@@docsavage8640 I too prefer the original line up and style of the 1972-77 period. When i got Frenzy (there are two versions) i was a bit disappointed as they were in metamorphosis although there were some good songs in it. by the time they made "true colours" (and what a great album that was) they were a totally different band, i would have just liked a couple more "old" ENZ albums. But being realistic i suppose it was the only way they could achieve wider success. The only thing i really disliked was the sacking of the fantastic drummer Emlyn Crowther "because his drumming style wasn't basic enough".
I don’t know any other band that had such brilliant film clips like the Enz. It’s hard to take your eyes off Phil in this clip it’s like he demands your attention and he’s sure got mine. so unique and clever and so very underrated ❤
What a classic! Being a resident of the United States, I did not know of the Split Enz until the 'True Colours' album was released. But as I've ventured back over the past year, I've found that I really dig their early stuff even more. 'Spellbound' is my new favorite...and I love the mellotron too!
As an American I've slavishly loved the Enz since '80 (hence I'm not as clueless about musical greatness from the far reaches of the planet!), but I'm really starting to appreciate their earlier material. This song is amazing. I'd delve deeper into description by adding that it's tastefully irreverent, quirky, empowered and yet enchanting. It combines several genres and then defies them all. The songwriting, arranging and delivery are second to none. Hell, they were leagues ahead of their time. Bravo!
Yes, Split NZ were way ahead of their time. Cannot think of any other successful band performing art rock before them. I am in utter amazement of their talent and they were always true to their style. Oh, those outfits and hair do's. Australia and New Zealand fans couldn't get enough, always performing to packed out crowds. How the poms and yanks could get it so wrong, dunno. Will always be a supporter even now at 61. The Finn brothers have more talent than any other sibling musicians, past, present and future. Makes me feel I want to live it all over again.
Yeah. I was 15 in 1976 and Aus rock then was bogan and blokey. But you didn't have to listen to the Ted Mulry Gang any more. There were these amazing guys from New Zealand. They had an interest in art and poetry. Like Bowie. And they were good musicians. They put Australian rock to shame.
then you missed a lot of things from end of the 60ś til end of 70, It`s not like "Art Rock" was new and Split Enz the first band. For example check out "Can" a german "Krautrock" Band.
Spellbound ... i knew to expect brilliant musicianship from these guys ( especially enjoying the bass and keys) but seldom have i heard such a remarkable performance by a vocalist . Chances are i'll be listening to this over and over as i have been and trying to come up with a proper way to say how much i love this . Phil Judd , you are amazing !
Note the date everyone, 1975. I have seen them many times live. I still remember their debut on TV here in NZ, in black and white, before colour. Love the way he slowly enters with a turned back and turns to hypnotise. Acoustic guitar intro is exquisite with accompanying instruments.
It was on a talent show like NZs version of new faces which was a UK talent show or opportunity knocks which was another popular uk tv programme in the 70s.
Wow. I grew up with these guys, still remember seeing them at the very beginning at a couple of the "buck a head" concerts in Auckland. Them later (around maybe 1975?) at a startling concert at His Majesty's Theatre this amazing song ... I remember it being longer than this, very dark, very intense. A great concert. A great band. After this period of course came Punk, Flying Nun and the Dunedin Sound. From one joy to another.
Me and my best friend got into this band when we started going into Festival Records 10th grade here in the us. Mushroom Records is much appreciated across the globe. A bunch of lost sounds.. Love how the song ends ominously.
i had the chance to see them in London 1977 but though they would be back another time...what a fool i was... but on the plus side i did get to see the Ramones first UK concert at the Roundhouse 1976 and the Sex pistols and Clash pre record deal and fame between June and September 1976....i just wish i hadn't got lazy and missed out on the original ENZ.
We were 'spellbound' by their early performances in the 70s when they came from NZ. Mental Notes was an underrated album, and you can see why Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) produced their 2nd album after seeing them. In my view, much of Mental Notes was on a par with the 1st Roxy Music album (in both mood and musicianship).
THAT THERE IS SOME SERIOUS SHIT!!! NO WONDER PEOPLE RECOGNISE PHIL JUDD AS A MUSICAL GENIUS - HIS PERSONA ON CAMERA IS TOP DRAWER. IN TOTAL AWE IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT!!!
I was wrong. This is a street gang from The Warriors that was in the book but didn't make it into the movie. They're playing the long game in hopes to show up in the 2023 reboot. Scorsese is set to direct. But only if nobody manks him at the turnpike.
I've been listening to Crowded House/Split Enz all my life but never knew of any of Split Enz's earlier stuff aside from Sweet Dreams, Late Last Night and Lovey Dovey. Glad a friend mentioned them again to me the other day or I never would've stumbled onto their earlier music. Love the dark & eccentric atmosphere of this era.
Love it, as one Naive music fan said on the National program - In their crazy clown phase. They did 80s makeup when everyone else was wearing shiny glimmer flares and had gigantic Sylvia perms.
It's hard to click "like" but only because it stands at 777! Love this: An obvious influence on the punk fashion a year before Westwood and McLaren got into the scene.
This song is mesmerising, I love it. I have no idea why Split Enz named their 1997 , 2 cd Anthology " Spellbound" Yet, they omit this magical track from that collection. This leaves me mystified 😕.
Phil Judd went on to have a massive hit 'Countin' the Beat' with a trio called The Swingers after he left Enz to be replaced with Neil Finn. Some things were meant to happen.
They were really out of this world at that time: an odd mix of Prog, New Wave, Art Rock, etc. Sooo many influences put into their music, just like Bowie who used bits & pieces in his music. Even the Makeup and costumes. Very P. G. and clownesque. Damn, those times were great and unique! Too bad I missed all that, oh well... Luckily there YT now😁👍
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!! Thanks SOO much!! I was hoping I'd get to see and enjoy the really clean version that you have uncovered! Is there MORE!!???? What's the story with Noel? Did he get a crash course in playing your part on guitar? He must have got a kick out of that! :D Cheers! All the best!
Dang already commented on several of their videos, Split Enz and beyond. Wonder if anyone knows how Phil Judd is doing; seems he was an early artistic influence but kind of fell away in the late 70s, early 80s.
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Yet to recognized just how unique this bunch were. With Phil they were at their best.
Bless the Enz.
> With Phil they were at their best.
amen to that
@@fredsuperfred9616 I give that a 2nd Amen👍
No Phil Judd = no Split Enz, at least not as anything more than a good pop group
@@docsavage8640 I too prefer the original line up and style of the 1972-77 period. When i got Frenzy (there are two versions) i was a bit disappointed as they were in metamorphosis although there were some good songs in it. by the time they made "true colours" (and what a great album that was) they were a totally different band, i would have just liked a couple more "old" ENZ albums. But being realistic i suppose it was the only way they could achieve wider success. The only thing i really disliked was the sacking of the fantastic drummer Emlyn Crowther "because his drumming style wasn't basic enough".
Early Split Enz. One of the greatest bands on
Earth
I don’t know any other band that had such brilliant film clips like the Enz. It’s hard to take your eyes off Phil in this clip it’s like he demands your attention and he’s sure got mine. so unique and clever and so very underrated ❤
What a classic! Being a resident of the United States, I did not know of the Split Enz until the 'True Colours' album was released. But as I've ventured back over the past year, I've found that I really dig their early stuff even more. 'Spellbound' is my new favorite...and I love the mellotron too!
Run across "Late Last Night" yet?
@@MovieHeretic I have, quite a musical freak out.
I remember ordering it from the record store, it was an import❤️
I'm ashamed to say I've never heard this until today, a New Zealander of 54 years. This is sublime.
As an American I've slavishly loved the Enz since '80 (hence I'm not as clueless about musical greatness from the far reaches of the planet!), but I'm really starting to appreciate their earlier material. This song is amazing. I'd delve deeper into description by adding that it's tastefully irreverent, quirky, empowered and yet enchanting. It combines several genres and then defies them all. The songwriting, arranging and delivery are second to none. Hell, they were leagues ahead of their time. Bravo!
Have you listened to ‘Charlie’ ….very good
still loving this. the best thing on the internet for me, watching this non stop at the moment.
Yes, Split NZ were way ahead of their time. Cannot think of any other successful band performing art rock before them. I am in utter amazement of their talent and they were always true to their style. Oh, those outfits and hair do's. Australia and New Zealand fans couldn't get enough, always performing to packed out crowds. How the poms and yanks could get it so wrong, dunno. Will always be a supporter even now at 61. The Finn brothers have more talent than any other sibling musicians, past, present and future. Makes me feel I want to live it all over again.
Pfft. Get it wrong? We had the Velvet Underground, the originators of Art Rock, for God's sake.
Yeah. I was 15 in 1976 and Aus rock then was bogan and blokey. But you didn't have to listen to the Ted Mulry Gang any more. There were these amazing guys from New Zealand. They had an interest in art and poetry. Like Bowie. And they were good musicians. They put Australian rock to shame.
@@fredrowan2477 you think TMG were blokey? Yer" my little girl" was such a hard pub rock anthem 🤦♂️🤣
It was an import back then, i had to order it at the record store ❤️❤️❤️
then you missed a lot of things from end of the 60ś til end of 70, It`s not like "Art Rock" was new and Split Enz the first band. For example check out "Can" a german "Krautrock" Band.
Phil Judd came from hastings hawkes bay . And went to hastings boys high school my old town grew up there as a kid in the 70s 80s .good days.
Spellbound ... i knew to expect brilliant musicianship from these guys ( especially enjoying the bass and keys) but seldom have i heard such a remarkable performance by a vocalist . Chances are i'll be listening to this over and over as i have been and trying to come up with a proper way to say how much i love this . Phil Judd , you are amazing !
it's wonderful to finally be able to see this great clip in all it's glory. what a charismatic performance by Phil, just amazing.
one of my favourite songs ever. brilliant clip.
Split Enz led by Tim Finn and Phil Judd was the greatest musical group of all time
couldn't agree more.
one problem with this song...it's too short! i could listen forever.
Note the date everyone, 1975. I have seen them many times live. I still remember their debut on TV here in NZ, in black and white, before colour. Love the way he slowly enters with a turned back and turns to hypnotise. Acoustic guitar intro is exquisite with accompanying instruments.
It was on a talent show like NZs version of new faces which was a UK talent show or opportunity knocks which was another popular uk tv programme in the 70s.
@@Eleventhearlofmars You are right. I just looked it up and it was also called New Faces!
@@dannymiles6503 👍🏼😉
Short-lived Grunt Machine TV show, filmed Avalon Studio 8, Sydney 1975. This is one of very few (3?) surviving clips from that show.
Such a great album, and this is one hell of a song. NZ's finest. Wish Wally had not been kicked out, he looked and played great.
Same applies to Emlyn Crowther, and their excuse that he played "too complicated for their more basic style"
Easily my favourite Split Enz song. Just an absolute work of art. So God damn spacey.
Been watching your magic since the mid 70's in Melbourne, Phil...
Such great memories
THANK YOU..!!!!
A favoutite performance by the 'enigmatic Phil Judd'...bit of a Classic! methinks Mr Phudd!!
Wow. I grew up with these guys, still remember seeing them at the very beginning at a couple of the "buck a head" concerts in Auckland. Them later (around maybe 1975?) at a startling concert at His Majesty's Theatre this amazing song ... I remember it being longer than this, very dark, very intense. A great concert. A great band. After this period of course came Punk, Flying Nun and the Dunedin Sound. From one joy to another.
Phil is absolutely amazingly fantastic in this performance. This song has a great funk to it. Love on ya' Phil ❤❤❤
Spellbound indeed! Cannot get enough of this song. So good 😻
Damn, this brings me back to my youth, driving around in my little VW🥰❤️
Thank you 2JJ for introducing me to Mental Notes!!!! Back in the 70s!!!
Me and my best friend got into this band when we started going into Festival Records 10th grade here in the us. Mushroom Records is much appreciated across the globe. A bunch of lost sounds.. Love how the song ends ominously.
Just remarkable. Fascinating. Amazing. Spell-binding. Brilliant. I wish pop music was this interesting and thought-provoking today.
Haunting, mysterious,
and strangely calming in the end.
Absolutely magic all the way.
Saw the Enz four times live....what a band but I have to say the concert in '76 was the best.....the early days when they were doing stuff like this.
i had the chance to see them in London 1977 but though they would be back another time...what a fool i was... but on the plus side i did get to see the Ramones first UK concert at the Roundhouse 1976 and the Sex pistols and Clash pre record deal and fame between June and September 1976....i just wish i hadn't got lazy and missed out on the original ENZ.
A unique mixture of talent way ahead of its time... which makes their music timeless.
I Totally Love this performance!! One of your Best imho Mr Judd...Mesmerizing~!!!
amazing song and an amazing vocal performance.
Phil Judd really had me spellbound watching this clip!
Sphere Productions the man is a musical genius.
i've been waiting to see the good quality version. one of the best ENZ songs sung by the best.
Bravo, possibly Aotearoas' best song ever...saw this when I was young, have been a better person since...
We were 'spellbound' by their early performances in the 70s when they came from NZ. Mental Notes was an underrated album, and you can see why Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) produced their 2nd album after seeing them. In my view, much of Mental Notes was on a par with the 1st Roxy Music album (in both mood and musicianship).
Reminds me of Pink Floyd and Bowie,s Diamond Dogs LP..Quality 70,s hidden gem
My favorite Split Enz
my fave split enz song - and this whole album has me spellbound : )
Off one of the best albums of all time
a head of their time .awesome
Split Enz basslines are the best basslines
Chunn or Griggs, they are both amazing.
I was a kid in '75,saw them live at the Palais,blue my mind,already had Mental Notes-my poor parents,lol
Joyfully spellbinding! Brilliantly arranged to say the least!
Thank you Phil….so good
THAT THERE IS SOME SERIOUS SHIT!!! NO WONDER PEOPLE RECOGNISE PHIL JUDD AS A MUSICAL GENIUS - HIS PERSONA ON CAMERA IS TOP DRAWER. IN TOTAL AWE
IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT!!!
Oh Yeah, Brillliant Original Prog Rock from NZ.
Pink Floyd, The cure, Talking heads y Supertramp...todos reunidos en una banda.
pero antes...genios realmente incomprendidos
Sumale Genesis y Roxy Music
My thoughts, exactly.
No pink floyd
I cannot get enough of this song, it's genius :)
An amazing New Zealand band.
Absolutely love this album. I get a real "Phantom of the Paradise" vibe from this video
A bravura performance by the great Phil Judd, who turned 61 on March 20th!
Sort of like rock meets "Cabaret." A great look at and early version of the Enz.
I was wrong. This is a street gang from The Warriors that was in the book but didn't make it into the movie. They're playing the long game in hopes to show up in the 2023 reboot. Scorsese is set to direct. But only if nobody manks him at the turnpike.
Complete classic.
I've been listening to Crowded House/Split Enz all my life but never knew of any of Split Enz's earlier stuff aside from Sweet Dreams, Late Last Night and Lovey Dovey. Glad a friend mentioned them again to me the other day or I never would've stumbled onto their earlier music.
Love the dark & eccentric atmosphere of this era.
Along with with Log Cabin Fever this is possibly my favorite split enz song.
GOLD..!!!!
This have a very Pink Floyd -Animals era vibe, and it was made before Pink Floyd's Animals!
Split Enz were quite 'proggish' in their early days.
Yes piper at the gates of dawn ish too
@@hellovanite Is Phill NZ's Syd B?
@@BloggStandard You draw comparisons between Judd and Barrett yeah
I never rated Split Enz till I heard this glorious tune.....a bit of Bowie and the Faces in there
Love it, as one Naive music fan said on the National program - In their crazy clown phase. They did 80s makeup when everyone else was wearing shiny glimmer flares and had gigantic Sylvia perms.
I love this!
This appears to be the wait staff at one of the better Italian restaurants in town.
streets ahead of there time….
It's hard to click "like" but only because it stands at 777! Love this: An obvious influence on the punk fashion a year before Westwood and McLaren got into the scene.
This came out when I was 11 ? and took me this long to find it???
chunn looks gorgeous in this clip
wow!
This song is mesmerising, I love it. I have no idea why Split Enz named their 1997 ,
2 cd Anthology " Spellbound"
Yet, they omit this magical track from that collection. This leaves me mystified 😕.
Phil Judd went on to have a massive hit 'Countin' the Beat' with a trio called The Swingers after he left Enz to be replaced with Neil Finn. Some things were meant to happen.
Michael Keaton's Betelgeuse totally nicked this look.
Amazing band
They were really out of this world at that time: an odd mix of Prog, New Wave, Art Rock, etc. Sooo many influences put into their music, just like Bowie who used bits & pieces in his music. Even the Makeup and costumes. Very P. G. and clownesque. Damn, those times were great and unique! Too bad I missed all that, oh well... Luckily there YT now😁👍
I absolutely love how Mr Crowther doesn't get back to his drum kit in time @ 1:07
+Coldacre lol..nor the Bass player in hitting his first note....
Hahaha, I was watching a clip about 'Top 10 bad lip sync performances' a little earlier; None of them were off like this one! I love it!! :-))
I noticed on the Sweet Dreams video that the drummer is completely useless a mime. :)
yeah...especially on the symbols
Paul is a great drummer and is a hell of a nice guy, although not a terribly good mime (-;
Excellent, I'm... uh... Spellbound!
Take'em out by friday live.... and the Watcher of the Skies...
the enigmatic.... you should be big if you want to (phil)
Reminds me of space waltz in some ways
its a long way to th top if u wanna rock n roll....
Judd was never like other children.
Eddie Rayner was a beast.
Wonder if Bowie knew Split Enz in 75? The beginning of that song sounded almost like Station to Station!
You can tell that they might have been inspired by Peter Gabriel at the time.
You are on the money 110 %
Nope. Phil’s main influence vocally was Roger Chapman from Family.
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!! Thanks SOO much!! I was hoping I'd get to see and enjoy the really clean version that you have uncovered! Is there MORE!!???? What's the story with Noel? Did he get a crash course in playing your part on guitar? He must have got a kick out of that! :D Cheers! All the best!
Ohhhh weeee
Phil ruled this group with an iron fist.
I kind of wish they had a version with a more conventional vocal. Love the music.
Dang already commented on several of their videos, Split Enz and beyond. Wonder if anyone knows how Phil Judd is doing; seems he was an early artistic influence but kind of fell away in the late 70s, early 80s.
He's doing... mixed. You can see he's left some comments on his uploads saying his Enz days were the best in his life.
Judd like a total eclipse blocking out the rest of the band? how apt.
Spellbound
Ok you tube so whats this your throwing me? Halloween , Herman munster Addams family genre rockmusic or something? well found my Halloween 2021 music ..gee wow what a thing to discover at age 44 .... 2 years before i was born,. wow so much stuff endless discovery is life..thanks you tube....
Fuck ..they must have been on some good gear..... Fucking brilliant
Yep they were probably using pretty good gear...
Vox, Shure, Fender, Ludwig...
You name it
do these guys play their own instruments? serious question
Yes, this was just a mimed performance for tv
sounds very Pink Floydish to me now 2024
Quite pink floyd sounding bridge
Bock Bugauk. Bock Bock bock
Too bad this is lip syncing, from one of my favorite albums of all time though
anyone else think this sounds really ominous?