. It didn’t make it past 80 on the Billboard Top 100. Still boggles my mind.
Thanks!
Perfect is a great song.
Fairground Attraction "Hallelujah". Wonderful song about falling in love. Perfect (no pun intended) for a wedding.
"Perfect" got a lot of airplay in Canada (at least in Edmonton) in early 1989. The B-side, "Mythology," is also a good song.
I absolutely love Don't Dream It's Over.
It's got some beautiful lines, my favorite being "try to catch a deluge in a paper cup."
This song also featured a bit in the original 2 part movie of Stephen King's The Stand.
It was a poignant scene in the first movie (Part 1 of the novel).
Thanks!
That lyric is just superb.
OMG. It’s in my Top 20 of all time. Maybe Top 10.
@@ProfessorofRock thank YOU! I'm embarrassed to say that I wasn't able to buy that or any album.
Finances and having to ask for really important albums.
It's all good, I can make a RUclips Playlist. 😉👍
The good Professor has the vocabulary to really call out the best parts of every song he reviews. THE BEST> THANK YOU>
AND to describe the nuances. 👍
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Mom was a huge Beatles fan, dad was a huge Beach Boys fan. It was fun to hear them rib eachother as to which band was greater, while I was growing up, even though the music was 'old' by that time. It was 'their music' from 'their time' but as I grew up listening to it, it became MY music too. I was so fortunate to have cousins in AZ that were older by 5 and 7 yrs, while I was growing up. They were really tuned in to new music and we would sit and listen to records they just bought for hrs! It seemed that all the new summer music slowly filtered east at the time.I got to hear bands like Crowded House way before my friends did back home. As a result, I would write certain close friends letters ( yeah we did stuff like that) and tell them to look up so and so at our local record shop, long before it hit our airwaves. As for Elderly Woman..That's a song I cannot play anymore. 3 yrs ago, an ex-g/f that I hadn't seen in 28yrs suddenly walked into my life, through the garage door of my small shop. Even at 47 yrs old myself, I couldn't believe the way I still felt about her. I actually said "My God it's been so long, never dreamed you'd return, but now here you are, and here I am.." and I'm not sure but maybe way back in my subconscious, that song was where I took that from. But I meant it. Problem was the girl I recalled at 16, wasn't the woman of 44 I came to know, and our new relationship ended horribly traumatic. Sometimes we need to heed the lyrics of our music gods.
Neil on his own: great. Neil in Crowded House: brilliant. Neil and Tim together? Another level.
Their best song is Four Seasons in One Day
All great ones.
I enjoy their SPLIT ENZ songs even more!
You are right!
Any and all things Brothers Finn 🔥
Private Universe.
There’s Brian Wilson then there’s everybody else…musical genius on so many levels…
Great to see Crowded House get the respect they deserve, so underrated and underappreciated. My favorite is Whispers and Moans. And Split Enz has some excellent stuff too.
Maybe in other parts of the world they are underrated but at least in Australia (I'm Aussie) they were huge and still remembered today
I'm so glad you chose to spotlight "The Little Girl I Once Knew", one of The Beach Boys' and Brian's greatest songs. It's criminal it hasn't received more exposure and airplay. "Monday Monday" had a pregnant pause in it, and that didn't stop it from getting airplay.
Elderly Woman for me, is about re-incarnation. They were old flames when Eddie was in his previous life. It's a stunning song, both musically and in it's very thought provoking words and levels of interpretations.
DJ's don't hate dead air, but station managers and producers do. I was a college DJ and broadcast operator at SXM, got several tongue lashings for missing my cue.
This past longtime college and commercial radio DJ knows what you mean. The silence between tones of an EBS test are about the only exceptions.
That's what the history books say on the Beach Boys hit!
@@ProfessorofRock Yes, love it
@@bobdavis4848 as everybody knows I'm also an expert at filling dead air, heh!
Not that close to 5s, but similar pauses in "Baby Come Back" and "Night Moves" help make the arrangements.
I am shocked that Fall at Your Feet charted so poorly. Its heartfelt lyrics and soaring vocals make it one of my favourites from Crowded House. Thanks for this new show format that shines the spotlight on such deserving songs.
Same!
It’s a really great song.
Beautiful, Prof!!! So lovely to see you covering the Crowded House classics. My favourite is ‘Better be home soon’.
I was a year out of High school when this album came out. Elderly woman behind the counter was the song that I listened to over and over again. Truly a spectacular song. Was totally captivating. Really hit me, growing up in what was a small town at the time. To this day it is one of my all time favorites
Thanks for sharing!
It's such a good thing that they threw out the original title, Old Broad with a Hot Dog at 7-11. 😁
Oh yeah I like that song a lot!
What a selection of songs to review. All 4 gems in their own right. Songwriting geniuses to be sure!! All that beautifully resonate on such an emotional level!! Fascinating as always Professor!! Ty...❤
Beatles For Sale is their most overlooked album. Its a tweener. Right in the middle of the smashes, Hard Days Night and Help!. But, man what an record! This melancholy Beatles record, with a lot of sad titles, got me through some tough times as a teenager.
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Don't Dream Its Over is a fantastic song of theirs.
Thanks Janes
Of course it is.
"Beatles For Sale" is, to me, the last "early" Beatles album. The way the production sounds still has that early -Beatles cold and raw sound that I always liked. It is truly a transitional work, which seems ironic in that there are more cover versions on this album than any other Beatles' album-a reflection of their grueling touring and TV appearance schedule in those insane Beatlemania days. This is a great album to listen to on a cold winter's day for me (it's snowing in Chicagoland right now as I write this!). This is also the last album that was made before George began to shed his "Quiet Beatle" status and became a songwriting force to be reckoned with.
Great comment!
agree with that last summer i bought the 1988 past masters collection cds i listended to like the first 6 or 7 songs parlophone so is uk version of course i also got people mag 60 yrs of beatles mania chapter madness george said pauls photo exhibit from.those days is coming here in 25 mate saw in va is pretty neat to see photos literally through pauls eyes said
Glad to see Beatles for Sale getting some love! Pretty much everyone agrees that it's a transitional album, and a lot of people blow it off for that. I praise it for that because you can hear-like you said-that they're transforming from teeny-boppers (good teeny-boppers but teeny-boppers nonetheless) to rock legends.
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I don’t want to spoil the party - yes! Always loved it, and No Reply, and the other two you mentioned. Early Beatles were the best. I never even considered “Party” might have been a personal song - just figured it was songwriting, like writing a novel. But the harmonies and guitar solo - magic! ❤️
Rock on! lOve your comment!
I love this format. It's a heck of a video you put together for us today. Thank you for that.
Glad you enjoyed it!
"Don't Dream it's Over" is my favourite song from the '80s, and "Fall at Your Feet" was one of my favourites from the '90s. The first time I heard the latter was on August 29, 1991, when the band (with Tim as a member) performed it live in Edmonton. It was a magical moment, and I hoped the song would be released as a single. The concert also included "Six Months in a Leaky Boat," which produced a huge response from the audience (Split Enz were way more popular in Canada than in the States).
I've always liked "The Little Girl I Once Knew," and I'm sorry I never saw the Beach Boys do it live, although they did it as part of their 50th anniversary tour in 2012. The B-side, their underrated cover of "There's No Other (Like My Baby)," was a top-10 hit in Calgary.
"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party," like some of the other songs from "Beatles VI," is a song I like much better now than when I first heard it when I bought the album almost 50 years ago.
Suggestion: If you're not already doing it, how about a segment called "Should have been a hit"?
Woodface by Crowded House is one of the most perfect albums ever! Every track is bliss.
Agreed!
Having missed it at the time, I'm about to find out!
I should listen.
Ending a list of four with the Fab Four?... Well played, professor....
I am a pretty big Beach Boys fan and I have never heard this song before. Thank you for introducing me to a hidden gem. As always, keep up the great work sir.
Thanks! Also check out Please Let Me Wonder and Kiss Me baby!
She goes on is a stunningly beautiful song, as well. Crowded House....one of my top 3 favorite bands of all time.
Elderly Woman is heartbreakingly beautiful. When Eddie sings "My God, it's been so long, never dreamed you'd return"... I get goosebumps every time!
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Woodface is an incredible album! I love Fall at Your Feet ❤ The Finn Brothers are geniuses!!! So much wonderful music!
Amen!
"these unsung songs" in intro made me chuckle! Always a pleasure listening to your thoughtful and knowledgeable takes on music
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No click bait here, well done.. well played😊
Please elaborate
Still got to go with Crowded H House's "Never Be the Same... Love the line, "Don't stand around like friends at a funeral... Eyes to the ground, it could have been you. " It never got the attention it deserved... Excellent idea for a show professor!
Thanks Flave! What are 4 songs you can recommend?
Hmm, I'd go with:
Journey- Winds of March from Infinity
Toad the Wet Sprocket- Pray Your God's from Fear
The Cars- All Mixed Up from its debut album
INXS- Tiny Daggers from Kick
Add another vote for this excellent show idea!
@@flavellinator Love the TTWS nod. I actually have every album from your list of 4. Can't quite say that about Adam's list because of the Beach Boys, but I do have Pet Sounds so.... close enough?
I still have that shirt! I framed it years ago because I wanted to protect it and it looks awesome on the wall!
Cool!
My suggestion: Back in early 1981, the group Ambrosia had a song out from the soundtrack of the movie "Inside Moves". It was called "Outside", and it perfectly summed up my life at that moment: "living on the outside looking in". I was a senior in high school who'd broken up with my boyfriend, and I was also having other problems. The song summed me up well. I looked for it for *years* and finally found a recording here on RUclips!
i recall that song also on the radio h.s. 81
I bought that soundtrack and everything else from Ambrosia and payed "Outside" on college radio. Ambrosia are also on the "All This And World War II" soundtrack.
Love these kinds of shows. Keep up the goodness, Prof.
They are my favorite too.
Thanks, will do!
Awesome! Hope you enjoy!
So happy that you hit the song 'Fall at your Feet' and give it the praise that is absolutely deserves. Have loved it since the first time I heard it. Lyrically and emotionally jaw dropping. 😊
Oh Professor, I ran up phone bills calling into the Legend of Zelda help line to get past tricky parts … the days I took off from work to just stay home and lose myself in that game are still some of my favourite “wasted days”. And yes, I’m a happy subscriber if this channel 😊
I think The Beatles "Yes it is" from the U.S. album "BEATLES VI," in my opinion, has to be the most melancholy song from that time period.
"Yes it is" is such a beautiful song. Wonderful chords. Another one i love is "Ask me why".
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Good morning Prof and fellow Music Junkies!😊😘🫂💖🐾🐾🩵
Morning!
I've been performing "Spoil th Party" for a few years. One of their best, and the bridge still gives me chills.
Don't Dream Its Over is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE SONGS! Crowded House is an underrated and overlooked band, such great songs and music!
If you remember hearing the ice cream truck coming towards your street & running to ask your mom for a few quarters to buy a treat, subscribe now ! this channel is for You ! 😊
Baby's in Black by the Beatles is one of my Favorites
Good one! I was just thinking of that the other day, but with altered lyrics: Oh dear what can I do, my country turned red, and I'm feeling blue...etc.
@Professor of Rock I LOVE your Zelda on NES reference! I was obsessed with The Legend of Zelda. ALL of them…I still am.
- Deb
His nostalgic moments are the perfect way to start a video.
@@FrizleFry00Aren’t they tho? One of my favorite parts of the Professors videos.
Cool!
Thanks!
Oh, Daddy- Fleetwood Mac
What Love Could Be - Kingdom Come
Dangerous Game - Tommy Shaw
Cry - Godley and creme
Another rainy day in New York City - Chicago
Angela- Bee Gees
Classic- Adrian Gurvitz
Love CRY!
"Fall at your feet," is the song that made move from mediocre about Crowded House to awesome. A truly beautiful song.
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I'll nominate my favorite Eagles song "My Man", Bernie Leadon's tribute to his friend, the late Gram Parsons. A touching song.
My man's got it made
He's gone far beyond the pain
And we who must remain go on living just the same
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There's a reason why they are forgotten. But music is important to the ear 👂 of the beholder!
Sorry I missed you call. I was recording.
I didn't check the others, but "Fall At Your Feet" hasn't been forgotten. There are ~37 covers currently on SHS.
4 of my favorite non hits
Hitch a Ride maybe the best song on Boston's debut album
All Mixed up/Living in Stereo on Cars debut was stellar
An Cat Dubh/ Into the Heart from U2 debut
Shine a Light on Exile of Mainstreet by RS
Loved your picks because i love finding music i may have missed because the songs weren't hits. Keep doing these episodes!
Thanks My Name!
Mmm Hitch a ride
"Shine a Light" is such a good song!
Too girly? Frankie Valli says hold my beer..
Valli.
Ha ha!
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Walk like a man 🎵, Talk like a man🎵, Sing like a girl🎵...Lol I love Frankie Valli
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I just saw Crowded House in September, and when they sang Fall At Your Feet, literally everyone sang along. It was beautiful! ❤❤❤
When I first put on Vs on cd, I was hypnotized by elderly woman, hands down their best. The fretless bass, the lovely lyrics, man the simple chord progression. I stop dead in my tracks when it comes on to this day
Agreed! Love it!
It’s such an interesting song.
I think this is the first time in the history of Nintendo that I've heard NES pronounced "ness" rather than spelled out "N-E-S".
Or pronounced "Enny-ess" as most people do 😂
I thought the same thing lol
Fall At Your Feet is my absolute favourite Crowded House song. It's emotionally raw and unspeakably beautiful. ❤❤❤
The middle eight shatters my heart every single time.
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I LOVE that you pronounce NES as "nes", like a word. It is so charmingly midwestern.
I also love all you do on your show, so don't be insulted by this... but I know you won't, because you're obviously way cooler than that.
I also really LOVED Roseane Cash's foray into new wave, as it was seen at the time...
Omg. I thought I was hearing a cover of Jesse Cook with Danny Wilde, not that he did a cover. I just know I freaking love that song for relaxing and slow dancing. His guitar work takes it to the next level.
The Jesse Cook cover of "Fall at your Feet" with Danny Wilde is excellent (I have both the Crowded House & Jesse Cook versions in my playlist).
"Unsung songs" - can a song be unsung? That one made me chuckle. Excellent video, as usual.
One of my favorite songs that is also on Crowded House's Woodface album is the song Chocolate Cake. Another amazing version of "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" is by Roseanne Cash.
Niel Finn is an exceptional song writer, I love his work.
Same!
I consider him up there with John and Paul, The Beatles, not the Apostles.
Keep doing your thing Professor! Excellent show!
Big Pearl Jam fan here. I am a hard rock guy though, and my favourite song is Porch. I really liked the unplugged version too.
Awesome!
Pick any Beatles song and you got it for me. Love this video
Love this list. The Beatles and Pearl Jam are in my collection.
Rock on!
Crowded House - Woodface is such a great album! If you haven't listened to it, please do, it as close to a masterpiece as you'll hear.
I totally agree!
Hard agree. I wish there was as much love for Temple of Low Men though. It's my favourite album of theirs. I want Love This Life to be played at my funeral. Such a beautiful lyric and vocal performance. Neil Finn is the songwriter of my lifetime.
Every song on here is great. Particularly pearl jam's elderly lady song that is a great song. Have a great day professor.
Thanks Wayne!
I learned about caesura's (a timely pause) in Eddie and the Cruisers. It changes the entire complexion of poetry and music; very cool.
For sure!
Beatles For Sale is definitely an underappreciated album. It suffers from not having "I Feel Fine" on it, like Beatles '65 in the US.
True.
Fall at your feet --- what a beautiful song. I don't think I ever heard it before. Thank you for the introduction ❤
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You want melancholy Beatles? How about "Yes it Is"? Heartbreaking!
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One song I hear a lot is I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight by the Cutting Crew. They have a beautiful song called I've Been in Love Before. Maybe it's not totally under played, but it's not played as much as the other one.
Absolutely love “I Died in Your Arms Tonight”. As a young woman, deeply in love with a great guy…perfect, beautiful song.
(my perspective) Music was the best from 1954 to 1989...then music got bad/stupid/lazy/unoriginal....so I have albums, CD's, my iPod (yes I still have one..... I used to have cassette tapes, but I have nowhere to play them.) and online stuff. I have retrospectives each week..each one "a" decade. I miss people who actually played instruments and sang (no auto tune, no excessive dancing/gestures/posturing for the masses) Luckily people have preserved t.v./albums/and movies on youtube. My new home.....thank you for making these videos with the music and back stories. Makes my nights less lonely and boring...🤩
Four Songs People Outta Be Listening to:
1. Angel From Montgomery - John Prine
2. Isn’t Life Strange - Moody Blues
3. The Wanderer - U2 & Johnny Cash
4. 24 Hours At A Time - Marshall Tucker Band
Great picks!
Fall at your feet is my favorite song by the Crowded House, hands down! Every time I hear this song I get goosebumps. The Beach Boys: God Only Knows is their best for me.
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All Eddie Vedder vocals are killer; I never wanted to see them in concert because I sincerely do not know how I could look at him and listen to him simultaneously without some part of my brain catastrophically blowing a fuse
Yes! Crowded House is absolutely one one my all time faves. And I like Metal, progressive all genres! The Best Of Crowded House is a fantastic album.
your comment about Pet Sounds being the best album. in my opinion the crown goes to Revolver. This is the Beatles really upping their game. Pet Sounds is good but not in the same class as Revolver. You
know what they say about opinions.
I love "The Little Girl I Once Knew". The Beach Boys have so many superlative songs that could've been hits: "Til I Die", "Keep an Eye on Summer", "Don't Talk", etc. If you want to hear an awesome Carol Kaye bass line, check out "Hypnolove" by Wondermints from their excellent 1998 album, Bali. There's a reason Brian Wilson picked those guys to go out on the road with. Their brand of power pop is part-Beach Boys, part-Raspberries, part-Elvis Costello and part-Beatles, among many other influences. Check it out and have an excellent day! - Dave
Thanks! I agree. Till I Die cuts to the Bone!
It’s so aggravating even infuriating how big shots are always looking down small towns. There wasn’t even the option suggested that somebody could be happy in a small town. The implication is always that if you live in a small town, you’re trapped in one way or another and certainly miserable. I moved to a small town from Miami, where I was born and raised, and consider to be one of the most horrible places on Earth. I have never been happier than I have been since moving to a small town, and I have never looked back for a single second. Top 3 Best Decision of my life. My husband feels the same way. And I know many many people in this town and they all love it, and would never move to a big city. And these are not the town’s “big fish.” We’re not that far from Manhattan and no one is interested in living there. Nice place to visit, but we happily and peacefully live in our small town, thank you.
Thank you for the recs on songs I've never heard of by famous artists. I'm convinced the radio is a liar. They coyly play the same few songs over and over and over and meanwhile there are deep cuts I never knew existed.
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Hey, did you forget about the saddest song from one of the greatest rock groups ever?
“A Man I’ll Never Be” by Boston makes me sob every time I hear it!
My fave sad Beach Boys song is “Don’t Worry Baby”
My fave sad Beatles song is “This Boy”
What do you say to the master Brian Wilson when he disagrees with you? Lol
As i said... I was worked back stage on the "Wood Face" tour for a show complete with the faux wooden suits with huge shoulders.
Cool. Tell us more!
@@ProfessorofRock I monologued in the last Crowded House video about eating cattered burritos with the band and how small they were (turns out 5'10" but they were skinny guys).
Great hair on both Finn Brothers, although as young lads, both dealt with (sigh) Split Enz.
Yep. I went there. Sorry.
Somebody had to do it!👍
Ha ha!
For sure!
local radio still plays i got you sometimes and i have leaky boat on a 80s comp never see enz records local.
HA!
The song "Surf's Up" is Brian's ultimate masterpiece IMHO. "Until I Die" is up there as well.
Surfs up makes me weep. It is so beautiful, and yet heart breaking.
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The Monkees 'Daily Nightly' written by Michael Nesmith is a really cool deep cut from the Pisces album. The Beatles 'You Won't See Me', Bee Gees 'The Earnest Of Being George', Bob Dylan 'Every Grain of Sand' and Axiom 'Who Am I Gonna See' are others that come to mind, but really, there are heaps of songs by lots of artists that fit the criteria.
Thanks!
The Finn Bros are great always loved them throughout the years. I remember one of my first school dances we used to have fun too " I got you" and I always love the video he looks so perfectly unraveled. Split Endz.
I was a Finnhead for some time, and I like "Fall At Your Feet"; however, I'd say that "Weather With You" and "Better Be Home Soon" are better.
Ok. To each their own!
Good morning, Adam and music lovers. I'll watch before commenting today, but don't get me started on DJ's and "dead air". Everyone have the day you derserve.
Thanks!
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Speaking of songs that have dead air, The full version of Bad to the Bone rarely gets play on my local station these days. They usually remove the first bit and the dead space after and come in a few seconds later. I actually really like the silence and feel that it sets the rest of the song up well.
Also, respect for mentioning Trombone Dixie! Was a lot of fun hearing that from the Pet Sounds Sessions discs!
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Fall at Your Feet is a great song. I wish Crowded House would have been so much bigger in the US.
No kidding. Perfect songwriter!
Same here.
I remember when they had their far well concert on the steps of the Opera House in Sydney they finished with Don't Dream it's Over. It's the only part of the concert I remember. I watched it on tv. Crowded House where huge in Australia.
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I was a fan of Split Enz i had their greatest hits CD but I never had any of
the Crowded House CD's though but heard their songs on the radio and
videos on RUclips i like both bands; the Beach Boys i heard them on AM radio constantly before I had any of their records, I've heard some obscure
songs I'd never heard before of the Beach Boys recently; i liked some of
Pearl Jam's songs especially Jeremy and Even Flow but never really was a fan of the band however; i liked most of the Beatles songs but I preferred a lot of their lesser known songs that were never heard on radio like on this
album here and this was another great episode of hearing about classic rock and roll artists as always Thank You Professor.🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶
Thanks Roger!
So many hidden gem songs that I love that never made the radio. When I saw the ZZ Top shirt, I was hoping that you were going to mention "I Need You Tonight" with some of their best guitar work. Another song that I was surprised was never a single is "Kite" by U2 (obviously "Bad" should also have been a single but it got put into a greatest hits album so I cannot count it). Don Henley had some great album cuts in the 1980s that are still relevant today with "If Dirt Were Dollars" and "Gimme What You Got." A song that is further out is "Thought I Knew You" by Matthew Sweet (a song of "bitterness & betrayal" on the Girlfriend album). I could go on forever on underappreciated songs but will close on the biggest musical mystery of them all: how could "The Perfect Kiss" not crack the Top 40, not even in the UK, when it should be in the discussion with "Layla", "Hey Jude", "Hotel California" and "Imagine" as one of the best songs of all time!
One thing about Neil Finn and Crowded House, even with the work with Split Enz, you always had gems hidden in the album tracks that seems so quality you wondered why they weren't singles. My favorite song by Neil Finn is Hole In The River, and all that does is justify that almost any Neil Finn song can be somebody's favorite.
"Fall At Your Feet" is an amazing song. I'd have to agree that "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" by The Beatles also is.
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Love, love, LOVE your show man
Thanks Craig!
“I swear I recognize your breath. . . “ Not in the way of chronic halitosis, but of deep familiarity. Brilliant!